Choose the correct particle(s).
1 The guard asked the passengers to back away/down from the edge of the train platform.
2 The school carried on/out a fire safety drill.
3 Despite his accident, Aron carried on/out climbing.
4 Back up/out your computer files regularly.
5 The match was called off/back due to heavy rain.
6 She backed down/out from the race in the end.
- back away from — отойти назад от края (move backwards from sth).
- carried out a drill — провести учения (perform or conduct).
- carried on climbing — продолжил заниматься скалолазанием (continue).
- Back up files — сделать резервную копию (make a copy of a file).
- The match was called off — матч отменили (cancel).
- backed out of the race — решила не участвовать (decide not to do sth).
back away — отступать; carry out — проводить; carry on — продолжать; back up — делать копию; call off — отменять; back out — отказаться от участия.
- away
- out
- on
- up
- off
- out
Choose the correct preposition.
1 Tsunamis travel at/on a great speed.
2 Aron Ralston lives his life from/to the fullest.
3 Martin's photos are always at/in high demand.
4 The tsunami destroyed everything on/in its path.
5 The man was begging in/for help.
- travel at a great speed — устойчивое сочетание с at.
- live life to the fullest — жить на полную.
- in high demand — пользоваться большим спросом.
- on its path — на своём пути.
- beg for help — умолять о помощи.
- at
- to
- in
- on
- for
Choose the correct word.
1 He tried hard to stay/keep alive.
2 The ground started to shake/jump.
3 The clouds blocked/closed the view.
4 The water raised/rose fast.
5 The tsunami reached/arrived land fast.
- stay alive — остаться в живых.
- shake — земля тряслась.
- blocked the view — закрыли обзор.
- rose — поднялась (rise не требует дополнения; raise — «поднимать что-то»).
- reached land — достигло суши (reach + объект, arrive требует предлога at/in).
- stay
- shake
- blocked
- rose
- reached
Complete the sentences with the correct word from the list.
• well • thought • man • thirty • never
1 The lightning storm in Catatumbo is almost ..... ending.
2 The children were very ..... behaved for the babysitter.
3 I saw a ..... provoking documentary about earthquakes last night.
4 Lava fountains can reach as high as a ..... storey building.
5 Lives are lost every year through natural and ..... made disasters.
- never-ending — бесконечный.
- well-behaved — хорошо себя ведущие.
- thought-provoking — заставляющий задуматься.
- thirty-storey building — тридцатиэтажное здание (число + существительное в единственном числе).
- man-made disasters — катастрофы, вызванные человеком.
- never
- well
- thought
- thirty
- man
Complete with: arm, flow, dormant, volcanic, take, struck, environmental, tectonic, emergency, freelance.
1 ..... plates
2 lava .....
3 ..... photographer
4 ..... eruption
5 prosthetic .....
6 ..... services
7 ..... disaster
8 ..... volcano
9 ..... precautions
10 disaster .....
- tectonic plates — тектонические плиты.
- lava flow — поток лавы.
- freelance photographer — фотограф-фрилансер.
- volcanic eruption — извержение вулкана.
- prosthetic arm — протез руки.
- emergency services — аварийные службы.
- environmental disaster — экологическая катастрофа.
- dormant volcano — спящий вулкан.
- take precautions — принимать меры предосторожности.
- disaster struck — случилась катастрофа.
- tectonic plates
- lava flow
- freelance photographer
- volcanic eruption
- prosthetic arm
- emergency services
- environmental disaster
- dormant volcano
- take precautions
- disaster struck
