1. What is the video about?
2. What natural disasters can you see in the video?

flood

mudslide

forest fire

tsunami

volcano eruption

tornado

earthquake

UNIT 9: NATURAL DIASTERS
LESSON 7 :
LOOKING BACK

Teacher: Bui Thi Chin

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

Defnitions

1. drought C
2. mudslide F
3. flood

D

4. tsunami

B

5. tornado

A

6.earthquake

E

A. a violent storm with very strong winds which move in a circle
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

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

scatter

take

evacuate

put out provide

1. Emergency workers ___________
evacuated the village when the river flooded the
area.

put out the forest fires.
2. Rescue workers are still trying to __________
take shelter.
3. The strong winds forced the climbers to _______
provided food and other material aid to the
4. Many countries have __________
hurricane victims.
scattered
5. Debris from collapsed buildings was __________ across the whole area.

Complete the sentences using the correct passive form of the verbs in
brackets.

was scattered across the countryside by the
1. Debris (scatter)………………..
strong winds last night.
are built
2. Ten new houses (build)…………….in
the town every year.
were taken
3. Residents of flooded villages (take)………………to
a safe place
last night.
4. In the future, natural disasters (predict)
will be predicted
……………………...accurately
with the help of technology.
5. Food and medicals supplies (deliver) ……………………..…later
will be delivered
this afternoon.

GRAMMAR
1. The passive voice: review
1. The simple present tense
 S+ is/am/are + PII + (by + O)
2. The simple past tense
 S + was/were + PII+ (by + O)
3. The simple future
 S + will + be + PII + (by O)

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 students at the end of term.
3. Jim is always late for work.
___________________________________________
→ The message was taken by Julie.
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.
___________________________________________

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 it does't have Object
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 it does't have Object

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

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

4-b

5-c

6-e

5.a 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.
- 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.

Homework
• Do Ex 5a , 5b page 34 and Ex 2,3 page 35
• Do ex in workbook
• Prepare review 3 (page 36-37)