Question

Look at the notes given below. Use the information to complete the paragraph by choosing a suitable word or phrase for each space. Do not add any new information. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Galapagos Islands Visitors to these Pacific Islands - leave - unstamp - mail them - return home - picture post-cards - show up - since 1960s - self perpetuating post office probably set up - to get news from their family, friends - tradition persisted - post office - establish - 1950s - barrel - replace - many times - weather worn plaques remain.

Tradition has it that visitors to these Pacific Islands (a) leave unstamped, addressed postcards and letters in a barrel at Post Office Bay, to await pick up by other tourists who affix postage and (b) ______ when they return home. Picture post-cards (c) ______ in the barrel since the late 1960s, when tourists began visiting the Galapagos Islands. The self-perpetuating post office (d) ______ by the whalers in the late 1790s as a way to get news to and from friends and family. The tradition continued even after a post office (e) ______ on the island of Floreana in the 1950s. The barrel (f) ______ many times, but weather worn plaques, on which sailors long ago and from far away carved their names, remain.

1. (i) leaving stamped 
   (ii) leaves unstamped
   (iii) leave unstamped
   (iv) left unstamped
2. (i) mail them
   (ii) mails them
   (iii) mailed this
   (iv) mailing these
3. (i) show up
   (ii) shown up
   (iii) are show up
   (iv) have shown up
4. (i) is setting up
   (ii) was set up
   (iii) is set up
   (iv) has been set up
5. (i) is established
   (ii) is being established
   (iii) was established
   (iv) has been established
6. (i) replacing 
   (ii) has been replaced
   (iii) is replaced
   (iv) was replaced

Answer 1

Tradition has it that visitors to these Pacific Islands leave unstamped, addressed postcards and letters in a barrel at Post Office Bay, to await pick up by other tourists who affix postage and mail them when they return home. Picture post-cards have shown up in the barrel since the late 1960s, when tourists began visiting the Galapagos Islands. The self-perpetuating post office was set up by the whalers in the late 1790s as a way to get news to and from friends and family. The tradition continued even after a post office was established on the island of Floreana in the 1950s. The barrel has been replaced many times, but weather worn plaques, on which sailors long ago and from far away carved their names, remain.