Dozens are still missing following an earthquake on Japan’s island of Hokkaido, with many feared buried under rubble after the magnitude 6.7 quake _______________ landslides.

• triggered
• has triggered
• is triggering
• triggers
• had triggered

Some 1.6 million residents across Hokkaido ________________ without power.

• remain
• remained
• have remained
• are remaining

The quake is the second disaster to hit Japan this week, after a deadly typhoon _______________ the country’s west coast.

• lashed
• lashes
• is lashing
• has lashed
• had lashed

The earthquake struck early on Thursday and thousands of people _______________ the night in evacuation centres.

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• spend
• are spending
• have spent
• had spent

The village of Atsuma was among the hardest hit, where roads and houses _______________ after huge landslides.

• collapsed
• are collapsing
• have collapsed
• had collapsed
• collapse

“We’ve heard there _______________ people still stuck under the mud, so we’ve been working around the clock but it’s been difficult to rescue them,” a rescue worker in Atsuma told public broadcaster NHK.

• are
• were
• had been

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed 16 people _______________ , many people injured, and 26 remained missing.

• had been killed
• had killed
• were killed
• are killed
• have been killed
• have killed

“Please give your sympathy to people who spent a dark night in fear, and do everything you can to restore electricity as soon as possible,” he _______________ his ministers at an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday.

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• instructs
• has instructed
• is instructing

With bad weather expected over the next days, officials _______________ people to remain cautious and be prepared for aftershocks.

• are warning
• have warned
• warn
• had warned