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The natural Disasters By Team 7 English III D-201 PR03B
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The natural Disasters
The natural DisastersBy Team 7 English III D-201 PR03B
Our Team conformed by:Colon Arias Edgar DavidLarios Garca KarenLpez Cortes Diana ItzelMorales Arguello Laura PamelaPonce Soto AlexisRangel Mercado Alan EduardoSalinas Hernndez Jos Antonio
Passive Voice:Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.Example: My bike was stolen.
Passive Voice:In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:Example: A mistake was made.In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).
Rules of estructure of Passive Voice: Subject + finite form ofto be+ Past Participle.(3rd column ofirregular verbs.)
a/an, the or zero article:Disasters happen all the time. Two of the most famous disasters ever where an earthquake and a volcanic eruption.
a/an, the or zero article:Rules of estructure:Use a or an + noun to talk about something for the first time.Examples:An earthquake. - un terremotoA tornado. - un tornadoAn hurricane. - un huracnA flood. - una inundacinA forestal fire. - un incendio forestalA landslide. - un deslaveA lightning. - una sequia
a/an, the or zero article:Use the + noun when it is clear wich thing or person you are talking about.Example:The earthquake ocurred in 1985 in Mexico City, it was very terrorific for many.In spanish:El terremoto ocurrido en 1985 en la ciudad de Mxico, fue muy terrorfico para muchos.
a/an, the or zero article:Use zero article + noun when you are talking about thinks in general.Example:Zero article of people died because an hurricane.In spanish:Cero personas muertas a causa de un huracn.
Vocabulary:Arson: malicious burning to destroy property.
Arsonist: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
Avalanche: a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain.
Barometer: an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
Vocabulary:5. Beaufort scale: a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind.
6. Blackout: darkness resulting from the extinction of lights.
7. Blizzard: a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds.
8. Blow: be in motion due to some air or water current.
Vocabulary:9. Cloud: a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude.
10. Crust: a hard outer layer that covers something.
11. Cumulonimbus: a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
12. Cyclone: a violent storm in which air moves in a circular direction.
Vocabulary:13. Dam: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water.
14. Drought: a shortage of rainfall.
15. Dust storm: a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
16. Earthquake: vibration from underground movement along a fault plane.
Vocabulary:17. Erosion: the process of wearing or grinding something down.
18. Fatal: bringing death.
19. Fault: an imperfection in an object or machine.
20. Fire: the process of combustion of inflammable materials.
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