MONTESSORI DE SAN ILDEFONSO

Quijano St., San Juan, San Ildefonso Bulacan

Fourth Quarterly Examination, S.Y. 2017-2018

ENGLISH 9
(Persistence, Prudence & Resilience)

Name: __________________________________ Score: ____________________________

Grade/ Section: ___________________________ Date: _____________________________
Teacher: Mrs. Maria Luisa M. Macalma Parent’s Signature: __________________

General Direction:
 Write your answer on the space provided
 Read each question carefully and follow instructions as directed
 Avoid erasures
 Observe Intellectual Honesty
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I. Multiple Choices.
Directions: Read and analyze each question carefully. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the best
answer. Any kind of erasure is considered wrong.
1. A ______ paper is a text that presents an objective and balanced explanation of a given topic.
a. descriptive b. narrative c. discursive d. expository
2. A discursive paper is comprised of the following elements except ___________.
a. arguments about the issue c. arguments against the issue
b. arguments for the issue d. balanced treatment of the issue
3. Similar to any other type of essay, a discursive paper should have all the following parts except ________.
a. thesis b. conclusion c. introduction d. body
4. The following are the three C’s in writing a discursive paper except ___________.
a. Correct b. Coherent c. Clear d. Concise
5. It is a persuasive speech in which the speaker presents his or her position on a controversial issue.
a. propaganda b. extemporaneous c. argumentative d. prepared
6. The following are the goals of argumentative speech except __________.
a. attempts to convince the listeners to consider the speaker’s viewpoints
b. aims to radically change the existing opinions of the listeners or audience
c. narrate the speaker’s experience about a certain subject
d. provides information to demonstrate why his or her position is better than the opposing one
7. Which of the following will NOT help you deliver an effective argumentative speech?
a. If you are the one who will select a topic, choose a relevant, current and debatable one.
b. Decide which position you want to argue.
c. Study the topic and do your basic research.
d. Assume that your listeners understand the topic.
8. _________ are technical terms used and often have an exclusive meaning in a particular situation, field or
profession.
a. jargons b. connotation c. denotation d. figurative language
9. The author of the first great feminist treatise entitled “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” is _________.
a. Mary Wolstonecraft c. Mary Wollstonecraft
b. Mary Wallstonecraft d. Mary Wellstonecraft
10. This significant literary piece on empowering women through educational reform was published in ______.
a. 1792 b. 1729 c. 1927 d. 1972
11. This word means to say something, especially something bad or insulting in an indirect way.
a. illegitimate b. condescension c. insinuate d. debauchery
12. _________ means not allowed according to rules or laws. It is synonymous with illegal.
a. illegitimate b. condescension c. insinuate d. debauchery
13. It is a usually loose-fitting gown worn especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
a. accoucheur b. mantua c. infirmities d. homage
14. It means a disease or illness that usually lasts for a long time.
a. accoucheur b. mantua c. infirmities d. homage
15. It is synonymous with the word tribute. It is to respect or honor. It is something that is done to honor
someone or something.
a. accoucheur b. mantua c. infirmities d. homage
16. This word refers to a person that assists at a birth.
a. accoucheur b. mantua c. infirmities d. homage
17. It is the behavior that is accepted as socially or morally correct and proper.
a. propriety b. arbitrary c. debauchery d. insinuate
18. ________ is defined as not planned or chosen for a particular reason or not based on reason or evidence.
a. arbitrary b. illegitimate c. propriety d. condescension
19. It is the attitude of people who believe they are more intelligent or better than other people.
a. arbitrary b. illegitimate c. propriety d. condescension
20. It refers to the bad or immoral behavior of people that involves alcohol and drugs. It is synonymous with the
word vices.
a. illegitimate b. condescension c. insinuate d. debauchery
21. __________ conditional expresses an unrealistic or hypothetical condition and its probable result.
a. zero degree b. first degree c. second degree d. third degree
22. It represents the stance of a newspaper on a particular issue that concerns society.
a. feature b. news c. editorial d. classified ads
23. Which is not a consideration when evaluating arguments?
a. tone b. coherence c. fairness d. evidence and logic
24. It is a gradient of morphological change in a group of related words.
a. cline b. connotation c. jargon d. denotation
25. He is a known poet who wrote “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, whose works are highly epistemological
and spiritual.
a. Abraham Lincoln b. William Wordsworth c. Jonathan Edwards d.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
26. The following are the five tenets or characteristics of Romanticism except ___________.
a. A romantic text involves a complex subject matter.
b. A romantic text uses simple language.
c. A romantic text contains sensory images.
d. A romantic text involves expression of a primal feeling.
27. ______ conditional expresses condition that did not happen in the past and its probable result in the past.
a. zero degree b. first degree c. second degree d. third degree
28. This type of conditional uses the simple past in the if-clause and the present conditional in the main clause.
a. zero degree b. first degree c. second degree d. third degree
29. This type of conditional uses the simple past in the if-clause and the present conditional in the main clause.
a. zero degree b. first degree c. second degree d. third degree
30. Which of the following should not be in a literary commentary?
a. Theme, Topic or Subject b. Voice c. Form or Structure d. Plot

II. Identification
Directions: Read each sentence carefully and identify the type of conditional used. Write 2C for second
degree conditional and 3C for third degree conditional. Underline the verbs used in each statement.
(2points each)

____________ 1. I would have given him the message if I had seen him.
____________ 2. If I had saved enough money, I would have bought her a present.
____________ 3. If I earned ten billion pesos, I would build a school for the poor and give them free education.
____________ 4. If I were the president of the Philippines, I would increase the salary of teachers.
____________ 5. If I had studied, I would have passed the test.
____________ 6. If I earned ten billion pesos, I could travel anytime and anywhere I want.
____________ 7. If he won the lottery, he would give half of his winnings to the poor.
____________ 8. If they had read the document, they could have won the argument.
____________ 9. If I were a poet, I would publish poems about love and war.
____________ 10. The man could have completed the course if he had done his very best.
____________ 11. If I were to give up one of my possessions for other people, I would sacrifice my gadgets.
____________ 12. I would ask the President to tour around the palace with me if I met him.
____________ 13. She would have recovered fast, if all the medicines had been present.
____________ 14. If the audience wore the same clothes for the concert, the event would look like a rally.
____________ 15. If I had finished earlier, I could have helped in cooking dinner.

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Teacher’s Signature