Share Gateway B2 Unit 8
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(correct a mistake) The news of the earthquake is reported on the six o’clock news programme yesterday.
was reported
(correct a mistake) Rescue workers from the UK are being sent to help the people look for survivors. They should be arrived later this evening.
should arrive/should be arriving
(correct a mistake) Many people have evacuated from their houses in the last few hours because of the flooding.
have been evacuated
(correct a mistake) The forest fire is spread very quickly at the moment.
is spreading
(correct a mistake) The need for more money to develop sea defences would be discussed at the council meeting tomorrow.
will be discussed
(write the correct form) Construction workers on a major underground railway project in London have uncovered a burial site that ………… (expect) to provide important information about the plague or ‘Black Death’.
is expected
(write the correct form) The discovery ……………………… (make) during excavation for the eastern entrance of the new railway in 1876.
was made
(write the correct form) A headstone marked ‘1665’, the year when the epidemic was at its height, ……………………… (find) nearby.
was found
(write the correct form) Archeologists say that the individuals appear to ……………………… (bury) on the same day.
have been buried
(write the correct form) The remains will ……………………… (analyse) by experts at the Museum of London Archeology, who hope that their research will provide an opportunity to learn more about the disease.
be analysed
(complete with 1 word) Organisers of last night’s charity concert in aid of hurricane victims announced today that they (1) ……………………… already raised over six million pounds.
had
(2) ……………………… is estimated that more than 300,000 people have been left homeless as a result of the disaster, which happened on Thursday night, and many more will struggle to rebuild their houses without assistance.
It
(complete with 1 word) Some of the money from the concert (3) ……………………… be spent on tents and blankets to help with the immediate situation.
will
(complete with 1 word) The rest is (4) ……………………… set aside for rebuilding projects.
being
(complete with 1 word) Speaking on television this morning a charity spokesman said that he had (5) ……………………… amazed at people’s generosity at a time of economic hardship.
been
While some parts of the world haven’t seen any rain for several months, causing prolonged (1) ……………………… in many countries, other places have been badly affected by the opposite problem – floods.
droughts
