1 Complete the sentences with the past continuous forms of the verbs in the box.
cook chase drink read steal talk buy watch
At 3 pm yesterday afternoon
1 ...Peter was reading a book.
2 ... Julie
on the phone.
3 ...Jason and Angie
dinner.
4 ...we
TV.
5 ...19 a cup of tea.
6 ... the burglars
7 ... my parents
a new car.
8 ... the dog
the cat around the
house.
the money
During my winter holiday a lot of things were done. I was vivsited by my friends. A delicious cake was made by me and my mother. And it was eaten by me and my friends. A good film was seen by us and an interesting game was played also. In the evening a magazines were read by me. Next day a flat was cleaned by me and my sister. A grandmother was visited by me. Some food was brought by me for her. I was given some money. Then I was met by my friends. A snowman was made by us. In the evening something interesting was made by me. My winter holiday was spent very well! It was great!
Millions of people around the world use Internet every day.
I have the internet at home and enjoy looking for useful information for me.
Internet is very useful, because it is a huge base of data and knowledge, where you can find any thing you want from movies and music of interest to the vast number of books, newspapers and magazines.
Internet helps to learn lots (или a lot). (можно по-другому: Internet helps studing.)
To find more information, download the required essay, watch video about some books which you have already read, everything can be done through the Internet.
Email is one of the advantages of the Internet.
This online service is cheaper than regular mail, and it works much faster.
You never lose touch with loved ones, wherever they are using such mean of communicatoin.
I have a personal e-mail and have an oppotunity to chat with my friends from other cities and countries.
Nowadays there are very different popular social networks where communication with your friends and relatives also is not difficult.
Today there are many different Internet - competitions for different subjects which give students the opportunity to participate even in international competitions.
On the other hand I think that the Internet becomes a way of a person life and it is very harmful for our health. Many teenagers spend a long of time sitting at the computers and spoiling theirselfves eyes. I don't mean that I am against the Internet, but it should have reasonable limits.