SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE

City of Mandaluyong
THIRD PERIODIC TEST IN ENGLISH
GRADE EIGHT
School Year 2015-2016
TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
SKILLS
READING/LITERATURE
1. To note details
2. To arrive at the meaning of
unfamiliar words through context
clues
3. To make inference
4. To draw conclusion
5. To distinguish fact from opinion
6. To paraphrase a line
7. To logically arrange ideas
8. To analyze the lines in the poem
II.
GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION
1. To interpret a pie graph
III. VOCABULARY SKILLS/IDIOMS
1. To identify the meaning of idioms
IV. PROPAGANDA DEVICE
1. To identify the propaganda device
used in a statement
V.
GRAMMAR SKILLS
1. To determine the most appropriate
affix for words
2. To identify the correct connectors
3. To classify adjective complements as
predicate nominative or predicate
adjective
TOTAL

NO. OF TEST
ITEMS

PLACEMENT

1, 6

2, 4, 7

2
1
1
1
5
5

3, 10
5
8
9
11-15
16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

5
5

41-45
46-50

50

50

I.

Prepared by:

ADRIAN C. HERNANDEZ
IBIS

PRINCESS MAE MERCED

HHIS