Weather Vocabulary

Weather Vocabulary Hot Weather Cold Weather Windy/Wet Weather Other Weather It’s very hot It’s very cold It’s windy It’s foggy It’s boiling It’s freezing It’s stormy It’s misty It’s scorching It’s chilly It’s hazy It’s sweltering It’s cool It’s showery It’s hot It’s cold It’s rainy It’s cloudy It’s warm It’s wet It is snowy There is a soft breeze

It’s sunny There will be It is raining It’s springlike cyclones It is snowing It’s bright tornadoes hurricanes It’s humid blizzards Hail It’s sultry low/high temperatures drizzle It’s close light/heavy rain sleet It’s airless light/strong winds frost It’s wet clear/cloudy/blue skies dew It’s stuffy Dark/rainy/grey skies It is overcast Storms(thunder and lightning)

When What What Where In the there is the frequent rain with some light winds in morning chance of Scotland.

In the there is the some light snow with the chance rain in afternoon possibility of showers of Broadstair s. In the there will be high temperatures tornadoes evening

During the it will be cloudy with light rain day windy During the it will feel cold grey skies night it will become humid a high of 26 c chilly a low of 10 c

A.-CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD 1. It's very cold = It's (frozen/freezing) 2. It was cold in the morning, but it (warmed/heated) up by the afternoon. 3. Many homes were (destructed/destroyed) by the hurricane. 4. Small pellets of ice that fall from the sky during a storm are called (rain/hail). 5. Don't go outside! You could get (struck/stroked) by lightning! 6. The (thunder/lightning) was very loud. 7. It was so (wind/windy) outside that my hat was blown off my head. 8. A (gutsy/gusty) wind = A very strong wind 9. A snowstorm = A (blizzard/buzzard) 10. If the weather is mild and pleasant, you can say it's (balmy/calming). 11 We're in the middle of a heat- (streak/wave). It has been very hot for two weeks. 12. It looks like the sky is (shining/clearing) up. It's going to be a beautiful day. 13. That man was (struck/beaten) by lightning twice in the past year. 14. A (drought/draft) is a long period without any rain. 15. Summers in states like Tennessee are very hot and very (humidity/humid). 16. We got caught in the thunderstorm and got completely (socked/soaked). 17. The coastal areas of California have an (ideally/ideal) climate. 18. Did you check the weather (forecast/foreplay) for tomorrow? Is it going to rain? 19. Was it cold in Canada? Yes, it was 20 (under/below) zero. 20. Another word for "cloudy" is "" (clouded/overcast).

B.- Fill in the blanks 1. This word starts with an "M." It is the word for a scientist who studies the weather. What is this word? ______2. This word starts with an "R." It is the name of liquid water that falls from clouds. What is it called? ______3. This word starts with an "S." It is fluffy frozen water that falls from clouds. What is it called? ______4. This word starts with an "H." It is balls of ice that fall from clouds and hit the Earth. What is it called? ______5. This word starts with an "H." It is a large, strong storm that has very high winds and a lot of rain. What is it called? ______6. This word starts with a "C." It is the name of a storm in which rapidly-spinning air becomes very dangerous. What is it called? ______7. These two words start with a "T." They are two more names for rapidly spinning air that is very dangerous. What are they? ______and ______8. This word starts with a "W." It is the word for air that blows around outside. What is it called? ______9. This phrase starts with a "W." It is a device that is sent up into the air to measure information about the weather. What is it called? ______10. This two-word phrase starts with a "W." It is a device that points the way the wind is blowing. What is it called? ______11. This word starts with a "W." It is another device that points the way the wind is blowing. What is it called? ______12. This phrase starts with a "D." It is a type of storm in which dirt and dust are blown across dry areas. What is it called? ______13. This word starts with a "T." It is a type of storm that has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. What is it called? ______14. This word starts with a "C." It is a visible white or gray mass that floats in the air and contains tiny water drops or ice particles. What is it called? ______15. This phrase starts with an "A." It is a kind of polluted rain that damages the environment. What is it called? ______

C.-CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER 1. If the weather forecast is fine, it's going to be ___ weather. a. cold b. wet c. good 2. If the forecast is sleet, it's going to be ___. a. cloudy and warm b. hot c. cold and wet 3. If the forecast is drizzle, there's going to be ___. a. snow b. light rain c. sunshine 4. Hail is ___. a. light rain b. strong winds c. ice balls 5. Showers are ___. a. light winds b. the sound lightning makes c. light rain 6. Frost happens when it's ___. a. windy b. cold c. hot 7. If the forecast is overcast, it's going to be ___. a. Cold b. Cloudy c. sunny 8. If the weather is humid, the air is ___. a. cold and dry b. hot and dry c. hot and wet 9. Strong gusts refer to ___. a. snow b. rain c. wind 10. If the weather is snowy, it is ___. a. warm b. hot c. cold