Стр.15 Рабочая тетрадь Модуль 2 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 7 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Дули, Копылова 7 класс, Просвещение: 2b
Vocabulary
1 Fill in: investors, user-friendly, commitment, popularity, performance, headquarters, brainchild.
1 This amazing new website is the brainchild of two sisters from London.
2 Social networking sites are growing in popularity.
3 They both share a commitment to improving Internet safety.
4 The small business is looking for support from investors.
5 I like this laptop because of its speedy performance.
6 The company’s new headquarters are in San Diego, California.
7 This mobile phone is very user-friendly; anyone can understand it.
2 Choose the correct word.
1 A lot of friends supported them in their effort to create a search engine.
2 Tim’s success is showing no sign of fading.
3 Gary launched a new website last month.
4 A lot of film studios are now using Facebook to promote their films.
5 Peter received a lot of criticism for his actions.
6 Use more than one social networking site to expand your list of contacts.
7 The company realised that it needed a trendy design for its website.
8 They insisted that it was their idea to create the website.
3 Choose the correct preposition.
1 It all started with a discussion about making the Internet easier to use.
2 They listed the results according to popularity.
3 They disagree on most issues about the Internet.
4 The first ten results appeared on the webpage.
5 John was inspired by a website he saw and started his own online business.
6 She responded to my request with an email.
Grammar
4 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.
YouTube
In 2005, three young men, Chad Hurley, Steve Chan and Jawed Karim, 1) established the company “YouTube”. The men 2) met while they 3) were working at another Internet company. They 4) were sharing ideas about the Internet when they 5) realised that it was not easy to post and share video clips on the Internet. So, the men 6) decided to create a website to do exactly that. In February 2005, they 7) registered youtube.com and 8) went online. YouTube 9) became an instant success as it was user-friendly with a modern design. Everyday, while more and more people 10) were uploading videos to the site, even more people 11) were watching the videos. After only a few months online, videos 12) were attracting more than 130 million viewers. In 2006, the three founders of YouTube 13) sold their company to Google for 1.65 billion US dollars! YouTube is the third most visited website on the Internet after Google and Facebook!
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

1) established
2) met
3) were working
4) were sharing
5) realised
6) decided
7) registered
8) went online
9) became
10) were uploading
11) were watching
12) were attracting
13) sold

Разбор: past simple употребляется для законченных действий в прошлом, а past continuous — для действий, которые были в процессе в определённый момент или происходили одновременно.