English 9 Exam
English 9 Exam
English 9 Exam
Department of Education
Region X
Division of Misamis Occidental
Colambutan Bajo National High School
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FIRST PERIODIC TEST IN GRADE 9 ENGLISH
6. 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,
7. “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
8. 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’
9. 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
10. 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/
27. Choose the best place to insert ellipsis points in this passage: The intellect, seeker of absolute truth, or the
heart, lover of absolute good, we awake –Ralph Waldo Emerson
A. The intellect, seeker of absolute truth, or the heart, lover of absolute good…we
awake…
B. The intellect, seeker of absolute truth…or the heart, lover of absolute good…we
awake
C. The intellect, seeker of absolute truth, or the heart, lover of… absolute good, we
awake…
D. The intellect…seeker of absolute truth, or the heart…lover of absolute good, we
awake
A. Informative
B. Journalistic
C. Literary
D. Technical
If you like tender, juicy potatoes, home-grown are definitely the best. Although
the plant of the potato is visible above the ground, the end product is found below the
soil. The process from preparing to eating can take as long as 3-4 months, but the
results will be worth the wait. Gardening experts agree that the best time for potato
planting is about a month before the last spring frost. This time period will allow the
potato to emerge from the soil after freezing conditions but be harvested before the
extreme heat of summer. Although this vegetable can be purchased rather cheaply in
the supermarket, the quality of home-grown potatoes far exceeds those bagged on
grocery shelves.
The production of potatoes can be divided into these steps: (1) preparing the
soil, (2) preparing the potatoes, (3) planting the potatoes, (4) maintaining the plants,
and (5) harvesting the potatoes.
When I was growing up, one of the places I enjoyed most was the cherry tree in
the back yard. Every summer when the cherries began to ripen, I used to spend hours
high in the tree, picking and eating the sweet, sun-warmed cherries. My mother always
worried about my falling out of the tree, but I never did. But I had some competition for
the cherries — flocks of birds that enjoyed them as much as I did and would perch all
over the tree, devouring the fruit whenever I wasn't there. I used to wonder why the
grown-ups never ate any of the cherries; but actually when the birds and I had finished,
there weren't many left.
A. Competing with birds
B. Enjoying summer
C. Falling from the cherry tree
D. Picking and eating cherries
By the end of the seventeenth century, our punctuation system was in place for
the most part, though sometimes details varied. Just think, though: after only a few
lessons in school – and with lots of practice reading and writing – you can boast that
you’ve mastered a system that took westerners many centuries to develop.
Those that have tenacity will not quit when confronted by obstacles or when failing.
In a game or in life, tenacity wants to win, and tenacity lives by the credo, “Failure is
not an option.”
A. informative
B. journalistic
C. literary
D. technical
A. angry
B. inspiring
C. mysterious
D. triumphant
42. What is the real characteristic of Beowulf that Grendel discovered based on these lines from the poem?
A. Guardian of crime
B. Hard-handed
C. Of great strength
D. Shepherd of evil
43. Imagery paints words that appeal to our senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The underlined
words in the following passage appeal to what sense?
Right so came an adder out of a little heath bush, and it stung a knight in the foot.
And so when the knight felt him so stung, he looked down and saw the adder. And
anon he drew his sword to slay the adder, and thought none other harm. And when
the host on both parties saw that sword drawn, then they blew beams, horns, and
shouted grimly.
A. sight
B. smell
C. sound
D. touch
44. Poetic contractions are used in a poem to suggest a different culture, language use, etc. In which line/s of
the poem below is poetic contraction most evident?
A. But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
B. And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
C. And sometimes goin' in the dark
45. Where there ain't been no light.
To what sense does the following image appeal?
“When the others went swimming my son said he was going in, too. He
pulled his dripping trunks from the line where they had hung all through the shower
and wrung them out. Languidly, and with no thought of going in, I watched him, his
hard little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his
vitals the small, soggy, icy garment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my
groin felt the chill of death.”–from E.B.White’s, ‘One More To The Lake.’
A. sight
B. smell
C. sound
D. touch
(46) Around A.D. 1500 the indented paragraph appeared as did the comma and
period as we know them. Printers of the Renaissance invented new marks like the
exclamation points and quotation marks. (47) By that time people were commonly
reading silently and punctuation came to depend more on grammatical groups.
(Parentheses and dashes appeared with the advent of printing). (48) By the end of
the seventeenth century our punctuation system was in place for the most part
though sometimes details varied.
46. A. after paragraph
B. before (the first) as
C. between comma and and
D. between period and as
47. A. after people
B. after time
C. before commonly
D. between came and to
48. A. after system
B. before place
C. before though
D. between century and our