Department of Education

Region III
Division of Pampanga
BARUYA HIGH SCHOOL
Lubao, Pampanga
MONTHLY TEST IN ENGLISH GRADE 8
Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer from the given choices. Write
the letter that corresponds to your answer on your answer sheet.
I. Listening Comprehension/Oral Language and Fluency.
1. Stress on the right syllable helps to show contrast and emphasis in meaning. If the word
CONTEST has the stress on the first syllable as in this sentence, But if you didnt
agree, why didnt you contest it at that time? What does the word CONTEST mean?
A. a competition
B. a struggle for superiority or victory between rivals
C. to call into question and take an active stand against
D. to compete or strive
2. Which sentence should be said with the falling intonation?
A. Do you think thats a good decision?
B. Is she really serious about that?
C. It is a good decision, isnt it? (the speaker is NOT sure)
D. D. The emperor wanted a great bell.
3. Which statement has rising intonation?
A. When is John coming over?
B. Is he coming over this afternoon?
C. Hes coming over this evening. D. He is going to bring pizza.
4. In which sentence does the speaker want to tell us that her apartment isnt big?
A. SHE lives in a tiny apartment in Ortigas. B. She lives in a TINY apartment in
Ortigas.
C. SHE lives in a tiny APARTMENT in Ortigas. D. SHE lives in a tiny apartment in
ORTIGAS.
5. In the sentence, I said she might consider a new haircut, which word will you stress if you
want to mean NOT JUST A HAIRCUT.
A. consider B. haircut
C. might
D. new
6. I d-d-d- didnt mean to hurt you. The speaker in this sentence is __________________.
A. afraid
B. confident
C. proud
D. sorry
7. An architect? The speaker expresses ___________________.
A. anger
B. disgust C. dismay D. surprise
8. Choose the word which is stressed on the first syllable.
A. perfect which means make flawless
B. present which means gift
C. progress which means move forward D. record which means to register
9. Which 2-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?
a) police
b) mother
c) student
d) money
10. Which 3-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?
a) cinema
b) Saturday c) umbrella d) manager
11. What does the word progress mean if it is stressed on the second syllable?
a. to improve b. forward movement c. betterment
12. If the word discount is stressed on the first syllable, what does it mean?

a. deduct
b. disregard c. reduction
13. Which of these adjectives beginning with un or in has the stress on the final syllable?
a) informal
b) unhappy c) unfriendly d) unemployed
14. In which sentence does the speaker want to tell us that Johns car is not second hand?
a) Johns bought a new car.
c) Johns bought a new car.
b) Johns bought a new car.
d) Johns bought a new car.
Read the following sentences. If the sentence has a falling intonation, write F, if it has a rising
intonation, write R.
___15. There are wonderful places in the Philippines.
___16. Have you met our new principal?
___17. Girls are interested in dances, but boys are interested in sports.
___18. Do plants need sunlight in order to grow?
___19. Should we pray before meals?
___20. Why the rice terraces are called the stairway to heaven?
Fill in the blanks with the proper order of adjectives
21. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
A. dirty old flannel B. flannel old dirty C. old dirty flannel
22. Pass me the ________ cups.
A. plastic big blue B. big blue plastic C. big plastic blue
23. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
A. handsome new American B. American new handsome C. new handsome American
24. I used to drive ________ car.
A. a blue old German B. an old German blue
C. an old blue German
25. He recently married a ________ woman.
A. young beautiful Greek
B. beautiful young Greek
C. beautiful Greek young
26. This is a ________ movie.
A. new Italian wonderful
B. wonderful Italian new
C. wonderful new Italian
27. She is a ________ supermodel.
A. beautiful slim Brazilian B. Brazilian beautiful slim C. slim Brazilian beautiful
II. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT. Choose the meaning of the italicized words.
28. They went to school to learn catechism. The word catechism means______
A. summary of religious doctrine
B. summary of short stories C. summary of essays
29. Just follow my orders and stop the baloney. The underline word means_____
A. sensitiveness
B. foolishness
C. kindness
30. The child clutched her mothers hand firmly. Clutch means_______
A. to grasp or hold
B. to make weary
C. to go somewhere
31. The Saints and all the angels took the clay to heavenly kilns. The underline word
means_____
A. fire
B. tube
C. oven
32. We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement. The word unbearable means_____

A. too bad, harsh or extreme B. endangered or sensitive

C. deed or action

III. Read the following sentences. Decide if the italicized words form a dependent (DC) or
independent clause (IC).
33. Because the test was so difficult, none of the students got a very good grade.
34. When I lived in Tokyo, I played tennis every day.
35. I usually do my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.
36. I was doing a math test when the fire alarm rang yesterday.
37. Although she was only in grade 8, she was the best basketball player in the school.
38. Before you go home today, you need to go to the office and pay for the school trip.
39. Since it had started to rain, we decided not to play tennis.
40. You must call me as soon as you get home.
41. Because it had snowed all night, I had terrible problems getting to school.
42. While my sister was doing her homework, I practiced on the piano.
Identify whether the sentences are simple, complex, compound or compound-complex.
43. Its Showtime is my favorite television show, but I also love Eat Bulaga.
44. The student wiped the white board that was filthy with last weeks notes.
45. The trendy fashion designer released her new line on Wednesday.
46. Trina and Harold went to a bar in Makati to celebrate their anniversary.
47. Wicked Regina cast a spell on the entire city, so the citizens decided to rebel.
48. While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot, and Martin organized the
kitchen appliances.
49. After listening to the Kanye West CD, I have new respect for his music.
50. After the teacher chose groups, John and Sara were selected as partners for a project, yet
Sarah did most of the work.