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The ending -rupt comes from the Latin verb rumpere, meaning: to break to jump to run to mend to lose 2. If someone interrupts you, what do they do? They introduce you to a friend. They offer you some food or drink. They say something to stop you speaking. They listen politely to you. They ignore you. 3. If a person is declared bankrupt, what does that mean? They have become a millionaire. They have opened a bank account. They have started working for a bank. They have won a lot of money. They have lost all their money. 4. If someone speaks in an abrupt way, what does that mean? They speak with a quiet voice. They speak with a loud voice. They speak with a monotonous voice. They speak in a patient way. They speak in an impatient way. 5. Mount Etna is a large volcano in Sicily, Italy. It often _______________. disrupts interrupts corrupts erupts bankrupts 6. Bribery, nepotism, electoral fraud, and misuse of political power are all forms of _____________. disruption interruption corruption eruption 7. There was an incident in the cinema last night when someone switched off the electricity supply and the film screening was _____________. corrupted erupted abrupted bankrupted disrupted 8. The company has lost so much money over the past two years that it is now in danger of going _______________. disrupt corrupt bankrupt abrupt 9. The shop assistant was quite rude to me. She spoke so ______________. corruptly abruptly disruptly interruptly 10. Last week's demonstration was meant to be peaceful, but by the end of the day, it had ____________ into violence. corrupted disrupted bankrupted interrupted erupted