Weather
I was woken up by a _____________ of thunder
clap
Name the natural disaster from the headline:
No rain for the third row in a month
drought
Linda asked Tom: "Do you love me?"
Linda asked Tom _________________
if he loved her
Lucy told Harold: "I will be back by 8"
Lucy told Harold ____________________
she would be back by 8
Anna is a teenager _____________ lives on the coast in the south of France, _______________ the climate is quite mild and the views are spectacular.
who
where
I was caught in the rain and my clothes got _________________
soaked
The first ___________________ came just minutes after the earthquake
aftershock
The doctor asked John:"How are you feeling?"
The doctor asked John __________________
how he was feeling
Leo told the reporters: "Mexico is the worst team ever and they are going to lose every match"
Leo told the reporters (that) _____________________
Mexico was the worst team ever and they were going to lose every match
Even _______________ it was pouring with rain, Ben still cycled to school.
though
Mind if I take a __________________ check on that drink? I have to work late tonight.
rain
Name the natural disaster from the headline:
Hikers lucky to escape when rocky cliff collapses
landslide
The teacher asked the students: "Did you understand the lesson?"
The teacher asked the students _________________
if they had understood the lesson
Sharon told the group: "I think we are lost"
Sharon told the group (that) __________________
she thought they were lost
Complete with a(n) or the
One day, ______ boy called Matt was walking down ________ street when he saw ________ girl's bag lying on _____________ pavement by a bus stop.
a
the
a
the
Complete the sentences about windy weather:
There was a cool _____________ on the beach, just enough to cool us.
There was a _______________ that day, so we didn't go sailing.
breeze
gale
Name the disaster from the headline:
People had to stay on the upper floors and sometimes on the roofs of their homes
flood
Sarah asked Peter: "Where were you yesterday?"
Sarah asked Peter _______________________
where he had been the day before / the previous day
The president told the staff: "We spent all of our resources last month"
The president told the staff (that) ________________________
they had spent all of their resources the month before / the previous month
Advances in weather technology mean __________ we can now predict weather patterns ____________ great accuracy. But every now and then we are reminded of the power of nature and of ___________ helpless we really are. Take, for example, Hurricane Katrina.
that
with
how
Complete the sentences with the CORRECT form of the verbs: howl, drizzle, drop
1. - It's not raining hard, it is just ________________
2. - We were warm and safe by the fireplace while a strong wind was _______________
3. - The temperature is expected to ____________ below zero over the weekend.
2. howling
3. drop
Complete the sentences with the correct FORM of the words:
1. The villagers were shocked by the ______________ force of the earthquake (DESTROY)
2. The rapid _________________ of rainforests is damaging the environment. (APPEAR)
3. It will take people a long time to recover from the __________________ effects of the hurricane (DEVASTATE)
1. destructive
2. disappearance
3. devastating
The police officer asked Janet: "What time did you leave the house and where have you been today?
The police officer asked Janet _______________
what time she had left the house and where she had been that day
She explained: "When the project first started, there was a lot of interest from my friends"
She explained (that) _________________________
when the project had first started, there had been a lot of interest from her friends
The Daintree is __________ ancient tropical rainforest stretching ____________95 km across the far north coast of Australia. It ______ become a popular destination for eco-tourism. ________ you have to choose your season, summer is extremely hot and wet, ______________ torrential rains making areas inaccesible.
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for
has
Although
with