• ☐ ☐ ☐ condemn [v] - express complete disapproval
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an entertainment complex [n] - a large building with many types of entertainment (theaters, arcades, restaurants, cafes, etc.)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a rally [n] - a large meeting of people to show support for a person or cause
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an auction house [n] - a building where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder
• ☐ ☐ ☐ half-decent [adj] - pretty good, not bad

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

1. Russia attacked a large store full of people in Ukraine.
   True
   False
   
   
2. There was a large fire in an entertainment building in India.
   True
   False
   
   
3. There were many injuries but no one died in the fire.
   True
   False
   
   
4. South Africa held its general election last Wednesday.
   True
   False
   
   
5. People are buying fruit at an auction house in Japan.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The fruit costs as much as a luxury sports car.
   True
   False
   
   

Directions: Choose the word that seems the most natural for each sentence.

• Ukraine's President Zelensky has condemned (a) deadly air attack on a crowded superstore in (the) city of Kharkiv (as) an act of Russian madness.
• More (than) 20 people have (been) killed in a fire at an entertainment complex in (the) Indian state of Gujarat.
• South Africa's political parties (have) been holding their final rallies ahead (of) Wednesday's general election.
• Also in this podcast, we head (to) a Japanese auction house.
• And we find (out) why people would buy a piece of fruit (that) costs as much (as) a half-decent car.