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 “rainbow” mean? (a) an arch of seven colours (b) bright flash in the sky (c) small balls of ice (d) with a lot of wind
- 2.Fill the gap: The weather ___ on TV said it would rain tomorrow. (a) forecast (b) puddle (c) drought (d) rainbow
- 3.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) very light rain (b) a long time with no rain (c) what the weather will be (d) loud noise in a storm
- 4.Which word means “loud noise in a storm”? (a) drizzle (b) dew (c) breeze (d) thunder
- 5.Fill the gap: It rained for days and the river water entered houses. There was a ___. (a) rainbow (b) drought (c) breeze (d) flood
- 6.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) autumn (c) monsoon (d) gloves
- 7.Fill the gap: In winter, we wear a woollen ___ to keep warm. (a) sandal (b) umbrella (c) swimsuit (d) sweater
- 8.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) cloud (b) spring (c) sunshine (d) breeze
- 9.Fill the gap: It has not rained for months; the farmers are worried about the ___. (a) flood (b) breeze (c) drought (d) rainbow
- 10.Which word is the odd one out? (a) autumn (b) spring (c) umbrella (d) monsoon
- 11.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) hail (b) fog (c) rainbow (d) forecast
- 12.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) sweater (b) scarf (c) raincoat (d) swimsuit
- 13.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
- 14.Which word means “season when leaves fall”? (a) cloud (b) snow (c) storm (d) autumn
- 15.Which word means “thick mist on the ground”? (a) windy (b) monsoon (c) temperature (d) fog
- 16.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) forecast (b) puddle (c) breeze (d) cloud
- 17.What does “cloud” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) season when leaves fall (c) drops on grass at dawn (d) tiny drops floating high
- 18.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) drizzle (b) lightning (c) spring (d) drought
- 19.Which word means “a huge spinning storm”? (a) winter (b) windy (c) cyclone (d) hail
- 20.What does “drought” mean? (a) a long time with no rain (b) thick mist on the ground (c) the coldest season (d) bright flash in the sky
- 21.What does “windy” mean? (a) loud noise in a storm (b) a huge spinning storm (c) with a lot of wind (d) cool spot away from sun
- 22.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) winter (c) spring (d) raincoat
- 23.What does “snow” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) what the weather will be (c) small balls of ice (d) small pool of rainwater
- 24.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) windy (b) temperature (c) storm (d) rainbow
- 25.Which word means “tiny drops floating high”? (a) rainbow (b) dew (c) cloud (d) hail
- 26.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) thunder (b) rainbow (c) dew (d) breeze
- 27.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) monsoon (c) umbrella (d) gumboots
- 28.What does “cyclone” mean? (a) a huge spinning storm (b) bright flash in the sky (c) a gentle wind (d) season of new flowers
- 29.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) hail (b) fog (c) dew (d) drizzle
- 30.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) umbrella (c) raincoat (d) woollen cap
- 31.Which word means “drops on grass at dawn”? (a) puddle (b) rainbow (c) cloud (d) dew
- 32.Fill the gap: In ___, the leaves of many trees turn brown and fall. (a) summer (b) autumn (c) monsoon (d) spring
- 33.Fill the gap: The thermometer shows the ___ of the room. (a) temperature (b) breeze (c) forecast (d) shade
- 34.Which word means “too much water on land”? (a) flood (b) dew (c) spring (d) puddle
- 35.What does “monsoon” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) the hottest season (c) the rainy season (d) an arch of seven colours
- 36.What does “fog” mean? (a) very light rain (b) season when leaves fall (c) thick mist on the ground (d) light from the sun
- 37.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) muffler (c) shawl (d) summer
- 38.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) rainbows (b) puddles (c) droughts (d) clouds
- 39.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) sweater (c) monsoon (d) autumn
- 40.Fill the gap: Most of India’s rain comes in the ___ season. (a) spring (b) winter (c) monsoon (d) autumn
Answer key
- an arch of seven colours
- forecast
- very light rain
- thunder
- flood
- gloves
- sweater
- sunshine
- drought
- umbrella
- hail
- raincoat
- fog
- autumn
- fog
- breeze
- tiny drops floating high
- drought
- cyclone
- a long time with no rain
- with a lot of wind
- raincoat
- white flakes of ice
- rainbow
- cloud
- thunder
- monsoon
- a huge spinning storm
- hail
- woollen cap
- dew
- autumn
- temperature
- flood
- the rainy season
- thick mist on the ground
- summer
- clouds
- sweater
- monsoon
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