Department of Education
Region III
D I V I S I O N
O F
PA M PA N G A
City of San Fernando
Third Periodic Test in Grade 8 English
SY 2014-2015
Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer from the given choices. rite the
letter that corres!onds to your answer on your answer sheet.
PR"CE##
selection to be
be read by the teacher twice. After the
the second reading,
reading,
$. %istening/#!ea&ing. Listen to the selection
answer the !estions that follow.
1. "n his #obel
#obel $ri%e s&eech,
s&eech, to who' did (andela
(andela gi)e
gi)e credit for ending
ending the a&arthe
a&artheid
id in So!th Africa*
Africa*
a. to hi'self
b. to the Africans
Africans
c. to the go)ern'en
go)ern'ents
ts and organi%
organi%ation
ationss that fo!ght
fo!ght against
against So!th Africa
Africa as a co!ntry and
and its &eo&le
&eo&le
d. to the go)ern'
go)ern'ent
entss and organi
organi%at
%ation
ionss that
that o&&osed
o&&osed the inh!'an
inh!'an syste'
syste' and s!e to end cri'e
cri'e
against h!'anity
2. +hat was (andel
(andelas
as stand on the
the a&arthe
a&artheid
id syste'*
syste'*
a. e did
did not
not care abo!t
abo!t the iss!e
iss!e on the
the a&arthe
a&artheid
id syste'
syste'
b. e was an ad)ocate of the a&artheid
a&artheid syste'.
c. e o&&ose
o&&osed
d the
the a&arth
a&artheid
eid syste'
syste'..
d. is stand
stand on the a&arth
a&artheid
eid syste'
syste' was
was not
not clear.
clear.
$$. "ral %anguage and 'luency.
. efore doing an inter)iew,
inter)iew, the inter)iewer sho!ld
sho!ld now a good deal of nowledge
nowledge abo!t
abo!t the to&ic
to&ic of the
the
inter)iew
inter)iew.. "n order to for'!late
for'!late sensible
sensible !estions
!estions,, what sills
sills can hel& the inter)iewer
inter)iewer gather
gather or
synthesi%e infor'ation*
a. co'&rehension
b. ling!istic
c. locational
d. &sycho'otor
4. Yo! inter)
inter)iew
iewed
ed a orean
orean abo!t
abo!t the
the ways
ways of co&ing
co&ing with
with the challen
challenges
ges of 'odern
'odernity
ity.. he orean
orean
answered
answered all of yo!r !estions
!estions with a degree of certainty
certainty.. ow do yo! so'ehow
so'ehow &reser)e
&reser)e all the
oreans answers so that yo! can !se these answers in the 'aing of a feat!re article for yo!r school
&a&er*
a. 3!st re'e'ber
re'e'ber e)eryth
e)erything
ing so that
that yo! will
will not dist!rb
dist!rb or distra
distract
ct the inter)ie
inter)iewee.
wee.
b. Let the inter)iewee
inter)iewee sto& fro' ti'e to ti'e so that
that yo! can write down e)erything
e)erything in a noteboo.
noteboo.
c. ecord
ecord the entire
entire inter)iew
inter)iew thro!gh
thro!gh a )ideo or )oice
)oice recorder
recorder with the
the inter)iewee
inter)iewees
s &er'iss
&er'ission6.
ion6.
d. ae
ae down
down i'&ortant
i'&ortant detail
detailss and 'ae
'ae s!re that
that yo! can
can write
write )ery fast.
fast.
$$$. Grammar (wareness and #tructure.
5. +hat ind
ind of co'&le'e
co'&le'ent
nt is the !nderl
!nderlined
ined &art
&art in the sentence
sentence,, 7A!ng San S!!
S!! yis
yis 'other
'other was
was a
!rominent &olitical fig!re in the newly for'ed !r'ese go)ern'ent.8*
a. ad9ecti)e co'&le'ent
c. s!b9ect co'&le'ent
b. ob9ect co'&le'ent
d. )erb co'&le'ent
:. +hat
+hat is the
the ob9e
ob9ect
ct co'&
co'&le
le'e
'ent
nt in the
the sent
senten
ence
ce,, 7he
7he &eo&
&eo&le
le of #a'w
#a'won
on cons
consid
ider
er ;h!
;h!nhy
nhyan
ang
g
)irt!o!s.8*
a. ;h!nhyang b. consider
c. &eo&le
d. )irt!o!s
<. +hich of these
these senten
sentences
ces contain
containss a co'&le
co'&le=
= str!ct!
str!ct!re*
re*
a. As she
she snoo%e
snoo%es,
s, " so!nd
so!ndles
lessly
sly lea)
lea)ee the des
des..
b. (aggie slee&s contentedly
contentedly on 'y co'&!ter des.
des.
c. Shes
Shes weary
weary fro' her drea's
drea's and
and 'y absence
absence does not
not dist!rb
dist!rb her.
her.
d. So'eti'es
So'eti'es she
she snores b!t
b!t she settles
settles dee&er
dee&er into
into her fleece-li
fleece-lined
ned &illow
&illow and &!rrs.
&!rrs.
>. +hich sentence
sentence has a co'&o!nd
co'&o!nd-co'&
-co'&le=
le= str!ct!re
str!ct!re**
a. Altho!gh
Altho!gh they
they were 'iles
'iles a&art
a&art they
they e&t in
in constant
constant contact
contact on the intern
internet.
et.
b. " wo!ld ha)e &!rchased the
the boo that yo! lie,
lie, b!t it was too e=&ensi)e.
e=&ensi)e.
c. he greedy
greedy ;assi'
;assi' 'arries
'arries a wealthy
wealthy wo'an
wo'an b!t Ali
Ali aba
aba 'arries
'arries a &oor wo'an.
wo'an.
d. Yi (ong
(ong Yon
Yong
g had to go to the
the ca&itol
ca&itol while ;h!nhy
;h!nhyang
ang had to stay
stay in #a'won.
#a'won.
?. +hich of the follow
following
ing state'en
state'ents
ts ill!str
ill!strates
ates &aralle
&arallell str!ct!r
str!ct!re*
e*
a. " o!tlin
o!tlined
ed the
the letter
letterss slowl
slowly
y and with
with care.
care.
b. $hysical and 'ental health rest on fo!r &illars@ reg!lar
reg!lar e=ercise, healthy diet,
diet, social
interaction, and s!fficient slee&.
c. She s&ent
s&ent the day )isiting
)isiting all
all the to!rist
to!rist sho&s
sho&s and watche
watched
d the children
children on the
the beach.
beach.
d. S!san didn
didntt now how
how to rent
rent an a&art'en
a&art'entt and finding
finding a 9ob
9ob was a &robl
&roble',
e', too.
too.
10. ;hoose the &arallel
&arallel word/&hrase to co'&lete the
the sentence below.
below.
7(y fa)orite &asti'es incl!de na&&ing, snacing, and  tele)ision.
a. to watch
b. to watching
c. watching
d. watched
11. "f the lady had not sto&&ed
sto&&ed the boy,
boy, he 
 into the )an.
)an.
a. co!ld ha)e ran
b. co!ld ha)e r!n
c. will ha)e r!n
d. wo!ld ha)e r!n
12. ;hoose the sentence that !ses &arenthetical e=&ression correctly.
a. he 'oral, of the story, is that &eo&le sho!ld always as a res!lt treat one another with indness.
b. he 'oral of the story, is that &eo&le sho!ld always, as a res!lt treat one another with indness.
c. he 'oral of the story is that &eo&le sho!ld always, as a res!lt, treat one another with indness.
d. he 'oral of the story is that &eo&le, sho!ld always, as a res!lt treat one another with indness.
)*"%EDGE
$+. +ocabulary Develo!ment.
1. ;hoose the a&&ro&riate collocation to co'&lete the sentence.
,ou must hand in your essay on 'riday. Can you ----------------
a. do the deadline
c. ee& the deadline
b. hold the deadline
d. 'eet the deadline
14. Yo! are reading a orean story with two to three diffic!lt words in e)ery &age. +hat sho!ld be the best
i''ediate strategy to !se in order to deal with the diffic!lt words*
a. Befine words thro!gh conte=t.
b. Cet the dictionary and get the 'eanings of the diffic!lt words.
c. ighlight the diffic!lt words and get bac to the' later as soon as yo! finish reading the boo
d. 3!st ignore the words. Yo! better 9!st finish reading the boo.
15. ;h!nhyangs defiance enraged the 'agistrate, and he ordered her to be taen to &rison. he
'eaning of the !nderlined word is .
a. co'&liance
b. dece&tion
c. resistance
d. s!bordination
1:. +hich of the following words will best co'&lete the sentence, 7"f yo! decide to tae the train instead
of the 9ee&ney yo!ll  so'e ti'e.8*
a. a)oid
b. ee&
c. sa)e
d. sto&
/0. +hat idio' will best co'&lete the sentence, 1$f you have any trouble with your homewor&2 $3ll be
glad to ---------------.4
a. get o!t of hand
c. ee& an eye on yo!
b. gi)e yo! a hand
d. wear yo!r heart on yo!r slee)e
%iterature5 Reading and Com!rehension.
/8. er's that indicate o&inions are called o&inion signal words/e=&ressions. he e=a'&les of these are
below e6ce!t
a. "t see's to 'e thatD
c. $ersonally " thin D
b. (y &ersonal )iew is thatD
d. his &ro)es thatD
/7. "n the literat!re of (yan'ar, &rose wors d!ring the 15 th to 1?th cent!ry were few and a!thors were
'ons, co!rtiers and &oetesses. +hich one is an e=a'&le of wor !nder &rose*
a. historical ballad
b. &anegyric ode
c. story in )erse
d. scri&t!re or chronicle
9. Long before any written for's of literat!re, what was the &rinci&al for' of literary entertain'ent of the
oreans*
a. describing &ersons
c. reciting &oe's
b. narrating history orally
d. telling legends orally
*DER#T(*D$*G
21. After reading a orean legend, yo! notice one striing si'ilarity between orean and Eili&ino legends.
+hat si'ilarity is this*
a. Legends fro' both co!ntries described the rich nat!ral reso!rces bac then.
b. Legends fro' both co!ntries narrated ethnic rit!als &racticed by the nati)es.
c. Legends fro' both co!ntries were orally trans'itted first before they were written.
d. Legends fro' both were written by ordinary &eo&le.
. ead the e=cer&t below then answer this !estion F
hich of the following does the e6cer!t im!ly about (fricans
a. hey are careless.
c. hey are not afraid of ani'als.
b. hey are caring &eo&le.
d. hey are wild &eo&le.
Ki, the Pygmy, has married a Pygmy girl from another village. The girl was called Luetsi and
she became Ki’s wife. With them lived Ntio, Ki’s brother. After a year, Luetsi wished to visit her
mother, as was the custom. Ki agreed and gave Luetsi a big iece of meat to ta!e to her mother. As a
big hunt was imminent, !i could not go with his wife, but he romised to fetch her from her mother’s
house in four wee!s’ time. Now it haened that Ki was bitten in the foot by a sna!e and he could
not wal!. "o he as!ed his brother to fetch his wife. Ntio did not want to go and said, #$n a few days’
time you will be able to wal! again. $t is better for you to fetch your wife yourself.%
No,% said Ki. #$t is better not to leave Luetsi in uncertainty. "he would not wait for me but
would start the &ourney home alone. 'etch her home for me, and $’ll give
you my best bow.”
-An excerpt from The Leopard, folklore from Africa
'or items ;<=. $dentify the !ro!aganda devise used in the following.
;. ele)ision Ad)ertise'ent@ “Get all your stains out by using ne and impro!ed "ltra suds and ash
you blues aay#”
a. andwagon
b. glittering &ersonalities
c. na'e calling
d. testi'onial
>. ele)ision Ad)ertise'ent@ “$ush to shop at %uper &art this eekend, e!eryone is doing it#”
a. andwagon
b. glittering &ersonalities
c. na'e calling
d. testi'onial
=. "n an ad)ertise'ent d!ring a senatorial ca'&aign, Loren Legarda taled with the (anobo tribes'en
and 9oined the far'ers in ;agayan Galley in &lanting rice.
a. card stacing
b. na'e calling
c. &lain fols
d. soft soa&
?. +hy is literat!re a good so!rce of nowing oreans*
a. Literat!re gi)es all the !&dates abo!t all the i'&ortant e)ents in a co!ntry.
b. Literat!re is a wor of art that describes citi%ens with breeding and refine'ent.
c. Literat!re 'irrors the &syche, te'&era'ent, c!lt!re and traditions of the &eo&le.
d. Literat!re &ro)ides a descri&ti)e &ict!re of how the &eo&le dress and s&ea lie.2<.
0. "n this last two lines of the &oe' titled 'n A $ainy Autumn (ight by ;hoe;hiwHn, how do yo!
define the highlighted &hrase* ;hoose the best analysis.
At third watch, it rains o!tside.
y the la'& 'y heart flies 'yriad 'iles away.
a.
7Boes the heart fly* If co!rse, notJ !t the heart is a sy'bol of lo)e, and beca!se lo)e flies,
lo)e is certainly gone.8
b. 7"f the heart flies, then it '!st ha)e wings on its ownF therefore, this heart '!st ha)e
been
borrowed by so'ebody else.8
c. 7$erha&s, the heart is too wea to handle the sit!ation so it finds a way to fly and 9!st be in any
&lace that it wants, lie 'iles away.8
d. 7he heart literary flies. he heart '!st be taen away fro' the &ersonas body beca!se it is
wea. "t is not fit to stay in that body.8
8. Yo!r orean class'ate has been a st!dent here in the $hili&&ines for two years. "n st!dying a for'al
essay, yo! are gi)en by yo!r teacher to react on the first &aragra&h of ;arlos o'!los
" A' a
Eili&ino. he first &aragra&h goes lie this@
) am a *ilipino, inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As
such ) must pro!e e+ual to a tofold task  the task of meeting my responsibility to the
past and the task of performing my obligation to the future.
Yo! cannot hel& b!t disc!ss &ertinent characteristics abo!t yo!, being a Eili&ino and yo!r
class'ate, being a orean and the challenges of 'odernity that so'ehow affected yo! both as Asians.
+hat wo!ld be the best lesson of the &aragra&h that yo! can &resent to yo!r teacher and class'ates that
so'ehow will be tr!e to yo! both as Asians*
a.
+e ha)e to acnowledge that as Asians we e=ist beca!se of o!r &ast and beca!se society is
constantly e)ol)ing, we '!st ee& !& and see the &ositi)e things bro!ght abo!t by these changes.
b. +e ha)e to res&ond to the challenges of so 'any tass so that we will be 'ore &re&ared in facing
the f!t!re.
c. +e need to recogni%e where we really ca'e fro' and that we sho!ld also &re&are o!rsel)es for the
!ncertainty that the f!t!re will bring.
d. +e sho!ld acce&t that whate)er we will beco'e in the f!t!re, it will always be the &rod!ct of what
we decide for o!r &resent.
'or numbers 7<;9. Read the following !aragra!h and answer the @uestions that follow.
The %outh African acti!ist and former president (elson &andela /0-1234 helped bring an end
to apartheid and has been a global ad!ocate for human rights. A member of the African (ational 5ongress
party beginning in the /62s, he as a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the
hite minority7s oppressi!e regime in a racially di!ided %outh Africa. 8is actions landed him in prison for
nearly three decades and made him the face of the antiapartheid mo!ement both ithin his country and
internationally. $eleased in //2, he participated in the eradication of apartheid and in //6 became the
first black president of %outh Africa, forming a multiethnic go!ernment to o!ersee the country7s transition.
after retiring from politics in ///, he remained a de!oted champion for peace and social 9ustice in his on
nation and around the orld until his death in 123 at the age of /:.
7. +hich of the following is *"T a fact as stated in the &aragra&h*
a. #elson (andela re'ained a de)oted cha'&ion for &eace and social 9!stice after retiring.
b. #elson (andela was a So!th African acti)ist and a for'er &resident.
c. #elson (andela was i'&risoned for nearly three decades.
d. #elson (andela was the best &resident the world has e)er had.
;9. +hich of the following is an o&inion as stated in the &aragra&h*
a. #elson (andela beca'e the first blac &resident of So!th Africa.
b. #elson (andela died at age ?5.
c. #elson (andela died in 201.
d. #elson (andelas death shoced the whole world.
.
'or items ;/<;. Read the !oem carefullyand answer the @uestions that follow.
('R$C(3# P%E(
y oland o'beai Be'&ster
) am not you --but you ill not
gi!e me a chance,
ill not let me be.
“)f ) ere you”--;ut you kno,
) am not you,
yet you ill not
let me be me.
<ou meddle, interfere
in my affairs
as if they ere yours
and you ere me.
<ou are unfair, unise,
foolish to think
that ) can be you,
talk, act
and think like you.
God made me
8e made you, you
*or God7s sake
Let me be.
;/. +hat African !ality do the lines in the &oe' generally e=&ress*
a. bra)ery
b. co!rage
c. indness
d. &ersistence
;. +hat )al!es are asserted by the &oet in the &oe'*
a. bra)ery and res&ect
c. indecisi)eness and co!rtesy
b. gentleness and reso!rcef!lness
d. lo)e and res&ect
;;. ead the e=cer&t below and answer this !estion@
hat characteristic of (fricans is revealed in the e6cer!t
And so Luetsi had to lie there for hours, beneath the dead leoard. $n the distance, she could
hear the roaring of the leoardess, loo!ing for its dead mate. The &ungle was full of threatening
voices. At last, she began to imagine that the leoard on to of her was moving, as if it had come to
life again. (ut still she did not budge from the sot, so !een was she to find out how her husband
would behave.
-An excerpt from The Leopard, folklore from Africa
a. hey are co!rageo!s.
c. hey lie to dis&lay their strength.
b. hey are dece&ti)e.
d. hey lo)e ani'als.
;>. ead the &aragra&h and answer the !estion. hy were the two young men the country3s good
sons
These young men ere the country7s good sons ho ere protecting their country from its
enemies. Their aims and intentions ere as different from those of the addicts as east from
est,
north
from south. Although these young men had one leg missing, they still anted to ser!e their country. The to
young soldiers told Lin Aung that they planned to ork in the
disabled soldiers7 cooperati!e shop.
a. heir ai's and intentions were as different fro' those of dr!g addicts.
b. hey are &rotecting their co!ntry fro' its ene'ies.
c. hey ha)e one leg 'issing.
d. hey &lanned to wor in the disabled soldiers coo&erati)e sho&.
;=. +hat is the best obser)ation regarding this &aragra&h*
&odern =orean literature attained its maturity in the /32s through the efforts of a group of
talented riters. They dre freely upon >uropean examples to enrich their art. Translation of
?estern literature continued, and orks by ).A. $ichards, T.%. >liot, and T.>. 8ulme ere
introduced. This artistic and critical acti!ity as a protest against the reduction of literature to
9ournalism and its use as propaganda by leftist riters.
a. "t has a to&ic sentence that gi)es the best &ractices of the oreans.
b. "t has an i'&act beca!se it has a well-chosen to&ic.
c. "t has coherence in its sentences and cohesion in its ideas.
d. "t has one i'&erati)e sentence and three declarati)e sentences.
%istening Te6t in English Grade 8: Third Periodic Test
Directions @
Listen to the teacher as he@she reads the listening selection tice then anser the
+uestions that follo
ere are e6cer!ts from *elson Aandela3s *obel Peace PriBe #!eech given in /77; .
7+e stand here today as nothing 'ore than a re&resentati)e of the 'illions of o!r &eo&le who
dared to rise !& against a social syste' whose )ery essence is war, )iolence, racis', o&&ression,
re&ression and the i'&o)erish'ent of an entire &eo&le.8
7" a' also here today as a re&resentati)e of the 'illions of &eo&le across the globe, the anti
-a&artheid 'o)e'ent, the go)ern'ents and organi%ations that 9oined with !s, not to fight against
So!th Africa as a co!ntry or any of its &eo&le, b!t to o&&ose an inh!'an syste' and s!e for a s&eedy
end to the a&artheid cri'e against h!'anity.8
7hese co!ntless h!'an beings, both inside and o!tside o!r co!ntry, had the nobility of s&irit
to stand in the &ath of tyranny and in9!stice, witho!t seeing selfish gain. hey recogni%ed that an
in9!ry to all and therefore acted together in defense of 9!stice and a co''on h!'an decency.8
%istening Te6t in English Grade 8: Third Periodic Test
Directions @
Listen to the teacher as he@she reads the listening selection tice then anser the
+uestions that follo
ere are e6cer!ts from *elson Aandela3s *obel Peace PriBe #!eech given in /77; .
7+e stand here today as nothing 'ore than a re&resentati)e of the 'illions of o!r &eo&le who
dared to rise !& against a social syste' whose )ery essence is war, )iolence, racis', o&&ression,
re&ression and the i'&o)erish'ent of an entire &eo&le.8
7" a' also here today as a re&resentati)e of the 'illions of &eo&le across the globe, the anti
-a&artheid 'o)e'ent, the go)ern'ents and organi%ations that 9oined with !s, not to fight against
So!th Africa as a co!ntry or any of its &eo&le, b!t to o&&ose an inh!'an syste' and s!e for a s&eedy
end to the a&artheid cri'e against h!'anity.8
7hese co!ntless h!'an beings, both inside and o!tside o!r co!ntry, had the nobility of s&irit
to stand in the &ath of tyranny and in9!stice, witho!t seeing selfish gain. hey recogni%ed th at an
in9!ry to all and therefore acted together in defense of 9!stice and a co''on h!'an decency.8
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Third Periodic Test in English Grade 8
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