Grading Period: Second Quarter
Subject and Year Level: English 9
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GENERAL DIRECTIONS. Read and analyze the questions carefully and WRITE the letter of
the correct answer.
I - READING COMPREHENSION.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this
notion: The potential of greatness lives within us.”-Wilma Rudolph
Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have….greatness
thrust upon them.-William Shakespeare
1. According to the two sayings, what does greatness means?
a. Rich people are great
b. Everybody has the chance to be great.
c. Greatness are only for the chosen few.
d. Those who are not famous are not great.
2. The similarity of the two sayings is:
a. Greatness is within us.
b. Greatness is very hard to achieve.
c. Greatness is not found within ourselves.
d. Greatness something should not be afraid of.
3. The following are the information presented in the text, except:
a. Some are born great.
b. Never believe in oneself.
c. Some are doing their best to achieve greatness.
d. Some become great because it is thrust on them.
4. It can be inferred from the first saying that:
a. Great people are bad.
b. Greatness depends on others.
c. Great men are not strong-minded.
The Rabbit and the
Turtle
One day, a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for
being slow. Much to the rabbi’s surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. As the race began,
the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.
The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He was hot and
tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. Even if the turtle would pass him, he would be
able to race to the finish line ahead of him. All the time, the turtle kept walking step by step by
step. He never quit no matter how hard or tired he got. He just kept going. However, the rabbit
slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could not see the turtle anywhere! He went at
full speed to the finish line but found the turtle there waiting for him. (www.google.com)
5. Who is being boastful?
a. Fox
b. rabbit
c. turtle
d. hippo
6. What did the hare do upon knowing that the turtle couldn’t win the race?
b. He slept for a while.
c. He ran up to the finish line.
c. He walked while whistling. d. He sat down and waited for the turtle.
7. Why did the turtle challenged the rabbit to a race?
a. To have fun b. To shame the rabbit
c. To
punish the rabbit
d. To test his capabilities
8. If you were the rabbit, what would you do at the finish line?
a. I would kick the turtle.
c. I would demand a re-race.
b. I would salute to the turtle. d. I would complain to the judge.
9. What lesson did the story teach us?
a. Be alert at all times.
c. Never underestimate the weak ones.
b. Never sleep while on the race.
d. Boastful people will be punished in the
end.
Read the following lines from the poem “The Man with a Hoe” and answer the questions
that follow.
Bowed by the weight of centuries he
leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the
ground, The emptiness of ages in his
face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
Who made him dead to rapture and
despair, A thing that grieves not and that
never hopes, Stolid and stunned, a brother
to the ox?
Who loosened and let down this brutal jaw?
Whose was the hand that slanted back this
brow? Whose breath blew out the light within
this brain?
10. Whom is the “man with the hoe” relative to?
a. brain
b. hand
c. ground
d. ox
11. The character reveals in this poem is all about man’s .
a. disappointments
b. kindness
c. fame after trying his best
d. failure after trying his best
12. To what sensory image does the whole stanza appeal?
a. hearing
c. taste
b. sight
d. touch
13. The first two lines appeal to the sense of:
a. hearing
b. sight
c. taste
d. touch
14. What is the mood of the poem?
a. happy
b. submissive
c. strong-minded
d. desperate
15. The purpose of the author is:
a. draw attention to the plight of those forced into lifelong labor and poverty
b. call the attention of the landlords to share their land to the tenants.
c. proclaim the fame gained after doing laborious tasks
d. claim his parcel of land after being a tenants for many years
DEATH, BE NOT PROUD
by: John Donne
1 Death, be not proud, though some have called
thee 2 Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
3 For those whom thou think’st thou dost
overthrow 4 Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst
thou kill me. 5 From rest and sleep, which but
thy pictures be,
6 Much pleasure; then from thee much more must
flow, 7 And soonest our best men with thee do
go…
16. Alliteration is the repetition of consonants sounds in a poem. In line 3, what are the
consonants sounds being repeated?
a. wh
b. st
c. th
d. nk
17. In line 7, “And soonest our best men with thee do go”, is an example of ASSONANCE, as one
of the features of poetry. Why?
a. because it is the repetition of consonants sounds in the same line.
b. because it is the repetition of vowel sound sounds in the same line.
c. because it is represents the rhyme scheme of the poem.
d. because it is the repetition of an rhyme of the poem.
18. Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?
a. Splendid Sarah saw special shells
c. The sky is blue and so are you
b. Lucy jumps at least a hundred feet in the air.
d. I am a beautiful creation.
19. What is the definition of an alliteration?
a. A huge exaggeration
c. The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of
words.
b. Giving an animal humanlike qualities d. Two words that sound alike, but have different
meanings
20. Which of the following phrases is an alliteration?
a. She is a pig
c. Charlie cheats on cheat-sheets
b. He was as tall as a skyscraper
d. I told you a million times
21. Which consonant sound is an example of alliteration in the sentence, 'Wendy went to Walmart
to win a new washing machine?
a. w
b. y
c. n
d. m
22. What element of a short story might be described as the “series of related events’?
a. plot
c. theme
b. conflict
d. character
23. When the author gives some background or needed details to the story this is known as what
term?
a. point of view
c. characterization
b. foreshadowing
d. exposition
II-VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
A consultative style of communication is a formal dialogue in which words are chosen with some care.
Choose the most appropriate word in Column B to be used in a consultative communication style to
replace the word in Column A.
Column A
24. BEAM
25.. CLING
26. BOISTEROUS
27. DAINTILY
28. PARAPHERNALIA
Column B
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
grin b. laugh
c. smirk
d. smile
hug b. embrace c. grip d. clasp
loud
b. rollicking c. rowdy
d. uproarious
deftly
b. elegantly c. lightly
d. softly
gear
b. machinery c. regalia
d. equipment
Instructions: Read each sentence carefully and identify the meaning of the highlighted
words. Write your answers in a separate sheet.
29.
“This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro
slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.”
a. hopelessness in the midst of injustices
c. plan to fight against oppressors
b. a source of light or inspiration
d. call for fair and just society
30.
“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
a. justice
b. alliance
c. willingness
d. freedom
31.
“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of
dignity and discipline.”
a. difficulty
b. injustice
c. easiness
d. hope
32.
“With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”
a. happiness
b. loss of hope
c. freedom
d. death
33.
“And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
a. body
b. nose
c. eyes
d. head
34.
The newspaper was printing blasphemous ideas in the article.
a. authentic
b. nonsense
c. distracting
d. humiliating
35.
The crowed clamoured for recounting of votes.
a. yell
b. cry
c. scream
d. silence
36.
During the play, Mel’s elocution was so brilliant the audience gave him a standing
ovation.
a. delivery
b. inarticulate
c. expression
d. utterance
37.
The opposing team could not counterfeit their arguments.
a. simulate
b. reverse
c. imitate
d. fabricate
38.
My sister was wearing a bourgeois dress just like any other woman in their locale.
a. traditional
b. common
c. original
d. conservative
III- GRAMMAR AWARENESS
39.
Would you like __________ cup of tea?
a. other
b. an other c. another
d.others
40.
Would you like __________ jam on your bread?
a. some
b. a c. few
d. little
41.
The police are ________ an investigation into the robbery.
a. carrying out
b. working out
c. searching out
d.making out
42.
We ________ a lovely three weeks in the south of Spain last year.
a. took
b. passed
c. did
d. spent
43.
I am sure I would have regretted it if I ________ to take the job.
a. would agree
b. would have agreed
c. did agree d. had agreed
44.
Soldiers have been sent in to try to restore ________ in the area.
a. harmony
b. order
c. organization
d.nregulation
45.
46.
The teacher asked if ________ to bring our textbooks to class.
a. all we had rememberedb. had we all remembered c. we had all remembered . had all we
remembered
Have you been back to the house ________ you grew up?
a. who
b. when
c. which
d. where
47.
Nina went to the same school ________ I did.
a. like
b. than
c. as
d. so
48.
When Tina was a little girl she used to ________ small glass animals.
a. collect
b. play
c. choose
d. pick
49.
We may have a picnic tomorrow but it will depend ________ the weather.
a. of
b. on
c. in
c. off
50.
You ________ to ring Aunt Jean to thank her for her present.
a. should b. ought
b. must
d. could
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Would you like to ________ shopping with me this afternoon?
do
make
get
go
One of my grandparents ________ born in South Africa.
is
was
are
were
What ________ you going to do in your summer holidays?
will
are
do
have
I didn't like that writer's first book but his second one is much more ________ .
easy
interesting
excellent
expensive
I'm very ________ — could I have a glass of water, please?
hungry
empty
thirsty
dirty