Question

Complete the text with the present simple passive or past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Every year many windows ... (break) and many houses ... (damage) by small earthquakes.
2. In 1994, the city ... (hit) by a really bad earthquake which measured 6.6 on the Richter scale.
3. Many buildings ... (damage) by fire; a motorway ... (destroy) by the earthquake; and many people ... (kill) in their cars.
4. After that earthquake, new building laws ... (introduce) and today all new houses in the Los Angeles area ... (build) to survive earthquakes.

Answer 1

1are broken,are damaged

2was hit

3were damaged,was destroyed, were killed

4were introduced,are built