THE 7-TH FORM PROGRESS CHECK 1

THE 7-TH FORM

PROGRESS CHECK 1

PART 1: USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)

Task 1. Fill in the blanks with the following words. Use only one word in each space (12 points).

participants, competition, news, chance, won, tour, wood, chance in a million, lucky, luck, prize, world

Mr. Green: Hello!

Jack: Good evening. This is Jack. Can I speak to Bob, please?

Mr. Green: Hang on a moment, Jack. I'll get him.

Bob: Hi, Jack! What's up?

Jack: Hi, Bob! Good 1) … . Did you answer the questions for the World Teenagers' 2) …?

Bob: Yes, I did. And you helped me. We both tried our 3) … .

Jack: We have 4)… it! We are 5)…!

Bob: That's great! It was a 6) … . There were many 7) … . But we were in 8) ... and we won a 9) … .

Jack: So get ready for the 10) … round the 11) … .

Bob: Touch 12) … .

Jack: OK. Bye!

Task 2. The word in capitals in the right column can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space of the following sentences. Fill each blank in this way (5 points).

1. Mark Twain was a … writer.

SUCCESS

2. He wrote many … stories.

FUN

3. His books read in … .

RUSSIA

4. Tom was a very … boy.

CREATE

5. He was very … .

HELP

Task 3. Choose the correct answer (5 points).

1. They didn't understand (each other/ one another).

2. Did you enjoy (to travel/travel/ travelling)?

3. Would you mind (closing/ to close/ close) the window?

4. Can I (speak/ speaking/ to speak) to Paul?

5. Classmates helped (each other/ one another) in that difficult situation.

PART 2: WRITING

Answer any three questions from the advertisement (3 points).

1. Can you describe yourself in five words?

2. What would you most like to change in yourself?

3. What's you motto?

4. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?

5. How do you see our planet in 10 years?

PART 3: SPEAKING

Act out with your partner (5 points).

Pupil 1: You call your friend and you would like to invite him/ her to the cinema. But your friend is not at home. Ask his/ her sister/ brother to take a message for your friend.

Pupil 2: Your brother / sister is not at home. But his/ her friend phones him/ her. Take a phone message for your brother/ sister from his/ her friend.

TOTAL 30 POINTS

30 - 28 points

"5"

27 - 21 points

"4"

15 - 20 points

"3"

THE 7-TH FORM

PROGRESS CHECK 2

PART 1: USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)

Task 1. Complete each sentence with one of the words or word combinations below (10 points).

official language, different languages, first, means of communication, only, British and American English, study, vocabulary, foreign languages, speak

English has become a 1) … within some countries where different groups of people speak 2) … . You must work hard to learn your 3) … foreign language. Some people can 4) … more than one language. We must 5) … foreign language at school. There are some differences between 6) … . English is the 7) … in Australia. Most 8) … in the modern computer science is in English. English is the 9) … solution to the communicate problems. If a person doesn't know 10) … he can't hope to know all the news in his field.

Task 2. The word in capitals in the right column can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space of the following sentences. Fill each blank in this way (5 points).

1. English is the only solution to … summit meetings.

COMMUNICATE

2. I often take part in different …

COMPETE

3. People who live in Sweden don't speak …

RUSSIA

4. I like … of the New Year.

CELEBRATE

5. The … has already begun.

DISCUSS

Task 3. These sentences are the answers to the questions. Write down the questions. Begin your questions with "How" (5 points).

1. He writes 10 letters every day.

2. It takes me 30 minutes to have dinner.

3. I would like to have 4 lessons every day.

4. I am 14 years old.

5. The Thames is 334 kilometres long.

Task 4. Read a sentence and write another sentence with the same meaning. Use the Passive Voice (5 points).

1. We clean our room every morning.

2. My mother cooked dinner for my birthday.

3. I will win the competition next year.

4. Our teacher asked many questions last lesson.

5. John R. R. Tolkien wrote his famous novel "The Lord of the Rings" in 1965.

PART 2: SPEAKING

Act out the dialogue between these conference participants from different countries. Introduce yourselves and share some information about the countries you come from (5 points).

TOTAL 30 POINTS

30 - 28 points

"5"

27 - 21 points

"4"

15 - 20 points

"3"

THE 7-TH FORM

PROGRESS CHECK 3

PART 1: USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)

Task 1. Complete each sentence with one of the words below (10 points).

free, student, compulsory, lines, suspension, solve, Mathematics, education (2), school

If all children must go to school to get secondary 1) … , it means that secondary education is 2) … . In Russia, Britain, Australia and in most developed countries secondary education is compulsory. A 3) … is a person getting education either at 4) … or University. Process of getting knowledge we call 5) … . It can be secondary or higher, paid or 6) … . A task to write some sentence many times is 7) …, it used as a kind of punishment. 8) … is a kind of punishment, when a student is not allowed to come to school for a few days or weeks. A school subject, when students must count, 9) … problems and do difficult tasks is 10) … .

Task 2. Choose the correct answer (5 points).

1. How many students (learn/ study) English in your class?

2. Must I (learn/ study) this rule? Yes, you must.

3. She is a (quite/ quiet) girl.

4. I am (quite/ quiet) ready. We can go.

5. I have eaten three cakes but I'm still hungry. Can I take the forth (one/ ones)?

Task 3. Write another sentence with the same meaning using the Passive Voice (3 points).

1. A. Pushkin wrote many poems and tales for children.

2. We will paint the wall with a brush.

3. Students use dictionaries at the English lessons.

Task 4. Complete the sentences, translate them into Russian (6 points).

1. If the school were far from my house, I (go) there by bus.

2. If I (live) in India, I would ride an elephant.

3. If we won the competition, we (get) a prize.

Task 5. Choose the correct pronoun (3 points).

1. My teacher wants (I/ me/ mine) to do my homework well.

2. This is my book and that is (you/ your/ yours).

3. He would like (they/ their/ them) to win the competition.

Task 6. Translate the sentences from English into Russian (3 points).

1. Teachers should have a good sense of humour and make lessons fun and enjoyable.

2. People must not tell lies in any situation.

3. We need some sugar and apples to make a pie.

PART 2: SPEAKING

Choose one of the pictures on page 99 in your Students Book and act out the dialogue with your partner (5 points).

TOTAL 35 POINTS

35 - 32 points

"5"

31 - 25 points

"4"

24 - 17 points

"3"

THE 7-TH FORM

PROGRESS CHECK 4

PART 1: USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY)

Task 1. Complete each sentence with one of the words below (10 points).

bad, tongue, ill, nose, temperature, medicine, cough, runny, flu, bed

Doctor: Well, what's the matter with you?

John: Oh, doctor. I'm very 1) … .

Doctor: Then show me your 2) … . Have you taken your 3) … ? What is it?

John: Doctor! It's 38.3, and I feel 4) …, I have got a 5) … and a 6) … 7) … .

Doctor: Well, I think you have got 8) … . Take 9) … and stay in 10) … .

John: Goodbye, doctor. Thanks a lot.

Doctor: Be healthy.

Task 2. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct answer (5 points).

1. Steve run (good/ well).

2. The stadium was (near/ nearly) full.

3. Do you think (high/ highly) of sport?

4. Has she worked hard (late/ lately)?

5. I like exotic food more than (usual/ usually) one.

Task 3. Complete the sentences: put the adjectives or adverbs in brackets in appropriate form (5 points).

1. My mother asked me to do the test (carefully) than yesterday.

2. Students of our school swam (fast) than students of the college.

3. Which of you can ski (well)?

4. Steve and Sam did (badly) in the last game.

5. Mary is (hard) student in Math in her class.

PART 2: WRITING

Write a short story of what you do (or would like to do) to be fit (not more than 5 sentences). (5 points).

PART 3: SPEAKING

1. Invite your friend to do some sports with you. Give your reasons on why you have chosen a certain sport. Act out the dialogue. (5 points).

2. Speak about the advantages of doing sports. Use the information from the unit (5 points).

TOTAL 35 POINTS

35 - 32 points

"5"

31 - 25 points

"4"

24 - 17 points

"3"