Close up B1+ Unit 2

People had to ___ to higher ground when the flood reached their village.

There have been a few ___ of crop circles around the world.

The historians came to the ___ that a natural disaster wiped out the city.

Harry is too logical to ___ in UFOs.

The explorers found a small ___ to camp in for the night.

The police solved the mystery when a ___ came forward who had seen everything.

The children dressed up as aliens to play a practical ___ on their parents.

They couldn’t explain why the walls of the house were covered in a ___ green substance.

As the cities are becoming ___ , the government is encouraging people to move into the country.

Archaeologists think that a(n) ___ caused so many deaths.

We decided to ___ the disappearance of the ancient civilisation.

Everybody ran to see what caused Fred to ___ a scream.

A local ___ said he had seen a UFO from his bedroom window.

Mike’s colleagues began to ___ him when he said he’d seen a ghost.

I watched a news ___ on the bizarre event.

Detectives are ___ into the cause of the mysterious explosion.

That sounds absolutely ___ ! I don’t believe a word of what you’re saying.

 No one has been able to come up with a(n) ____ for the strange lights.

There isn’t enough ___ evidence to prove that the yeti exists.

The temple is ___ in the middle of the rainforest.

Where ___ the ruins of the castle?

We ___ across Peru when the earthquake happened.

Lesley ___ enjoy reading, but she now prefers watching films.

How quickly ___ living away from home?

I ___ the news about his disappearance until this morning.

While the archaeologists ___ at the site, they discovered the king’s tomb.

People ___ understand that there were scientific explanations for strange phenomena.

Tom is a tour guide at the haunted castle so he ___ telling ghost stories.

What ___ while his sister was reading the newspaper?

My aunt ___ always send us postcards when she went to far away places.

When ___ that the coins were missing?

My best friend and her family ___ to New Zealand in 2013.

I ___ getting up early until I became a police officer.

Is Mary ___ the Internet to look for information?

 Ann ___ writing stories because she’s been doing it for years.

When I was very young, my mum ____ to me everyday.

___ to school when you lived in Rio de Janeiro?

They ___ where to start looking for the temple.

He’s quickly ___ the cold weather and the pouring rain.

We didn’t ___ Mexican food until we’d been in Mexico for a few months.