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Weather Word Pairs: Opposites and Look-Alikes

Practice antonyms, synonyms and shades of meaning with weather words by matching, sorting and choosing the word that fits best.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.5.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify antonyms and synonyms of grade 4 words.
  • Students sort words with similar meanings by how mild or extreme they are.
  • Students choose the weather word that best fits a sentence.

How to use

Use after a mini-lesson on synonyms and antonyms. Before students write their last answer, talk about why drizzle and downpour are similar words but not the same.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.5.c

Show understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).

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Weather Word Pairs: Opposites and Look-Alikes

Antonyms, synonyms and shades of meaning.

Opposites (antonyms)

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.

1.
Which word is the opposite of gloomy in this sentence? "It was a gloomy day at the beach."
  • A. dark
  • B. cloudy
  • C. bright
  • D. dull
2.
Match each word to its antonym.
  1. damp
  2. gentle
  3. rise
  4. scorching
  1. A. fall
  2. B. freezing
  3. C. dry
  4. D. fierce
3.
Some words are opposites of hot. Others are opposites of wet. Sort them.
parchedchillyicydrycoolarid
Opposite of hotOpposite of wet

Look-alikes (synonyms)

Synonyms are words with almost the same meaning.

4.
Which word is a synonym for chilly?
  • A. toasty
  • B. sweltering
  • C. damp
  • D. cool
5.
Underline the word in this sentence that means almost the same as enormous.

Ahugeblackcloudrolledoverthequiettown.

6.
Match each word to its synonym.
  1. soaked
  2. cloudy
  3. windy
  4. bright
  1. A. breezy
  2. B. brilliant
  3. C. drenched
  4. D. overcast

Shades of meaning

Some words mean almost the same thing, but one is stronger than the other.

7.
These words describe weather in different strengths. Sort each word as mild or extreme.
frigidbreezeswelteringcoolgalewarm
MildExtreme
8.
Choose the best word from the word bank for each sentence. Use each word once.
Word bank: breeze · gale · mist · blizzard

A soft   made the paper kite wiggle on its string.
A very strong wind, called a  , bent the trees almost flat.
A light, thin   hung over the pond at dawn.
Heavy snow and strong wind blew together in a snowstorm called a  , and school was closed.

9.
Which pair of words are antonyms?
  • A. huge – enormous
  • B. calm – stormy
  • C. wet – damp
  • D. chilly – cool
10.
Which list puts the rain words in order from the lightest rain to the heaviest rain?
  • A. drizzle, shower, downpour
  • B. downpour, shower, drizzle
  • C. shower, downpour, drizzle
  • D. drizzle, downpour, shower
11.
Write two sentences about a rainy day. Use the word drizzle in one sentence and the word downpour in the other. Show how the two words are different.

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