(D) You have been given a cause and its effects. Link the cause and its effects using a few sentences….

3 a) 10.6.16 Read the essay again. Which of the linking words in bold: • • introduce an opinion? list points?• add more points? • show results?• introduce an opposite viewpoint? • introduce examples? conclude? b) 10.6.16 Replace the words in bold in the essay wit In addition, Consequently, To start with, For instance, To sum up, In my view, However. Check with your partner.​

C WRITE

Paragraph 1: Introduction

This was the dramatic scene .

Paragraph 2: The incident

The incident began .

Paragraph 3: Conditions

At first.

Paragraph 4: Conclusion and reaction

After . hours .

Task1. You will get better marks in writing exams if you think about how you put the text together so it’s clear and easy for the reader to understand. Here are some tips. •Keep sentences short and clear. Sometimes very long sentences can be difficult to understand. •Use linking words and phrases to organize and connect your ideas. Linking words show you know how to write a text, not just sentences. •Use reference pronouns to refer back to things in earlier sentences. This shows you know how to write a text, not just sentences. Write a paragraph about the effects of cheating at exams •Who is responsible for cheating in exam? •Why is cheating in exams not good? •Complete your answers an explanation. Task 2. After you have chosen a topic and written a topic sentence, you develop your main idea by adding more information to explain what you mean. There are three common ways to develop a paragraph: giving details, giving an explanation, and giving an example. ​

Summative assessment 8th Grade

Variant 2

BIG CAT LIVE

Big Cat Live is a popular TV programme. It follows the adventures of ‘big cats’ and tells you their stories. The presenters travel in Africa with the photographers and film lions and other animals. They give the animals names and the viewers can soon see the animals’ personalities. The viewers feel that they know the animals and become interested in them. Often the animals are in dangerous situations and the programmes are very exciting. The programmes are on TV every day and many people watch all of them! One of the most popular animals is a powerful lion called Red. She often protects the young lions.

Lions can make a very loud noise. You can hear them far away – they are the loudest of all the big cats. Lions eat meat and have to kill other animals. Their eyes are much more sensitive than humans’ eyes. They can see well in the dark and often hunt at night. Sometimes it’s sad when they kill other animals, but this is our natural world.

Read the text. Then write true or false. (5marks)

1The animals have got names. _________

2The programmes are often boring. _________

3Big Cat Live is on TV once a week. _________

4The viewers don’t like Red, the lion. _________

5Lions don’t usually hunt during the day.

II.Writing

1Imagine you saw lots of rubbish in your local park. Write an email to a newspaper editor, telling him or her about the problem. Use the questions to help you. (5 marks)

1Why are you writing?

2Why do you think this happened?

(two possible ideas: people are lazy, not enough bins)

3What are the solutions?

(two possible ideas: more bins, adverts that tell people about the problem)

Total : 10 marks

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Choose the appropriate words for the 3 paragraph of the text

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Give reasons.

1Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
• avalanche, disease, drought, earthquake, famine, flood, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption.•

1) Nobody was on the beach when the . reached shore.
2) The . has killed animals who usually drink from rivers and streams which are now dry.
3) Because of the . , travel is impossible without a boat.
4) When the house shook, I knew there was an . .
5) The . is worse this year because the wheat and vegetable crops have both failed.
6) The . is spreading from village to village, and thousands of people are very ill.
7) Over 30 cm of snow has fallen in two days, so the chance of an . is very high. The . has brought rain and winds of 180 kph.
9) A huge cloud of ash from the . means planes cannot fly near the island.​

3. a) Match an event in box A with a consequence in box B.
A
1. I lost my wallet.
2. I wasted a lot of money on clothes.
3. I overslept.
4. I didn’t do my homework.
5. I didn’t know you were ill.
6. It rained all weekend.
7. My friend lent me some money.
B
a) I got a bad grade.
b) I didn’t visit you in hospital.
c) We couldn’t go to the mountains.
d) I could buy a present for my mum.
e) I was late for school.
f) I didn’t buy lunch at school.
g) I ran out of money.​

Write three more your own sentences.

Complete the sentences using the verbs and prepositions from the exercise 1.

A – report to; b – believe in; c – resulted in; d — depends on; e – belong to; f – benefit from;

Writing Task 2. Write an essay on the following topic: Do you think modern technology has made life easier and safer? Or do you think that modern technology has made life more difficult and more dangerous? What are the advantages and disadvantages of modern technologies? Follow this structure: Paragraph 1: What general information about technologies can you give? State your opinion (thesis). Paragraph 2: What are the advantages of modern technologies? Paragraph 3: What are the disadvantages of modern technologies» Paragraph 4: What’s your overall opinion? Restate the thesis.​