Topical News Lessons

Fill the gaps with a preposition. 
1.
_______ theory, Vietnam is still a communist state.
2.
The US army has never been effective _______ insurgents.
3.
America went _______ Korea in 1950 with a very poor army.
4.
The children enjoyed watching Rambo _______ television.
5.
America may have to leave Iraq _______ winning the war.
6.
They have little chance _______ winning the war.
7.
_______ the end Microsoft and DreamWorks could succeed.
8.
People can watch satellite TV all _______ Iraq.
Complete the table with the past tense of the verb. 
1. win
won
2. hear
____________
3. lose
____________
4. fight
____________
5. think
____________
6. become ____________
7. leave
____________
8. begin
____________

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004

Taken from the News
section in
www.onestopenglish.com

Boom in budget flights means that system will soon be unable to cope. 
Fill the gaps using the key words from the text: 
airspace
coordinate
forecast
budget airline
fatal
congested
air traffic controller
near-miss
1. ____________ is the sky above a particular country.
2. An ____________ is someone whose job is to organise the movement of aircraft by giving radio
instructions to pilots.
3. A ____________ is an airline that sells very cheap tickets.
4. A ____________ is an occasion when an accident almost happens, but does not happen.
5. If you ____________ something, you organise different parts into a system.
6. If a place is ____________ it is very, very crowded.
7. A ____________ accident is one where one or more people die.
8. A ____________ is a statement about what will probably happen in the future. A good example is
the weather ____________ .