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• The delivery vehicle was severely damaged when a truck ____ it on the highway.
• Night shifts make it difficult for drivers to maintain a regular ____ .
• The dispatcher verified that the shipment's ____ was a warehouse in Houston.
• The semi-truck began to ____ on the icy road near Manchester.
• Please check the load profile for any ____ regarding cargo temperature.

Remember: Narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect

• While the dispatcher [was checking / had checked] the route, the safety manager called.
• Before the audit started, the fleet coordinator [had downloaded / was downloading] the required ELD reports.
• The driver [noticed / was noticing] a warning light while he was traveling through Texas.
• When Robert opened the file, he saw that Melissa [had already fixed / fixed] the duty status error.

Remember: Adjectives: -ed and -ing; gradable and extreme adjectives

• The safety investigation was very [exhausting / exhausted] for the whole team.
• The fleet manager was [absolutely furious / very furious] about the unassigned driving miles.
• The tired driver felt [confused / confusing] by the updated schedule.
• The winter weather conditions in Chicago were [absolutely awful / very awful] yesterday.

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