Writing Task 2 Write an essay about natural disasters You can answer questions while you write 1. What natural disasters are typical for your country ? 2. Which one of natural disasters are you most afraid of ? 3. What was the last natural disasters you saw on TV ? Where did happen ? 4.Do you know any movies about natural disasters? 5. If there is a flood, what is the best way to escape?​

Ex.1
1. Around me people WERE TALKING Russian, Italian and English. 
2. Arnold WAS TALKING to some of the other guests on the terrace when Hardy came.
3. Alex WAS LOOKING at his watch.
4. All night long the stars WERE GLITTERING
5. Elizabeth WAS EATING and didn’t raise her head.
6. He drank some of the wine and ate several chunks of bread while he WAS WAITING for his dinner to come up.
7. The family WAS PREPARING for the party. 
8. She WAS ARGUING that only Belinda knew how to treat men. 
9. A few minutes later Edward WAS HURRYING through the streets to his bus stop.
10.  They moved across the room, which WAS STARTING to fill up, to a vacant corner

Ex.2
1. They WERE WRITING the test at this time yesterday.
2. He WAS WORKING in the garden from six till nine o'clock.
3. We WERE WATCHING television the whole evening
4. WERE you PLAYING chess at six o'clock?
5. WERE you DRINKING tea at seven o'clock?
6. WAS he DRAWING from three till five o'clock?
7. Who WAS LISTEINIG to the radio at this time?
8.  WAS it RAINING the whole day yesterday?
9. WERE  they SKATING at five o'clock?
10. She WAS NOT HELPING mother about the house from two till seven.

A. S. Pushkin is the greatest Russian poet. But I hope no one is challenging the view that he occupies an outstanding place in Russian literature and culture.

Every summer in June, thousands of people visit the Pskov land. They come here to the village of Mikhailovskoye to the wonderful festival of poetry, to see the places where he lived and worked.

Pushkin is always alive for us, he is the man we all know and love, the greatest of poets. Generations come and go, but Pushkin still remains. We are all grateful to Pushkin for each line of his works. Pushkin is not only a great poet for us. He is the perfect man combining brilliant talent with civil courage. His name is associated with our love for the Motherland, and the best in our life.

Hundreds of new concepts, hundreds of new words have appeared in the language in the years that have passed since his death, but not a single word of his poetry has become obsolete. Everything written by Pushkin continues to live. It has not become something of the past, it does not need any corrections and hardly needs commentary. His feelings and his views still correspond to our own feelings and views.

We admire the great world of Pushkin's poetry as a whole, each of us finding some special lines for ourselves, lines showing his sympathy and respect for his people. The reader cannot imagine his inner world without him.