Republic of the Philippines

Region IV-A CALABARZON

Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BIÑAN
Brgy. Sto. Domingo, Biñan, Laguna

2nd Periodical Exam

ENGLISH 8
I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the letter of the answer that corresponds to the definition and description on
each item and write it in your answer sheet.

1. Angle or perspective from which the story is told

a. conflict b. plot c. point-of-view
2. Contains a list of books, authors, or both relating to a particular subject
a. appendices b. bibliography c. glossary
3. In a research paper, it is an alphabetical list, sometimes grouped into categories, containing
the names of all works quoted from or generally used for it.
a. appendices b. bibliography c. glossary
4. In this point of view, the main character is also the narrator.
a. first person b. omniscient c. stream of consciousness
5. Involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences
a. listening b. speaking c. writing
6. It is receiving language through the ears.
a. listening b. reading b. speaking
7. It is the struggle between two opposing forces in the plot of a story.
a. conflict b. plot c. setting
8. The person, or any living entity, that moves the story.
a. characters b. conflict c. characterization
9. The skeletal framework of a story
a. conflict b. plot c. point-of-view
10. This kind of character does not undergo change.
a. dynamic b. main c. static
11. This kind of conflict deals with the leading character struggling with himself, his own soul, ideas
right or wrong, physical limitations, and choices among others
a. man vs. himself b. man vs. nature c. man vs. society

II. Alternative Response

Directions: Choose the coordinating conjunction that fits the sentence correctly. Write your
choice on your answer sheet.

12. Thailand shifted from agriculture to manufacturing, (and, so) it gained thirty percent
economic growth.
13. The tourism sector is Thailand‘s highest income generator (and, but) largest foreign exchange
contributor.
14. Much of Thailand‘s success was attributed to the growing independence of countries in the
Asia –Pacific Region (and, or) the shift to the area of manufacturing and tourism.
15. Both countries have diversity of culture (but, nor) their traditions and beliefs bring harmony
and unity.
16. There is so much to see (and, yet) to relish in this ―Exotic Orient‖ as one enamored traveler
dubbed the country.

III. Multiple Choice

Directions: Identify what kind of sentence each item is according to structure. Write S if it’s simple;
CP if it’s compound; CX if it’s complex; and CC if it’s compound-complex.

17. After following Lay Choo for a couple of days, he discovered that her daughter is just like the
girls he fetches in his taxi.
18. None of my other children could go to University, but this one, she is very smart and intelligent-
--no boasting, madam her teachers write ―Good‖ and ―Excellent‖, and so on, so on, in her
report cards.
19. Singapore is a good place for travel: Cultural diversity is evident.
20. The taxi man and the teacher love their conversation; however, the taxi man has to leave.
21. While the taxi man believes her daughter is at school, Lay Choo is doing something that his
father never thought of.

IV. Matching Type

Directions: Match the following idioms on the right column with the meanings on the left column.
Write the letter of the correct answer.

22. a place or situation of agreeable ease a. a piece of cake

23. a bare opportunity in one’s favor b. bed of roses
24. to say that a person or a group of people or not allowed to
c. blacklist
do something
25. something easily done; breeze d. cool one’s heels
26. to understand more than is directly stated e. dog’s chance
27. to wait or be kept waiting for a long time f. make out
28. a member of the group that has less the ability or skill in
g. read between the lines
comparison to other members of the group
h. weak sister

V. Identification
Directions: after each number is a base form adjective that comes before the sentence. Change
the following adjectives into the correct degree of comparison appropriate to the sentence.

29. (clever) The mice is actually ___________ than a dolphin.

30. (tightfisted) Foreigners are __________ than local Singaporeans, said the taximan.
31. (little) Vietnam did __________ contribution in the charity project unlike the other countries.
32. (honest) Singaporeans are entitled to be __________ people.
33. (courteous) Singaporean Policemen are __________ civilians we’ve ever encountered while
on tour.

VI. Identification
Directions: Give each word the proper structural analysis by breaking it down into its basic parts
and give the meaning of each part.
Example: bicyclist
bi – two
cycle – wheel
ist – a person who

34. misfortunate 36. presentation 38. restlessness

35. unlucky 37. disconnected 39. impatience

VII. Reading Comprehension

Directions: Read the paragraph below and answer the following questions briefly but
substantially.

―To know and understand our own culture, we must learn to see it from the point of view
of other cultures, comparing our customs and beliefs with those of other times and places.
With globalization now upon us, and external diversity on the retreat, it is becoming a
matter of urgency to protect and preserve the internal diversity that each society owes to its
constituent groups and subgroups, all of which develop differences that they consider highly
important.
It should accordingly be possible at least to maintain and encourage cultural diversity to
a degree by preserving the cultural characteristics of the different social groups: and in the same
way as gene banks of plant species are created to prevent the impoverishment of biological
diversity and the impairment of our earthly environment, we must, if we are to safeguard the
vitality of our societies, preserve at the very least the living memory of irreplaceable customs,
practices and know-how that should not be allowed to disappear.
For it is diversity itself that must be saved rather than the historical content that each epoch
invests in it and which none can perpetuate beyond its own confines.‖
 ―Global civilization could never be anything other than the coalition at global levels of
cultures, each of them retaining its originality.‖

Claude Lévi-Strauss, French ethnologist (1908-2009)

40. According to the author, what must we do to know and understand our own culture?
41. How do we maintain and encourage cultural diversity to a degree?
42. What should not be allowed to disappear to maintain cultural diversity?
43. What implication does Levi-Strauss‘s statement could have in the communities with diverse
cultural heritage like the countries in Southeast Asia?
44. How can you help achieve unity, peace and harmony amidst diverse culture and cultural
heritage among nations based on Levi-Strauss‘s statement?

VIII. Identification
Directions: After reading The Taximan’s Story by Catherine Lim, make a table of the plot and fill
out answers for each of the following:

45. Introduction 47. Conflict 49. Falling Action

46. Rising Action 48. Climax 50. Denouement

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved by:

NATHANIEL B. VALENCIA LESLIE D. VALEÑA LEILANIE MIRANDA