(change the word in brackets) Meanwhile, flights are being diverted because of a cloud of (5) …………(volcano) ash that is making it difficult for pilots to navigate in the region.

Following the unexpected (1) …………(erupt) of the Pacific island volcano last Tuesday, more people living close by have been forced to move because of (2) ……………(land) that are threatening to cut off several local towns and villages.

While some parts of the world haven’t seen any rain for several months, causing prolonged (1) ……………………… in many countries, other places have been badly affected by the opposite problem – floods.

(choose the word) Volcanoes also attract millions of tourists and many people (4) wait for/depend on the jobs and income that tourism provides.

(write the correct form) The discovery ……………………… (make) during excavation for the eastern entrance of the new railway in 1876.

Barriers set up to protect residents from the rising watershave proved inadequate , leaving many people to complain that not enough money has been .............. on flood defences, despite many warnings.

(write the correct form) Construction workers on a major underground railway project in London have uncovered a burial site that ………… (expect) to provide important information about the plague or ‘Black Death’.

(write the correct form) The remains will ……………………… (analyse) by experts at the Museum of London Archeology, who hope that their research will provide an opportunity to learn more about the disease.

(complete with 1 word) Too much rain has caused rivers across Europe to (2) ……………………… their banks, causing widespread (3) ……………………… in many areas.

(choose the word) When this happens under the sea, one side of the ocean suddenly drops resulting in a (2) tsunami/avalanche.

(write the correct form) Archeologists say that the individuals appear to ……………………… (bury) on the same day.

(paraphrase) Our teacher gave us an essay about pollution. (WERE ) - We ……………………… about pollution by our teacher.

(write the correct form) A headstone marked ‘1665’, the year when the epidemic was at its height, ……………………… (find) nearby.