Complete the exercises that are below.

Include a presentation
to the report. Do the report on the WORD format.
Exercises for task 5
A. Imagine that each sentence is the beginning of a story. Write
two sentences in the past continuous to give background
information.
Example: The beach was gorgeous. The sun was shining on the
water. The waves were moving quickly.

1. The bank was full of customers. The customers were euphoric,

The cashier was saturated
2. The students were late to class. The teacher gave them a
report; The parents had to go to a school meeting.
3. My boss was very angry. The business was, The customers
were desperate
4. The cafeteria was very crowded and noisy. Customers wanted
to be served, The staff was tired
5. The sky looked cloudy and dark. Towards a lot of breeze,
Apparently it was going to rain
6. The school was empty. The students were on vacation, The
teachers were relaxed.

B. Complete the text below. Use the simple past or the past
continuous.
1. A: What (you, do) __were you____ when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) _tried ________to change a light bulb.

2. After I (find) __find______ the wallet full of money, I (go,

immediately) __going immediately_____ to the police.
3. The doctor (say) _____said__ that Robert (be) __was___ too sick
to go to work and that he (need) _______needed_________ to stay
at home for a couple of days.
4. Carlos (arrive) ____arrived______ at Tony’s house at 10 PM, but
he (be, not) ____wasn’t _________ there.
5. Randy is in the living room watching television. At this time
yesterday, he (watch, also) ___was also washed___________
television. That's all he ever does!

C. Write about a natural disaster. It could be about a hurricane,

flood, or other natural disasters. Use different forms of the past.
Past continuous or simple past. Use the information given
below to help you.
What was the disaster? When and where did it occur?
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that
devastated the Windward Islands and the island of Puerto Rico in
the Caribbean. It is the tenth strongest hurricane recorded in the
Atlantic.
What did people do?
Following the first warnings from the National Hurricane Center
(NHC) for the system that would become tropical storm Maria on the
morning of September 16, the Government of France issued tropical
storm watches for the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. The
Government of Barbados issued a similar notice for Dominica.
What kind of damage did the event cause?
After the passage of the hurricane, more than 85% of the houses on
the island suffered damage, of which more than 25% were
completely destroyed, leaving more than 50,000 of the island's
73,000 residents displaced. After the destruction of thousands of
homes, most of the supermarkets and the water supply system,
many of Dominica's residents urgently needed food, water and
shelter for days. Without access to electricity or running water, and
with sewage systems destroyed, fears of widespread diarrhea and
dysentery emerged.
What happened after the disaster? Include any other types of
information that you consider relevant about the topic.
After Hurricane Maria, there was so much damage that Christmas in
that country was not the same, on the southeast coast of this island,
where Hurricane Maria made landfall last September, the waves of
the Caribbean Sea lash the crumbling foundations of the battered
coastal house of José Morales.
D. After you complete exercise B. Record a video talking about
the natural disaster you described on exercise B and upload it
on you YOUTUBE, include the video link with this report.