Task 5. Answer the questions 1. What were you doing at about 4 o’clock yesterday? (to repair my tape-recorder) 2. What was Ann doing at that moment? (to sleep) 3. What were you doing all afternoon yesterday? (to watch TV) .Task 6. Make the sentences interrogative. 1. She is translating the article into Russian 2. His friends are still speaking over the telephone 3. We were looking for him the day before yesterday. 4. She was typing a letter at that moment. Task 7. Make the sentences negative. 1. It is raining. 2. She is talking to her old friend. 3. It was snowing when I left home. 4. We were having dinner when you rang me up. Task 8. Answer the following questions. 1. Are you reading or writing now? 2. Are you making progress in your English? 3. Is your friend listening to you now? 4. Is it snowing now? Task 9. Put the verb in brackets into the Present, Past or Future I Continuous Tense. 1. He (to take) a bath now. 2. I (not to laugh) at you. 3. He (to I come) here next week. 4. If I (to sleep) when he comes, please, I wake me up. Task 10. Form questions with the question words given. 1. The expedition is returning next week. (When) 2. We are doing grammar exercises now. (What) 3. The mother is teaching her little son to read. (Who) Task 11. Translate into English. 1.Что вы обсуждаете? — Мы обсуждаем план будущей экскурсии. 2. Вы идете в кино с нами? 3. О чем вы сейчас думаете? 4. Автобус уже отправлялся, когда я подошел к остановке.

Days in the MonthThirty days has September,
April, June and November;
February has twenty-eight alone.
All the rest have thirty-one,
But leap year coming once in four
Gives February one day more.

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About WeatherIf bees stay at home,
Rain will soon come;
If they fly away,
Fine will be the day.
* * *Evening red and morning grey,
Send the traveller on his way;
Evening grey and morning red,
Bring the rain upon his head.
* * *When the dew is on the grass,
Rain will never come to pass.
A sunshiny shower
Won't last half an hour.

As long as species have been evolving, species have been going extinct. It is estimated that over 99% of all species that ever lived have gone extinct.Nowadays many animals are facing extinction such as Siberian (Amur) Tiger, Loggerhead Turtle, Northern Bald Ibis, Lion-Tailed Macaque, Mandarin Duck, Mountain Gorilla, Jackass Penguin, Blue Whale, Komodo Dragon, Golden Lion Tamarin, Californian Condor.Some people may ask “Why bother with conservation?” We now realize that it is important to maintain the planet’s biodiversity, the variety of animal and plant life, abundance and wild habitats.The more species disappear, the more entire eco-systems become defenseless and would eventually fall apart as the links in the food chain become broken. For example, certain animals only eat certain plants and those plants may need that animal to pollinate it or spread its seed. Without one, the other is also likely to die out.People all over the world are working to help some endangered animals from extinction. There are conservation organisations which try to make people aware of the problems facing wild animals. Some of the ways in which they are being saved include habitat protection, captive breeding, setting up nature reserves and parks and using alternative products in place of products from rare animals.Today, the problem of extinction is one of the most important. I think the first step towards saving animals is to learn as much as possible about them. If we know where and how they live, and what they need to survive, then it will be easier to help them.