Department of Education

Region III
Division of Angeles City
Northville 15 Integrated School
Northville 15, Cutud, Angeles City

SECOND QUARTER EXAM IN ENGLISH 9

S.Y. 2017-2018

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read each item carefully. Use your answer sheet in shading the circle that
corresponds to the letter of your choice.

LISTENING. For numbers 1 to 6, listen as your teacher reads the selection and answer the following questions.

1. How do curfews benefit today’s generation?

A. Teenagers could save money instead of going somewhere else during the night.
B. They have more time to spend in using social media through wireless fidelity.
C. Teenagers could invest more time in resting to save energy for the week.
D. They would be safe in their homes under the care of their parents.

2. According to current research being made by analysts and scientists, at what age should teenagers have a
curfew?
A. 12 to 15 years old
B. 13 to 14 years old
C. 15 to 17 years old
D. 18 to 19 years old

3. What is the purpose of the author in writing the selection?

A. To define
B. To entertain
C. To inform
D. To persuade

4. What saying fits the message of the selection?

A. “Seek discipline and set limitations and find true liberty.”
B. “Nobody on earth can ever love you more than your parents.”
C. “Justice requires that we work to restore those who have been injured.”
D. “Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions be louder than your words.”

5. Why should curfews be enforced worldwide?

A. To protect our minors against illegal acts
B. To avoid crimes that mostly happen during night time
C. To practice minor students to sleep early and get up early for school
D. To protect minors from lawless elements

READING AND LITERATURE

6. The time and location in which a story takes place is called_________.

A. Conflict
B. Characterization
C. Plot
D. Setting

7. The underlying meaning or main idea of a story is called the ______________.

A. Mood
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Theme

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 8. It refers to the 'series of related events' in a story.
A. Conflict
B. Falling action
C. Plot
D. Theme

For numbers 9-10, categorize the following poems:

A. Petrarchan
B. Shakespearean

SONNET 73
9. That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

SONNET 18
10. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

11. If a given short story takes place in a jungle on a mysterious island sometime in the 1930s/1940s
involving an eccentric hunter, I would be describing what aspect of the story?
A. Characters
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Theme

12. What do you call the method of writing by which the author uses ordinary words to create an image?
A. Image
B. Imagery
C. Rhyme
D. Rhythm

13. It refers to the type of imagery that appeals to the sense of feeling.
A. auditory
B. olfactory
C. motion
D. visual
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14. It refers to the type of imagery that appeals to the sense of seeing except that the line contains another
dimension- movement.
A. gustatory
B. motion
C. tactile
D. visual

15. It is the mental picture created in the mind of the reader as he/she assimilates the language of the author.
A. Images
B. Imagery
C. rhyme
D. rhythm

16. “Ants crawling down the anthill”, appeals to what sense?

A. Sight
B. Taste
C. Hearing
D. Motion

17. What sensory images are used in the poem below?

Just Give Me the Light

Smooth is my bulb
Tastes like hot electricity
Smells like a smokey possibility
Ruler of Light
Gives my home sight
Sound like a buzz
We shut off every night.

A. Auditory, Visual, and Tactile

B. Visual, Gustatory, and Auditory
C. Motion, Gustatory, and Auditory
D. Tactile, Olfactory, and Motion

18. What is the importance of imagery in poetry?

A. It allows you to make use of the five senses.
B. It helps create a vivid experience for the reader.
C. It can help the readers hone their imagination through imagery.
D. It is a powerful instructional tool and an important art to study at any age.

19. The poem below is an example of __________.

There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
In the midst of the night
He awoke in a fright And --- good grief!
It was perfectly true!
A. Free Verse
B. Haiku
C. Narrative
D. Sonnet

20. The line “Sound like a buzz” uses what sound device?
A. alliteration
B. onomatopoeia
C. rhyme
D. repetition
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 21. The repetition of end sounds of words in poetry is called ______________________.
A. feet
B. meter
C. rhyme
D. rhythm

22. What do you call the pattern created by end rhymes in a poem?
A. end rhyme
B. rhyme
C. rhyme scheme
D. rhythm

23. ____________ is a type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines.

A. Ballad
B. Haiku
C. Limerick
D. Riddle

For numbers 23 & 24, read the poem below, "America" (1921) by Claude McKay.

Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,

And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth!
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate.
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.

24. Which of the following statements BEST describes how a literary device is used in this poem?
A. A series of metaphors characterizes the United States as a powerful beast of prey.
B. A series of similes compare the speaker of the poem with a courageous soldier.
C. Foreshadowing is used to create a tone of suspenseful foreboding.
D. Personification emphasizes the human aspects of a natural force.

25. Why is poetry considered a powerful instructional tool and an important art to study at any age?
A. It is a worthy expression of emotion, or deep feelings, and aesthetics, or a sense of what is beautiful
about the world.
B. It allows writers to create attractive literary works for their readers
C. It is a way of understanding the difference of people.
D. It is the writers way to be known worldwide

GRAMMAR
For numbers 26 to 29, determine what kind of adverb is used in the sentence.
A. frequency
B. manner
C. place
D. time

26. Mohammed is smiling happily at his friend.

27. Our favorite TV program starts at 6 o’clock.
28. I'm going back to school.
29. He lived and worked abroad.
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From numbers 30 to 31, identify the adverb in the sentence.

30. Khaled is trying desperately to fix the air-conditioner.

A. desperately
B. fix
C. Khaled
D. trying

31. My shoes will be too small for me next year.

A. next year
B. shoes
C. Small
D. will be

32. How will the sentence be constructed if the underlined word will be changed into adverb?
Susan was angry when she walked away with her daughter.

A. Susan angrily walk away with her daughter.

B. Susan angrily walked away with her daughter.
C. Susan was angry walked away with her daughter.
D. Susan and her daughter angry walked away with her daughter.

33. If we arrived at 10, we ___________ Tyler's presentation.

A. will miss
B. would miss
C. will had missed
D. would have missed

34. She wouldn't have yawned the whole day if she ___________ late last night.
A. Doesn’t stay up
B. Didn’t stay up
C. Hadn’t stayed up
D. Didn’t stayed up

35. If only we ______ the directions!

A. will follow
B. did follow
C. had followed
D. would follow

36. That horse could have won the race if he ______ hurt his leg.
A. doesn't hurt
B. hasn't hurt
C. hadn't hurt
D. didn’t hurt

37. What will happen if you had watched a film carefully?

A. I would be home every day to watch a movie.
B. I would have bought many DVDs to watch.
C. I would have shared it to my friends.
D. I would have understood the plot.

38. If George hadn't bought a car, __________________.

A. He wouldn't have spent all his money.
B. He might have gone to a friend’s party.
C. He would speak more kindly.
D. He would have worked in the city.

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 39. Conditional sentences play an important role in grammar because _____________
A. They give us options.
B. They make us realize our errors.
C. They allow us correct our mistakes.
D. They describe a condition and the result that follows.

VOCABULARY

From numbers 40 to 43, identify the type of language register illustrated in each situation.

A. consultative
B. conversational
C. frozen
D. intimate

40. The affianced couple, no longer alluding to trees that shed gloom and melancholy upon them, planned
the arrangements of a splendid house in Petersburg, paid calls, and prepared everything for a brilliant
wedding.

41. The doctor said they could find no reason for him to stay in a coma, except the possibility of brain
damage from lack of oxygen or blood loss.

42. At a representative conference in London in 1875, the constitution of the council was agreed upon.

43. The two friends talked about the rural countryside surrounding the building that rolled gracefully to
trees.

44. An example of formal register in writing would be:

A. talking to your little sister
B. writing an academic essay
C. singing a song in the shower
D. writing a text message to your best friend

45. Which of these is an example of an informal register?

A. a text message to a friend
B. an essay on linguistics in a published journal
C. asking a professor you don't know well to answer a question
D. a discussion with the President of the United States about foreign policy

For numbers 46-50, refer to the selection below.

Although Sherri was only seven years old, people always wanted to know what she wanted to be when
she grew up. Her response was easy, a teacher. She had the perfect picture in her mind what her classes would
look like and how they would behave. The only problem was that she didn't have any worksheets or materials to
give to her imaginary class.

In class she watched the teacher walk over to her file cabinet and throw mounds of unused worksheets in
the trash. "What a waste!" Sherri murmured to herself. An idea suddenly blossomed in her head. She would use
the worksheets that had ended up in the trash. After school, when the halls were clear of students and teachers,
she sneaked into Mrs. Smith's class, her first grade classroom and grabbed the discarded worksheets. Feeling
confident that she had accomplished her mission, she walked around the corner with her new teaching materials
under her arms. A loud, booming voice startled her as the janitor yelled, "What are you doing here? Go home!"

Sherri didn't wait to respond to his questions as she ran out of the school's front doors. As she walked home,
she kept looking behind her to see if the janitor had followed her. Safely home, she closed her bedroom door
and announced to her imaginary students, "Good morning, students. Today you are going to learn about nouns
and verbs. I am going to pass out a few worksheets and explain the assignment to you."

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46. Sherri searched in the trash for ___________.
A. her homework
B. her lunch
C. money
D. unused worksheets

47. Sherri's imaginary class is located in the __________.

A. dining room
B. school
C. library
D. bedroom

48. What was the last event of the story?

A. The janitor yelled at her.
B. She ran out of the school.
C. She walked home.
D. She greeted her imaginary class.

49. Sherri's problem at the beginning of the story is_____________.

A. she doesn't have any teaching material.
B. she doesn't know what she wants to do when she grows up.
C. the janitor catches her sneaking into the trash.
D. the teacher doesn't recycle the trash.

50. Who is the main character in the story?

A. Mrs. Smith
B. Sherri
C. Imaginary class
D. Janitor

51. Sherri can be BEST described as _____________.

A. angry
B. goal orientated
C. shy
D. moody

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness
thrust upon them.”

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