Question

summarizing informational texts — instruction — level e
fill in the blanks to complete a summary of the first paragraph.
32 workers were ____ in a tunnel filled with __s. no one could help th__unnel. then, someone h__at garrett morgans new invention could ____ the workers.
rescued
dared
trapped
by paula morrow
on july 24, 1916, a natural gas explosion trapped 32 men working in a tunnel 250 feet below lake erie. the first would-be rescuers who dashed into the tunnel were overcome by gas. for hours no one else dared to enter the suffocating, poisonous deathtrap. then, late that night, someone had an idea. they would send for garrett morgan and his new invention.

Explanation:

Match the context of the first paragraph to the correct blanks. The paragraph states 32 men were trapped by an explosion, no one dared enter the tunnel, and Morgan's invention could help save them.

Answer:

1. 32 workers were trapped in a tunnel filled with gases.
2. No one could help the trapped workers; no one dared enter the tunnel.
3. Then, someone had an idea that Garrett Morgan's new invention could rescue the workers.