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4 Vocabulary Worksheet
Disasters -ing forms
1 Find two words in each box. Then complete the 3 Match the parts of the sentences and complete them.
sentences with the correct word. Use the gerund form.
1 tsauinarcrmiash 1 The dog raised the alarm and the police rescued F
tsunami air crash 2 Have you ever heard that British song by Charles Jolly _
The tsunami hit the coastal town in the middle of the night. 3 Is Amy thinking of _
2 wileardthfiquareke 4 When I asked Mum, she said that Dad had gone _
5 Do you think the criminals have gone _
The has burned down thousands of 6 Some people say that _
trees and plants.
A into (hide)?
3 volstocarmno
B (run) isn’t very good for your knees.

C (walk) in the park.
I’ve never seen a erupt and I never
D (study) medicine at university?
want to!
E about a (laugh) policeman?
4 drevaoucughatted
F the (drown) man.

We desperately need rain to end this terrible 4 Complete the sentences with the –ing form of the verbs
. below.
5 diserurupptitedon
believe hope know miss revise walk
It was spectacular when the volcano .
I had never seen anything like it! 1 Revising is important when you are preparing for exams.
6 crainjshureded 2 Mum was really worried when she realized that her bag
had gone .
Sadly, the pilot was seriously in the 3 you are right doesn’t mean that you
crash. are right!
4 Timothy waited for Annie for ages,
2 Read the clues and complete the words. she would come but, in the end, he had to leave.
1 This is when people die because they don’t have enough 5 Eddie took a lot of money on holiday with him,
to eat. that everything would be really
starvation expensive.
2 This is a storm with very strong and violent winds, which 6 every day will help to keep you fit.
can cause a lot of damage.
h__r____e Verb zone
3 This is when there is an extreme lack of food, often for a
long period of time. 5 Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.
f_m__e
4 This is when a large amount of water from rivers covers away (x2) off out up
the ground around it.
f__o_
1 No one would have guessed, but it turned out that Mrs
5 This is when there isn’t enough water to meet people’s
Taylor had won the lottery.
needs.
2 Emma asked her secretary to send
w _ t _ _ sh _ _ t _ _ _ s
the files on the missing person.
6 This describes someone who doesn’t have a place to live
3 It was funny when Danny’s sandal was swept
in and who often sleeps on the streets. by a wave on holiday!
h___l__s
4 When our tent was blown in the
storm, we were really upset.
5 I’m sorry I couldn’t call, Mum, but we were cut
by the flood for a while.

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