and health care.
VI. Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Until now, 38,000 people
2. Typhoon Ketsana
Vietnam in the Corning days.
3. About 500 ha of pine forests
(destroy) by a fire last month.
(erupt)?
4. Can we predict when a volcano
5. The crops failed because it
(not rain) all summer.
6. Forest fires
(may/ start) by people or by lightning in storms.
7. A powerful earthquake (strike) Southern California on Friday night.
8. Scientists do not use the term "tidal wave" because tsunami waves
by tides.
9. The Amazon
10. I
island.
(evacuate) from the flood-affected areas.
(now/ move) west, threatening to hit Central
(not cause)
(already/lose) around 17 percent over the past 50 years.
(never/ experience) such a big earthquake before I
(go) to Java
11. Natural disasters can force people
(leave) their homes.
12. If you are trapped in a collapsed building, cover your mouth with a cloth to avoid
(breathe) dust.