Direction: Read the instruction of every test and write your answer on your English

Activity notebook.

TEST – I
INSTRUCTION: Read the essay carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Money is the medium used by people to buy required goods and services. It is used as the
source to fulfill basic needs and is also a source of comfort in life. Money is the most important
source to live a healthy and prosperous life; however, it cannot be compared with the
significance of love and care. Both have their own importance and benefits. Nevertheless,
money is a useful and necessary commodity to live contentedly disposing all your usual liabilities
towards your family and loved ones.

1. Write down the topic sentence in your own words if it is not directly stated.
2. How can we use money properly?

TEST – II
INSTRUCTION: Choose the letter of the best answer.

3. What is being personified in the poem? THE SEA

by Natividad Marquez
A. Sea
B. Shore Why does the sea laugh, Mother,
C. Sun As it glints beneath the sun?
D. World It is thinking of the joys, my child,
That it wishes every one.
4. In the poem, what human trait or quality is Why does the sea sob so, Mother,
given? As it breaks on the rocky shore?
A. It is simply a part of being like the It recalls the sorrows of the world.
And weeps forevermore.
ocean.
B. The relationship between mother and Why is the sea so peaceful, Mother,
child. As if it were fast asleep?
C. The sea is used as an image that It would give our tired hearts, dearest
represents mankind. child,
The comfort of the deep.
D. It is happy on a sunny day and wishes
to see everyone happy.

TEST – III
A. Complete the sentences. Write the plural form of the correct word from the word pool in
each blank space.
baco egg
bush sheep
city stones
crisis woman √
criterion

Ex.: There are three men and four women in my art class.

5. Quezon and Cebu are among the largest ______ in the Philippines.
6. Let us work together to present this c risis.
7. The judges chose the winners based on four (criteri).
8. Outside around my house, there are trees, flowers, and bush .
9. We saw several (s heep) in the field.
10. The blue-bird makes her nest in a hollow tree and her _____ are blue.
B. Copy the sentence and correct the mistakes.

11. All of schools alumna upheld basis of their decision.

12. I don’t like to eat salmons.

C. Write your own sentences using the given nouns in their plural form.

13. phenomenon
14. buttons

TEST – IV
A. Match the PHRASES that best describe each WORD. Write only the letter of the best
answer.

PHRASES WORD

15. The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her A. Annoyed

fist down on it--hard. It flew off the B. Calm
nightstand and bounced off her cat, C. Entertain
Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and D. Humorous
rocketed out the room. E. Inform
F. Persuade
16. HAMSTERS FOR SALE: Fun Pet Store, G. Relaxed
in the mall: We have a large H. Straightforward
selection of hamsters for sale this week.
They are interesting pets, and you
will enjoy having one! They are only
P935.00 this week!! Come and buy
yours today!

17. “Ugh! Do I have to sit through another

boring lecture on data entry again?”

18. “What kind of dog can jump higher than

a house? Any kind because houses cannot
jump.”

B. ESSAY

19. Differentiate tone and mood.

20. How can we identify the author’s purpose?