Klassenarbeit — Unit 1: Identities

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

Track G+M · Klasse 8 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

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

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Both my parents grew up in different countries. Neither of them speaks the other’s first language well. They communicate in English. I grew up with three languages, but only one of them — German — is the one I dream in.”

  1. Parents: ___ . 2. Common language: ___ . 3. Speaker’s languages: ___ . 4. Dream language: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“My identity is not a single label. It is a list that changes every year. When I was eleven, I was mainly the football kid. Now I am the kid who reads instead. I haven’t told my old team yet.”

  1. Single label? ___ . 2. List changes: ___ . 3. At 11, the writer was: ___ . 4. Now: ___ .

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

Fill in both / either / neither.

  1. ___ my parents grew up here. (both)
  2. ___ of them speaks Yoruba. (neither)
  3. I don’t celebrate ___ holiday strictly. (either)
  4. We speak ___ Polish ___ German at home. (both / and)

Task 4 — Writing (13 BE) Link to heading

Write 120 words: a self-portrait beyond surface labels.

Answer key
T1. different countries, English, three, German. T2. No, every year, the football kid, reads instead. T3. 1. Both, 2. Neither, 3. either, 4. both / and. T4. Open.
Notenschlüssel (von 45)
| 42–45 | 1 | 36–41 | 2 | 30–35 | 3 | | 22–29 | 4 | 13–21 | 5 | 0–12 | 6 |