Grammar - past simple
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Complete the newspaper story about a fire.
Two people
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(to die) in a fire in Church Street, Hastings yesterday evening.
They 2
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(to be)
Maggie and Dennis Humes, a couple in their sixties.
The fire
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(to start) at 4.40 a.m. A neighbour 4
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(to see) the flames and
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(to call) the fire brigade. He also 6
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(to try) to get into the house and
rescue his neighbours, but the heat 7
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(to be) to great.
T
he fire brigade 8
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(to arrive) in seven minutes. Fifteen fire-fighters 9
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(to fight)
the fire and finally they 10
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(to bring) it under control. Two fire-fighters
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(to enter)
the building but they
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(to find) the couple dead.
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