TABLE OF SPECIFICATION FOR

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH GRADE 6

OBJECTIVES NO OF NO. PLACEMENT CORRECT

DAYS OF RESPONSE
TAUGHT ITEMS
I. LISTENING
1. Analyze sound devices 6 8
(onomatopoeia, alliteration,
1-8
assonance, personification, irony
and hyperbole) in a text heard
2. Infer the speaker’s tone, mood 3 3
and purpose 9-11

II. VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
1. Infer meaning of idiomatic 5 6
expressions using
-context clues
-affixes 12-17
-roots
-other strategies

III. READING
COMPREHENSION
1. Analyze sound devices 1 1
(onomatop oeia, alliteration, 18
assonance, consonance
2. Analyze poem with 4 or more 1 1
stanzas in terms of its elements
(rhymes, sound devices, imagery 19
and figurative language)

3.Determine tone, mood, and 2 2

20-21
purpose of the author
4. Analyze figures of speech (simile, 1 1
22
metaphor)
5. Analyze figures of speech 1 1
(hyperbole, irony) 23

6. Analyze figures of speech 1 1

(culturebased euphemism ) 24

7. Evaluate narratives based on how 2 2

the author developed the elements:
-Setting
-Characters (Heroes and Villains)

8.Evaluate narratives based on how 2 2

the author developed the elements: 25-30
-Plot (chronologicalsequential, en
medias res, flashback)

9.Evaluate narratives based on how 2 2

the author developed the elements:
-theme -point of view
IV. GRAMMAR
1. Compose clear and coherent 3 4
sentences using appropriate
grammatical structures: - 31-34
Pluralization of regular nouns
-Pluralization of irregular nouns
2. Compose clear and coherent 6 7
sentences using appropriate
grammatical structures: -tenses of
35-41
verbs
-aspects of verbs
-modals
3. Compose clear and coherent 3 4
42-45
sentences using appropriate
grammatical structures: -Pronoun
reference agreement (number,
case, gender)

4. Compose clear and coherent 2 2

sentences using appropriate
grammatical structures: -Subject-
46-47
verb agreement

V. WRITING
1,Write a 3 line- 4 stanza poem 2 3
48-50
Total 43 50
 FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 6

Name: _____________________________ Section: ___________________

I. Listening:
A. Directions: For numbers 1-8, listen carefully to the teacher and identify the
sound devices used in each sentence. Write your answers below:
1. –
2. –
3. –
4. –
5. –
6. –
7. –
8. –
9. -11 Infer the tone in the following utterances to be dictated by the teacher.

II. Vocabulary Development

B. Directions: Read the sentences carefully and encircle the letter of the
correct answers.

12. Whenever Rene is under the weather, he gets plenty of rest and takes vitamins.
A. out in the rain B. ill C. exercising D.happy
13. The movie was so funny; it really had us in stitches.
A. sewing B. laughing hard D. watching eagerly D. cried
14. He was unconscious right through the night and was still dead to the world when I
went out.
A. someone that is doomed to failure or death
B. someone in danger of severe punishment
C. Someone who is sound asleep
D. Someone is crying
15. He is always careless in treating his wife. He has rather damn may care attitude to
her illness.
A. reckless B. undying love C. affection D. selfish
16. He was a complete novice in foreign affairs. He was a greenhorn!
A. terrifying event C. inexperienced in his field or situation
B. inflexible person D. well- experienced
17. We need some able-and-ready volunteers who are capable to set-up chairs in the
meeting hall.
A. someone who is healthy and has the ability to do anything
B. someone who can sing and entertain
C. someone who flatters and bowl down
D. someone who has a lot of money.

III. Reading Comprehension

water plops into pond

splish-splash downhill
warbling magpies in tree
trilling, melodic thrill

whoosh, passing breeze

flags flutter and flap
frog croaks, bird whistles
babbling bubbles from tap
by Lee Emmett

18. What sound device does the poem exemplify ?_______________

19. What element of poem is used in the poem below?__________

It was many and many a year ago,

 In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
(excerpt from “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe)

20. The footsteps were coming closer. I knew I had to get out of there fast. Looking
desperately around, I finally spotted a small window at the end of the room, a beacon of light in
the dark, rancid basement. I sprinted and leapt up to grab a ceiling pipe. Thankfully, the pipe
was close enough to the window to allow me to swing my body through. My enemy was making
his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in
two tries to make it out in time.

What is the mood of the passage?

A. timid
B. cheerful
C. sorrowful
D. daring

21. Everybody in the room was silent as my grandmother, walking unsteadily, brought
my birthday cake from the darkened kitchen. The family members gathered in the cramped
room began singing "Happy Birthday." They were interrupted by a thunderclap that was
followed by a cold breeze that came in through the open window. The breeze blew out 3 of
the 13 candles on the cake. As they started singing for the second time, I shivered and
watched the distorted shadows cast on the walls by the flickering candles.

Which word best describes the mood of this story?

A. sarcastic
B. reverent
C. gloomy
D. amused

For numbers 22-24, analyze the figure of speech used in each sentence. Choose your
answer from the box below.

Simile, metaphor euphemism hyperboly, irony

22. Lara tiptoed across the room as quietly as a mouse

23. Emotion is a spark plug that gets action.
24. My father is in between jobs since last month.
For numbers 25-30

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse
came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's
nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay
you."
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was
generous and finally let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a
hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew
the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that
bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a
Mouse can help a Lion."

25. What is the setting of the story?

26.- 27.Identify the main characters in the story.
28.Describe each characters personality.

29.What is the most intense part of the story

30. What do you think is the theme of the story?

IV. GRAMMAR
 Directions: Choose the most appropriate word in each sentence.

31. Aling Rosa bought five(handkerchief, handkerchieves) this morning.

32. There are three (policeman, policemen) in the police station.
33. The four (thief, thieves) entered the house through the kitchen.
34. My father gave me two (box, boxes) of chocolates.
35. My brother ( celebrate, celebrated) his birthday yesterday.
36. The grade Six pupils ( watch, will watch) Juan Balucas at Ang Bayabas on August 4.
37. The big snake( raise, raised)his head before he greeted iguana.
38. By the end of the year, I ( shall finish, shall have finished) reading the bible.
39. I (swim,swims) every weekend.
40. Chefs( must, can) come with their clean aprons on.
41. When she was younger, she(can, could) walk a mile.
42. My rabbits share a cage with several hamsters. ( They, Them) are always hungry.
43. Jeremy found a stray cat.(He/She) took (it, its) home.
44. My teacher and (I,me) visited my classmate in his home.
45. Dad helped ( us, we) with our chores.
46. The volleyball team ( practice, practices) regularly.
47. Mathematics ( deal, deals) with concept and numbers.

V. WRITING

48-50. Write a three-line 4 stanza poem. Choose from the theme below.
A. Nature
B. Family
C. Pet
D. Friend
Teacher’s Copy/ answer key

For numbers 1-11

1. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck

wood(Assonance)
2. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. (Alliteration)
3. Sizzle! Sizzle! The water sizzles above the fire. (Onomatopoeia)
4. No bubble! No trouble!. (Assonance)
5. The clouds were crying. (Personification)
6. The bracelet is a sky-high price. (Hyperbole)
7. Too much money can get you kill.(Irony)
8. She heard bees buzzing and thought they would bit her.(Personification)
9. “When I was yet a girl without a mother, you took me in and gave me happiness. In my
eyes and by custom you are now my mother. ”
a. a. vengeance b. affection c. passion d. envy
10. You should be ashamed of yourself, robbing the poor peddler of the happiness of
making a sale. Ten pesos more would not have hurt your pocket but it would have
bought a small banana for his supper.”
a. a. delight b. disgust c. approval d. condemn
11. .It was Cora’s birthday and Helen gave her a box with yellow ribbons.
She said, “Thank you for this beautiful gift.”
a. a. pity b. sorrow c. joy d. concern
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. Onomatopoeia
19. Rhyme
20. D
21. C
22. Simile
23. Metaphor
24. Euphemism
25. In the forest
26. Lion
27. Mouse
28. Answers may vary.
29. First paragraph
30. A kindness is never wasted. ( accept similar answer)
31. Handkerchieves
32. Policemen
33. Thieves
34. Boxes
35. Celebrated
36. Will watch
37. Raised
38. Shall have finished
39. Swim
40. Must
41. Could
42. They
43. He, it
44. I
45. Us
46. Practices
47. Deals
48. -50 . teacher’s discretion