Dr.

Cecilio Putong National High School

CPG North Ave. Tagbilaran City, Bohol
DIAGNOSTIC / POST TEST
ENGLISH -9
S.Y. 2019-2020
Name:_______________________________________________________ __________ Section:_____________ Date:_______

Nos. 1-10 Complete the given sentences. Write the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.
1. You may travel by train ______ by boat.
a. and b. but c. or d. because
2. We had to take a detour ________ the bridge had been washed out by the storm.
a. whenever b. when c. because d. after
3. We went out for pizza _________ we had won the game.
a. after b. since c. when d. although
4. His command__________.
a. promptly obeyed b. was promptly obeyed c. has promptly obeyed

5. That portrait __________ by my grandmother.

a. painted b. has painted c. was painted

6. They _________ to the party.

a. have invited b. have been invited c. have been inviting

7. You _________ when the time comes.

a. will be told b. told c. will told

8. Look at that guy's enormous muscles. He ____ work out a lot. She _____really love the outdoors.
a. must b. can’t c. might d. shall

9. She goes camping every weekend. She ________________ really love the outdoors.
a. must b. can’t c. might d. shall

10. I'm so thankful for your help with this project. I ___________________ have done it without you!
a. must b. should c. shouldn’t d. couldn’t

Nos. 11-18 Read and answer the given questions below. Write the letter of your answer.
11. Which of the following sentences contains an adverb?
a. Balikbayan guests visit resorts in far-flung areas.
b. The excited students enjoyed the beautiful countryside resort.
c. The caretaker of the resort usually stays in the resort to assist its guests.
d. The surroundings of the resort help the guests get some relaxation after a year of hard work.

12. Which of the following sentences contains an adverb of manner?

a. The possible solutions are being tried right now.
b. Your uncle has spoken to me about his plans.
c. Everybody was happily enjoying the night with the other guests.
d. How many bottles of extraordinary fragrant perfume were sold?

13. Which among the sentences appears in an appropriate position?

a. She usually shops for clothes at the local thrift store.
b. Usually she shops for clothes at the local thrift store.
c. She shops for clothes at the local thrift store.
d. Either A or B is fine

14. What do you call the verb forms that function as nouns or as modifiers?
a. gerund b. participles c. infinitives d. verbal

15. What is the function of the underlined word in the sentence?

/ Picking tomatoes is a hard work. /
a. subject b. direct object c. object of the preposition d. complement

16. Which among the sentences contains a gerund?

a. To solve the puzzle took some time.
b. A whining sound came from the engine of the car.
c. Howard turned off the blaring radio
d. Shane’s violent sneezing startled me.
17. What is the infinitive used in the following sentence?
/The office employees want to spend summer far from the city/
a. office employees b. want to spend summer c. far from the city d. to spend

18. What is the function of the underlined verbal in the following sentence?
/ Kris told the group to decide as early as possible. /
a. adjective b. adverb c. noun d. verb

Nos. 19-21 Identify the best paraphrase for the given sentence.
19. / Fatma worried about passing the very difficult test./
a. Receiving a passing grade on the difficult exam concerned Fatma.
b. Fatma was worried about receiving good marks on the test, which was very hard.
c. Fatma was worried about her mark in the test.
d. Fatma is concerned about her performance.

20. Three issues are especially crucial to understanding the possible uses of the human genome.
a. Three things are especially crucial to understanding the possible uses of the human genome.
b. Understanding potential uses of the human genome is linked to three vital issues.
c. Human genome is linked to the three vital issues.
d. Three vital issues is linked to human genome.

21. The kidneys filter out glucose in the blood.

a. Glucose in the blood is filtered out by the kidneys.
b. Glucose is in the blood, and the kidneys filter it out.
c. Glucose is filtered in the blood.
d. The glucose in the blood filters the kidneys.
Nos. 22-24. Identify the sentence that correctly uses the adjective or adverb.
22. A) Come quick or we will miss our bus.
B) Come quickly or we will miss our bus.

23. A) You appear so happily that something great must have happened.
B) You appear so happy that something great must have happened.

24. A) I have never been more sure of anything in my life.

B) I have never been more surer of anything in my life.
Nos. 25-27 Identify the best direct speech for the given indirect speech and the best indirect speech for the given direct speech.
25. “Are you alone, my son?” asked a soft voice close behind me.
a. A soft voice asked that what I was doing there alone
b. A soft voice said to me are you alone son.
c. A soft voice from my back asked if I was alone.
d. A soft voice behind me asked if I was alone.

26. She said to him, “Why don’t you go today?”

a. She asked him why he did not go that day.
b. She said to him why he don’t go that day.
c. She asked him not to go that day.
d. She asked him why he did not go today.

27. I told him that he was not working hard.

a. I said to him, “You are not working hard.”
b. I told him, “You are not working hard.”
c. I said, “You are not working hard.”
d. I said to him, ”He is not working hard.”

NOS. 28-38 Read and analyze the given questions below.

28. What do you call the time, the place, and the situation of the story?
a. Climax b. Conflict c. Plot d. Setting

29. What do you call the technique that writers/authors used to make characters “come to life?”
a. characterization b. denouement c. exposition d. mood

30. What are three possible functions of a title?

a. Creates conflict, shows the purpose, or raises curiosity
b. Indicates content, structures the plot, creates conflict
c. Indicates content, shows the purpose, or raises curiosity
d. Raises curiosity, shows the sequence, or indicates content
31. Which one is an example of indirect characterization?
a. He has blue hair, a black hat, and white pants.
b. She was a pretty young girl with long blonde hair.
c. He gave her a rose, kissed her hand, and bowed deeply.
d. She was unhappy that day and looked miserable.

32. What type of rhyme can be found in the following lines?

/“Macavity’s a Mystery Cat; he’s called the Hidden Paw-
For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.”/
a. exact rhyme c. slant rhyme
b. end rhyme d. internal rhyme

33. What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines of the poem?
My life is a fault at last, I fear:
it seems too much like a fate, indeed!
Though I do my best, I shall scarce succeed.
But what if I fail of my purpose here?
a. AABB b. ABBB c. ABCA d. ABBA

34. Which of the following is an example of internal rhyme?

a. The moon never beams without bringing me dreams….
b. In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
c. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
As you leave me near the door
d. Some say.
I say it just begins to live that day.

35. What type of rhyme is being used when there is a rhyming of words within a line of a poem?
a. exact rhyme c. slant rhyme
b. end rhyme d. internal rhyme

36. What imagery is used in the following lines?

/ The world is charged with the grandeur of God, It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers
to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed./
a. visual imagery, metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia c. auditory imagery, simile, onomatopoeia
b. tactile imagery, simile, metaphor d. visual imagery, alliteration

37. What sensory imagery is used in this passage?

/Gregor’s eyes turned next to the window, and the overcast sky- one could hear raindrops beating on
the window gutter-made him quite melancholy./
a. sound and taste b. taste and touchc. sight and sound d. sight and touch

38. What imagery has Louis Grudin used in the following lines?
/‘ The floor boards have a sour breath/Cadaver lips apart,The ribbed planks, furred with dust smell like a beast in the zoo./
a. tactile imagery and a metaphor c. visual and auditory imagery
b. auditory imagery and a simile d. visual and olfactory imagery (smell) imagery, personification

Nos. 39-41 Identify the figure of speech used in every line.

39. I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!
a. onomatopoeia b. personification c. hyperbole d. metaphor

40. Let’s just say that Ms. Kardashian is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
a. paradox b. metonymy c. metaphor d. apostrophe

41. The chug-a, chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill, while a cloud of smoke rose up to the blue western sky.
a. simile b. metonymy c. onomatopoeia d. assonance

NOS. 42-45 Identify the term described in each number. Write the letter of your answer on the line after each number.

42. A device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage.
a. valence b. wing space c. house right d. hazer

43. The backstage bulletin board where announcements, schedules and other information is posted.
a. call board b. cross fader c. prompt book d. green room
44. A common area where performers wait until it is time to go onstage.
a. house right b. green room c. wing space d. subwoofer

45. The right side of the auditorium, from the audience‘s point of view.
a. house left b. stock scenery c. house right d. front of house

Nos. 46-49. Identify the element of the play reflected in each statement.
46. Romeo is the son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague; a young man of about sixteen.
a. characters b. setting c. conflict d. plot
47. Destruction is inevitable when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints.
a. plot b. characterization c. theme d. mood

48. The events in Romeo and Juliet took place sometime in the sixteenth century.
a. tone b. theme c. setting d. dialogue

49. ―I think not of them: Yet, when we can entreat an hour to serve. We would spend it in some words upon that
business, if you would grant the time.
a. characters b. setting c. plot d. dialogue

NOS. 50-57
50. Which of the following group of words has the sound of the diphthong /aɪ/?
a. beard, weird, fierce, ear b. loud, gown, house, cow c. void, loin, voice, oil d. tide, time, nice, buy

51. Which of the following group of words has the sound of the diphthong / eɪ /?
a. paid, pain, face, paper b. load, home, most, bone c. aired, cairn, scarce, bear d. tour, lure, sure, pure

52. Which of the following group of words has the sound of the diphthong / ɔɪ /?
a. paid, pain, face, paper b. void, loin, voice, oil, boil, coin, toy, c. aired, cairn, scarce, bear d. tour, lure, sure, pure

53. Which of the following group of words has the sound of the diphthong / ʊə /?
a. moored, tour, lure, sure, pure b. void, loin, voice, oil, boil, coin, c. aired, cairn, scarce, bear d. tour, lure, sure, pure

54. What is the sound of the diphthong present in the given series of words? / go, no, know, vote, throw/
a. /aʊ/ b. /əʊ/ c. /ɔɪ/ d. /ʊə/

55. What is the sound of the diphthong present in the given series of words? / moored, tour, lure, sure /
a. /aʊ/ b. /əʊ/ c. /ɔɪ/ d. /ʊə/

56. What is the sound of the diphthong present in the given series of words? / beard, weird, fierce, ear, beer, tear /
a. / ɪə / b. /əʊ/ c. /ɔɪ/ d. / eə /

57. What is the sound of the diphthong present in the given series of words? / tide, time, nice, buy, bike, pie, eye, /
a. aɪ b, ɔɪ c.əʊ d. aʊ
Nos. 58-60
Read the given paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of your answer on the line.

The Man with the Hoe 58. What is the image of the man with a hoe?
God made man in His own image, a. A rich man filled with luxuries of life.
in the image of God made He him. —Genesis.
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans b. A man whose ancestors are poor.
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, c. A man who is well provided by the people in power.
The emptiness of ages in his face, d. A man who works the land in an exhausted state.
And on his back the burden of the world.
Who made him dead to rapture and despair,
A thing that grieves not and that never hopes,
59. What does the word stolid in line number 9 mean?
Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ox? a. signs b. judgment
Who loosened and let down this brutal jaw? c. disrespect d. unemotional
Whose was the hand that slanted back this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light within this brain? 60. What does the word rapture in line number 7 mean?
Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave a. sadness b. judgment
To have dominion over sea and land; c. extreme state of happiness d. injustice
To trace the stars and search the heavens for power;
To feel the passion of Eternity?
Is this the Dream He dreamed who shaped the suns
And marked their ways upon the ancient deep?
Down all the stretch of Hell to its last gulf
There is no shape more terrible than this—
More tongued with censure of the world’s blind greed
More filled with signs and portents for the soul—
More fraught with danger to the universe