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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the words and definitions. Click on a word then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>They lament the ______ of old-fashioned communities.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">decline</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>They were unable to run the telephone ______ economically.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">network</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I used Saturday to catch up on my ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">sleep</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Bring the soup to a ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">boil</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>They caught him and gave him a violent ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">beating</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>______ generated by investing your income</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">earnings</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Scientists are on the ______ of making a major new discovery.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">brink</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Officials say they do not know what caused the ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">blast</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>to relax university entrance ______</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">requirements</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He tried to spin us some ______ about how he was collecting for the church. It was all lies.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">yarn</choice></choice_g></item>
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