Mercury is very hot during the day and very cold at night. It is also the fastest planet in the Solar system. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. One of its volcanoes, Mat and
Olympia’s Mons, is named after the Egyptian god of truth and justice. The beautiful blue color of Earth comes from the oceans which cover 70 per cent of the planet. More than seven billion
people live there. The fourth planet, Mars, is named for the Roman god of war. Until 1976
scientists believed there could be life on Mars. Jupiter is the largest planet that we know of. It is a very stormy planet because it spins so fast. Saturn is 100 times the size of Earth, but it is even
lighter than water, so it would float in a gigantic swimming pool! Uranus is strange because it
spins at an angle. Each pole of Uranus, north and south, has 42 years of sunlight, then 42 years of
darkness. Neptune takes more than 160 years to go round the sun. It has the strongest winds in
the solar system – up to 2 400 kph. Pluto is not considered as planet anymore because of its
strange orbit.
True or False
1. People believe there is life on the planet Mars.
2. Earth is much lighter than Saturn.
3. The planet nearest to the sun is very hot at night.
4. Neptune is usually farther from the sun than Pluto.
5. After every 84 years the north pole of Uranus has light.
6. Pluto is a planet with very strange orbit.
I clean my teeth every day
We have dinner at 7 o’clock every day
Cosmo and Suzie are playing in the garden at the moment
Alice gets up at 8 o’clock every day
They’re doing their homework at the moment
I’m having lunch at the moment
My dad finishes work at 5 o’clock every day
Peter and Stanley go to school by bus every day
Aunt Agatha is playing golf at the moment
2.
Are you looking for your keys? Do you know Alex? Am I driving too fast?
does your brother like cats? does his aunt working? Does your father work on Saturdays? Are they having a party? Do we need any bread? Is Mary sleeping? Do Jim and Jerry go to school together?
3. Выберите верный вариант.
1. She drinks milk every morning.
2. We are going to the park now.
3. The woman is going shopping now.
4. She often wears her red dress.
5. Look! The cat is climbing up the tree.
6. John is walking to school now.
7. My cat usually sleeps by the fire.
8. I am writing a letter at the moment.
9. They eat in a restaurant every Sunday.
10. Father always cuts the grass.
4.
1. Tony has a shower every morning. 2. He is writing a letter at the moment. 3. We listen to the radio at night. 4. Listen! The birds are singing in the garden. 5. My mother is drinking tea now. 6. Look at Tom and Jim! They are walking up the hill. 7. My dad is washing the car now.
8. We go to the disco every Friday.
9. Jane is making her bed at the moment. 10. I do my homework every evening. 11. They are having their lunch now. 12. We go skiing every winter. 13. Jane plays tennis every Thursday. p 14. We usually wear warm clothes in winter. 15. He often eats a sandwich at lunchtime.
long. It ( gets) light late and it ( gets) dark early. There (is) a lot of
snow in the streets of Moscow in winter. It (is) sometimes frosty in Moscow,
but there (are) not many cold days here.
2. It (is) spring now. Yesterday (was) my day off. I (got up) at half past eight.
There (was) a lot of sunshine in the room. It usually (gets) light at 5
o'clock in spring. I (came) up to the window and ( opened) it. It (was)
warm outside. Then I (went) to the bathroom to shave and to wash. At a quarter
past nine I (had) breakfast and at 10 o'clock my friend (telephoned) me.
We (decided) to go to see my friend's parents. They ( live) in the country.
On our way there we (spoke) about our friends and our English lessons. In an
hour and a half we (were) there. His parents (were) happy to see us We (
had) dinner Then we (went) for a walk.
It (to be) wonderful outside. We (to come) back in two hour and (to watch) TV.