This document defines and provides the pronunciation for several types of natural disasters: avalanche, hurricane, cyclone, earthquake, tsunami, tornado, forest fire, blizzard, drought, flood, and monsoon. It explains that an avalanche is a large mass of snow falling down a mountain, a hurricane is an extremely violent wind or storm, and a cyclone is a violent tropical storm where the air goes round and round. Earthquakes cause the ground to shake, tsunamis are huge waves caused by earthquakes that flow onto land, and tornadoes are tall columns of air spinning very fast. Forest fires are big fires that can destroy trees and houses, blizzards are very bad storms with snow and strong winds

1. NATURAL DISASTERS
You are going to study the following
words
• Avalanche
• Hurricane
• Cyclone
• Earthquake
• Tsunami
• Tornado
• Forest fire
• Blizzard
• Drought
• Flood
• monsoon

2. A large mass of snow falling down the
side of a mountain is an…
Avalanche
/ æv. l. n /ˈ ə ɑː ʃ

3. An extremely violent wind or storm is
a…
Hurricane
/
h r. .k n/ˈ ʌ ɪ ə
/-ke n/ɪ

4. A violent tropical storm in which the air
goes round and round is a …
cyclone
/ˈsaikl un/ə

5. A shaking of the ground is an…
earthquake
/ˈɜːθkwe k/ɪ

6. A huge wave caused by an
earthquake which flows onto land is a
…
tsunami
/tsu n mi/ːˈ ɑː

7. A tall column of air spinning
round very fast is a …
tornado
/t ne d /ɔːˈ ɪ əʊ

8. A big fire that can destroy many trees
and houses is a …
forest fire
/f r st fa (r)/ˈ ɒ ɪ ˈ ɪə

9. A very bad storm with snow and
strong winds is a …
blizzard
/ bl z d/ˈ ɪ ə

10. A period of time with no rain is a …
drought
/dra t/ʊ

11. When there is too much water in a river
and it comes onto the streets and fields a
…
flood
/fl d/ʌ

12. When it rains very heavily for three
months or more
monsoon
/ m n su n/ˌ ɒ ˈ ː

13. Adapted from levanova lara’s Power
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