Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Bayawan
Bayawan City
Negros Oriental
Hag-um Elementary School

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

ENGLISH 5

DIRECTIONS: Listen carefully as the teacher reads the selection. Answer the
questions that follow.
1. How did Ernesto eat his breakfast?
A. Hurriedly
B. pleasantly
C. slowly
D. quietly
2. What did he have for breakfast?
A. Milk and rice
B. pandesal and milk
C. coffee and bread
D. eggs and rice
3. Who did not want Ernesto to go bare footed?
A. his father
B. his mother
C. his teacher
D. his sister
4. Why was Ernesto running?
A. He might be late.
B. Somebody was running after him.
C. He was the monitor for the day.
D. He still meet his friends.
5. Where is the setting of the story?
A. School
B. Home
C. Park
D. church
6. Who are the characters of the story?
A. Ernesto and Father
B. Ernesto and Aling Rosa
C. Ernesto and his dog
D. Ernesto and Joy
 7. What is the general feeling created in the story?
A. Sadness
B. being in a hurry
C. happiness
D. excitement
8. The buzzing bee flew away.
A. onomatopoeia
B. assonance
C. alliteration
D. simile
9. The men sell the wedding bells.
A. onomatopoeia
B. assonance
C. alliteration
D. simile

I. Identify REALITY and FANTASY. Write your answer before the

number.
_______________10. The fish drove the car to the store.
_______________11. We went to the baseball game.
_______________12. Marion ate the four tall mountains.
_______________13. We are all in Grade V.
_______________14. Buwan ng Wika is celebrated every month of August.
II. Choose the letter of the correct facial expressions, body movements,
gestures that would prevail in the situation.

Rico took one step forward then stopped. He closed his eyes and breathed
deeply. All he could think of was that big, dark, empty room in front of him.
15. Rico was ________.
A. sad B. happy C. afraid D. thoughtfulness
16. Rico cried out,
A. “I can’t move!”.
B. “Wow, it is too dark!”
C. “Mother, help me!”
D. “Somebody, turn on the light, please!”.
17. The night was dark and stormy. Thunder rolled, followed by flashes of
lightning. The child hurdled closer to her mother’s breast. She felt __________.
A. happy B. sad C. afraid D. excited
18. Congratulations! You deserve it! I am proud of you.
A. happy B. sad C. afraid D. excited
IV. Identify from among the words in the sentence the synonym of the
underlined compound word.
19. The airfield which is located between two mountains was too small to serve as a
landing strip for the jet plane.
A. landing strip B. located C. mountains D. between
20. The schedule of flights to the city is as tight as the timetable of sea trips.
A. city B. schedule C. tight D. trips
21. Mario has a new wristwatch which is similar to my two-year old timepiece.
A. similar B. new C. timepiece D. has
22. Travelling in the countryside is much enjoyable, I fell in love with the rural
area which I often visited.
A. often B. enjoyable C. rural area D. travelling
23. Wendy became disheartened when she saw how the low-spirited employees
did their jobs after the typhoon.
A. became B. jobs C. typhoon D. disheartened
V. Identify the kind of figure of speech for each sentence.
24. He is a lamb in his classroom.
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. apostrophe
25. The waves sighed as they gently kissed the shore.
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. apostrophe
VI. Choose the correct present tense of the verb for each sentence.
26. We _______ to the market last Monday.
A. went B. goes C. will go D. goes
27. Maria _______ gracefully.
A. dance B. dances C. will dance D. will going to dance
VII. Fill in the with the appropriate conjunction to connect the sentences. Use
and, or, and but.
28. They go home before dark, ________ they wait for the beautiful sunset.
29. Joy loves fishing, ________ Maria finds it boring.
30. Joey and Marie are good neighbors, ________ they have become best friends.
31. We sail on ________ swim in the sea.
32. With friends, we have picnics _________ in the morning _____ in the
afternoon.
VIII. Identify the forms and conventions of films and moving pictures.
33. What is the precise staging of actors in order to facilitate the performance of
a play, ballet, film or opera?
A. blocking B. direction C. sounds D. lights
34. Who is the person who directs the making of the film?
A. staff B. director C. sounds man D. light man
35. It is the art or practice of representing a character on a stage or before
cameras.
A. blocking B. direction C. acting D. lightning
36.What is the purpose of magazine cover?
A. to attract readers
B. serve as design
C. to give the content
D. give preview

IX. Write a paragraph based on the outline given below.

37-40.
The Whale
I. A sea mammal well built for living in the water.
A. Has blubber or fat to keep it warm
B. Has few bristle of hair on its head
C. Has front links shaped like flippers
D. Gives birth to live babies
II. How the whale gets air
A. Breaths air through its lungs
B. Swims to the surface of the water to breath air
C. Blows out stale air before breathing in
RUBRICS:
4 3 2 1
Compose paragraph Compose paragraph Compose paragraph Compose
clearly with correct with 1 incorrect with 2 incorrect paragraph
sequence of ideas sequence of ideas sequence of ideas with 3
based on the outline. based on the outline based on the outline incorrect
sequence of
ideas based
on the
outline

PREPARED BY:
MA.ASUNCION B. JORILLO
Adviser