The night-walkers of Uganda

Gang mayhem grips LA
Level 1
Elementary
Vocabulary 1: Phrases in context
4
Find phrases with the following meanings.
1. to be succeeding ___________ ___________ ___________ (para 1)
2. far away ___________ ___________ ___________ (para 3)
3. talked about ___________ ___________ (para 4)
4. it’s clear this is going to happen __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ (para 5) 
5. secretly leaving a place ___________ ___________ (para 10)
6. it’s finished now ___________ ___________ ___________ (para 12)
7. it’s not real ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ (para 14) 
Vocabulary 3: Word building
6
Vocabulary 2: Law and order
5
Order the letters to make words connecting to law and order from the text.
1. 
licpoe
_____________
2. 
ilja
_____________
3. 
meric
_____________
4. 
ckcrawdno _____________
5. 
crout
_____________
6. 
IFB sentag _____________
7.
jintoinunc 
_____________
adjective
adjective
noun
noun
1.
glamour
2. violent
3.
race
4. exciting
5.
difficulty
6. poor
7.
reality
Complete the table.
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Write in the missing vowels (a/e/i/o/u). Skim-read the article to find the answers. The paragraph numbers 
will help you.
1. When something is not true or you can’t trust it, it is 
_
nr
_ _ _
bl
_
. (para 2)
2. If a plane is sent on a different route to the one it is supposed to go on we say it has been 
d
_
v
_ 
rt
_ 
d
. 
(para 3) 
3. When you are separated from something, or if your connection has been broken you are 
c
_
t
_
ff
. (para 4)
4. When you have this you are no longer controlled by another person or country: 
_
nd
_
p
_
nd
_
nc
_
. (para 5)
5. When somebody else wins instead of you, you have been 
d
_
f
_ _ 
t
_
d
. (para 5)
6. When something does this, it breaks down and (almost) stops functioning: 
c
_
ll
_
ps
_
. (para 6)
7. This is an incredibly high increase in prices: 
hyp
_
r
_
nfl
_
t
_ _ 
n
. (para 6)
8. This is a complicated or annoying system with too many rules: 
b
_
r
_ _ _ 
cr
_
cy
. (para 6)
9. The value of the money of one country against the money of another country:
_
xch
_
ng
_
r
_
t
_
. (para 6)
10. The amount of crop (wheat, corn, rice, etc.) that is collected: 
h
_
rv
_
st
. (para 7)
11. When someone believes you have done something wrong or are not telling the truth, they 
are 
s
_
sp
_
c
_ _ _ 
s
. (para 10)
12. To agree that something is not really true or that you have done something wrong: 
_ 
dm
_
t
. (para 10)