STA ROSA ACADEMY OF SAN NICOLAS,

ILOCOS NORTE, INC.

3RD PERIODICAL TEST

ENGLISH 10

NAME: ______________________________________ SCORE:________________

YR. & SECTION:_________________________ DATE:_________________

TEST I. Read the following statements carefully. Identify what type of irony is presented.
__________________1. There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.
__________________2. Looking at her son’s room, Mom says, “Wow, you would win an award
for cleanliness!
__________________3. The audience knows that the killer is hiding in the closet, but the girl in
the movie does not.
__________________4. The reader knows that a storm is coming, but the children playing on
the playground do not.
__________________5. On the way to school, the school bus gets a flat tire and the bus driver
says, “Excellent! This day couldn’t start off better.
__________________6. A plumber spends all day working on leaky faucets and comes home to
find a pipe has burst in his home.
__________________7. I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.
__________________8. Tim’s parents are proud of the “A” he got on the test, but his classmates
know he cheated.
__________________9. A police officer caught harassing a lady.
__________________10. Awesome! Another bundle of school papers to work on.
__________________12. The police station gets robbed.
__________________13. The marriage counselor files for divorce.
__________________14. In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is only asleep-not-
dead but Romeo does not, and he kills himself.
__________________15. The steak was tender as a leather.

TEST II. Read the passages carefully. Choose from the box on the left the correct discourse
markers to be use and box on the right for its classification. Use the blank for the discourse
markers and the close and open parenthesis for the classification, letters only.

Passage 1
Discourse Markers Classification

Finally Then a. effect/result

Therefore b. summary/conclusion
Louie rushed and got ready for work, but, when he went out the door, he saw the
snowstorm was very heavy.___________ ( ), he decided not to go to work. ___________ (
), he sat down to enjoy his newspaper. However, he realized his boss might get angry because he
did not go to the office. ___________ ( ), he made another decision that he must go to work.
So, he went out the door and walked to the bus stop.
Passage 2
Discourse Markers Classification
a. contrast
for example and b. addition
 furthermore c. example
in addition but d. contrast
however
French and American business managers have decidedly different management styles.
French meetings, ___________ ( ), are long and rambling and rarely end on
time.___________ ( ), meetings often end without closure. Americans, on the other hand,
make an effort to start and stop a meeting on time, __________ ( ) American business
meetings typically end with decisions and action plans. Another difference involves
documentation. Americans adore documentation; they have a procedure manual for everything.
The French, in contrast, think this is childish. French managers find it difficult to stick to a
schedule, ___________ ( ) American managers are intolerant of delays. ___________ ( ),
the French prefer to work alone, whereas Americans like to work in teams. Another major
difference in management style is that in French companies, authority comes from the top;
French managers do not share information with subordinates and make decisions with little
participation by employees beneath them. In American companies, ____________ ( ), top
managers share information and frequently solicit input from subordinates.
Passage 3
Discourse Markers Classification

Although however a. sequence

Finally Furthermore b. summary
First of all In general c. addition
d. contrast
If you are planning to buy a personal computer, you should know some of the basic
similarities and differences between PCs and Macs.___________ ( ), both PCs and Macs are
composed of the same elements: a CPU, the electronic circuitry to run the computer; memory
(hard and/or floppy disk drives) for storing information; five input devices such as a keyboard or
mouse for putting information into the computer; and output devices such as a monitor, printer,
and audio speakers for conveying information. They also have the same uses: PCs are used to
communicate on computer networks, to write (with the help of word processing and desktop
publishing software), to track finances, and to play games. Macs are likewise used to
communicate, write, calculate, and entertain. There are some differences, ___________ ( ).
Whereas you will find more PCs in business offices, you will find more Macs in classrooms.
___________ ( ). Macs are the computers of choice of people who do a lot of art and graphic
design in their work, PCs seem to be the choice of people who do a lot of ‘number crunching’.
___________ ( ), there is a difference in the availability of software, vendors, and service for
the two computers.___________ ( ), there is a lot of PC-compatible software, but relatively
little Mac software. ___________ ( ), for a Mac, you must purchase your machine and get
service from a Macintosh-authorized dealer, whereas many different computer stores sell and
service PCs.
TEST III. Use derivational prefixes to create new word out of the given word and identify if it is
noun, verb, adjective or adverb.
WORD DERIVED WORD NOUN, VERB,
ADJECTIVE, ADVERB
1. Prepare
2. Beauty
3. Stand
4. Man
5. Possible
6. Distant
7. Present
8. Calculate
 9. Explore
10. Imagine

Prepared by:

ANNE BERNADETTE D. VOCAL

Subject Teacher

Checked by:

SR. MA. SONIA C. de GUZMAN, MCST

School Principal

STA ROSA ACADEMY OF SAN NICOLAS,

 ILOCOS NORTE, INC.

3RD PERIODICAL TEST

ENGLISH 9

NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE:________________

YR. & SECTION:_______________________________ DATE:_________________

TEST I. Fill in the blanks with a participle based on the underlined verb.
1. The tree fell.
Of a ____________ tree, everyone makes firewood.
2. The birds twittered.
The ______________ birds hopped from branch to branch.
3. The child forgot her doll.
The ____________ doll lay on the floor.
4. Please grind the meat.
The recipe calls for a _____________ meat.
5. Skim the cream.
Put aside the ______________ cream.
6. The vines climb to the top of the fence. The ____________ vine have tiny pink flowers.
7. A river divides the land. The ____________ line accounts for differences in dialect and
customs.
8. He towers far above his classmates. His _____________ heights makes him acceptable for the
basketball team.
9. The boy broke his leg when he fell in his bike. His ____________ leg made him stay home for
a week.
10. Please heat some water. Put the ___________ water in the hot-water bag.
11. He charms bewitch everybody. Her ______________ smile serves hell well in her public
relations job.
12. A light shone. The ___________ light seemed to beckon us.
13. The book interests us. You too, should read this _______________ book.
14. The old miser hid his wealth well, but his ______________ wealth did not do him any good.
15. People experience many things as they go through their life. The _____________ person
takes in stride his or her ups and downs.

TEST II. Write sample analogy for each given category

CATEGORY SAMPLE ANALOGY
1. Synonyms
2. Antonyms
3. Worker and Tool Used
4. Tool and Object It is Used Upon
5. Worker and Object He creates
6. Cause and Effect
7. Effect and Cause
8. Material Used and End Product
9. Function of a Tool
10. Part of a Whole
 11. Person and What He Looks for
12. Person and What He Avoids
13. Masculine and Feminine
14. Age
15. Person and Closely Related Adjective
16. Person and Least Related Adjective
17. Symbol and What It Stands For
18. Measurement
19. Mathematical Relationship
20. Classification and Type.

TEST III. Read the following questions carefully and answer what is being ask.
Based on the story “UNDER THE AFRICAN SUN” BY LLEWELYN POWYS:
1. Why did the speaker in the literary selection shoot at one of the zebras? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

2. How does the speaker feel about his action immediately after doing it? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

3. What did the speaker notice in the place where he had shot the zebra? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

4. What lesson did the speaker learned from the scene? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

Based on the poem “THE EXPRESS” BY STEPHEN SPENDER:

1. What does the title, “The Express” refer to? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

2. What is the train compared to in the third line of the poem? What is the reason of the
comparison? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

3. Which sound of the train is compared to a song? Do you agree with the comparison? Explain.
(2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________
4. What is the manifesto of the train? Why do you think the train calls it a manifesto? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

Based on the poem “THE QUARREL” BY ELEANOR FARJEON:

1. What is the reason of the quarrel? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

2. How does the speaker feel about his action immediately after doing it? (2 points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

3. Did the characters in the poem became friends again? How did they resolve their conflict? (2
points)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________

Prepared by:

ANNE BERNADETTE D. VOCAL

Subject Teacher

Checked by:

SR. MA. SONIA C. de GUZMAN, MCST

School Principal

STA ROSA ACADEMY OF SAN NICOLAS,

ILOCOS NORTE, INC.
 3RD PERIODICAL TEST
ENGLISH 8

NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE:________________

YR. & SECTION:_______________________________ DATE:_________________

TEST I. Identify what idiomatic expression is expressed in the given definitions.

______________________1. Very easy
______________________2. Not well
______________________3. Wake up and be happy
______________________4. To act brave and confident
______________________5. Very pleased or delighted
______________________6. Fluttering sensations caused by a feeling of nervous anticipation.
______________________7. Try very hard to please someone
______________________8. All of us is in the same position
______________________9. The conclusion or final outcome
______________________10. Good luck
______________________11. Speak of an issue which many people are talking about
______________________12. A way of asking what someone is thinking
______________________13. Without hesitation
______________________14. Accusing the wrong person
______________________15. Not speaking directly about the issue

TEST II. A. Fill in the blanks with a participle based on the underlined verb.
1.The vines climb to the top of the fence. The ____________ vine have tiny pink flowers.
2. A river divides the land. The ____________ line accounts for differences in dialect and
customs.
3. He towers far above his classmates. His _____________ heights makes him acceptable for the
basketball team.
4. The boy broke his leg when he fell in his bike. His ____________ leg made him stay home for
a week.
5. Please heat some water. Put the ___________ water in the hot-water bag.
6. He charms bewitch everybody. Her ______________ smile serves hell well in her public
relations job.
7. A light shone. The ___________ light seemed to beckon us.
8. The book interests us. You too, should read this _______________ book.
9. The old miser hid his wealth well, but his ______________ wealth did not do him any good.
10. People experience many things as they go through their life. The _____________ person
takes in stride his or her ups and downs.
11. The tree fell.
Of a ____________ tree, everyone makes firewood.
12. The birds twittered.
The ______________ birds hopped from branch to branch.
13. The child forgot her doll.
The ____________ doll lay on the floor.
14. Please grind the meat.
The recipe calls for a _____________ meat.
15. Skim the cream.
Put aside the ______________ cream.
B. Shorten the following descriptions by using an –ing participle.
1. air that invigorates - __________________________
2. children that grow - ___________________________
3. a face that beams - ____________________________
4. a heart that forgives - __________________________
5. rain that refreshes - ____________________________
6. claws that grasp - ______________________________
7. road that winds -_______________________________
8. a smile that bewitches – __________________________
9. people who work - ______________________________
10. a doll that walks - ______________________________
11 a tree that ways - _______________________________
12. a parrot that talks - _____________________________
13. leaves that dance - _____________________________
14. a voice that trembles - __________________________
15. stars that twinkles - _____________________________

Prepared by:

ANNE BERNADETTE D. VOCAL

Subject Teacher

Checked by:

SR. MA. SONIA C. de GUZMAN, MCST

School Principal

STA ROSA ACADEMY OF SAN NICOLAS,

ILOCOS NORTE, INC.
 3RD PERIODICAL TEST
ENGLISH 7

NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE:________________

YR. & SECTION:_______________________________ DATE:_________________

TEST I. Read the following statements carefully. Write “S” if the words belong to /s/ sound and
“Z” if it is /z/ sound.

1. MAPS - ____________ 9. WINGS - __________

2. RIBS - _____________ 10. TRAINS - _________
3. CAPS - ____________ 11. HANGS - _________
4. ANTS - ____________ 12. HEADS - _________
5. BEGS - ____________ 13. LAUGHS - ________
6. CARS - ____________ 14. HITS - ____________
7. MYTHS - __________ 15. LOOMS - _________
8. BOOTH - __________

TEST II. Read the following words carefully. Write “a” or “an” before each expression.

1. ____________ home 9. ____________ humorous story

2. ____________ hue 10. ___________ habit
3. ____________ hole 11. ___________ honest
4. ____________ hour 12. ___________ humid
5. ____________ heir 13. ___________ hero
6. ____________ hairbrush 14. ___________ human
7. ____________ herb 15. ___________ hide
8. ____________ hammer

TEST III. Enumerate the different Reference Materials and the pieces of information that can be
found on it.

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ANNE BERNADETTE D. VOCAL

Subject Teacher
Checked by:

SR. MA. SONIA C. de GUZMAN, MCST

School Principal