• ☐ ☐ ☐ on board [exp] - be on a plane or boat
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a run at the White House [exp] - try to become president of the Untied States
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the opposition leader [exp] - the leader of the largest political party that is not in control of the government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ take a seat in Parliament [exp] - work in the government as an elected official
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be cleared [exp] - officially judged innocent of a crime
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mass protests [exp] - protests by large groups of people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ radical [adj] - extreme
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shake up [phv] - change, alter

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

1. The Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian transport airplane.
   True
   False
   
   
2. No one survived the crash.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Donald Trump has officially been chosen the leader of the Republican party for the next presidential election.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Thailand's opposition leader has been put in jail for breaking election laws.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Argentina plans to make big changes to its economy.
   True
   False
   
   
6. People in Argentina are protesting because rents have been increased dramatically.
   True
   False
   
   

Directions: Choose one word for each box.

• A Russian military transport plane (has) crashed near (the) border with Ukraine. All on board are (dead).
• Donald Trump takes a big step towards (another) run at the White House. But the contest to (be) the Republican candidate continues.
• And Thailand's opposition leader can take his seat (in) Parliament after (being) cleared of breaking election law.
• Also to (come) in this podcast, mass protests (are) expected in Argentina (over) radical plans to shake (up) the country's economy.
• Every day we think about (whether) we are going to (be) able to pay the rent, (whether) we are going to be (able) to pay the building service charges, the bills.