Tornado is a violent wind movement. They are also called twisters or cyclones. Most people recognize them as a towering black funnel extending downward from the base of a large cumulonimbus cloud. It rotates at speeds up to three hundred miles per hour (480 kpm.) or in some rare cases, even faster. In the centre of the tornado, the air pressure is very low in comparison to surrounding air pressure. The speed of the wind is the primary cause of deaths and destruction of property. Many people are killed by flying objects and debris (missiles). They happen in certain parts of the world Australia, the Midwestern and Southern of United States.
They also occur more frequently in the spring and summer months. Tornadoes usually occur as part of a severe thunderstorm and often come in advance of cold fronts, however, they can also occur (although less frequently) ahead of warm fronts, and even behind cold fronts.
The greatest killer tornado in the United States occurred during the year 1925 in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. It killed six hundred ninety-five people and injured over two thousand

Task A
Read the text and write TRUE or FALSE for every sentence.
1. Tornadoes are also known as twisters.
2. The speed of tornadoes is always the same.
3. Tornadoes cannot damage property.
4. Tornadoes mostly happen in specific places of the planet.
5. One of the strongest tornadoes happened at the end of the 20th century in America.
Task B
Find the words that mean:
6. Verb that means “turn around, revolve” (paragraph 1)-
7. Noun, synonym to the word damage (paragraph 2)-
8. Adverb, antonym to the word seldom, hardly ever (paragraph 3) -
9. Synonym to the word happen (paragraph 4)-
10. Verb that means “hurt” (paragraph 4)-

Task C
Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.
11. Tornado can be described as a strong .

12. Tornadoes cause

13. Three states___ _ were hit by severe tornadoes

in the past.​

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