Earthquakes in Venezuela
Venezuela has bad earthquakes. The earthquakes are five days old. More than one thousand seven hundred people are dead. Thousands of people are still missing. Search teams work in Venezuela now. They want to find survivors. A reporter for CBS News has more information about the earthquakes.
There are earthquakes in Venezuela. The earthquakes are five days old. The earthquakes in Venezuela are bad. Venezuela has these bad earthquakes now. The earthquakes are in the news. Many people read this news today. People are sad about the earthquakes. The news is very important.
More than 1,700 people are dead. This is a very big number. The dead people are in Venezuela. This number is from the news. The news has this number today. We know about the dead people. This is very sad news. The number of dead people is big. There are many dead people.
Thousands of people are still missing. These thousands of people are in Venezuela. We do not see the missing people. The missing people are not here. Where are the missing people now? No one has the answer today. We want to find these people. Many workers search today. The search is very big.
Search teams work in Venezuela now. The search teams work every day. The search teams search Venezuela. The search teams want to find survivors. These survivors are still alive now. The search teams work very hard. The search teams do not stop. They want to save the people. They can help the survivors. The search is not easy.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez is a news reporter. He is a reporter for CBS News. He has more information about Venezuela. He writes about the bad earthquakes. He has more about the earthquakes. He has more about the search. The reporter writes about the people. CBS News has his news report. We read his news report today. The news report is ready now.
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How many days old are the earthquakes?
Present Simple with 'There is / There are'
We use 'there are' with plural nouns to say that things exist.
“There are earthquakes in Venezuela.”
What to know · A1
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Scenario: You want to tell someone about a problem in a country.
- 01“There are earthquakes in Venezuela.”
- 02“This is very sad news.”
- 03“The search is not easy.”
Register tip · informal
🔑Key Phrases
This phrase is used to introduce the main event in the country.
There are many people in the room.
This phrase explains that a large number of people cannot be found.
Some children are still missing.
This phrase describes the ability of the workers to give assistance.
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💬Discussion Questions
Open-ended questions to talk or write about — alone, with a partner, or in class.
- 1
Do you read the news every day?
Personal - 2
Why is the search for survivors not easy?
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