Assignment 1
Read the assignment and write down the answers in English. You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a Name 10 or more weather words.
| Storm Arwen
A big storm has hit the UK. It brought strong winds and caused lots of disruption. It is called Storm Arwen Find out more here. |
Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning in the text.
| 1. army | a. a part of a country |
| 2. region | b. a very serious or bad event |
| 3. heating | c. all of the soldiers and other military people of a country |
| 4. power lines | d. checking if everything is okay by going from one home to the other |
| 5. worst-affected areas | e. cables used to bring electricity to an area or buildings |
| 6. a major incident | f. expected to come |
| 7. due to arrive | g. far away from where other people live |
| 8. troops | h. fixed and workin again |
| 9. door-to-door checks | i. frozen or partly frozen rain |
| 10. remote | j. groups of soldiers |
| 11. power cuts | k. parts of the country that have seen the most storm damage |
| 12. restored | l. periods of time when there is no electricity in a building or area |
| 13. properties | m. pieces of land often with buildings on it |
| 14. phone-charging points | n. places where you can feed electricity into your phone battery |
| 15. sleet | o. a system that is used to provide warmth to a room or building |
Assignment 3
a Why was the army sent in to areas hit by Storm Arwen?
1 To assist Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his fight against Scotland.
2 To check homes and help people where necessary.
3 To restore the local electricity networks.
4 To set up charging points for people without electricity.
b Why can people get money as compensation?
1 Because they didn’t get any electricity for some time.
2 Because they had to check door to door at 19,000 homes.
3 Because they have to take care of 130 troops.
4 Because they were without power for seven whole days.
c In total, how many homes were without electricity because of Storm Arwen?
1 13,000 properties.
2 19,000 homes.
3 Almost a million households.
4 Around 3,000 homes.
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