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