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Animals are very sensitive. They can sense earthquakes or other disasters before they happen. Watch the following sites.   See what happens during a lesson at school.     Be careful! Drive carefully and keep your eyes on the road. You don't know what might happen.     Write 5 sentences about the movies. Use the Present Progressive.   .Read the story Cappy: The Earthquake Dog ((taken from A coursebook written byECB)and complete the text In 1968 Linda (1) feddecidedfoughtgave birth  to get a dog. She found a beautiful dog and broght her home. The dog (2) gave birthmade surestruggledshook to 13 puppies. One of the puppies was very small and (3) proudroundwas hurtweak so Linda (4) gave birthstruggledtried hardfed it  with milk and honey. The pup (5) warneddecidedstruggledfed and (6) foughtstruggledsavedgavefor its life. Linda (7) lickedsavedstruggledwarned  his life.   One night, Linda woke up. She saw Cappy barking and crying. Cappy was (8) lickingrunningtryingshaking hard to tell her something. She felt the floor (9) shakingwarninglickingmaking sure  under her feet. She pulled her kids out of their bed and went to the garden.   Cappy was jumping up and down, running (10) proudroundweakdangerous and round and (11) lickingrunningwarningfeeding the kids' faces. He (12) was fightingwas warningwas trying hardwas making sure they were alright.   Cappy found a way to thank the family for (13) feeding himsavingtrying hardlickinghis life.  Answer the questions. Choose the correct answer.        1)    Why did the boy call the dog Cappy? Cappy woke Linda because he was trying to warn her about the earthquakeHe called the dog Cappy because it was very weak and small but it struggled and fought for its lifeShe was very sick after giving birth to thirteen puppies.        2)    What happened to Gertrude? She was very sick after giving birth to thirteen puppies.Dogs can help blind people, find lost people and even find drugs or weapon ðù÷He warned the family because he wanted to thank his family for saving his life.        3)    Why did Cappy wake Linda up? You should get out to an open place.He warned the family because he wanted to thank his family for saving his life.Cappy woke Linda because he was trying to warn her about the earthquake   4)    According to the story, how should you behave in times of Earthquakes? It always jumped up, ran around the room and barked.Dogs can help blind people, find lost people and even find drugs or weapon ðù÷You should get out to an open place.       5)    How did Cappy help the family? He warned the family because he wanted to thank his family for saving his life.She was very sick after giving birth to thirteen puppies.It always jumped up, ran around the room and barked.   6)    Why did Cappy warn the family? He warned the family because he wanted to thank his family for saving his lifeIt always jumped up, ran around the room and barked.He called the dog Cappy because it was very weak and small but it struggled and fought for its life     7)    How can dogs or other animals help people? Give at least 3 examples   You should get out to an open place.Dogs can help blind people, find lost people and even find drugs or weapon ðù÷