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 is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) muffler (c) gumboots (d) raincoat
- 2.What does “rainbow” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) loud noise in a storm (c) an arch of seven colours (d) with a lot of wind
- 3.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) raincoat (c) umbrella (d) gumboots
- 4.What does “dew” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) drops on grass at dawn (c) white flakes of ice (d) too much water on land
- 5.What does “fog” mean? (a) the hottest season (b) thick mist on the ground (c) a gentle wind (d) cool spot away from sun
- 6.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) dew (b) drought (c) storm (d) sunshine
- 7.Fill the gap: It has not rained for months; the farmers are worried about the ___. (a) flood (b) breeze (c) rainbow (d) drought
- 8.Which word means “an arch of seven colours”? (a) shade (b) storm (c) rainbow (d) thunder
- 9.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) sweater (c) umbrella (d) gloves
- 10.Which word is the odd one out? (a) autumn (b) monsoon (c) gloves (d) spring
- 11.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) muffler (c) sweater (d) woollen cap
- 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) sweater (b) shawl (c) gloves (d) spring
- 13.Which word means “how hot or cold it is”? (a) thunder (b) flood (c) lightning (d) temperature
- 14.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) autumn (b) temperature (c) drizzle (d) hail
- 15.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) windy (b) dew (c) spring (d) winter
- 16.What does “puddle” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) season of new flowers (c) cool spot away from sun (d) small pool of rainwater
- 17.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) lightning (b) rainbow (c) puddle (d) hail
- 18.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) flood (b) rainbow (c) fog (d) drought
- 19.Which word means “cool spot away from sun”? (a) cyclone (b) temperature (c) shade (d) lightning
- 20.Which word means “tiny drops floating high”? (a) dew (b) hail (c) sunshine (d) cloud
- 21.What does “monsoon” mean? (a) bright flash in the sky (b) very light rain (c) the coldest season (d) the rainy season
- 22.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) fog (b) hail (c) drizzle (d) dew
- 23.What does “forecast” mean? (a) very light rain (b) a gentle wind (c) what the weather will be (d) small balls of ice
- 24.Which word means “too much water on land”? (a) temperature (b) flood (c) snow (d) cloud
- 25.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) windy (b) spring (c) drought (d) drizzle
- 26.What does “drought” mean? (a) a long time with no rain (b) thick mist on the ground (c) bright flash in the sky (d) the coldest season
- 27.Which word means “season of new flowers”? (a) sunshine (b) dew (c) spring (d) winter
- 28.Which word means “the coldest season”? (a) spring (b) cyclone (c) flood (d) winter
- 29.Which word means “drops on grass at dawn”? (a) puddle (b) dew (c) hail (d) summer
- 30.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) gumboots (c) raincoat (d) umbrella
- 31.Fill the gap: In summer, the days are very ___. (a) cold (b) snowy (c) hot (d) icy
- 32.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) spring (c) summer (d) gumboots
- 33.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) forecast (b) puddle (c) lightning (d) summer
- 34.Which word means “light from the sun”? (a) sunshine (b) rainbow (c) drought (d) puddle
- 35.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) flood (b) fog (c) puddle (d) shade
- 36.Which word means “white flakes of ice”? (a) snow (b) flood (c) spring (d) breeze
- 37.What does “temperature” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) how hot or cold it is (c) an arch of seven colours (d) the hottest season
- 38.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) dew (b) thunder (c) rainbow (d) breeze
- 39.Which word means “a gentle wind”? (a) autumn (b) thunder (c) windy (d) breeze
- 40.What does “cloud” mean? (a) tiny drops floating high (b) bright flash in the sky (c) light from the sun (d) the hottest season
Answer key
- muffler
- an arch of seven colours
- summer
- drops on grass at dawn
- thick mist on the ground
- storm
- drought
- rainbow
- umbrella
- gloves
- raincoat
- spring
- temperature
- drizzle
- windy
- small pool of rainwater
- hail
- rainbow
- shade
- cloud
- the rainy season
- hail
- what the weather will be
- flood
- drought
- a long time with no rain
- spring
- winter
- dew
- shawl
- hot
- gumboots
- summer
- sunshine
- shade
- snow
- how hot or cold it is
- thunder
- breeze
- tiny drops floating high
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