James Cook (1728-1779)

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses. (simple past, past continuous, past perfect) 1. The British explorer James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire, on 27 October, 1728. But his family soon (move) Cook (spend) to another village, called Great Ayton, where most of his childhood. a fascination for the sea employment on a coal ship.

2. As a teenager James Cook (develop) and (travel) 3. While he (serve) Cook (have) 4. After the war (end) and (go) to Whitby where he (find)

in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the command of a ship. , Cook (take) command of the vessel Grenville

to Newfoundland to survey the coasts there. the coasts of Newfoundland, he (observe) a solar eclipse off

5. While he (map) the North American coast. 6. Cook (send) and (win) 7. After Cook (publish)

the details to the Royal Society, England's leading scientific organisation, their attention. his observations of the solar eclipse, the Royal him in

Society (ask) him to lead a scientific expedition to Tahiti and (put) command of of the HMS Endeavour. 8. From Tahiti Cook then (go on) 9. He also (reach) Tasman (visit) 10. After Cook (map) east coast. to explore the South Pacific. New Zealand, which only the Dutchman Abel before Cook. New Zealand's complete coastline, he (sail)

to Australia's

11. Cook (name) the area New South Wales as it (remind) coast of Wales in Great Britain. 12. In 1772, one year after Cook (return) Society (hire)

him of the south

from his first voyage to the Pacific, the Royal

him for another expedition to find the mythical Terra Australis. several islands and almost (go) as far as

13. On his journey, Cook (discover) the continent of Antarctica.

14. He (make) not) .

maps of the South Pacific and (prove)

that Terra Australis (exist /

15. His third and last voyage for the Royal Society (take) America where he (try) 16. He (not / can / pass) to Hawaii, which he (discover) 17. While he and his crew (rest) boats. 18. When cook and his men (try) out)

him to the west coast of North

to find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. the Bering Strait, however; the ice (force) earlier. in Hawaii, some Hawaiians (steal) one of his him to return

to get the boat back from the natives, a violent fight (break James Cook to death.

in which the natives (stab)

Bewley's Oriental Cafs

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses. (simple present, present perfect, simple past, past perfect) 1. Bewley's (be) an old Irish tea house chain. in 1835 when Charles

2. The history of the famous Bewley's Oriental Cafs (begin) Bewley (import) Dublin. 3. It (not / look) before (dare) 4. Bewley's initiative (put) before 1835 (force)

over 2000 chests of tea directly from the Chinese province of Canton to

like a great deal today, but back then it (be) to import tea directly into Ireland.

a coup: no man

an end to the East India Trading Company's tea monopoly which the Irish to import their tea from London. a tea merchant.

5. Samuel Bewley's son Joshua also (become) 6. Like his father, he (import) 7. The Irish (like) 8. A tea expert (notice) tea. tea into Ireland.

the idea of not having to import old tea from London. that even the poorest Irish people (buy) only the finest

9. By the end of the 19th century a tea culture (develop) 10. In 1894, Joshua's son Ernest Bewley (want) that (be) rather unknown that far: coffee.

in Ireland. to stimulate the market for a product

11. In the back of his shop in Dublin's George's Street, he (begin) demonstrations. 12. His wife (bake) out) 13. That (mark)

to run coffee making

scones to go with the coffee, and the couple soon (find that their idea (be) extremely popular among customers.

the beginning of the first Bewley's Oriental Caf. another Bewley's Oriental Caf in 1927,

14. In Dublin's Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley (open) on which he (spend) nearly 60,000 Pound.

15. Still now the interior furnishings and wonderful stain glass (provide) flair. 16. During World War II, Bewley's (must restrict) many customers (switch) 17. Today, Bewley's (be) 18. It (create) it (open) to coffee.

a very special oriental

the supply of tea to an ounce per head, and

Ireland's leading supplier of quality coffees and teas. a catering service for larger customers such as Trinity College and cafs in book stores and Dublin Airport. Gold Awards in the London Great

19. Bewley's Clipper Gold Tea and Espresso Prima (win) Taste Awards.