Summative assessment for the term 2  

Task 1. Complete the sentences using the Past Simple. 

1 )I (write) letters to grandparents. 

2)Jenny (go) to the swimming pool yesterday. 

3)You (listen) to American rap music 2 years ago. 

4)George (play) the guitar in musical group. 

Task 2. Choose the correct answer. 

1)W. Shakespeare was born

15.04.1654

26.04.1564

19.03.1876

2)Who was born on 16.04.1889? 

Tim Burton 

Anton Chekhov 

Charlie Chaplin 

3)Full name of Tim Burton. 

John Timothy Burton

Timothy Valter Burton 

Timothy Walter Burton. 

Task 3. Put the words in Past Simple( Regular or Irregular verbs) 

1.Begin – 

See

3.Watch – 

4.Read – 

5.Repair- 

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1. He Thinking about it for three days.

2. If only we going home earlier today!

3. He is so angry because he quarreing with Michal all the morning.

4. How long you waiting for me?

5. Who being the main characters of this play?

6. Where you likeing to go for the week-end in winter?

7. The children running and singing merrily at the party last night.

8. The travelers attacking by lions that evening.

9. The girl faliled at her exam, you know.

10. They going home after they finish their work.

11. She practices the piano for the last two months.

12. I not gonna last night because it rainy.

13. English speaking all over the world.

14. I wish it being summer now.

Объяснение:

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1)when and were did rock and roll music begin?What contribution did the rock and roll musicians make?
 ~ Rock and roll began in the 1950s in America. First singers brought their traditional rthythm into their songs. 

2) what kind of music did the rolling stones offer?
 
~ The Rolling Stones offered aggressive rock. 

3)what was special about the music of the beatles?what speaks for the fact that the beatles were very popular?

~ The Beatles made a breakthrough in pop and rock because they took all that was good about early rock, and changed it into something original and even more exiting. They were very popular so they toured a lot, they recorded and released 12 albums and their young fans knew the lyrics and the tunes of all their songs. 

4)can we say that the history of rock and pop finished in the 70s?

` Of course, it didn't finish then. The history continued. In the 70s other famous singers like Elton John, David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Queen appeared.
5)what was special about the pop music of the 80 s?
 
~ In the 80s musical technology changed. Some bands began to use electronic instruments called synthesizers. Techno music and all kinds of dance music became very popular. Boy bands and girl bands like The Backstreet Boys and The Spice Girls made their way to the stage.

 6)why were live aid concerts organised?

Because singers wanted to raise money for African children who were starving and dying from infectious diseases
 
7)what musicians made their way to the stage in the 1990s and in the early 2000s?

For example, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and some boy bands.