FIRST GRADING PERIOD

SUMMATIVE TEST
ENGLISH 6

NAME _______________________________________ SCORE ________________

TEACHER ____________________________________ DATE _________________
A. LISTENING:
I. Listen to short selection the teacher will read then answer the questions that follow.
(Growing in English (Reading) pg.80)
1. What are the scientists who study snakes called?
a. biologists b. herpetologists c. hematologists d. chemists
2. What is the organ of smell of a snake?
a. tongue b. ears c. nose d. eyes
3. It is used by snakes to catch particles in the air and carries them to a tiny sensitive organ at the roof of the
snake’s mouth.
a. tongue b. ears c. nose d. eyes
4. Why do snakes don’t need a sense of taste?
a. they eat the food bits by bits b. they eat the food whole
c. they don’t eat d. they have no tongue
5. What help them in locating small prey?
a. its outside ear b. their sensitive vibrations c. none of the choices
B. Identify the sound devices used in the sentence. ( simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, personification)
____________6. The English Language is like a bank account of a million words.
____________7. The flowers danced happily with the wind.
____________8. The dictionary is the bankbook that helps us use the words.
____________9. Carla is so generous that nobody befriends her.
____________10. He is such a poor fellow, he could eat dirt.
C. Choose and encircle the correct meaning of the underlined idioms.
11. Try your best to bring home the bacon. We will pray for you.
a. buy a bacon b. win the competition c. cook a bacon d. bring home food
12. You are barking at the wrong tree. She is not the one who get your book.
a. have a dog b. pointing a wrong person c. planting a tree d. watering a tree
13. Teachers are as busy as a bee. They usually extends time doing their tasks.
a. talking like a bee b. doing many things c. as little as a bee d. as many as a bee
14. Mary is an apple of her father’s eyes. He gives whatever she needed.
a. beautiful b. kind c. favorite d. love
D. Give the plural form of the underlined nouns. Write your answer on the blanks provided..
________________15. Alvin buy bread from a nearby bakery.
________________16. The child plays his toys happily.
________________17. The laundrywoman washes the soiled clothes at the river.
________________18. Sheep resembles meekness.
E. Read the selection then tell what is the purpose of the writer in writing it. Write your answer on the blanks
provided.( informational, entertaining, persuasive)
19. Arnis, or arnis de mano, is both a game and an art. It is meant to amuse as well as to improve discipline. It is a
sport as well as a method of self defense. It is similar to European fencing, or swordplay, except that its main
instruments are staffs made of wood, rattan canes or betel nut tree trunks (bunga). The last material is considered
the best because it is the hardest to break. ________________________
20. Diseases are caused by germs. Antibodies inside our body fight the germs to help us avoid illness. Vaccinations
also protect us from serious and deadly diseases. If you missed one of the vaccinations you needed, go at once to
your doctor and avail it. ___________________________________

F. Tell the general mood of the different scenes by encircling the letter of the correct answer.
21. Juhjun’s body temperature has reached 42°. His mother who is already in panic shouted at Esperanza who is
presently setting the table for dinner. The mother ordered Esperanza to call for a tricycle so that they could send
Junjun to the hospital. Esperanza has been waiting for a tricycle to pass by for fifteen minutes but no tricycle came.
a. hopeless b. restless c. tired d. happy
22. Esperanza witnessed a fire in a nearby town. She saw red flames and thick smoke in a burning school building.
Many people were shouting and were in a hurry asking for help. The loud sirens of firetrucks were heard when they
finally came to save the school building.
a. a happy mood b. a frightening mood c. a funny mood
G. Write a sentence using following verb. Take note of its tense.
23. climbed ___________________________________________________________________________________
24. drinks _____________________________________________________________________________________
25. will thank__________________________________________________________________________________