Weather Words Worksheet
Word tip (Picture the sky): Picture the weather in the sentence: is it hot, wet, windy or cold? Rain words go from light to heavy: drizzle → rain → storm; too much water is a flood, no rain is a drought. Seasons: summer (hot), monsoon (rainy), winter (cold).
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- 1.Which word means “tiny drops floating high”? (a) thunder (b) rainbow (c) cloud (d) drizzle
- 2.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) fog (b) drought (c) summer (d) breeze
- 3.Fill the gap: The weather ___ on TV said it would rain tomorrow. (a) drought (b) rainbow (c) forecast (d) puddle
- 4.Fill the gap: The thermometer shows the ___ of the room. (a) shade (b) forecast (c) breeze (d) temperature
- 5.Which word means “bright flash in the sky”? (a) lightning (b) fog (c) shade (d) forecast
- 6.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) monsoon (c) winter (d) autumn
- 7.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) muffler (c) spring (d) woollen cap
- 8.Which word is the odd one out? (a) sweater (b) winter (c) shawl (d) gloves
- 9.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) gumboots (c) sweater (d) woollen cap
- 10.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) dew (b) breeze (c) rainbow (d) thunder
- 11.Which word means “season of new flowers”? (a) spring (b) temperature (c) storm (d) cyclone
- 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) summer (c) raincoat (d) gumboots
- 13.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) breeze (b) cloud (c) summer (d) rainbow
- 14.What does “spring” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) season of new flowers (c) the rainy season (d) a long time with no rain
- 15.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) gumboots (c) umbrella (d) sweater
- 16.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) woollen cap (c) summer (d) monsoon
- 17.Which word means “the rainy season”? (a) sunshine (b) forecast (c) lightning (d) monsoon
- 18.What does “breeze” mean? (a) a gentle wind (b) how hot or cold it is (c) the hottest season (d) a long time with no rain
- 19.What does “thunder” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) season of new flowers (c) loud noise in a storm (d) bright flash in the sky
- 20.What does “fog” mean? (a) cool spot away from sun (b) how hot or cold it is (c) thick mist on the ground (d) bright flash in the sky
- 21.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) autumn (c) winter (d) monsoon
- 22.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) rainbows (b) droughts (c) clouds (d) puddles
- 23.What does “shade” mean? (a) the hottest season (b) an arch of seven colours (c) cool spot away from sun (d) thick mist on the ground
- 24.What does “lightning” mean? (a) very light rain (b) small balls of ice (c) too much water on land (d) bright flash in the sky
- 25.What does “rainbow” mean? (a) an arch of seven colours (b) very light rain (c) white flakes of ice (d) a long time with no rain
- 26.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) how hot or cold it is (b) loud noise in a storm (c) very light rain (d) too much water on land
- 27.Which word means “a huge spinning storm”? (a) snow (b) hail (c) cyclone (d) forecast
- 28.Fill the gap: It has not rained for months; the farmers are worried about the ___. (a) flood (b) rainbow (c) drought (d) breeze
- 29.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) shawl (c) autumn (d) muffler
- 30.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) monsoon (b) windy (c) summer (d) spring
- 31.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) snow (b) sunshine (c) temperature (d) cloud
- 32.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) drought (b) drizzle (c) autumn (d) sunshine
- 33.Fill the gap: In the morning, the grass was wet with ___. (a) thunder (b) dew (c) sunshine (d) drought
- 34.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) shade (b) fog (c) flood (d) puddle
- 35.Which word means “thick mist on the ground”? (a) fog (b) storm (c) lightning (d) forecast
- 36.Which word means “the coldest season”? (a) winter (b) snow (c) rainbow (d) shade
- 37.What does “storm” mean? (a) loud noise in a storm (b) strong wind with rain (c) too much water on land (d) bright flash in the sky
- 38.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) fog (b) cloud (c) forecast (d) lightning
- 39.Which word means “small pool of rainwater”? (a) puddle (b) shade (c) autumn (d) dew
- 40.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) rainbow (b) fog (c) flood (d) drought
Answer key
- cloud
- summer
- forecast
- temperature
- lightning
- shawl
- spring
- winter
- gumboots
- thunder
- spring
- summer
- breeze
- season of new flowers
- sweater
- woollen cap
- monsoon
- a gentle wind
- loud noise in a storm
- thick mist on the ground
- gloves
- clouds
- cool spot away from sun
- bright flash in the sky
- an arch of seven colours
- very light rain
- cyclone
- drought
- autumn
- windy
- sunshine
- drizzle
- dew
- shade
- fog
- winter
- strong wind with rain
- forecast
- puddle
- rainbow
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