This activity is a worksheet from ESL short stories which is about Natural Disasters, especially Hurricanes. The goal of this activity is that students practice listening skill while they are also encouraged to reflect about this important issue, the consequences of natural disasters for human beings. Besides, students will also develop reading skills while reading the fragment to complete the following questions. This type of activity is aimed at A2 students.
Hurricane Dean
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letter if you don't remember the word. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Hurricane Dean looked like a monster. It developed a category 5, the highest and most dangerous . Category 1 is called “minimal,” with wind speeds to 95 mph. Category 5 is called “catastrophic,” wind speeds of at least 156 mph. It over trees and destroys small buildings. Hurricane Dean Jamaica, just south of Cuba. It destroyed hundreds homes in Jamaica, and then continued west toward and Yucatan, part of Mexico. Cancun, a Mexican town on the Gulf of Mexico, was also danger.
Thousands of tourists caught early flights out Cancun. But some stayed. “Hurricanes are usually more than bite,” said one tourist from Mississippi. “Of , sometimes they’re all bite, like Katrina a couple years ago, and Andrew and Camille before that.”
“’t forget Hugo, and Charley, and Agnes, and Rita,” wife chimed in. “Oh, yeah, and Gilbert! And about Wilma?”
“Yeah, you’re right. They can be . But usually, they just bring lots of rain wind without much destruction. My wife and I having a great time here in Cancun, and ’re not going to pick up and leave, especially how much this vacation is costing us. We’ll our chances.”
This tourist and his wife were . Dean traveled south of Cancun, causing little damage the resort. In fact, two days later, Cancun almost completely cleaned up and bustling again. It as if Dean had never been there. The brought heavy rain to parts of Mexico, but out two days after hitting land. Two weeks , Hurricane Felix, also a category 5 at one , passed south of Jamaica and headed straight toward .
Comprehension Questions
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Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free
letter if you don't remember the word. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!Hurricane
Dean looked like a monster. It developed a category 5, the highest and most dangerous . Category 1 is called “minimal,” with wind speeds to 95 mph. Category 5 is called “catastrophic,” wind speeds of at least 156 mph. It over trees and destroys small buildings. Hurricane Dean Jamaica, just south of Cuba. It destroyed hundreds homes in Jamaica, and then continued west toward and Yucatan, part of Mexico. Cancun, a Mexican town on the Gulf of Mexico, was also danger. Thousands of tourists caught early flights out Cancun. But some stayed. “Hurricanes are
usually more than bite,” said one tourist from Mississippi. “Of , sometimes they’re all bite, like Katrina a couple years ago, and Andrew and Camille before that.” “’t forget Hugo, and Charley, and Agnes, and Rita,” wife chimed in. “Oh, yeah, and Gilbert! And about Wilma?”
“Yeah, you’re right. They can be . But usually, they just bring lots of rain wind without much destruction. My wife and I having a great time here in Cancun, and ’re not going to pick up and leave, especially how much this vacation is costing us. We’ll our chances.”
This tourist and his wife were . Dean traveled south of Cancun, causing little damage the resort. In fact, two days later, Cancun almost completely cleaned up
and bustling again. It as if Dean had never been there. The brought heavy rain to parts of Mexico, but out two days after hitting land. Two weeks , Hurricane Felix, also a category 5 at one , passed south of Jamaica and headed straight toward . Comprehension Questions
Answer the following yes/no questions with the correct short answer. For example: Yes, he did. OR No, he didn't.
1. Did Hurricane Dean look like a monster?
Dean look like a monster?
2. Did it develop into a category 5?
3. Is a category 5 the least dangerous level?
4. Does category 1 have higher wind speeds than category 5?
5. Does category 5 have wind speeds of at least 156 kmh?
6. Does a category 5 storm blow over trees?
7. Does a category 5 storm destroy large buildings?
8. Is Jamaica just south of Mexico?
9. Did the hurricane destroy hundreds of homes in Jamaica?
destroy hundreds of homes in Jamaica?
10. Did it continue west toward Belize and Yucatan?
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