Answer the questions using the words in brackets. Example: What are you doing? (daydream) - I’m daydreaming. 1. Why is Father making such a terrible noise? (teach the dog to bark) 2. What are you doing with the scissors? (cut out a dress) 3. Where are you hurrying to? (run to catch my bus) 4. What are you doing in this shop? (buy a mink coat) 5. Why are you leaving so soon? (go to the University) 6. Why is she playing the violin so late? (rehearse for a concert) 7. Why are the children listening so attentively? (listen to a favourite fairy tale) 8. What is George doing in the kitchen? (bake an apple pie)

1. Because he is teaching the dog to bark.

2. I am cutting out a dress.

3. I am running to catch my bus.

4. I am buying a mink coat.

5. I am going to the University.

6. She is rehearsing for a concert.

7. They are listening to a favourite fairy tail.

8. George is baking an apple pie.

1 Father is teaching the dog to bark
2 Im cutting out a dress
3 I’m running to catch my bus
4 I’m buying a mink coat
5 I’m going to the university
6 she is rehearsing for a concert
7 Children are listening to a favorite fairy tale
8 George is baking an apple pie

1.Last year China was predicted  (Past Simple Passive) to become the world's biggest freenhouse gas polluter.
2.During the heat wave in 1995 Chicago's vulnerable populations, such as the elderly and low-income people, were hit  (Past Simple Passive) especially hard.
3.It was mentioned  (Past Simple Passive) at the conference that the Kyoto Protocol had not been ratified (Past Perfect Passive)  by Australia and the USA.
4.He was not sure what problems were being discussed (Past Progressive Passive) at the moment.
5.The summer of 2003 was considered  (Past Simple Passive) by many ecologists the hottest European summer in five centuries.
6.20,000 protesters were reported (Past Simple Passive) to have marched in London in the biggest demonstration on climate change.
7.The reporters stressed that the conference on global warming which was being held (Past Progressive Passive) in the UK could lead to signing very important agreements.
8.All the documents it was revealed  (Past Simple Passive) by Christopher Monckton in 2006 that in the Bronze Age and in Roman times in some places it had been warmer than at the beginning of the thrid millennium.The scientist pointed out that those temperatures had been caused (Past Perfect Passive)  by the sun, not by carbon dioxide.

When you start reading any modern newspaper, you learn about many significant events happening throughout the whole world. You can read about political, economical and cultural life of the humanity. You can also read about sport, about lifestyle and about fashion. Some people prefer high-tech news. And some choose the travel column to plan their holidays. There is also an opinion column where people can speak out. Every event having impact on humanity is echoed in newspapers. Many war conflicts, disasters and crashes happen nowadays. That's why the reader is overwhelmed by the shocking news from all over the world. The world is like the ocean, and the paper is like a seashell.