Department of Education

Region VII, Central Visayas

DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
City of Naga. Cebu
INAYAGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Inayagan, City of Naga, Cebu

FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 8

I. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The main character in the story.

A. Protagonist B. Antagonist
C. External D. Internal
2. A struggle between two opposing forces.
A. External B. Internal
C. Conflict D. Theme
3. The beginning of the story providing setting and background information.
A. Exposition B. Climax
C. Plot D. Falling Action
4. The character in the story that opposes the main character.
A. Protagonist B. Antagonist
C. Conflict D. Theme
5. The time and location where a story takes place.
A. Exposition B. Setting
C. Rising Action D. Falling Action
II. Direction: Choose the meaning of the underlined word. Write the letter of the correct answer.
6. I hope you can understand the predicament I was in.
A) a difficult situation B) ambition C) chaos
7. He was a clever writer and historian.
A) dull B) intelligent C) enormous
8. For a brief moment there was silence. It was a short time. What does brief mean?
A) short B) long C) rude
9. I donated books that I no longer wanted. I hope the books I gave will go to someone who will enjoy
them. What does donate mean?
A) dump B) read C) give
10. Jesse's grades were outstanding. He made all A’s. What does outstanding mean?
A) bad B) outside C) really good
III. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
11. Identify the direct and indirect objects in the following sentence. Gerald played Thelma her favorite song on
his tenor saxophone for their wedding anniversary.
A. Thelma, song B. Saxophone, anniversary C. Gerald, song

12. Identify the direct and indirect objects in the following sentence. The shy boy bought the little red haired girl
a candy gram for Valentine's Day.
A. Boy, day B. Girl, candy gram C. Red haired, shy

13. What questions does a direct object answer?

A. What and where? B. How and why? C. When and whom? D. What and whom?
14. What type of verb can take a direct object?
A. Helping B. Passive C. Transitive

15. True or False: A sentence can have an indirect object without a direct object.
A. True B. False

16. What questions does an indirect object answer?

A. To what and to whom? B. For what and for whom? C. Both A and B

17. If a sentence has both direct and indirect objects, then what appears first in the sentence? The direct or
indirect object?
A. Direct B. Indirect C. I wasn't paying attention that day in class.

18. Identify the direct object in the following sentence. If there is none, choose none. I won the championship
game of Scrabble last weekend!
A. Championship B. Game C. Scrabble D. None

19. Identify the direct object in the following sentence. If there is none, choose none. My iPhone died
yesterday.
A. My B. IPhone C. Yesterday D. None

20. Identify the direct object in the following sentence. If there is none, choose none. For my babysitting
services, Mrs. Badboy paid twenty dollars.
A. Services B. Mrs. Badboy C. Dollars D. None
21. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and cycling.
B. Recommended exercise includes running, to swim, and cycling.
C. Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and to cycle.
D. Recommended exercise includes to run, to swim, and cycling.
22. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. Exercise helps people maintain healthy bodies and handling mental pressures.
B. Exercise helps people to maintain healthy bodies and handling mental pressures.
C. Exercise helps people maintaining healthy bodies and handle mental pressures.
D. Exercise helps people maintain healthy bodies and handle mental pressures.
23. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. Many people exercise because they want to look healthy, because they need to increase stamina,
and because they hope to live longer.
B. Many people exercise because they want to look healthy, to increase stamina, and because they are
hoping to live longer.
C. Many people exercise because they want to look healthy, to increase stamina, and because they
hope to live longer.
D. Many people exercise because they want to look healthy, because they need to increase stamina,
and to live longer.
24. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. The strikers had tried to shout, threatening, and pleading.
B. The strikers had tried shouting, threatening, and to plead.
C. The strikers had tried shouting, to threaten, and pleading.
D. The strikers had tried shouting, threatening, and pleading.
25. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. The strikers had tried to shout, threats, and pleas.
B. The strikers had tried shouts, threats, and to plea.
C. The strikers had tried shouts, threats, and pleas.
D. The strikers had tried shouts, to threaten, and pleas.
26. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. The strikers read the offer, discussed it, and unanimously decided to reject it.
B. The strikers read the offer, discussed it, and unanimously to decide to reject it.
C. The strikers are reading the offer, discussed it, and unanimously decided to reject it.
D. The strikers read the offer, discussing it, and unanimously decided to reject it.
27. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. You come to understand what to expect when you tease a cat, or tossing a pebble in a pool, or touch
a hot stove.
B. You come to understand what to expect when you tease a cat, or toss a pebble in a pool, or touch a
hot stove.
C. You come to understand what to expect when you tease a cat, or toss a pebble in a pool, or
touching a hot stove.
D. You come to understand what to expect when you are teasing a cat, or toss a pebble in a pool, or
touch a hot stove.
28. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. Differing expectations for marriage can lead not only to a disappointment but also to anger.
B. Differing expectations for marriage can lead not only to disappointment for the couple but
also to anger.
C. Differing expectations for marriage can lead not only to disappointment but also to anger.
D. Differing expectations for marriage can lead not only to disappointment but also to angering
the couple.
29. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?
A. You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you
cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
B. You can fool some of the people, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of
the people all of the time.
C. You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people sometime, but you cannot fool
all of the people all of the time.
D. You can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool all of the people some of the time,
but not fooling all of the people all of the time.

30. Which example avoids faulty parallelism?

A. At night, the litter and desperation disappeared as the city's glittering lights came on; but when day
dawned, the filth and despair reappeared as the sun rose.
B. By night, the litter and desperation disappeared as the city's glittering lights came on; by day, the filth
and despair reappeared as the sun rose.
C. At nighttime, the litter and desperation disappeared as the city's glittering lights came on; by day, the
filth and despair reappeared as the sun rose.
D. By night, the litter and desperation disappeared as the city's glittering lights came on; by daytime,
the filth and despair reappeared as the sun rose.
31. The heading in a business letter includes...
A. The address the letter is being sent to and the date.
B. The address of the person sending the letter and the date.
C. The addresses of both the recipient and sender and the date.
D. None of the above.
32. The inside address contains...
A. Only the name of the company or person to receive the letter.
B. Only the address of the company that receives the letter.
C. Both the name of and the address of the company/person receiving the letter.
D. None of the above.
33. The punctuation mark that belongs in the salutation of a business letter is a...
A. Semi-colon. B. Colon. C. Comma. D. Period.
34. The closing in a business letter includes...
A. The first word capitalized and a comma at the end.(Missed)
B. The first of each word capitalized and a comma at the end.
C. The first word is capitalized and a period is at the end.
D. None of the above.
35. The Signature section of a business letter includes...
A. A written signature first, then a typed or printed one.
B. A typed or printed one first, then a written one.
C. A typed or printed one first, then a typed one.
D. None of the above.
36. Our baseball team's pitcher has a few eccentric habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches
and never wearing socks.
A) normal B) strange C) messy

37. After the heavy rains, the stream became murky; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the
bottom.
A) cloudy B) bottomless C) clear

38. The debris on the stadium floor included numerous paper cups, ticket stubs, and cigarette butts.
A) products B) papers C) trash

39. The newlyweds agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to
buy a house.
A) economical B) wasteful C) interested
40. The lamb was very feeble whereas the lion was very strong.
A. Weak
B. Small
C. Tall

IV. Read the selection and then choose the statement that is most likely true.
41. Emir rarely rides to school each morning. He could take the school bus but prefers to walk the two miles
from his home to school. He believes that the walk wakes him up and improves his learning throughout the
day.
a. Emir always rides the bus home at the end of the school day.
b. Emir never rides the bus to school.
c. Emir values learning.
d. Emir is usually late for school.

42. “Remember, Maria,” Mrs. Russo said, “you’re very allergic to chocolate. Please don’t eat any chocolate
candy at the Halloween party!”
Three hours later, Maria was home from the party with a terrible stomach ache. “I promise you, Mom,” Maria
groaned, “I’ll always do what you say from now on.”
a. Maria got into a fight at the party.
b. Maria ate chocolate at the party.
c. Maria ate no chocolate at the party.
d. Maria embarrassed herself by singing at the party.
43. In another week, we’ll be turning our clocks back one hour. Then it will be almost dark by the time most of
us get home from school. It will seem as if we suddenly have less daylight each day. Of course, people aren’t
actually changing the behavior of the sun or the earth by messing with their clocks.
a. Our planet has to spin faster when we reset our clocks.
b. It’s clear that turning our clocks back will help prevent global warming.
c. If according to our clocks, the sun sets an hour earlier, it will also rise an hour earlier.
d. The earth will actually rotate at a slower rate when we turn back the clocks.

44. Every time I give my cat a plate of tuna, he ignores it. Every time I give him a plate of salmon, he quickly
eats it all. When I feed him beef, he eats a little bit of it, but doesn’t seem to love it.
a. Cats prefer salmon over tuna.
b. I give my cat more than one kind of food.
c. My cat likes tuna better than beef.
d. My cat won’t eat fish.

Kim wants to drive her three kids and their two friends to the soccer game. The problem is that her shiny new
SUV only has room for five passengers including the driver.
Kim misses her old eight passenger SUV but she’s still thankful that the new one gets much better gas
mileage.
45. Which of the following statements is false?

a. Kim’s new vehicle is not meant to carry six people.

b. Kim’s old SUV had seating for more passengers than the new one.
c. Kim won’t be able to take her kids to the soccer game.

Karim had $500 dollars to invest. He was considering a number of options.

“I’d really like to buy gold bars with the money and hide them in a big hole in our yard,” he said.
“Five hundred dollars won’t buy much gold,” his father pointed out. “You could put all the gold in your shoe
and never notice that it’s there.”
“That takes all the fun out of it!” Karim groaned. “I just won’t buy any gold at all!”
When Karim’s father suggested that he deposit the money in his new savings account at the local bank,
Karim quietly stated, “That could work.”

46. What did karim want to buy?

a. new shoes
b. a small gold coin
c. gold bars
d. a used hamburger

47. From the selection we can tell that Karim _______.

a. will save his $500 at the local bank

b. might decide to put his money into his bank account
c. will put the cash under his pillow and wish for a tooth
d. does not trust banks

48. Scientists in Australia have discovered a planet that seems to be a solid diamond. They estimate it to be
about five times the size of Earth. The diamond planet is 4,000 light years away, so don’t plan on traveling
there any time soon.

49. Which one of the following do you think scientists needed in order to make this discovery?
a. a microscope
b. a smartphone
c. a jeweler store
d. a radio telescope
50. In the early 1600s, a dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean was a daunting idea. The Europeans, who
would someday be known as the Pilgrims, must have been a very determined and brave group of settlers.
A daunting task is one that would _______ someone.

a. tickle
b. amuse
c. lose or misplace
d. frighten or intimidate