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Present Vs Past (Simple tenses) FACEBOOK BLOCKED NEWS
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1Why has Facebook blocked news in Australia and what does it [blank_start]mean[blank_end] for the rest of the world? ((Pre./ To mean))
- Amean
2Sky News [blank_start]looks[blank_end] into why this has happened and why it [blank_start]matters[blank_end] for the rest of the world. ((Pre./ To look)) ((Pre./ To matter))
- Alooks
- Bmatters
3Australians [blank_start]woke[blank_end] up on Thursday to discover they could not access news on their Facebook accounts and people around the world [blank_start]could[blank_end] not post or share links from Australian publications. ((Pas-/ To wake)) ((Pas./ Can))
- Awoke
- Bcould
4Commercial and government communication pages, community support groups, charities and news from emergency services [blank_start]were[blank_end] also inaccessible. ((Pas./ To be))
- Awere
5The US-based social media giant [blank_start]made[blank_end] the move after the Australian House of Representatives approved a law to compel internet companies to pay news organisations. ((Pas./ To make))
- Amade
6Facebook [blank_start]said[blank_end] the law, which needs to be passed by the Senate, "fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who [blank_start]use[blank_end] it". ((Pas./ To say)) ((Pre./ To use))
- Asaid
- Buse
7Powerful tech companies [blank_start]fear[blank_end] the law could set an expensive precedent for other countries as governments try to catch up with the fast-changing digital world. ((Pre./ To fear))
- Afear
8Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison [blank_start]used[blank_end] his Facebook page to react, saying: "Facebook's actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services, [blank_start]were[blank_end] as arrogant as they were disappointing." ((Pas./ To use)) ((Pas./ To be))
- Aused
- Bwere
9Facebook [blank_start]accounts[blank_end] for 23% of Australian online advertising revenue while Google accounts for 53%, according to the government's treasurer, Josh Frydenberg. ((Pre./ To account))
- Aaccounts
10The Australian government [blank_start]wants[blank_end] to redress that balance in the hope more money can go to a news industry that is seeing revenue shrink and, in some cases, being forced to cut coverage. ((Pre./ To want))
- Awants
11Canberra's competition regulator [blank_start]tried[blank_end] to negotiate a voluntary payment plan with Google but this [blank_start]failed[blank_end]. ((Pas./ To try)) ((Pas./ To fail))
- Atried
- Bfailed
12The new proposal was then [blank_start]brought[blank_end] forward which would create a committee to make binding decisions on the price of news reports to help give publishers more negotiating leverage with the internet giants. ((Pas./ To bring))
- Abrought
13Has Google agreed to the plan?
The internet tech giant had threatened to retaliate but [blank_start]announced[blank_end] deals in Australia with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Seven West Media, while the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Nine Entertainment [blank_start]are[blank_end] in negotiations. ((Pas./ To announce)) ((Pre./ To be))- Aannounced
- Bare
14No financial details were [blank_start]released[blank_end] but this means news companies now [blank_start]have[blank_end] a new revenue stream. ((Pas./ To release)) ((Pre./ To have))
- Areleased
- Bhave
15News Corp, which [blank_start]owns[blank_end] Sky News in Australia - separate from Sky News UK - said it would receive "significant payments" from Google under a three-year agreement which also [blank_start]covers[blank_end] its non-Australian publications such as the New York Post, and the Times and the Sun in the UK. ((Pre./ To own)) ((Pre./ To cover))
- Aowns
- Bcovers
16[blank_start]Does[blank_end] Google's deal translate to more coverage for readers, viewers and listeners?
That [blank_start]remains[blank_end] unclear.
Australia's journalists' union is calling on media companies to make sure online revenue [blank_start]goes[blank_end] into newsgathering "not the boardroom". ((Pre./ To do)) ((Pre./ To remain)) ((Pre./ To go))- ADoes
- Bremains
- Cgoes
17In France, Google had to negotiate with publishers after a court last year [blank_start]upheld[blank_end] an order saying agreements to pay [blank_start]were[blank_end] required by a 2019 European Union copyright directive. ((Pas./ To uphold)) ((Pas./ To be))
- Aupheld
- Bwere
18France is the first government to enforce the rules, but the decision [blank_start]suggests[blank_end] other countries in the 27-nation bloc will enforce the same requirements. ((Pre./ To suggest))
- Asuggests
19Facebook [blank_start]launched[blank_end] a Facebook News tab in the UK after completing deals with many of the country's major news providers, including Sky News, the Financial Times, and The Guardian. ((Pas./ To launch))
- Alaunched
20Google [blank_start]shut[blank_end] down its news website in Spain after a 2014 law required it to pay publishers. ((Pas./ To shut))
- Ashut
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- Short test on Simple present Vs Simple past
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- Michael Pérez
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