Семестрова контрольна робота з письма для 9 класу

Control Writing 9^th form

I. Match the words from the two columns to form compound words and translate them:

1  A football                                           a) shuttle 

2  A space      b) trees

3  To cut down     c) assistant

4  To throw away    d) nature

5  To protect     e) coach

6  A shop      f) rubbish

II.  Complete these conditional sentences with the verbs in the correct tense.

1 He can help you if you _______________ (ask) him.

2 If I ___________ (be) able tomorrow, I will take you to a nice restaurant.

3 If you move here, we _______________ (see) each other more often.

III. Open the brackets in the Passive:

1. Many African elephants_______( already kill) for their tusks.
2. Large areas of forests _____(cut down)  every year.
3. The whole suburb ________ (destroy) by a forest fire two years ago.
4. The seas _______ (polluted)annually.

IV. Complete the sentences using “ discover” , “ discovery” or “invent” , “ invention” in the right form

1The 15^th-17^th centuries were the time of great geographic…

2 Who … the washing machine?

3Penicillin was… by Alexander Fleming.

4 The mobile telephone is a wonderful…

5 The structure of DNA was… in 1992.

6 Galileo ….. the planet Jupiter.

V. Write 8-10 sentences covering the following questions:

- What discoveries in the history of mankind do you regard as the most important?

- What inventions in the history of mankind do you regard as the most important?

- What things can you describe as wonders of modern science? And why are they such?

- Can you remember any outstanding names of well-known scientists, explorers, inventors and discoverers in Ukraine, Western Europe and the USA?