THIRD QUARTER EXAM in ENGLISH-G8

Directions: Fill up the following data below legibly in your answer sheet. Read all instructions before answering the
questions and follow conformably.

Name:___________________________ Score/Rating:________________________
Grade/Section:___________________ Remarks:____________________________
Student’s Signature:_________________ Parent’s Signature:____________________

General Directions: Read the questions carefully and chose your option that best answer the question. Muiltiple
Choice: Encircle your chosen answer from the choices of each given question or statement.

1. are words used to describe a noun or a pronoun.

a. verb b. circumflex c. adverb d. adjective
2. a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
a. simple sentence b. compound sentences c. complex sentences
3. a senten ce with multiple independent clauses but no dependent clauses.
a. simple sentence b. compound sentences c. complex sentences
4. the time and place in which the story or drama/play. In theatre, the setting may be realistic or abstract.
a.  setting b. character c. point of view d. short story
5. the main character in a story, often a good or heroic type and tries to solve the conflict that gives way to the
rising action.
a. antagonist b. protagonist c. character d. short story
6. a sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
a. simple sentence b. compound sentences c. complex sentences
7. a character who provides some sort of opposition or contest for the protagonist. Usually he/she is known as
the villain with evil character in the story.
a. antagonist b. protagonist c. character d. short story
8. the central idea of a featured drama, play, or story.
a.  setting b. character c. point of view d. theme
9. It is a word of more than three syllables.
a. polysyllabic words b. syllables c. word stress d. sentence
10. It is a graded sequence of words whose meanings go across a continuous of meaning.
a. cline b. stress c. word meaning d. sentence
b. Instructions: Complete the table below numbers 1-15. Write the Synonyms and the Antonyms of the
given Words, choose your answer from the WORDPOOL listed below.
c.
WORDPOOL
bankrupt cemetery clumsy compliance criminal disobedience
confidential publicized end beginning selfish charitable
graceful local official married woman pharmacy rich to close
to stop to support unmarried girl accurate false

SYNONYMS WORDS ANTONYMS

11. Maiden 16.

12. Magistrate 17.

13. Apothecary 18.

14. Impoverished 19.

15. Foil 20.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Do not use contracted forms.

21. I ________________ (get) fat if I eat the whole cake alone.

a. will get b. gets c. will be getting
22. .If they are already closed, we ________________ (go) to another restaurant.
a. go b. will go c. will be going
 23. If I stay longer, I ________________(not/catch) the last bus.
a. will not catch b. will not be catching c. will no having a catch
24. If you don’t come to my birthday, I ________________ (not talk) with you again.
a. talks b. talking c. will not talk
25. If you break a mirror, you ________________ (have) seven years of bad luck.
a. will have b. will be having c. having

VOCABULARY: Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb in the correct form. Pay attention to the hint in brackets.
Choose your answer from the word pool below.

taking off taken am walking flown landed boarded

checked arriving departs travel drove
26. We ______________ (to ride a bicycle, present simple) to the park on Sundays.

27. The plane ______________ (to reach the ground, past simple) a few minutes early.

28. The passenger ______________ (to enter, past simple) the train in 10 minutes before its departure.
29. Have you ______________ in (to register, present perfect) at the counter yet?

30. The queen is ______________ (to reach a destination, present continuous) at 5:00 pm.

VERB FORMS: Decide if a word or phrase is in PRESENT or PAST tense. Write your answer on the space provided for.

31. catches -______________ 39. Did they go? -______________

32. played -______________ 40. I didn’t care! -______________
33. try -______________ 41. smiles -______________
34. switched -______________ 42. typed -______________
35. goes -______________ 43. dreamt -______________
36. printed-______________ 44. had -______________
37. bring -______________ 45. cook -______________
38. learnt -______________
Choose the verb in the present continuous form to complete the sentence.

46. The fox ______________ (hunt) the rabbit through the forest.
a. is hunt b. is hunning c. is hunting
47. I ______________ (leave) the house right now.
a.  am leaveing b. am leaving c. is leaving
48. Peter ______________ (visit) his grandma in the hospital this afternoon.
a. is visit b. is visiting c. is visiting
49. Look, Mandy ______________ to dance with Nick.
a. are trieing b. is trying c. is trieing
50. Paula ______________ (sit) next to Oscar.
a. is sitting b. are sitting c. is siting

Select the verb in the present simple form to complete the sentence. Write your answer on the space provided for.
51. I never ______________ TV.
a. watched b. watch c. watching
52. I sometimes ______________ bread.
b. baking b. bake c. baked
53. I usually ______________ coffee after lunch.
a.  drank b. drink c. drinking
54. I often ______________ my hair.
a. cutting b. cuts c. cut
55. We never ______________ abroad.
a. travelling b. travelled c. travel