Everyday Vocabulary: Famine and flood

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Everyday Vocabulary: Famine and flood

FAMINE AND FLOOD

If a country has no rain for a long time, this dry period is called a __1__. In countries dependent on their agriculture, this can lead to a period of __2__, when there is not enough food and people actually __3__ (die of hunger). They die of __4__. When it rains very heavily and the land is under water, this is called a __5__. In this situation people and animals can __6__. Sometimes __7__ have to __8__ food supplies to people in areas which are __9__.

- A) famine
- B) drown
- C) drought
- D) flood
- A) famine
- B) drown
- C) drought
- D) flood
- A) survive
- B) starve
- C) drop
- D) extinct
- A) starvation
- B) starve
- C) drown
- D) drought
- A) famine
- B) drown
- C) drought
- D) flood
- A) starve
- B) drown
- C) swim
- D) extinct
- A) trains
- B) balloons
- C) parachutes
- D) helicopters
- A) throw
- B) starve
- C) drop
- D) fly
- A) cut up
- B) cut off
- C) cut down
- D) cut in

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