Question

As a result of the flooding, as many as 10,000 families 1--------- homeless, although the figure is

only an estimate. ‘The emergency services are working hard, but I’m sure they 2------------- more

than 20 helicopters. It 3 -----------days to reach everyone and take them to safety,’ said an aid

worker in the area. ‘Conditions for those families still waiting to be rescued 4 --------- very

difficult. There 5 ------------- any clean water to drink and everyone 6 -------------- very cold.’

Worryingly, more rain is forecast, so the floods 7 ------------- worse in the next few days. The

emergency services 8 time to reach everyone before the waters rise again .​

Answer 1

Fill in the blank refers to filling of blank spaces with correct words.

• The blanks are filled with correct words so as to make a meaningful sentence.

• The correct passage is -

As a result of the flooding, as many as 10,000 families may get homeless, although the figure is only an estimate. ‘The emergency services are working hard, but I’m sure they cant have more than 20 helicopters.

It could take days to reach everyone and take them to safety,’ said an aid worker in the area. ‘Conditions for those families still waiting to be rescued must be very difficult. There cant be any clean water to drink and everyone might be very cold.’

Worryingly, more rain is forecast, so the floods may get worse in the next few days. The emergency services may not have time to reach everyone before the waters rise again.

Answer 2

Answer:

could take

Explanation: