Complete the sentences with these words.
abandoned epidemic drought cave ranch hoax
theory generous certain proud looked into wiped out
1 We were amazed to learn the drawings on the walls of the ___________ were thousands of years old.
2 I’m absolutely ___________ I’ve seen that man somewhere before.
3 He grew up on a Texan ___________ so he knows how to herd cattle.
4 The police have ___________ the crime but don’t think they’ll be able to solve it.
5 In the Middle Ages, the Bubonic Plague, also called the Black Death, was a(n)___________ that killed
millions of people and is thought to have been carried by rats.
6 We found a tiny ___________ kitten on the road and immediately adopted it. He’s the sweetest little thing
you’ve ever met.
7 We have to save the Tasmanian Devil, which is on the endangered species list, before they’re all
___________.
8 When there is a risk of ___________, people are not allowed to water their lawns or wash their cars.
9 He has been so ___________ with his help. I truly appreciate it.
10 It was such an outrageous story that we thought it was a(n) ___________ , but it turned out to be true
in the end.
11 The ___________ of multiple intelligences has really caught on in the field of education.
12 Well done! I’m really ___________ of you! You’ve done a fabulous job on this exercise.