1. Use the correct forms of the verbs “rain” and “snow”: 1. It ___ again today. It ___ almost every day.

2. We didn’t go to the country on the weekend because it ___ all day long.

3. ___ it ___ when you left home? – Yes, it ___ heavily.

4. – When ___ it last ___? – Two weeks ago.

5. Take an umbrella. It ___.

6. It often ___ last winter, ___ it?

7. ___ it still ___? – Yes, it is.

8. ___ it ___ on Monday morning? – No, it ___.

9. It often ___ here at this time of the year, ___?

Next month, Maggie 1. is going to Australia to visit her sister, who she 2. has not seen for fifteen years. The plane 3. leaves early in the morning and 4. stops off at Singapore before flying on to Sydney. It 5. will be a very long, tiring journey, but Maggie is very excited because this time next month, she 6. will be beginning her adventure on the other side of the world. She 7. is going to stay in Australia for one month. She 8. has already booked her flight, so she 9. is flying back to Britain on 31st May. She hopes that she 10. will have visited lots of fascinating places and 11. will have seen many interesting things by the time her holidays 12. are over.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts digs out a trek across uncharted territory in Kong: Skull Island. Nearly 2 hours goes by before the calm returns to the island. There is a pretty decent pace pushing the story along, but it hurts the character development to a certain extent. Part of it is there are too many characters to work with and follow. Another part is there are a plethora of monster scenes that there isn't enough time spent with all the humans. The action is destructive and massive. There is no shame in showcasing Kong on screen and this is a good thing. Kong displays his power against the skullcrawlers. Of all the human characters, Samuel L. Jackson and John C. Reilly offer up the most interesting performances. Kong gets much on love screen, probably even much more than any of the humans. Kong: Skull Island drops the seismic charges and delivers an explosive traverse across the island.