This document contains an assignment with questions about Australia that require full sentence answers. It asks about indigenous people, population, capital city, currency, foods, states and territories, climate, travel experiences, and includes a matching and verb tense exercise. The student is asked to provide a paragraph description of Australia in simple past and present tense.

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Week 2 - Australia B
Answer the questions in full sentences.
1. What are the Indigenous people called in Australia?
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2. What is the population of Australia?
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3. What is the capital of Australia and what is its population?
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4. What is the currency? Describe what the money looks like.
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5. Name three traditional foods.
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6. How many states and territories are there?
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7. List them.
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Match the words in A to the definition in B.
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Democracy A meal where the food has been cooked outside on a BBQ.
Bill The weather patterns in a region over a long period.
Barbeque A draft of a proposed law in parliament.

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The Outback The inland, uninhabited desert area of Australia.
Climate A system of government where people elect representatives.
Complete the sentence with the correct verb.
To be To do To make To go To do To be
1. Australia …………. the 6th largest country in the world.
2. What ……….. people eat in Australia?
3. There ……….. six states and two territories in Australia.
4. The House of Representatives ……….. the laws.
5. It …………. rain in The Outback.
6. The Aboriginal history ……… back 40 000 years.
Complete the sentences with the correct verb.
To be To spend To go To learn To travel To visit
1. Last year I …….. my holiday in Australia.
2. It ……….. great.
3. I …………. around by car with two friends and we …….. lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually ……….. to a pub.
5. One night we even ………… some Aboriginal Dreaming stories.
Write a paragraph about Australia. Use simple past and present tense.
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