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Natural disasters and simple past

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  • The children ___________ outside when the tsunami _______the town (play/strike)
    were playing/ stroke
  • The firefighters _______many animals that ________from the forest fire (rescue/run away)
    rescued/were running away
  • The Agatsuma volcano _________in 1903 and _____many people (erupt/kill)
    erupted/killed
  • What is storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean?
    A hurricane
  • What is this?
    a drought
  • What is a large amount of water covering an area?
    a flood
  • What is a large amount of snow that suddendly slides down a mountain
    An avalanche
  • What _____you ______when the earthquake ______? (do/start)
    What were you doing when the earthquake started? (do/start)
  • We ____________ when the tornado _______ (sleep/hit)
    We were sleeping when the tornado hit.
  • What is a violent shaking of the earth because of the movement of plates?
    An earthquake
  • What is an incontrolable fire occuring in nature?
    Wild fire/Forest fire
  • We ________ the loud sound of the thunders when we __________ cards (hear/play)
    We heard the loud sound of the thunders when we were playing cards (hear/play)
  • What is the main cause of a flood?
    A lot of rain/ accumulation of water
  • What is the main cause of a tsunami?
    An earthquake in the ocean