SAN LORENZO RUIZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SAN LORENZO RUIZ, CAMARINES NORTE

SUMMATIVE TEST
3RD GRADING
GRADE 8 – ENGLISH

NAME:_______________________________ SECTION:_______________ DATE:_______ SCORE:______

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read carefully the statement given and underline the correct letters of your answer
from the choices.
1. In which country can we find the fascinating view about the “MERLION”?
a. China b. Singapore c. Korea d. Japan
2. According to the author “Tammy Mendoza”, this must be a great place if it breeds such a beautiful
animal, what sort of animal was that?
a. Monkey b. Singa c. Snake d. Elephant
3. An imaginative and adventurous king by nature and wanted to travel to faraway places. He loved
hunting wild animals.
a. Island of Temesek b. Sang Nila Utama c. Tammy Mendoza d. all of the above
4. It is publicly to promote something/information put out by an organization or government to promote
policy, idea or cause.
a. Bandwagon b. propaganda c. transfer d. testimonial
5. She was the author of eleven short story collections and four novels. She is best known for Little
Ironies and at the same time born on March 21, 1942 in Malaysia, the author also of “The Taximan’s
Story.”
a. Catherine Lin Poh Imm c. Kanika Saini
b. Tammy Mendoza d. Amanda Chiong
6. It is a brief imaginative narrative, unfolding a single predominating incident and a single or a few
characters.
a. short story b. poetry c. dialogue d. speech
7. In Singapore, taxi drivers are often called as _______.
a. taximan b. bikers c. hikers d. busers
8. It is a worldwide non-profit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more
effective communicators and leaders.
a. Toastmasters International c. speaker
b. Local Emcee d. vocalists
9. He said he entered the contest, “to discover my limitations” and to “share my message with a larger
audience.” A 27-year-old newly minted lawyer from Singapore.
a. Tammy Mendoza b. Kanika Saini c. Darren Tay d. Wen Jie
10. It refers to the break between one spoken word and another, or the pronunciation features.
a. stress pattern b. intonation c. juncture d. tone of the voice
11. It is the general quality or character as an indication of what the person is feeling or thinking.
a. intonation b. stress pattern c. tone of the voice d. juncture
12. She is a lawyer trained in Cambridge and Harvard, who writes poems on her lunch breaks, her first
collection of poetry was published in 2016.
a. Marina Bay b. Darren Tay c. Amanda Chong d. Tomayen
13. A letter or a group of letters that attaches to the beginning of a word and help to indicate or modify
its meaning.
a. prefix b. suffix c. affix d. before
14. It is impossible for the Viracnons to lose hope amidst challenges.
a. very difficult b. likely c. viable d. feasible
15. Irresponsible youths will reap whatever they sewed in their lives.
a. lacks concern b. mindful c. very careful d. weak
16. A visual representation of knowledge that structures information by arranging important aspects of
a concept or topic into a pattern using labels.
a. Graphic organizers b. Venn diagram c. tree diagram d. cluster diagram
17. A diagram use to describe the key points of a story or event noting the 5W’s: who, when, where,
what, and why.
a. star diagram c. Venn diagram
b. tree diagram d. Cause & Effect diagram
18. An organizer can be used to help students develop skill in comparing and contrasting similar and/or
different information.
a. Venn diagram c. tree diagram
b. star/cluster diagram d. cause and effect diagram
19. It is called sequence of events diagrams, describe how events affect one another.
a. tree diagram c. Venn diagram
b. cause and effect diagram d. star/cluster diagram
20. They are called special verbs which behave irregularly in English, they give additional information
about the function of the main verb.
a. Prefix b. Modals c. Noun d. Auxiliary Verb
21. It is a story that is meant to be acted out on stage in front of an audience.
a. Poetry b. drama/play c. pantomime d. Stage play
22. The lines that actors speak.
a. drama b. dialogue c. setting d. Acts & scene

II. UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES: Read the sentences carefully and find the meaning of words through
context. Choose the correct letters and write it on the space provided.
____ 23. Persuading consumers by telling them that others are doing the same thing.
a. Testimonial b. bandwagon c. repetition d. transfer
____ 24. When the product is sold by using words from famous people or authority figures.
a. Repetition b. transfer c. testimonial d. bandwagon
____ 25. When the product’s name is repeated at least four times in the ad.
a. Bandwagon b. repetition c. transfer d. testimonial
____ 26. A man express sorrow or unhappiness when her wife passed away.
a. Stumbles b. irony c. lamenting d. sympathy
____ 27. A piece of writing that imitates the style of someone or something else in amusing way.
a. Features b. irony c. parody d. scream
____ 28. To defeat or trick someone by being more intelligent or clever.
a. Outlast b. enemy c. outsmart d. tremble
____ 29. Someone who attacks or tries to harm another.
a. Outsmart b. tremble c. outlast d. enemy
____ 30. A person who introduces the speakers at a formal occasion.
a. Tremble b. enemy c. outlast d. toastmaster
____ 31. To shake slightly because you are afraid, nervous, excited etc.
a. Enemy b. outsmart c. outlast d. tremble
____ 32. Those who have beheld the beauty of Singapore never forget it.
a. Happy b. miss c. ignores d. see
____ 33. Mary and John embraced one last time before going their separate ways.
a. Miss out b. exclude c. sympathy d. hug
____ 34. “The next decade in Medina, during which swords were unsheathed and battles were fought
complicates it,” – Los Angeles Time 2013.
a. Expose b. wrap c. clothe d. ignore
____ 35. Her son’s death was a terrible.
a. Tragedy b. trauma c. survivor
____ 36. He is the only _______ in that tragedy.
a. Survivor b. trauma c. son
____ 37. He is the _____ only left in the war.
a. Vietnamese b. father c. son
____ 38. He is the _____ of a lawyer and a doctor.
a. Sister b. son c. brother d. all of the above

III. MATCHING TYPE: Match Column A to Column B. Put your answer before the number.
A B
______ 39. Gangster a. a person who continue to function or prosper
after the death of someone.
______ 40. War b. a pattern or process of change, growth or
Activity.
______ 41. Liberation c. the removal of traditional, social or sexual
rules, attitudes etc.
______ 42. Dynamics d. a state of fighting between countries.
______ 43. Survivor e. a member of group of violent animals.
______ 44. Trauma f. an emotional upset.
______ 45. Refugee g. someone who has been forced to leave the
country because of war.
IV. Complete an Inverted Triangle Pyramid and Rank the trending video game “Mobile Legends”, as an
example pf Graphic Organizer. (5 points)

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