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Mixed Tenses in Context Exercise

James Cook was a British explorer born in 1728 who developed a fascination for the sea as a teenager. While serving in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War, Cook gained command of a ship. After the war ended, he took command of the Grenville and surveyed the coasts of Newfoundland. Cook observed a solar eclipse off the North American coast and sent details to the Royal Society, gaining their attention. The Royal Society then put Cook in command of the HMS Endeavour to lead the first of his three expeditions to explore the Pacific Ocean.

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Mixed Tenses in Context Exercise

James Cook was a British explorer born in 1728 who developed a fascination for the sea as a teenager. While serving in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War, Cook gained command of a ship. After the war ended, he took command of the Grenville and surveyed the coasts of Newfoundland. Cook observed a solar eclipse off the North American coast and sent details to the Royal Society, gaining their attention. The Royal Society then put Cook in command of the HMS Endeavour to lead the first of his three expeditions to explore the Pacific Ocean.

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James Cook (1728-1779)

The British explorer James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire, on 27 October, 1728. His family soon ____________ (move) to another village, called Great Ayton, where Cook _____________(spend) most of his childhood. As a teenager James Cook ______________ (develop) a fascination for the sea and _______________ (travel) to Whitby where he _____________ (find) employment on a coal ship. While he _______________ (serve) in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Cook _____________ (have) the command of a ship. Once the war _______________ (end), Cook _______________ (take) command of the vessel Grenville and _______________ (go) to Newfoundland to survey the coasts there. While he ________________ (map) the coasts of Newfoundland, he _______________ (observe) a solar eclipse off the North American coast. Cook _______________ (send) the details to the Royal Society, England's leading scientific organisation, and ________________ (win) their attention. After Cook _________________ (publish) his observations of the solar eclipse, the Royal Society ________________ (ask) him to lead a scientific expedition to Tahiti and ________________ (put) him in command of the HMS Endeavour. From Tahiti Cook then ________________ (go on) to explore the South Pacific. He also _________________ (reach) New Zealand, which only the Dutchman Abel Tasman ________________ (visit) before Cook. After Cook ______________ (map) New Zealand's complete coastline, he _______________ (sail) to Australia's east coast. Cook ______________ (name) the area New South Wales as it ______________ (remind) him of the south coast of Wales in Great Britain. In 1772, one year after Cook ______________ (return) from his first voyage to the Pacific, the Royal Society _____________ (hire) him for another expedition to find the mythical Terra Australis. On his journey, Cook ______________ (discover) several islands and almost __________ (go) as far as the continent of Antarctica. He ______________ (make) maps of the South Pacific and ___________(prove) that Terra Australis _____________(exist / not). His third and last voyage for the Royal Society ______________ (take) him to the west coast of North America where he _______________ (try) to find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. He ________________ (not / can / pass) the Bering Strait, however; the ice ______________(force) him to return to Hawaii, which he__________________ (discover) earlier. While he and his crew _______________ (rest) in Hawaii, some Hawaiians _____________ (steal) one of his boats. When cook and his men ________________ (try) to get the boat back from the natives, a violent fight ________________ (break out) in which the natives _________________ (stab) James Cook to death.

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