Choose the correct option.

1. It was snowing incredibly heavily; I had never seen such large ... .

2. I stepped out of the house for a minute to check if it was raining when a ... of wind slammed the front door shut.

3. A storm must be coming. I'm sure I just saw a ... of lightning.

4. The ... were so big that they were hurting our heads!

5. We looked up at the sky with our mouths open so that we could taste the ... on our tongues.

6. Bill wasn't looking where he was going and he stepped in a big ... of water.