Palawan Hope Christian School

Manalo Extension, Puerto Princesa City

3rd PERIODIC TEST G8- GRAMMAR

Name: _____________________________________
Section: ____________________________________
I.

Class No.

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Score: U=____________
Date: _______________

Graphical Materials. Make a write up for the chart below.

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II.

Paragraphs. Identify the type of paragraph that is described. Choose the options from the
box below. Write only the letter of your answer.
A. Descriptive
B. Expository
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C. Narrative
D. Persuasive

Shares a personal experience from life

Conclusion states why the event was meaningful
Shows the authors thoughts and feelings
Arranged in chronological order.
Includes language that appeals to the five senses.
Explains an event, concept, or idea using facts and examples
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_____ 7. Has a major purpose presenting information about a subject

_____ 8. Used in research reports and news stories.
_____ 9. Purpose is to convince readers.
_____ 10.Used when stating your position about an issue
III. Degrees of Comparison in Adjectives and Adverbs. Fill in the blank within each sentence,
write the correct form of the word found inside the parenthesis to show the correct
comparison. In the blank before each number, write ADJ if the degree of comparison is
an adjective and ADV if the degree of comparison is an adverb.
_____1. Address the problem ____________________ (calmly) this time.
_____2. He spoke ____________________ (seriously) than his father did.
_____3. This place is really in a ____________________ (festive) mood today.
_____4. The cozy living room is even ____________________ (lovely) than the
lawn.
_____5. As we get _______________ (old), we realize that we can only make the
most of what we have.
_____6. That lady does her job ____________________ (creatively) than anyone
else in their shop.
_____7. You should be able to compute ____________________ (accurately) of all.
_____8. Remember that this is ____________________ (far) that we can go.
_____9. Cameron is ____________________ (fluent) in English than in any other
languages shes taught in school.
_____10. He performed ____________________ (good) among his group.
IV. MODALS
A. Complete each sentence with the right modal. The intended meaning is given in the
parentheses.
1. __________ I have some more tea, please? (permission)
2. Everyone's asleep. We__________ not make a noise. (necessity)
3. __________ you like to go for a ride with us? (invitation)
4. I wonder if this is the right way. It __________ not be. (possibility)
5. __________ show you the way? (making request)
6. It's late. I think we __________ go home. (suggestion)
7. We all tried to push the van, but it __________ not move. (possibility)
8. __________ I borrow your laptop? (asking permission)
9. Gerry __________ buy a new laptop next year. (certainty)
10. Jun __________ save a lot of money if he wants to but that phone. (necessity)
11. Calvin __________ pay them before its too late. (obligation)
12. That team __________ lose again of they will not work as a team. (possibility)
13. The teacher __________ attend the seminar. (future action)
14. She __________ be an honor student if she will study her lesson. (ability)
15.
You __________ borrow this book if you want to. (giving permission)
B. Explain the meaning of the each sentences based on the modal used.
1. You can leave now.
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2. You could leave now.
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_______________________________________________________________.
3. You should leave now.
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4. You must leave now.
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5. You may leave now.
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V. Bibliography. Identify if the following bibliographies are correctly arranged. Write on the
blank before the number CORRECT if it follows the format and WRONG if it does not
follow the format.
_____ 1. Book with one author
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987.
_____ 2. Book with More Than One Author
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer
Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.
_____ 3. Book by an Organization
American Allergy Association.New York: Random, 1998. Allergies in
Children.
_____ 4. A Translated Book
Foucault, Michel. Trans. by Richard Howard. Madness and Civilization: A
History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. New York: Vintage-Random
House, 1988.
_____ 5. A Subsequent Edition
Crowley, Sharon, and Debra Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary
Students. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004.
_____ 6. A Work Prepared by an Editor
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Edited by Margaret Smith. Oxford: Oxford UP,
1998.
_____ 7. Anthology or Collection
Hill, Charles A., and Marguerite Helmers, eds. Defining Visual Rhetorics.
Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
_____ 8. Book with one author
Lewis, J. S. Physics and chemistry of the solar system. San Diego: 1997.
_____ 9. Ebook
Roush, Chris. Inside Home Depot: How One Company Revolutionized an
Industry through the Relentless Pursuit of Growth. New York: McGraw,
1999. ebrary. Web. 4 Dec. 2005.
_____ 10.book with three editors
Ermann, M . David, Mary B. Williams, and Michael S. Shauf, eds. 1997.
Computers, Ethics, and Society. New York: Oxford UP.
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For a dream comes with much business, and a fools voice with many words.
Ecclesiastes 5:3

Parents Signature

Prepared by: Ellen Grace C. Manzano

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