Reading Task. Read the story and do the task.
Hi! My name’s Almagul. I’m 15 years old. I live in a big city in Kazakhstan Pavlodar. I think life in a
big city is fantastic. I like going to the theatre or cinema and visiting museums. I love pop music and there
are usually pop concerts in the city. We go to the concerts with my friends.
One thing I don’t like about the city is the traffic. There are always lots of cars and buses in Pavlodar
and they make a lot of noise.
My best friend Talgat lives in a small village near Pavlodar. Talgat thinks life in the countryside is very
nice. There’s no traffic. People can work outdoors.
It is calm, silent and peaceful in the countryside. There’s more oxygen in the air because there are a lot
of trees around. You can see wonderful flowers everywhere. There is a beautiful lake and a wonderful forest
near his village. He usually goes rowing in the lake.
We like walking in the forest or swimming in the lake.
Task. Mark the sentences True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG).
1. Almagul likes living in the city. T/F/NG
2. She goes to school by bus. T/F/NG
3. Near Talgat’s village there is a forest. T/F/NG
4. Talgat is a student. T/F/NG
5. Almagul and Talgat do a lot of things together. T/F/NG
6. They always go to an indoor swimming pool. T/F/NG
7. She thinks it is better to live in a city than in the countryside. T/F/NG
[7 marks]

Writing
Task. Write an article about one of the endangered animal of Kazakhstan from the Red List.
Choose one animal from the list below:
snow leopard, argali, kulan, gazelle, flamingo, cheetah, red wolf, Tien Shan brown bears
You should:
1. write a 3 paragraph article:
1) Introduction,
2) Life and habitat,
3) Problems;
2. use Present Continuous Tense with time expressions (now, right now, at the moment, at present) and
highlight them;
3. provide grammatically correct sentences;
4. use because and highlight it;
5. use the key phrases in SB on p. 39:

[5 marks]
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