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