Republic of the Philippines
Division of Bohol
Guinacot National High School
Guindulman, Bohol
2nd Periodical Examination in English 8
Name: _________________________________
Year and Section: ________________________
TEST I. IDIOMS. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions used in the
sentences. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. It was raining cats and dogs when we got
off the bus.
a) There were cats and dogs falling from the
sky.
b) It was raining hard.
c) We were getting wet.
d) It was raining on the cats and dogs.
2. Marissa has been feeling under the weather
lately.
a) Marissa is under a bad weather.
b) Marissa likes to watch a weather news.
c) Marissa was sick lately.
d) Marissa love the rain lately.
3. Hold your horses!
a) Don’t let the horses go.
b) Relax. Don’t rush into anything.
c) Hug your horse.
d) Keep the horses.
4. Who let the cat out of the box?
a) Who owns the cat?
b) Where is the cat?
c) Who let the secret out?
d) Who killed the cat?
5. Alex is upset because he was kicked out from
the team.
a) Alex got a bruise while playing.
b) Alex was out in the team.
c) Alex never liked his team,
d) Alex hates the members of his team.
6. Break a leg, partner!
a) Don’t break your leg, partner!
b) Give me your leg, partner!
c) Good luck, partner!
d) Take care of your leg, partner!
7. Ashley blacks out whenever she sees blood.
a) She screams.
b) She faints.
c) She runs fast.
d) She jumps in shock.
8. She should give him a taste of his own
medicine.
a) She should go get his medicine for him.
b) She should do to him what he did to her.
c) She should swallow the medicine for him
d) She should buy his medicine in the
pharmacy.
Score: __________________
Date: ___________________
9. All right, who let the cat out of the bag?
a) Who let the cat escape the bag?
b) The cat is dangerous.
c) Who told him big secret?
d) Let the cat breathe for air outside the bag.
10. Old man Jones is as blind as a bat.
a) Bats are blind.
b) You get old when you’re blind.
c) You get blind when you’re old.
d) Mr. Jones doesn’t see very well.
11. Caleb made his suggestion right out of the
blue.
a) Caleb suggested unexpectedly.
b) Caleb took his suggestion out of a blue box.
c) He suggested color blue.
d) Blue is never in the option.
12. The old farmer was the salt of the earth.
a) The farmer was a good, honest, dependable
person.
b) The farmer was really irrational.
c) The farmer makes salt.
d) The farmer is irrational.
e)
TEST II. PART OF SPEECH. Identify what part of
speech are the following words. Write your
answer before the number.
VERB
PRONOUN
ADVERB
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
CONJUNCTION
INTERJECTION
___________________1. Jump
___________________2. Easy
___________________3. Teacher
___________________4. Ouch!
___________________5. They
___________________6. Carefully
___________________7. But
___________________8. House
___________________9. Small
___________________10. Dance
___________________11. Hurray!
___________________12. She
TEST III.
A. PROPAGANDA STRATEGY. Identify what type of propaganda strategy does the following
suggests.
Bandwagon
Transfer
Emotional
words
Testimonial
Repetition

________________1. When a product’s name is repeated at least four times in the ad.
________________2. When a product is sold by using words from famous people or authority figures.
________________3. Persuading consumers by telling them that others are doing the same thing.
________________4. Words that will make a consumer feel strongly about someone or something are used.
________________5. When a product is sold by the name or picture of a famous person or thing but no words
from the said person or thing.

B. LISTENING STRATEGY. Identify what type of listening strategy does the following suggests.
Appreciative
Critical
Marginal
Selective
Attentive
_______________6. People listen to understand the message, to follow instructions, or
to get an information.
_______________7. People don’t have any specific focus when they do this type of listening.
_______________8. People listen first to comprehend and then to evaluate a message to detect propaganda
devices and persuasive language.
_______________9. People listen only items which they prefer to listen to.
_______________10. People listen for enjoyment which includes listening to music, to jokes, and to stories
and poem read loud.

TEST IV. TRUE OR FALSE. Draw smiley face emoticon if the statement is true and sad face if the
statement is false.

_______11. The opposite of talking is listening.

_______12. Propaganda is different from advertisement.

TEST V. ESSAY (4PTS)

1. What have you learned in the story Makato and the Cowrie Shell?
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