ROSARIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Rosario, Santiago City

3rd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 9
Name:__________________________________________________Gr.&Sec.:__________________________Score:________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully and then select the correct answer from the choices provided.
Test I- Context Clues A- Choose the best answer and blacken the circle of the answer that is closest in meaning to the italicized word.
ABCD
0 0 0 0 1.The corridor in our school echoed with noise.
a.hallway b.room c.stairs d.walls
0 0 0 0 2.He was nicknamed “Bamboo” because he was so lean and lanky.
a.fat b.irritable c.tall d.thin
0 0 0 0 3.The door was jammed tight and they cannot pull it out.
a.sweet b.small c.full d.stuck
0 0 0 0 4.The passengers survived the accident unscratched.
a.unharmed b.unafraid c.unknowingly d.unhappily
0 0 0 0 5.Our neighbor tried to fathom the dying words of his mother.
a.discover b.investigate c.experience d.understand

Context Clues B- Choose the word which does not belong to the group.
0 0 0 0 6. The man was shouting blasphemous ideas about different religions.
a. authentic b. nonsense c. distracting d. humiliating
0 00 0 7. The audience ignored the man’s clamor for change on social injustice
a. Yell b. Cry c. scream d. silence
0 00 0 8. They were spoken by a man who had false ideas as to what is convincing in elocution.
a. delivery b. inarticulate c. expression d. utterance
0 00 0 9. The lawyers could not easily counterfeit his arguments.
a. simulate b. reverse c. imitate d. fabricate
0 00 0 10. The lady was wearing a bourgeois dress just like any other woman in their locale.
a. traditional b. common c. original d. conservative

Test II A- Identifying Gerunds- Identify if the underlined gerund in the sentence is stated in the following choices below.
A. Subject B. Direct Object C. Subjective Complement D. Complement
0 0 0 0 11.Durring New Year, our family loves cooking different dishes.
0 0 0 0 12.Cycling is one of the things that I love to do during vacation.
0 0 0 0 13.Students are arguing whether they will attend the party or not.
0 0 0 0 14.Laughing is one of the most effective way to lessen pain.
0 0 0 0 15.I saw him climbing the coconut tree yesterday.
0 0 0 0 16.I was searching for my cellphone when my friend came.
0 0 0 0 17.Passing the board exam is my goal this year.
0 0 0 0 18.Students nowadays prefer writing than reading.
0 0 0 0 19.Analysing a word problem in math is cool.
0 0 0 0 20.They were preparing the script when I got there.

Test II B. Conditional Verbs- Choose the correct conditional form for each sentence.
0 0 0 0 21. If I hadn’t overslept, I __________on time.
a. will have been b. would have been c. will be d. would be
0 0 0 0 22. If you had eaten a good breakfast, you ________ so hungry now
a. wouldn’t be b. can’t be c. won’t be d. will be
0 0 0 0 23. I __________ that car if I had had more money at the time.
a. could have bought b. could buy c. will buy d. would buy
0 0 0 0 24. That horse could have won the race if he _________ hurt his leg.
a. doesn’t hurt b. hasn’t hurt c. hadn’t hurt d. have hurt
0 0 0 0 25. If I _________ harder for the test I would have gotten a better grade.
a. had studied b. will study c. did study d. had study
0 0 0 0 26. If it hadn’t rained, we ___________ to the park.
a. will have gone b. will go c. would have gone d. will gone
0 0 0 0 27. If only we ______________ the directions!
a. will follow b. did follow c. had followed d. had follow
0 0 0 0 28. If the road hadn’t been icy, we ____________ an accident.
a. won’t have b. wouldn’t have had c. didn’t have d. have had
0 0 0 0 29. He would have gone to work if he ___________ sick.
a. hadn’t been b. won’t be c. didn’t be d. don’t be
0 0 0 0 30. If I had known you were coming, I ____________ a cake.
a. will bake b. would have baked c. would bake d. will have bake
Test III A- Literary Skills (Multiple Choice)
For number 31-35: Inferring Who is Speaking or is referred to from the lines taken in the radio play entitled “Sorry, Wrong Number”.
Choose the best answer and blacken the circle that corresponds to your answer.
0 0 0 0 31.”Operator? I’ve been dialing Murray Hill 4-0098 now for the last three quarters of an hour, and the line is always busy.”
Who is the speaker?
a.Mrs.Stevenson b.First Man c.Sergeant Duffy d.Third Operator
0 0 0 0 32.”We have heard from our client. He says the coast is clear for tonight.” Who is the speaker?
a.George b.First Man c.Chief Operator d.Information Operator
0 0 0 0 33. Who is the author of the radio play ‘Sorry Wrong Number”?
a.Lucille Fletche b.Edward Field c.Langston Hughes d.Longfellow
0 0 0 0 34.”Sorry, Wrong number.” Who is the speaker?
a.George b.Information Officer c.Chief Operator d.Duffy
0 0 0 0 35.”Police Department, Precint 43” Who is the speaker?
a.Chief Operator b.First man c.Sergeant Duffy d.Operator

Test III B-Literary Skills: Match column A from the choices in column B based on the text By the Railway Side and His Name is
Reynaldo Carcillar. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the number.
Column A Column B
_____36. The author of By the Railway Side a. prose
_____37. The setting of the story His Name is Reynaldo Carcillar b. Agot Perez
_____38. He suffered from heart attack c. vignette
_____39. A kind of prose shown in the story By the Railway Side and d. suicide
His Name is Reynaldo Carcillar e. Alice Meynell
_____40. The setting of the story By the Railway Side f. Reynaldo Carcillar
_____41. The author of the story His Name is Reynaldo Carcillar g. quarrel
_____42. What did the author witnessed while travelling on a h. De La Salle University
Train? i. Bernard Testa
_____43. A literary medium distinguished from poetry which use j. Via Reggio
Ordinary language people use in speaking or writing. k. Melchor Liro
_____44. A brief incident or scene (as in play or movie)
_____45. The man who bring Naldo in hospital.

Test IV. Elementals. Directions: Complete the chart below using George Miller’s Happy Feet.

Elements of the Story

48. Conflict 49. Climax 50. Resolution

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46. Characters 47. Setting
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Prepared by: Checked by:

ESMERALDA D. LOZANO EMERITA T. MAWIRAT

Subject Teacher Assistant School Principal II