Tasks for the Summative assessment for the Unit “Space and Earth” 7 th grade

Grade________ Name___________________

1. Listening: listen carefully and complete with words

Cosmologists, astronomers and space engineers are predicting that 2021 will be a great year for 1)_________exploration. An increasing number of countries and commercial companies are investing in technology to venture into the heavens. Entrepreneurs like SpaceX's Elon Musk and Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson are setting their sights on space tourism and sending astronauts to Mars. What once seemed like science fiction is quickly becoming space fact. Such are the advances in technology, we might no longer be surprised at news of 2)_________being mined, Mars being colonised, or of new forms of holidays, such as get away weekend breaks to the 3)____________.

The year will start with an exciting project that will help scientists better understand 4)____________. NASA will launch its Q-PACE probe on January the 15th. This will study the collision of small particles in space to provide an insight into how 5)__________originally formed. A month later, NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars. This mission will test for signs of possible past microbial life. NASA said: "Returning samples of Mars to 6)_____________has been a goal of planetary scientists since the early days of the space age." In October, the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble 7)_____________, will launch into space. Its mission is to observe the first galaxies that formed in the early universe.

Total: 7p

II.Speaking

1. What would happen if alien life came to Earth?

2. What do you think space exploration will be like in 100 years?

3. What questions would you like to ask the astronomers?

4. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'space'?

5. What do you know about space?

6. How important is space exploration?

7. How good is the job of an astronomer?

8. What do you think of get away weekend breaks to the Moon? Total:8p

Assessment criteria:

1. Uses related vocabulary -1 p

2. Uses adverbs of possibilities (definitely, probably, certainly)-2 p

3. Uses Present Continuous /will/ be going to-2p

4. Speaks correctly and gives full answers-2 p

Total: 15 p

Mark scheme

Listening and Reading