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.Fill the gap: Dark grey ___ in the sky mean rain is coming. (a) droughts (b) rainbows (c) puddles (d) clouds
- 2.Which word means “small balls of ice”? (a) hail (b) rainbow (c) drizzle (d) cyclone
- 3.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) shawl (c) woollen cap (d) winter
- 4.Which word means “drops on grass at dawn”? (a) cloud (b) dew (c) drizzle (d) monsoon
- 5.What does “fog” mean? (a) thick mist on the ground (b) strong wind with rain (c) light from the sun (d) an arch of seven colours
- 6.Which word means “very light rain”? (a) puddle (b) drizzle (c) hail (d) sunshine
- 7.What does “storm” mean? (a) white flakes of ice (b) strong wind with rain (c) bright flash in the sky (d) season of new flowers
- 8.Which word is the odd one out? (a) raincoat (b) umbrella (c) gumboots (d) autumn
- 9.Which word means “the hottest season”? (a) puddle (b) summer (c) sunshine (d) temperature
- 10.Which word means “cool spot away from sun”? (a) spring (b) summer (c) dew (d) shade
- 11.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) gumboots (c) raincoat (d) monsoon
- 12.What does “cyclone” mean? (a) the coldest season (b) a gentle wind (c) a huge spinning storm (d) small pool of rainwater
- 13.What does “summer” mean? (a) the hottest season (b) with a lot of wind (c) how hot or cold it is (d) a long time with no rain
- 14.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) shawl (c) gumboots (d) raincoat
- 15.What does “cloud” mean? (a) the rainy season (b) thick mist on the ground (c) tiny drops floating high (d) the coldest season
- 16.Which word is the odd one out? (a) monsoon (b) winter (c) umbrella (d) autumn
- 17.Fill the gap: It rained for days and the river water entered houses. There was a ___. (a) flood (b) drought (c) breeze (d) rainbow
- 18.What does “flood” mean? (a) small pool of rainwater (b) too much water on land (c) an arch of seven colours (d) a huge spinning storm
- 19.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) woollen cap (c) muffler (d) sweater
- 20.Which word means “with a lot of wind”? (a) cyclone (b) puddle (c) thunder (d) windy
- 21.Which word means “bright flash in the sky”? (a) hail (b) fog (c) lightning (d) drought
- 22.Which word is the odd one out? (a) muffler (b) spring (c) gloves (d) woollen cap
- 23.Which word means “a long time with no rain”? (a) drizzle (b) spring (c) drought (d) shade
- 24.Fill the gap: In summer, the days are very ___. (a) icy (b) snowy (c) hot (d) cold
- 25.Which word is the odd one out? (a) umbrella (b) woollen cap (c) raincoat (d) gumboots
- 26.Fill the gap: Small balls of ice called ___ fell during the storm. (a) dew (b) hail (c) drizzle (d) fog
- 27.Fill the gap: In Shimla, it is so cold in winter that ___ falls. (a) sunshine (b) thunder (c) snow (d) breeze
- 28.Which word means “loud noise in a storm”? (a) shade (b) rainbow (c) monsoon (d) thunder
- 29.Fill the gap: A cool ___ blew in from the sea. (a) rainbow (b) drought (c) breeze (d) dew
- 30.Fill the gap: When it rains, we wear a ___ to stay dry. (a) scarf (b) sweater (c) swimsuit (d) raincoat
- 31.Fill the gap: We sat in the ___ of a big tree to escape the hot sun. (a) flood (b) shade (c) fog (d) puddle
- 32.Which word is the odd one out? (a) sweater (b) shawl (c) gloves (d) summer
- 33.Which word is the odd one out? (a) summer (b) gloves (c) monsoon (d) spring
- 34.What does “snow” mean? (a) season when leaves fall (b) strong wind with rain (c) white flakes of ice (d) bright flash in the sky
- 35.What does “drizzle” mean? (a) the rainy season (b) season of new flowers (c) small pool of rainwater (d) very light rain
- 36.Fill the gap: First we saw the lightning, then we heard the ___. (a) breeze (b) dew (c) rainbow (d) thunder
- 37.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gumboots (b) muffler (c) umbrella (d) raincoat
- 38.What does “spring” mean? (a) the hottest season (b) small balls of ice (c) thick mist on the ground (d) season of new flowers
- 39.What does “hail” mean? (a) with a lot of wind (b) how hot or cold it is (c) small balls of ice (d) a long time with no rain
- 40.Which word means “what the weather will be”? (a) temperature (b) cloud (c) windy (d) forecast
Answer key
- clouds
- hail
- winter
- dew
- thick mist on the ground
- drizzle
- strong wind with rain
- autumn
- summer
- shade
- monsoon
- a huge spinning storm
- the hottest season
- shawl
- tiny drops floating high
- umbrella
- flood
- too much water on land
- gumboots
- windy
- lightning
- spring
- drought
- hot
- woollen cap
- hail
- snow
- thunder
- breeze
- raincoat
- shade
- summer
- gloves
- white flakes of ice
- very light rain
- thunder
- muffler
- season of new flowers
- small balls of ice
- forecast
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