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Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words ( ditch drought habitat meadow orchard severe strong thriving )
1 There was a small _____ at the back of our house
where we’d pick apples in the autumn.
orchard
Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words ( ditch drought habitat meadow orchard severe strong thriving )
2 The car skidded on an icy road and ended up in
a _______but thankfully no one was hurt.
ditch
Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words ( ditch drought habitat meadow orchard severe strong thriving )
3
The village is in a remote mountain area and experiences some _____ weather conditions.
severe
Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words ( ditch drought habitat meadow orchard severe strong thriving )
4 The region is facing its worst ____ in decades with
no rain in months now.
drought
Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words ( ditch drought habitat meadow orchard severe strong thriving )
5 Thanks to conservation efforts, there’s now a _______ population of wildcats.
thriving
an idea that is wrong, but people believe it because they don’t understand the issue properly
misconception
almost certainly
undoubtedly
appearing to be one thing, but being in fact very different
deceptive
a period of time in teenagers’ lives when they are
developing into adults
adolescence
to look like or be like something or someone else
resemble
Don’t you agree that it is ____ time you started training your dog?
A best B high C right
B high
Never before _______so many robins inour garden.
A do we see B we saw C have we seen
C have we seen
Pollution might be tightly controlled in one
country, whereas____ country
regulations may be less strict.
A in another B in other C others
A in another
I wish _______to my brother when he told me not to swim in the river with such a strong current.
A I had listened
B I listened
C I have listened
A I had listened
If only_______ a presentation about endangered species! I’m struggling with the topic of acid rain.
A I have chosen
B I had chosen
C I chose
B I had chosen
The country is struggling to deal with the outbreak of malaria due to ___ healthcare facilities.
ADEQUATE
inadequate
Where a person comes from should be _________ ; what’s important is whether they have the skills for the job.
RELEVANT
irrelevant
We don’t want to lose Sophia and have asked
her to _____ her decision to resign.
CONSIDER
reconsider
The company has been forced to close someshops due to a sharp ______ in sales.
TURN
downturn
The clinic is severely ________ with often
only one or two nurses on duty.
STAFF
understaffed
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. Tim not only saw a school of dolphins, but he also spotted a whale.
Not ________a school of dolphins, but he also spotted a whale
Not only did Tim see a school of dolphins, but he also spotted a whale
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
2 Claudia needs to mow the lawn before she goes on holiday.
What ____mow the lawn before she goes on holiday
What Claudia needs to do is (to) mow the lawn before she goes on holiday
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
Josh only recommended you should buy more organic food.
All _______should buy more organic food.
All Josh recommended was that you/Josh did was recommend that you should buy more organic food.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
We have never experienced such cold weather while skiing.
Never _______ such cold weather while skiing
Never have we experienced such cold weather while skiing
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
If only the motorway ______ (not build) near the nature reserve, it wouldn’t have affected the local wildlife so much
If only the motorway had not been built (not build) near the nature reserve, it wouldn’t have affected the local wildlife so much