Name:_____________________________________________________________ Grade & Section:_____________________________ FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 6 FIRST QUARTER I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following sentences does not express a hyperbolic statement? a. My world turned upside down. b. A fire station burns down. c. Your voice is deafening. d. The heat of my body can produce fire. Identify which one is an example of hyperbole. a. The police station gets robbed by the policemen on duty. b. A newly- hired pilot was afraid of heights c. A marriage counselor files for divorce. d. My dad will kill me when he comes home and sees the house in chaos. The following are examples of an Irony. Which one does not belong to the group? a. The teacher fails the test. b. The shoemaker’s children have no shoes. c. Rianna have been told to clean her room a million times. d. The doctor died of pneumonia. Identify which one is an example of an irony. a. He runs faster than the wind. b. A post on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is. c. I turned the house upside down before finding my new shoes. d. It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets. The statement “That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur” is an example of what figurative language? a. Simile b. Hyperbole c. Metaphor d. Irony Read and analyze if the statements express exaggeration or ironic ideas. Write the sentences in the correct column of the table provided. A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance. A mother complains about her lazy children, not realizing they have been secretly making her a birthday present. You could have knocked me over with a feather. Old folks attended the baby party. I can see the germs with my naked eyes. Hyperbole Irony III. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. IV. Determine the meaning of the underlined expression. Choose the best answer. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces. a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces. b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces. c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces. d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces. Eric wanted to fix his cousin’s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt’s WiFi network and he didn’t want to open a whole new can of worms. a. Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family. b. Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers. c. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires. d. Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem. Mrs. Turingan expects Maria and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off. a. Maria and the speaker are not prepared to give a good presentation. b. Maria and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Turingan rather than presenting. c. Maria and the speaker’s presentation will far exceed Mrs. Turingan’s expectations. d. Maria and the speaker’s presentation will meet Mrs. Turingan’s expectations. You might think that Billy is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn’t want to be in his shoes. a. You wouldn’t want your shoes to get as dirty as Billy’s when he’s doing his chores. b. If you have to do as many chores as Billy, you’ll want a pair of comfortable shoes. c. Billy’s shoes are so uncomfortable that doing his chores is really unpleasant. d. Billy has so many chores to do that it is unpleasant to imagine doing them all. Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges. a. Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar. b. Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared. c. Jose doesn’t know anything about phones so he may as well be thinking about fruits. d. Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time. Examine how the following idioms in column A are used in context. Infer its meaning by understanding the whole sentence. Choose your answer from the choices in column B. A 16. Carol lost her cool when the party was called off. 17. The whole family was there when Bill and Lyn tied the knot last weekend. 18. I will have to foot the bill for the damaged you caused. 19. The kite soared like an eagle. 20. It was raining cats and dog. a. b. c. d. e. B pay for raining very hard Got angry glided along high in the air got married V. Complete the sentences with the appropriate idioms in the box raining cats and dogs cleared the air rubbed elbows well-to-do family come to light 21. The truth will always ____. 22. The streets are flooded, it’s __________. 23. She was born to a ______. 24. The PhilHealth executive_____________on the issue of fraudulent scheme allegations. 25. The president __________ between UP scientists and DENR executive. Prepared by: EDRICK Y. MORADA Teacher I Noted by: GRACIA DC. VIUDEZ Principal II
