Third Periodical Test English I Name:_______________________________________________Yr/sec:_____________________________Date:_________________ Directions: Answer the following questions correctly. Write your answers legibly.

I READING COMPREHENSION What is one to think about the massive pile up of nuclear weapons on our planet. For each child in the world Filipinos, Chinese, Russian, Arab American, French, or African there are three tons of explosive. Every day two billion dollars are spent on armaments and twenty hydrogen bombs are manufactured while millions of children all over the world die of hunger and disease. For the sake of saving our planet and the future of our children, people all over the world should intensify the struggle to stop the arms build-up and to prevent nuclear ar. Humanity has come to realize that it has fought enough wars, that wars should be banished. Everybody wants peace! Nobody ants war! ________1. The paragraph is mainly about ________________. a) the Third World War b) the increased manufacture of nuclear weapons c) hunger and disease in our world d) hydrogen bombs ________2. The writer strongly argues against the massive pile up of nuclear weapons by citing ___________________. a) the planet Earth b) hunger and disease c) each child in the world d) the death of millions of children all over the world ________3. According to the article, humanity has come to realize ________________________. a) the danger of hydrogen bombs b) that hunger and disease are serious problems c) that there have been enough wars d) that there are enough nuclear weapons ________4. To save the Earth, people all over the world should work hard to _________________________. a) prevent nuclear war b) prevent hunger and disease c) save our children d) strengthen their defences ________5. People all over the world should greatly to stop the __________________. a) spending dollars b) death of children c) manufacture of more and more arms d) spread of disease and hunger ________6. By saying that for every child in the world there are three tons of explosives, the writer gives us a clear and frightening picture of the ____________________________. a) number of nuclear weapons there in the world b) intensity of the struggle to have peace c) amount of money spent on armaments d) spread of hunger and disease among children ________7. The writer tries to convince us that e must all work for ______________________. a) nuclear war c) arms build-up b) arms build-up d) world peace

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________8. The writers treatment of the topic or subject matter is _______________________. a) light c) sarcastic b) comic d) serious ________9. The writers main purpose is to ____________________. a) describe war c) define peace b) analyze the effects of war d) persuade the reader ________10. The best title for this selection is ______________________. a) How to Prevent War c) Our Childrens Future b) Yes to Peace! No to War d) Save Our Planet II GRAMMAR From the verbs in Column 1 to the nouns in Column 2, form adjectives by adding the correct suffixes from Column 4. Write your answer in Column 3. Verbs invent explode differ dramatize connect colonize govern hop Enjoy legislate Nouns invention explosion difference drama connection colonization government hope enjoyment legislator -ent -ive -able -ful -less -al Adjectives Suffixes

III STRESS Identify the stressed syllable of the following words. Write FIRST if the stress is on the first syllable, write SECOND if it is on the second syllable and write THIRD if it is on the third syllable. Write your answer on the space provided. _________________1. democracy _________________2. begin _________________3. geographic _________________4. happy _________________5. decide _________________6. television _________________7. revelation _________________8. clever _________________9. overflow _________________10. understand

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IV SPELLING 1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________ 5. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________ 10. _____________________________ V WRITING Write an essay describing Christmas in the Philippines. Use colorful and specific adjectives so that the reader can easily picture the idea you are going to present. Underline all the adjectives you have written. Fifty to one hundred words only.

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