Grade 8 English First Quarter Exam (SY 2018-2019)

NAME: _______________________________________ Score: ___________

Direction. Read each item carefully. Then pick your best answer from the given choices.

______ 1. The poem I Am an African Child talks about all the sentiments of an African child. Which line best
describes the sentiments of the African child?
A. African children are strong and bold. C. I may be colored but I also have potentials.
B. Do not judge the color of my skin. D. The son/daughters of Africa are often pities.
______ 2. The excerpt of The Hands of the Blacks aims to give an explanation on why the palms of the Blacks
are lighter than the rest of their body. To which of the following text types can we classify the reading text?
A. Argumentative B. Entertaining C. Informative D. Persuasive
______ 3. This Bengalese poet was the first non-European Nobel laureate. He stared writing poetry when he
was eight years old, and published his first anthology at the age of 16. What is the name of this person who
wrote the poem The Cage Bird and the Free Bird?
A. Ecku McGreed B. Francisco Benitez C. Khalil Gibran D. Rabindranath Tagore
______ 4. There are lots of visual and graphic displays that depicts relationship between term and or ideas.
These are sometimes known as concept maps, concept diagrams, cognitive organizers, or advance
organizers. What is the most common term for all of these?
A. Concept Organizers B. Graphic Organizers C. Map organizers D. Venn Diagram
______ 5. Stress, intonation and pause are basic elements of spoken language that serve as carriers of
meaning. Which among the three refers to the way the pitch of a speaker’s voice rise or fall?
A. Intonation B. stress C. pause D. pitch
______ 6. Pause, as one element of spoken language, may aid or interfere in the delivery of the message.
What is one purpose of pausing in speaking or in reading?
A. To emphasize a point. C. To give the listener time to understand your words.
B. To give time for yourself to rest. D. To rest, smile, and look at your audience.
______ 7. In answering a Yes – No Question, what should happen to the voice of the speaker?
A. fall B. go up and down C. rise D. upward and downward
______ 8. Generally, a word is stressed if it is a content word. Which of the following is NOT a content word?
A. Adjective B. Adverb C. Noun D. Preposition
______ 9. Function words which do not have meanings of its own in a sentence are not stressed. Which of the
words below is an example of a function word?
A. handsome B. is C. love D. man
______ 10. Sit by my side and I’ll teach you the speech of the learned. What does learned mean?
A. drop outs B. educated C. students D. philosophers
______ 11. The cage bird whispers, “Alas , my wings are powerless and dead.” What does alas mean?
A. gratefully B. happily C. lovely D. sadly
______ 12. They flutter their wings in yearning. What does yearning mean?
A. happiness B. harmony C. longing D. loving
______ 13. The tamed bird was in a cage, the free bird was in the forest. What does tamed mean?
A. caged B. domesticated C. free D. independent
______ 14. Which of the following realities is the focus of the poem The Free Bird and the Cage Bird?
A. Destiny will find its way.
B. Every relationship faces discomfort and requires risk.
C. Love is sweeter in a long distance relationship.
D. Sacrifice is a fundamental challenge in any relationship.
______ 15. The poem employed the use of symbolism. Which of the statements below is TRUE about the
birds in the poem?
A. The caged bird doesn’t want to go outside his door because his wings are powerless.
B. The caged bird stands for a person who fears freedom.
C. The free bird stands for a person who is afraid to learn.
D. The free bird’s destiny is not inside the cage.
______ 16. Which of the following is NOT true about the poem of the caged bird and the free bird?
A. Love will always find its way if it’s meant to be.
B. The ideas in the poem were simple realities about life and love.
C. The two creatures in love in the poem belong to two different worlds.
D. The birds stand for people who are afraid to leave their comfort zones.
______ 17. Informative articles are common reading texts found in textbooks. What is an informative article?
A. An informative article is the same with persuasive article.
B. An informative article is what the teachers ask their learners to read.
C. An informative article makes the reader learn the how-to-do processes.
D. An informative article provides the readers with details on a given topic.
______ 18. Which among the following topic would make a good informative article?
A. How to make your teacher unlike his favorite student.
B. How to persuade your parents to buy a new phone.
C. The importance of having study habits.
D. The making of a special tapey, Sinacbat way.
______ 19. Idioms are commonly used in English dialogs. What is an idiomatic expression?
A. Idioms are expressions understood figuratively as the literal meaning doesn’t make sense.
B. Idioms are groups of words with different meanings.
C. Idioms express different meanings depending on one’s own understanding.
D. Idioms make one’s mind wander away from the topic.
______ 20. Which phrase in the sentence, Alexander Graham Bell was a painter, teacher, and he invented
things., made the sentence not parallel?
A. a painter B. he invented things C. teacher D. was a painter
______ 21. Which phrase in the sentence, When mother got home, he found dirts on the floor, dirty
dishes on the sink and having broken glasses on the table., made the sentence not parallel?
A. dirty dishes on the sink C. he found dirts on the floor
B. having broken glasses on the table D. when mother got home

Direction for items 22-23: In each item are statements that are not parallel. Pick from the choices the
statement that observes parallelism.

______ 22. The workshop explained how to speak clearly, appearing skilled, and how to ask for a raise.
A. The workshop explained how to speak clearly, how to appear skilled, and how to ask for a raise.
B. The workshop explained how to speak clearly, to appear skilled and to ask for a raise.
C. The workshop explained speaking clearly, how to appear skilled and asking for a raise.
D. The workshop explained speaking clearly, appearing skilled and how to ask for a raise.
______ 23. Leila enjoys reading poems but not to write one.
A. Leila enjoys reading poems and not writing one. C. Leila enjoys to read poems but not to write one.
B. Leila enjoys reading poems but not writing one. D. Leila enjoys writing poems but not reading.

Direction: Determine the meaning of the bolded idiomatic expressions using context clues.

______ 24. When Cassandra was offered a new job with higher salary, she politely asked permission from her
old boss because she doesn’t want to burn bridges.
A. Cassandra didn’t want to ruin her positive relationship with her old boss.
B. Cassandra wasn’t ready to start with her new job yet.
C. Cassandra was really going to miss her old job.
D. Cassandra was waiting for her last day to announce her joining a new company.
______ 25. We all need to take a cat’s nap after a long and tiring morning.
A. Sleeping in a day is necessary even without working.
B. Those who sleep at daytime are like cats.
C. We are like cats who sleep during daytime.
D. We need to take a short sleep within the day to regain energy.
______ 26. Parents should never compare their children because they are apples and oranges.
A. Each child is unique from each other so parents should never compare them.
B. Every sister or brother has similarities with each other so it’s okay to compare them.
C. Siblings love and support one another just like apples and oranges.
D. Siblings who love one another do not mind being compared with each other.

Direction: Modified True or False. Choose A if BOTH statements are TRUE, B if both statements are FALSE, C if
the first statement is True and the second is False, then D if the first statement is False and the second is True.

______ 27. Parallelism is the placement of equal ideas in words, phrases, or clauses of similar type. Parallel
structure is observed within sentences and between sentences.

______ 28. Both function words and content words are necessary in a sentence. However, content words need
the help of function words to be able to deliver a message completely.

______ 29. When writing an informative article, one may choose a topic he is not familiar with. Anyway, a
writer does not need mastery of the subject matter to be able to write.

______ 30. According to Gibran, work is love made visible. So, if you cannot love the wok you have, it is better
to leave your work than work with hatred in your heart.