1 Complete the sentences.
1 When volcanoes e_________ , hot rock, l____________ and gas come out.
2 Storms can cause f____________ and l____________ .
3 An ____________ buries people under snow.
4 H____________ are balls of ice.
5 During a storm there is often thunder and l____________ .
6 A b____________ is a big snow storm.
7 A t____________ is a big and destructive wave or waves.
8 A t____________ can lift cars and buildings into the air.
2 Complete the sentences with was/were or there was/were. Then write negative sentences and questions.
1 ______________________ some lightning during the storm.
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2 We ______________________ safe in Florida.
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3 ______________________ a volcanic eruption in Washington in 1980.
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4 The avalanche ______________________ frightening.
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5 His neighbours ______________________ at home when the river flooded.
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3 Write sentences. Use the past simple.
1 The hurricane / destroy / a lot of houses.
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2 It / not stop / until the next morning.
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3 I / see / a rescue helicopter.
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4 They / help / a lot of old people.
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5 the storm / damage / the school?
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4 Complete the past continuous questions. Then write negative and affirmative answers.
1 What _______________ (you / do) at eight o’clock?
(I / not watch a video)
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(I / chat to friends)
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2 Where _______________ (Jim / go) at six o’clock?
(He / not drive to town)
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(He / drive home)
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3 When _______________ (your friends / play) football?
(They / not play / in the evening)
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(They / play / in the morning)
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4 Who __________________ (mum / talk) to?
(She / not phone her friend)
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(She / phone / your teacher)
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5 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous and a suitable verb.
1 We ____________ home on our bikes when the storm ____________ .
2 I ____________ TV when my friend ____________ me a text message.
3 We ____________ coffee when we ____________ the news on the radio.
4 The lightning ____________ a man when he ____________ for the bus.
5 When my mum ____________ home we ____________ dinner.
6 Complete the dialogue. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs.
Paul What (1) _______________ (you / do) on the computer?
Simon I (2) _______________ (talk) to someone in a chat room. Her name’s Kerry.
Paul Really? And where (3) _______________ (she / live)?
Simon She (4) _______________ in Manchester.
Paul Really? Are you going to visit her?
Simon No. She (5) _______________ (come) to Liverpool next weekend.
Paul (6) _______________ (she / often come) to Liverpool?
Simon I (7) _______________ (not know). I’ll ask her.
Paul So? What did she say?
Simon Yes. She often (8) _______________ (come) here at the weekends. Her brother (9) _______________ (study) at Liverpool University at the moment. I (10) _______________ (meet) her and her brother at 8 p.m. next Saturday.
7 Write sentences. Use a relative pronoun and the correct form of the verb.
1 The library / a place / you / borrow books.
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2 My mum / a person / always / help me.
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3 School / a place / I / learn.
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4 Volleyball / a sport / my sister / love.
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5 Malaga / the city / Picasso was born.
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