Progress check
8th form, unit 3.
1. Write down the following words into two columns:
radio, a concert, a science fiction, a daily newspaper, a play, a football match, a magazine, news, weather forecast, a tabloid, a show, the Internet, cable television.
The media
Broadcasting programmes
2. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.
1). There are a lot of motherless children in our country.
2). A person who has no friends is a friendless one.
3). Jack London is a famous person who wrote adventure novels.
4). Whenever you phone me I am always glad to hear you.
5). Using the Internet you can send information, speak to people, see the world
Progress check
8th form, unit 3.
1. Write down the following words into two columns:
radio, a concert, a science fiction, a daily newspaper, a play, a football match, a magazine,
news, weather forecast, a tabloid, a show, the Internet, cable television.
The media
Broadcasting programmes
2. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.
1). There are a lot of motherless children in our country.
2). A person who has no friends is a friendless one.
3). Jack London is a famous person who wrote adventure novels.
4). Whenever you phone me I am always glad to hear you.
5). Using the Internet you can send information, speak to people, see the world.
3. Find the right variant.
1). He said that ________. a) he is ill. b) he were ill. c) he was ill.
2). My father asked me______________.
a) if could I help him. b) can I help him? c) if I could help him.
3). The doctor advised me _____________.
a) to not eat junk food. b) don’t eat junk food. c) not to eat junk food.
4). The teacher said that______________.
a) she will ask us tomorrow. b) she would ask us the next day. c) she would ask us tomorrow.
5). Father asked me ________________.
a) what did I write yesterday? b) what I had written the day before. c) what I had written
yesterday.
4. Write down the odd word from each line and translate it.
1). smart, politician, curious, polite, educated, famous.
2). title, plot, vocabulary, soap opera, characters.
3). writer, journalist, novelist, author, fairy tale.
5. Continue the sentences using the following words:
detective stories, plays, adventure stories, poems, horror stories, science fiction.
1). Mark Twain wrote____________.
2). William Shakespeare wrote____________.
3). Stephen King wrote____________.
4). Alexander Belyaev wrote_____________.
5). Darya Dontsova wrote ______________.