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