1. Read definitions and name them. Прочит. определения прир.катастроф и напиши их названия.

1. a period of time with no rain

2. a large mass of snow falling down the side of a mountain

3. an extremely violent wind or storm

4. large amount of water that covers an area which is usually dry

5. a huge wave caused by an earthquake which flows onto land

2. Fill in: pollution, cyclone, global warming, poverty, endangered, famine in the correct form. There is one extra word. Выберите правильное слово.

1. We say that people live in _______ when they don’t have enough money to pay for their food or housing.

2. Because of ________ our planet gets hotter and hotter.

3. The oil spill near Alaska in 1989 was the worst case of water _____ in history.

4. ________ are very common in South East Asia.

5. There are a lot of ________ species on the planet.

3. Complete the sentences. Образуйте от выделенных слово другую часть речи.

1. I still think he needs your _____ in choosing the career. GUIDE

2. We live in the house with all the modern ___________ CONVENIENT

3. The ________ at the theatre last night was unforgettable! PERFORM

4. He had a very attractive _________ APPEAR

5. Her daughter made such a nice_________ for the party. INVITE

GRAMMAR

4. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form –ing form or infinitive. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в правильную форму - ing form or infinitive.

1. Has it stopped ____________ yet? (snow)

2. They denied ______________ the window. (break)

3. The baby began _____________ in the middle of the night. (cry).

4. I don’t want __________ to the cinema. (go)

5. They decided _____________the homework. (do)

5 Choose used to/be used to/get used to. Выберите и запишите used to/be used to/get used to.

1. Mike __________doing his homework to music. It’s a usual way he does it.

2. When I was a child I _______________ask a lot of questions.

3. Sue lives alone. It is not strange for her. She __________ living alone.

4. Their neighbours are very noisy, so they have to ______________ the noise.

5. She’s been in Britain for three months and she can’t _______ driving on the left.

6. Fill in the correct preposition. Вставьте правильный предлог on, off, in, out, for

1. The tsunami in Indonesia called_______ immediate action.

2. A lot of doctors were called ______ to help people after the air crash.

3. Call ______ sometime and we’ll watch the new DVD together.

4. The meeting was called ______ but we still don’t know why.

5. A nurse often calls ______ my granny because she is not well.

7. Fill in the correct preposition.

1. He was horrified to see his office ______ flames.

2. Relax, we are _____ of danger.

3. How ________ earth did you get here?

4. Only stupid people would keep lions as pets – they are wild _____ nature