Если это past continios то Sophia's brother was catching fish
Jim's failing (в данном случае, ИМХО, failing - существительное)
Some people think that preferences in music influence on a behavior and on a look of a person. On the one hand, it's true because people who like heavy metal wear leather jackets and something like that. And people who like classical music usually wear suits and formal clothes. On the other hand, people who like listening to loud rock music can look like a usual person and don't put on outstanding things. So, I conclude that tere are a lot of exeptions because it depends on a person, his character and his thinking.
1. Are the telephone and the telegraph means of communication? (общий вопрос )
2. What are the means of communication? ( вопрос к подлежащему )
3. The telephone and the telegraph are means of communication, aren't they? ( альтернатиный вопрос)
4. What kind of means are the telephone and the telehraph? (специальный вопрос )
<span>1) On what river does London stand?
It stands on the Thames river.
2) Into what parts is London divided?
London is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the East End and the West End.
3) Why is the City the business centre of London?
It's </span>the business centre of London because it's mostly the region of numerous offices and banks. Very little people live there, but more than one million come there every day to their work.<span>
Who was buried in Westminster Abbey?
</span>In Westminster Abbey there are buried about three thousand people. Besides members of Royal families one can see there a lot of burials of famous people of Britain, national figures to include generals,admirals, politicians, doctors and scientists, ports and writers. Among them are Georffrey Chaucer, Charles Darwin, Isaak Newton, Ernest Reserford, Martin Luther King, Charles Dickens and many other prominant people. (The majority were cremated and the remains were buried).