Tasks for the Summative Assessment for term 2.

Variant 1

LISTENING
Task 1. Listen to the conversation and mark the sentences 1-6 True or False.: Go to this link to listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRzobEK03mY (listen from 0.14 until 2.21)
1. Virtual reality or VR is about computer technologies.
2. Virtual reality does not allow the user to interact with space.
3. VR has been defined as a realistic and immersive simulation.
4. A person when using virtual reality equipment can move in it.
5. Virtual realities create sensory experiences such as touch, hearing and smell.
6. Some VR systems can spread vibrations to the user via the game controller.
Total [6]

WRITING
Task 2. Choose ONE topic and do the task.
Topic 1. Write a for-and-against essay on the subject “Vertical farms in people’s lives”. In your essay use
these viewpoints and examples.

Viewpoints
1. They can save energy.
2. They can make life difficult for residents.
3. They can result in cheaper food.
4. Poor countries might not build them
Examples/reasons
a. They have lower transport costs.
b. They are complex buildings that require international expertise.
c. They work on solar and wind power.
d. Tall buildings can block the view and wind turbines can be noisy

You should
 Follow the structure of a for-and-against essay
 Use grammatical structures correctly (1-2 mistakes are possible)
 Spell the words properly (1 mistake is possible)
 Use right linking words

Topic 2. Look at the famous icons of mobile applications. Choose two you use more often. Write how and
why you use them in your life.

You may use these questions to write:

What are your two chosen apps?
How much do you use them and why?
Why have you chosen them?
What do you use them for?
What are pluses of using your chosen apps?
How much time do you save with them? How?
Are there any possible threats of using mobile apps?
[6 points]
READING
Task 3. Read the article about organic food and complete the task below.

Tas
k. Read and write which paragraph each statement refers to.
1. People might not buy organic food to save their money.
2. Pesticides can have an effect on health.
3. The difference between two types of food is more phosphorus in the organic products.
4. The same amount of vitamins are in organic and non-organic food.
Task. Read the text and decide whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE.
5. Scientists have found that non-organic food is no longer nutritious.
6. The article suggests people shouldn't waste money on organic food.
Total [6]
SPEAKING
The group works at Socrates seminar. Learners work as a whole class.
Task 4. Choose any question you want to discuss with your peers. Start your speech. Mind the rules for
Socratic seminars. Explain and justify your answers.
Questions for discussion:
 What is virtual reality?
 What applications do you know?
 What are advantages of using applications? What are disadvantages?
 What is difference between organic and non-organic food production?
 Name pros and cons of organic food. Tell your opinion.
 How can technology make our lives easier.?
 What is your favourite gadget? What do you use it for?
 What is difference between biofuel and fossil fuel? What other renewable energy sources do you know?
 What is your favourite gadget? What do you use it for?

You can use the following phrases:

In my opinion/It is not my point of view … I think … In my view … I agree with/do not agree with … I see
your point … I support your view … I take a different view …

Total [6]
Total marks____/24
 Tasks for the Summative Assessment for term 2. Variant 2

LISTENING

Task 1. Listen to the conversation and mark the sentences 1-6 True or False: Go to this link to listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRzobEK03mY (listen from 0.14 until 2.21)
1. Virtual reality or VR means using software to generate unrealistic images, sounds and other
sensations that replicate a real environment.
2. Using virtual reality a person can look around the artificial world move about in it.
3. VR can’t create sensory experiences.
4. Using VR you can display it on your computer’s monitor.
5. Headsets are also called hear mounted display.
6. Some VR displays can spread vibrations to the user via the game controller.
Total [6]

WRITING

Task 2. Choose ONE topic and do the task.

Topic 1. Write an opinion essay on the subject “Virtual reality in people’s lives”. In your essay use these
viewpoints and examples.

Viewpoints
1. Virtual reality brings the subject to life
2. There is little human connection with VR education.
3. Virtual reality makes education feel like a game rather than hard work.
Examples/reasons
a. Students can struggle to develop communication skills that are an essential part of educational
process
b. It is much more engaging to experience walking with dinosaurs than simply reading about them
in their student’s books.
c. With VR students can learn through interactive games and animations.

You should
 Follow the structure of a for-and-against essay
 Use grammatical structures correctly (1-2 mistakes are possible)
 Spell the words properly (1 mistake is possible)
 Use right linking words

Topic 2.

Your school magazine is organising a competition for best articles among school learners. You have to write
an article about biofuels. Your article should include the following information:
- what biofuels and fossil fuels are;
- write the difference between two types of fuels;
- what advantages and disadvantages of using biofuels.
[6 points]
READING
Task 3. Read the article about organic food and complete the task below.

Tas
k. Read and write which paragraph each statement refers to.
1. There is no difference in vitamin content in organic and non-organic food.
2. Most people think organic food is more nutritious than other food.
3. Statistics in sales of organic food is different in different times.
4. Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangle tells her opinion about the researches made in Stanford University.
Task. Read the text and decide whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE.
5. The researcher said there was more phosphorus in non-organic food.
6. The researcher said people should think more about pesticides.
Total [6]
SPEAKING
The group works at Socrates seminar. Learners work as a whole class.
Task 4. Choose any question you want to discuss with your peers. Start your speech. Mind the rules for
Socratic seminars. Explain and justify your answers.
Questions for discussion:
 What is virtual reality?
 What applications do you know?
 What are advantages of using applications? What are disadvantages?
 What is difference between organic and non-organic food production?
 Name pros and cons of organic food. Tell your opinion.
 How can technology make our lives easier.?
 What is your favourite gadget? What do you use it for?
 What is difference between biofuel and fossil fuel? What other renewable energy sources do you know?
 What is your favourite gadget? What do you use it for?

You can use the following phrases:

In my opinion/It is not my point of view … I think … In my view … I agree with/do not agree with … I see
your point … I support your view … I take a different view …
 ASSESSMENT SCHEME
№ Answer Mark Additional
information
Listening

1 True/False 1
2 False/True 1
3 True/False 1
4 False/True 1
5 True /False 1
6 True /False 1
Reading

1 Paragraph 1/1 1

2 Paragraph 2/1 1

3 Paragraph 1/2 1

4 Paragraph 1/2 1

5 True/False 1

6 True/True 1

Total marks 12