Natural disaster paragraph writing activity

Natural disasters paragraph writing activity

Choose one natural disaster and write a 10-sentence paragraph in the preterit and imperfect tenses. Write 5 sentences in the preterit and 5 in the imperfect. Vary your verbs in both tenses. Use the list of verbs and vocabulary provided as a guide or come up with your own.

Note: Use the preterit to talk about completed actions (what happened), and the imperfect to describe or “set the scene” (what was going on).

Choose one or come up with your own: el huracán / la terremoto / la nevasca (snowstorm) / La inundación

A list of verbs and appropriate vocabulary as well as a template to write the paragraph are provided.