Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "Why a well-mannered child can cost you £6,000"

Variant 3 Ex. 1. Use a dictionary to read the text and translate the highlighted abstracts into Russian. Why a well-mannered child can cost you £6,000 By Ryan Kisiel Good manners cost nothing, so the saying goes. But for parents these days, it seems, having a polite child can come at quite a price. Research shows that almost half of youngsters are bribed with pocket money to be on their best behaviour. More than a third are also having to earn their weekly allowance by doing household chores, while one in five is rewarded for helping to clean and feed pets. The survey, by the Child Trust Fund, also found about a fifth of children received cash for finishing homework on time, accumulating points on a reward chart and for getting good marks at school.....

Ex. 2. Answer the questions in writing. 1. How much does it cost to have a polite child? 2. How do the youngsters in Britain earn their pocket money? 3. How has children’s allowance changed since 1987? 4. What does the amount of pocket money a child gets depend on? 5. What do the youngsters spend their pocket money on?

Ex. 3. Write question tags to the following sentences. 1. Polite children get more pocket money, ……… ? 2. One in three children earns their pocket money by doing household chores, ……… ? 3. Children don’t get as much money as they used to because of the recession, ……… ? 4. A typical British child receives around £ 2.50 a week from his/her parents, ……… ? 5. The older the child, the more money they spend, ……… ? 6. Only young children spend their pocket money on sweets, ……… ? 7. Good manners costs nothing, ……… ? 8. Between seven and 15, they will spend £6,000, ……… ? 9. Overall, the report estimated young people contribute nearly £5 billion each year to the economy, ……… ? 10. Pocket money can give children experience in handling money and teach them to budget, ……… ?

Ex. 4. Write the words into the correct group. Piggy bank; babysitting; washing up; work; ironing; bank card; working in a restaurant; delivering newspapers; cleaning one’s bedroom; taking out the rubbish; bank account; save 37 Money Chores Jobs

Ex. 5. a) Look back at the text and find these words and expressions. 1. To be expensive. 2. To make illegal payments to someone in exchange for favours or influence. 3. Money given to someone regularly (×2). 4. Never done or known before. 5. In the same way as something else; in accordance with something. b) Define the following words and phrases from the text above and use them in the sentences of your own. manners; behavior; personal finance; spending power

Ex. 6. Write out from the text English equivalents for the following words and phrases. Use them in the sentences of your own. Хорошие манеры; детский трастовый фонд; собирать баллы; Лондонская школа экономики; экономический спад; в среднем; молодежь; дополнительные деньги; в возрасте ……… ; возрастная группа.

Ex. 7. Look through the text in Ex. 1 again and write out at least 3 sentences containing the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Translate them into Russian.

Ex. 8. Compare the percentage of pocket money the children in Britain get to that one the children in Russia get. Use the chart containing the information about the little earners of Britain below and your own experience. Make at least 5 sentences.

Ex. 9. Work out what active grammar the sentence in italics presents. Write out the sentence and translate it into Rusian. 38

Ex. 10. a) Complete the sentences using the appropriate relative pronoun (who / which / that etc.). In Britain some children and teenagers (1)……… are aged 11 to 15 have a bank account. There is no legal age limit at (2) ……… you can open a bank account but a bank manager can decide whether to allow a child or young person to open an account. What is more, the bank manager helps the child to pick an account (3) ……… his savings are safe. Parents can put pocket money directly into their child’s bank account. Some banks have a prepaid bank card (4) ……… is designed for young people. Parents can add pocket money to the card (5) ……… children can use to pay for things without carrying money. b) Write down questions to the underlined words and phrases.

Ex. 11. Look through the text in Ex. 1 and write out the sentence in the Past Continuous and then translate it into Russian.

Ex. 12. a) Look through the text in Ex. 1 and write out the sentence in the Future Simple and then translate it into Russian. b) There are many words in English with a “money component” in their meanings. Translate them into Russian. Use the Future Simple Tense and these words in your own sentences. To have money to burn, to be in the money, to get money’s worth, danger money, pocket money.

Ex. 13. Write a summary of the text using the pattern below (at least 7 sentences). 1. The title of the article is ……… . 2. The main point here is ……… . 3. At the beginning of the article ……… . 4. Then ……… . 5. It is worth mentioning ……… . 6. At the end of the article ……… . 7. I think the text is ……… because ……… .

Ex. 14. Write an essay on the topic “A wealthy but not so healthy generation” (at least 10 sentences).