STUDENT CARDS- THE FINAL EXAM- THE 7TH GRADE
STUDENT CARD № 1
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2–minute talk on Russia. You can take any subject as the most interesting
of the options for you:
-
The Geographical Outline of Russia
The Russian National Government
Russian Famous People
Moscow
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have finished.
Then she/he will ask you some questions.
STUDENT CARD № 2
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on English as a language of the world. You can take any
subject as the most interesting of the options for you:
-
Some facts from the history of English
Why English is a global language
The way you are taught English
Why you learn English
The ways of learning English
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have finished.
Then she/he will ask you some questions.
STUDENT CARD № 3
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on your world and you. You can take any subject as the
most interesting of the options for you:
-
Your biography
Your family and its traditions
Your best friends
Your hobbies and pastimes
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have finished.
Then she/he will ask you some questions.
STUDENT CARD № 4
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on topic “ We are different, we are alike”. You can take any
subject as the most interesting of the options for you:
-
Appearance
Personality
Beliefs and opinions
Behaviour and manners
Skills and experience
Education
- Tastes
- Language and culture
- Dreams and plans for the future
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have
finished. Then she/he will ask you some questions.
STUDENT CARD № 5
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on topic “British and Russian holidays, customs and
traditions”. You can take any subject as the most interesting of the options for
you:
- St David’s Day
- The State Opening of Parliament
- May Day
- Guy Fawkes Day
- The Trooping of the Colour
- Up-Helly-Aa
- Swan Upping
- Carol Singing
- Highland Games
- Christmas
- Russian Customs and Traditions
- Russian Holidays
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have
finished. Then she/he will ask you some questions.
STUDENT CARD № 6
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on topic “ The Pleasure of Reading”. You can take any
subject as the most interesting of the options for you:
-
The History of books ( The Printed World)
Reading is an important part of our life
Your reading preferences
Your favourite book
Your favourite character
Your favourite author, writer, poet, etc.
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The teacher will listen until you have
finished. Then she/he will ask you some questions.
STUDENT CARD № 7
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on topic “ Popular Arts”. You can take any subject as the
most interesting of the options for you:
-
Why art is important in people’s life
Kinds of Arts
The History of Arts
Theatre
Cinema
Music
STUDENT CARD № 8
TASK 1 ( 5 minutes)
Give a 2 –minute talk on topic “SPORT IN OUR LIFE”. You can take any subject as
the most interesting of the options for you:
-
Why many people go in for sport
Sports and Games
History of the Olympic Games
Famous Athletes
Your Favourite Sport
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 1
-
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
Geographical Outline:
What’s the official name of Russia?
How many republics are there in the Republic of the Russian
Federation?
Where is Russia situated?
What countries border on Russia?
What’s Russia washed by?
What are Russia’s main regions?
What are the most important rivers in Russia? ( Lake Baikal)
What are Russia’s main mountains?
What’s the climate like in Russia? (What climatic zones are there in
Russia? )
What’s population of Russia?
Political system of Russia
When was the Russian Federation set up?
Who is the Head of the Russian Federation? …
What are the branches of the Russian government?...
What must be done to pass a bill( make a low)?
Who is the Head of the Council of Ministers/the Federal Council/the
State Duma?
Compare The Political system of Russia with American and British ones.
Moscow
Who founded Moscow and When?
What does Moscow stand for Russia?
What’s population of Moscow?
Where is Moscow situated?
- What’ the climate of Moscow?
- What are the main industries of Moscow?
- What’s the most important element in Moscow’s city transport?
- What are the most famous theatres, museums,…In Moscow?
- What’s your favourite place in Moscow?
- …….Red Square
Russian famous people
Alexander Pushkin (1799- 1837, born in Moscow, published his first poem “
Ruslan and Lyudmila in 1820 and became famous, buried in Mikhailovskoye,
the best known work is “ Eugene Onegin”)
Peter Tchaikovsky ( 1840- 1893, born near Izhevsk, his most famous operas“ Eugene Onegin, “ Iolanta, The Queen of Spades, ballets- “ Swan Lake”, “
Sleeping Beauty”, “ The Nutcracker”?, the museum in Klin)
Isaac Levitan (1860-1900, showed the poetic beauty of Russian nature,
studied the countryside, the fields, the meadows….)
Georgy Zhukov (1896-1974, a famous Russian army officer, marshal of the
USSR? was made the Hero of the country four times)
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968, the first Russian cosmonaut, 12.04.1961 made a
space flight on board the ship “ Vostok”
Andrey Sakharov ( 1921-1989, a Russian scientist, “ the father of hydrogen
bomb ( 1953),and a human rights campaigner, an academician at the age of
32, three times the hero of the country, protested against the war in
Afghanistan….)
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 2
-
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
How much do you know about the history of the English language?
Why is English considered to be a global language?
What is the way you are taught English at school? What makes English
an interesting language to learn?
Why do you learn English?
What do you usually do at your English lessons?
How can you improve your English outside school?
What things do you enjoy doing in English most of all? Why? Which
things do you find difficult?
- In what way are you planning to use English in the future?
- Why do people use any dictionaries?
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 3
-
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
Say some words about your biography
What is your family like?
Are you a friendly family? Why? In what way ia your family important
for you?
What are your family’s favourite pastimes? Are there any traditions in
your family? What are they?
What’s better to have a big family or a small one with the only child?
Why? What kind of family would you like to have?
- Do you have true friends? Why do you think they are the best? What role do
your friends play in your life? Describe one of them.
- Can girls and boys be good friends? Why? Why not?
- What are your favourite hobbies?
- What kind of person would you like to be?
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 4
-
-
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
What makes people alike and what makes them different?
Why is it good to be different?
In what way can people be different in:
appearance, personality, beliefs and opinions, behavior and manners,
skills and experience, tastes, education, language and culture?
Describe any person you admire
Describe your best friend
What kind of person do or don’t you like? What are you like?
Can you judge about people by their appearance? Why? Why not?
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 5
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
-Why do traditions play a more important role in Great Britain than
in other countries? Why are they called lovers of traditions?
- What holidays and festivals do British people celebrate in spring?
- What traditions/ customs/ holidays are held in summer/autumn/
winter?
- What is the most popular holiday in Great Britain? What can you
tell about it?
- Russian customs and traditions
- Russian style of tea
- Russian souvenirs
- Russian traditional food
Russian holidays
-New Year, Christmas, The Day of the Defender of Motherland,
Maslenitsa,
International Women’s Day, Easter, The Day of Spring and Labour, Victory
Day, Independence Day, The Day of People’s Unity
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 6
-
-
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
Why does reading play a key role in our life? Why is so important for us?
What do you know about the history of books and libraries?
(What materials were used to make ancient books? In what places of
the world did people have books in ancient times? Where and when
was printing invented? By whom were early libraries used? When did
many libraries appear? What old universities have good libraries?
What cities of the world have great libraries?)
What are your reading preferences? Why? What kinds of books do you
know? What are the few books that every person must read?
What is your favourite book?
What is your favourite character?
What is your favourite writer?
- What editions of books do you prefer to buy?
- Do you think books disappear? Why?
- What should a modern library be like?
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 7
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
- What role do arts play in people’s life?
- What kinds of arts do you know? Which of them are visual?
- When did art begin? What periods in history are famous for great works of
art? What arts are these periods famous for?
- What places all over the world are connected with particular arts?
- What is necessary for people to do if they want to enjoy the arts?
Theatre/ Cinema/ Music
- What role do theatre/…/… play in your life?
- Why can’t people live without theatre/…/…?
- What is a typical theatre/ cinema like?
- People of what professions take part in making a play/ a film/…? What do
they do?
- What types of performances/ films/ music do you know?
- What is your favourite film/ play/ music? Why?
- What is your favourite theatre/ cinema/…?
- What is your favourite actor/ film star/ singer/composer…?
- Some facts from the History of theatre/ cinema/music
- Your last visit to cinema/ theatre/….?
INTOLOCUTOR CARD № 8
-
Let the student talk for 1.5-2 minutes.
Finally, you must ask each student some the following questions
for 2-3 minutes:
Why is it important that people should go in for sport? What does
practicing sport give us?
What are the most popular sports in Great Britain and Russia? And what
games are popular in these countries?
What summer and winter/ indoor and outdoor sports and games can
you name/ tell about?
Why is the Olympic movement so popular? What do you know about its
history?
Are there any athletes that you admire?
How is sports activity organized in your school? Is there anything that
you’d like to change?
What sports and games do you prefer? Why? Do you practice them or
watch them on TV?