You have received a letter from your english-speaking pen friend, kate. …it’s christmas time and we're having a christmas fair next week at school. and all the money will go to charity. i just thought about making some ginger cookies for the event… …what school events do you have during the school
year? what is the programme of your school new year party? what present would you like to get for the new year? … write her a letter and answer her 3 questions. write 100–120 words. remember the rules of letter writing. ,

The Internet is the biggest world-wide communication network of computers. The Internet has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry many different kinds of information. The short form of internet is the 'net'. The World Wide Web is one of its biggest services. It is used by billions of people all over the world.

Logo of DARPA, an organization funded by the US government, which helped develop the Internet

The Internet was developed in the United States by the "United States Advanced Research Projects Agency" (DARPA). The Internet was first connected in October of 1969[1] and was called ARPANET. The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Switzerland in 1990 by a British (UK) scientist named Tim Berners-Lee.

Today, people can pay money to access the Internet from internet service providers. Some services on the Internet cost nothing to use. Sometimes people who offer these free services use advertising to make money. Censorship and freedom of speech on the Internet can be controversial.

Complete the sentences using the verbs in the present perfect continuous tense.

1) Tony has been talking on the phone for two hours.

2) I have been looking for my keys since 11 a.m.

3) We have been waiting for my bus for 20 minutes.

4) She has been playing computer games for 50 minutes.

5) They have been living in Moscow since January.

Use the words to make up sentences in the present perfect continuous tense.

1) It/snow/all/day. — It has been snowing all day.

2) she/work in hospital/ since 1999. — She has been working in hospital since 1999.

3) how long/you/have/driving lessons? — How long have you been having driving lessons?

4) I/learn English/ for a long time. — I have been learning English for a long time