Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Division of Bataan
District of Mariveles
ANTONIO G. LLAMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH VI

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Objectives Item Easy Average Difficult Item

Placement
I.LISTENING 6 3 1 2

1. Distinguish changes in meaning of 3 1-3

sentences caused by stress
2. Follow a series of directions listened
to 1 4
2.1 Completing a chart 1 1 5-6
3. Give the main idea of a selection
listened to 17 10 5 2
II. SPEAKING
1. Use the correct intonation 2 7-8
1.1 Yes No question 2 9-10
1.2 Questions introduced by
Interrogatives
2. Give accurate announcements by using
courteous expressions on appropriate 2 11-12
situations
2.1 Give a report based from an 2 13-14
observation 2 15-16
2.2 Participate in club meeting
3. Increase ones vocabulary
4. Ask and answer questions about 3 17-19
oneself/others using 2 2 20-23
pictures/dialogues/comic 22 13 7 2
4.1 Change statements into questions
4.2 Use tag questions 4
III. READING 4 24-27
1. Decode meaning of unfamiliar words using 28-31
1.1 Structural analysis 2
1.2 The dictionary 2 32-33
2. Follow a series of directions in 1 34-35
2.1 Experiments 2 36
2.2 Prescriptions 37-38
2.3 Cooking 4
3. Identify the events on the plot of a story, 39-42
poem, short play 1 2
4. Tell the big ideas/key concepts implied in 43-45
each paragraph of the story read
5. Use a story grammar to show sequence of 3 2
episodes in a story 46-50
IV. WRITING
1. Write a composition showing
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Body
1.3 Conclusion
LISTENING ENGLISH GRADE VI
I. LISTENING
1. Direction: Listen and follow the direction that I am going to give in completing a chart
a. On the first circle, draw a grass
b. Label it as the first order consumer
c. Draw a worm on the second circle
d. Label it as the 2nd order consumer
e. Draw a chicken on the 3rd circle
f. Label it as 3rd order consumer
g. Connect the circles by putting an arrow showing the food chain from 1st order consumer up to the
last.

Direction: Listen to the paragraph and give the main idea

The world we live in without disgust is the beauty which every now and then men create out of chaos –
the pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lived. Of all these,
the richest in beauty is a life well – lived. That is the perfect work of art.

A bird flew around anxiously in circles. With shrill cries, it attacked the rat that was threatening her nest.
When the rat ran away, the bird waited. Then, it dropped down to the nest of the little birdies it was protecting.
 FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH VI

Name: _______________________________________ Date: ________________________

Grade and Section: _____________________________ Teacher: _______________________

I. LISTENING
A. Direction: Listen as the teacher reads the sentences. Encircle the letter of the correct meaning of the sentence
based on the stressed word.

1. Liza turned twelve last Wednesday.

a. Not fifteen but twelve c. Wednesday not Tuesday
b. Not Noza but Liza d. It was Mona that turned twelve not Sonia
2. A hobby can be both profitable and relaxing.
a. Not talent but hobby c. It was relaxing not entertaining
b. Not relaxing but boring d. both profitable and relaxing not relaxing only
3. Joey laced his new rubber shoes.
a. The shoes belong to Joey, not anyone else’s.
b. Joey has learned how to tie his own shoes
c. Joey has a rubber shoes not a leather one.
d. Joey wants us to notice that his shoes are new.
B. Listen and follow the direction that the teacher will give in completing a chart.
4.

C. Listen to the selection carefully. Encircle the letter that gives the main idea.
5. a. A perfect work of art is a thing of beauty.
b. Man is capable of creating beauty out of chaos.
c. Many people often regard this world with disgust.
d. A life well – spent is the best work of art that man can create.

6. a. A rat tried to attack the birdies in a nest.

b. A bird anxiously flies around her nest.
c. The nest of little birdies was protected.
d. A bird was protecting its nest of birdies from the attack of a hungry rat.

II.SPEAKING
A. Direction: Use the correct intonation by putting for rising intonation and for falling intonation.
7. _______ Do modern cars with hydraulic brakes powerful enough to stop a car within a short distance after
the brakes have been applied?
8. _______ Why modern cars are equipped with a photoelectric battery cell that acts as an electric eye?
9. _______ Does every student has an opinion about what needs to be done to make this a better school?
10. ________ When did Benny Goodman started to study the clarinet?

B. Direction: Give the appropriate courteous expression. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
11. Mr. Greg De Castro went to Aristocrat restaurant to have his dinner. He found a small cockroach in his stew.
He looks at the waiter and waves his hand. Give the appropriate gesture.
a. Hey waiter! What kind of food is this?
b. What type of food is this? Where is your manager and I’ll file a case against him?
c. Waiter! Waiter! You better close your restaurant because of this incident.
d. Excuse me, what’s this? You better fix everything before your customer transfer to other restaurant your
name is at risk. Be careful next time.
12. A man called his doctor’s office for an appointment. “I’m sorry”, said the nurse, we can’t fit you in for at least
two weeks due to the epidemic of diarrhea.
a. What? I’ll pay you double.
b. That can’t be, don’t you know me?
b. It’s ok, just schedule me on the third week.
d. I’ll call the manager of the hospital to terminate you at once.

13. The secretary will read her report.

a. Ms. Secretary present now.
b. Present now your report, secretary.
c. Secretary, you may present your report.
d. The secretary will read the minutes of the previous meeting.

14. Ashlee wants to end the meeting.

a. The meeting is adjourned.
b.. It is the end of the meeting.
c. We are done so let’s go home.
d. I want to adjourn the meeting.

C. Identify the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
15. After a long sojourn in another country, she came back to the Philippines.
a. temporary stay c. periodic stay
b. permanent stay d. long stay

16. Mrs. Rio’s house is always spic and span because her maid has tirelessly cleaned it.
a. clean b. dirty c. maid d. tirelessly

D. Change the following statements into simple questions. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
17. Prince Charles is a probable heir to the throne of England.
a. Is prince Charles a probable heir to the throne of England?
b. Do Prince Charles a probable heir to the throne of England?
c. Were Prince Charles is a probable heir?
d. Are a probable heir to the throne of England is prince Charles?

18. Water in the pail was spilled.

a. Was water in the pail spilled?
b. Do water in the pail spill?
c. Is water in the pail spilled?
d. Are water in the pail spilled?

19. Flood victims tried to save themselves.

a. Did the flood victims try to save themselves?
b. Do the flood victims tried to save themselves?
c. Does the flood victims tried to save themselves?
d. Was the flood victims tried to save themselves?

E. Read the sentence and select the letter that will complete the statement.
20.Pandora opens the box, _____________
a. was she? c. does she?
b. wasn’t she? d. doesn’t she?

21. The Spanish Officers and Gen. Aguinaldo signed the Pack of Biak-na-Bato, ________________
a. was they? c. wasn’t they?
b. didn’t they? d. do they?

22. An honest boy always tells the truth, __________________

a. doesn’t he? c. didn’t he?
b. don’t he? d. isn’t he?
23. It is safe to swim in the pool, _______________
a. Is it? c. Isn’t it?
b. Was it? d. Wasn’t it?

III. Reading
A. Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
24. Napoleon rose from the rank of soldier to the exalted position of Emperor.
a. downgraded c. put down
b. humiliated d. raised in rank

25. Pedestrians, as well as drivers, must learn to obey traffic rules.

a. divers c. strollers
c. hikers d. mountain climbers

26. The young bear found itself in a predicament. After climbing the tree, it discovered that it did not know how to
get down.
a. noisy place c. pleasant situation
b normal situation d. troubling situation

27. The governor’s reelection brought elation to his supports but it brought sadness to his opponent.
a. victory c. happiness
b. regret d. sadness

B. Here are the entries in the dictionary about the word ball. Write the letter of the correct meaning before the
number.

Ball a. n. any round body; sphere; a ball of thread; a snowball

b. n. round or oval object, often hollow, used in a number of games: a tennis ball; a football;
c. n. a game played with a ball, as baseball.
d. n. ball that has been thrown or hit so that it moves in a special way; a curve ball; a bouncing ball.
e. n. In baseball a pitch that is not struck at by the batter and is not strike.
f. n. a round bullet or a cannon ball
g. v. to make into a ball
h. n. a large formal dance
_____28. Mom and dad went to a grand ball last night.
______ 29.Mother made the ground meat into small balls.
______ 30. My friends gave me a baseball ball on my birthday.
______ 31. Janelle needs a ball of thread for her project in EPP.

C. Read and follow the direction in conducting an experiment. Write your answer on the space provided for.

Things we need:
A radish with roots
½ glass of water
Red food coloring
1 tablespoon sugar
2 strong toothpicks

Fill the glass with ½ full of water

Put 2 drops of red food coloring
Get a radish with roots
Make a narrow hole in the radish and put 1 tablespoon sugar
Support radish with 2 toothpicks and place it in the glass

32. What do you do first? Box your answer. ____________________________________

33. What are used to support the radish? Underline the first and last letter of your answer
______________________________________
 D. Read the prescription and follow the direction carefully. Write your answer below.
Father went to the farm and suddenly it rained hard. He got wet and caught colds. He asked for medicine
from their family doctor. Here is the prescription he got.

34. What medicines were given to him? Write them all in

capital letters.

____________________________________

____________________________________

____________________________________

____________________________________

35. If father will take the medicine at 9:00 am when will be

the next take of his medicine? Encircle your answer.

E. Read the recipe and answer the question.

Write the answer on the space provided for.

Mother loves to cook corn soup from young corn. Here is the recipe.

Corn Soup

First, choose 5 young corn.

Remove the husks and hair the corn.
Scrape the meat from the cobs.
Prepare about 3 pcs. of crushed garlic, 1 sliced small onion, patis, ¼ cup ground pork
and malunggay leaves.
Saute in 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and follow the steps – garlic till brown, then, the
onion, patis and ground pork.
When the pork is tender, drop the corn and let it boil.
Add water to make soup in just the consistency.
Drop the washed malunggay leaves.
Cook till everything is tender. Put salt to taste.
Mix about ¼ cup of evaporated milk
Serve hot

36. What is the main ingredient Mother used. Box your answer. ____________________________
F. Read the selection and answer the questions that follow. Encircle the correct answer.

The lucky few who reached the tertiary or university level constitute only 2.5 percent of the population
who are 25 years old and over.
There is also a significant number of children who are out of school and their number is believed to be
increasing as a result of the ongoing economic crisis.

37. What would be the effect if such trend will continue?

a. There will be more youths who will not be able to finish college.
b. There will be an increase in the number of street children.
c. The uneducated people will be one of the hindrances in the progress of our economy.
d. Our economy will progress.
38. Which of the following measures is the best that the government could do to solve this problem?
a. Employ more competent teachers.
b. Encourage the youth to go to school.
c. Put up more schools in remote areas.
d. Enforce the government’s free basic education program.

F. Read the paragraph. Give the main idea and the supporting details. Write it on the space provided for.

Like all sharks, great whales have a very good sense of smell. From as far as a quarter of a mile, sharks
have been known to get a sea of blood water, which can lead them to a wounded animal that will provide an easy
meal. Great whites may also be able to smell things through the air because of an unusual ability they have. They
are the only sharks that can hold their head up of the water, which may help the sharks, smell colonies of the sea
mammals they favor as food.
Main Idea: 39. __________________
Supporting Details: 40. __________________
41. __________________
42. _________________
H. Read the story carefully and write the number to sequence the event as it happened in the story.

Yeti knew she had to try to be brave. Her mother could not carry her forever on her back. Yeti was getting
big and heavy. She had to learn how to spot the snakes that hid in the thick grass or up in the trees and get away
fast. It seemed that as far as she could see, danger lurked everywhere. She knew the others had ventured from
the area, but she had never been into the miles and miles of trees that stretched out before her. She decided to
practice swinging from branch to branch in her favorite tree.

43. _____ Others ventured in the area but Yeti had not seen even a mile.
44. _____ She learns to swing in the tree branches.
45. _____ Mother could not carry her, Yeti grew big and heavy.
IV. WRITING

46. – 50. Write a composition showing the introduction, body and conclusion about your “Summer Vacation“.
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Key to Correction

1. b
2. c 26. d
3. d 27. c
4. 28. h
29. g
30. b
31. a
32. Fill the glass with ½ full of water
33. 2 toothpicks and glass
34.PHENYLEPHRINE HCI
First Second Third CHLORPHENAMINE MALEATE
PARACETAMOL
5. b 35. 3:00 pm
6. b 36 young corn

7. 37. c
38. b
8. 39. All sharks, great whales have a very
good sense of smell
40. From as far as a quarter of a mile,
9. sharks have been known to get a sea of
blood water which can lead them to a
wounded animal that will provide an easy
10. meal.
41. Great whales may also be able to smell
things through the air because of an
11. d unusual ability they have.
12. b 42. They are the only sharks that can hold
13. d their head up of the water which may help
14. a the sharks smell colonies of the sea
15. a mammals they favor as food.
16. a 43. 3
17. a 44. 3
18. a 45. 1
19. a 46.-50 teacher’s decision
20. d
21. b
22. c
23. c
24. d
25. c