The Day the Earth Moved

Curriculum topic

Grade

Grade 10

Subject

Английский язык

Term

1

Lesson

№ 15

Section

Unit Natural disasters

Learning objectives

• 10.4.5Deduce meaning from context in extended texts on a wide range of familiar general and academic topics, as well as on some unfamiliar topics
• 10.5.3write on a range of topics in general and in the curriculum, taking into account grammatical rules

Sample questions

1. 1
   In the text "The day the earth moved", the phrase "the ground gave way" most likely means that the ground…

   became very warm to touch collapsed or sank suddenly turned into solid rock was covered with fresh grass
2. 2
   Which word from the text means "a series of shaking movements of the earth"?

   breezes droughts tides tremors
3. 3
   What is the main cause of an earthquake?

   heavy rainfall over many days melting of glaciers in spring strong winds near the coast sudden movement of tectonic plates