Criterion-Referenced Test

in
ENGLISH G8
(Second Quarter)
Prepared by:
Mary Jean L. Ferraris
Lorena D. Muñez
Gerelyn V. Avanceña
Orly D. Navalesca
 COMPETENCY REMEMBERING
I. READING 1.A planned, logical series
COMPREHENSION of events having a
a. Evaluate the beginning, middle, and end
personal significance a. conflict b. theme
of a literary text c. setting d. plot
2. They are characters who
do not undergo changes
throughout the story.
a. flat characters
b. dynamic characters
c. stagnant characters
d. supporting characters
CREATING EVALUATING ANALYZING APPLYING UNDERSTANDING
1. .If you were “ The Fox and the *Read each 1.How would you 1. I shouldn’t have
asked to give Grapes” sentence carefully make a positive left my parents.
another title of the (Aesop) and choose the ending of the story, Their life wouldn’t
story, ”Two A fox one day character traits “Outwitting a have become
Brothers” spied a beautiful inferred in the ff. Crocodile?” miserable because I
what would it be? bunch of ripe lines. a. the crocodile am their only knight
a. The Temptation grapes hanging 1. Makato always chased the mouse and shining armour.
b. The Unfaithful from a vine, greets and smiles to deer upland. *This is an example
Wife trained along the the persons whom b. the mouse deer of what type of
c. The Loyalty of branches of the he meets. What can asked forgiveness to conflict?
the Two Brothers tree. The grapes you infer in the all the crocodiles a. man against man
d. The Dye seemed ready to sentence? c. the mouse deer b. man against
burst with juice, a. He is arrogant. never talked to the nature
and the fox’s b. He is cheerful. crocodiles c. man against
mouth watered as c. He is talkative. d. the crocodile himself
he gazed longingly d. He is kind hated the mouse d. man against
at them. hearted. deer society
The bunch hung
from a high 2.Jimmy was very Read the poem and
branch, and the fox busy last night answer the
had to jump for it. playing soccer and questions that
The first time he taking care of his follow.
jumped, he missed little sister.In fact,he Man and Sea
by long way. So he was so busy that he The great sea
walked off a short forgot to do his And it’s waves
distance and took a homework.the next Are shallow
running leap at it, day, Jimmy told his Compared to the
only to fall short teacher that he did heart of a man.
once more. Again his homework, but When the waters fail
and again he tried, that his little sister Oh, the flood dries
but in vain. threw it away. up,
What character trait
 is Jimmy showing? We can see
Now, he sat down a.dishonesty What was hidden
and looked at the b.honesty beneath.
grapes in disgust. c.selfishness But to the day
“what a fool I am,” d.wittiness Of his death,
he said. “Here I am Who can really know
wearing myself out 3.“Can I borrow The depths of the
to get a bunch of your crayons heart
sour grapes that please?” asked Of a man?
are not worth Karen.”No!”
gaping for.” And screamed -Tu Hsun
off he walked very, Kim,”These are my Hao,trns.Henry
very scornfully. crayons,get your H.Hart
own!” what 1.What does the
1. A fox one day character trait is speaker compare in
spied a beautiful Kim showing? the poem?
bunch of ripe a.cruel a.shallow waves of
grapes hanging b.trusting man
from a vine trained c.selfish b.the great sea and
along the branches d.happy the heart of man
of the tree. What c.the great sea and
part of a plot is the death of man
this? a.setting b. d.the great sea and
denouement c. the shallow waves
conflict d.
exposition 2.When do we see
the hidden treasure
2. The grapes beneath the sea?
seemed ready to a.when the water
burst with juice, dries up
and the fox’s b.when it floods
mouth watered

c.when the waters

as he gazed fail
longingly at them is d.when there is too
the _____ of the much sunlight.
story.
a.exposition 3.What is the
b. climax meaning of the last
c. rising action five lines?
d. falling action a.You will see the
heart of a man when
3.The first time he he dies.
jumped, he missed b.A man dies with
it by a long way, so his heart unknown.
he walked off a c.The day a man
short distance and dies will make his
took a running leap heart shallow like
at it only to fall the sea.
short once more. d.A man’s inner self
a.rising action is never known till
b. climax he dies.
c. exposition
d. falling action 4.At what point
would you agree
4. and off he with the poet?
walked very, very a.man and sea
scornfully. cannot be
A.denouement compared.
b.exposition
c.falling action
d.climax

b.The heart of a
5. What is the man is deep.
point of view of the c.No man can look
 story? into another’s heart.
a. First person d.The heart of a
b. Third person man and the depth
c. Second person of the sea are the
d. omniscient same.
author

b.react to assertions 1.A statement of personal

made by the author belief, feeling or thought.
in the text a.fact
b.observation
c.inference d.opinion

c. transcode 1.Information which is

information from presented in pictorial or
linear to non-linear diagrammatic form
texts and vise-versa a.linear
b.non-linear
c.table
d.graph

2.A common type of chart

which presents data with
rectangular bars that differ
in their sizes.
a. line graph
b.bar graph
c.pie graph
d.histogram
II. VOCABULARY 1. The use of words to
DEVELOPMENT mean something different
a. Distinguish from what a person actually
between and among says.
verbal, situational, a. verbal irony
and dramatic types of b. situational irony
irony c. dramatic irony
d. cosmic irony
2. A figure of speech which
is a contradiction or in
congruity between what is
expected and what actually
occurs.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. hyperbole
d. irony
1.Which of the
following is an
example of
situational irony?
a. The cat run away
from the dog
b. She told everyone
what a beautiful it
was!
c. A vampire has a
cross in his house.
d. Penny is
beautiful.
2 Which of the
following is the
correct situational
irony?
a. Girl in a horror
film hides in a closet
where the killer just
went
b. a fire station
burns down
c. Looking at her
sons messy room,
mom says
“Wow, you could
win an award for
cleanliness!”
d. in “Romeo and
Juliet”,the audience
knows that Juliet is
only asleep—not
dead—but Romeo
does not, and he
kills himself. 1

3.Among the
situations
Which is not a
verbal irony?
a.“I don’t want to
go outside: it’s a bit
too hot
for my taste.”
b.“It’s so delightful
to be home with a
sick child twice In
one week.”
c. “she is tolerable
but not handsome
enough to tempt
me.”

d. In Macbeth, King
 Duncan says that he
trust Macbeth, but
the audience knows
that Macbeth is
plotting to kill
Duncan.

4. You work all

afternoon cooking a
fancy dinner for
your boyfriend.
When he taste his
first bite, he spits it
out into his napkin
without you seeing
and says to you,
Oh Sweetie, this is
wonderful!”
a. situational irony
b. verbal irony
c. grammatical irony
d. cosmic irony

1.The Bird of Time

b.discriminate has but a little way I.dentify the figure * Give the synonyms
between literal and 1.It refers to the color we To fly--- and Lo! of speech used of the underlined
figurative language use when we write with a The Bird is on the 1.That was no words.
more creative tone. Wing. pleasant journey. 1. I always love to
a.fancy language a.Life is short a.irony eat the delectable
b.literal language b. Birds cannot fly b.personification rice cakes
c.figurative language for a long time c.litotes Grandmother
d.descriptive language d.euphemism prepares.

2. An art of using an object c. Birds die fast. 2.I am so tired I a.sweet

or a word to represent an d. Birds have wings could sleep for a b. spicy
abstract idea. to fly year. c. delicious
a.imagery a.litotes d. colorful
b.symbolism 2. b.irony
c.design The worldly c. hyperbole 2.They tell me that
d.figure hopes men set their d.simile when I was young I
hearts upon was handsome but
Turns Ashes--- 3.She’s drowning in when I look at the
or it prospers; a sea of grief. mirror now I wonder
a.Men’s desire either a.metaphor how my face has so
fail or succeed. b.simile greatly altered.
b.Men burn their c.personification a. changed
hopes d.hyperbole b. grown old
c. When men hope, c. become darker
their hurts burn. d. matured
d.Men are doing
their best to reach 3. The helmet was
their dreams bright and gleaming,
but oh, so heavy!
a. radiating
b. reflecting
c. shining
d. flaming

4. When she looked

at me, my heart
pounded against my
breast.
a.My heart ached
b.I almost had a
heart attack

c. My heart beat
fast.
d. My heart is
pounding my heart
5. I was so
preoccupied with the
heavy helmet that I
did not notice the
girl.
a. I was trying to
remove.
B. I was giving my
full attention to
c. I was complaining
about
d.I was moved

*Fill each blank with

the idiom
appropriate to the
meaning of the
sentence.
6. I did not keep
your book, you
are__.
A. off the record
b. all thumbs
c. ad-lib
d. barking up the
wrong tree

7. When somebody
asks for forgiveness,
he or she has
to______.
a. paint the town
red
b. bend her or his
knees
c. buckle down
d. get the axe

8.Before he became
successful in life, he
went from_______.
a.ups and down
b. ace in the whole
c. rags to riches
d. acid test

9. I think I can make

the test. It’s just
a______.
a.piece of cake
b.ace in the whole
c. bag of tricks
d. acid test

10.Marrying Clark
was just a ______
for Leah in order to
acquire a green
card.

a. up in the air
b. knuckle sandwich
c. means to an end
d. pain in the neck
 *Identify the figure
c.identify figures of of speech used
speech that show 1..A figure of speech which 1.”I’m so hungry, I
emphasis (hyperbole is similar to could eat a horse”
and litotes) understatement,emphasizes a. hyperbole
its point by using a word b.metonymy
opposite to the condition c.metaphor
a.hyperbole d.simile
b.litotes
c.metaphor 2.My son’s teacher
d.simile made it clear that
cheating on test was
no laughing matter.
2.It is a exaggerated a.irony
statements or claims not b.synedoche
meant to be taken literally c.litotes
a.simile d.onomatopoeia
b.metaphor
c.hyperbole
d.irony
1.A literary work whose 1. How did the
III. LITERATURE content is produced by the 1. Why do writers 1.”Purple puppies 1.“I climbed the author reveal the
a. Identify the imagination and is not used sensory like playing on the mountain in order to character in the
distinguishing necessarily based on facts. images? playground.” This is find the top” is an story?
features and literary a.drama a. to help a reader an example: example of which a. through his
elements of East- b.fable create a mental a. personification type of point of physical appearance
Asian Literature c.legend feature of a b. alliteration view?” b.through his
d.fiction person, event, c. simile a.second person action,feelings and
place or object d. irony POV words
2.“ I wish I could give the b. because he b. first person POV c. through the
king some lettuces.” wants to 2. “The sun was like c.third person POV reaction of others
a.The two Brothers c. to create style a large ball of d.omniscient POV d. through his social
b.Makato and the Cowrie d. to make a butter” is an status
Shell difference example of what
c.The Legend of literary device?
Banyuwangi a. personification
d.The Taximan Story b. alliteration
c. simile
d. irony

1.A brief imaginative

b. explain how the narrative,unfolding a single
elements specific to a predominating incident and
genre contribute to a single or a few characters.
the theme of a a.joke
particular literary b.short story c.legend
selection d.myth
2.Any literary work with
imaginary characters.
a.factual story b.fiction
c.fancy d.joke
 3.Presents the setting and
the character of the story
a.exposition
b. falling action
c. denouement
d. climax

4. A person in a work of
fiction
a. conflict
b. characterization
c. character d. dynamic

5. Man against man, man

against himself and man
against nature are kinds
of_______
a. character b.settting
c. theme d. conflict

6.The narrator is also

outside the story, but can
reveal things about many
characters.
a.omniscient
b. limited
c. innocent eye
d. stream of consciousness

1.A word or group of words

c. express in a literary work which 1.This desk has a
appreciation for appeal to one or more of hard,smooth
sensory images used the senses. surface.To what
a.object does the line
b.imagery appeal?
c.picture words a.auditory
d.description b.tactile
c.olfactory
d.visual

2.The light flowery

scent of my sister’s
perfume invaded my
nostrils. a.auditory
b.tactile
c.olfactory
d.visual

3.Brightly colored
hor air balloons filled
the clear sky.
a.auditory
b.tactile
c.olfactory
d.visual

IV.WRITING AND 1. The smooth, logical flow 1.Based on 1. Which is best 1. Which of the ff. 1. When should we 1.All sentence ideas
COMPOSITION of sentences within a “The Taximan’s way to make sure sentences is used the ff. in a paragraph
a. Compose effective paragraph.
paragraphs/sentences a. paragraph deduction
b. paragraph coherence
c. paragraph personality
d. paragraph generalization
2. Group of information that
provide and support the
topic sentence.
a. topic sentence
b. title
c. supporting detail or
sentences
d. conclusion
story, improve his your paragraph is correct? connectors, should connect to
sentence effective? a. You can’t teach “However”, a. two main ideas
construction skills a. have a topic old dog new tricks. ”despite” and b. three main ideas
and correct his sentence with a b. you can’t teach a “conversely”? c.as many ideas as
sentence, supporting detail. old dog new tricks a. as the first word possible
“Luck for me, all b. have a topic and c. you can’t teach b. as the last word d. one main idea
my children big a closing sentences an old dog new c. in a paragraph
now.” c. have several tricks only once
a. “ I am happy,all topics in one d. you can’t teach d. in a paragraph to
are my children.” paragraph an old dogs new show contrast or
b. “I am lucky, all d. indent the last tricks qualification
my children are old line of the
already.” paragraph *The following Read the phrases
c. “Luck for me, sentences contain below and choose
now my children parenthetical which uses the
are big.” phrases. Read and correct order of
d. “I am lucky, identify its type.. modifiers.
now my children 2.a. three cute new
are big.” 2.Dorothy, our big born oval-shaped
guard dog, used to golden pet Sahara
stay at our front spiders
door. b. cute new born
a. absolute phrase oval-shaped golden
b.Interjection pet Sahara three
c. appositive spiders
d. free modifier c. three golden
oval-shaped cute
Sahara pet new born
spiders
3.Percy read each d. new born-oval
page of the gospel shaped cute Sahara
song and, marking three golden pet
each one, sang a spider.
worship song.
a.free modifier
b. absolute phrase
c. appositive
d. interjection
4. Yes, You’re right!
That’s what friends
are for.
a.introductory
phrase b. free
modifier
c. appositive
d. interjection
5. The boy left the
girl alone, without
saying goodbye
a. absolute phrase
b. interjection
c. appositive
d. free modifier

6. When the little

girl saw her mother
coming, she
shouted so loud.

a.introductory
phrase
b. free modifier
c. appositive
d. interjection
 Locate the
b develop related bibliography which
support sentences has the correct
*writing correct format.
bibliographic entry 1. a.Strand, Robert.
2011.365 Moments
to Cherish, USA:
New Leaf Press

b. 2011. Strand,
Robert. 365
Moments to Cherish.
New Leaf Press.USA

c. Strand,
Robert.2011.USA:
365 Moments to
Cherish. New Leaf
Press

d. 365 Moments to
Cherish, Strand,
Robert. 2011. New
leaf Press; USA

2. a.Over the Ocean

6.Dagot, Edilberto P.
et. al. 1994. Quezon
 City: Phoenix
Publishing House
Incorporated

b.Dagot, Edilberto P.
et.al. 1994. Over the
Ocean 6.Quezon
City: Phoenix
Publishing House
Incorporated

c. Edilberto P.
Dagot.et al. 1994.
Over the Ocean
6.Quezon City:
Phoenix Publishing
House Incorporated

d. 1994. Dagot,
Edilberto P. et. al.
Quezon City. Over
the Ocean 6:
Phoenix Publishing
House Incorporated

1. Which of the ff. 1.All of the ff. are

V.ORAL LANGUAGE 1.Refers to the high, is a feature of an informal types of
AND FLUENCY medium or low sound of entertaining speech? oral communication
a. Use the voice a. giving a serious except
appropriate prosodic High pitch-submissive atmosphere to the a. telephone
feature of speech Low pitch-dominant listeners conversations
when delivering an a. Pitch b. leaving the b. face-to-face
entertainment speech b. intonation audience with a conversations
c. stress favourable c. presentations at
d. tempo impression business meetings
c. giving the d. discussions at
2.Which of the ff.types of audience fast and business meetings
prosodic features is not short speech
included in the group. d. creating an
a.intonation arrogant tone
b.tone
c.pronunciation
d.stress

VI. GRAMMAR 1. Combination of two or Identify the Complete each

AWARENESS more words that often go underlined question with the Read the sentence
a. use appropriate together. collocation used in appropriate question carefully then fill the
grammatical signals a .synonyms each sentence. word. Encircle the blank with
or expressions b.clustered words 1. Invading that letter of the correct appropriate
suitable to each c.collocations country was an answer. connector.
pattern of idea d.paired words utterly stupid thing 1.______ themes 1.Eating cake is
development to do. are dwelt on in the delicious, ____too
2.It is the reason something a.adjective +noun story? much of it will make
happens. b.verb+noun a. when b. where you sick.
a.effect c.verb +adverb c. what d. who a.so b. and
b.result d.adverb +adjective 2._____ does the c. but d. nor
c.excuse story appeal to the
d.cause 2. The ceasefire readers? 2. I told Santa I’d
agreement came a.what b.how c. like a bike___ I’ve
into effect at 11 am. when d. where been good this year.
a.noun+verb 3._____ did the a. or b. yet
b.noun+noun author tell the story? c. and d. for
c.verb+adverb
d.verb+noun What’s his
purpose? a. Why
b. how c. when
3.This cake d. where
tastes_____ than 4._____in China did
this ube cake. the story happen?
a. delicious a.why b. who
b.more delicious c.how
c. most delicious l d. where
d. good
5.What is the cause?
4. Among the girls, Jose drunk two
Gina has the _____ glasses of ice cold
story ever written. water.

a. most scariest b. a.Why

scary c. scarier b.What c.Who
d. scariest d.How

5. Mario, our top 1, 4. What is the

is very _______. cause?Jose drunk
a. more diligent two glasses of ice
b.diligent cold water.
c. most diligent a.because he had
d. diligentiest nothing else to do.
 b. because he was
6. Last year, the extremely hot and
result of her thirsty
laboratory test c.because he was
was good and it’s feeling cold
even_____ this d.because he was
year. going out with his
a. good frien
b. well
c. better 5.What is the
d. best cause? Melissa was
promoted to a better
paying position.
a. because she was
an excellent worker
b. because she was
often late or absent
c.because she went
on vacation to
Europe
d. because she was
asked for help so
often.

6. What is the
cause?
Judy got an “A” on
her Math test.
a. because she
watched TV after
school
b. because she went
to the mall for
several hours
c. because she
studied hard for the
exam
d. because she
didn’t understand
the question

7.What is the effect?

Angela worked hard
all day at her job,so
a. she had nothing
to do at home
b. she worked in a
law office
c. she liked to work
long hours
d. she was very tired
in the evening

8. What is the
effect? Terry trained
well for the Track
meet; therefore,
a. he decided not to
run in the race

b. he became
hungry ate too
much,and got
sick
c. he won the
50-yard dash
d. he had never
trained so
well before