English 8. Unit 9. Natural disasters

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

• aquatic

• collapse

• evacuate

• agree

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

• disaster

• violent

• wind

• victim

Choose the word whose main stress pattern is different from that of the others

• photography

• demography

• geography

• climatology

Choose the word whose main stress pattern is different from that of the others

• classic

• nature

• collapse

• debris

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

What had you do before you left school yesterday?

• had

• do

• before

• left

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

I think that there are more natural disasters now than there use to be.

• that

• are

• than

• use

Choose the best answer

The _______ of the volcano was a terrible disaster.

• prediction

• eruption

• cyclone

• shift

A large number of fishermen ________ when the storm struck.

• died

• was died

• are died

• were died

Son: How was your last summer vacation?

Nam: ___________! There was nothing exciting to do, and no interesting places to go.

• Awesome

• That’s awful

• How wonderful

• Boring, just boring

The water supply __________ by the fertilizers and the pesticides used on many farms.

• is polluted

• is polluting

• pollutes

• will pollute