VI. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. They will provide temporary housing to earthquake victims as soon as possible. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Rescue teams have saved hundreds of people from floods in Metro Manila. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. An average of 20 typhoons hit the country every year. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a Central Philippine mountain. ___________________________________________________________________ 6. They are repairing roads and bridges damaged by the hurricane. ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Across the northwest Florida coast, people were clearing storm debris. ___________________________________________________________________ 8. Authorities have lifted a tsunami warning after a strong earthquake. ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Submarine volcanic eruptions can cause tsunamis. ___________________________________________________________________ 10. Will the government send troops to flooded regions? ___________________________________________________________________ VII. Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Officials said the blaze_________ (damage) five houses in the area. 2. Before Hurricane Sandy struck the US Northeast, it_________ (kill) 72 people in the Caribbean. 3. US Weather Service_________ (not issue) any warning by the time the tornado moved to a City nearby. 4. As of Monday night, more 10,149 people_________ (leave) their homes across the province. 5. We _________ (not experience) any natural disasters before we were trapped in an avalanche last month. 6. What_________ (the government/ do) by the time the mudslide occurred? 7. El Nino weather_________ (hit) Mekong Delta as the worst drought in 90 years, report said. 8. Many local people said that they_________ (never/ see) such a fierce storm in their life. 9. Those evacuees_________ (not return) home by late December. 10. _________ (people/ evacuate) the area when the hurricane hit? VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect. 1. By the time the firefighters_________ (arrive), the fire_________ (already destroy) over 50 hectares of pine forests. 2. Two people_________ (report) that flames_________ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled apartment. 3. It_________ (rain) all morning before the tornado_________ (touch) down. 4. They_________ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody_________ (tell) them. 5. _________ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire_________ (start)? 6. The post_________ (not arrive) when I_________ (leave) home this morning. 7. It_________ (be) cloudy for days before it_________ (start) to rain heavily and_________ (flood) the whole City. 8. When I_________ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I_________ (leave) my ticket at home. 9. After Tom and his neighbours_________ (put out) the fire, the fire engines_________ (arrive) at the cottage. 10. She_________ (recognize) the warning signs that she_________ (learn) in a school lesson on tsunami two days before. 11. By the time the rescuers_________ (arrive), they_________ (run) out of food and water. 12. The rescue team_________ (find) the child after they_________ (search) for ten hours.