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