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 “windy” mean? (a) a gentle wind (b) loud noise in a storm (c) cool spot away from sun (d) with a lot of wind
- 2.What does “sunshine” mean? (a) season when leaves fall (b) white flakes of ice (c) light from the sun (d) cool spot away from sun
- 3.Which word means “a huge spinning storm”? (a) lightning (b) flood (c) storm (d) cyclone
- 4.What does “storm” mean? (a) cool spot away from sun (b) strong wind with rain (c) bright flash in the sky (d) light from the sun
- 5.Which word means “the coldest season”? (a) snow (b) storm (c) puddle (d) winter
- 6.Which word means “bright flash in the sky”? (a) lightning (b) puddle (c) monsoon (d) fog
- 7.What does “flood” mean? (a) very light rain (b) too much water on land (c) the rainy season (d) white flakes of ice
- 8.Which word is the odd one out? (a) monsoon (b) autumn (c) raincoat (d) spring
- 9.What does “fog” mean? (a) drops on grass at dawn (b) a gentle wind (c) with a lot of wind (d) thick mist on the ground
- 10.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) loud noise in a storm (b) cool spot away from sun (c) how hot or cold it is (d) very light rain
- 11.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) fog (b) drought (c) rainbow (d) flood
- 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) spring (b) gumboots (c) summer (d) winter
- 13.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) drizzle (b) lightning (c) forecast (d) rainbow
- 14.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) cloud (b) storm (c) summer (d) fog
- 15.Which word means “white flakes of ice”? (a) thunder (b) winter (c) snow (d) drought
- 16.Which word means “season when leaves fall”? (a) lightning (b) cyclone (c) windy (d) autumn
- 17.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) sweater (c) shawl (d) woollen cap
- 18.Fill the gap: A cool ___ blew in from the sea. (a) dew (b) rainbow (c) breeze (d) drought
- 19.Fill the gap: It rained for days and the river water entered houses. There was a ___. (a) breeze (b) rainbow (c) flood (d) drought
- 20.What does “puddle” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) the rainy season (c) small pool of rainwater (d) white flakes of ice
- 21.What does “temperature” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) how hot or cold it is (c) the hottest season (d) the rainy season
- 22.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) breeze (b) dew (c) rainbow (d) thunder
- 23.What does “drought” mean? (a) what the weather will be (b) white flakes of ice (c) a long time with no rain (d) bright flash in the sky
- 24.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gloves (b) muffler (c) woollen cap (d) winter
- 25.What does “snow” mean? (a) drops on grass at dawn (b) season when leaves fall (c) bright flash in the sky (d) white flakes of ice
- 26.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) spring (b) summer (c) rainbow (d) autumn
- 27.What does “rainbow” mean? (a) cool spot away from sun (b) an arch of seven colours (c) tiny drops floating high (d) very light rain
- 28.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) droughts (b) clouds (c) rainbows (d) puddles
- 29.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) autumn (c) spring (d) summer
- 30.What does “cloud” mean? (a) a huge spinning storm (b) season of new flowers (c) tiny drops floating high (d) a long time with no rain
- 31.What does “shade” mean? (a) cool spot away from sun (b) small pool of rainwater (c) the rainy season (d) strong wind with rain
- 32.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) gloves (c) shawl (d) autumn
- 33.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) umbrella (c) raincoat (d) shawl
- 34.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) breeze (b) monsoon (c) forecast (d) windy
- 35.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) hail (b) drizzle (c) fog (d) dew
- 36.Fill the gap: In winter, we wear a woollen ___ to keep warm. (a) umbrella (b) sandal (c) swimsuit (d) sweater
- 37.Which word means “tiny drops floating high”? (a) storm (b) cloud (c) breeze (d) rainbow
- 38.Which word means “small pool of rainwater”? (a) rainbow (b) puddle (c) thunder (d) storm
- 39.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) forecast (b) breeze (c) summer (d) sunshine
- 40.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) swimsuit (b) scarf (c) sweater (d) raincoat
Answer key
- with a lot of wind
- light from the sun
- cyclone
- strong wind with rain
- winter
- lightning
- too much water on land
- raincoat
- thick mist on the ground
- very light rain
- rainbow
- gumboots
- drizzle
- storm
- snow
- autumn
- umbrella
- breeze
- flood
- small pool of rainwater
- how hot or cold it is
- thunder
- a long time with no rain
- winter
- white flakes of ice
- rainbow
- an arch of seven colours
- clouds
- muffler
- tiny drops floating high
- cool spot away from sun
- autumn
- shawl
- forecast
- hail
- sweater
- cloud
- puddle
- breeze
- raincoat
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