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Flood B2

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B2+ Grammar Exercise: Flood in Poland

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. Several emergency shelters ____________________ (set up) for displaced families.

2. Rescue teams ____________________ (search) for many people.

3. Volunteers ____________________ (work) tirelessly for days to help the affected areas.

4. The streets ____________________ (clean) as we speak.

5. By the time rescue teams arrived, the river ____________________ (overflow).

6. If the water levels ____________________ (rise) further, more evacuation centers

____________________ (be) needed.

7. The flood ____________________ (cause) issues for several days before the national emergency was declared.

8. The official said, "We ____________________ (do) everything we can to help those affected by the flood."

→ The official said they ____________________ (do) everything they could to help those affected.

9. By this time tomorrow, authorities ____________________ (assess) the damage.

10. Last week, many roads ____________________ (close) due to rising water levels.

11. Local authorities ____________________ (must/take) urgent measures to prevent more flooding.

12. If the warning systems ____________________ (be) better, fewer people would have been affected.

13. Emergency services ____________________ (deal) with flooding in several towns since last week.

14. By next month, relief teams ____________________ (work) on flood recovery efforts for over a month.

15. The government ____________________ (have/set up) emergency shelters across the region.

16. By the end of next week, the government ____________________ (distribute) aid to all affected towns.

17. While people ____________________ (sleep), the water level was rising rapidly.

18. A lot of people say the government ____________________ (should/act) sooner to prevent this much damage.

19. More rescue operations ____________________ (launch) if the situation worsens.

20. By the time help arrived, the warning system ____________________ (ignore) by many residents.

21. Emergency aid ____________________ (distribute) by local charities after the flood.

22. By the time floodwaters reach the center or Wroclaw, many businesses ____________________ (close)
temporarily.

23. If they ____________________ (build) flood barriers sooner, the damage ____________________ (be)
minimized now.

24. The government ____________________ (issue) daily updates to keep people informed about the flood.
Answer Key:

1. have been set up


2. are searching
3. have been working
4. are being cleaned
5. had overflowed
6. rise, will be
7. had been causing
8. are doing, were doing
9. will be assessing
10. closed / were closed
11. must take
12. were / had been
13. have dealt
14. will have been working
15. has had set up
16. will have distributed
17. were sleeping
18. should have acted
19. will be launched
20. had been ignored
21. was distributed
22. will have been closed
23. had built, would be
24. issues

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