Both options make sense. Underline the one which forms a common collocation
1. Many small houses and huts were (flooded away/washed away) when the river bursts its banks.
2.Poor farming methods are responsible for soil (devaluation/erosion) in many areas of Saharan African.
3.During the earthquake,many people were (buried/covered) alive.
4.The forest fire left a wide area of the mountainside blackened and (ablaze/smouldering).
5.Villagers are hoping for rain this month after nearly a year of (dry weather/drought).
6. Before the hurricane struck,many people were (evacuated/shifted) to higher ground.
7.Thousands of children in the famine-striken area are suffering from (malnutrition/undernourishment).
10.Heavy snow has fallen in the mountains and many villages have been (blocked out/cut off) for the past two days.
11.The Aids (epidemic/plague) is having serious effects in some countries.
12.Many small islands in the Indian Ocean are threatened by rising sea (waters/levels).
English Grammar and Vocabulary
Vince Michael and Sunderland Peter (Macmillan)
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