A collection of free natural disasters worksheets for ESL, science, and general English classes.
The first worksheet above is a picture and word vocabulary matching exercise with 16 natural disasters.
The answers to this handout are -1 Hailstorm, 2 Asteroids, 3 Sinkhole, 4 Flood, 5 Earthquake, 6 Forest fire, 7 Tsunami, 8 Thunderstorm, 9 Drought, 10 Tornado, 11 Hurricane, 12 Avalanche, 13 Volcanic eruption, 14 Sandstorm, 16 Snowstorm, and 17 High winds.
To help students complete the worksheet you can give them clues such as – “An asteroid is a large rock that comes from space into our sky” or “An avalanche is snow falling down a mountain”.
Many of the disasters are self-explanatory, just give assistance where you feel the class needs it.
There is also a related natural disasters conversation questions worksheet for discussion classes.
