Weather watchers vocabulary activities

Use familiar weather observations to introduce descriptive vocabulary. These words include things learners can see and hear, as well as conditions they may know only from pictures.

Your starting word list

Before you print

Read through the list together. Check that learners know the meaning of each word, and replace words that do not fit your lesson. The generator uses uppercase A–Z letters. A worksheet practises spelling and recognition; introduce new meanings before asking learners to work independently.

A classroom idea

Create a simple weather report with three of the words. Ask learners to distinguish what they observed today from weather they are predicting.

Talk about it

What would you wear for two different kinds of weather?

Choose an activity

• Word search: start with across and down, then add diagonal or backward directions.
• Vocabulary bingo: use the small grid with this list, and call words or definitions.
• Word scramble: rebuild each word and check it against the separate key.

Download the PDF with its answer sheet or print a student-only copy. All topics support A4 and US Letter. For six ways to use your words, visit our vocabulary lesson routine.