Answer Key

I
1. Flood-
2. Volcano
3. Cyclone/ Hurricane
4. Tsunami
5. Earthquake

II Sentences may vary but meaning must be the same.

1. Forecast: To predict.
2. Affordable: not too expensive.
3. Collapse: when something breaks down
4. Vast: when there is a lot of something
5. Hazard: synonym of a natural disaster.

Reading
I
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
II
1. E
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. C

UOF
I
1. Power outages cause electronic devices to get damaged and water services
to stop working.
2. You can learn another language online and practice listening skills watching
Youtube.
3. I was fed up with so much noise and I also needed to sleep.
4. When an earthquake starts people get nervous and they tend to fall more.
5. Buildings can be affected by an earthquake and phone lines and electricity
can stop working.
II
1. I went to the store
2. Dinner
3. John came back from Jamaica
4. Watch TV
5. Play football.
Writing

I Different answers are correct as far as they make sense

1. I need to get a passport
2. I need to save money
3. I need to get some vaccines
4. I need to exchange money
5. I need to buy an airplane ticket

Points Content Communicative Organization Language

achievement
All content is relevant. Communicates Text is well organized. Uses a range of
4 Reader is fully complex ideas clearly. Uses a variety of linking vocabulary, including
informed. Follows proper layout. words and cohesive some less common
devices. lexis appropriately.
Uses a range of simple
and complex
grammatical forms.

Minor irrelevances or Communicates ideas Text is connected and Uses everyday

3 omissions might be with ease, though coherent. vocabulary
present. some may not be clear. Uses basic cohesive appropriately.
Target reader is on the Follows proper layout. devices. Uses simple
whole informed. grammatical forms.
There are noticeable
errors but they don’t
hinder message.
Some content is Text only Text is connected using Uses simple
2 irrelevant to the task. communicates simple very basic linking vocabulary.
Target reader is ideas. words. Uses simple
minimally informed. Follows layout. grammatical forms but
with some errors.
Content is completely There is no layout. Text is hard to follow, Error impede meaning
1 irrelevant. ideas are not properly quite often.
Target reader is not connected.
informed at all.