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GRADE 8 UNIT 9. NATURAL DISASTERS

PRACTICE 1

A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word marked A, B, C or D with a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. collapse B. damage C. erupt D. affect
2. A. disaster B. eruption C. pollution D. permanent
3. A. volcano B. temperature C. illustrate D. station
4. A. tsunami B. typhoon C. thunderstorm D. tornado
5. A. accommodation B. contribution C. evacuation D. contamination

II. Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. myth B. thigh C. breath D. breathe
2. A. promised B. caused C. increased D. practiced
3. A. encourage B. garage C. shortage D. storage
4. A. chemist B. champagne C. chaos D. chiropodist
5. A. hobby B. comfort C. knowledge D. popular

B. VOCABULARY  GRAMMAR
I. Find the odd A, B, C or D
1. A. thunderstorm B. storm C. tornado D. disaster
2. A. drought B. flood C. climate D. mudslide
3. A. thunderstorm B. typhoon C. pollutant D. tsunami
4. A. erupt B. collapse C. damage D. destroy
5. A. groundwater B.mineral water C. fresh water D. drink

II. Use the words or phrases in the box to label each picture
Thunderstorm 2 Tsunami 3 Tornado 6 Drought 5
flood Earthquake 4 snowstorm Typhoon 1

III. Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences.
1. Typhoons are severe tropical storms. They sometimes happen in my __________
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A. stay B. home C. house D. hometown
2. When a typhoon happened, many houses and roads _______destroyed or flooded.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
3. Last year, there was a big typhoon in my area. It caused extensive damage to our __________
A. property B. furniture C. wealth D. savings
4. The government sent rescue food, drink and medical supplies to __________ homes.
A. flood B. flooding C. flooded D. floods
5. All people who were without homes in the flood were provide with ________ accommodation.
A. short B. temporary C. present D. instant
6. When the earthquake happened, almost people in this building managed to run ______ of it.
A. out B. in C. through D. over
7. __________ is the most common natural disaster in your country? Snowstorms.
A. What B. Which C. How D. Do
8. The __________ buried the whole village while people were sleeping in their houses.
A. mudslide B. tornado C. drought D. thunderstorm
9. __________workers were sent to the area immediately but no villager was survived when the landslide
happened.
A. Rescue B. Help C. Assistance D. Volunteer
10. What __________ we do to prevent these natural disasters?
A. may B. ought C. should D. be able

IV. Fill each blank with a word/ phrase in the box.

flood earthquake sandstorm forest fire shelter
landslide collapsed typhoon draught volcano
1. When the earthquake happened, all the buildings in this area were completely collapsed.
2. Fortunately many people were warned of the danger and they had taken shelter before
the earthquake happened.
3. The forest fire has raged since early morning, many trees and animals have been burnt up.
4. All people in the village rushed into the public shelters as soon as the volcano erupted.
5. Several people were going along when suddenly there was a landslide coming crashing down the
hillside and blocked the road in front of them.
6. Tankers full of water were sent, but it was too late to save many of the animals and crops there. The
drought made the whole like a vast desert.
7. When the flood happened last year, the river overflowed in several places and huge areas of farming
were several meters under water. Boats were being used to rescue people in nearby villages.
8. The sandstorm swept onwards, covering everything in its path. The travellers had to get off their
camels and lie down until it had eventually passed.
9. Suddenly the ground shook beneath our feet and tall buildings opposite my college began to sway. I
immediately realized that it was an earthquake.
10. The typhoon already strengthened considerably and the sea was very rough. As a result, ferries across
the harbor stopped sailing and all large ships put out to the sea.

V. Reorder the words to make full sentences.

1. the/ dangerous/ flood/ disasters/ in/ most/ world/ of/ the/ is/ one.
Flood is one of the most dangerous disasters in the world.
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2. many/ shelter/ had/ 9 o’clock/ their homes/ by/ people/ camps/ fled/ to/ already/ seek/ in.
By 9 o’clock, many people had already fled their homes to seek shelter in camps.

3. be/ with/ people/ homeless/ will/ temporary/ provided/ accommodation.

Homeless people will be provided with temporary accommodation.
4. a/ Friday/ by/ 6.9/ Indonesia/ magnitude/ was/ earthquake/ powerful/ on/ struck.
Indonesia was struck a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Friday.
5. the earthquake/ hundreds/ completely/ of/ destroyed/ homes/ hit/ the City/ were/ when.
Hundreds of homes were completely destroyed when the earthquake hit the City.
6. natural/ typhoons and floods/ the/ in/ most/ are/ frequent/ Vietnam/ disasters?
Are typhoons and floods the most frequent natural disasters in Vietnam?
7. escape/ before/ people/ had/ to/ fire crews/ the fire/ arrived/ four/ managed.
Four people had manged to escape the fire before fire crews arrived.
8. property/ people’s/ disasters/ devastate/ destroy/ their/ lives/ natural/ and.
Natural disasters destroy people’s property and devastate their lives.

VI. Give the most suitable tense of words in brackets to complete full sentences.
1. I (tell) was told by Jim that he (paint) had painted the entire house.
2. Japanese children (teach) are taught how to escape an earthquake at an early age.
3. When we (arrive) arrived, we (find) found that the bus (leave) had left.
4. The police (evacuate) had evacuated the building before it (collapse) collapsed.
5. When she (call) called me last night, I (go) had gone to sleep, so I couldn’t answer her.
6. I (never / meet) had never met Peter before the party last night.
7. Food and shelters (provide) are being provided to the local people at the moment.
8. What (do) has been done so far to minimize the impacts of natural disasters in our country.
9. I (prepare) had prepared carefully before I (give) gave the presentation about the impacts of natural
disasters.
10. My friend (save) had saved a lot of money before he (decide) decided to buy a new house.
11. I hope that financial aids (offer) will be offered to the poor people in the drought area.
12. Peter and Jane (eat) had eaten before they (come) came to see me.
13. So far, hundreds of the temporary shelters (provide) have been provided to the earthquake victims.
14. A relief agency (just / found) has just been founded to lessen the effects of the flood on human’s
property.
15. Survivors of the earthquake (receive) had received help from the authorities before they could get
back to their normal life.

VII. Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Officials said the blaze had damaged (damage) five houses in the area.
2. Before Hurricane Sandy struck the US Northeast, it had killed (kill) 72 people in the Caribbean.
3. US Weather Service hadn’t issued (not / issue) any warning by the time the tornado moved to a City
nearby.
4. As of Monday night, more 10,149 people had left (leave) their homes across the province.
5. We hadn’t experienced (not / experience) any natural disasters before we were trapped in an
avalanche last month.
6. What had the government done (the government / do) by the time the mudslide occurred?
7. El Nino weather_had hit (hit) Mekong Delta as the worst drought in 90 years, the report said.
8. Many local people said that they had never seen (never / see) such a fierce storm in their life.
9. Those evacuees hadn’t returned (not / return) home by late December.
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10. Had people evacuated (people / evacuate) the area when the hurricane hit?

VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.
1. By the time the firefighters arrived (arrive), the fire had already destroyed (already / destroy) over
50 hectares of pine forests.
2. Two people reported (report) that flames had trapped (trap) them inside a smoke-filled apartment.
3. It had rained (rain) all morning before the tornado touched (touch) down.
4. They didn’t know (not / know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody had told (tell) them.
5. Had you already left (you/ already leave) the office when the fire started (start)?
6. The post hadn’t arrived (not / arrive) when I left (leave) home this morning.
7. It had been (be) cloudy for days before it started (start) to rain heavily and flooded (flood) the whole
City.
8. When I got (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I had left (leave) my ticket at home.
9. After Tom and his neighbours had put on (put out) the fire, the fire engines arrived (arrive) at the
cottage.
10. She recognized (recognize) the warning signs that she had learned (learn) in a school lesson on
tsunami two days before.
11. By the time the rescuers arrived (arrive), they had run (run) out of food and water.
12. The rescue team found (find) the child after they had searched (search) for ten hours.

IX. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs given.
evacuate injure rescue provide
forecast destroy suffer cause
1. Many people suffered from waterborne diseases after the severe flood last year.
2. The locals had been evacuated from their village to escape the earthquake already.
3. Free food and fresh water is provided to the victims of natural disaster every year.
4. Five people had been rescued from drowning in the rushing stream so far.
5. The tornado had destroyed many houses before it stopped.
6. Some people were injured after the earthquake.
7. A hurricane is forecast by the meteorologists to reach our area next week.
8. Every year, natural disasters cause loss of human life, damage to property and deterioration of the
environment.