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A- Complete the news report using the verbs in parentheses. Use the passive and active simple past, the past progressive tense and was/were about to.
The last thing 17-year-old Ricardo Gordon remembers was (1.be) that a storm was about to (2.be about to) come, and he rushed (3.rush) to get inside.Next thing he knew (4.know),he was lying (5.lie) in a hospital bed. Here is what happened (6.happen).Ricardo was listening (7.listen) to the live broadcast of the football game when lightning hit (8.hit) him. As a resuit, his hair and ears were burned (9.burn), and he had (10.have) dark spots all over his body . The wounds on his body followed (11.follow) the wire of his smartphone, from his ears down to his hip, where he was carrying (12.carry) the device. The electric current traveled (13.travel) from his smartphone to his headphones. Recardo is lucky to be alive!