English 8
UNIT 9 . NATURAL DISASTERS
PERIOD 77: LOOKING BACK + PROJECT

Flood.

forest fire.

Tsunami.

Tornado.

Mudslide.

Volcano
eruption.

Drought.

Earthquake.

I. New words:
- slide

( v)

: trượt, chuyển động, chảy (bùn)

- reservation (n): sự đặt trước (đặt phòng)
- pass (n)

: vé tháng, hộ chiếu

- put on (v)

: dựng lại (vở kịch)

A. VOCABULARY
1. Match the words (1-6) to their definitions (A-F).

Words

Definitions
A. a violent storm with very strong winds

which move in a circle
B. a huge wave that can destroy towns near
2.
the sea
mudslide
C. a long period when there is no rain and not
enough water for people, animals and plants
3. flood
D. a large amount of water covering an area
that is usually dry
4. tsunami
E. a sudden, violent shaking of the Earth's
surface
5. tornado
F. a large amount of mud sliding down a
mountain, often destroying buildings and
6.earthquak injuring or killing people below
e 1. C
2. F
3. D 4. B
5 .A 6. E
1. drought

2.Use the words from the box in the correct form to
complete the sentences.
scatter
take evacuate
put out provide
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.
1.

B. GRAMMAR THE PASSIVE VOICE :
Example:
Active
:
Rescue workers have freed ten people trapped in
S
V
O
collapsed buildings .
Passive:
be + PP
(by) + O
S
Ten people trapped in collapsed buildings
have been freed by rescue workers.

B. Grammar

3. Decide which of the sentences can be changed to passive
voice. Write them down. Explain why two of them cannot.

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.
___________________________________________
4. Julie took the message.
___________________________________________
5. A local artist painted the picture.
___________________________________________
6. They arrived at the theatre at 8.30 p.m.
___________________________________________

B. Grammar
3. Decide which of the sentences can be changed to passive
voice. Write them down. Explain why two of them cannot.

1. Mr Smith will collect the tickets.
The tickets will be collected (by Mr Smith).

2. The students put on a play at the end of term.
 A play was put on (by the students) at the end of term
3. Jim is always late for work.
The sentence cannot be written in the passive
because its main verb is not a transitive verb.

B. Grammar
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.
The message was taken (by Julie).
5. A local artist painted the picture.
 The picture was painted by a local artist.
6. They arrived at the theatre at 8.30 p.m.
The sentence cannot be written in the passive
because its main verb arrive is not a transitive verb.

4. Match the two parts to make complete sentences.

1. After our plane had
landed,
2. We found out the train
had left
3. When we got to the
hotel,
4. I had never really
travelled
5. The waiter had taken
my plate
6. As I stepped onto the
bus,

1.d

2. f

3. a

a. we learnt they had lost
our reservation.
b. until I decided to study
abroad.
c. before I fnished eating
my meal.
d. we waited an hour for
our luggage.
e. I noticed I had left my
pass at home.
f. ten minutes before we
got to the station.

4. b

5 .c

6. e

5a. Imagine five bad things that happened to you
yesterday, and write them down.
Example:
- Someone stole my bike.
- My sister broke my compute
.............
Suggested answer

- My bike broke down on the way to school.
- I went to school late.

b. Work in groups.
Add time clauses to your sentences as the following examples.
Remember to use the past perfect

Past perfect tense:

(+) Positive
S+ had + past pariciple
Ex: I had left when they came.
(-) negative
S + had not( hadn't) + past participle
Ex: I hadn't left when they came.
(?) Questions
Had + S +past participle?
Yes, S + had / No, S + hadn't
Ex: Had you left when they came ?

b. Work in groups.
Add time clauses to your sentences as the following examples.
Remember to use the past perfect

When I woke up yesterday morning,
somebody had stolen my bike.

When I got home yesterday,
my sister had broken my computer.

Do you remember the responses? Write them
into the correct columns.
Wow !
That's awful !
Oh no!
That's great !
How terrible !
That's shocking!
Oh dear!
That's relief ! How wonderful ! That's awesome!
Responding to good news Responding to bad news

C. COMMUNICATION

6. Read the news headlines. In pairs, use the expressions from
the box in GETING STARTED to respond to them.

Six-year-old rescued from
forest fire by pet dog

Temporary
accommodation set up for
volcano victims

Hundreds of homes
damaged or destroyed in
Haiti by tornado

One million dollars raised
for typhoon victims in the
Philippines so far

Earthquake survivors found Debris finally cleared by
under debris after ten days rescue teams
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!

D. PROJECT
1. These activities aiming to provide aid
for victims of natural disasters. Write a
phrase to describe each picture.

A Helping
Hand

3 freeing trapped
1providing (food/ 2
medical) supplies clearing up debris
people

4
setting up temporary
accommodation (for 5
6 evacuating the
repairing houses/
village/ town ... to
the victims of a
buildings
a safe place/ area
disaster)

2. Work in groups
Imagine you are members of a volunteer team
who are going to provide aid for the victims of a
natural disaster. Work out a plan for your team.
- Provide food, medical aid supplies.
- Cleaning up debris.

3. Share tour plan with other groups. Vote
for the best plan.