Complete the Sentences with the Right Word Forms: A Vocabulary Exercise

When an ocean plate 'collides with' another ocean plate, the thinner of the two plates bends and slides under the other.

Sometimes volcanic activities can also 'give rise to' earthquakes.

Lorry drivers often prefer to use the old roads that 'run parallel to sth.' the expressways in order to save money.

The earthquake 'plunged' entire towns over the edge of the cliffs.

Continental 'drift' was a revolutionary theory explaining that continents shift position on Earth's surface.

The volcano 'erupted' in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state.

The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to 'solidify'.

A new law 'specifies' that houses must be a certain distance back from the water.