Klassenarbeit — Unit 9: Rural and Urban Lives

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.

“My grandmother lives in a small village. The internet is not as reliable as in the city. The local shop sells almost everything but is not as cheap as a big supermarket. The night is as quiet as a library.”

  1. Internet: ___ . 2. Shop: ___ . 3. Night: ___ . 4. Compared with city / supermarket / library: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the A week on a farm extract above.

  1. Cows: ___ . 2. Internet: ___ . 3. Night: ___ . 4. Phone: ___ .

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

Build as … as / not as … as.

  1. The village / quiet / the library → ___
  2. The internet / not / fast / yours → ___
  3. The stars / loud / city traffic → ___
  4. Cows / not / friendly / dogs → ___

Task 4 — Writing (13 BE) Link to heading

Write 120 words: a balanced comparison of one rural place and one urban place you know.

Answer key
T1. not as reliable as city, sells almost everything but not as cheap as a supermarket, as quiet as a library. T2. less interested in me than I was in them; as unreliable as weather forecast; loudest silence ever; stopped checking it. T3. The village is as quiet as the library. The internet is not as fast as yours. The stars are as loud as city traffic. Cows are not as friendly as dogs. T4. Open.
Notenschlüssel (von 45)
| 42–45 | 1 | 36–41 | 2 | 30–35 | 3 | | 22–29 | 4 | 13–21 | 5 | 0–12 | 6 |