ENGLISH 3 SUMMATIVE TEST

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I.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Underline the word which does not belong in the group.

brochure
break
drum
brain
teeth
breath
with
cough
enough
tough
climate
committee
safe
drink
drive
doctor

health
dough
same
drain

II.
Choose a word from the box that rhymes with the last word in the first
line of each item.
too
by
bike
run
breeze

sky

1.
A tear fell
from the sky. As a
cloud hurrying_________________.
2.
Father, Mother, I love you. Do you truly love me, ________________.
3.
Stars up on high. You brighten up the dark___________________;
4.
Of the many things I like. The best in the ride fast on a ____________.
5.
Its really so much fun. To hop and step and ___________________.
III.
Identify the meaning of the underlined word. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.
1.)
The tigers roar could be heard in villages far away. What does roar
probably mean?
A.)
food a tiger eats
C.)
a tigers ear
B.)
a tigers dream
D.)
a sound a tiger makes
2.)
My absent-minded teacher loses his keys, his book and his chalk
almost every day!
What does it mean to be absent-minded?
A.)
be hateful
C.)
be intelligent
B.)
not pay attention
D.)
not like someone
3.)
And because she is a gregarious person. What does gregarious
probably mean?
A.)
introverted, self-contained
C.)
friendly, outgoing
B.)
shy, quiet
D.)
rude, hostile
4.)
After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made
apple pie, apple
sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples! What does
abundant probably
mean?
A.)
a shortage
C)
very red
B.)
not enough
D)
plentiful

5.)
The hill was too arduous for us to climb. We had to walk our bicycles
up the hill. What
does arduous probably mean?
A)
tall, sharp
C)
easy, not challenging
B)
fun, exciting
D)
difficult, steep
IV.

Read the paragraph and answer the questions correctly.

My sister Remy likes to watch things around her. She wishes to see
the action of the sheep in the spacious meadows. She wants to touch the
sharp sheets of steel machine. She dashes to the shades of the cashew tree
and listen to the wind push around the shanties. She does not stop asking
questions until what she does not understand is explained to her.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Who likes to watch the things around her?

What does Remy wish to do?
What does she want to do?
Where does she go to listen to the wind?
What does the wind do?

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Submitted by:
NILDA B.
DUMANGENG
T-III