4 VOCABULARY WORKSHEET B

Lesson 4.5 Natural disasters Lesson 4.3 Getting water

1 Complete the texts with the correct form of the 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
missing natural disasters and verbs. The first letter pairs of words below.
of each word has been given. Some words appear
artificial / pipe container / melt
twice.
container / stream glacier / melt
pipe / water stream / water
1 I’m worried that temperatures on our planet are
Natural disasters in the USA going up and the in Antarctica and in
California and Florida are two of the most popular Greenland .
states for tourists. Before you go, it’s good to know 2 We’re using the water from the to
what natural disasters can happen there. the grass and plants in our garden.
3 After the picnic we washed the that
Natural disasters in California
the salad was in in the .
• 1F f – they usually
4 There are under this football field.
happen in southern California because this area
They use them to the grass every
is dry and it doesn’t rain much there. This natural
morning.
disaster often 2d not only trees and
5 Someone left the ice cream on the
grass but also houses.
table and the ice cream completely .
• 3E – the ground often shakes in
California. For example, in 2019 there was a really 6 There’s a big lake near our house.
big one in Ridgecrest. Luckily, everyone People made it 30 years ago to stop floods.
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s it. Water goes into the lake from three different
• 5A – in the Sierra Nevada .
mountains there are often 6a which
move at a speed of 90 kilometres per hour or Lesson 4.3 and 4.5 Communication
more. They are very dangerous. It's important to
be 7r , It's very difficult to
activity
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s for more than 30 minutes. 3 Work in pairs. Follow the instructions.
• 9H – California can be very hot. For • Student A: choose one of the natural disasters below
example, in some places in September 2020, the but don’t say which one. Imagine you are in the
temperature was 45°C. place where the disaster is happening. Describe the
• Hot weather and no rain causes 10d . disaster. Use the questions below to help you.
In some parts of California, there are some for • Student B: try to guess Student A's disaster. Then
many years. swap roles and repeat.
• 11V e happen rarely
Natural disasters
but there are a few active volcanoes in California
like Mount Shasta. The last 12v avalanche drought earthquake flood forest fire
e was over 100 years ago.
heatwave hurricane tornado tsunami volcanic
eruption
Natural disasters in Florida
• 13T – there are about 49
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t in Florida every year. They often Guess the natural disaster
come with thunderstorms. If you hear a Where am I?
15 What can I see / hear / smell?
t w , it's important to
look for a place to hide and be safe. What’s the weather like?
• 16H start over warm water in the What’s happening?
ocean and then often move towards the land, Did you receive a warning? How?
bringing strong wind and rain. What will the disaster damage?
• 17F can happen there because a lot
Is it difficult to survive this disaster?
of Florida is at the level of the sea so storms bring
the risk of 18f .
• 19T – they are not a big risk now but I’m standing in front of my house. The sky is dark
scientists 20p that in the future and in some places it’s orange. There’s a lot of
21 smoke. It’s very hot and I’m afraid. There wasn’t
t can happen.
any rain last month and we got a warning on the
news about this disaster.

I think it’s a forest fire.

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