Villaflores St. Brgy.

Gumamela, Labo, Camarines Norte

ENGLISH 9
Final Exam

Name: ____________________________________________ Grade 9- ___________________

Date: _______________________ Score: ___________________
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read and analyze the questions before you answer. Select the best
answer for each item. AVOID ANY FORM OF ERASURES. Use Black ink of pen only. Any form of
erasures will be considered wrong and will not be counted.
Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Avoid erasure.
1. In literature, a _______ is a short scene that focuses on one moment that is especially powerful or
significant.
a. vignette c. plays
b. drama d. novels
2. The word vignette comes from the French word vigne for vineyard; the diminutive from “vignette”
means ________.
a. urge to write c. a little vine
b. sketch d. a thread
3. This is the modern example of vignette.
a. drama c. blog posts
b. plays d. novels
4. A piece of writing which also describes a person or a character is called _______.
a. autobiography c. biography
b. personal essay d. descriptive
5. This is a written argument, readable in one sitting, in which some idea is developed and support.
It is called ______.
a. spoken poetry c. novel
b. debate d. essay

Directions: Identify their professions and write your answers in the box. Letter clues are also given.
1. Mel Tiangco, Korina Sanchez, Mike Enriquez n

2. Kara David, Gus Abelgas, Howie Severino r

d
3. Reporte’s Notebook, The Correspondents, Probe Profiles

4. Manila Bulletin, The Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer b

5. Tempo, People’s Tonight, Balita t

6. Rene “Ka Rene” Sta. Cruz, Cesar “Kuya Cesar” Nucum, Fidela “Tiya Dely” Magpayo b

7. Lily “Mother Lily” Monteverde, Vicente “Vic” Del Rosario, Robbie Tan p

8. Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon, Sr., Marvic “Vic” Sotto, Jose Maria “Joey” De Leon c

9. ASAP, SOP, Eat Bulaga V s

10. Max Sloven, Beth Day Romulo, Edilberto de Jesus c

Directions: Supply the verb in the past perfect or past tense.

 The War in Heaven
A Greek Myth
Cronus (forget) ___________, but he (know) __________ that he, too, would be overthrown by one of his children
someday. To prevent this he (swallow) _____________ his five children immediately after their mother (give)
___________ birth to them.
His wife Rhea was very upset by this. She went to her mother and asked how she could put a stop to this
unfatherly behavior. Gaia who (have) ____________ a similar problem with her husband, Uranus, was more than
happy to advise her. She told Rhea to go to the island of Crete and hide her newborn child in a secret cave in the
mountain of Ida. She was to give
Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead of the baby. Cronus (eat) ___________the stone before he (notice)
__________the difference.
Rhea did as Gaia (tell) ________ her, and Cronus (swallow) _________ the stone. He never even looked up from
what he was doing. The child was Zeus, who grew well cared for. One day Rhea (decide)__________ to send the
messenger Metis to visit Zeus and to show him how to brew a strong poison from the herb. The messenger told
Zeus to go to Cronus’s place and hide until he could get a chance to put the poison into Cronus’s wine cup. Cronus
(eat) _______ a big meal and was sitting, drowsing over his wine. Zeus (slip) _________ the poison in his cup.
As soon as Cronus (drink) _________ the poisoned wine, an amazing thing happened. He got so sick that came up
his first five children as well as the big stone wrapped in blanket, the poison (make) _________ Cronus sick for a
while. Although Zeus and his brothers (tie) ______ him to a chair, he was able to shout for his brothers, the Titans.
This started the war that lasted for years.
---From Introduction to Literature 3rd Edition
By Arsenia B. Tan