Определите функцию подчёркнутой глагольной формы (Participle I, Gerund).

1. The result of vertical or convection currents is that the air in moving upward

expands and cools, causing precipitation.

2. Experience can be gained only by observing weather conditions and by pre-

paring and studying weather maps.

3. A study of successive weather maps, tracing the movement of the weather, is

essential to the problem of forecasting.

4. Depressions travel over the islands from west to east, bringing heavy rain.

5. The barometer is an instrument for determining atmospheric pressure.

6. Climate of big cities is only one small problem facing mankind.

7. In changing water into ice its composition is not changed.

8. So far as temperature is concerned, Britain is fortunate in having warmer winters than other districts in the same latitude.​​

My favourite singer is Paul McCartney. He comes from Great Britain, Liverpool. I love his songs and I admire his amazing voice. He is a famous composer, a brilliant singer-songwriter, an excellent bass-guitarist, a well-known poet and a wonderful artist. He can play the bass guitar, guitar, keyboard, percussion, mandolin, bass, block-flute, melodica, cello, violin, sitar and even trumpet.

Paul McCartney was one of the founders of world-known The Beatles. He has repeatedly included in the Guinness Book of records, as the most successful musician and composer of contemporary history because 60 his disks have "gold" status.

My favourite song "Yesterday" holds the first place in the number of its recorded versions, "Mull of Kintyre" (Wings), created in 1977, has reached two million marks, and it still tops the list of Britain's best-sellers of all time.

16 times Paul McCartney received the Grammy awards, the Chevalier of the order of the British Empire (MBE) (1965).

In 2011, he was recognized as one of the best bass players of all time according to a survey conducted by the magazine Rolling Stone.

Paul McCartney is the best!

Hello, my reader. i want to tell you about my favorite singer. my favorite russian singer is nikolai baskov. his amazing songs leave no one indifferent! i love the creativity of this man, it seems to me that this is the only worthy singer of russia! his songs have a deep meaning, and some are very funny! for example his song "nikolai, nikolai, kolya! " i like the fact that she is sung with such a positive that the mood immediately rises. even baskov has songs about love, about pain and about parting. in nicholas, a very large number of albums, and even more-fans. as i have already said, i really like the baskov. i advise you to listen to his masterpieces. перевод , мой читатель. я хочу рассказать о моём любимом певце. мой любимый певец - николай басков. его потрясающие песни никого не оставляют равнодушными! мне нравится творчество этого человека, мне кажется, что это единственный достойный певец россии! его песни имеют глубокий смысл, а некоторые забавные! например, его песня «николай, николай, коля! » мне нравится, что ее пели с таким позитивным настроем, что настроение сразу же поднимается. даже у баскова есть песни о любви, о боли и прощании. у николая большое количество альбомов и еще больше поклонников. как я уже сказала, мне нравится басков. я советую вам послушать его шедевры!