VOCABULARY
1 Match the words to the definitions.
1 a storm when a lot of snow falls: snowstorm
2 when the ground moves and creates a lot of damage: earthquake
3 a situation when a lot of water covers an area: flood
4 a very strong wind that can destroy buildings: tornado
5 a flash in the sky: lightning
2 Choose the correct options.
1 During the earthquake, the ground shook and there was a loud noise.
2 Heavy rain poured down for two days.
3 Because of the rain, the water levels in the river rose.
4 Water flowed into the streets, and the flood damaged lots of houses.
5 Winds of 100 kilometres an hour blew during the tornado.
6 A lot of trees fell because of the tornado, and they hit many cars.
3 Match the sentence halves.
1 C (The sun came out and the rain stopped.)
2 A (The factory burned down in the fire.)
3 F (It took three hours to put out the fire.)
4 B (The tornado blew away some cars.)
5 D (I hope this bad weather clears up soon.)
6 E (Some trees blew down because of strong winds.)
4 Put the words in order to make sentences.
1 Don’t forget to put out the fire.
2 The hotel burned down in a fire.
3 The rain cleared up after an hour.
4 The sun will come out soon.
5 Many buildings fell down in the earthquake.
6 All my papers blew away in the wind.
5 Choose the best options.
1 B shake
2 A rose
3 A flood
4 B flowed
5 A disappeared
6 B fell down
7 A clear up
8 A pour
9 B any more