Grade 8 – English Test Name ______________________ Class _____________ Date __________ TASK 1 ‫( משימה‬5x4=20 points) 1.Micki, an 8th grade pupil, received three voice messages ‫ קיבל שלוש‬,'‫ תלמיד כיתה ח‬,‫מיקי‬ .‫הודעות קֹוליות מחבריו‬ from his friends. Listen to the messages and then answer the questions in ‫הקשיבו להודעות וענו באנגלית על‬ .‫השאלות על פי מה שתשמעו‬ English according to what you hear. Help Micki complete his weekly diary using the word bank below. Note: There are more items in the word bank than you need. ‫עזרו למיקי להשלים את יומנו‬ ‫השבועי בעזרת מחסן המילים‬ .‫שלפניכם‬ ‫ יש במחסן המילים‬:‫שימו לב‬ .‫יותר פריטים מן הנדרש‬ Word Bank 3:30 * 4:00 * 5:00 * finish poster * hear Dan Jones * school gate * school library * Sports Center *talk about summer vacation 3 4 TASK 2 ‫( משימה‬5x6=30 points) Read the text taken from the back cover of a book. Answer the questions in English according to the text. * ‫קראו את הטקסט הכתוב על גב‬ ‫ ענו באנגלית‬.‫העטיפה של הספר‬ .‫על השאלות על פי הטקסט‬ convinced – ‫שכנעה‬ 5 Questions 6. What is the name of the book? ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Complete the sentence . Diana is Kim Gold's _______________________________. 8. Why did Kim Gold join the basketball team? ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Who says that this is a good book for young people to read? ___________________________________________________________________ 10. The book is about _____.  being famous  sports teams  Diana's life  friendship a b c d 6 TASK 3 ‫( משימה‬5x6=30 points) Read the Internet web page and answer the questions in English according to the two texts. ‫קראו את דף האינטרנט וענו‬ ‫באנגלית על השאלות על פי שני‬ .‫הטקסטים‬ Tell Me is a website for teenagers around the world. We asked our readers to tell us about birthdays in their country. Here are two email messages that we received. 7 Questions 11. The topic of the email messages is _____.  teens around the world  birthdays in different countries  foods for special days  families around the world a b c d 8 12. Chong and Inga ____ the Tell Me website.  answered letters from  have an Internet site that is called  asked questions about  wrote email messages to a b c d 13. Complete the sentence. " Chinese people ___________________________________________ for good luck on a birthday." 14. What will Chong get for his birthday from his parents? ___________________________________________________________________ 15. What do people do on birthdays in both China and Sweden?  open presents in bed  eat special foods  eat lunch with grandparents  eat birthday cakes a b c d 9 TASK 3 ‫( משימה‬20 points) 16. Write an email message to the Tell Me website about how you celebrate your birthday with your friends. Write 50-70 words. Write in English. Pay attention to grammar, spelling and punctuation. ‫כתבו הודעת דואר אלקטרוני‬ ‫ על האופן שבו‬Tell Me ‫לאתר‬ ‫אתם חוגגים את ימי ההולדת‬ .‫שלכם עם חבריכם‬ .‫ מילים‬05–55 ‫כתבו‬ .‫כתבו באנגלית‬ ‫ לכתיב ולסימני‬,‫שימו לב לדקדוק‬ .‫הפיסוק‬ From: Me<me@israel.co.il> To: TellMe@web03.com Subject: Birthdays around the world Hi! ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Adapted from Rama site Meitzav tests -The End– 01