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