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