Hailstones are lumps of ice. They can be as small as peas or as big as cricket balls! In Kansas, USA, a hailstone fell that was 44.5 centimetres across! Hail is formed when raindrops start to fall. Before they reach the ground, they are blown up into the clouds again by strong winds. There they freeze into balls of ice and the wind in the clouds bounces them up and down. As the frozen raindrops rise and fall like this, they get even more thickly covered in ice from the water inside the clouds. Eventually they get so heavy that they fall to the ground as hail. When big hailstones fall, they make quite a noise hitting roofs and pavements. Cars and buildings are damaged, and plants and crops are destroyed. Driving during a hailstorm is also very dangerous, as the roads become slippery. Грамматическую основу выписать
- I have been learning it for three years.
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Susan has been helping her mother about the house all day long. They have already cleaned the floor and dusted the furniture.
John and Mary have been going shopping since 3 o’clock. They have bought a lot of nice things.
I go to school every day.
Mike is having a shower and he can’t take the phone right now.
Jack is sunburnt. He has been lying in the sun too long.
Mrs Johnson has been teaching French for thirty years.
If you throw ice into hot water, it is melts.
What is Sam writing in his diary at the moment?
Molly always is crying! It’s annoying!
You can take this book. I have finished to read it already.
My train leaves the station at 8 o’clock.
Polly is having her birthday party tomorrow.
We have had our new house for two years.
Patricia has been doing her homework since she came back home from school.
Listen! Somebody is playing the guitar next door.
Susan has never eaten such delicious dishes.
If you don’t water the trees, they die.
My mother looks beautiful.
They are thinking of going to Spain next summer vacation.
She has been playing on the computer for three hours.
– How long have you been learning English, Mary?
- I have been learning it for three years.
– Where is Catherine? – She is in the kitchen. She has been cooking a family Christmas dinner since morning. She has just baked a big pie.
– Are you playing on the computer? – Yes, I have been playing for two hours. I have won three computer games.
Susan has been helping her mother about the house all day long. They have already cleaned the floor and dusted the furniture.
John and Mary have been going shopping since 3 o’clock. They have bought a lot of nice things.
I go to school every day.
Mike is having a shower and he can’t take the phone right now.
Jack is sunburnt. He has been lying in the sun too long.
Mrs Johnson has been teaching French for thirty years.
If you throw ice into hot water, it is melts.
What is Sam writing in his diary at the moment?
Molly always is crying! It’s annoying!
You can take this book. I have finished to read it already.
My train leaves the station at 8 o’clock.
Polly is having her birthday party tomorrow.
We have had our new house for two years.
Patricia has been doing her homework since she came back home from school.
Listen! Somebody is playing the guitar next door.
Susan has never eaten such delicious dishes.
If you don’t water the trees, they die.
My mother looks beautiful.
They are thinking of going to Spain next summer vacation.
She has been playing on the computer for three hours