Natural Disasters - Grammar & Vocabulary

The earthquake shook the island on Friday last week.

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

Past Continuous shows when..

• an event was perfect

• An event started in the past and continued until now

• An event started in the past and was interrupted by a shorter event

Tourists noticed that the storm had disappeared when the hurricane passed over their hotel.

• Past Continuous & Simple

• Past Simple & Simple

• Past Perfect & Simple

• Past Perfect & Perfect

Past Simple is when

• An event starts and ends in the past

• An event started in the past and continued until now

• An event happens at the same time as another event

The flood waters had risen during the night while the rescuers struggled to find survivors.

• Past Continuous

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect

Hurricanes and tornadoes have some similarities but many differences

• Simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

Volcanoes can be predicted whereas earthquakes are unforeseeable

• Simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

The floodwaters are rising in the city

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Present Continuous

• Present Simple

The number of wildfires has been increasing because of global warming.

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Future

When the earthquake struck, the ground was shaking violently.

• Past Perfect & Simple

• Past Simple & Continuous

• Past Continuous & Perfect

• Past Perfect & Continuous