1a and 2a sound the best. when i hear "Put someone up to it," I think they watched as the person did it, whereas, "led them on," is more like they did itb with them. Cool question!

Being can mean the state of something. I AM, you ARE, he/she IS, They ARE, we ARE, you all ARE, i will BE, i have BEEN, i am BEING... there are a lot more examples!

Humans (or human beings) are technically animals. Human is just another way to say our species: Homo sapien. Animals are considered less than us because we are the dominant species of the world.

They are definitely both used in AmE, but I think the word "shop" sounds smaller than "store." So bigger stores, smaller shops. Hope that helped! :)

Both are correct pronunciations, although the British tend to stick with (I)-ther while Americans stick with (E)-ther. Say it how you want. :)

I believe they are all correct.

A story about my cat

I have a 7-year old cat named Anfisa. This name is not only for animals like Russian pet names Bobik, Pushok or something else, but it is also a Russian female name, however, I would say that it's not very common name in Russia.

The cat is grey. In fact she is multicolor. Her coat also has white, black and ginger colors. I will attach her photo to this note. She looks very cute on the photo. But this impression is deceptive. Sometimes she is a monster with sharp claws and fangs! Anfisa likes to hunt but not for mice (we don't have mice at home) but for humans' legs and arms. If talk serious it's only game for her and she doesn't leave any perceptible scratches on the skin.

Once or twice a day she comes to human beings up to have been stroken. I have chosen words "human beings" specially because in Russian we use to say "Анфиса и людишки" and it's hard phrase to translate for me. It reflects her behaviour. The cat who walks alone by itself. Only if there are no people at home all day long she becomes very soft and gentle and starts to purr when people come back. And yes, she lives only at home.

She eats dry cat food and sometimes we feed her with sour cream. Also, she is excited about dried seaweeds "Sushi Nori", I have no idea why. But if she hears the sound of these seaweeds she immediately runs to the kitchen and starts to ask a little bit for her.

We saved her life literally. (I ask you to remove children and pregnant women out from the screen) When she was a little kitten she had some siblings. But their owner wasn't happy about a big cat family. And he told us: "choose one which you like". We chose Anfisa. Other kittens didn't celebrate its first month birthday. And that's why Anfisa is a special cat for us. We feel responsibility for her life. But she lives with her simply cat life and doesn't know about it!

PS I noticed that italki sometimes doesn't allow to post correction to long note. So if you will be unable to post the correction, split your text into two corrections. Thank you!