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ENGLISH 9
FIRST QUARTER
1. Identify the right stress of the word using the syllable written in capital letter.

a. EXcalibur b. exCAlibur c. ExcaliBUR d. EXCAlibur

Revised:
Which of the following has the correct stress of the word ‘excalibur’?

a. EXcalibur b. exCAlibur c. ExcaliBUR d. EXCAlibur

2. What word/s in the passage that follows need/s to be enclosed in quotation marks? They say, Time
assuages.
a. Time assuages b. assuages c. They say d. They

Revised:
What punctuation mark should be added in the sentence?
a. Comma b. period c. quotation marks d. colon

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3. He is a lion in the fight. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?

a. Simile b Metaphor c. Irony d. Hyperbole

Revised:
What figure of speech uses as or like for comparison?
a. Simile b Metaphor c. Irony d. Hyperbole

4. It is the repetition of vowel sounds within the words.

a. Consonance b. Rhyme c. Alliteration d. Assonance

Revised:
What sound device is used in the phrase, “bad black cat”
a. Consonance b. Rhyme c. Alliteration d. Assonance
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5. What character’s quality is reflected in this action? Beowulf snapped a wide wound to Grendel’s
shoulder.
a. brave b. coward c. boastful d. humble

Revised:
What character’s quality is reflected in this action? Beowulf killed Grendel for the people.
a. brave b. coward c. boastful d. humble

6. It is a place where people of Danes hold their feast.

a. Harbour b. Heorot c. sea d. dungeon

Revised:
Which of the following is the setting of the story Beowulf?
a. Harbour b. Heorot c. sea d. dungeon

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7. What punctuation mark is used to end up a sentence in first stanza fourth lines?
a. colon b. comma c. period d. parenthesis

Revised:
Which punctuation mark is used to end up a declarative sentence?
a. colon b. comma c. period d. parenthesis

8. Identify the right stress of the word using the syllable written in capital letter.
a. PLAYers b. playERS c. PLAYERS d. players

Revised:
Which of the following has the correct stress of the word ‘excalibur’?
a. PLAYers b. playERS c. PLAYERS d. players
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9. Give the meaning of the underlined word in this statement. “Who would have weened that you have been to
me so loved and dear”…
a. believe b. scare c. meet d. chat

Revised:
Which word is synonymous to the word “weened”
a. believe b. scare c. meet d. chat

10. The infant is mewling and puking in the nurse’ arm due to prolong crying.
a. vomiting b. crying c. sleeping d. playing

Revised:
Which is synonymous to the underlined word in the sentence: The infant is mewling and puking in the nurse’ arm
due to prolong crying.
a. vomiting b. crying c. sleeping d. playing

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