| 1. The lost city of Atlantis was first _______________ by the Greek philosopher Plato about 2,400 years ago. | | |
| 2. We found a cat that had been _______________ by its owners when they moved away. | | |
| 3. The _______________ of the space shuttle has been delayed due to high winds. | | |
| 4. The _______________ of the heart is to pump blood throughout the body. | | |
| 5. The military is having difficulty keeping control of the northern _______________ of the city. | | |
| 6. Just after I got off the bus, I _______________ I had forgotten my knapsack on my seat. | | |
| 7. The children all _______________ around the teacher as she began to read the story. | | |
| 8. Look at that sunburn; she _______________ forgot to put on her sunscreen. | | |
| 9. Crocodiles and their relatives are found in _______________ such as swamps, ponds, rivers, lakes and marshes. | | |
| 10. It took over 3 months of _______________ for the union and management to reach a first contract. | | |
| 11. Recent discoveries in astronomy have led scientists to _______________ that Pluto is not actually a real planet. | | |
| 12. The election was _______________ by the opposition parties, who claimed that the vote was unfair. | | |
| 13. Changes in the American economy generally have a serious _______________ on our economy here in Canada. | | |
| 14. If you _______________ a bear while hiking, the best thing to do is to back away quietly. | | |
| 15. The city's fire chief has announced that the fire that destroyed a city block was _______________ set by persons unknown. | | |