Past simple √5
VS.
Past continuous
Complete the text. Use the correct form of the past simple or past continuous.
At midnight last night rescue teams
(search) for victims after a giant tornado
(hit) Oklahoma and Kansas. The storm flattened more than 5.000 homes and
(injure) more than 700 people.
(hide) in his cellar when the tornado
(destroy) his
(not come out) until two hours later", he said, "My house was gone and I
Robert Hensley
home. "I
(not recognized) the street."
Mary Richardson
quickly
said. "It
(have) a bath when she
(put on) a coat ad
(run) to the school when the tornado
(be) a very frightening experience.
(hear) the tornado. She
(escape) to the local high school. "I
(strike) my house", she
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