APHS Elementary Department

1st Quarter SY 2021-2022

1st Quarter Test in English 4

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A. Directions: Read and understand the selection “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak.

“Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak

  

    

The night wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another mother called him “WILD
THING!” and Max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP!” so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

         That very night in Max’s room a forest grew and grew and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the
walls became the world all around and an ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off
through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.

         And when he came to the place where the wild things are they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their
terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws till Max said “BE STILL!” and tamed
with the magic trick of staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once and they were frightened and
called him the most wild thing of all and made him king of all wild things.

“And now,” cried Max, “let the wild rumpus start!”

“Now stop!” Max said and sent the wild things off to bed without their supper.

       And Max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.

       Then all around from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat so he gave up being king of
where the wild things are.           

But the wild things cried, “Oh please don’t go we’ll eat you up-we love you so!” And Max said, “No!”

       The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and
showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye and sailed back over a
year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found
his supper waiting for him and it was still hot.

Comprehension Questions

A. Directions: Answer the following questions in a complete sentence. (5 pts.)

1. Who are the characters in the story?

2. Where does the story take place?

3. What problem does the character/s face?

4. How does the problem solved?

5. What is the theme of the story?

Vocabulary Words

B. Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the highlighted words. (6 pts.)

1. Zia replied on Saturday morning with some mischief in his voice.

A. misbehavior
B. regret
C. dismayed

2. Alex caught Carmen and they both tumbled to the soft grass.

A. danced
B. suddenly fall
C. jumped

3. The caged tigers gnashed their teeth and lunge at the bars.

A. cut
B. pull
C. grind (one’s teeth) together

4. There was a great rumpus downstairs this morning.

A. peaceful
B. noisy disturbance
C. exciting

5. The terrible scenes were indelibly imprinted on his mind.

A. nice
B. amazing
C. extremely bad

6. After supper they all gathered in the room with a movie to watch.

A. evening meal
B. brunch
 C. snack

C.Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct definition of the elements of a story. Use the word bank below.

(6 pts.)
Characters Problem

Setting Solution

Plot Theme

1. __________ is the time and place where the story happens.

2. ____________ are the people, animals, or things playing in the story.
3. The part of the story where the character faces a conflict is called ___________.
4. The part of the story where the problem is solved is the ________________.
5. ___________ is the idea or message of the story.
6. It is the sequence of events that happens in the story. It can be beginning or ending. This
is called _____________.
D. Directions: Match Column A to Column B. Analyze the meaning of the underlined words by
understanding the use in the sentence.  (10 pts.)
Column A Column B

1. The policeman was annoyed by the motorists a. good

who violated the traffic rules.

2. 2. Our filed trip to Enchanted Kingdom b. real .

was fun-filled and memorable.

3. The magic performed in the show was genuine, c. hard to forget

like the real tricks I have seen.

4. The polite young man was complimented d. angry or displeased

on his good manners.

5. My mentor has helped me learn the e. a teacher or coach

style of proper handwriting.

6. In boy scouting, pupils are taught to be responsible, f. leave or depart

independent and alert.

7. The dilemma remains unsettled until g. problem

one does something to solve it.

8. 8. It was difficult for him to decide whether h. quick processing of mind

to stay or abandon the farmland.

9. 9. Negros Occidental is a  i. lines .

 Column A Column B

serene place to have a vacation.

10. 10. The evening sky has j. quiet or peaceful

 streaks or line of red.

Sentence and Fragments

E. Directions: Write F if the group of words is a fragment. Write S if the group of words is a
sentence. (12 pts.)
1. The boy went outside to play basketball with his friends. _____
2. was walking around ____
3. I love taking my dog for a walk. ______
4. wrote a whole story about princesses ______
5. She had so much fun at school today. ________
6. is really happy _____
7. The lady left his purse on the bus this morning. _______
8. playing and dancing ______
9. The teacher gave all her students a pencil. ________
10. were eating _________
11. God is good all the time. __________
12. My family and I ___________

Subject and Predicate

F. Directions: Read each sentence. Write S if the underlined word is a subject and S if it is a
predicate. Write your answer on the line. (11 pts.)

_________1. George has turned out to be a very good cat. -

_________2. James and Michael do not get along with each other.

_________3. That movie was fantastic, but the book was better.

_________4. I think that we are out of tissues.

_________5. Janella asked Kim to bring her a stamp.

_________6. My brother and I like to play chess together.

__________ 7. Sharon often reads in the afternoons and writes in the evenings.

_________8. My family recycles all of our plastic bottles.

__________ 9. I often use a pink highlighter.

_________10.Ken and Khia are both good students and study hard.

_________11.She is busy with her reading report.