Girl, four, locked in school bus

Read this BBC story and complete the gaps with these verb forms:

1. are taken 2. had allowed 3. had apologised

4. have been rigorously reassessed 5. stuck 6. taken 7. was locked

8. was only discovered 9. was only found 10. was overlooked

11. was opened 12. was picked up

A four-year-old girl spent more than six hours _________ in a school minibus after she ________ in it for the day, it has emerged.
The pupil _________ in the morning and ________ to St Joseph's Cathedral Infants School in Swansea (Wales) but ________ as everyone else got off. The unnamed girl ________ at the end of the school day.

The school said it ________ to her parents and taken steps to ensure it could not happen again. “As a caring school and community we were deeply upset by this incident as parents expect the very best from our school,” it said in a statement.
“A situation like this has never previously occurred and we will ensure that it will never reoccur again.
“All our processes and procedures _________ to ensure the safety of all our pupils.”

The girl _________ when the bus _________ to take pupils home.
“Staff were upset by what happened and the school has apologised to the child's family,” said Mr Kavanagh, Chairman of the school governors.
“The child's parents are satisfied with the additional measures taken to ensure an incident like this cannot happen again.”
He said they _________ the girl to continue to use the bus service.

“An incident of this nature is extremely rare,” he added. “Thousands of young people in Swansea ________ to and from school on school buses and minibuses every day and no one at the council can recollect something like this happening there.”

Key: Move your cursor mouse here >> stuck--was locked--was picked up--taken--was overlooked--was only found--had apologised--have been rigorously reassessed--was only discovered--was opened--had allowed--are taken