• ☐ ☐ ☐ hostages [n] - people taken prisoner and used to negotiate
• ☐ ☐ ☐ seize [v] - take, capture
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pound [v] - attack with bombs and missiles
• ☐ ☐ ☐ forces [n] - troops, soldiers
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an evacuation [n] - removing people from an unsafe place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shelter [v] - protect, provide a home
• ☐ ☐ ☐ displaced [adj] - without a home
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a close associate [exp] - a close colleague or business partner
• ☐ ☐ ☐ plead guilty [exp] - officially admit that you are guilty
• ☐ ☐ ☐ falsify [v] - purposefully make something untrue or wrong
• ☐ ☐ ☐ epitomize [v] - be a perfect example of, represent
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a skyline [n] - the outline or image of the famous buildings in a city

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

1. An American mother and daughter were released by Hamas.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Hamas took about 200 hostages from Israel.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Israel has stopped attacking Gaza.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Israel has ordered a hospital to be evacuated.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The hospital is being used to hold the hostages taken from Israel.
   True
   False
   
   
6. A close associate of Donald Trump has admitted to attempting to falsify the 2020 US election.
   True
   False
   
   
7. This is the first person connected to Trump to plead guilty.
   True
   False
   
   
8. The design of Sydney Opera House was inspired by old sailing ships.
   True
   False
   
   
9. The Sydney Opera House is 50 years old.
   True
   False
   
   

• An American mother and daughter have become are become (have become) the first hostages to free be freed (be freed) by Hamas.
• 200 or so hostages have seized were seized (were seized) during the Islamist bloody attacks inside Israel.
• Israeli forces have ordered were ordered (have ordered) the evacuation of a hospital.
• The hospital said is said (is said) to be sheltering be sheltered (be sheltering) more than 2,000 displaced civilians.
• A third close associate of Donald Trump has pleaded was pleaded (has pleaded) guilty to taking part in the attempt to falsify be falsified (falsify) the 2020 election results.
• The Opera House built was built (was built) to epitomize be epitomized (epitomize) the old sailing ships.
• The Sydney Opera House, one of the most famous buildings in the world, celebrates is celebrated (celebrates) its 50th birthday.