About this lesson
This unit focuses on natural disasters, weather forecasting, and emergency preparedness. It includes reading passages about the progress in weather prediction, the unpredictability of earthquakes, and a story about a coastal town hit by a storm in 2023, emphasizing the importance of being prepared. The unit also covers listening exercises about family emergency plans, a role-play activity for an emergency planning meeting, and a writing section on formal reports about disaster preparedness. Students practice vocabulary related to disasters and preparedness, and learn comparative and superlative adjectives. By the end, students should be able to discuss disaster preparedness, understand weather forecasting limitations, use related vocabulary, apply comparative and superlative forms, and write a formal report.
Main topics in this lesson
- Natural disasters
- Weather forecasting
- Emergency preparedness
- Formal report writing
- Comparative and superlative adjectives
Key terms and vocabulary
- accuracy
- intensity
- humidity
- track
- pose
- meteorologists
- tectonic plates
- preparedness
- waterproof
- documents
- kit
- perishable
- supplies
- emergency kit
- contact person
- first aid
- stored water
- strike
- blocked
- evacuated
- trapped
- in advance
Questions and answers on Natural Disasters - practice and revision
Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English for 2nd secondary, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.
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Sara did not keep her important documents in a waterproof bag, and they were damaged when the storm struck. Which sentence best describes what she did wrong?
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She should have kept her documents in a waterproof bag.
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She should keep her documents in a waterproof bag every day.
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She must keep her documents in a waterproof bag now.
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She has kept her documents in a waterproof bag.
2
A coastal town was hit by a storm in 2023. The families who had prepared an emergency kit with stored water and first aid were in a better situation than those who had not. What does this show?
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Being prepared in advance helps people face a natural disaster.
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Earthquakes can never be predicted by meteorologists.
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Perishable supplies should be kept in the emergency kit.
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Humidity is the most important cause of storms.
3
Meteorologists say that today's weather forecast has greater accuracy than the forecast we heard last week. Which sentence correctly compares the two forecasts?
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Today's forecast is more accurate than last week's forecast.
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Today's forecast is most accurate than last week's forecast.
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Today's forecast is accurater than last week's forecast.
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Today's forecast is the more accurate than last week's forecast.
4
During an emergency planning meeting, a student talks about the most dangerous part of a storm. Which sentence uses the superlative adjective correctly?
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The storm surge is more dangerous than the wind.
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The storm surge is the most dangerous part of a storm.
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The storm surge is dangerouser than the wind.
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The storm surge is the dangerousest part of a storm.
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A family in a coastal town did not prepare an emergency kit before the storm in 2023. Which sentence shows what they should have done?
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They should have prepared an emergency kit in advance.
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They should prepare an emergency kit in advance.
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They must prepare an emergency kit in advance.
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They prepared an emergency kit in advance.
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Meteorologists say that today's weather forecast has more accuracy than the forecast from ten years ago. Which sentence correctly compares the two forecasts?
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Today's forecast is the most accurate.
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Today's forecast is more accurate than the old one.
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Today's forecast is accurater than the old one.
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Today's forecast is the accuratest.
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