Навчальна розробка до уроку-презентації "Стихійні лиха" (Natural Disasters). Past Simple Passive. (A2-A2+)

DISASTER!

TASKS

Tick the verbs connected with natural disasters: to…

Fill in the gaps with the following words:

• hurricane

• floods

• damage

• nuclear

• rescue

• earthquake

• volcano

• killed

• locust

• lost

• tsunami

1. $ 500 million of _ _ _ _ _ _ was caused by a tsunami in Hawaii in 1960.

2. Katrina was the worst _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to hit the USA for a very long time.

3. A terrible _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hit Mexico City in 1985.

4. _ _ _ _ _ _ can happen when rivers have too much water in them.

5. Many people worked for days to _ _ _ _ _ _ the victims from the earthquake.

6. Mount Etna is a famous _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Italy.

7. A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bomb make a cloud shaped like a mushroom.

8. 1,500 people in New Orleans were _ _ _ _ _ _ in 2005 by Katrina.

9. A _ _ _ _ _ _ is a small insect that can cause terrible damage to farms and people.

10. A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a giant wave, often caused by an underwater earthquake.

11. Every time there is a natural disaster, a lot of money is _ _ _ _.

Open the brackets:

1. The hurricane hit New Orleans on 29 August 2005, and about 80 per cent of the city ………………… (flood).

2. Thousands of people (kill) ……………….. during the Krakatoa eruption, but we don’t know exactly how many.

3. There was a terrible storm last night. Four windows (break) ……………….. in our house.

4. Many buildings (damage) ……………….. by fire.

5. A motorway (destroy) ……………….. by the earthquake.

6. Thousands of umbrellas (lose) ……………….. on London Underground trains last year.

7. The criminals (catch) ……………….. , and they (send) ……………….. to prison.

Rewrite the sentences. Use the past simple passive:

1. They built a new road near my house.

…………………………………………………………………………

2. They killed 100,000 soldiers in the war.

…………………………………………………………………………

3. Someone left the door open last night.

…………………………………………………………………………

4. They printed all the books on time.

…………………………………………………………………………

5. They closed the main railway station yesterday.

…………………………………………………………………………

6. Someone stole all my money.

…………………………………………………………………………

7. The hotel porter took my suitcase to my room.

…………………………………………………………………………

Resources

English in Mind 2: Student’s Book (2nd ed.) — H. Puchta & J. Stranks, Cambridge University Press, 2010. Tasks adapted by the teacher.