Year 8 Unit 7: Disasters

Year 8 Unit 7: Disaster!

Name: __________ Class: _____ No: _____ Teacher: __________ Parent: __________ Date: __________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 1

Type the correct word into the boxes below

adversity, allay, avalanche, collide, damage, destroy, earthquake, prelude, protect, warn

1.  : v. to allay a fear or doubt is to calm a fear or doubt.

3.  : v. to damage something beyond repair

4.  : v. (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently, to clash

5.  : n. when a large amount of snow falls down the side of a mountain

6.  : n. a difficult or unlucky situation or event

7.  : n. harm caused by someone or something

8.  : v. to tell someone that something bad may happen in the future; to caution someone

9.  : n. something that comes before an important event or introduces or prepares for it

10.  : v. to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad

Part 2:

alive, deluge, devastation, injure, jeopardy, raze, respite, Richter Scale, scared, terrible

1.  : n. a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant

2.  : n. a system used to measure the strength of an earthquake

3.  : adj. very unpleasant or serious, or of low quality

4.  : v. to hurt a person, animal, or part of your body

5.  : n. in danger of being damaged or destroyed

6.  : v. to completely destroy something

7.  : adj. frightened or worried

8.  : n. a very large amount of rain or water

9.  : adj. living, not dead