Y8 natural disasters

Natural disasters
Present Perfect active and passive
(pages 121 CB and 89 WB)

Present Perfect Passive (in the news)
They __________ here for food.

They’ve come here for food.

I _______________ to two volunteer firefighters.

I’ve just spoken to two volunteer firefighters.

I _______________ anything like this in my life.

Two hundred people ______________.

Two hundred people have been killed.

Remote villages _________________ the worst.

Remote villages have been hit the worst.

Some villages and small towns have been cut off by the flood water. This is
___________________ by heavy rain and by rivers bursting their banks. Many
parts of the country have had their wettest January sing records began, more
than a hundred years ago. The village of Muchelney in the south west of
England _________________________ an island. Two hundred villagers
______________________________for the last ten days because the village
_______________completely for over a week. The village can only be reached
by boat or canoe. A rescue boat _________________ to the village to bring in
supplies.

It _________________ to take children to and from school. Some animals, such as
cows and sheep, ___________________ because their fields were flooded.
Have you missed school? _______________________ because of the weather? Email
us and let us know. We ____________________ by the flood water for nearly two
weeks new. We can’t go but car, but we ___________________ to and from school
every day in the rescue boat. We cant go outside and play, or ride our bikes, because
our house is surrounded by flood water. Luckily our house
_________________________.

8 minute discussion
Which one of the disaster types mentioned in these two pages do you
think is the worst?
Get ready to support your answers with reasons!

In spite of / Despite
Although they were hungry, the children managed to sleep.
(despite + -ing form)

Despite being hungry, the children managed to sleep.

Although there is a severe drought, Sabria and her family have some water to drink.
(in spite of + noun phrase)

In spite of the severe drought, Sabria and her family have some water to drink.
(in spite of + noun phrase)

Although she doesn’t go to school at the moment, Sabria hopes to return in the future.

Despite not going to school at the moment, Sabria hopes to return in the future.

Although they have these problems, they remain positive.
(in spite of + pronoun)

In spite of this, they remain positive.
(in spite of + pronoun)

Although they work hard to look after their animals, there’s nothing people can do when there is no rain.
(despite + ing form)

Despite working hard to look after their animals, there’s nothing people can do when there is no rain.
(despite + ing form)

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