What is the video about?
2. What natural disasters can you see in the video?
flood
forest fire
tsunami
tornado
mudslide
volcano eruption
earthquake
Unit 9: Natural diasters
LESSON 7 :
LOOKING BACK
1. drought
2. mudslide
3. flood
4. tsunami
5. tornado
6.earthquake
B. a huge wave that can destroy towns near the sea
C. a long period when there is no rain and not enough water for people, animals and plants
D. a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
E. a sudden, violent shaking of the Earth’s surface
F. a large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below



A. a violent storm with very strong winds which move in a circle
1. Match the words (1-6) to their definitions (A-F).
C
F
D
B
A
E
Emergency workers ___________ the village when the river flooded the area.
2. Rescue workers are still trying to __________ the forest fires.
3. The strong winds forced the climbers to _______ shelter.
4. Many countries have __________ food and other material aid to the hurricane victims.
5. Debris from collapsed buildings was __________ across the whole area.

2.Use the words from the box in the correct form to complete the sentences.



evacuate
put out
take
provide
scatter
evacuated
put out
take
provided
scattered
Debris (scatter)……………….. across the countryside by the strong winds last night.
Ten new houses (build)…………….in the town every year.
Residents of flooded villages (take)………………to a safe place last night.
In the future, natural disasters (predict) ……………………...accurately with the help of technology.
Food and medicals supplies (deliver) ……………………..…later this afternoon.
Complete the sentences using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
was scattered
are built
were taken
will be predicted
will be delivered
GRAMMAR

1. The passive voice: review
 S+ is/am/are + V3/V-ed (PII) + (by + O)
1. The simple present tense
2. The simple past tense
 S + was/were + V3/V-ed (PII)+ (by + O)
3. The simple future
 S + will + be + V3/V-ed (PII) + (by O)
1. Mr Smith will collect the tickets.

2. The students put on a play at the end of term.

3. Jim is always late for work.
The tickets will be collected by Mr Smith.
 A play was put on by the students at the end of term.
The sentence cannot be written in the passive because it doesn’t have Object
3. Decide which of the sentences can be changed to passive voice. Write them down. Explain why two of them cannot.
4. Julie took the message.

5. A local artist painted the picture.

6. They arrived at the theatre at 8.30 p.m.
The message was taken by Julie.
 The picture was painted by a local artist.
The sentence cannot be written in the passive because it does’t have Object
The sentence cannot be written in the passive because it doesn’t have Object
4. Match the two parts to make complete sentences.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5 . 6.
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f
a
b
c
e
5.a Imagine five bad things that happened to you yesterday, and write them down.
Example:
Suggested answer
- Someone stole my bike.
My sister broke my compute
- My bike broke down on the way to school.
- I went to school late.
- My mother shouted at me about my study.
- I lost my purse.
b. Work in groups. Add time clauses to your sentences as the following examples.
Remember to use the past perfect
- When I went to school, my bike broke down.
- When my teacher came to class, she knew that I had gone to school late.
- When my father came home, my mother shouted at me about my study.
- When I paid for the meal, I realized that I had lost my purse.
Do you remember the responses? Write them into the correct columns.
Wow !
That’s great !
Oh dear!
That’s relief !
That’s awful !
How terrible !
How wonderful !
Oh no!
That’s shocking!
That’s awesome!
C. COMMUNICATION
6. Read the news headlines. In pairs, use the expressions from the box in GETING STARTED to respond to them.
Example:
A: It says here that a six-year-old girl was rescued from a forest fire by her pet dog.
B: Wow! That’s amazing!
Homework
Do Ex 5a , 5b page 34 and Ex 2,3 page 35
Do ex in workbook
Prepare review 3 (page 36-37)