Comprehension - The Big Dig

1. What happened on the night of the 19th August 2011? the ground can hold no more water. A torrent of rocks and mud pours down, burying the highway and spilling into the Manawatū River.
   
2. What did experts decided to cut the landslip into? The Manawatū Gorge cuts a deep course between the Ruahine and Tararua ranges.
   
3. What made it tough for workers to work on the slip? Because they needed more repairs.
   
4. Why did they keep the road closed for so long? Because the water is going through to much that it can’t hold the road any more that’s why they closed the road for long.   
   
5. What happened when they first re-opened the road?  but the road had to be made safe. Some people were affected more than others.
   
6. How long was the road officially closed for? The middle of the year.
   
7. What two major towns is the Manawatu gorge between? It was between Hawke’s Bay.
   
8. Why do you think the workers wanted to wait until it was safe? Because it will still not be safe that's why day wait until it was safe.
   
9. What do you think David McGonigal meant when he said “No slip in New Zealand’s modern history has had such an enormous impact and affected so many people?” because they think the road was safe.
   
10. Do you think there will be a chance for another slip in the gorge? No.

Cross Country Recount

Last week on friday we had our cross country race, on that day we had assembly Mr Burt was wearing blue Mr Burt said that he doesn't have a house, and he said that why he was wearing blue was because that his eyes was blue that's why he was wearing blue.

When assembly was finished we all went  to our class, when it was morning tea we ate our morning tea when the playing bell ring we played games and when the second bell ring we all have to go to our class, and we only get to do 5 minutes of maths when maths was finished the eating bell ring and it was the lunch bell, we all ate our lunch when we was done we all went to play when it was nearly the cross country race time, we all went to our class, when the second bell ring we all lined on the correct lines when the race was starting the year 1 boys went first,

then the year 1 girls went, when it was the year 5 girls turn we all lined up on the line, Mr Burt said ladies are you ready to do the cross country race we all said yes when the big clapping thing bang we all run as fast as we could, when we was done we get to drink water THE END.

Dead Car Clean-up

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