U10 - Vocabulary/Grammar/Reading/Listening

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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Nadia works as a ____ for the news site. She checks that the reports tell the truth.

• myth

• hoax

• fact-checker

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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To date, there is no scientific ____ that proves there is life on Neptune.

• evidence

• conspiracy theory

• mystery

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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I know for a fact that you ate the last piece of cake. The ____ is the chocolate on your shirt!

• mystery

• proof

• doctored photo

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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Rosa is positive that she saw a ____, but I think there are other explanations for what she saw.

• ghost

• prediction

• conspiracy theory

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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The story about aliens in Texas turned out to be a ____. They were actually two teenage boys playing a trick on their friends.

• witness

• prediction

• hoax

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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Someone started a ____ that snakes live in the school toilets. I don’t believe it.

• fact-checker

• rumor

• explanation

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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Your ____ that it would be sunny today was wrong. It’s raining!

• evidence

• prediction

• urban legend

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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That’s definitely a ____. Everyone knows penguins can’t fly.

• doctored photo

• proof

• fact

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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I thought I’d won a ticket to Disneyland, but it was a ____.

• myth

• scam

• mystery

Vocabulary - Mysteries and hoxes

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There are so many ____ about my city. Most of them are really silly.

• scams

• fact-checkers

• urban legends