DOMINICAN SCHOOL OF CALABANGA

4405 Calabanga, Camarines Sur

S/Y 2011-2012
ENGLISH II PRETEST

YOU DON’ T NEED LUCK, YOU HAVE THE SKILLS.

NAME_________________________________________ SECTION_______________________________ DATE__________________________

I. Listening: Listen carefully to the selection your teacher will read to you. Then, answer the questions below.
1. Capriculture means raising what kind of animal?
a. Pigs c. Horses
b. Goats d. Turkey

2. Why do others find piggery more profitable than capriculture?

a. Because piggery requires little capital to start with
b. Because one boar can start a good breed even with only a native sow.
c. Because capriculture requires vast gracing areas.
d. Because capriculture has less demand in the market.

3. In the Philippines, what is the most common profitable hobby??

a. Raising herds of cattle c. Raising turkey
b. Poultry raising. D. Capriculture
4. Poultry raised animal include

a. Chicken, cow, duck, turkey c. chicken, duck, turkey, Goose

b. Chicken, bull, boar, carabao d. chicken, horse, goat, pig
5. A carabao is a hardy work animal because it is ______________________.
a. Tough c. Slow
b. Big d. Blac

II. Vocabulary : Choose the meaning of the underlined words using context clues.

6. Gary wolfed down his food silently as if he hadn’t eaten for a week.

a. Ate the wolf c. Ate greedily

b. Acted like a wolf d. Ate silently

a. His mother yelled, but he didn’t seem to hear his mother’s loud voice.

b. Uttered d. Cried
c. Shouted

A. Combine the following sentences using coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, yet, so and or. Writre the first letter of the
conjunction in your answer sheet.
7. Gail loves Chinese food. He loves cooking Chinese dishes.
8. The visitors arrived. They were late.
9. The test is on Monday. We cannot watch movies this weekend.
10. Pop stars earn high wages. Workers do not earn high wages.
11. My classmate borrowed my book. She has lost it.

B. Identify the correct subordinating conjunction used by choosing the correct letter.
12. (a. If b. When c. As) you hear of a part-time job, please let me know.
13. (a. Whenever b. Wherever c. Until d. Because) the child went, she left cookie crumbs.
 14. We all went out for pizza (a. since b. before c. after d. until) we finished painting the house.
15. We had to take the detour (a. so that b. because c. though d. meanwhile) the bridge had been washed out.
C. Write ib your answer sheet the gerund or gerund phase in the sentence.
16. My brother has finally quit smoking.
17. Littering is strictly prohibited in our school.
18. He stops talking because he sees that the teacher coming.
19. Descending the stairs is easy.
20. Writing stories is my passion.

D. Choose the best expression to complete the dialog.

21. Kim: ______________________________________________
Gerry: It’s my pleasure to help you.

a. Are you willing to join me? c. Are you sure you can do it?
b. Why did you do such great thing? d. Let’s go! I’m in a hurry.

E. Choose the correct past form of the verb. Pick the correct letter that will complete its idea.
22. Mrs. Alvarez________ the two to bed early.

a. Sent c. Send
b. Sends d. Sents

III. Vocabulary: Choose the letter that best explains the underlined word.
23. There are vendors that sell commodity in an exorbitant price.

a. Cheap c. Normal
b. Extremely high d. Not so high

24. The mountaineer had plodded towards the peak of the mountain.
a. Run c. Walked heavily
b. jogged d. Hopped

25. The venomous words were uttered by him.

a. Spiteful c. Mad
b. Poisonous d. Good

26. The demoness threw enormous rocks at them.

a. Unusually large c. Pieces of rocks

b. Fired d. Not so big

27. Shindo brought the gourds home.

a. A long-stemmed plant c. Children

b. A hard-skinned fleshy fruit d. Friends

28. King Dasaratha presented his problem of having no son to the sages.
a. seers c. gods
b. wise persons d. spirits

29. Rama was forced to live an ascetic to the forest.

a. hermit b. lunatic
 c. beggar d. king

IV. Elements of Short Story: Give the element of short story by picking the correct letter.

30. It is how the author arranges the events to develop his basic idea.

a. Setting c. Conflict
b. Plot d. Theme

31. An aspect of a setting that describes the feelings created at the beginning of the story.
a. Time c. Weather conditions
b. Atmosphere d. Place

32. The author can narrate the story using this point of view. He can move from character to character, event to event, having free access to the
thoughts, feelings, etc.
a. Innocent Eye c. Stream of Consciousness
b. Omniscient d. First Person

IV. Literature: Pick up the correct answer among the choices given by writing the letter in your answer sheet.
33. These are sets of instruction which are often set in itak=lics, and are separated from the dialogue by parentheses or brackets, and explain
where and how actors should move and speak.

a. Audience c. Stage diractions

b. Drama d. Characters

34. This element has been called the soul of the play.

a. plot c. stagecraft
b. theme d. dialogue

35. The person who actually helps in the success of the actor’s performance.

a. Make-up artist c. Director

b. Audience d. Set assistant

36. One of the great epics of India that depicts the duties of relationships portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, brother, wife, servant
and king.

a. Calabashi Kids c. Mahabharata

b. Shakuntala d. Ramayana

37. A drama genre that is characterized by the use of stereotyped characters, exaggerated emotions and language, simplistic morality and
conflict.

a. Melodrama c. Comedy
b. Tragedy d. Romance

38. A sentence that gives an order or direction.

a. Declarative c. Request
b. Imperative d. Exclamatory
 39. The author of Africa’s Plea

a. David Diop c. Rabindranath Tagore

b. Kahlil Gibran d. Roland Tombekai Dempster

40. The writer of The Sea

a. David Diop c. Rabindranath Tagore

b. Kahlil Gibran d. Roland Tombekai Dempster

41. The author of Africa

a. David Diop c. Rabindranath Tagore

b. Kahlil Gibran d. Roland Tombekai Dempster

42. A Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables which is written in 5-7-5 syllables.

a. Haiku c. Tanka
b. Hokku d. Sonnet

43. A poem consisting of 14 lines with rhyme and rhythm.

a. Haiku c. Tanka
b. Hokku d. Sonnet

44. He authored the The Tame Bird was in the Cage.

a. David Diop c. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Kahlil Gibran d. Roland Tombekai Dempster

45. Traditionally performed on stage before an audience but nowadays can refer to a TV show, movie or broadway, etc.

a. Props c. Mlonologue
b. Dialogue d. Drama

46. This element provides substance in the play. These are the conversations between two or more characters.

a. Drama c. Audience
b. Dialogue d. Speech

47. Is a play in which a central character faces and is finallty defeated by some overwhelming threat or disaster.

a. Cast of characters c. Protagonists

b. Genres d. Antagonists

48. The observance of actions or procedures in a set, ordered in a ceremonial way.

a. Wedding c. Ritual
b. Death ritual d. Healing

V. Poetry: Pick up the correct answer among the choices given by writing the letter in your answer sheet.
49. It is the use of words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader.

a. Theme c. Sound
b. Symbol d. Imagery
50. It is the atmosphere of the poem that the reader gets.

a. Figurative language c. Rhythm

b. Mood d. Rhyme

51. Is an object or idea that has its own meaning but it also used to represent something else.

a. Imagery c. Mood
b. Symbol d. Sound

52. It is a type of language that differs from the noms of literal language.

a. Rhyme c. Figurative language

b. Parts of speech d. Poetry

53. It is therepetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

a. Alliteration c. Rhyme
b. Assonace d. Sound

54. This refers to the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables.

a. Sound c. Rhyme
b. Rhythm d. Soun

55. It is the repetition of ending sounds in words.

a. Rhyme c. Rhtythm
b. Sound d. Alliteration

56. A figure of speech that is a contrast between what appers to be true and what is actually true.

a. Hyperbole c. Apostrophe
b. Irony d. Personification

57. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration not intended to be taken literallt usually for emphasis or to create humor.
a. Metaphor c. Irony
b. Simile d. Hyperbole

58. A figure of speech in which an object, an animal, an idea or an absent person is directly addresses as if capable of hearing.

a. Simile c. Apostrophe
b. Metaphor d. Irony

59. A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to objects, animals or ideas.

a. Personification c. Metaphor
b. Simile d. Hyperbople

60. A comparison of two unlike things using like and as.

a. Simile c. Personification
b. Apostrophe d. Irony