Answer the following questions.

а) Is this cactus beautiful?
b) What does it look like?
c) How old is this cactus?

1) are you answering the teachers questions?
2) is your sister sleeping?
3) is your mother preparing dinner?
4) are you playing the piano?
5) are your friends playing chess?
6) is your father looking throught the newspapers?
7) is the dog barking in the yard?
8) are you doing your homework?
9) is the sun shining in the sky?
10) are you listening to the radio?
11) are you sweeping the floor?
12) what are you doing?

The King and the Painter.

There was a king who thought he could paint very well. His pictures were very bad but the people to whom he showed them were afraid to tell him the truth. They all said that his pictures were wonderful and they liked them very much.

One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in his country and said, "I'd like to know what you think of my pictures. Do you like them? "

The painter looked at king's pictures and said, "My king, I believe that your pictures are bad and you will never be a good artist. »

The king got very angry and sent the painter to prison. Two years had passed and the king wanted to see the painter again.

"I was angry with you, » he said, "because you didn't like my pictures. Now you're a free man again and I am your friend. "

The dinner was wonderful. And they enjoyed it very much.

After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter again and asked, "Well, how do you like them now? " The painter turned to a soldier who was standing behind him and said, "Take me back to prison. "





A Write down whether the following statements are true or false.

1. The king was proud of his pictures.

2. The painter told the king the truth.

3. Some years later the king became a good painter.



B Answer the following questions.

1. Why were people afraid to tell the King the truth about his pictures?

2. What happened to the great painter who told them the the truth?

3. Did the painter change his mind when he met the king two years later?

1)You are in the fifth form,aren`t you?
2)You don`t like picnics,do you?
3)You helped the old woman on your way to school,didn`t you?
4) Your friend can`t drive a car,can he?
5)You won`t have a Maths exam this year,will you?