1)
1. Australia
2. The USA
3. Great Britain
4. The Great Sandy Desert
5. The Rocky Mountains
6. Sydney
7. Mississippi (as a state)
8. The Pacific Ocean
9. North America
10. The southern hemisphere
11. Europe
12. Grand Canyon

2)
Mrs White noticed a sitting bird on the roof;

Ben is often at home after classes;

Ted and his brother both resemble his father;

My daughter usually lays on the table;

The criminal could not escape from the police;

The dry land is most of uninhabited.