WESTERN AKLAN ACADEMY, INC.

Nabas, Aklan
S.Y. 2019-2020

Second Quarter Examination in English 8

Name: ________________ Date: _________________

Section: __________________ Proctor: _________________

GRAMMAR
Choose the appropriate word to complete the meaning of the idiom.
Write a (ocean), b (ups and downs), c (rags), d (cold) and e (piece of cake) in the blanks
provided.

1. If you think that doing this math problem is ____, just try it.
2. The small amount of money donated is just a drop in the ___ compared to the large sum of money needed.
3. He has been successful in life. He went from ____ to riches.
4. They had a dispute yesterday. That’s why she gave him a ____ shoulder.
5. Don’t worry about the problems your business. You know there are always ____ in business.

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT/CHARACTERIZATION
Read each sentence carefully and choose from the word pool the character traits which are
inferred in the following lines.

6. Makato had neither brother nor sister to take care of him. His father and mother died. _______
7. He never idled, fed the pigs, and cleaned the forests. _______ a. orphan b. good-natured
8. He never complained and was satisfied. ______
9. He became an excellent worker. _______ c. industrious d. lazy
10. Get up and give me some corn. _______
e. ambitious f. hardworking

READING COMPREHENSION
Read the selection carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Yesterday, after playing with my hamster on the floor, I put him back into his cage. But, I didn’t close the lid
tightly and he escaped. I didn’t know he was loose until; I saw something run by my feet. I jumped up quickly
and hit the lamp on the table next to me. The lamp fell and crashed to the ground, making a loud noise. Soon,
my dad was in the room upset that he was awoken from his nap. I walked over to apologize when I stopped
just in time. My hamster was sitting in front of me, looking up, and smiling. I reached down to grab him, and he
took off under the couch and into the kitchen. When I heard the scream, I knew my mom had seen my pet.
She scooped him into a colander and popped him back into his cage. I tightly secured the top, and he was
back in his home. I watched him play, and thought for sure I saw him give me a little wink.

CAUSE EFFECT

I did not close the lid tightly

11.

12. I jumped up and hit the lamp.

The lamp crashed to the floor and made

13.
a loud noise.
 Walked to apologize, stopped,
14.
and tried to grab my hamster.

15. My mom screams.

LITERATURE
Direction: Identify the element of a short story being cited out. Choose the best answer.

I.
16. In a plot of the story, the logical arrangement of events is presented. It has five essential parts except.
a. denouement b. exposition c. atmosphere d. climax
17. Setting is one of the elements of a short story. It refers to the time and location in which a story takes
place. It May be the following except.
a. mood b. climax c. atmosphere d. climax
18. What element of the story shows the logical arrangement of events, with a beginning, middle and end?
a. exposition b. character c. plot d. conflict
19. The author may reveal a character in several ways.
a. his/her physical appearance c. what he/she says, thinks and does
b. what he/she does or does not do d. his/her views and opinions
20. Which of the following is considered one of the elements of a short story?
a. character b. dénouement c. exposition d. climax

II developing glowing
21. The darkness creeping up from the water. ______ feather drawing
22. The moving plumes of grass still faintly outlined. ______ unusual a soft voice
23. It was a strange house. _______ to move smoothly
24. Miyuki and Komazawa murmuring of love as they sailed
down the river Uji. _______
25. A firefly hunt has indeed none of the radiance of a cherry blossom party. _______
26. Sketching their uncertain lines of light down close to the surface of the water. _______
27. Gliding out over the water in low areas like the sweep of the grasses. _______

III
Read the paragraph carefully and identify the figurative language used in each sentence. Write the
letter only.

“Mother Africa” is a dark continent which land flushing with sunshine and vivid light. It is also a land of
huge mountains, dark jungles and vast deserts. She has a river which looks like a creeping anaconda.
In her jungles and in her grasslands lurk creatures that are enemies of man: the leopard and the lion,
the snake and the crocodile…

Her people’s complexion is as dark as the night.

a. simile b. metaphor c. personification d. irony

28. Mother Africa is land of huge mountains.

29. In her grasslands lurk the enemies of men.
30. Africa’s river is like a creeping anaconda.
31. Africa is a dark continent which land flushing with sunshine and vivid light.
32. African complexion is as dark as the night.
 e. hyperbole d. litotes

33. Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be, and doesn’t it make you sad about it, Cry
me a river, Cry me a river.
34. Parties just aren't my cup of tea. (I hate parties.)

IV
SEQUENCING OF EVENTS
Arrange the following events in the order of the diagram. Write numbers 1-7. Put your
answer on the space provided.

_____35. Rama, always obedient, is as constant to go into banishment in the forest as to be crowned king.
Sita convinces Rama that she belongs to his side and his brother Lakshman also begs to
accompany them.
_____36. Ravana devises a plan to abduct Sita. He sends a magical golden deer which Sita desires. Rama
and Lakshman go off to hunt the deer, first drawing a protective circle around Sita and warning
her she will be safe as long as she does not step outside the circle. As they go off, Ravana
appears as a holy man begging alms.
_____ 37. Dasharatha, king of Ayodhya, has three wives and four sons. Rama is the eldest, Bharata is
thesecond and the other two are twins, Lakshman and Shatrughna.
_____38. King Dasharatha, Rama’s father, decides it is time to give his throne to his eldest son Rama.
Everyone seems pleased. However Rama’s step-mother, the king’s second wife, is not pleased.
She wants her son, Bharata, to rule. Because of an oath Dasharatha had made to her years
before, she gets the king to agree to banish Rama for fourteen years and to crown Bharata, even
though the king, on bended knees, begs.
_____39. In a neighboring city the ruler’s daughter is named Sita. When it is time for Sita to choose her
bridegroom at a ceremony called a swayamvara. Sita indicates she has chosen Rama as her
husband by putting a garland around his neck. The disappointed suitors watch.
_____ 40. Years pass and Rama, Sita and Lakshman are very happy in the forest. One day a rakshasa
princess tries to seduce Rama, and Lakshman wounds her and drives her away. She returns to
her brother Ravana, the ten-headed ruler of Lanka.
_____41. Rama frees Sita. After Sita proves her purity, they return to Ayodhya and Rama becomes king.
His ruler, Ram-rajya, is an ideal time when everyone does his or her dharma and “fathers never
have to light the funeral pyres for their sons.”

WRITING
I
Complete the sentences by writing the correct prefix in the blank. Choose your answer below.

un in re mis under

42. Let’s look at this information again. We should ____ view it before the test.
43. No, that answer is ___correct. It is wrong.
44. I just can’t believe it! The story is ____believable.
45. The subway does not go over the land like a normal train. It moves ____ground.
46. Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t hear you correctly. I ___ understood you.

II
Direction: Complete this paragraph with the correct transition word to achieve unity and
coherence. Choose from the box below.

The Filipino family is unique 47___ it is quite large. The Filipino family has an extended family 48___
those of other countries are nuclear. A typical Filipino family includes not only the father, mother and children,
but also the grandparents and other relatives. 49.____ Despite this, the family members live in harmony.
Everyone looks forward to the evening meal when everyone is at home 50.____ it is the venue for n exchange
of ideas 51.____, in these modern times, family unity is on the wane.

a. yet b. however c. for

d. moreover e. while f. because

III
Write the correct for of the verb in parentheses.
52. I (worry) all night long about my history test. _____
53. The children (draw) sketches in class yesterday. _____
54. The volunteers (plan) the July Fourth celebration. _____
55. A black corvette (race) around the corner. _____
56. W.W.II (end) in 1945. _____

ESSAY. The Taximan’s story by Catherine Lim

57-60. What do you think of the taxi man? Do you sympathize him? Explain.

Essay Writing Rubric

4 3 2 1
Features
Expert Accomplished Capable Beginner
It was written It was written Piece had little Piece had no style
in an extraordinary in an interesting style style or voice. or voice
Quality of Writing style and voice and voice

Very informative and Somewhat infor- Gives some new Gives no new infor-
well organized. mative and organized information but mation and poorly
poorly organized organized
So many spelling,
Virtually no spelling, Few spelling and A number of punctuation and
Grammar, Usage
punctuation or punctuations errors, spelling, punctuation Grammatical
& Mechanics
grammatical errors minor grammatical or grammatical Errors that it
errors errors Interferes with the
meaning

Give your best…be honest…so you will be blessed!

Prepared by:

DIOSY E. MAGPUSAO
Teacher