Помгите пж 1. Reading and vocabulary
What is a disaster? How can you define this term? Use the jumbled

words below and order them to make up a definition.

A disaster is –

a or man-made that affects life, property, livelihood or

industry in permanent changes resulting event to human

societies, often ecosystems and negatively environment natural



2. Mark the statements T (True), F (False) or NS (Not Stated) using
the text in your B, p. 74.

1. Lots of private companies provided Nias with rice, water and other

supplies. _______

2. Sue helped people right in the street. _______

3. Bill was pulled out of the water onto the tree. _______

4. Jason and his crew rescued a 13-year-old girl. ______

5. Alex presented information about tsunami in Indonesia. _______

3. Read definitions of natural disasters and name them. Say where

they can occur.

1. a shaking of the ground –

2. a large mass of snow falling down the side of a mountain –

3. an extremely violent wind or storm –

4. large amount of water that covers an area which is usually dry –

5. a huge wave caused by an earthquake which flows onto land –

6. a period of time with no rain –

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

- Please remember ___________off the light when you go out.

(turn)

- She remembered _____________ the door when she left. (lock)

- Tom now regrets ____________ what he said. (say)

- I am absolutely sure I locked the door. I do remember

_____________ it. (lock)

- The batteries in the radio need ______________. (change)

- I need ____________ batteries in the radio. (change)

5. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form -ing/infinitive.

- The denied ______________ the window. (break)

- The baby began _____________ in the middle of the night. (cry).

- The decided _____________the homework. (do)

- I don’t want __________ to the cinema. (go)

- Has it stopped ____________ yet? (snow)

A disaster is a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life,

property, livelihood or industry often resulting in permanent changes to

human societies, ecosystems and environment.

1. NS

2. F

3. T

4. T

5. F

1. earthquake

2. avalanche

3. hurricane

4. flood

5. tsunami

6. drought

- to turn

- locking

- saying

- locking

- changing  

- to change

- breaking

- crying/to cry

- to do

- to go

- snowing