class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 6: Contemporary Short Fiction

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · Niveau M · 45 Minuten

Track G+M · Klasse 10 · 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.

“The note, which someone had pushed under the door at 3 a.m., was written in pencil on a small piece of card. The card said: ‘I’m sorry about the cat.’ We do not have a cat.”

  1. When pushed: ___ . 2. Material: ___ . 3. Apology for: ___ . 4. Twist: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the Note Under the Door extract above.

  1. The note’s path: ___ . 2. Narrator’s reaction (times read): ___ . 3. Realisation: ___ . 4. The story’s key sentence: ___ .

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

Insert correct relative pronoun + commas.

  1. The note ___ someone pushed under the door at 3 a.m. was written in pencil. (defining)
  2. The note ___ had been pushed under the door at 3 a.m. was written in pencil. (non-defining)
  3. The handwriting ___ I did not recognise looked tired. (non-defining)
  4. The cat ___ apology this is meant for is not ours. (defining)

Task 4 — Writing (13 BE) Link to heading

Write 200 words: a literary response to the extract. Use 2 defining + 1 non-defining relative clause.

Answer key
T1. 3 a.m.; pencil on small card; the cat; speaker has no cat. T2. pushed under the door at 3 a.m. by someone; three times; the apology was for someone else’s cat, accidentally delivered; the kind of delivery that explains nothing but rearranges the room. T3. 1. that / which (defining, no commas); 2. , which (non-defining, commas); 3. , which (non-defining); 4. whose (defining). 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 |