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