9th form Writing / Test

Put the Verbs in the correct form:

1. Aborigines probably _____ to Australia from Indonesia 50,000 years ago.

2. The oldest skeleton _____ in Australia was at Lake Mungo in New South Wales.

3. Archeologists believe it is 38,000 years old and it ______ traces of ceremonial paint.

4. Aborigenes were nomads, wanderers, so ____.

5. Originally, they did not have a sense of land ownership, although Aboriginal children ____ from an early age that they belonged to the land and must respect their tribal boundaries.

6. Tribes returned to particular places ____ their dead.

7. Some places, like Uluru, were scared because they _____with the "Dream Time".

8. It was the time when the Earth was formed and cycles of life and nature _____.

Find the right word:

9. _____ legends, songs and dances tell of spirits who created the land and people during the Dreamtime.

10. This time is supposed to be _____.

11. There was no written Aboriginal language and, in fact, most of the 600 tribes spoke ____ dialects.

12. They rarely met except on _____ occasions.

13. The ______ of the Dreamtime, however united the people.

14. Rock ____ showing this creation period can be found all over the country.

15. Some of the most _____ and best preserved can be seen at rock galleries in Kakadu National Park and other parts of northern Australia.

Choose the correct word:

16. The arrival of white people gradually brought an end to the traditional Aboriginal ____ of life.

17. The "new" Australians began to build and ____ on Aboriginal tribal lands.

18. Today, most Aboriginals live in cities and towns _____ in isolated settlements near tribal lands.

19. In recent years, white Australians have become more _____ to the Aborigenes' situation.

20. The result has been an increase in health and educational services, greater ____ of Aboriginal land rights and a growing appreciation of Aboriginal culture.