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 “the rainy season”? (a) monsoon (b) cyclone (c) cloud (d) shade
- 2.Which word is the odd one out? (a) winter (b) autumn (c) monsoon (d) gumboots
- 3.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) temperature (b) sunshine (c) windy (d) hail
- 4.Which word means “a huge spinning storm”? (a) rainbow (b) shade (c) cyclone (d) drought
- 5.What does “monsoon” mean? (a) the rainy season (b) season of new flowers (c) very light rain (d) a gentle wind
- 6.Which word means “drops on grass at dawn”? (a) fog (b) snow (c) winter (d) dew
- 7.What does “breeze” mean? (a) season of new flowers (b) the hottest season (c) a gentle wind (d) white flakes of ice
- 8.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) drought (b) rainbow (c) dew (d) summer
- 9.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) very light rain (b) the hottest season (c) tiny drops floating high (d) how hot or cold it is
- 10.Fill the gap: Most of India’s rain comes in the ___ season. (a) spring (b) winter (c) autumn (d) monsoon
- 11.Fill the gap: In the morning, the grass was wet with ___. (a) dew (b) drought (c) thunder (d) sunshine
- 12.What does “fog” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) a gentle wind (c) the rainy season (d) very light rain
- 13.Which word means “strong wind with rain”? (a) breeze (b) drizzle (c) hail (d) storm
- 14.What does “thunder” mean? (a) how hot or cold it is (b) small pool of rainwater (c) the hottest season (d) loud noise in a storm
- 15.Which word means “small pool of rainwater”? (a) spring (b) puddle (c) lightning (d) storm
- 16.What does “spring” mean? (a) season of new flowers (b) drops on grass at dawn (c) white flakes of ice (d) very light rain
- 17.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) sweater (c) umbrella (d) raincoat
- 18.Fill the gap: It was only a light ___, so we did not need an umbrella. (a) storm (b) flood (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 19.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) autumn (c) gumboots (d) umbrella
- 20.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) raincoat (c) sweater (d) gloves
- 21.Fill the gap: We see a ___ when the sun shines after rain. (a) rainbow (b) fog (c) flood (d) drought
- 22.Fill the gap: A strong ___ hit the coast of Odisha with very fast winds. (a) breeze (b) dew (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 23.Fill the gap: It has not rained for months; the farmers are worried about the ___. (a) drought (b) flood (c) rainbow (d) breeze
- 24.Fill the gap: It rained for days and the river water entered houses. There was a ___. (a) rainbow (b) flood (c) drought (d) breeze
- 25.What does “dew” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) drops on grass at dawn (c) white flakes of ice (d) season of new flowers
- 26.Fill the gap: In summer, the days are very ___. (a) cold (b) icy (c) snowy (d) hot
- 27.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) sunshine (b) drought (c) forecast (d) hail
- 28.Fill the gap: In ___, the leaves of many trees turn brown and fall. (a) summer (b) monsoon (c) spring (d) autumn
- 29.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) drizzle (b) forecast (c) winter (d) flood
- 30.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) breeze (b) thunder (c) rainbow (d) dew
- 31.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) gloves (c) woollen cap (d) spring
- 32.Which word is the odd one out? (a) shawl (b) gumboots (c) umbrella (d) raincoat
- 33.Which word means “cool spot away from sun”? (a) lightning (b) fog (c) windy (d) shade
- 34.What does “forecast” mean? (a) too much water on land (b) the rainy season (c) with a lot of wind (d) what the weather will be
- 35.What does “cloud” mean? (a) the coldest season (b) how hot or cold it is (c) a gentle wind (d) tiny drops floating high
- 36.Which word means “too much water on land”? (a) flood (b) temperature (c) lightning (d) thunder
- 37.What does “cyclone” mean? (a) a huge spinning storm (b) thick mist on the ground (c) loud noise in a storm (d) what the weather will be
- 38.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) puddle (b) fog (c) flood (d) shade
- 39.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) forecast (b) lightning (c) shade (d) drought
- 40.Which word means “tiny drops floating high”? (a) cloud (b) storm (c) snow (d) autumn
Answer key
- monsoon
- gumboots
- windy
- cyclone
- the rainy season
- dew
- a gentle wind
- summer
- very light rain
- monsoon
- dew
- thick mist on the ground
- storm
- loud noise in a storm
- puddle
- season of new flowers
- sweater
- drizzle
- autumn
- raincoat
- rainbow
- cyclone
- drought
- flood
- drops on grass at dawn
- hot
- hail
- autumn
- drizzle
- thunder
- spring
- shawl
- shade
- what the weather will be
- tiny drops floating high
- flood
- a huge spinning storm
- shade
- forecast
- cloud
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