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Desert / Dessert - Exercise 2

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Cacti are found in (   ) all over the world.

2. Jerry baked a seven-layer cake for (   ).

3. Camels, which can store plenty of water, provide good transportation in dry (   ).

4. After twenty-five years of support, Rowland (   ) his wife.

5. To lose weight, I often avoid (   ) after a meal.

6. Army (   ) often receive jail sentences.

7. The caravan of traders made its way slowly through the hot, dry (   ).

8. Sand is found in a (   ).

9. Sugar is often found in a (   ) her.

10. Martin (   ) his family when his children needed him the most.

             

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