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.What does “flood” mean? (a) tiny drops floating high (b) too much water on land (c) a gentle wind (d) an arch of seven colours
- 2.What does “snow” mean? (a) the coldest season (b) small balls of ice (c) white flakes of ice (d) thick mist on the ground
- 3.What does “drought” mean? (a) the rainy season (b) a huge spinning storm (c) bright flash in the sky (d) a long time with no rain
- 4.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) winter (b) thunder (c) drizzle (d) rainbow
- 5.Fill the gap: It has not rained for months; the farmers are worried about the ___. (a) breeze (b) drought (c) rainbow (d) flood
- 6.What does “breeze” mean? (a) an arch of seven colours (b) a gentle wind (c) the rainy season (d) small balls of ice
- 7.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) storm (b) thunder (c) fog (d) windy
- 8.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) swimsuit (b) scarf (c) sweater (d) raincoat
- 9.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) shawl (c) woollen cap (d) sweater
- 10.Fill the gap: A strong ___ hit the coast of Odisha with very fast winds. (a) dew (b) drizzle (c) cyclone (d) breeze
- 11.Fill the gap: The ___ was so thick in the morning that we could not see the road. (a) breeze (b) rainbow (c) sunshine (d) fog
- 12.Which word means “loud noise in a storm”? (a) windy (b) puddle (c) thunder (d) drizzle
- 13.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) rainbows (b) clouds (c) puddles (d) droughts
- 14.What does “sunshine” mean? (a) light from the sun (b) small balls of ice (c) season when leaves fall (d) drops on grass at dawn
- 15.Which word is the odd one out? (a) spring (b) summer (c) sweater (d) monsoon
- 16.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) shade (b) winter (c) sunshine (d) dew
- 17.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) shade (b) rainbow (c) breeze (d) drizzle
- 18.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) rainbow (b) forecast (c) temperature (d) breeze
- 19.Which word means “thick mist on the ground”? (a) summer (b) snow (c) rainbow (d) fog
- 20.Fill the gap: In Shimla, it is so cold in winter that ___ falls. (a) breeze (b) snow (c) thunder (d) sunshine
- 21.Which word means “bright flash in the sky”? (a) spring (b) lightning (c) flood (d) snow
- 22.What does “rainbow” mean? (a) very light rain (b) an arch of seven colours (c) the hottest season (d) tiny drops floating high
- 23.What does “cloud” mean? (a) how hot or cold it is (b) bright flash in the sky (c) small balls of ice (d) tiny drops floating high
- 24.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) hail (b) windy (c) fog (d) lightning
- 25.Fill the gap: In summer, the days are very ___. (a) icy (b) cold (c) snowy (d) hot
- 26.Fill the gap: It was only a light ___, so we did not need an umbrella. (a) flood (b) storm (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 27.Which word is the odd one out? (a) spring (b) summer (c) gloves (d) monsoon
- 28.What does “shade” mean? (a) small balls of ice (b) bright flash in the sky (c) thick mist on the ground (d) cool spot away from sun
- 29.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) spring (c) summer (d) winter
- 30.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) gumboots (c) spring (d) monsoon
- 31.Which word means “how hot or cold it is”? (a) drought (b) storm (c) sunshine (d) temperature
- 32.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) dew (b) hail (c) fog (d) drizzle
- 33.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) the coldest season (b) an arch of seven colours (c) season when leaves fall (d) very light rain
- 34.What does “summer” mean? (a) the hottest season (b) the rainy season (c) with a lot of wind (d) season of new flowers
- 35.What does “fog” mean? (a) a gentle wind (b) small pool of rainwater (c) an arch of seven colours (d) thick mist on the ground
- 36.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) fog (b) drought (c) rainbow (d) flood
- 37.What does “lightning” mean? (a) too much water on land (b) with a lot of wind (c) bright flash in the sky (d) an arch of seven colours
- 38.Which word is the odd one out? (a) autumn (b) spring (c) monsoon (d) muffler
- 39.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) forecast (b) breeze (c) winter (d) spring
- 40.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) cyclone (b) snow (c) summer (d) thunder
Answer key
- too much water on land
- white flakes of ice
- a long time with no rain
- drizzle
- drought
- a gentle wind
- storm
- raincoat
- summer
- cyclone
- fog
- thunder
- clouds
- light from the sun
- sweater
- sunshine
- rainbow
- breeze
- fog
- snow
- lightning
- an arch of seven colours
- tiny drops floating high
- windy
- hot
- drizzle
- gloves
- cool spot away from sun
- raincoat
- gumboots
- temperature
- hail
- very light rain
- the hottest season
- thick mist on the ground
- rainbow
- bright flash in the sky
- muffler
- forecast
- summer
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