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Word forms – Elephant orphans

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Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in brackets. Write ONE word for each space.

One of the biggest dangers facing African elephants comes from those people who illegally catch or kill them for profit. They kill elephants so they can remove and sell their 1.

Explanation

Correct Answer: valuable

An adjective is needed to describe the ‘ivory tusks’. ‘Valuable’ (from value) means worth a great deal of money.

(VALUE) ivory tusks. Ivory is usually made into jewelry and art objects. Although the ivory trade is banned in most countries, ivory is often smuggled in and sold 2.

Explanation

Correct Answer: unlawfully

An adverb is needed to modify the verb ‘sold’. ‘Unlawfully’ (from law) means in a manner that is not permitted by law.

(LAW). Between 2010 and 2012, poachers killed over 100,000 African elephants. In central Africa, the elephant population has decreased by 64 percent in a decade. Poaching has 3.

Explanation

Correct Answer: shortened

A past participle/verb is needed after the auxiliary ‘has’. ‘Shortened’ (from short) means to make something shorter in duration.

(SHORT) these animals’ life spans and 4.

Explanation

Correct Answer: interrupted

A past participle is needed here to complete the parallel structure with ‘shortened’. ‘Interrupted’ means to stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.

(RUPTURE) their close communities.

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, Kenya, takes care of orphan elephants. Many of these elephants are orphans because 5.

Explanation

Correct Answer: poachers

A plural noun referring to people is needed as the subject. ‘Poachers’ (from poach) are people who illegally hunt or catch animals.

(POACH) slaughtered their mothers. 6.

Explanation

Correct Answer: Caretakers

A plural noun referring to people is needed. ‘Caretakers’ (from care) are people employed to look after a place or person.

(CARE) at the Trust stay with the orphans 24 hours a day, in order to provide them with plenty of maternal 7.

Explanation

Correct Answer: interaction / interactions

A noun is needed after the adjective ‘maternal’. ‘Interaction’ (from act) refers to reciprocal action or influence.

(ACT). The organization’s goal is the 8.

Explanation

Correct Answer: reintroduction

A noun is needed after the article ‘the’. ‘Reintroduction’ (from introduce) is the action of putting a species of animal or plant back into a former habitat.

(INTRODUCE) of the elephants back into the wild.

Word forms – Elephant orphans

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