Level 03 Unit 12

Listen to the conversation about a news story about a tornado. Choose TRUE or FALSE for each sentence.

Tornados are very common in the Midwest this time of year.

A tornado hit two stores owned by the same man.

The tornado picked up the car some tourists were in.

Some tourists had serious injuries.

Complete the sentences using the simple past passive form of the verbs in parentheses.

The airport (a)   for five hours because of the fog yesterday. (close)

Police reported that several homes (a)   over the weekend. (brake into)

Authorities say the recent wildfires (a)   by lightning. (cause)

Several computers (a)   from the high school. (steal)

Emergency workers (a)   right away after the accident. (call)

A child (a)   from a burning building by firefighters. (rescue)