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NGOs protest EU-US trade agreement
Conjugate the verbs.
This 8 meter tall inflatable Trojan horse (1)................................................ (REPRESENT) T-TIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), the free trade deal that Europe and the US (2)................................................ (NEGOTIATE/CURRENTLY) in Brussels. The people in suits (3)................................................ (REPRESENT) big business lobbyists. With this stunt, anti-TTIP campaigners (4)................................................ (PROTEST) in Brussels on Wednesday in front of the EU, as European and US officials (5)................................................ (HOLD) the 8th round of negotiations, the first under the new Juncker commission.
Campaigners (6)................................................ (CALL) on EU leaders to scrap the deal altogether, as they say it (7)................................................ (UNDERMINE) democratic rights and (8)................................................ (PUT) the interests of big business before citizens. GMOs, excessive rights for investors, dirty energy and chlorine chicken (9)................................................ (BE) some of the threats that campaigners (10)................................................ (BELIEVE) the agreement poses.
The European Commission, however, (11)................................................ (BELIEVE) that a transatlantic agreement (12)................................................ (CREATE) a single market of 800 million people creating millions of jobs. So far, more than 1 million citizens around Europe (13)................................................ (SIGN) a petition opposing the trade deal, and demanding the end to the negotiations.
Match the phrasal verb with the best definition.
NGOs protest EU-US trade agreement
Conjugate the verbs.
This 8 meter tall inflatable Trojan horse (1)................................................ (REPRESENT) T-TIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), the free trade deal that Europe and the US (2)................................................ (NEGOTIATE/CURRENTLY) in Brussels. The people in suits (3)................................................ (REPRESENT) big business lobbyists. With this stunt, anti-TTIP campaigners (4)................................................ (PROTEST) in Brussels on Wednesday in front of the EU, as European and US officials (5)................................................ (HOLD) the 8th round of negotiations, the first under the new Juncker commission.
Campaigners (6)................................................ (CALL) on EU leaders to scrap the deal altogether, as they say it (7)................................................ (UNDERMINE) democratic rights and (8)................................................ (PUT) the interests of big business before citizens. GMOs, excessive rights for investors, dirty energy and chlorine chicken (9)................................................ (BE) some of the threats that campaigners (10)................................................ (BELIEVE) the agreement poses.
The European Commission, however, (11)................................................ (BELIEVE) that a transatlantic agreement (12)................................................ (CREATE) a single market of 800 million people creating millions of jobs. So far, more than 1 million citizens around Europe (13)................................................ (SIGN) a petition opposing the trade deal, and demanding the end to the negotiations.
Match the phrasal verb with the best definition.
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Complete the sentences with one of the phrasal verbs.
- During the storm, lightning hit the sub-station and …................................................... the village.
- The street lights in my village are …................................................... at midnight every night.
- The Christmas decorations really…................................................... the city centre last year.
- Frank …................................ the job offer …............................ before accepting it.
- The fire …................................................... because he forgot to add more wood.
- The town council …................................................... a meeting to discuss the new LED street lighting.
- We…................................................... the heating when we leave the house.