Reading - fill the gap
Phrasal verbs
Past simple
Questions
100

The wind blew harder, and huge balls of ice _______ from the sky.
(A: pulled B: broke C: passed D: fell) 

balls of ice fell from ..

100

Many houses _________ during the recent forest fires.
(blow away - burn down - fall down)

burnt down
100

The weather ________(not be) very good, so we decided not to go to the beach.

was not

100

did / Adrian / Canada / in / used / live / to /

Did Adrian used to live in Canada?

200

The huge balls of ice __________ a lot of cars and buildings.
(A: damaged B: hurt C: injured D: lost)

damaged

200

The huge pine tree in our garden _________ in the storm last night.
(clear up - fall down - put out)

fell down

200

The winter floods _____________(destroy) many homes in the region. 

destroyed

200

watch / match / last night / you / the / did

Did you watch the match last night? 

300
and the wind began to _________ the roofs off the houses.

(A: hold B: lift C: climb D: rise) 

began to lift the roofs

300

Crazy wind! That girl's hat just ________.
(put out - blow away - fall down)

blew away

300

Fortunately, the lightning _________(not hit) the skyscraper. 

didn't hit

300

When I was a child, I used to love Christmas.
When you were a child, .......

Did you used to love Christmas?

400

One girl was helping her grandmother to __________ plants back inside the building, when the tornado hit it.
(A: turn B: stay C: move D: keep)

to move plants

400

Jonas helped the firefighters to _______ the fire.
(clear up - put out - burn down)

put out

400

My father just _________(buy) a new computer, because he ______(want) it.

bought - wanted

400

I'm going to watch the match tonight --> 

Are you going to watch the match tonight? 

500

The whole area was __________ with no power for a long time.
(A: left B: remained C: dropped D: held)

...was left with no power

500

Everyone got together and _________ after the storm. There was mud everywhere.
(blow away - come out - clear up)

cleared up

500

My grandmother is dead, but she ______(know) a lot about computers. 

knew

500
Argentina is going to win the World Cup.

Is Argentina going to win the world cup? 

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