What kind 1 (on / at / of) place was the UAE in the past? It was not easy living in the desert. The desert was 2 (hot / hotter / hottest) and it was hard to find food. 3 People (fishing / fished / fish) or moved to different parts of the desert to find food. The fishermen jumped 4 (off / onto / into) the water for fish. However, the last fifty years have been very good for the country. The 1950s were difficult. When the country 5 (started selling / started sold / starting selling) oil to the rest of the world in 1962, a lot of things changed.