Vocabulary. Natural phenomena (page. 18) 1. Match six of the words with pictures 1-6. Then listen and check. 1. Hurricane 2. Earthquake 3. Landslide 4. Hailstones 5. Tornado 6. Tsunami Reading. 1. Find the meanings of the pink words. Then guess the answers to questions 1-4. 1. Which of these things come out of a volcano when it erupts? Ash: Cendra. Lava: Lava. Rock: Roques. Gas: Gas. 2. How many volcanic eruptions are there every day? A 6 B 60 3. What, in your opinion, is a super volcano? A A volcano which is very big and very destructive. B A volcano which is very high and very beautiful. 4. Is it possible that one volcano can cause a global catastrophe? Yes. Because the ash can move with the windy for all the world, and can pollute all the places. 4. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. When did Mount St. Helens erupt? On May 15 th 1980. 2. How did the eruption affect the area? It destroys everything in the area. 3. How big was the super volcano in Toba? 1.000 bigger than the Mount St. Helens erupted. 4. Why did plants die after the Toba eruption? Because they were under 35cm of ash. 5. How did the eruption affect the weather? It blocked the sun for a year. 6. How is the Yellowstone volcano different from Mount St. Helens? Yellowstone volcano is under the earth. 7. Are all of the experts worried about the next Yellowstone eruption? No, there aren t. Some scientists predict a small eruption, but other are some worried. 1
6. Find the opposites of these words in the text. 1. Exactly: Approximately 2. Dormant: Active 3. Created: Destroyed 4. Appeared: Disappeared 5. Warm: Cold 6. Fantastic: Terrible Grammar: was/where, there was/there were (page. 20) 1. Write the past forms of the sentences. What are the negative past forms? 1. I m very worried. I was very worried. I wasn t very worried. 2. We re in a national park. We were in a national park. We weren t in a national park. 3. There s an active volcano near here. There were an active volcano near here. There weren t an active volcano near here. 4. There are some earthquakes in this area. There were some earthquakes in this area. There weren t some earthquakes in this area. 2. Complete the news report. Use affirmative and negative (X) form of was, were, there was and there were. The weather was very bad in Scotland, where there was floods, and in some towns there wasn t any electricity. Eighty-year-old Fanny Booth and her husband George were trapped in their house. At first we were frightened because there was water in all of the rooms, said Fanny. But when we saw the helicopter, I wasn t worried. 3. Complete the interview questions. Use was, were, was there and where there. 1. When was the storm? 2. Was there a flood? 3. Were there any landslides? 4. Where were you trapped? 5. Were other people with you? 6. Why was a frightening experience?4 2
Past Simple 4. Look at the examples a-d and answer the questions. a) The volcano erupted. b) They saw a helicopter. c) Some humans survived, but plants didn t survive. d) The helicopter flew to the house. 1. Which verbs are regular? Erupted 2. Which verbs are irregular? Saw, flew. 3. Which form is negative? Didn t survive 4. What are interrogative forms of a and b. a) Did the volcano erupt? b) Did they see a helicopter? 5. Translate the phrases in the Check this! Box. a) La última erupció va ser fa 75.000 anys. b) El huracà va durar 2 dies. c) Durant les tempestes, no vam poder anar a l escola. 6. Complete the text. Use the past form of the verbs. 1. Started 2. Didn t use 3. Was 4. Needed 5. Hit 6. Arrived 7. Caused 8. Left 9. Didn t stop 10. Died 11. Hit 12. Brought 7. Read the Weird weather texts. Complete the table with the present and past tense forms and the meanings of the blue words. Fall Lift Can Surprise Damage Hit Bury Present Past Translation Fell Caure Lifted Aixecar Could Poder Surprised Sorpendre Damaged Danyar Hit Colpejar Buried Enterrar 3
Be Use Lose Found Was Used Loosed Founded Ser o estar Utilitzar Perdre Trovar Listening 1. Listen again and complete the sentences. 1. One day the wind was really bad, so we weren t driving. 2. It was flying throught the air, then it crashed near our hotel. 3. This tornado formed about 5 km from us. 4. In the end, the tornado was moving nearer and nearer to my. 5. It was a calm night and it wasn t raining. 6. I was watching it all from my apartment. 2. Read the rules. Then complete the table. Rules The past continous descrobes an action in progress in the past. We form the past continous with was or were + verb +...ing. Affirmative I was watching the storm. Negative They weren t listening to the thunder. Question Where was Sophie running? 3. Look at the picture. Write questions and answers using the past continuous. 1. How were they travelling? They were travelling around the world. 2. What were they wearing? There were wearing jeans. 3. What was Jim doing? Jim was doing his homework. 4. What was Kay looking at? He was looking at the birds. 5. Why was the dog running away? He was running away because there is a flood. 4. Make questions using the phrases in te box. Then ask and answer. 1. What were you doing yesterday evening? 2. What were you wearing at the weekend? 3. What was the teacher doing before the class? 4. Who were you speaking to three minutes ago? 4
5. Dictation: 1. What were you doing when the hurricane started? 2. I was eating sardines and a salad. 3. My friends were watching the storm. 4. Hailstones were crashing into the house. 5. They damaged the car and destroyed the plants. 6. Look at the examples. Then complete the rules 1-2. I was staying in Florida. We were looking at the sea when we saw a boat. Then it crashed near our hotel. Rules 1. The blue verbs are past simple. They describe finished actions. 2. The red are past continuous. They described incompleted actions or actions in progress. 7. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple and the past continuous in each sentence. 1. We were listening the tornado while I was drived in Wyoming. 2. The tornado was moving nearer to us, so I was drived in a different direction. 3. Some people was running along the road, so I was stopped the car. 4. One woman was crying when she was got into the car. 5. When we were looked at the tornado again, it was lifting cars, animals and buildings. 6. Ten seconds later a car was fell from the sky while we were talking to the people. 8. Choose the corrtect words. Then listen and check. 1. Hit 2. There was 3. There weren t 4. Did you 5. Didn t do 6. Saw 7. Was wearing 8. Ago 9. Were 10. Were speaking Listening 1. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. Why do you think that Pat Ralston survived? Because he was sitting in a balcony. 2. Which part of the world did the tsunami affect? The tsunami affect villages and thousands of lives in South-East Asia. 5
3. Why are ships safe when there is a tsunami? Because the tsunami will pass under you. 4. Where was Norwegian Dawn travellinig? It was travelling near the Bahamas. 5. Can monster waves destroy ships? Yes, it can. Every year ships disappear under monster-waves. 6. What type of holiday does the article recommend? The article recommend camping in the mountains. Writing: A survivor s story. 1. Choose the correct words. 1. I fell while I was skiing. 2. I was very frightened. Afterwards I was relaxed. 3. As hailstones hit the car, I saw lightening. 4. We were eating dinner. Suddenly lightning hit the house. 5. It was sunny. The next moment the rain started again. 6. We saw a landslide when we were running from the storm. 2. Translate the sentences: 1. While Pat was reading, people were playing volleyball. Quan en Pat estava llegint, la gent estava jugant a volleyball. 2. Suddenly, people were running everywhere. Després, la gent corria per tot arreu. 3. People were running as water flooded the beach. La gent estava corrent quan l aigua va inundar la platja. 4. The next moment there was panic. En el següent moment hi havia pànic. 5. When the wave hit us there was a lot of noise. Quan l ona va xocar contra nosaltres va fer molt soroll. 6. Afterwards I was OK. Després d això jo estava bé. 3. Choose one of the disasters and imagine that you are a survivor. Make notes to answer the questions. 1. Where were you? I was in holidays in Mexico. 2. What were you and other people doing? We were having dinner. 3. What happened? We heard a strong noise and we saw all the plants flying. 4. What did you do? We go to the underground and we wait until it was over. 5. What were other people doing? They were screaming. 6. What did you do afterwards? 6
I went to the garden and I saw all the disaster. 7. How did you feel afterwards? I feel some frightened, but I was OK. 7