PRE-TEST IN ENGLISH 8

NAME:___________________________________________SCORE:___________RATING:____________
TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write only the LETTER that corresponds to your answer on the space provided.
____1. This refers to the emphasis given on the syllables of words.
a. Intonation b. stress c. juncture d. volume
____2. If you are going to create a graphic organizer that shows similarities and differences of two concepts, which will you
choose?
a. Circle graph b. Venn Diagram c. graph d. pictograph
____3. The following sentences use the final rising intonation EXCEPT.
a. Is it time yet? c. Are you coming to class on Friday?
b. How are you today? d. Did you hear that?
____4. These are clues to meaning that are found within the text itselt.
a. Lexical Clues b. Context clues c. Semantic clues d. Phonological Clues
____5. Which among the following words has the same vowel sound with the word “caught”?
a. cool b. call c. cold d. coat
____6. Which among the same consonant sound with the underline portion of the word “ tough”?
a. photo b.ghost c. Thorough d. psychology
____7. This is a type of text that tells a story.
a. Didactic b. Persuasive c. Narrative d. Satiric
____8. What is the literary genre of the story “The Wonder Tree”?
a. Epic b. Legend c. Folktale d. Short Story
____9. The vizier visited the tents and was given gifts by the villagers. What is the synonym of the word “vizier”?
a. Tax collector b. spy c. soldier d. King’s Adviser
___10. A journalistic article that presents the writer’s opinion about a particular news or fact.
a. Editorial b. sports news d. feature article d.
____11. A Japanese poem with three lines and with pattern of 5-7-5 syllables is called____.
a. Haiku b. Tanka d. Elegy d. Sonnet
____12. Which among the following has a dangling modifier?
a. Hungry, the dog was fed by me.
b. Trying to avert the accident, the driver drove the car to the ditch.
c. Watching the over the window, a cat jumped to my lap.
d. Walking down the aisle, the boy dropped the books.
___13. Which among the following is written correctly with conditional verbs?
a. If I had of money, I will buy all the things I want.
b. If it rains I would stay home.
c. I wish I were a bird so I could fly to different places.
d. If he had studied his lessons he could have finished his lessons.
____14. This refers to the sequence of events in a short story.
a. Conflict b. theme c. tone d. plot
____15. Ivan and John both enjoy snorkeling and travelling. This is an example of what type of sentence?
a. Simple Sentence b. Compound Sentence d. Complex Sentence d Compound Complex
____16. “Kris Aquino uses this soap, so I think we should also buy that soap.”
a. Glittering generalities b. Plain Folks c. Card Stacking d. Bandwagon
____17. What is the structure of the paragraph when the topic sentence is placed in the beginning of the paragraph.
a. Deductive b. inductive c. implied c. hour glass
____18. This refers to the attitude of the writer towards the subject he or she is writing about.
a. Tone b. theme c. mood d. point-of view
____19. If you will be in Egypt will among the following will you most likely see or observe?
a. Mummification b. Praying to the Buddha c. Drinking tea at the party d. Caste System
___20. Which is an example of an epic?
a. Ramayana b. The Tale of the Two Brothers c. Ruth, the Moabite c. Singapura