Solutions for App 428

Language in Use: Natural Disasters

Practise your English skills and let's talk about natural disasters!

At school we were __________ a project on natural disasters recently.

Solution:
doing

Last year there ______ a flood in my hometown.

Solution:
was

I talked about the flood ______ my presentation.

Solution:
during

I talked about my neighbours ______ were affected badly by it.

Solution:
who

My friend Lisa ______ her presentation on wildfires.

Solution:
did

She was in Portugal last summer ______ a wildfire broke out.

Solution:
when

She and her family were ______ escape just in time.

Solution:
able to

They ______ just having lunch when they noticed the fire coming nearer and nearer.

Solution:
were

Luckily the fire ______ extinguished successfully and nobody was injured.

Solution:
was

If my sister goes to the USA for her university course, she ______ have to learn about hurricanes, too.

Solution:
will

Hurricanes and tsunamis have been a problem in that region ______ quite some time.

Solution:
for

Two other interesting presentations ______ about earthquakes.

Solution:
were

When there is an earthquake at school, Japanese students are not ______ leave the classroom. They have to take shelter under their desks.

Solution:
allowed to

In many poorer countries houses were not ______ to withstand natural disasters, like earthquakes and floods.

Solution:
built

A natural disaster is horrible everywhere but even ______ for people in poorer countries.

Solution:
worse