Learn · Sentences Talking About Natural Phenomena

Lightning struck the tree during the storm, and it caught fire.

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Sentence

Narrator

Lightning struck the tree during the storm, and it caught fire.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

Be careful during thunderstorms; lightning can strike trees and cause fires.

Describing Habits

I always avoid trees during storms because I've seen lightning strike and ignite them.

Asking About Others

Did you see the tree that caught fire from a lightning strike last night?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If the lightning hadn't struck, the tree wouldn't have caught fire.

Rephrased versions

Formal

A lightning strike ignited the tree during the storm.

Casual

Lightning hit the tree in the storm, and whoosh, it was on fire!

Simpler English

The tree burned because lightning hit it during the storm.

Phrases to learn

lightning struck

A bolt of lightning hit something.

caught fire

Started to burn.