Unit 2

Vocabulary I

1 Complete the sentences about the weather with the correct words from the box.

sunny cloudy foggy rainy windy lightning thunderstorm cold

1 There was a loud ________________ last night! There was a lot of noise and I couldn’t sleep!
2 It’s very ________________ today. I can’t see the road properly. It’s dangerous to drive.
3 Anchorage is a very ________________ city, so we all have lots of sweaters.
4 ________________ is a lot of static electricity in the clouds. You sometimes see it when there is
a storm.
5 Take some sunscreen with you. It’s very ________________ at the beach today.
6 I lost my umbrella. It was so ________________ this morning that it flew away!
7 We can’t have a picnic today. It’s very ________________ and there is no sun.
8 I got very wet because it’s ________________ today and I didn’t take my boots!

2 Complete the conversation with correct words for the weather.

Mateo: Do you like living in Toulouse, Emily? My mum says that the weather is very
(1) ________________ there and people wear caps all the time.
Emily: Well, it is like that in the summer but it’s very (2) ________________ in winter.
Sometimes it is below zero!
Mateo: Well, I live in London and it’s very (3) ________________ in spring. I take my umbrella
with me every day.
Emily: Is it very (4) ________________ in London? In some films, you can’t see the streets
properly!
Mateo: Haha! No, it isn’t! But in winter, it’s very (5) ________________ and you can’t see the
sun!
Emily: Really? So, do you have many (6) ________________ with a lot of noise and
(7) ________________?
Mateo: Well, no, not really. But it is sometimes very (8) ________________, especially on the
river. I lost my hat last week!
Emily: Haha, no way!

3 Complete the text with the correct words for the weather.

The weather around the world

Where do you live? Is the weather nice or not today? Write in and tell us!

Scott, 12 - Barcelona
Hey, everyone! Well, I live in Barcelona and it’s summer here. So, it’s normally very
(1) __________________ at this time of the year. But today, it’s (2) __________________ and you
can’t see the sky at all! Fortunately, it’s not very (3) __________________ here, even in winter. It is
only about 15˚C. That’s not very cold!

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Selena, 13 - Paris
It’s not a nice day in Paris! It’s a very (4) __________________ day. I can’t see the top of the Eiffel
Tower! And yesterday it was very (5) __________________ and I bought an umbrella from a shop
in the street. But I lost it five minutes later because it was so (6) __________________! Haha!

Mario, 13 – Guadalajara
I love the weather in Guadalajara – it is a very warm city. But last night there was a very big
(7) __________________! It was very loud and there was a lot of (8) ___________. It was quite
scary! But today is great and I am at the lake with my family!

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Vocabulary II

1 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences with words for natural disasters and
their consequences.
1 After the tsunami, the beach and town were badly damaged / were badly hurt.
2 Prince Charles was in an avalanche in 1988. He was OK and he had a lucky escape / collapsed.
3 There was a terrible earthquake last year and a lot of people lost consciousness /
lost their homes.
4 Irene took shelter / was safe during the hurricane because she was in the basement.
5 The old castle collapsed / had a lucky escape after the earthquake.
6 Ed was badly damaged / was badly hurt when he ran down the hill in the competition.
7 The children lost their homes / took shelter in a cave during the thunderstorm.
8 l was safe / lost consciousness when a shop sign fell on my head!

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words for natural disasters and their consequences.
1 The family ________________ in the church during the storm and they were safe.
2 Valerie’s car was ________________ when a tree fell onto it.
3 When the office building ________________ during the earthquake, no one got hurt because it
happened at 2 am.
4 A lot of people ________________ because of the flood. The water destroyed all the buildings
near the river.
5 Fortunately, Sara was ________________ during the storm because she was at home.
6 We were ________________ by the avalanche when we were skiing. We were in hospital for
two weeks with broken legs.
7 Miles ________________ for a few seconds during the crash. But he was fine after that.
8 Emma got trapped in her car yesterday during the storm and she nearly fell into the river. She
had ________________ because a man saw her and helped her get out of the car.

3 Complete the conversation with the correct words for natural disasters and their
consequences.
Jose: Hey, Carla! Did you hear about the earthquake in Greece? It was bad because some
people (1) ________________ and now they have nowhere to live.
Carla: Yes! And I heard that the town was (2) ________________ by the earthquake.
Jose: Yes. A man was (3) ________________ because his house (4) ___________ and he got
trapped inside!
Carla: That’s terrible. What happened to him?
Jose: Well, when the rescue team found him, he was in shock and (5) ___________. He then
(6) ___________ and did not wake up for a long time, so an ambulance took him to the
hospital. Apparently, he (7) ___________ and now he is staying in his daughter’s house.
Carla: Ah, OK, good. Well, he had (8) ________________!
Jose: Yes, he did!
Carla: Thank goodness!

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Grammar I

1 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1 What were you doing / you were doing / you doing this time yesterday?
2 A: Was your cat trying / Did your cat try / Your cat was trying to get a mouse?
B: Yes, she was!
3 The skier wasn’t skiing / wasn’t skied / wasn’t ski down the mountain very fast.
4 Ricardo and Orlando living / are living / were living in San Francisco this time last year.
5 I were having / was having / am having a really good time at the party last weekend!
6 The children weren’t taking / weren’t not taking / weren’t took shelter in the old factory during
the storm.
7 A: Was you talking / Were you talking / Were you talk to Marta in the phone?
B: No, I wasn’t / I weren’t.

2 Complete the conversation with the correct past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
David: (1) ____________________ (you / watch) TV last night, Zia?
Zia: Yes, I (2) ___________. Why do you ask?
David: Well, there was this amazing TV programme about some people from Uruguay in a plane
crash, in 1972.
Zia: Where (3) ____________________ (they / go) to?
David: They (4) ____________________ (fly) to Chile to play in a rugby match.
Zia: What happened?
David: Well, the plane (5) ____________________ (cross) the Andes Mountains and then it
crashed!
Zia: Oh no! (6) ____________________ (the plane / have) problems?
David: Well, no, it (7) ___________. They think the pilot made a mistake. Some people were
OK. But they (8) ____________________ (not eat) because there was no food.
Zia: (9) ____________________ (they / feel) cold?
David: Yes, they (10) ___________. They (11) ____________________ (freeze), so some of
them decided to look for help! When they (12) ____________________ (walk) in the
mountains some people saw them and finally rescued them.
Zia: What an amazing story!

3 Complete the text with the correct past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

A race for survival in the desert

When Mauro Prosperi started the Marathon Des Sables in 1994, he had no idea about the
sandstorm that (1) _________________ (come). Properi (2) _________________ (run) in the 156-
mile race in the Sahara Desert. Few people (3) ___________ (participate) in the race and because
of that Prosperi (4) ___________ (run) alone for a long time. He (5) ___________ (carry) food,
clothes and a sleeping bag.

When the sandstorm started, he (6) ___________ (run). The storm was very bad and he was even
lost for eight days in the desert! (7) ___________ (he / feel) scared? Yes, he (8) ___________. But
he wanted to be rescued, so the day after the storm he started walking.

On the eighth day, when he (9) ___________ (walk), he found an oasis with water. And there he
saw a little girl. She (10) ___________ (work) close to the oasis. Why (11) ___________ (a girl /
work) in the desert? She lived there with her family and she (12) ___________ (take) care of some

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goats. She was scared of Prosperi, because he looked very strange after eight days in the desert!
But she took him to her family and they rescued him!

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Grammar II

1 Choose the correct options to make sentences with the past simple and past continuous.
1 Mauro was running / ran in the marathon when the sandstorm was starting / started.
2 Where was Ewan swimming / did Ewan swim when the tsunami hit / was hitting the hotel?
3 Were you working / Did you work when I called / was calling you last night?
4 Was Ian taking shelter / Did Ian take shelter in the basement when the hurricane started /
was starting?
5 Tania was not having / didn’t have lunch in a café when the avalanche happened /
was happening.
6 I had / I was having breakfast in the kitchen when the plates started / were starting to move.
7 Daisy and Jay missed / were missing the bus while they were looking / looked at their phones.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 ___________________ (Francisco / play) football when you ___________________ (arrive)?
2 Carina ___________________ (study) in the library when she ___________________ (hear) her
phone.
3 While Joel and Rachel ___________________ (eat) dinner in the garden, it
___________________ (start) to rain.
4 What ___________________ (Alex / do) when the earthquake ___________________ (begin)?
5 I ___________________ (not sleep) when you ___________________ (call) me last night.
6 A ball ___________________ (break) through the window while I ___________________
(watch) TV.
7 Jenny and her kids ___________________ (swim) in the sea when they ___________________
(see) the dark clouds.

3 Complete the conversation with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs
in brackets.
Isla: (1) ___________________ (you / hear) what happened at my school yesterday, Dario?

We (2) __________________ (leave) school when suddenly it (3) _________________

(start) raining!
Dario: OK… that doesn’t sound very bad!
Isla: I know, but it (4) ___________________ (not stop). We (5) ___________________
(wait) to leave for about an hour. Then, while I (6) ___________________ (call) my
parents, the rainwater (7) ___________________ (come) into the school!
Dario: Oh no! Then, what happened?
Isla: Well, while we (8) ___________________ (stand) in the hall, the head teacher
(9) ___________________ (tell) us to go upstairs to get away from the water.
Dario: Wow! And then, what happened?
Isla: Well, eventually the rain (10) ___________________ (stop) while we
(11) ___________________ (sit) upstairs waiting! But then we waited for a long time
for the water to go before we finally left!
Dario: What a day!

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Reading

Read the magazine interview.

In 2004, there was a tsunami near Indonesia in the Indian Ocean. It was one of the worst natural
disasters in history and it killed nearly 230,000 people in 14 countries. Maria Watts had a lucky
escape.

Reporter: Where were you when the tsunami happened?

Maria: I wasn’t at work because I was on holiday with my boyfriend. I live in Colombo,
Sri Lanka and we were on holiday in Unawatuna. We were having breakfast in our
hotel when my boyfriend Ewan saw a very big wave in the sea. He said it looked
like a storm!
Reporter: What did you do?
Maria: Ewan shouted to me while I was standing on the balcony. The wave hit the hotel.
It was nearly two metres high. We tried to find somewhere to take shelter. It was
difficult because water was coming in all around us and the hotel was shaking.
Reporter: What happened next?
Maria: Well, the tsunami hit the hotel as we were standing there and the water was very
high all around us. Fortunately, the water didn’t get higher while we were holding
onto the balcony.
Reporter: Were you hurt?
Maria: No, I was very lucky, but Ewan was badly hurt while he was trying to help people.
A part of a tree went past him very fast and hit him.
Reporter: How did you feel?
Maria: I felt very scared! When the water went down, lots of people were shouting and a
lot of buildings were badly damaged. Fortunately, after rescuers took Ewan to
hospital, we were safe.
Reporter: How did your life change because of the tsunami?
Maria: Well, we helped a lot of people in Sri Lanka and we still work with a charity there.
I don’t feel scared about swimming in the sea, but I now see how small humans are
compared to nature.

1 Read again and answer the questions.

1 Where was Maria when the tsunami happened?
_________________________________________________
2 What were Maria and Ewan doing at the hotel?
_________________________________________________
3 What did they try to do?
_________________________________________________
4 Where were they when the tsunami hit the hotel?

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 _________________________________________________
5 What happened to Ewan?
_________________________________________________
6 What did they do just after the tsunami?
_________________________________________________
7 Does Maria still go swimming in the sea?
_________________________________________________

2 Read again and choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1 The tsunami killed 2004 / 230,000 people.
2 Maria and Ewan were on holiday in Colombo / Unawatuna.
3 Ewan saw a storm / wave in the sea.
4 Maria and Ewan tried to survive in the hotel room / on the balcony.
5 Ewan was badly hurt by a tree / by the balcony.
6 A lot of buildings were / The hospital was badly damaged.
7 Maria thinks that nature is / is not very strong.

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Listening

1 Listen and write True or False next the sentences.

1 Adam Smith is in the army. ____________
2 The war was in Ireland. ____________
3 Adam says that filming in wars is scary. ____________
4 Adam was not working alone. ____________
5 There was a lot of fighting under a bridge. ____________
6 The bullet hit Adam’s memory stick. ____________
7 The bullet did not injure Adam. ____________

2 Listen and write one word to complete the sentences.

1 Adam was working for a ___________ when the incident happened.
(a) radio show (b) TV channel (c) camera shop
2 Adam had his great escape ___________.
(a) in 1992 (b) in 1990 (c) when he was 19
3 Adam says that being in his situation can sometimes be ___________.
(a) frightening (b) exciting (c) boring
4 Adam wanted to film ___________.
(a) on a small road (b) in a village (c) from the top of a hill
5 Adam stopped because ___________.
(a) he wanted to relax (b) someone shot him (c) he wanted to look at his phone
6 Adam didn’t have a hole in ___________.
(a) his memory stick (b) his mobile phone (c) his money
7 A solider ___________ Adam.
(a) saved (b) shot (c) hit

Writing
A fictional narrative

Write a fictional narrative about a dangerous situation. Write about 150 words. Remember to
use appropriate grammar and vocabulary for a fictional narrative.

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