Exercise 1. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.

1. He has been painting this fence for a long time.
2. My secretary has been typing the report for 5 hours.
3. The boys have been trying to fix that bike since morning.
4. The tourists have been waiting for the guide since 4 o’clock.
5. You have been talking for almost an hour without stopping.

Once there was a frog. His name was Mr. Jeremy Fisher. He lived in a little house near a pond. There was water on the floor of the house and Mr. Jeremy’s feet were always in the water. But he liked it, and he was never ill. One day very early in the morning, he came out of his little house and saw the rain. “I want to catch some nice fish for my dinner in the evening,” said Mr. Jeremy. “I have asked my two friends to come to dinner, they are Mr, Tortoise and Mr. Newt.” Mr. Jeremy put on his raincoat and his galoshes. He took his rod and a bucket with his breakfast in it and went to the place where his boat was. The boat was round and green. It was the leaf of a water-lily. Mr. Jeremy stood in the middle of his boat, and it went out into the open water. “I know a good place where there are many fishes,” he said to himself. When he was in the middle of the pond, he stopped the boat and sat down in it. Then he put his rod into the water and began to fish. The rain fell and fell on his back. Soon Mr. Jeremy wanted to eat. “I want my breakfast,” said he. “I am going to eat some flies, I like them very much,” he said. Переведем с английского Однажды жила лягушка. Ее звали мистер Джереми Фишер. Он жил в маленьком домике возле пруда. На полу домика была вода, и ноги мистера Джереми всегда были в воде. Но ему это нравилось, и он никогда не болел. В один день, очень рано утром, он вышел из своего маленького домика и увидел дождь. "Я хочу поймать немного хорошей рыбы для моего вечернего обеда, - сказал мистер Джереми. - Я пригласил двух моих друзей на обед, это мистер Черепаха и мистер Тритон". Мистер Джереми одел свой плащ и галоши. Он взял свою удочку и ведро с завтраком в нем и пошел к месту, где была его лодка. Лодка была круглой и зеленой. Это был лист водяной лилии. Мистер Джереми стал посередине своей лодки, и она вышла в открытую воду. "Я знаю хорошее место, где много рыбы", - сказал он сам себе. Когда он был посередине пруда, он остановил лодку и сел в ней. Потом он положил свою удочку в воду и начал ловить рыбу. Дождь падал и падал на его спину. Вскоре мистер Джереми захотел есть. "Я хочу свой завтрак", - сказал он. "Я собираюсь съесть нескольких мух, я очень сильно их люблю", - сказал он. Ням-ням, вкуснятина:) Ну и вторая часть этого рассказа.

Australia is situated on the island continent. It also occupies the Island of Tasmania and some minor islands round the coast of the continent. 
It is a highly developed industrial-agrarian country. Its area is about 8 million km2. It is the only state in the world that occupies the territory of a whole continent. 
The capital of Australia is Canberra, which became the capital only in 1927. 
From 1787 to 1867 Australia was a place where criminals were sent from Britain. That is why the official language of Australia is English. 
Australia is one of the most unusual and exotic countries of the world. A significant feature of modern Australian society is the representation of a lot of cultures drawn from many lands by its people.