Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the correct form: (Past Simple Tense) After the Second World War, Akio Morita, the co-founder of Sony, (join) forces with a friend, Masaru Ibuka. Both men (know) a great deal about telecommunications, so they (use) all their money, about USD 100, and (set) up a small engineering company, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo. They (find) a small broken-down building to use as a laboratory in Tokyo. There (be) so many holes in the roof that when it (rain), they (have) to continue working under umbrellas.

Their first task (be) to decide what to make. They (not / want) to produce radios because of the competition from much larger companies. Instead, they (decide) to create an entirely new product, a tape recorder. They (succeed) in making a machine, but unfortunately they (not have) any tape, and they (not / know) how to produce it.

So they (start) to experiment, and (try) using a number of different materials. Finally, they (make) a breakthrough. They (cut) up strips of paper to make a reel, and (paint) them with a magnetic material that they (heat) on a frying pan in their small room.

It (work), and they gradually (improve) the process. In 1950, they (begin) trying to sell their revolutionary machine.

And the rest is history!

Almaty is the southern capital of kazakhstan, and at the same time if the largest city of the country. officially it is more than 10 years is not the capital of the country, but it is still the important cultural and industrial center with 1,5 million of population. the city is called “southern capital”, because earlier it had the highest administrative status in the country, and it is located in southeastern part of kazakhstan, on the frontier of northern range of tien shan mountains, alatau. the name almaty is translated as “full of apples” or “father of apples”. the climate is humid continental and due to the difference of height over sea level, the temperature is often changed not only between seasons but between different hours of the day. the southern part of the city is placed rather higher than northern one. this fact is negatively reflected on ecological situation of the city: the area of high gas contamination is appeared. it is also promoted by intention of people to live and to work in the center, big quantity of cars, building and etc. but the struggle for the ecology of almaty is under way – 8 thousand of hectares of city area is occupied with parks, gardens, alleys and boulevards. it is worth to notice that almaty is in the top 30 most expensive cities of the world, and in some parts of the city it can seems to you that you are in one of the european megalopolises – the abundance of billboards and highways jammed with new foreign cars is everywhere. but the city has its own color: some time ago, during the mass settlement, the residential districts (so-called dormitory districts) were constantly built here, which were divided among the representatives of different nations, settled in almaty, and acquired its unique national features, by which you can recognize the belonging of this or that quarter to certain diasporas. also city has two rivers – bolshaya and malaya almatinka. more than 40 years ago the water reservoir was created on the bolshaya almatinka, which became the recreational zone for many townspeople. and about 15 minutes’ drive outside the city there is the well-known skating stadium “medeu” and alpine skiing track “chimbulak”. today, the economic and cultural, administrative and political importance of new capital of kazakhstan – astana - grows more and more, but almaty – the former center of the country, taking 9th place in the world by area, still remains the bright, vivid and progressive city.

1. Отрицательное предложение⇒⇒⇒We aren't going to visit our granny next week.
2. Общий вопрос⇒⇒⇒Are we going to visit our granny next week?
3. Альтернативный вопрос.⇒⇒⇒Are we or they going to visit our granny next week?
4. Специальный(по всем второстпен. членам)⇒⇒⇒What are we going to do next week? ⇒⇒⇒Where are we going to visit our granny?⇒⇒⇒Whom are we going to visit next week?
5. Вопрос к подлежащeму⇒⇒⇒Who is going to visit our granny next week?
6. Вопрос с хвостиком.⇒⇒⇒We are going to visit our granny next week, aren't we?

1. Отрицательное предложение⇒⇒⇒Nick doesn't watch TV every evening.
2. Общий вопрос⇒⇒⇒ Does Nick watch TV every evening?
3. Альтернативный вопрос.⇒⇒⇒ Does Nick or his sister watch TV every evening?
4. Специальный(по всем второстпен. членам)⇒⇒⇒ What does Nick watch  every evening?⇒⇒⇒ When does Nick watch TV?⇒⇒⇒ What does Nick do  every evening?
5. Вопрос к подлежащему⇒⇒⇒ Who watches TV every evening?
6. Вопрос с хвостиком.⇒⇒⇒Nick watches  TV every evening, doesn't he?