class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 1: Identity in a Global World

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Identity is no longer a single sticker on a passport. It is closer to a set of overlapping memberships, some of which contradict each other without being false. If my parents had not moved when they did, I would not be living between two cities now.”

  1. Identity now: ___ . 2. Memberships: ___ . 3. Counterfactual: ___ . 4. Result: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the Where Are You From, Really? extract above.

  1. Common assumption about the question: ___ . 2. Honest answer: ___ . 3. Identity has stopped being: ___ . 4. Better question: ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (10 BE) Link to heading

Mixed conditional or third conditional?

  1. (mixed) If I __________ (grow up) elsewhere, my answer __________ (be) different now.
  2. (third) If she __________ (apply) earlier, she __________ (get) the place.
  3. (mixed) If he __________ (be) less curious, he __________ (not / take) that risk last year.
  4. (third) They __________ (find) out earlier if they __________ (look) carefully.

Task 4 — Writing (13 BE) Link to heading

Write 200 words: an identity reflection past flag-and-passport thinking. Use 2 mixed conditionals.

Answer key
T1. overlapping memberships, not single sticker; some contradict without being false; if parents hadn’t moved; would not be living between two cities. T2. simpler than the asker thinks; three places, two languages, one airport; a single sticker on a passport; how do these get on together? T3. had grown up / would be; had applied / would have got; were / wouldn’t have taken; would have found / had looked. T4. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 45)
| 42–45 | 1 | 36–41 | 2 | 30–35 | 3 | | 22–29 | 4 | 13–21 | 5 | 0–12 | 6 |