The function of the Gerund:

Swimming is useful for health. (плавание полезно для здоровья

who takes care of you when you are sick?

why don"t you take your hat off?

we hope you"ll take part in the tennis comperirion at the end of  spring

this year the football world cup takes place in berlin

the first us president known to all americans as "the father of the nation" was george washington.he was born in virginia into a planter's family.when he was 11 his father died.the family had a lot of land but not enough money to send george to school in england as rich families used to do at that time.george learned to ride a horse,to hunt,shoot,sail and swim.george washington began his career in the service of his county as a major in virginia militia and later became commander in chief of colonial army during revolutionary war.he was among those who wrote the us constitution in philadelphia.people respected him for his wisdom and honesty.after the war george wanted to retire and live at mount vernon where he had a beautiful house and a big platation.on april 30, 1789,before a large crowd washington promised to preserve,protect and defend the constitution of usa.this is how gw became the first president of the contry and served 2 terms.he refused a 3rd term and in 1797 he retired to mount vernon where he died 2 years later

1. погода это вещь которую я никогда не могу понять. 2. "они приедут после обеда, вот увидешь", сказали мы друг другу. 3. мы не имеем в виду промокнуть - нет, нет. 4. с мыслью, что это все сразу случится, как раз как только люди отправятся домой, они в конце концов промокнут больше чем когда-либо. 5. пол часа 6. оба подолжали весь день.

this year i have to make to an important (0)decision : what to do next. our school gives us excellent (1)opportunity    to find out what is better for us to do in the future. there are a lot of (2)optional      subjects that help us to understand it and express our (3)personality. when compulsory   education is over students can either enter a (4)technical    institute or try to find a job. but if you don`t want to meet with(5)difficulties    while trying to find a job, our teachers advise us to get (6)vocational    training first.our school gives us a lot of(7)inform ation  about the professions that our community needs.but i think that the best choice is to get(8)higher    education.there are no(9) enterance examinations to universities but studying there needs very carefull (10)preparation. i try to study my best in order to get a place there.