Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 4.
With the words” Elementary, my dear Watson…”, the most famous detective of all times, Sherlock Holmes, starts to explain something to his friend., Dr.Watson. That phrase has now entered the English language.
Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 1882. He became famous in “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”. After that came the whole series of books about him. Many thousands of books about Sherlock Holmes are still sold every year.
Who invented Sherlock Holmes? Arthur Conan Doyle was his inventor. He was a doctor. In 1882 he moved from Scotland to England to set up a practice. One of the doctors he worked with, Dr. Joseph Bell, was the model for Sherlock Holmes’s friend, Dr.Watson. Conan Doyle’s medical knowledge was a great help to him in his detective stories.
Conan Doyle started the fashion of the detective story, which goes on.
And what sort of man is Sherlock Holmes? We learn a lot about him from the stories in which he appears. He is a quiet man, who only speaks when he has something to say. He smokes a pipe (he has a collection of them). He plays the violin. He carries a large magnifying glass. He lives at 221B Baker Street in London.
If you go to London, you will not be able to find 221B Baker Street. But instead, you can go to a pub called the “Sherlock Holmes”. In that pub there is a room exactly like Sherlock Holmes’s room at 221B Baker Street as described in Conan Doyle’s stories.
Exercises:
1. Read the text. Mark the sentences TRUE or FALSE according to the context.
A. Dr. Watson was Dr. Bell’s assistant.
B. Dr. Watson was Conan Doyle’s friend.
C. Dr. Watson was Conan Doyle’s book character.
D. Dr. Watson was Sherlock Holmes’s relative.
E. Dr. Watson was Sherlock Holmes’s friend.
F. Conan Doyle was a doctor.
G. There is 221B Baker Street in London.
H. The fashion of the detective stories goes on.
2. Найди в тексте глаголы в
Present Simple Tense
Past Simple Tense
3. Writing
Task. Choose ONE of the topics to write.
Topic 1. Write an essay about the following topic “Books in our life”. Why are so many people fond of reading? Give reasons for your answer using your own ideas.
You should write:
- An introduction
- Main body
- Conclusion
Topic 2. Write an essay about the following topic: Doctors, nurses and teachers make a great contribution to society and should be paid more than entertainment and sports celebrities. Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answers using your own ideas.
You should write:
- An introduction
- Main body
- Conclusion
Объяснение:
My best friend’s name is Maria. She is not only my closest friend; she is also my oldest friend. We met when we both were five years old and we became friends immediately. Maria is very kind, helpful and good to talk to.
She is also very good-looking. She is quite short. Maria is well built and she has got an athletic figure and beautiful posture. Her shoulders are quite broad for a girl. She has got shapely arms and legs. Her neck is not very long and quite thin. Although she is naturally blonde, she is quite dark-skinned.
Maria has got fine features. Her face is oval shaped. Maria’s hair is very long and thick. It is curly. Her natural hair colour is blonde, but some time ago she dyed her hair brown. This colour suits her well and looks very natural because Maria has got thick dark eyebrows. Her forehead is quite high. She has got big sparkling hazel eyes. Her nose is small and straight, her ears are quite small and her lips are very full.
As Maria is very sporty, she often wears sports clothes and jeans. But she looks good in dresses as well. She doesn’t like high heels at all, that is why she usually wears gumshoes, trainers or flat shoes. She doesn’t usually wear jewellery, but she likes wearing various beautiful earrings.
1 58 years
2. 4 brothers, 3 sisters
3.
Charles attended the school of Baptist Pastor William Gilles, even when the family moved to London again. Living in the capital was beyond John Dickens' means and in 1824 he was sent to debt prison.
4 He began to work
5 Living in the capital was beyond John Dickens' means and in 1824 he was sent to debt prison.
6 He worked in the Waxa factory
7
he began working as a freelance reporter with his distant relative, Thomas Charlton.
8 no because he would be alone
9
On June 9, 1870, fifty-eight-year-old Dickens, exhausted by colossal work, a rather disorderly life and a lot of troubles, died of a stroke in his Gadshill Place home, located in the village of Highham
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