Test Bank

Grade 9
I. Identify what word formation process is used in every item.

1. Emoticon 6. VIP 11. Lab

2. Frenemy 7. SPF 12. Staycation
3. Mag 8. UNICEF 13. LTO
4. ROYGBIV 9. Ad 14. Math
5. ZIP 10. Flu 15. Docudrama

II. Using BLENDING, CLIPPING, ACRONYMY and INITIALISM, shorten the

following words.

1. Europe and Asia

2. Gymnasium
3. Photograph
4. liNational Aeronautical and Space Administration
5. Department of Foreign Affairs

III. Identify what is describe by each statement.

1. It is a sentence word order wherein the subjects come before the verb.
2. It is a word formation process wherein two or more words are shortened by
combining them.
3. It is a literary device in which a series of words begin with the same consonant
sound.
4. It is a sentence word order wherein the verb comes before the subject.
5. It is a word formation process in which a word is shortened by deleting the last
letters.

IV. True or False.

1. Grendel did not kill King Hrothgar because the king is stronger than him.
2. Beowulf, just like Grendel, has enormous strength.
3. No weapon made by man can wound Grendel.
4. King Hrothgar gave the golden horn and his wife as a gift to Beowulf for killing
the dreaded monster Grendel.
5. Grendel died when his foot was torn off from his body.

V. Turn the following sentences in inverted word order into normal ones.

1. There are clouds in the sky.

2. Where is the dog? (in the garden)
3. Falling from the sky are varicolored balloons.
4. Nowhere is Ana when I need here.
5. Are you happy?

VI. Enumeration. In correct order, enumerate the seven ages of man.

 VII. Identify what literary device is used in every item: alliteration, assonance,
consonance, or onomatopoeia.

1. Little Lily Lovelace loves Lulu’s look.

2. Big brown bears brought bigger books.
3. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
4. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping streets.
5. Some mammals are clammy.
6. Billowing bale of bovine fodder
7. The buzzing of the bees woke up the sleeping Snow.
8. Tick tock, tick tock… the sound of the rusty clock

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: DO NOT copy the examples already given to you during
classes; they will be marked WRONG. Use another piece of paper if deemed
necessary.

I. ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY (10 points): On the space provided, write 1 if the

given term is part of the introduction, 2 for body, and 3 for conclusion.
_______1. Topic presentation _______6. Reasons
_______2. Solution _______7. Repetition of opinion
_______3. Evidence _______8. Statistics
_______4. Paraphrase of reasons _______9. News peg
_______5. Opinion _______10. Reaction
II. CLAIMS (15 points): Write five claims of facts, five claims of value, and five
claims of policy.
III. DEFINITIONS (10 points): Give the formal and informal definitions of the
following terms.
1. Bird 2. Tree 3. Lipstick 4. Tricycle 5.
School

IV. BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS (15 points). For five points each, write the correct
bibliographic citation, given the following information.

1. Reference: Book 3. Reference: Encyclopedia

Title: Ventures in English Title: Encyclopedia Britannica
Author: Livia So Date: 1998
Year: 2017 Author: Rio Ober
City: Manila Article: Cell Division
Published by: REX Bookstore, Inc. Volume: 99
Page: 99-109
2. Reference: Online document City: Texas
Title: How to Make a Paper Charcoal Published by: British
Encyclopedia
Author: no author
Date Published: 2016
 Date Retrieved: October 10, 2018
URL: http://google.com/charcoal-making/ahahhaha/article.html

V. IN-TEXT CITATION (10 points). For two points each, supply each blank with the
correct in-text citation by using the following information.
Author: John Johns, Fred Saunter, and Tina Maran Year of Publication: 2001

Senior high school is an overview of what will happen in the prospective careers of the
learners _______________________. The wider the experience the senior high school
students get from the curriculum, the better they are clarified on the expectations toward
them in the future _____________________. With this, teachers in the senior high
school are expected to provide classroom-based language activities that are specific to
the strand the learner are enrolled in_______________________.
______________________ that this strand specificity of the language activities is
roughly translated to the application of ESP in the language curriculum. In a study of
_________________________, it was revealed that there is a high extent of ESP
application in the EAPP, one of the language subjects in the senior high school.

III. ENCIRCLE the letter of your answer.

21. Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?

a. William Shakespeare c. Robert Frost
b. John Dryden d. William Wordsworth

22. Where was the play “Romeo and Juliet” set?

a. Verona, Italy c. Gaderu, Italy
b. Rome, Italy d. Damascus, Italy

23. Who are the two feuding families in the said play?
a. Montagues and Capulets
b. Montagues and Caupulets
b. Montagnes and Caupulets
d. Montagnes and Capulets

24. Who wrote the radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number”?

a. Lucille Fletche c. Lucille Stevenson
b. Charles Fletcher d. Charles Stevens

III. ENCIRCLE the letter of your answer.

21. Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?

a. William Shakespeare c. Robert Frost
b. John Dryden d. William Wordsworth

22. Where was the play “Romeo and Juliet” set?

a. Verona, Italy c. Gaderu, Italy
b. Rome, Italy d. Damascus, Italy

23. Who are the two feuding families in the said play?
a. Montagues and Capulets
b. Montagues and Caupulets
b. Montagnes and Caupulets
d. Montagnes and Capulets

24. Who wrote the radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number”?

a. Lucille Fletche c. Lucille Stevenson
b. Charles Fletcher d. Charles Stevens

38. Looking from afar, Glenda tells her horrific experience with an American.

The participial phrase is _______________.

a. Looking from afar b. Glenda tells her c. horrific experience d. with an

American

39. The lights blinking in the distance look like stars from heaven.

The participial phrase “blinking in the distance” modifies ________________.

a. Lights b. Stars c. Heaven d. Distance

40. The dog licking the bone is a German shepherd.

The participial phrase is _________________.

a. The dog b. Licking the bone c. The bone is German d. German

shepherd.

41-45. Underline the infinitive in each sentence.

41. To reach my goals in life is what will make me happy.

42. We went to the market to by some meat.
43. I want to go to Italy.
44. Her ambition, to travel around the world, is already within reach.
45. She would like his boyfriend to give her flowers.

46-50. On the blank provided, write the letter of the word which is synonymous to the
underlined word in each item.

a. silent b. rural c. beautiful d. doubtful e. important f. grassy

46. Being a taciturn man, he almost never initiates a conversation.

47. Tagbanon is a bucolic place where farms are still common.
48. The mountains kissing the sky is such a sightly view.

49. He made a highly dubious claim that Elvis is still alive and living in Hawaii.

50. The sciences are a vital part of the school curriculum.

DIRECTIONS: Read the each question carefully and ENCIRCLE THE LETTER of the
correct answer (please take note of the word CORRECT).
FOREWORD
You don’t gaze at your seatmate’s paper just to check whether you’re
taking the same test; you know for the fact that it’s more than that.
So stop the drama, and focus on your own sheet (pun intended).

1. The following are examples of journalistic writing EXCEPT:

a. poem b. news c. feature d. editorial
2. What kind of rhyme is present in the following stanza of the poem Concord
Hymn?
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world
a. end rhyme b. internal rhyme c. rhyme scheme
d. free rhyme
3. What is the first stage of man according to the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”?
a. baby b. schoolboy c. lover d.
soldier
4. In what word order is the sentence or a line of a poem when the verb comes
before the subject?
a. normal word order b. typical word order c. deviant word order
d. inverted word order
5. In what word order is the highlighted line of the poem I Wandered Lonely as a
Cloud?
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
a. normal word order b. typical word order c. deviant word order
d. inverted word order
6. In the line “The whistling of the wind”, what sound device is manifested by the
word “whistling”?
a. alliteration b. onomatopoeia c. assonance d.
consonance
7. Wow! That is a very fine-looking car, my dear. What is the interjection in the
sentence?
a. very b. wow c. my dear d.
fine-looking
8. What is the meaning expressed by the interjection above?
a. happiness b. excitement c. amazement d.
disgust
9. ______ is used to close a declarative sentence and command, and indicate
abbreviation.
a. period (.) b. comma (,) c. exclamation point (!) d.
question mark (?)
10. The following are set in capital letter EXCEPT:
a. common names of animals b. names of countries c. adjectives derived from
names of scientists d. baptism names
For nos. 11-15. ENCIRCLE the letter of the WRONGLY capitalized word.
11. a. New York b. President c. dog d. Stephen Dowling
Bots
12. a. Italian b. Cupid c. Summer d. Angeline
13. a. Pasteurization b. stephanie c. tiger d.
Samsung
14. a. Jupiter b. earth c. sun d. mars
15. a. Friend b. Robinson’s Place c. Hunter Plake d. I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
For nos. 16-20. Supply the blank with the correct punctuation to be used.
16. It was in the middle of fire in the neighbourhood when I heard a young voice
shouted, “Help__”
17. She asked me, “Do you mind if I turn off the fan__”
18. Come here__
19. It was July 3__ 2017 when Goku disowned his only son Gohan.
20. Shawshank Redemption__ Perfect Sense, and Forrest Gump are his favourite
movies.
21. Which word is derived from the name of person?
a. Darwinism b. Einsteinium c. Pasteurization d. All of the
Previous
22. From the word “brother” originates a much shorter term “bro”. What word
formation process is used?
a. compounding b. shortening c. abbreviating d. clipping

23. All that the modern technology offers is for the good the humanity. The idea is:
a. Correct, because technology makes life for everyone more comfortable.
b. Correct, because technology makes communication and transportation for every
man easier.
c. Wrong, because in some cases it is also harmful and inconvenient, e.g. the
scams in the Internet.
d. Wrong, because all it causes us is harm and inconvenience.
24. One philosopher said, “Because of education, humans always do the good.” Do
you agree with his statement?
a. Yes, because of education humans know what is right and wrong.
b. Yes, because of education humans are capable of thinking why and how to help
others.
c. No, because of education humans are capable of knowing what is best for them
even if it may cause danger to others.
d. No, because humans have become evil as influenced by various social media
platforms on the Internet.
25. The following are examples of literary writing EXCEPT:
a. poem b. feature c. short story d. essay
26. The epic “Beowulf” is an example of what kind of writing?
a. literary b. informative c. expository
d. journalistic
For nos. 27-29
Globalization has affected the world in so many ways. First, it served as a
catalyst to worldwide trading, thus allowing countries to access foreign products.
Second, it affected the financial market. As a result, the different countries had more
access to funds, and the exchange in national currencies dramatically increased.
27. What is the pattern of idea/paragraph development illustrated by the paragraph
above?
a. cause-effect b. definition c. comparison-contrast d.
description
28. The following items are used as signal words/sequence signals in the identified
pattern EXCEPT:
a. and b. affected c. As a result d. thus
29. How many result/s of globalization is/are mentioned in the paragraph?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
30. Which line in the poem “What if a Much of a Which of a Wind” includes
alliteration, assonance, and internal rhyme all in one?
What if a much of a which of a wind
gives the truth to summers lie;
bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun
and yanks immortal stars awry?
a. line 1 b. line 2 c. line 3
d. line 4
For nos. 31-35. VOCABULARY. Determine which word in the right column is related to
each of the underlined words in the left column. Write the letter of your answer on the
blank provided before the number.

____31. I was dumbfounded after knowing that you were pregnant. a. expensive
____32. A blurb on the TV about the new iPhone makes me excited. b. bee
____33. An egret flying over the tractor just looks divine. c. thinned
____34. After enrolling in a gym class, my body has emaciated. d. bird
____35. The trip to Disneyland is very costly. e. advertisement
f. shocked
36. Who wrote the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”?
a. William Shakespeare b. Robert Frost c. William Wordsworth d.
E.E. Cummings
37. Rhyming words which appear at the end of lines manifest ___________.
a. end rhyme b. internal rhyme c. alliteration d.
assonance
38. A line of a poem is in inverted word order when:
a. there is no subject c. the subject comes before the verb
b. the verb comes before the subject d. there is no verb
39. In the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”, it is said that all the men and women
have their exits and entrances. What does the author mean by using the word exits?
a. celebration b. death c. finale d.
birth
40. The following are initialisms EXCEPT:
a. PIN b. DENR c. USA d. DOTC
41. What is the tone of the following paragraph?
The girls were playing in the pond, splashing each other and trying to catch fish with
their hands. They were having fun, but kept looking over their shoulders at the looming
forest. The long grass of the field kept moving and they sort of felt like they were being
watched. About a half hour passed and still the girls kept checking the field for
movements. It seemed like a pair of dark and dangerous eyes was on them. They even
considered going back inside, but that would mean homework time. So they continued
splashing, but with caution now. Their eyes hardly left the field.
a. alarming b. scary c. fearful d. all of the
previous

42. Which word/s signal/s the tone of the paragraph above?

a. looming and cautionb. both a and c c. dark and dangerous d. none of
the mentioned
43. Which of the following statements CORRECTLY differentiates tone and mood?
a. Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject while mood, the emotion that is
created in the reader.
b. Tone is the emotion created in the reader whereas mood, the author’s attitude
toward the subject.
c. Tone is the author’s choice of words while mood, the reaction of the readers
toward the text read.
d. Tone is the reaction of the readers toward the text whereas mood, the choice of
words by the author.
44. His repetitive questions are considered a series of nuisance or an annoyance.
The meaning of the highlighted word is annoyance. What word signals us in getting its
meaning?
a. or b. are c. considered d. none of
the previous
45. What is the context clue used in the sentence above?
a. synonym b. antonym c. definition d. contrast
46. What poetic device uses words that create sound in a literary piece?
a. assonance b. consonance c. alliteration d.
onomatopoeia
47. His thumbprint is needed in the document before passage. What word formation
process is manifested by the italicized word?
a. compounding b. blending c. clipping d.
initialism
48. W he following nouns are wrongly capitalized EXCEPT:
a. chinese b. Dog c. New Year d.
Southeast asia
For nos. 49 and 50
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
49. To which the author compares himself while wandering?
a. crowd b. daffodils c. cloud d. breeze
50. What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza above? a. ABABCC b. ABCABC c.
AABBCC d. ABBACC