Klassenarbeit — Unit 4: A Trip to Scotland

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

Track G+M · Klasse 7 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau M (45 minutes)
Materials allowed. A monolingual dictionary (Niveau M only).
Time. 45 minutes.
Total. 60 points.

Task 1 — Listening (12 BE) Link to heading

The teacher reads aloud the announcement Welcome to Edinburgh Waverley. Answer in full sentences.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the train manager. We are now arriving at Edinburgh Waverley, our final stop. Please take all your belongings with you. The exit for the city centre is on the right; for the bus station, take the lifts on the left. Travellers heading to the Highlands should change here for the 14:05 to Inverness, platform four. Thank you for travelling with ScotRail.”

  1. Where is the train arriving? (2)
  2. Where is the exit for the city centre? (2)
  3. Where is the exit for the bus station? (2)
  4. What should travellers to the Highlands do? (3)
  5. Where and when does the Inverness train leave? (3)

Task 2 — Reading (15 BE) Link to heading

Read the short text below.

Frances had only seen Scotland on postcards. The hills, in the postcards, were always green and the sky was always grey. The hills, in real life, were also green, but the green changed every twenty minutes — sometimes a tired green, sometimes a green so bright it looked wet. The sky was less grey than expected. It was more like an enormous changing mood. By the end of the first day, Frances had stopped trying to predict the weather and had started enjoying it instead.

  1. Where had Frances seen Scotland before? (2)
  2. What had been on the postcards? (3)
  3. How is real Scotland different from the postcards in the text? (5)
  4. What did Frances learn to do by the end of the first day? (5)

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

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: simple past or past perfect.

  1. When Frances __________ (arrive) in Edinburgh, the sun __________ (already / set).
  2. By the time we __________ (find) our hotel, the rain __________ (start) again.
  3. After Ben __________ (eat) the haggis, he __________ (decide) it was not so bad.
  4. Aisha __________ (already / pack) before her mother __________ (call) her.

Task 4 — Writing (23 BE) Link to heading

Write 100–120 words about an imagined or real first day in a place you have never been (Scotland, another country, or even another town in Germany). Use:

  • at least one had + past participle (past perfect),
  • at least two simple past verbs,
  • one sensory detail (sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch).
Expected answer key — class test ("Klassenarbeit")

Task 1 (12 BE).\

  1. At Edinburgh Waverley. (2)
  2. On the right. (2)
  3. The exit for the bus station is via the lifts on the left. (2)
  4. They should change here for the train to Inverness. (3)
  5. From platform four at 14:05. (3)

Task 2 (15 BE).\

  1. On postcards. (2)
  2. Green hills and a grey sky. (3)
  3. The hills change colour every twenty minutes; the sky is less grey than expected, more like a changing mood. (5)
  4. She stopped trying to predict the weather and started enjoying it. (5)

Task 3 (10 BE).\

  1. arrived / had already set\
  2. found / had started\
  3. had eaten / decided\
  4. had already packed / called

Task 4 (23 BE). Inhalt 12 / Sprache 11. Reward concrete sensory detail; flag missing past-perfect attempts.

Rubric — grading scale (Notenschlüssel)
Punkte (von 60)Note
56–601
49–552
40–483
30–394
18–295
0–176