James Cook (1728-1779)

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1.

The British explorer James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire, on 27 October, 1728. But his
family soon moved to another village, called Great Ayton, where Cook spent most of his childhood.

2.

As a teenager James Cook developed a fascination for the sea and travelled to Whitby where he found
employment on a coal ship.

3.

While he was serving in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Cook had the command
of a ship.

4.

After the war had ended, Cook took command of the vessel Grenville and went
the coasts there.

5.

While he was mapping the coasts of Newfoundland, he observed

to Newfoundland to survey

a solar eclipse off the North American

coast.
6.
7.

Cook sent the details to the Royal Society, England's leading scientific organisation, and won their attention.
After Cook had published his observations of the solar eclipse, the Royal Society asked him to lead a
scientific expedition to Tahiti and put him in command of of the HMS Endeavour.

8.

From Tahiti Cook then went on

9.

He also reached New Zealand, which only the Dutchman Abel Tasman had visited

10.

After Cook had mapped New Zealand's complete coastline, he sailed

11.

Cook named the area New South Wales as it reminded

12.

to explore the South Pacific.

to Australia's east coast.

him of the south coast of Wales in Great Britain.

In 1772, one year after Cook had returned from his first voyage to the Pacific, the Royal Societyhired
for another expedition to find the mythical Terra Australis.

13.

On his journey, Cook discovered several islands and almost went

14.

He made maps of the South Pacific and proved that Terra Australis did not exist

15.
16.
17.
18.

before Cook.

him

as far as the continent of Antarctica.

.

His third and last voyage for the Royal Society took him to the west coast of North America where he tried
to find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific.
He could not pass the Bering Strait, however; the ice forced him to return to Hawaii, which he had discovered
earlier.
While he and his crew were resting in Hawaii, some Hawaiians stole

one of his boats.

When cook and his men tried to get the boat back from the natives, a violent fight broke out in which the
natives stabbed James Cook to death.

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Bewley's Oriental Cafs

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1.

Bewley's is

an old Irish tea house chain.

2.

The history of the famous Bewley's Oriental Cafs began in 1835 when Charles Bewley imported
chests of tea directly from the Chinese province of Canton to Dublin.

3.

It does not look like a great deal today, but back then it was a coup: no man before had dared
directly into Ireland.

4.

Bewley's initiative put an end to the East India Trading Company's tea monopoly which before 1835 had
forced the Irish to import their tea from London.

5.

Samuel Bewley's son Joshua also became

6.

Like his father, he imported

7.

The Irish liked

8.

A tea expert noticed that even the poorest Irish people bought

9.

By the end of the 19th century a tea culture had developed

10.

12.

That marked
spent

17.
18.
19.

tea into Ireland.

the idea of not having to import old tea from London.

only the finest tea.

in Ireland.
rather

to run coffee making demonstrations.

His wife baked scones to go with the coffee, and the couple soon found out that their idea was extremely
popular among customers.

14.

16.

a tea merchant.

In the back of his shop in Dublin's George's Street, he began

13.

15.

to import tea

In 1894, Joshua's son Ernest Bewley wanted to stimulate the market for a product that had been
unknown that far: coffee.

11.

over 2000

the beginning of the first Bewley's Oriental Caf.

In Dublin's Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley opened another Bewley's Oriental Caf in 1927, on which he had
nearly 60,000 Pound.
Still now the interior furnishings and wonderful stain glass provide

a very special oriental flair.

During World War II, Bewley's had to restrict the supply of tea to an ounce per head, and many
customers switched to coffee.
Today, Bewley's is

Ireland's leading supplier of quality coffees and teas.

It has created a catering service for larger customers such as Trinity College and it has opened cafs in book
stores and Dublin Airport.
Bewley's Clipper Gold Tea and Espresso Prima have won

Gold Awards in the London Great Taste Awards.

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Test
Write the past participle (3rd form) of the following irregular verbs.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

speak - spoken
catch - caught
eat - eaten
understand - understood
begin - begun

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. I lost the key that he had given to me.

2. She told me that she had seen a ghost.
3. I went downstairs because I had heard a
noise.
4. When they came home, Sue had cooked
dinner already.
5. We could not send you a postcard
because we had forgotten our address
book.
Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we had

not ordered .

2. He went to Alaska where he had not been

before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she had
not worn for ages.
4. He had not played tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he had not
helped her with the shopping.
Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. Had you finished your homework before

you went to the cinema?
2. Why had you cleaned the bathroom
before you bathed the dog?
3. Had you had breakfast before you came
here?
4. Had she found a place to stay when she
went to Boston?
5. Where had she lived before she moved
to Chicago?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.

I have been practising

the piano for 30 minutes.

2.

Bob has run

3.

The children have been

4.

The dog has been barking

5.

We have missed

10 km.
on holiday for six days.
since midnight.

the bus twice this week.

Negative Sentences
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.

You have not eaten

up yet.

2.

He has not been speaking

3.

They have not been working

4.

We have not known

5.

She has not hung

on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes.

since 5 o'clock. They just started an hour ago.

them for a long time.

up all the pictures yet.

Questions
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.

How long has she been waiting

for us?

2.

How many times have I told

3.

How often have you cleaned

4.

How many months have you been taking

5.

Have you ever stayed

you?
the windows this year?
piano lessons?

in a castle?

Text
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.
2.

Tom: Hi Ana. I have tried to ring you several times today. Where have you been
Ana: I have been at home all the time. But I have been cleaning
didn't hear the phone ring.

3.

Tom: Have you cleaned

4.

Ana: No, not yet. I have not tidied

5.
6.
7.

the house all day, so maybe I

everything now?
up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?

Tom: Don't you remember? Jane has invited us to her birthday party and we have not bought
a present for her yet.
Ana: Oh, that's right. Have you already found out

what she wants?

Tom: Well, she has been learning Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next holiday in
Mexico. Maybe we could get her a guide book.