Rescuers Try to Save Stranded Pilot Whales at Ngawi
The last four surviving whales died despite efforts to help them, Euronews reported.
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Source: Euronews, 2026-11-05.
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In this lesson: Follow the rescue sequence and recognise that refloating did not mean survival.
Grammar in this story: Past passive
Two whales were helped back into the sea during high tide.
Were helped is the past passive: were + past participle. It puts the whales receiving help at the start of the sentence.
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Explain how people helped the whales at high tide and what Euronews later reported about those animals.
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Helpers returned two whales to the sea during high tide. Euronews later reported that both were among the last four survivors that died.
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