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3 Match the words in bold in the text to their synonyms.
What part of speech is each? rock , earth, devoted, puzzles,
moving up and down, not employed by others, prevent you from
seeing, hiding , safety measures.
4 Use words from the box in the
correct form to complete the sentences.
1 The 3300 ft Chilean Chaiten v...................... e......................
last Thursday for the first time after thousands of years of
causing earth tremors.
2 The d...................... r...................... scared people who hurried
to evacuate the area.
3 The d................ v................ awoke after 9,000 years of silence.
4 P.............. g.............. caused breathing problems for residents.
5 F...................... h...................... l...................... started flowing
down the volcano.
6 Clouds of steam and ash b...................... the v......................
for miles, making it difficult to see.
Check these words
Grammar
Tense revision
5 Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple , present
continuous, past simple , past continuous or the present
perfect . Give reasons.
1 John ............................................... (trip) and ........................
(cut) his knee as he ............................ (walk) up the volcano.
2 Martin .......................................... (not/reach) the crater yet.
3 Look at the volcano. Huge rocks .............................................
(explode) out of the crater!
4 They ...................................... (go) volcano surfing tomorrow.
5 Luke often ........................................ (go) mountain climbing.
6 We .......................................... (leave) for Chile next Monday.
7 People ....................................... (look) at the volcano as lava
.......................... (flow) down during the eruption last night.
6 Use the adverbs to make sentences about you: every day,
last week, at this time last Monday , ago, yet, now , for a month,
already, since last weekend .
S peaking & Writing
7 Imagine you are Martin Rietze and you are
close to an erupting volcano. What has happened? What
can you hear and see? How do you feel? In three minutes,
write a few sentences on the topic. Read them to the
class or your partner. Start like this: The volcano has just
erupted. I can hear ...
Think!
b) Now read the text again
and for questions 1-5,
choose the best answer A ,
B, C or D. Justify your
answers.
1 Martin Rietze can’t stay near a
volcano for a long time because …
A it’s bad for his equipment.
B he can’t stand the heat.
C it’s too loud.
D it’s dangerous for his health.
2 Volcano chasers have to be …
A very active.
B talented scientists.
C patient.
D freelancers.
3 When the Eyjafjallajökull volcano
erupted, it was difficult for Martin
to …
A get a flight to Iceland.
B find somewhere to stay.
C get close enough to take good
photos.
D protect himself from flying
rocks.
4 It seems that Martin ...
A doesn’t take enough safety
precautions.
B understands the risks he’s
taking.
C often gets injured.
D underestimates the dangers of
volcano chasing.
5 Martin suggests that …
A he sometimes takes photos
when he knows it’s too
dangerous.
B volcano chasing is for anyone.
C volcanoes aren’t as dangerous
as people think.
D a volcano is sometimes too
dangerous to photograph up
close.
see pp.
GR 1-4
Vocabulary Bank 1 pp. VB1-VB2