Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences in present continuous or present simple. 1. my wife normally (work) at home, but she (spend) this month in italy. 2. most days, tom (cycle) to work. 3. the lesson (start) today? 4. what’s your brother doing? he (do) the crossword in the newspaper he (do) it every day. 5. i’m afraid i’ll lose this game of chess. (play) very badly. i usually better (play 6. what’s she doing? — she (mend) her husband’s socks. she them. (mend) 7. yes, you can borrow my dictionary. i (use) it a lot, but i (not / use) it now. 8. we (not travel) by train very often. 9. she (be) particularly generous this week. 10. it (snow) right now. it’s beautiful! i (like) this weather. 11. the (flow) very fast today — faster than usual. 12. you (always to complain) that waiters are rude! 13. i (walk) to school every day. i (take, not) the bus. 14. you (always to borrow) money! 15. that’s worrying because the number of people without (increase). 16. robert is a vegetarian. he (eat, not) meat. 17. (you, cook) your own dinner every day? 18. holidays abroad (become) increasingly popular. 19. are you in a hurry? — no, i (walk) quickly because i’m cold. 20. where’s your father? — he (be) in the bathroom. 21. he ( shave ). 22. the neighbours (slam) doors (shout) during the night. 23. my sister (to take) part in the competitions almost every weekend.

1. My wife normally works at home, but she's spending this month in Italy.
2. Most days, Tom usually cycles to work.
3. When is the lesson starting today?
4. What’s your brother doing? He is doing the crossword in the newspaper He does it every day.
5. I’m afraid I’ll lose this game of chess. I'm playing very badly. I usually play much better.
6. What’s she doing? — She is mending her husband’s socks. She always mends them. 
7. Yes, you can borrow my dictionary. I use it a lot, but I am not using it now.
8. We don't tavel by train very often.
9. She is particularly generous this week.
10. It is snowing right now. It’s beautiful! I like this weather.
11. The river is flowingvery fast today — faster than usual.
12. You're always complaining that waiters are rude!
13. I walk to school every day. I don't take the bus.
14. You're always borrowing money!
15. That’s worrying because the number of people without job is increasing.
16. Robert is a vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat.
17. Do you cook your own dinner every day?
18. Holidays abroad are becoming increasingly popular.
19. Are you in a hurry? — No, I'm walking quickly because I’m cold.
20. Where’s your father? — He is in the bathroom.
21. He is shaving.
22. The neighbours are forever slamming doors and shouting during the night.
23. My sister takes part in the competitions almost every weekend.

A crossword puzzle is a game of words where the player is given a hint and the number of letters. The player then fills in a grid of boxes by finding the right words. Liverpool journalist, Arthur Wynne invented the first crossword puzzle.Arthur WynneArthur Wynne was born on June 22, 1871 in Liverpool, England. He immigrated to the United States at the age of nineteen. He first lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and worked for the Pittsburgh Press newspaper. An interesting side-note, was that Wynne also played violin in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.Later, Arthur Wynne moved to Cedar Grove, New Jersey and started working for a New York City based newspaper called the New York World. He wrote the first crossword puzzle for the New York World, published on Sunday, December 21, 1913. The editor had asked Wynne to invent a new game for the paper's Sunday entertainment section.View a copy of Arthur Wynne's first crossword puzzleWord-Cross to Cross-Word to CrosswordArthur Wynne's first crossword puzzle was initially called word-cross and was diamond-shaped. The name later switched to cross-word, and then as a result of an accidental typo the hyphen was dropped and the name became crossword.Wynne based his crossword puzzle on a similar but much older game played in ancient Pompeii that translated from Latin to English was called Magic Squares. In Magic Squares, the player is given a group of words and has to arrange them on a grid so that the words read the same way across and down. A crossword puzzle is very similar, except instead of being given the words the player is given clues.Arthur Wynne added other innovations to the crossword puzzle. While the first puzzle wasdiamond-shaped, he later invented horizontal and vertical shaped puzzles; and Wynne invented the use of adding blank black squares to a crossword puzzle.The crossword puzzle in a British publication was published in Pearson's Magazine in February 1922. The first New York Times crossword was published on February 1 1930.First Book of Crossword PuzzlesAccording to the Guinness Book of Records, the first collection of crossword puzzles was published in the USA in 1924. Called The Cross Word Puzzle Book it was the first publication by a new partnership formed by Dick Simon and Lincoln Schuster. The book, a compilation of crossword puzzles from the newspaper New York World, was an instant success and helped to establish publishing giant Simon & Schuster, who continue to produce crossword books to this day.

The cook islands consist of 15 small islands and atolls with a total area of 240 square kilometers. they are located to the north-east of new zealand, their neighbours on the water border are american samoa, niue, kiribati and french polynesia.     the cook islands are divided into two groups: north and south. rarotonga (part of the southern group) is the most populous island and has the largest area. on the north coast of the island is the capital of the whole archipelago kurskogo — "the city of two harbors" avarua. cook islands are in free confederation with new zealand, i.e. they preserve their independence and sovereignty, but many of the functions of government assigned to a large state. dominant role in the economy of the islands is given over to tourism, agriculture and financial sector. cook islands got its name in honor of the english explorer james cook, and named the archipelago the least well-known explorer, our compatriot, ivan fedorovich kruzenshtern. by the way, about james cook. despite the current and firmly settled in people's minds the view that english traveler ate the natives of the cook islands, this is not true. cook was killed in hawaii. visiting the cook islands, you will be able to personally refute this version of fate of an englishman. here you will meet cheerful and good-natured people!