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