The function of the Gerund:

Swimming is useful for health. (плавание полезно для здоровья

we have become more dependent on chemicals.  and, strangely, we hardly notice anymore. every single day we start and finish by using a product that has at least 10 different chemicals in it: a toothpaste. later, we take a shower using several products (shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion). the names of the chemicals in all these products will take a few pages to list. later on, we eat chemically enhanced food, packaged in plastic.  we wear and sleep on synthetics, we drink and eat foods that are drastically modified with chemicals.  all these innovations have been introduced less than 50 years ago, just two generations have been around so many chemicals lately.  and, scarily enough, we hardly notice anymore.

2 my parents     are\are not                              from pragua/

3 we    are\are not         in school now.

4 my bags      are\are not                yellow.

5 my friends and i              are\are not          from england.

6 it                is\isn't        very cold today.

7 i      am\am not                  hungry.     

8 our teacher                    is\isn't        very tall.   

1.she was the last monarch of the house of habsburg and technically (through marriage) the first of this current house of windsor (even though her grandson would be the one to change his last name) from saxe-coburg-gotha to windsor. queen elizabeth proclaimed she would retain her last name, and so would those who took the throne after her. queen victoria started the tradition of wearing white on her wedding day. she was trying to show her people how frugal and thrifty she was by not dying her gown a fancy color. she is the name we give to an "age" and to an "architectural style of home." victorian.' she had her husbands clothes laid out and his meals set for him everyday until her death. she wore black for the rest of her life. she had queen mary (princess may of teck, her 1st cousins daughter) engaged to her son. when he died before the marriage, she then engaged her to her other descendant, george v. queen mary is the current queen's grandmother. she started torchwood. (just kidding).

to have a pet at home is a very good thing. and it is not important what pet you have. you may have a dog, a cat, a hamster, a parrot or a fish. the most popular pets are cats and dogs.

a cat is good for a small flat, and if you live in a big flat or a house you can keep a dog. it’s much simpler to have a cat because you don’t have to walk a cat every day.

dogs are best friends of people. these animals are very clever and understand you very well. but you must remember that keeping a dog in a flat is not that easy. you need to walk it two or three times a day. so, you have to get up earlier in the morning and it also takes time to feed the dog. dogs are hairy animals and they have a specific smell. nevertheless, dogs are wonderful animals. i love dogs.

people usually keep hamsters, rats, mice and rabbits. these animals are rather easy to look after. these animals are funny, but all they do is eating.