• ☐ ☐ ☐ The US Air Safety Regulator [n] - a US government agency that monitors air travel and airplanes
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ground [v] - not allowed to fly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a panel [n] - a large flat piece (of something) [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a Boeing 737 Max Airliner [n] - a type of airplane
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a chunk [n] - a large piece
• ☐ ☐ ☐ missing [adj] - gone
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a serviceman [n] - a person who works in the military
• ☐ ☐ ☐ miraculously [adv] - surprisingly, like a miracle
• ☐ ☐ ☐ petrified [adj] - very scared
• ☐ ☐ ☐ flog [v] - hit or beat with a whip or stick
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a hijab [n] - a head covering worn by some Muslim women
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an ordeal [n] - a difficult situation or experience
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a palace [n] - a large house or castle for a queen or king
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be crowned [v] - be officially made a king or queen
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a decade [n] - 10 years

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

1. A panel fell off a Boeing 727 while ______.
   it was on the ground
   it was taking off
   it was flying
   it was landing
   
   
2. The US Air Safety Regulator has ______ more than 170 airplanes.
   grounded
   examined
   repaired
   
   
3. The woman says that the wind was very ______.
   cold
   loud
   strong
   
   
4. The Israeli army says it ______ Hamas's military structure.
   has broken
   can't break
   
   
5. People in Crimea are helping _______.
   Ukraine
   Russia
   
   
6. The Russian servicemen _______ the man.
   didn't help
   didn't notice
   didn't talk to
   
   
7. The man says he was ______.
   very angry
   very proud
   very scared
   very worried
   
   
8. A woman in Iran was ______ for wearing a hijab.
   beaten
   ignored
   put in jail
   congratulated
   
   
9. The palace where Alexander the Great was crowned ______.
   has been opened to the public
   has been discovered
   has been damaged
   
   

Directions: Choose one word for each box.

• The US Air Safety Regulator has landed grounded (grounded) more than 170 planes after a panel blew up blew out (blew out) of a Boeing 737 Max Airliner in mid-sky mid-air (mid-air) .
• I saw looked (looked) to my left and there's this huge chunk, part piece (part) of the airplane, just like lost missing (missing) .
• And the wind is just extremely loud. There's wind rushing blowing (blowing) everywhere.
• And as Eastern Ukraine is hit attacked (hit) by a deadly Russian missile strike, we hear listen (hear) about them those (those) risking their lives in Crimea to help Ukraine fight attack (fight) back.
• There was a terrible time moment (moment) just after I had been investigating an object. I wanted to hide unnoticed, but I saw watched (saw) Russian servicemen.
• They just miraculously didn't tell talk (talk) to me. I was petrified.
• And also in the podcast, an Iranian woman flogged for not putting wearing (wearing) a hijab talks speaks (speaks) out about her ordeal.
• And the palace where Alexander the Great was made crowned (crowned) King of Macedonia reopens after more than a decade.