Lucy (run) ................................... 2000 metres today.
2. We (own) ................................... two cars, an estate car and a sports car.
3. Can you drive? No, but I (learn) ................................... at the moment.
4. Julie (cook) ................................... dinner. Let’s go and eat!
5. Look! That woman (try) ................................... to steal that man’s wallet.
6. I (drink) ................................... more water lately, and I feel better.
7. I (clean) ................................... all morning – I’m fed up!
8. The River Nile (flow) ................................... into the Mediterranean.
9. Sorry about the mess! I (bake) ...................................
10. The students (finish) ................................... their exams. They’re very happy.
Bài 2 : Read and complete the text with the words in the box.
century ; population ; languages ; country
maintained ; mainland ; territories ; largest
Australia is a sovereign country comprising the (1) ............................... of the Australian
continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest (2)
............................... in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country by total area. The
neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north;
the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
Australia’s capital is Canberra, and its (3) ............................... urban area is Sydney.
For about 50,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th (4)
..............................., Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who spoke (5)
............................... classifiable into roughly 250 groups. After the European discovery of
the continent by Dutch explorers in 1606. Australia’s eastern half was claimed by Great
Britain in 1770 and initially seeded through penal transportation to the colony of New
South Wales from 26 January 1788. The (6) ............................... grew steadily in
subsequent decades, and by the 1850s most of the continent had been explored and an
additional give self-governing crown colonies established. On 1 January 1901, the six
colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has since (7)
............................... a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a
federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy comprising six states and several (8)