Klassenarbeit — Unit 12: Year Review: A Class Podcast

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

Track E · Klasse 7 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)

Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

This year-end class test (“Klassenarbeit”) revisits the year’s main grammar (simple past, used to, present perfect, past perfect, futures, modals, passives) in mixed exercises and one integrated speaking task that the teacher records as part of the year-review podcast.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the dialogue Looking Back, Looking Forward. Answer in full sentences.

Aisha. What’s the one thing you’re proudest of this year?
Ben. I learned to read a short story without being annoyed. Last year I would have given up by page two.
Marius. I used to think I couldn’t speak English in front of anyone. I still get nervous, but I can do it now.
Aisha. Mine is small. I asked a question in class without writing it down first.

  1. What is Ben proudest of? (3)
  2. How has Marius changed? (3)
  3. What is Aisha’s “small” achievement, and why is it not actually small? (4)

Task 2 — Use of English (15 BE) Link to heading

Mixed grammar review (15 BE). Choose the correct form.

  1. Last summer Aisha __________ (go) to her grandmother’s village.
  2. Ben __________ (build) a bike ramp before his cousin __________ (arrive).
  3. They __________ (be) at this school since September.
  4. If you __________ (ask), I __________ (help) you.
  5. The pouches __________ (sell) at the office.
  6. Aisha __________ (used to / use to) play the recorder.
  7. Tomorrow we __________ (visit) my grandmother — it’s planned.
  8. We __________ (must / mustn’t) talk during the test.

Task 3 — Mediation (10 BE) Link to heading

Your German friend sends you this message:

“Wir machen am Schuljahresende einen Klassenpodcast. Jeder soll auf Englisch zwei Minuten über das Schuljahr erzählen. Ich weiß nicht, was ich sagen soll.”

Write three sentences in English to your English-speaking exchange partner explaining the situation and giving one suggestion. Do not translate every word.

Task 4 — Writing (25 BE) Link to heading

Write 120–150 words for a class podcast on the question: “What is one thing I learned this year that wasn’t on the timetable?” Use:

  • one present perfect (I have learned …),
  • one used-to comparison (I used to / now I …),
  • one future plan (going to / will),
  • one concrete detail or example.
Expected answer key — class test ("Klassenarbeit")

Task 1 (10 BE).\

  1. He learned to read a short story without giving up; last year he would have stopped by page two. (3)
  2. He used to think he couldn’t speak English in front of anyone; now he can, even if he still gets nervous. (3)
  3. She asked a question in class without writing it down first — small on the surface, but it represents a year of growing confidence. (4)

Task 2 (15 BE).\

  1. went, 2. had built / arrived, 3. have been, 4. ask / will help,
  2. are sold, 6. used to, 7. are visiting, 8. mustn’t.

Task 3 (10 BE). Sample: “At the end of the year my friend’s class is making an English podcast — everyone has to talk for two minutes about their school year. He doesn’t know what to say. I suggested he start with one small thing he didn’t know how to do in September that he can do now.” Award for: gist (4), addressee-fit (2), grammar (4).

Task 4 (25 BE). Inhalt 13 / Sprache 12.

Rubric — grading scale (Notenschlüssel)
Punkte (von 60)Note
56–601
30–394