Weathering the storm

Do you remember what the text in unit 5 was about?

• a catastrophic tsunami
• a driving rain
• a terrible storm
• a beautiful shoreline

What is the meaning of the word flooded?

• ruined
• shaken
• filled with water

Give a synonym of the phrase: driving rain

• downpour
• gale
• drought

What happens during drought?

• there is a lot of rain
• there are strong winds
• there is no rain at all

Fill in: We couldn't go out because of the the gale-force winds, so we waited until they __________.

• died down
• turned out
• called off

What do you see in this picture?

• blizzard
• fog
• sleet

What do you see in this picture?

• heatwave
• tsunami
• rain
• hurricane

The word scorching means very cold.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Is the order of adjectives correct?
"I bought some beautiful old Italian furniture."

• YES
• NO

The word "hard" is used as an adverb here:
"He tried as hard as he could, but couldn't win the race."

• TRUE
• FALSE