Wild weather

The

following are examples of natural phenomena : avalanche, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tidal waves (tsunami) tornado, volcanic eruption and so on. do any of them occur regularly in your country?

Match the types of weather with these definition. There is one extra definition. What does it define?

avalanche, earthquakes floods, hurricanes, tidal waves

(tsunami)

tornado, Volcanic

eruption

Large amount of water in an area which is usually dry A strong wind combined with a heavy snowfall An unusually large incoming body of water, usually caused by strong winds Lava and hot ash coming out from below the earths surface A heavy fall of snow and ice(or rocks and sand) down to a mountain

An extremely strong wind

Vibrations on the surface of the planet caused by subterranean movement or volcanic activity
A violently rotating column of air

Answers
1.a flood 2.a blizzard (this is the one which is not listed in .) 3.a tidal wave 4.a volcanic eruption 5an avalanche 6.a hurricane 7.an earthquake 8.a tornado

Avalanche

Volcanic eruption

Which of the following adjectives describe events and which ones describe reactions to events? Do you think you would use if you were involved in the natural events from above?

amazed amazing anxious astonished astonishing beautiful dramatic disappointed disappointing fantastic nervous puzzled, puzzling scary terrifying terrified wonderful, worried, worrying

If the adjective ends in -ing, it usually describes an event ,an achievement or someones behaviour;

It all sounds very exciting. The lesson was interesting He scored an astonishing goal

If it ends in ed, it usually describes a persons reaction to the event or behaviour.

You dont seem very excited. I was interested in the lesson. We were astonished when he scored the goal

Write a paragraph about most violent weather That you can remember.(if you never experienced violent weather, invent a story) You may need the following words and expressions: the weather: rain, snow , ice, wind, hurricane, storm, blizzard, freezing condition the effects: floods, dangerous roads,, falling trees, accidents, damages to buildings. how you felt: terrified, excited, bored, annoyed, confused

A)

Get into groups of four or three.

One of you is a television reporter. The others have all experienced violent weather conditions( tornado, hurricane, etc) talk to the interviewer about the experiences. Try to make your experiences worse, more exciting or more terrifying than others

B) Act out your interview for the rest of the class.