Saint Ferdinand College

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Sta. Ana St, City of Ilagan, Isabela

ENGLISH 9
QUIZ 1 – QUARTER 1

“The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.” (Psalm 118:6)

Name: _______________________________ Grade & Section: __________________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

1. DON’T CHEAT. A wise examiner doesn’t roam around getting data from others just to
gain high scores. Cheating is deceiving. One must know the feeling of being cheated on.
2. DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM TOXIC PEOPLE. Don’t be so close with your
seatmate. Learn to have space.
3. DON’T BE BOASTFUL OF YOUR ABILITY. If you’re finished and it is still not yet
time, review your answers. Wait until the clock strikes at four. Wait until the right time
comes.

TEST I: IDENTIFICATION. Identify the correct answer for the following statements. Write
your answer on the blank provided.

A.

Robert Meter Theme A Time to Tone Robert

Frost Talk Burns
Acronym Lyric poetry The Rainy Stanza Henry Mood
Day Wadsworth
Longfellow

1. He was a national literary figure in the eighteenth century. _______________________

2. A famous American poet who started writing poetry when he was 15.
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3. A poem that talks about cherishing moments with your love ones.
_______________________
4. This is may be in the form of poems, sonnets, or odes and aims to express the personal
thoughts of the poet. _______________________
5. It is a unit of poetry consisting of two or more lines arranged in a pattern according to
rhyme and meter or rhythm. ______________________
6. It is an abbreviation formed from the initial components of a word or phrase.
_______________________
7. It is a systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
_______________________
8. It is the central idea of a poem. _______________________
9. It is the level and kind of “emotions” expressed which may be anger, excitement, or
sadness. _______________________
10. It is seen as the bigger picture of the poet’s feelings which is produced as the poet
chooses the words to be included in the poem. _______________________
 B. Place the following words in its appropriate vowel sound symbol.

handsome rude
bulletin ultimate
oven statue
cleaner son
doctor farce

TEST III. APPLICATION. Rewrite the sentences into its correct version.

A. Punctuation Marks and Capitalization

1. i asked my family for a nike bag for my birthday in august

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2. do not worry for he is our god
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3. the fault in our stars will always be my favorite movie
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4. sfc is a catholic institution
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B. Restatement

Use each of the following words in your own sentence with the aim of rewording or
restating information. (2 pts each)
1. Namely
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2. In other words
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3. That is to say
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TEST IV. ESSAY. Answer briefly but intelligently. Don’t go around the bush. Go direct to the
point. (10 pts.)

1. One of the themes of Franklin’s The Whistle is on not knowing the value of a certain
thing and regretting right after getting it. What other themes can you cite excluding the
aforementioned theme? Connect it to an experience you have/had in your life.

2. If you were to end the story “The Storyteller”, how would you end it and why?