Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

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Key Vocabulary 
1. shanty town 
2. mask 
3. vendetta 
4. tough 
5. weep 
6. admire 
7. random 
8. victim 
2 
Find the information 
1. 18 
2. 12 
3. 5 
4. 76 per 100,000 
5. 50 per 100,000 
6. 16 
 
Comprehension Check 
1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a 
 
Vocabulary Prepositions 
1. against 
5. with 
2. at 
6. with 
3. to 
7. in 
4. to 
8. at 
 
Collocations 
1. d 
2. f 
3. b 
4. e 
5. a 
6. c 
 
Grammar focus
Past continuous
 
He was talking to his friends. 
The men in the car were wearing masks. 
Julinho’s mother was weeping. 
The men in the car were carrying guns. 
The teenagers were playing video games. 
Some victims were standing in the street. 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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Fill the gaps using these words from the text: 
tough 
lethal 
random 
massacre 
off-duty 
shanty town 
vendetta 
dispose of 
A ____________ is a situation in which one group tries to kill or harm another as 
an act of revenge. 
If you are ____________ , you are not officially at work. 
A ____________ is an area where poor people live in badly built houses. 
If you look ____________, you look determined and strong and you do not look 
afraid. 
If you ____________ something, you get rid of it. 
A ____________ is a situation in which a lot of people are killed. 
If something is ____________ it happens without any particular method, 
pattern or purpose. 
____________ means ‘very dangerous and able to kill you’.