READ THE FOLLOWING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS

Exercise 6: Read the following newspaper article and choose the best answers.

School tornado horror

Most of the people in Saragosa were attending a children’s graduation ceremony in the

village school when one of the worst tornadoes in American history suddenly struck. A

sudden loud whistling sound made everyone sit up as the youngest child (1) … was

shaking … hands with the village mayor. It (2) ……… to be a time of great happiness.

Instead it (3) ……… in tragedy. The children (4) ……… their certificates when the

tornado hit the village without any warning. The walls of the school building (5) ………

while most of the parents were watching the ceremony. Tons of concrete (6) ………

crashing down on them. Other parents (7) ……… a huge meal in the school kitchen at the

time of the disaster. Afterwards no building in Saragosa remained standing. Out of a

population of 185, at least 25 were dead and a further 112 were injured. “The whole

village (8) ……… ,” said police officer Paul Deishler. “There’s nothing at all here now. It

(9) ……… worse than a war zone.”

1. A. has shaken B. is shaking C. shakes D. was shaking

2. A. supposed B. was supposing C. was supposed D. supposing

3. A. ended B. will end C. ends D. was ending

4. A. were receiving B. received C. have received D. receive

5. A. could fall in B. fell in C. have fallen in D. will fall in

6. A. sent B. have sent C. are sent D. were sent

7. A. prepared B. were preparing C. have prepared D. were prepared

8. A. was going B. has gone C. will go D. is going

9. A. looks B. has looked C. looked D. was looking