Roadmap B2+ 2C

The town’s population ______ from 50,000 to just 30,000 after the mine closed.

Traditional cinemas ______ in popularity when streaming services became widespread.

The unsafe factory was ______ and the land was cleared for new housing.

The family business was ______ by a major retail chain last year.

The castle had been badly ______, with broken windows and weeds growing everywhere.

After years of careful work, the historic theatre was completely ______.

After the hotel closed, it was left completely ______ for twenty years. Nobody lived or worked there.

The company could no longer pay its debts and eventually went ______.

The owners failed to repair the building, so it became badly ______.

The old machines became ______ and were replaced with modern equipment.

A larger international company bought the business and ______ its operations.

The old warehouse was carefully ______ instead of being knocked down.

The hospital has stood empty and ______ since it closed in 2015.

The number of visitors gradually ______ after the new shopping centre opened.

The former railway station was ______ a modern art gallery.