Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the past
simple. Give reasons.
1 Niagara Falls
(be) a popular
tourist attraction for over a century.
2 The name Niagara
(come)
from the Native American word meaning
thundering noise'.
3 A lot of people (try) to go over
the falls. In 1901, 41-year-old schoolteacher
Annie Edson Taylor
(go) over
them in a barrel and (survive)!
4 In 1990, David Copperfield
(perform) a magic trick where he
(appear) to go over them while
chained up.
