Question

1 Active or passive verb? (A)
Choose the correct verb forms in this news report about a storm.

Millions of pounds' worth of damage (►has caused/has been caused by a storm which ( 1 ) swept/was swept
across the north of England last night. The River Ribble ( 2 ) burst/was burst i t s banks after heavy rain. Many
people (3) rescued/were rescued from the floods by fire-fighters, who (4) received/were received hundreds
of calls for help. Wind speeds (5) reached/were reached ninety miles an hour in some places. Roads (6)
blocked/were blocked by fallen trees, and electricity lines (7) brought/were brought down, leaving thousands
of homes without electricity. 'Everything possible (8) is doing/is being done to get things back to normal,' a
spokesman (9) said/was said.

Answer 1

Millions of pounds worth of damage have been caused by a storm which swept across the north of England last night. The River Ribble burst its banks after heavy rain. Many people were rescued from the floods by firefighters, who received hundreds 
of calls for help. Wind speeds reached ninety miles an hour in some places. Roads were blocked by fallen trees, and electricity lines were brought down, leaving thousands of homes without electricity. 'Everything possible is being done to get things back to normal,' a 
spokesman said.