1st Monthly Examination

English 9

Name: ____________________________________ Score:___________________

Grade: ____________________________________ Teacher: _________________

I. Sentence Construction: Create a sentence and give the meaning of the Idioms below:

1. a home bird meaning: ________________________

Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
2. a little bird told me meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
3. a lone wolf meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
4. a rare bird meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
5. a penny for your thoughts meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
6. a stone’s throw away meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
7. above and beyond meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
8. against the clock meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
9. agree to disagree meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
10. aha moment meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
11. alive and kicking meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
12. all ears meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
13. all set meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
14. ants in your pants meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________
15. an early bird meaning: ________________________
Sentence: _________________________________________________________________

II. Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer

1. After she said that I ______her to stop seeing him

A. tell B. have told C. told D. has told

2. He told us that after visiting Jamaica he ______ the US

A. visits B. had visited C. was visiting D. will

3. Have you seen the book ______I was reading?

A. who B. that C. what D. why

4. He is always thinking about ______

A. him B. himself C. he D. hiself

5. I can’t help ______her

A. to like B. liking C. like D. liked

6. She gets paid more than ______

A. myself B. me C. I D. self

7. “What ______at 7 o’clock yesterday evening?” “I was watching TV”

A. did you do B. were you doing C. did you D. do you doing

8. ______ he said made me very angry

A. That B. What C. Which D. Why

9. “You______ accompany us, sir,” the policeman said

A. will B. would C. could D. do

10. Shakespeare______ many plays

A. has wrotten B. had written C. wrote D. written
11. You ______have been here an hour ago. But you did not show up.
A. should B. could C. would D. will

12. The Manila Times is a ______

A. day B. daily C. everyday D. monthly

13. I would tell you her name if ______ it

A. would know B. know C. knew D. known

14. I asked her if she ______marry me

A. will B. would C. can D. must

15. The winner ______ a prize

A. gives B. is given C. has given D. gave

16. Could you translate this document ______Latin?

A. into B. in C. to D. for

17. A good architect is one ______houses don’t collapse.

A. which B. whose C. who D. who’s

18. The street lights switch ______on in the evening.

A. them B. theirselves C. themselves D. theirs

19. He considered ______ himself to the board.

A. to introduce B. introducing C. to be introducing D. introduce

20. Britain exports more than ______ imports

A. she B. he C. it D. they

III. Reading Comprehension: Based on the story The Beautiful Horse

Write your answer on the space before the number.

_______________ 1. Who is the main character in the story?

_______________ 2. Where is the actual specific setting location of the story?

_______________ 3. Who served as the narrator of the story?

_______________ 4. Name of the father in the story

_______________ 5. What was the name of the sister in the story?

_______________ 6. Give the name of the cousin in the story

_______________ 7. The name of the brother

_______________ 8. What was actual name of the horse?

_______________ 9. The perception of the people on how the horse got to the family’s property

_______________ 10. What exactly was the scope of the story?

Prepared by:

Arnel P. Callado