Module IPost Test

L Listening: Listen carefully to the selection to be read by the teacher.

Then, answer the questions below.1. Who caught the three star maidens?

A. FarmerB. GodC. StarD. Son

2 What happened when the star maiden found her missing wings?

A. She hang them into the sky.B. She got them and tore them.C. She took them and threw them away.D.
She wore them and took her son to her sky world.

3. What did the gods do to help the farmer visit his wife and his son in the sky

world?

A. The gods built bridges.

B. The gods built a skyway.

C. The gods built stairways.D. The gods built the rainbow.

4. Which is true according to the selection?

A. The gods pitied the farmer.B. All the star maidens escaped away.C. The star maiden did not leave the
farmer.D. The farmer and one star maiden had two sons.

of the rainbow.

The selection explained the

5.

A. StoryB. LegendC. EpicD. Novel

I. Reading and Literature

Read the story below, then answer the questions that follow

How the Moon and the Stars Came to BeBukidnon (Mindanao)

One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground a spinster

from around her neck and the comb from her hair, and hung them on thesky, which at that time looked
like coral rock.

Then she began woking, and each time that she raised her pestle intothe air it struck the sky. For some
time she pounded the rice, and then sheraised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.
Immediately the sky began to rise, and it went up so far that she lost herornaments. Never did they
come down, for the comb became the moon andthe beads are the stars that are scattered about.

in the

6. Who is the main character in the story?

A. A spinsterB. A villagerC. A farmerD. A pitcher

7. "One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground..."

is the

of the story.

A. SettingB. PlotC. CharacterD. Conflict

8. What is the turning point of the story?

A. When she pounded on the rice.B. When she did not see her comb anymore.C. When she raised the
pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.D. When she took off the beads from around her neck and
hang them

in the sky.

9. Which literary genre the excerpt is taken from?

A. EpicB. LegendC. Myth

D. Proverb

10. What kind of a narrative text is a stony that explains a natural phenom

or an early history of people?

A. ProverbB. LegendC. FableD. Myth

lI. Speaking:

A. Stress

Put the stress mark above the accented llable Use the symbol h.

11. Promise12. Beautiful13. Immortal

B. Intonation Pattern

Tell whether the following sentences follow (A) rising-falling intonation or (B)rising intonation pattern.
Write the letter of your answer.
14. Do you like to be a hero?15. l'm a scholar. How about you?16. I love to go to the garden.

IV. A. Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with thie subject.

17. Stones in the sky, he who (get, gets) hit should not get angry.18. A tree that bears fruit (is, are) often
hurled at.19. Either the myth or legend (has, have) unique features.20. Literature and history always
(goes, go) together.21. Five yards of cloth (is, are) not enough for all the participants.22. Some of the
food of the gods and goddess

es (is, are) still a secret to the

people.23. The number of young generation (like, likes) to read stories about love andaffection.24. A
myth and a legend of every country (depict, depicts) its culture and

traditions.

B. Vocabulary DevelopmentAffixes25. Maria

-plored the gods to give her the soul of herbeloved.

Which of the following prefixes best completes the highlighted word? Readthe sentence for other clues.

A. de-

eximin

26. Mabaning, husband of Lawanen, entered a particular section in heaven for

the

of Batugan's soul. (Retrieve)

Using the highlighted word inside t the parenthesis, which suffix

appropriately forms a new word to fill in the blank?

A. -ance

ment

-val

Proverbs and Idioms

27. When he needs to act, he never delays and says, "Let's hit the road."

The highlighted sentence is an example of

A. ProverbB. FamiliarC. IdiomD. Slang

28. "What are you up to later? Which form of language is the highlighted word

in the sentence? Be specific with your answer.

A. ColloquialB. FamiliarC. ldiomD. Slang

29. My mother said, "Half a loaf is better than no bread' This is an example of

A. IdiomB. ProverbC. SlangD. Colloquial

30. Which meaning best oxplains ths ine. "The grass is always greener on te

other side of the fence."

A. Don't become very upset by trivialities.B. There is always better opportunity to choose from.

C it you dont see someone for a long uime you like them bettet to it.D. When a bad thing happens there
is always a posltve aspect to t.31. Her son usually misbehaves with the relatives, but she doesn't find

anything wrong in him. There are none so blind as those who Will nThis means that

A. It is best to explain to those who never listen.

B. It is better to talk to those who refuse explanation.

D. It is useless explaining to those who do not want to understand.

32. In the beginning, Diwata made the sea and the land and planted trees of

many kinds. Then she took two Iumps of earth and shaped them likhuman figures; she spat in them, and
they became man and woman. (aBagobo story)What is the author's purpose in writing this excerpt?

A. to amuseB. to argueC. to informD. to persuade

Sensory ImagesFor items 33-34, identify the sense to which the lines appear.

33. "Too many cooks spoil the broth," best appeals to the sense of

A. SightB. SmelC. SoundD. Taste

34 Maria was tall and graceful. Her color was a clear, pure brown. Her eyes

were big and black. Her hair was long and thick.

A. HearingB. SightC. SmellD. Touch

tone as a whole.
The passages below suggest a/an

35. One day, after one of their secret meetings, Luna went back to the heavens

and told her secret to one of her cousins.

A. CheerfulB. SorrowfulC. SurprisedD. Angry

36. Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers up around the child'sneck, and carefully,
quietly, left the room making sure to leave a comforting

ray of light shining through the opened door should the child wake.

A. LightB. FormalC. SeriousD. Gloomy

Moodsldentify the mood or feeling of the speaker.

37."Hurry!" pleaded the giant, who strained to keep his itchy legs still.

A. AfraidB. AnxiousC. JoyfulD. Sad

38. The datu responded, 'my people and I are thankful to you and your

brother Sulayman."A. Fanciful

B. Suspenseful

C. ThankfulD. Sorrowful

39. When a person shrugs his shoulders, this means that he is in

A. AngerB. DoubtC. Happy

D. Surprised

40. She walks with chin up, as she goes up to the stage to receive her awards.

Chin up signifies_

A. Fear and tensionB. Confidence and prideC. Anger and frustrationD. Happiness and contentment