What can be done to prevent natural disasters? What are possible preventive measures?
How can we help victims of a natural disaster?
What problems do people have after a natural disaster?
Could the Internet be helpful in case of a disaster? In what way?
Have you ever seen a natural disaster movie?
In your opinion, what’s the worst natural disaster?
Why?
grammar
2 complete the sentences with for or since.
a she's lived in london since 2003
b we've been in this classroom for two hours.
c they've been married for a long time.
d he's been at this school for three years.
e we've been here since 10 o'clock.
3 complete the sentences with the verbs in
brackets. use the present perfect or past
simple.
a I have lived here for a long time. my parents moved here when i was five.
b we went to ireland last year but we haven't visited england yet.
c I finished my homework two hours ago but i haven't called my friends yet.
d I have been at this school since i was 12.
e we started learning english three years ago.
I have known my best friend since we were young. i met her when we were at junior school.
4 circle the correct alternatives.
a I had lived in London for a long time before i learnt to speak english fluently.
b before we came to this country, we had never travelled by plane.
c i had finished all my homework before i met my friends.
d when my friend called, i had just had my breakfast.
e we had studied hard before we took the test.
1 A: We are going to spend a weekend in Las Vegas soon. Do you want to come?
B: Sure, that sounds fantastic!
2 A: This time tomorrow, Tom and I will be flying to Hawaii.
B: Wow! You must be so excited!
3 A: I'm going for shopping today.
B: Oh. I think I am coming with you!
4 A: We will move to Brenton next month.
B: I’m sure you will love it there.
5 A: Why is Ken wearing those old clothes?
B: He is going to paint the house later.
6 A: Will you meet the others at 3 o’clock, Annie?
B: I don’t think so. I will be studying at that time.
7 A: The leather handbag costs £150.
B: Wow. I’m afraid I am not taking it. It’s too expensive!
8 A: What are you doing on Saturday afternoon?
B: I am going to have lunch with my friends at the new shopping centre.
9 A: Can someone give me a hand with these shopping bags?