Lingig National High School GRADE 8 ENGLISH Second Quarter Examination I – LISTENING COMPREHENSION Direction: Listen carefully as the teacher reads the selection twice. Choose the best answer. 1. The setting is at the __________. a. Church b. hospital c. Mall d. Theater 2. The word screamed as used in the narrative means __________. a. Roared b. waited c. cried d. howled 3. The writer feels _________. a. nervous b. happy c. lonely d. excited 4. The narrator lives in a __________. a. city b. town c. remote place d. subdivision 5. The narrative is classified as __________. a. funny b. exciting c. frightening d. surprising II – ORAL LANGUAGE & FLUENCY A. STRESS-Which of the following words is stressed differently? 6. a. ceremony b. honorable c. aviation d. committee 7. a. cemetery b. harass c. return d. destroy 8. a. adolescent b. international c. accessory d. caricature 9. a. enormous b. gargantuan c. accompany d. immediately 10. a. mystify b. embarrass c. depart d. seduce III- GRAMMAR- Choose the appropriate word to complete the meaning of the idiom. Write a. (ocean), b.( ups and downs), c. (rags), d. (cold) and e. (piece of cake) in the blanks provided. 11. If you think that doing this math problem is __________, just try it. 12. The small amount of money donated is just a drop in the _____ compared to the large sum of money needed. 13. He has been successful in life. He went from ____ to riches. 14. They had a dispute yesterday. That‘s why she gave him a ___ shoulder. 15. Don’t worry about the problems you have in your business .You know know there are always ___________ in business. IV – LITERATURE Direction: Identify the element of a short story being cited out. Choose the best answer. 16. In a plot of the story, the logical arrangement of events is presented .It has five essential parts except, a. denouement b. exposition c. atmosphere d. climax 17. Setting is one of the elements of a short story. It refers to the time and location in which a story takes place. It may be the following except, a. mood b. climax c. atmosphere d. social condition 18. Which of the following is considered one of the elements of a short story? a. character b. denouement c. exposition d. climax 19. What element of the story shows the logical logical arrangement of of events, with a beginning, middle and end? a. exposition b. character c. plot d. conflict 20. The author author may reveal a character character in several ways. a. his/her physical appearance b. what he/she says, thinks and does c. what he/she does or does not do d. his/her views and opinions 21. Bata makes hay while the sun shines.___________ 22. The wife of Anpu was beaten black and blue._______ 23. Knowing the wife’s dishonesty, blood pours into his face._______ 24. After killing the wife, Anpu was blue in the face.__________ 25. Bata had made an easy way out to the mountains.________ a)
act while opportunity opens
e) Thoroughly beaten that bruises are visible
b)
Face becomes red due to emotion
f) Exhausted from exertion, anger, or exasperation
c)
an easy solution
g) with sincerety
d) A feeling of annoyance
h) with humility
V – READING COMPREHENSION Direction: Read the selection then answer the questions that follow.
The Mohammedan Paradise The Koran has for its subject matter death, resurrection, judgment, paradise, and hell. The joys of paradise are designed to satisfy fundamental desires in man. All who die for the cause of their religion go to paradise. This Mohammedan paradise is made delightful by black-eyed maidens not made of common clay. They are free from all blemishes; they are full of eternal virtue and beauty. They await the souls of believers in rosy bowers set in the hollow of giant pearls. The soil of paradise is perfumed and sprinkled with gold and silver and flowers. The fruits of the trees are of a taste unknown to mortals. Numerous rivers flow through paradise; some are of wine; others are of milk and honey. The riverbeds and riverbanks are full of emeralds, diamonds and rubies. The meanest of believers will have 80,000 servants and 72 wives. At whatever age a Mohammedan dies, at his resurrection in paradise, he will be restored to manly vigor and eternal health. It would take a journey of a thousand years for a true believer to travel through paradise and see all the wives, servants, servan ts, ardens, ewelr , robes, robes, house houses, s, camels, camels, and other thin s that that are exclusi exclusivel vel his.
26. What makes the Mohammedan paradise a delightful one? a. platoon of soldiers c. beautiful black-eyed children b. pretty black-eyed children d. the Imam 27. Why are the joys of paradise designed? a. to satisfy the desires of man c. to await the souls of believers b. to die for a cause d. all of the above 28. “They await the souls of believers.” They -stands for whom? a. for all the souls c. for black-eyed maidens b. for the paradise d. none of the above 29. Koran mentioned resurrection of a true believer. What is resurrection? a. rebirth c. life after death b. prolonged death d. none of the above 30. Who are considered as free from all blemishes and full of eternal virtue? a. the beautiful black-eyed maidens c. the Mohammedans b. the true believers d. none of the above B. Read the paragraph carefully and identify the figurative language used in each sentence. Write the letter only. “Mother Africa” is is a dark continent which land flushing with sunshine and vivid light. It is also a land of huge mountains, dark jungles and vast deserts. She has a river which looks like a creeping anaconda. In her jungles and in her grasslands lurk creatures that are enemies of man: the leopard and the lion, the snake and the crocodile…. Her people’s complexion is as dark as the night….
a. simile b. metaphor c. personification d.irony 31. Mother Africa is land of huge mountains. 32. In her grasslands lurk the enemies of men. 33.. Africa’s river is like a creeping anaconda. 33 34. Africa is a dark continent which land flushing with sunshine and vivid light. 35. African complexion is as dark as the night IV- VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT/Characterization Read each sentence carefully and choose from the word pool the character traits which are inferred in the following lines. 36. Makato had neither brother nor sister to take care of him. His father and mother died._____ 37. He never idled, fed the pigs, and cleaned the forests._________ A. good-natured B. orphan 38. He never complained and was satisfied. ____________ 39. Makato thought about what he liked to do in the future. C. proactive D. Industrious 40. He tried his luck in a far-off land E. ambitious F. naturalist IV– STUDY STRATEGIES 41. What is written first if the author of a book is only one? a. start with family name b. start with first name c. start with the title of the book d. start with the publisher 42. For two authors, authors, how would you write the bibliography? a. 2nd author’s first name is written first not with the family name c. write et al after the 1st author’s name b. write ‘and’ to connect the 2 nd author’s name to the first d. none of the above 43. What words are used used to mean several authors? authors? a. et cetera b. et al c. et seqq. d. none of the above 44. All titles of the books, magazines, encyclopedia and newspaper articles should be ______________ ? a. enclosed in quotation marks b. underlined c. capitalized d. enclosed in parenthesis 45. Titles of topics of of magazines, newspaper articles and encyclopedia must bebea. enclosed in quotation marks b. underlined c. capitalized d. enclosed in parenthesis V – WRITING Direction: Complete this paragraph with the correct transition word to achieve unity and coherence. Choose from the box below. The Filipino family is unique __(46)_ it is quiet large. The Filipino family has an extended Family __(47)_ those of other countries are nuclear. A typical Filipino family includes not only the father, mother and children, but also the grandparents and other relatives._(48),despite this, the family members live in harmony. Everyone looks forward to the evening meal when everyone is at home __(49)__ it is the venue for an exchange of ideas._(50)_ , in these modern times, family unity is on the wane. A. Yet B. D. Moreover E.
However while
C. for F. because
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Give your best… be honest… so you will be blessed! Prepared by: REY S. VISTAL
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Second Periodical Examination English 8-Answer Key
LISTENING TEXT The first time I went to the show, I was very much excited. There were so many people, so many bright lights. When we entered the show, I was frightened by the darkness and large figures on the screen. It seems to me that I saw a train. It was coming right at me. I thought it would surely run over me. I remember having screamed. I don’t remember anything else.
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