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| 1. | --Hi. Can I talk to Bob? --Oh, I'm sorry. He's not here. He ___ left. | | 4. | --___ go to the beach and collect seashells. --No, it's too hot. ___ go shopping instead! | | 6. | --I feel like going to the beach. ___ about you? --That's a great idea. Let's go! | | 9. | There was a big rock slide on this road last week. You can only go so far before you have to ___ around. | | 12. | When people go to the sea___, they relax. They watch the waves, sleep, read a book, go swimming, and look for seashells. | | 13. | In southern California, even though it's hot inland, it might be cool and windy on the ___ in Santa Monica. (It might be too cold to swim.) | | 15. | An all-___ vehicle is like a motorcyle, but it has four wheels (and doesn't go 140 mph). | | 16. | ___ bags are filling our landfills and killing many animals in the ocean. (Recycle your ___ bags!) | | 17. | If you go to the beach on a hot, sunny day, you'll spend time ___ing for a parking spot. (You might defiantly park in an empty alley.) | | 18. | The corner grocery store has only 10% of what you can find at a big ___market. | | 20. | California has only ___ beaches. The beaches belong to the people, not to private landowners. | | 22. | ___ Monica and ___ Barbara are two very popular beach towns in southern California. | | 23. | If you don't pay attention to traffic ___s, you might get lost, get into an accident, or get a ticket. (Some drivers defiantly ignore ___.) | | 24. | There are 16 ___s in a pound, and 2,000 pounds in a ton. | | 27. | 'Get off my front lawn,' said the homeowner. 'Try and ___ me,' said the gang-banger defiantly. | | 28. | It sure is a lot easier to put on ___ than it is to remove it! ('Overweight' is a kinder word than '___.') | | 30. | Many people ___ for the beach or the mountains on the weekend in the summertime. | | 32. | If you haven't been to the beach ___ly, you should wear sunblock when you eventually go. | | 34. | You can't always rely on what a ___ at the department store tells you. (A ___ doesn't get paid enough to know everything.) | | 36. | On a hot summer day, temperatures in different states can ___ by as much as 30 degrees. (Hot, hotter, and hottest!) | | 37. | If you've never heard the ___ of a tornado as it approaches you, you're very lucky! | | 39. | Ross 'Dress for Less' is a very popular discount ___ store in the US. (They sell shoes, too.) | | 41. | --I'm sorry. I didn't know you wanted any of the melon. I ate the ___ thing. --Gee, thanks a ___ lot. | | 42. | The seashore is known for its breeze, birds, waves, salt, and ___. (___ used to be rock.) | | 43. | The bird landed on the edge of the fisherman's bait bucket, grabbed a fish, and ___ away. |
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| 2. | If you ride on a small boat in the ocean, the ocean ___ will dampen your clothes. | | 3. | ___ Beach is a popular southern California beach, just west of Malibu. The water is almost always chilly. (Rhymes with the name of a big cat.) | | 5. | People always are eager to offer ___ions for improving things, but not so eager to actually do the work. (Does your office have a ___ box?) | | 7. | On a hot and sunny ___, the roads are crowded with cars going to or coming from the beach. | | 8. | At the beach, clerks have to be careful that they don't sell alcohol to teens using ___ ID cards. (The store could lose its liquor license.) | | 9. | If you are on someone else's property without their permission, you are ___ing. ('___ers will be shot' used to be a common sign.) | | 10. | I have two cold sodas here--a root beer and a grape. ___ one do you want? | | 11. | A ___ is a person who has no class and no manners; if he has friends, they are probably ___s, too. | | 14. | There was some ___ment at the beach when the lifeguard dove into the water to save someone who was drowning. | | 18. | ___shells and ___ birds are very common at the ___shore. | | 19. | Sara undressed in the dark because she didn't want to see how much weight she had ___ on during the holidays. | | 20. | In the summer, homeowners like to cool off in their ___ swimming pool in the back yard. | | 21. | --Do you know how to get to Zuma Beach? --___, I wish I could help you, but I just moved here a week ago. | | 22. | Couples who go to the beach together usually ___ a blanket to lie on. | | 25. | If a bully is kicking sand in your face at the beach, make a ___ to the lifeguard. | | 26. | Recently, a speeding beach ___ vehicle accidentally ran over a woman sunbathing on the beach. | | 29. | When the tsunami approached the beach in Indonesia, everyone tried to ___ out of there immediately. | | 30. | When people think of Los Angeles, they think of earthquakes, ___wood, and Malibu. | | 31. | An ___ is a popular four-wheel, open-air vehicle for use at the beach, in the desert, and in the woods. | | 33. | If a lifeguard is performing CPR on someone, a crowd of onlookers will gather around in a ___ to watch. | | 35. | The ___s at the beaches are usually much smaller on weekdays than on weekends. | | 38. | People think that they cannot get sunburned while lying beneath an ___cast sky. (They're wrong!) | | 40. | A hot, sunny day causes some people to take a day ___ from work so they can go to the beach. |
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