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Jo, give, have, make, take + noun

Context listenin

al You are going to listen to a radio news report. Look at the photos. What do you think the report
is about?

In DE Listen and check whether you were right. As you listen, number these events in the order
the reporter mentions them.
a Two power stations were built dose to Lake Taal.
b People were evacuated from around Lake Taal.
C
The Taal volcano erupted and around a hundred people were killed.
d
Scientists found that the temperature of Lake Taal was increasing.
e The Taal Emergency Strategy was introduced.
I
A state of high alert was declared.
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g The Taal volcano erupted and over a thousand people were killed.
In OR Listen again. Complete each extract from the news report with a noun in the first space and
a preposition in the second.

1
breakdown
The ui communication cost at least a hundred lives.
2 the number of people living close to the lake.
There has been an
3 the power stations would leave thousands of homes and businesses
The
without electricity.
There was also a dramatic
4 the level of radon gas in the soil.

thousands of dead fish.
5 Their concerns increased with the
6 around 30,000 people began.
Two days ago the
1.4 Write new sentences with similar meanings to those in 1.3. In each case, use a verb related to
the noun in the first space.
1 Communication broke down itnci this cost at Least a, hundred, lives.
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