India

India, officially the Republic of India is a big country situated in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area.

Economy

India's population is estimated at more than 1.1 billion and is growing at 1.3% a year. It has the world's 12th largest economy--and the third largest in Asia behind Japan and China--with total GDP of around $1 trillion ($1,000 billion). Services, industry, and agriculture account for 55%, 27%, and 18% of GDP respectively. Nearly two-thirds of the population depends on agriculture for its livelihood. 700 million Indians live on $2 per day or less, but there is a large and growing middle class of 325-350 million with disposable income for consumer goods.

Society

India has the wolrd's second largest labourd force, with 509.3 million people, 60% of whom are employed in agriculture and related industries; 28% in services and related industries; and 12% in industry.In 2006, estimated exports stood at US$112 billion and imports were around US$187.9 billion. Textiles, jewellery, engineering goods and software are major export commodities. Crude oil, machineries, fertilizers, and chemicals are major imports.

Past continous

FORM
[was/were + present participle]

Uses

-->Actions in the past that take place at a particular time.

Ex: What were you doing last evening at 8:45?

-->With the Past Simple to refer to a long action that is interrupted by a shorter one. (When or While are the habitual conjunctions)

Ex: We were talking about our last holidays when the boss came into the office and got angry .


-->Two actions developing at the same time in the past ("While" is the habitual conjunction)

Ex: While my boss was talking to me, I was dreaming of my last holidays in Cancún.

Form

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I was dancing I wasn't dancing Was I dancing?

We were dancing We weren't dancing Were we dancing?

Credits:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pascon.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa that has been landlocked since the independence of its northern neighbor Eritrea in 1993.

Location: Apart from Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia is bordered by Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east.

Religion: Christians make up 61.6% of the country's population, Muslims 32.8%, and practitioners of traditional faiths 5.6%.

Languages: Ethiopia has eighty-four indigenous languages. English is the most widely spoken foreign language and is the medium of instruction in secondary schools. Amharic was the language of primary school instruction, but has been replaced in many areas by local languages

Regions: Ethiopia is divided into nine states and two chartered cities: Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa

Economy: Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world.

Credits:

wikipedia

http://www.tourismethiopia.org/