Name: ___________________________________________ Grade: ______

Summative Assessment for the cross curricular unit «Machines»

Listening

Task 1. Listen and complete the task.

Circle True or False.

1. Early computers were very big and could do math.

True False

2. Microchips are very small and store lots of information.

True False

3. Alan Turing invented the microchip in 1958.

True False

4. People started to use computers at home in the 1970s.

True False

5. People created the World Wide Web in 1979.

True False

6. The first computer mouse was made of plastic.

True False

Speaking

Task 2. Choose ONE object. Answer the questions

1. What is this?

2. Is it new or old?

3. What do you use it for?

4. Is it fast or slow?

5. How often do you use it?

6. What do you think about it?

Total: _______/12

Computers can do many jobs. They can do math, store information or play music. You can use a computer to write or to play games. What do you know about the history of computers?

The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! People did not have them at home. Early computers could only do simple math, like a calculator.

In 1958, Jack Kilby invented the microchip. Microchips are tine but can store lots of information. They helped make computer smaller. In

1970s, computers were smaller and cheaper so people started to use them at home.

In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web to organise information on the Internet. Now people all over the world use it.

Do you know that the first computer mouse was made of wood?