Natural Disasters
Which natural disaster is a large mass of snow and ice falling down a mountain?
Avalanche
If we _______ (use) our cars less, the air _________ (be) cleaner.
Which crime involves setting fire to a building?
arson
Put the verb in the past perfect:
When I got home, the thieves _________ (steal) my motorbike.
When I got home, the thieves had stolen my motorbike.
Put the sentence in reported speech:
"I stole a CD from the music shop," he said.
He said that he had stolen a CD from the music shop.
What is missing during a drought? What is missing during a famine?
Drought = no water, famine = no food
Put the verbs in the correct form for second conditional:
I believe our country _________ (be) a better place to live if the government _______ (do) more to help cyclists.
I believe our country would be a better place to live if the government did more to help cyclists.
What do you call a person who steals from a house?
burglar
Put the verb in the past participle:
I was worried that I _________ (lose) my keys.
Put the sentence in reported speech:
"I want to catch the shoplifter," the security guard said.
Name 3 natural disasters that involve water.
flood, hurricane, tsunami
If everybody ______ (take) showers instead of baths, they ______ (use) less water.
If everybody took showers instead of baths, they would use less water.
Which crime involves driving fast and dangerously, usually in a stolen car?
joyriding
Put the verb in the past perfect:
After the teenagers ________ (go) joyriding, they burned the car.
After the teenagers had gone joyriding, they burned the car.
Put the sentence in reported speech:
"The police are looking for the bank robbers," she said.
She said that the police were looking for the bank robbers.
Fill in the blanks of the sentence:
The hurricane _______ the town of Tipton Bay on Saturday afternoon and _______ for 12 hours.
a. lost, reached
b. struck, lasted
c. sent, helped
b. struck, lasted
More people _______ (cycle) to school or work if they _____ (not think) it was dangerous.
More people would cycle to school or work if they didn't think it was dangerous.
Which word is correct?
A gang of criminals robbed/stole a bank in central Paris yesterday.
robbed
After the police ___________ (catch) him, he confessed to the crime.
After the police had caught him, he confessed to the crime.
Put the sentence in reported speech:
"I sometimes go joyriding with my friends," he said.
He said that he sometimes went joyriding with his friends.
What are two natural disasters that involve very hot temperatures?
Forest fire and volcanic eruption
If the government _______ (build) more cycle paths, the roads ______ (be) safer.
If the government built more cycle paths, the roads would be safer.
Which word is correct?
Someone broke/burgled into Highfield School on Friday night.
broke
Put the verb in the past perfect:
Monica brought her son his textbook because he _________ (forget) at home.
Monica brought her son his textbook because he had forgotten it at home.
"It's difficult to catch drug dealers," said the police inspector.
The police inspector said that it was difficult to catch drug dealers.