IV.  Complete the passage with the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

                       THE AUSTRALIA SALUTE

Before I (1) __________(visit) Australia, an Australian friend in London (2) __________ (tell) me I should learn ‘the Australia salute’. “What‘s that?” I asked. “You‘ll find out when you (3) ____________(get) there," he said. I (4) __________ (arrive) in Perth last week. Since then I (5) ___________(stay) at a nice hotel near a beautiful beach. I (6) __________ (never visit) Australia before and I am enjoying my stay. I (7) __________ (swim) every day from the time I (8) __________(arrive). Yesterday, an Australian friend (9) (suggest) a tour into the bush‘. I agreed at once. The first thing I (10) ___________(notice) when we were in the bush (11) __________ (be) the flies. After a while I remembered the conversation I (12) __________ (have) in London before I (13) _______ (come) here. “What‘s ‘the Australia salute’?” I asked suddenly, as I waved my right arm to keep the flies away. “That‘s it!” my friend said as he (14) ___________(wave) back!

Before I (1) __________(visit) Australia