Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII
Schools Division of Tacloban
District Learning Center IX
V & G Dela Cruz Memorial School
Tacloban City

SECOND QUARTER TEST in ENGLISH 5

Name: _____________________________________________ Grade & Section: ____________________________

Read the directions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the line before the number.
I. Read the paragraphs below then answer the questions that follow.
A. Do you know how to wash plates? Read the directions that follow.
First, remove the extra food from the plates. Next, put the plates, spoons, forks, and glasses together.
Rinse them once and soap them, beginning with the glasses, plates and spoons and forks. Rinse the glasses
and drain them on the drain board. Then, rinse the plates well, followed by the spoons and forks. Drain them
on the dish drain. When dry, keep them in the dish rack.
________1. What is the paragraph about?
A. Washing clothes B. Washing plates C. Washing cars D. Washing shoes
________2. What is the first thing to do in washing plates?
A. Rinse the plates well B. Put the plates, spoons and forks together
C. Keep them in the dish rack. D. Remove the extra food from the plates
________3. What kind of paragraph is this?
A. Description B. cause and Effect C. Sequence D. Exposition

B. Vitamins are essentials to the body. Vitamin A helps keep the skin smooth and soft. When it is
absent, the skin becomes thick and rough. Another important vitamin is thiamine or Vitamin B1. Many people
complain of being tired and irritable are actually suffering from lack of thiamine.
________4. What is the main idea of the paragraph?
A. Sources of vitamin A and Vitamin B1 B. Why vitamins are essential to the body?
C. How to keep the skin smooth and soft D. Thiamine or Vitamin B1
________5. What is the purpose of the author in writing the paragraph?
A. To describe B. To classify C. To explain D. To compare and contrast
II. Compare the root word and suffix to form a new word.
________6. Secure + ity
A. Security B. Securit C. Secuty D. Secty
________7. Merry + ment
A. Merrimen B. Meeriment C. Merryment D. Meryiment
________8. Ab + normal
A. Nrmalab B. abnormal C. abnotm D. abnormld

III. Choose the letter of the correct facial expressions, body movements, gestures that would prevail in the situation.
Rico took one step forward then stopped. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply. All he could think
of what that big, dark, empty room in front of him.
________9. Rico was _______________.
A. sad B. happt C. afraid D. thoughtfulness
________10. Rico cried out,
A. “I can’t move!” B. “Wow, it is too dark
C. “Mother, help me!” D. “Somebody, turn on the lights, Please!”.
________11. The night was dark and stormy. Thunder rolled, followed by flashes of lightning. The child
hurdled closer to her mother’s breast. She felt ______________.
A. happy B. sad C. afraid D. excited
________12. Congratulations! You deserve it! I am proud of you.
A. happy B. sad C. afraid D. excited

IV. Choose the letter of the correct verb that agrees with the subject.
________13. There _______ the horse now.
A. go B. goes C. went D. have gone
________14. Written on the notebook __________ his report.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
 ________15. Here ________ the cats under the sofa.
A. lying B. lie C. lies D. lain
________16. There _______ ten children in the council.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
________17. ______________ the geese cooked?
A. was B. were C. are D. is
________18. There _________ only one agendum during the meeting yesterday.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
________19. The public _____________ warned about the coming storm.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
________20. The school staff ____________ attending the meeting tomorrow.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
________21. The team ___________ running towards the different exits.
A. is B. was C. are D. were

V. Choose the correct affix that fits the words in the sentences.
________22. My sister works in the local govern______ unit or LGU.
A. re- B. un- C. -ment D. –able
________23. The children’s projects are ____finished yet so they have to work overtime.
A. re- B. un- C. -ment D. -able
________24. The water in the faucet is potable, so it’s drink_______.
A. re- B. un- C. -ment D. -able
________25. We can buy ________packed cookies at a cheaper price.
A. re- B. un- C. -ment D. –able

VI. Identify the words that describe nouns in the sentences.

________26. Filipinos are a deeply religious people.
A. Filipinos B. deeply C. religious D. people
________27. The attic was a lovely place to play.
A. attic B. lovely C. place D. to play
________28. Our country’s colorful history shows how Filipinos face problems.
A. country B. history C. colorful D. problems
________29. The red peppers and spicy onions dangled over my nose.
A. red and spicy B. peppers C. dangled D.onions

VII. Identify the compound word found in the sentence.

________30. The time zone in the Philippines differs from that of Japan.
A. the Philippines B. time zone C. of Japan D. from that
________31. My brother’s mother-in-law has just arrived from Cebu.
A. from Cebu B. just arrived C. mother-in-law D. has just
________32. There is no place so sweet like one’s own motherland.
A. no place B. sweet like C. motherland D. so sweet
________33. My classmate stayed in our classroom.
A. our and classroom B. my classmate C. in our D. classroom & classmate
________34. My grandmother’s toothbrush is new.
A. grandmother & tooth brush B. is new C. my new D. mothertooth
________35. We arrived late in the afternoon.
A. arrived B. late C. afternoon D. we arrived

VIII. Identify from among the words in the sentence the synonyms of the underlined compound word.
________36. The airfield which is located between two mountains was too small to serve as a landing strip for
the jet plane.
A. landing strip B. located C. mountains D. between
________37. The schedule of flights to the city I as tight as the timetable of the sea trips.
A. city B. schedule C. tight D. trips
________38. Mario has a new wristwatch which is similar to my two-year old timepiece.
A. similar B. new C. timepiece D. has
________39. Wendy became disheartened when she saw how the low-spirited employees did their job after
the typhoon.
A. became B. jobs C. typhoon D. disheartened
________40. Travelling in the countryside is much enjoyable, I fell in love with the rural area which I often
Visited.
A. often B. enjoyable C. rural area D. travelling