English 4

I. Listening
Directions: Listen carefully to the story/paragraph that the teacher will read. Answer the
questions that follow by writing the correct answer on your answer sheet.

Example:

It was raining hard. Children couldn’t go out to play.

They couldn’t even go to school because there was no means
of transportation.

___________1. Why do you think there was no means of transportation?

Answer: 1. The streets were flooded.

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LOVE FOR MOTHER

It was the 14th of February – Valentine’s Day. Abby, Alaine, and

Jethro had prepared something for Mother. They loved their Mother
very dearly; she was their valentine and they were going to prove it.
Abby gave her mother a pretty rose, kissed her gently and then
went out to play.
Jethro gave her mother a silk bandanna, asked for some money
in return, then teased his baby brother.
Alaine gave her mother a valentine card that she made in
school, then helped her in the kitchen.

___________________1. Who were the characters in the story?

___________________2. What was the occasion about?

___________________3. Of the three, who do you think loved Mother best?

___________________4. If you were their Mother, who will you love most?

___________________5. What did Alaine want to show her Mother and her siblings?
 II. Speaking
Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer then write
in on the blank before each number.

Example: ________1. I __________ a teacher.

A. An B. is C. are

Answer: A

Begin here:

___________1. What partitives go with people?

A. a slice of B. a cup of C. a number of

___________2. A number of mothers __________ their baskets to the market every day.

A. carry B. carries C. carried

___________3. The ___________ uniforms in football are different from the rest.

A. coach’s B. coaches’ C. coache’s

___________4. Andrei said, “________ family goes to Australia during vacation.”

A. Me B. Mine C. My

___________5. “Does __________ uncle paint portraits of sceneries,” Sam asked.

A. you B. your C. you’re

___________6. Miss Jhonna congratulates you for winning the drawing contest, what will you say?

A. Excuse me
B. Thank you very much
C. I’m very sorry.

___________7. The judges ____________ the children did their very best during the contest

A. know B. knew C. known

___________8. The audience gave Luke a round of applause.

In this sentence what is the function of Luke?
A. subject B. direct object C. indirect object

___________9. How about applause?

A. subject B. direct object C. indirect object

___________10. In the sentence, thousands of bats live in the forest.

Which tag question is correct?
A. don’t they? B. aren’t they? C. do they?

___________11. No place can be ___________ than Davao City.

A. peaceful B. more peaceful C. most peaceful

___________12. ___________ folks, both young and old, enjoy strolling around the place.
A. Happy B. Happier C. Happiest
___________13. Jack took __________ cow to the market.
A. their B. they’re C. there

___________14. Teacher Carol said, “We will have __________ discussion about our lesson this
afternoon”
A. far B. farther C. further

___________15. The early birds catches the early worms.

The underlined word in the sentence is ___________.

A. an appositive B. an adjective C. an adverb

III. Read the following paragraph. Answer the questions that follow. Whether refers to the
condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.

Our sense of feeling tells us if it is a hot or cold day. Our sense

of sight tells us if it is a bright or a gloomy day. Our sense of smell tells
us what the pleasant and the unpleasant smells in a day are. Our sense
of taste tells us which food have sweet, salty, bitter, or sour taste.

1. What is the paragraph about?

2. How does our sense of feeling tell us the kind of weather we have for the day?

3. How about our sense of hearing?

4. How many senses do we have according to the paragraph?

5. What could be the best title for this paragraph?

IV. Writing (Clincher)

Write a paragraph about a beautiful scenery you have in your country. (20pts.)