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06.

01 ¿Qué está sucediendo con nuestro


ambiente?
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Vocabulary Words: El desastre natural


Complete the vocabulary chart. They are divided per vocabulary presentation with the page title in the
lesson. They also include the cognates, which are also a part of your vocabulary. Optional: To help you
remember, you can draw or add a picture. You may copy and paste the accented and special characters
from this list if needed: Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡, ¿

English Spanish Drawing/Image (optional)

natural disaster
el desastre
natural

hurricane
el huracán

earthquake
el terremoto

volcano
el volcán
volcanic eruption
la erupción
volcánica

environment; atmosphere
el ambiente

rivers
los ríos

lakes
los lagos

forests
los bosques
fire
el incendio

smoke
el humo

tsunami
el maremoto

drought
la sequía

flood; flooding
la inundación

property damage
los daños a la
propiedad
lack of electricity
la falta de
electricidad

Cognates
English Spanish Drawing/Image (optional)

avalanche la avalancha

ecotourism el ecoturismo


climate; weather el clima


tornado el tornado

conservation ​ el clima

vegetation la vegetación

erosion la erosión

¡Atención!
Use the Atención to answer the following questions in Spanish:

What are some causes and effects of a fire?

El humo y los incendios (Smoke and fires)

What are some causes and effects of a hurricane?

La erosión y los huracanes (Erosion and hurricanes)

What are some causes and effects of a tsunami?


La inundación y el maremoto (Flooding and tsunami)

Grammar: Regular verbs in the present progressive tense


Use the Gramática Nueva to complete the following section:

You’ll use present progressive tense to describe an action that is happening ___________.

You will use the formula __estar__(be)_______ + _present pricnciple__________ for the progressive
tense.

In Spanish, present participles end in -ndo, which is the equivalent to using the -ing suffix in English.
Complete the chart with the correct endings. You may copy and paste the accented and special
characters from this list if needed: Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡, ¿

To form a present participle for …

regular verbs ending in -ar regular verbs ending in -er and -ir

ando iendo-

Complete the charts below with the correct conjugation of estar in the present tense. You may copy and
paste the accented and special characters from this list if needed: Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡, ¿

Present Tense of Estar

subject pronoun estar subject pronoun estar

yo esta nosotros/nosotras esta

tú estan vosotros/vosotras estan

él/ella/usted estas ellos/ellas/ustedes estas


Write a sentence using estar in the present progressive:

Grammar: Regular verbs in the past progressive tense


Use the Gramática Nueva to complete the following section:

You’ll use past progressive tense to describe an action that was ___________ at a time in the past.

You will use the formula ___________ + ___________ for the progressive tense.

Complete the charts below with the correct conjugation of estar in the past tenses. You may copy and
paste the accented and special characters from this list if needed: Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡, ¿

Preterite Tense of Estar

subject pronoun estar subject pronoun estar

yo nosotros/nosotras

tú vosotros/vosotras

él/ella/usted ellos/ellas/ustedes

Imperfect Tense of Estar

subject pronoun estar subject pronoun estar

yo nosotros/nosotras

tú vosotros/vosotras

él/ella/usted ellos/ellas/ustedes

Write a sentence using estar in the past progressive:


Culture: Los desastres naturales
How did Edison’s father prepare for the earthquake?

What did Anna Rosa do two weeks before hurricane Maria?

What did Erick do after hurricane Irma?

What similar consequences did the natural disasters in this section have?

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