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