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^9TH grade WRITING (THE SECOND TERM)

Variant 1

1. Use the prompts to write about the following jobs as in the example.

1) actor: act/play or movie/theatre

An actor is a person who acts in a play or movie.

He usually works at the theatre.

2) hairdresser: cut and style/hairdresser’s

3) surgeon: perform operations on the body/hospital

4) receptionist: greet visitors/office or hotel

2. Read the passage and write down three questions to it.

In the 1920s, American engineer, Philo Taylor Farnsworth devised the television camera, a device which converted the image captured into an electrical signal.

The pick-up tube is the main element governing the technical quality of the

picture obtained by the camera. The first electronic cameras using iconoscope tubes were characterized by very large lenses, necessary to ensure enough light reached the pick-up tube.

1) Who_______________________________________?

2) When_______________________________________?

3) What_________________________________________?

8^th grade WRITING (THE SECOND TERM)