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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words below. You might need to add third person -s or change the verb to past tense, etc.
1. Cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles, and tractors are all _________. They transport (=move) people and things. a tractor ), so now 2. In the accident, part of his _________ was damaged (hurt, , daado, , he cant speak very well. 3. Most cars in the U.S. use gasoline or diesel ( , , ) . Some new ones use electricity, too. Now some cars ________ ethanol ( , etanol, , ) which is made from corn. 4. He doesnt have to plug in his calculator. It is ________-powered. That means it gets its power, or energy, from the sun. 5. a. Who is your ________ employer? b. Actually, I dont have a job right now, but I used to work for Bank of America. 6. If you can, its a good idea to _________ paper. That way, we wont need to cut down so many trees. Trees are important because they produce (=make) oxygen. ( , oxgeno, , ) 7. By emptying waste ( , , residuos, , ) into our rivers and oceans, we may be seriously harming (=hurting) the __________. 8. When the plane reached (=arrived at) its ______________, the passengers got off and went to the baggage claim to pick up their luggage. 9. They had to return their new computer to the ______________ because it wasnt functioning properly. , beca, ) to go to college. 10. a. Guess what? I got a scholarship ( b. Thats ____________! You deserve it. ( , te mereces, , ) Youve studied so hard. 11. He ________ me not to walk down that street at night. He said it was dangerous. 12. The President held a _________ to announce (=tell everyone) that he was going to run for re-election. ( , reeleccin, , ) 13. On their vacations, the billionaire and his family always stay in ____________ hotelsonly the most comfortable and most expensive things for them! 14. Theyre trying to decide where to have their _________ conference. Every year they choose a different place. Last year, they had the conference in Hawaii, and two years ago it was in Las Vegas. 15. To go there, I used to drive up Franklin Street and turn right onto Pine. But I have found a quicker _________. Now I take Divisadero Street instead and turn onto Pine. 16. They had a bad argument ( , pelea, , ) . After that, he didnt want to see her, so he tried to __________ her. He took his lunch break at a different time so he wouldnt run into* her.
*meet, see,
17. The room was too cold, so the building engineer came and ______________ the air conditioning. Now it's more comfortable. 18. Here is the ___________ for next months magazine cover. We will put this picture in the middle, and this one on top. Above the big picture, it will say, Terrorist Attack! ( , atentado terrorista, ,
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, encontrar, ,
19. English pronunciation is difficult, but there are ________. For example, when you see ie or ea, you often say /i:/. After you learn more words, you will start to recognize these regularities and repetitions. ( , regularidades y repeticiones, , )
the brain the design the destination the environment the manufacturer
the pattern the press conference the route the vehicle to adjust
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