Verb tenses - Australia

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Verb tenses - Australia

Fill in the correct form of the verb between brackets

Text:

In 1768, an expedition of British scientists (sail) …..with Captain Cook to the southern hemisphere . Nobody (know) ………..anything about what (be) ……. To become Australia. This enigmatic continent (explore/not ) ………before. Captain Cook (make) …….a landfall at Botany Bay in 1770. Seventeen years (pass) ………..and nothing (happen ) …………… Then , the British government (decide) …………..to turn the unexplored continent into a jail ! Thousands of convicts (ship) ………….to Australia. Most (come) ………….from the London working classes and (have) …………..a strong cockney accent . A few years later , London (get rid ) ………..of a certain number of dishonest women , by (send) ………..them to Australia too ! In 1851, gold (discover) ………………thus encouraging a lot of English adventurers to emigrate. Today many Australians of English descent (speak) with what (sound) ……..like a cockney accent , and the big thing today is to able to boast convict ancestry ! But Australia (become) …………..very cosmopolitan recently . 

How?

Verb tenses can be active or passive

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In 1768, an expedition of British scientists (sail) …………………..with Captain Cook to the southern hemisphere .

1. sailed
2. had sailed
3. has sailed
4. sails

Nobody (know) ………………………………..anything about what (be) …………………………. To become Australia.

This enigmatic continent (explore/not ) ………………………before.

1. hadn't explored
2. wasn't explored
3. hadn't been explored
4. didn't explored

Seventeen years (pass) …………………………..and nothing (happen) …………………… .

Then , the British government (decide) ………………….. to turn the unexplored continent into a jail !

1. has decided
2. had decided
3. decided
4. was deciding

Most (come) ………….from the London working classes and (have) …………………..a strong cockney accent .

A few years later , London (get rid ) ………….. of a certain number of dishonest women , by sending them to Australia too !

1. got rid
2. gets rid
3. had got rid
4. was getting rid

In 1851, gold (discover) …………… thus encouraging a lot of English adventurers to emigrate.

1. discovered
2. had discovered
3. was discovered
4. had been discovered

Today many Australians of English descent (speak) ........ with what (sound) …….. like a cockney accent , and the big thing today is to able to boast convict ancestry

But Australia (become) ………..very cosmopolitan recently .

1. became
2. becomes
3. has become
4. is becoming