REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
Division of Oriental Mindoro
BALUGO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Mansalay

FIRST PERIODIC TEST in ENGLISH 9

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements carefully and write your answer on your
paper. GOODLUCK!

1. What type of text is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that leads to the
appreciation of the cultural heritages of students?
A. Informative Text
B. Journalistic Text
C. Literary Text
D. None of the Above
2. What type of text serves to inform; provides or discloses information; instructive; instructional and
is usually non-fiction?
A. Journalistic Text
B. Informative Text
C. Literary Text
D. None of the above.
3. What type of text or writing is clear, concise and has the purpose of informing, entertaining and
persuading?
A. Literary Text
B. Journalistic Text
C. Informative Text
D. None of the above.
4. Which is an example of informative text that has an objective of retelling a true event that
happened in the past.
A. Factual recount
B. Procedural
C. Diary
D. Narrative
5. Which of the following is a journalistic text that uses words or sensationalism and eye-catching
headlines?
A. Broadcast journalism
B. Yellow journalism
C. Print journalism
D. None of the above.
6. How are you going to distinguish an informative text from a literary text type?
A. An informative text can be derived from the use of resources that are reliable and scholarly
while a literary text type can be from experiences and emotions that appeals to the readers.
B. A literary text type is always base on observations unlike informative text.
C. An informative text is clear and organized unlike literary text.
D. A literary text does not appeal to the intellect unlike informative text.
7. Which among the following statements about the divisions of literary writing is CORRECT?
A. Prose expresses a strong or a lofty thought compressed and intense utterance.
B. Prose is generally concerned with the presentation of an idea, concept or point of view in more
ordinary and leisurely manner.
C. Poetry has the main purpose of furnishing information, instruction and enlightenment.
D. Poetry appeals to the intellect.
Read and evaluate the given text entitled “The Seven Ages of Man” and answer the question
that follows.
The Seven Ages of Man
by William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
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His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
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Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
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Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
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Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again towards childish treble, pipes
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And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

8. What type of literary text is “The Seven Ages of Man” ?

A. Poetry
B. Narrative
C. Prose
D. None of the above.
9. What punctuation mark is used to introduce a list, quote or statement that you want to draw
attention to in a complete sentence?
A. Colon
B. Exclamation point
C. Period
D. Quotation Mark
10. What punctuation mark is used to separate two, often contradictory, complete sentences with a
conjunctive adverb like "however" or "therefore."?
A. Period
B. Comma
C. Semicolon
D. Exclamation point
11. What punctuation mark is used to separate numbers in various instances, such as time?
A. Period
B. Semicolon
C. Colon
D. Comma
12. Which of the following is the main importance of the use of punctuations?
A. Use punctuation marks to help you find the sensible meaning of what you’re reading.
B. Punctuations guide the readers when to apply pausing in oral reading.
C. Punctuations give the reader the idea of proper intonation.
D. Punctuation separates group of words.
13. What punctuation mark should you apply to a series that calls for multiple commas showed in this
underlined statement; The county high school's homecoming court include Sandy May,
senior __ Tiffany Bills, junior__ Leslie Maddox, sophomore__ and Lisa June, freshman.
A. Semicolon
B. Comma
C. Colon
D. Period
14. How is semicolon used in the sentence- "Sherry and I went to the movies earlier today;
however, we missed the film that we wanted to see."
A. The semicolon is used to separate series that calls for multiple commas that could confuse the
reader.
B. Semicolon is used to separate two, often contradictory, complete sentences with a conjunctive
adverb like "however" or "therefore”.
C. The semicolon is used to separate two complete, but related, sentences.
D. None of the above
15. Which of the following expressions indicates agreement?
A. That’s not quite true, Sam was there too.
B. That’s good to know. We’ll give him a call.
C. No, seriously. I haven’t played very well at all.
D. Not really. It’s pretty important.
16. Which of the following is defined as putting your own words the author’s words from a passage?
A. Paraphrasing
B. Recalling
C. Summarizing
D. Narrating
17. Which of the following mini dialogues best indicates the intention of expressing agreement?
A. Angelo: You’re the only person who knows what really happened.
Malee: That’s not quite true, Sam was there too.
B. Bam: That’s what they say!
Rom: No, seriously. I haven’t played very well at all.
C. Milette: There’s something I have to tell you
Mila : Can’t it wait?
Milette: Not really. It’s pretty important.
D. Rina: But you have time for coffee, don’t you?
Tess: That would be nice.
18. Which of the following are words that show feelings and emotions?
A. Interjections
B. Imagery
C. Metaphors
D. contractions
19. What is the interjection used in the statement, “Well, let’s go sailing, I’m so excited”?
A. I’m
B. Well
C. Let’s
D. excited
20. What is the missing punctuation in the sentence to convey strong emotion, “Good grief, mother
would not go out in the snow without her coat”?
A. (?) after the word “good grief”
B. (!) after the word “good grief”
C. (.) after “good”
D. (!) after “good”
21. Which of the following markers can signal how to interpret the relationship between sentences in a
number of different ways?
A. Quotation Markers
B. Sequence Markers
C. Introductory Markers
D. Concluding Markers
22. Which of the following sequence markers can indicate cause-result relationships?
A. First
B. Furthermore
C. Consequently
D. In any case
23. Which of the following sequence markers can indicate order of importance?
A. to begin with. . .
B. as a result. .
C. conversely
D. likewise
24. What is the function of sequence signal “then” is illustrated below?
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Sucked from his magic veins; but the swirling
Surf had covered his death, hidden
Deep in murky darkness his miserable
End, as hell opened to receive him.
Then old and young rejoiced, turned back

-taken from “The Battle of Grendel” Translated by Burton Raffel

A. To reinforce what was already been said

B. To indicate two propositions
C. To show additional actions
D. To indicate cause-result relationships

Read and evaluate the short passage below. Identify the correct sequence signal words to
complete the idea.

Golden Eagles soar high along ridges near their nests. Here, they search
for prey. When they spot “a meal,” they attack it in a long swoop. _____, they
return with it to their nests.
25. Which of the following signal words will complete the last statement?
A. Then
B. Next
C. Third
D. As a result
26. Who is the author of the poem entitled “Mother to Son”?
A. Thomas Malory
B. Langston Hughes
C. William Shakespeare
D. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Read the poem below:

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare. But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall
now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
27. According to the author of the poem entitled “Mother to Son”, to what can we compare life?
A. Plant
B. Stairway
C. Feet
D. Mountain

Read the text and identify sensory images portrayed to express your appreciation.
28. What do we call the words used by poets to express vivid images, clear sounds and exact feelings
to convey meanings?
A. Imagery
B. Metaphor
C. Rhyme
D. Onomatopoeia
29. Which of the following lines of the poem “The Seven Ages of Man” appeals to the sense of sight?
A. Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
B. And shining morning face, creeping like snail
C. Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad.
D. Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
30. The following lines of the poem “The Seven Ages of Man” appeal to the sense of hearing
EXCEPT:
A. Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
B. Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
C. Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad.
D. Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
31. Which of the following sensory images was portrayed from the passage taken from “The Day of
Destiny”:

So upon Trinity Sunday at night King Arthur dreamed a wonderful dream, and in his dream
it seemed to him that he saw upon a platform a chair, and the chair was fast to a wheel, and
thereupon sat King Arthur in the richest cloth of gold that might be made. And the King
thought there was under him, far from him, and hideous deep black water, and therein was
all manner of serpents, and worms, and wild beasts, foul and horrible. And suddenly the
King thought that the wheel turned upside down, and he fell among the serpents, and every
beast took him by a limb. And then the King cried as he lay in his bed, “Help, Help!”
A. sound
B. smell
C. sight
D. taste

32. Which of the following sensory images was portrayed from the passage taken from “The Day of
Destiny”:

For ever the queen and ladies wept and shrieked, that it was pity to hear. And as soon as
Sir Bedivere had lost sight of the barge he wept and wailed, and so took the forest and went
all that night.
A. sound
B. smell
C. sight
D. taste

33. In the poem “ The Seven Ages of Man”, what do you think is the author’s purpose in writing?
A. To inspire
B. To enlighten
C. To bring pleasure to the reader
D. To entertain
34. What is the main idea expressed in the poem, “The seven Ages of Man”? (Refer to page 2)
A. Roles in life that man performs
B. The seven stages that a man faces in life
C. The journey a person has
D. People are actors
35. What is the final stage of life as stated in the poem?
A. Being an infant
B. School boy
C. Being mature like a soldier
D. An event in life where one becomes childish and in mere oblivion
36. What is the main idea expressed in the poem, “Mother to Son”? (Refer to page 4)
A. Life is full of challenges they continually need to face / overcome, so they must be strong.
B. Life is full of mistakes to correct.
C. Life is a never-ending journey.
D. Life can be so cruel to everyone and that we do not deserve this kind of life.
37. What do you think might have motivated the mother to advise her son in the poem?
A. The mother had a painful experience in the past that she wouldn’t let her son to experience it
too.
B. The son seems hard-headed and won’t listen to an advice.
C. She wanted her son to be like her in the future.
D. None of the above.
38. What is the synonym word of “dwelling”?
A. Slender
B. Clear
C. Abode
D. Score
39. What is the opposite meaning of the word “cheerful”?
A. Earnest
B. Solemn
C. Mournful
D. Bivouac
40. What does the word “vindicate”
A. Clear
B. Narrow
C. Trip
D. Chide
41. What is the opposite meaning of the word “forlorn”?
A. Sad
B. Happy
C. Chill
D. Relax
42. How can you apply the line coming from the poem “Act, act in the living present”, in real life
situation?
A. Come what may and keep calm.
B. Leave everything to God.
C. Do something for your own good.
D. Keep motivated.
43. What is the meaning of the statement “People should continue to appreciate life as very important
and real”?
A. Value whatever life might bring to us.
B. Enjoy life and live it to the fullest.
C. Keep on going and be motivated for living is the essence of life.
D. All of the above.
44. Which of the following literary devices is described as a sound device used by poets to suggest
actions, movements and meanings?
A. Rhyme
B. Onomatopoiea
C. Alliteration
 D. Consonance
45. Which of the following is a personal type of writing where words flow and carry you along the
realms of beautiful thought?
A. Song
B. Poetry
C. Novel
D. Essay
46. What element of poetry is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words?
A. Consonance
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Imagery
47. What are the two kinds of RHYME ?
A. End Rhyme and Internal Rhyme
B. Blank verse and internal rhyme
C. End rhyme and blank verse
D. Verse and rhyme
48. What kind of element of poetry is “The dancing leaves captured my attention, it reminds me
something great and special”?
A. Repetition
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Onomatopoeia
49. What literary device is implied form the line, “doubting, drearing dreams no mortal enter dared to
dream before”?
A. Consonance
B. Alliteration
C. Repetition
D. Assonance
50. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the elements of poetry?
A. Tone
B. Theme
C. Quality
D. Imagery