TAMBULIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TULUAN EXTENSION

TULUAN, TAMBULIG, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR

FIRST GRADING EXAMINATION
AUGUST 8-9,2019
ENGLISH 9
Name:_____________________________________Grade/Section:___________________Score:_________
Directions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Write the letter which corresponds to the correct
answer on the space provided before the number.
I. ORAL LANGUAGE AND FLUENCY (1-5)
___1. If you were to deliver these lines from “Beowulf: The Battle With Grendel,” in which line should the first
gesture be seen? A. Waiting to see his swift hard claws. B. Grendel snatched at the first Geat
C. He came to rip him apart, cut D. His body to bits with powerful jaws
___2. “The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered pantaloons.” What sound device was used in the
given line? A. alliteration B. assonance C. consonance D. onomatopoeia
___3. In what part of this line of a poem should a reader’s pause be most observable?
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, A. after the word ‘gave’ B. after the word ‘to’
C. between ‘things’ and ‘you’ D. between ‘watch’ and ‘the’
___4. In a poem, the stress depends on the sound device used. Where will the stress appear in a poem that
makes use of assonance? A. In words with repeated consonant sounds at the beginning
B. In words with repeated consonant sounds at the ending
C. In words with repeated consonant sounds within
D. In words with repeated consonant sounds within and at the end
___5. What correct critical consonant sound of /s/ is used in the underlined word from this line of a poem?
“And then the justice, in fair round belly with good caper lined, ”A. /s/ B. /sh/ C. /z/ D. /zh/
II. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT (6-12)
___6. Then heard they people cry in the field. “Now go thou, Sir Lucan,” said the King, “and let me know what
betokens that noise in the field.” The underlined word means…
A. filled with tokens B. made of tokens C. to signify; to indicate D. to think of; to expect
___7. Grendel lost to Beowulf; traces of his battle-sweat were found in his trail as he escaped back to the
marsh where he lived. The underlined word-pair is an example of a kenning which means…
A. ash B. blood C. bone D. claw
___8. Fill each blank with a single letter to form an antonym pair: _EEBLE - _ELICATE
A. B and R B. F and D C. H and P D. W and S
___9. “Time is fleeting,” and, according to Paulo Coelho, “it flies and waits on no man.” What is the synonym of
fleeting? A. Dreaning B. Escaping C. Passing D. Wandering
___10. In the war of independence, it was repeatedly subjected to pillage and slaughter by both parties in the
strife, and did not recover its losses for many years. The opposite meaning of the highlighted word is…
A. Conflict B. Harmony C. Rivalry D. Trouble
___11. If you can make one heap of all your winnings // And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss. The
underlined words mean…
A. bundle – accomplishments B. stack – lotteries C. trash – victories D. waste – achievements
___12. Tell me not in mournful numbers, // Life is but an empty dream! What is the antonym of the underlined
word? A. cheerful B. desolate C. doleful D. miserable
___13. The dreadful weather has caused damage all over the city. Dreadful means
A. great B. excitement C. very bad D. enormous
___14. . Caught betwixt adulthood and childhood , the adolescence years can be quite confusing.
A. undergone B. among C. between D. almost
III. GRAMMAR AWARENESS (13-22)
___15. Correct the error in the use of contraction and possessive pronoun in this sentence – Who’seit’s
author?
A. Who’s it’s author? B. Who’s its author? C.Whos’e its’ author? D.Whose it’s author?
___16. I will not give up until my dreams are realized. What is the correct contraction of the underlined words?
A. ‘ll not B. willn’t C. won’t D. wouldn’t
___17. Which word in the following lines must be capitalized? A. eyebrow
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad B. pard
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. then a soldier C. then
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard, D. woeful
___18. “Whodunnit” is a contrction of what complete sentence?
A. Who do not like it? B. Whose dun is it? C. Who has done it? D. Who dude Annie is it?
___19. What expression of disagreement is found in the following sentence?: Todd doesn't like spaghetti.
Neither does Louise. A. Does B. Doesn’t C. Like D. Neither
___20. .___________ you like to come with me?A. shall B. may C. might D. would
___21. I ________have difficulty answering that question. A. willB. would C. might D. may
___22.If Teacher Shiela came to my party, perhaps, I _______ be much happier.
A. might B. may C. can D.would
VI. READING COMPREHENSION (23-25)
A Short History of Punctuation
Early Greeks had hardly any punctuation and even changed the direction of their writing at the end of each
line. Later, they changed to a way of writing that favored right-handed people and showed where a new
paragraph began by underlining the first line of it. Later, the Greek playwright Aristophanes invented marks
to show where the readers should take breath.
The Romans made writing much easier to read by putting dots between words and by moving the first letter
of a paragraph into the left margin. They adapted some of the Greek marks such as the colon mark to indicate
phrase endings.
In the early Middle Ages, this system of punctuation broke down because very few people could read and
write, but writers kept a space at the end of a sentence and continued to mark paragraphs. Eventually, words
were separated again and new sentences began with a larger letter.
___23. The following article is an example of what type of text?
A. Informative B. Journalistic C. Literal D. Technical
___24. The educational reforms of Charlemagne led to the invention of lowercase letters which could be written
and read much faster. This text belongs to the…
A. informative type B. journalistic type C. literary type D. technical type
___25. Shakespeare’s “The Seven Ages of Man” was taken from the play “As You Like It.” What does the first
title suggest? A. One man can have seven different ages. B. One man will encounter seven aged people.
C. Seven ages will take seven men to encounter. D.Seven life stages will be experienced by one man
V. LITERATURE (26-40)
___26. What is meant by the author in the following lines of a poem?
A. Lives of great men all remind us A. Become great by emulating great men
We can make our lives sublime, B. Leave footprints on the sands.
And, departing, leave behind us C. Make our lives inspiring.
Footprints on the sands of time; D. Remember the lives of great men.
––A Psalm of Life
___27. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the “sixth-aged man?”
A. Big manly voice turning again toward childish treble C. Satchel and shining morning face
B. Lean and slippered pantaloons D. Spectacles on nose and pouch on side
___28. It refers to the form that expresses the attitude of the speaker toward the subject actions that the verb
likely of factual statement. A. mode B. theme C. tone D. rhythm
___29. It is a poem that have full advise to her son how to cope with challenges in life.
A. Mother to Son B.A Psalm of Life C. The Battle w/ Grendel D. The Seven Stages of Man
___30. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts." These words are from the poem titled__________.
A. A Psalm of Life B. The Seven Ages of Man C. Mother To Son D. If
___31. It is said to be the greatest epic poem ever written in a modern European language.
A. Beuwulf B. Beowulf C. Beuwolf D. Beawulf
___32. The speaker in the " Psalm of Life" highlights life's difficulties when he says life is like a
A. a field of battle B. an empty vision C. dust in a grave D. muffled drums
___33. The poet in the " The Seven Ages of Man" compares "exit" to
A. birth B. life C. doors D. death
___34. The poem "Seven Ages" is written by
A. William Wordsworth B. William Shakespeare C. William Golding D. Alfred Tennyson
___35. What is a stanza ? A. a rhyme pattern at the ends of the lines B. a division in a poem
C. a short, well- worded truth life D. a type of a comparison
___36 In the poem " The Seven Ages of Man", the poet compares the world to
A. a story book B. a film C. a stage D. a playground
___37. This is an old-fashioned direct address to an absent or dead person or thing.
A. Alliteration B. Onomatopoeia C. Palindromes D. Apostrophe
___38. Who tried to dissuade King Arthur from fighting Sir Mordred after the battle had broken out ?
A. Sir Benedict B. Sir Bedevere C. Sir Lucan D. Sir Gawain
___39. .This refers to the use of words whose sounds suggest its meaning.
A. Alliteration B. Onomatopoeia C. Rhyme D. Apostrophe
___40. This refers to the similar initial consonant sounds created in poetry.
A.Simile B. Metaphor C. Alliteration D. Hyperbole

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James 1:17
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