• ☐ ☐ ☐ back up [phv] - support, agree
• ☐ ☐ ☐ has long claimed [exp] - has said it is true for a long time
• ☐ ☐ ☐ weapons dumps [n] - a place where many weapons are kept or stored
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shelter [v] - hide, live
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stinging [adj] - strong and negative
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tirade [n] - a long angry speech
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sack [v] - fire (from a job)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a minister [n] - a government official
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a complex equation [n] - a difficult math problem

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

1. The US disagrees with Israel that Hamas is using hospitals to store weapons.
   True
   False
   
   
2. The British Prime Minister fired a government minister for his angry speech.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The Sri Lanka Supreme Court determined that their ex-president was not responsible for their economic problems.
   True
   False
   
   
4. New AI is using complex equations to predict the weather.
   True
   False
   
   

• Washington agrees backs up states (backs up) what Israel has long claimed demanded requested (claimed) .
• Hamas is doing making using (using) hospitals as command centers and weapons dumps.
• So where does that leave make put (leave) the hundreds of patients and people sheltering in them.
• The British Prime Minister faces deals sees (faces) a stinging tirade from a sacked minister.
• And Sri Lanka's Supreme Court claims finds makes (finds) the former president partially responsible for the country's economic collapse.
• The AI codes learns studies (learns) from decades of data.
• It doesn't answer resolve solve (solve) a complex equation.
• You can do have make (make) predictions extremely fast on a very small machine.
• We hear how AI could expect solve predict (predict) the weather.