Grade 7 Unit 8 Tenses. About Uluru

Uluru, a huge rock which ... of sandstone, ... 450 km away from Alice Springs in the middle of the Australian Outback.

• makes, lay

• is made, was lain

• made, lies

• is made, lies

In geographical terms it ... as an island mountain.

• is known

• is knowing

• knows

The rock ... 600 million years ago.

• create

• was created

• has created

It ... at the bottom of the ocean.

• is

• used to be

• will be

Today it is on top of the ground but its greatest part ... underground.

• is hidden

• will hide

• hid

Native Australians ... in the area for the last 10,000 years.

• are

• were

• have been

For them Uluru ... the holy place where Dreamtime ... .

• marks, begins

• is marked, began

• will mark, has begun

• is marked, has begun

The local Anangu people ... the place for traditional ceremonies for thousands of years.

• use

• are using

• have used

The first Europeans ... the rock only in 1872 and for some time it ... Ayers Rock.

• discover, was called

• discovered, was called

• were discovered, have called

• discovered, was called

In 1993 Uluru ... the first icon in Australia to be given back its Aboriginal name.

• becomes

• has become

• became