Task 1: In the Path of the Earthquake

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Task 1: In the Path of the Earthquake

1. True or False Questions.
(1)
On the day when the earthquake took place, Mr. Skinner got up at about a quarter to five because he wanted to milk the cows earlier that day.
(2)
When the earthquake came, Mrs. Skinner was in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
(3)
Mrs. Skinner tried to run out of the kitchen and went into the rose garden, because it was safer there.
(4)
Jack Skinner was the husband's name.
(5)
Mr. Skinner was running after the cows, because he was frightened by the earthquake and didn't know what to do.
(6)
Everything on the Skinners' farm moved five metres to the south during the quake.
 

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Task 1: In the Path of the Earthquake

1. True or False Questions.
(1)
On the day when the earthquake took place, Mr. Skinner got up at about a quarter to five because he wanted to milk the cows earlier that day.
(2)
When the earthquake came, Mrs. Skinner was in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
(3)
Mrs. Skinner tried to run out of the kitchen and went into the rose garden, because it was safer there.
(4)
Jack Skinner was the husband's name.
(5)
Mr. Skinner was running after the cows, because he was frightened by the earthquake and didn't know what to do.
(6)
Everything on the Skinners' farm moved five metres to the south during the quake.