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Disaster Vocabulary Building

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Disaster Vocabulary Building

Disaster Vocabulary Building

Natural disasters illustration

🌪️ Part 1: Base Words and Expanded Words

1. Match each base word with its expanded form by drawing lines:
1. quake
2. flood
3. storm
4. wind
A. stormy weather
B. earthquake
C. windy conditions
D. flooding water
2. Add prefixes or suffixes to these base words. Write your answers on the lines:

ash + y = ____________

earth + quake = ____________

storm + y = ____________

shake + ing = ____________

📝 Part 2: Vocabulary in Context

3. Choose the best word to complete each sentence. Circle your answer:

The ____________ shook the buildings violently.

earthquake

flooding

windy

The ____________ conditions made it hard to walk outside.

ashy

windy

quaking

4. Fill in the blanks using words from the word bank:

Word Bank: stormy, flooding, volcanic, shaking

The ____________ weather brought heavy rain and thunder.

The ____________ ash covered the town after the eruption.

The ground was ____________ during the earthquake.

The ____________ water reached the second floor of houses.

✍️ Part 3: Sentence Building

5. Write complete sentences using the disaster vocabulary words. Make sure to include descriptive adjectives:

Use the word "earthquake" in a sentence:

Use the word "stormy" in a sentence:

Use the word "flooding" in a sentence:

🧠 Part 4: Word Parts and Meanings

6. Break down these disaster words into their parts and explain what each part means:

earthquake:

earth + quake = ____________ + ____________

volcanic:

volcano + ic = ____________ + ____________

7. Check all the words that describe natural disasters:

tsunami

birthday

cyclone

homework

landslide

picnic

🎨 Part 5: Creative Application

8. Draw a picture of one natural disaster and label it with at least 3 descriptive words:
9. Reflection: How did knowing the base word help you understand new disaster vocabulary? Write 2-3 sentences:

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