This is the story of a family that
is hiding in their basement (underground area) in the
middle of a terrible wind storm.
Use the verb in parentheses to add the correct verb form
(present tense, present progressive,
or simple past tense).
We ________ here in the basement.
It ________ noon and we ___________ down here at
(1-sit)
(2-be)
(3-come)
4:30 this morning. This __________
the storm season in this part of the United States.
(4-be)
Tornados ________ big, dangerous
windstorms that ___________ houses and people's
(5-be)
(6-destroy)
lives. We usually __________ one
or two storms each summer here and we are
(7-get)
___________ a tornado right now.
Tornados ____________ like huge funnels
(8-experience)
(9-look)
and _________ mostly over land in
the American Midwest.
(10-occur)
My family and I ____________ to a
battery-operated radio. We _______ the volume
(11-listen)
(12-have)
very high because the storm __________
so hard. My daughter __________ because
(13-blow)
(14-cry)
she ________ we are going to be hurt.
I __________ her that we _______ safe here
(15-think)
(16-tell)
(17-be)
in the basement, but she still _________
frightened. My wife ________ her in
(18-feel)
(19-hold)
her arms. Our little dog _________
under a table in the corner. I _________ about our
(20-hide)
(21-think)
cat. She only _________ two pounds
and I ___________ she might be hurt or killed
(22-weigh)
(23-think)
in the storm. She (probably) _____________
in a bush or something. Now the man on
(24-hide)
the radio _________ that the tornado
has passed and we __________ safe. We ________
(25-say)
(26-be)
(27-hope)
it is safe to go out now. We _________
that there will be some damage, but we _______
(28-know)
(29-hope)
it is not too bad.
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