Del Pilar Integrated School

Fourth Preliminary Examination

English 09
Name:_________________________________________________Section:____________________Score:____

I. DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence carefully and choose the letter of the best answer from the options given.
Write your answer on the blank. Note: Use CAPITAL LETTERS only!

____1. The act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or change information
a. Communication b. Function c. Oral d. Interview
____2. Increases the audience understanding or awareness by imparting knowledge
a. Persuasive speech b. informative c. speech of inspiration d. speech of acceptance
____3. It prepares warms up to the audience for the speaker
a. Persuasive speech b. informative c. speech of introduction d. speech of acceptance
____4. Aims to express gratitude for the honor bestowed on the speaker
a. Persuasive speech b. informative c. speech of inspiration d. speech of acceptance
____5. Celebrate and commemorate the dead or those who have been left behind
a. Persuasive speech b. eulogies c. speech of inspiration d. speech of acceptance
____6. Someone who speaks in a particular language to a group of people
a. Speaker b. audience c. president d. speech
____7. A group of people who gather together to listen something
a. Speaker b. audience c. president d. speech
____8. This contains the return address (usually two or three lines) with the date on the last line.
a. Heading b. Date line c. body d. signature
____9. This short, polite closing ends with a comma commonly used sincerely yours
a. Heading b. Date line c. body d. complimentary close
____10. He is the author of the poem “Invictus”
a. Edgar Allan Poe b. John F. Kennedy c. William Henley d. Robert Browning

Directions: Add the correct punctuation to the end of these sentences.

Then on the line write whether the sentence is Declarative, Interrogative,
or Exclamatory.

11. Do you like chewing gum ______________________

12. Drew dropped his book _____________________

13. My teacher likes to read ______________________

14. What is your address ______________________

15. Who is your teacher ______________________

16. What a beautiful day ______________________

17. I love this book ______________________

18. An island is surrounded by water ______________________

19. You won ______________________

20. Computers are a great way to learn ______________________

21-30. Read and analyze the story and answer the questions that follow.

The Hidden Wealth

In the rural barrio of Samar, there lived a kind-hearted farmer. He had several sons who were not able to
go to college because of poverty. When the farmer was dying, he called his sons to him and said, “Boys, I am
about to leave you. I have hidden my wealth in the farm. Search for it. It is all I have to give you”. His sons
thought that their father buried treasure in their farm. When the father was dead, they dug in the farm, looking
for their treasure, until they had dug everywhere. They didn’t find hidden money, but they had cultivated the
 soil so well and that they had produced the fine crop of palay and corn year after year. Truly, there is a wealth in
farming if only it will be coupled with hard work and perseverance.
_____21. From the story, a certain farmer told his sons about the…
a. hidden wealth in farm c. buried treasure in the mountain
b. hidden wealth in the basement d. buried treasure in the ocean
_____22. While not directly stated, it is understood that…
a. the boys were lazy c. the hidden wealth was in the farm
b. the sons had no common sense d. the wealth was kept on the bank
_____23. The article, as a whole, is about…
a. father and son b. the father’s death c. the hidden wealth d. industrious man
_____24. What values has the father left to his sons?
a. hard work b. cooperation c. perseverance d. all of these
_____25. The story teaches that children in a family should be __________ in order to succeed in any endeavor.
a. united and cooperative b. united and indolent c. ambitious d. selfish
_____26. He in the second sentence refers to…
a. the boys b. the farmer c. the tenant d. God
_____27. When the farmer was dying he called his…
a. wife b. daughters c. lawyer d. sons
_____28. They in the ninth sentence refers to…
a. wife b. daughters c. lawyer d. sons
_____29. What does the word perseverance mean?
a. determination b. indolence c. greediness d. none of these
_____30. What did the sons think their father’s hidden wealth was?
a. gold b. money c. cheques d. crop
A B C D
41-50. Use the context clues in the sentences that follow to choose the best meaning for the underlined
word.
_____41. Words such as “prithee”, ‘twere, and “yore” are obsolete and are no longer used today.
a. familiar b. no longer used c. difficult d. none of these
_____42. Photographs of the moon show a colorless and desolate landscape without life of any kind.
a. lifeless b. rocky c. beautiful d. none of these
_____43. After a week on a raft, the shipwrecked sailor was too feeble to signal the passing steamer.
a. excited b. hungry c. weak d. none of these
_____44. We sailed past the lighthouse at the end of a narrow peninsula and docked the boat in the inlet.
a. body of land surrounded on three on three sides by water c. wooden area
b. road of highway that connects two islands d. none of these
_____45. Everyone should do some strenuous exercise are running, swimming, or playing tennis.
a. occasional b. mild c. vigorous d. none of these
_____46. Wood smoke, fresh air, and pines are the aromas that I imagine when I think of fishing trips.
a. smells b. sounds c. tastes d. all of these
_____47. The citadel, like other forts, stongholds, and castles, was mode of stone.
a. pleasure b. defense c. business d. all of these
_____48. The torrid zones of the world include all the areas near the equator.
a. pleasant b. cold c. hot d. all of the these
_____49. It’s true that women are loquacious, others hardly talk at all.
a. talkative b. timid c. humorous d. all of these
_____50. I do not like the company of nasty persons.
a. not pleasant b. helpful c. healthy d. courteous