San Francisco Coll School 8th B

Miss Solange Cea

English Area- 2023

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT, UNIT 3: COUNTRIES AND CULTURES.

NAME: SCORE: MARK:

OBJETIVOS DE APRENDIZAJE

OA 10 Demostrar comprensión de textos no literarios (como descripciones, artículos de revista, instrucciones,

procedimientos, avisos publicitarios, emails, diálogos, páginas web, biografías, gráficos) al identificar: Propósito o
finalidad del texto. Ideas generales.
OA 14 Escribir una variedad de textos breves, como cuentos, correos electrónicos, folletos, rimas, descripciones,
biografías, instrucciones y resúmenes utilizando los pasos del proceso de escritura.

INDICADORES DE EVALUACIÓN:
 Identifican propósito del texto leído.
 Identifican información específica y detalles relacionados con otros países y su cultura.
 Identifican vocabulario relacionado con diferentes países y su cultura.
 Organizan la información en un diagrama o tabla.

PUNTAJE TOTAL: 32 ptos. PORCENTAJE: 60% PUNTAJE PARA EL 4.0: 19 ptos.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

● Listen to your teacher whe she is Reading the instructions.

● Read by yourself the instructions of the test and ask to your teacher if you have a question. JUST AT THE
BEGINING OF THE TEST.
● You have a mínimum of 60 minutes and a maximun of 70 minutes to solve the test.

● Use pencil to solve the exercises, but at the end of the test you have to tresspass i tinto blue or black pen. NO
ERASERS ARE ALLOWED.

I- READING SECTION: Read the texts and solve the Reading activities.

TEXT 1: Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is an important symbol. During the American Revolution, France and the United
States worked together. Later France built the statue for the United States. The word liberty means
freedom. The statue was built with sheets of copper. As time passed, the brown copper turned green.
This gave the statue its famous color. The statue took nine years to build. It was finished on October 28,
1886. It is 305 feet tall. It weighs 450,000 pounds. At the time the statue was built, many immigrants
were moving to America. Immigrants arrived in ships. The Statue of Liberty welcomed new citizens to the
United States.

1- Choose the correct alternative. (3pts)

The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of :

a) freedom b) the ocean c) ships d) copper

2. In what year was the Statue of Liberty finished?

a) 1876 b) 1776 c) 1886 d) 1986

3. Why is the Statue of Liberty green today?

a) The copper was painted green. b) The copper turned green.

c) The wood was painted green. d) They used green materials to build it.
San Francisco Coll School 8th B
Miss Solange Cea
English Area- 2023

Text 2: London Landmarks

What Is a Landmark? London is the
capital city of
A landmark is an important feature or England and it has
object that is easily recognised. many landmarks.
Landmarks can be built by humans or
they can be natural, such as a lake.

Buckingham Palace The Tower of London

Buckingham Palace is the London home of the
British king or queen. The Royal Mews is also on the
palace grounds and this is where cars, horses and
carriages are kept.
The Tower of London is a place full of history. It was
used as a palace and a prison hundreds of years ago.
All coins used to be made there in the Tower Mint.
The Crown Jewels are still held and guarded here
today.

Big Ben River Thames

Many people first think that Big Ben is a clock but A natural landmark that runs through London is the
Big Ben is actually the name of a large bell which is River Thames. People used the Thames to transport
inside the Elizabeth Tower. Big Ben chimes every things when there were no roads.
hour and smaller bells chime every fifteen minutes.

Did You Know…?

The Elizabeth Tower is the same height as 21 London buses sitting on top of each
other!

1. Which of these London landmarks is natural? (1pt)

a) Buckingham Palace
b) Big Ben
c) River Thames
d) Tower of London

2. Answer these questions: (5 pts)

 Where did coins used to be made? __________________________________________________

 What is still guarded in the Tower of London today? ____________________________________________

 What was the Tower of London used as? _____________________________________________________

 What is Big Ben? _____________________________________

 . What is the event at Buckingham Palace called which attracts millions of visitors every year?

______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Fill in the missing word. (1 pt)

 The Elizabeth Tower is the same as ____________________________________21 London buses sitting
on top of each other!
San Francisco Coll School 8th B
Miss Solange Cea
English Area- 2023

II- CULTURAL INFORMATION

 Complete the sentences with the correct information about THE UK and THE USA. (10 pts)

Fifty Fourth Thursday White House Coca cola Shakespeare Cardiff

of November

English Chanel St. Patrick Fourth of July, Belfast Christopher Pelgrims

1776 Columbus

1- Irish capital city: _________________________________-

2- The Independence day in The USA was on: ____________________________________________-

3- The American Presidents live and Works in this place: ____________________________________________-

4- Number of stars in the american flag: ___________________________________________-

5- Person who discovered America: ________________________________________________-

6- One of the four seas which sorround UK: ___________________________________________-

7- Welsh capital city: __________________________________-

8- Thanksgiving day is celebrated on: _______________________________________-

9- A famous british writer: _______________________________________________-

10- Irish saint: _______________________________________________-

III- WRITTEN PRODUCTION

1- Complete the UK FACT FILE. (6 pts)

Names of the
4 british
countries
Capital city of
UK
Prime
Minister
Name of the
flag
name of the
english saint
English
flower

2- Complete THE USA FACT FILE. ( 6 pts)

American Border Last state Capital city City known as The largest
President countries THE BIG state (name)
APPLE
San Francisco Coll School 8th B
Miss Solange Cea
English Area- 2023