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