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Read the extract from a report about an accident at work. Then rewrite the text in the box, combining some of the sentences into longer sentences using any suitable structures. Be careful not to make any of your sentences too long though! When you have finished, compare your answer to the model answers.

I was walking down the corridor. Jamie Malden rushed out of the office. He was carrying a guillotine. He didn't see me. He bumped into me. The corner of the machine hit me in the ribs. I was bruised. I was not badly hurt.