CORONADO’S SCHOOL OF QUEZON CITY, INC.

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
SY 2021-2022

SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8 GRADING PERIOD: FIRST QUARTER DATE:

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
AVERAGE DIFFICULT
EASY (60%)
(30%) (10%)

Number of Items
Number of Days

Percentage

UNDERSTANDING
REMEMBERING

EVALUATING
ANALYZING
TOPICS/ COMPETENCIES

CREATING
APPLYING
CODES ITEM PLACEMENT

EN8LT-I-c-2.2.2 Recognizing Imagery 5 17% 10 10 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

EN8LT-lc-2.2.2 Understanding Pathos 5 17% 5 1 4 11,12,13,14,15
EN8V-la-10.2 Understanding Idioms through Context Clues 5 17% 10 5 5 16,17,18,19,20,41,42,43,44,45
EN8G-la-7 Using Parallel Structures as a Cohesive Device 6 20% 10 5 1 4 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30
EN8G-le-8 Avoiding Shifts in Point of View 5 17% 10 10 31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40
Child Soldiers 4 13% 5 3 1 1 46,47,48,49,50
TOTAL 30 100% 50 4 11 5 25 1 4
PREPARED BY: Checked by:

MS. MARJORIE B. QUINAY DR. LOURDES M. CORONADO

Subject Teacher Principal/ Directress
 FIRST QUARTERLY TEST IN ENGLISH 8

NAME: DATE:
SECTION: TEACHER: MS. MARJORIE B. QUINAY

Test I. Read each sentence carefully. Identify what is predominant sensory images found in each of
the following.

Auditory Imagery Gustatory Imagery Olfactory Imagery

Tactile Imagery Visual Imagery

1. The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
2. The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
3. The tree bark was rough against her skin.
4. The sound of bat hitting the ball was pleasing to his ear.
5. The starry night sky looked so beautiful that it begged him to linger, but he reluctantly left for home.
6. The old man took the handful of dust and sifted it through his fingers.
7. The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet.
8. The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.
9. He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.
10. The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.

Test II. Read each paragraph. Examine each to understand the pathos.

11. “If we don’t leave this place soon, we’ll be yelling for help. There’s no one to help us here, let’s get
out of here and live.” – This statement evokes emotions of (happiness, fear).

12. We feel (proud or pity) for Black Americans [“Darkies”] who were enslaved to White Americans
[“white folks”]. The contrast of the words “work” and “play” shows the social disparity between the two
races.

13. Which of the following statements is the best pathos definition?

a. An experience which allows the reader to cleanse him or herself of his or her emotions.
b. A manipulative lie intended to make people cry.
c. An appeal to the emotions of the audience, whether fear, sadness, disgust or hope.

14. Consider the following quote from the character of Amanda in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass
Menagerie:

“Well, in the South we had so many servants. Gone, gone, gone. All vestige of gracious living! Gone
completely! I wasn’t prepared for what the future brought me. All of my gentlemen callers were sons of
planters and so of course I assumed that I would be married to one and raise my family on a large piece
of land with plenty of servants. But man proposes—and woman accepts the proposal! To vary that old,
old saying a bit—I married no planter! I married a man who worked for the telephone company! . . . A
telephone man who—fell in love with long-distance!”

What type of emotion is Amanda appealing to?

a. fear b. optimism c. pity

15. "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne

There go the loves that wither [dry up], The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead years draw thither
[there] And disastrous things; Dead dreams of days forsaken, Blind buds that snows have shaken, Wild
leaves that winds have taken, red strays of ruined springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful with lips
but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful. Weeps that no loves endure.
What mood do the details in the poem convey?
a. happiness c. sadness and despair
b. mistrust d. wastefulness and excess

III. Read each sentences carefully. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions.

16. The fair and square policy of the chairman of the committee has made him very popular among
employees of his business.
a. clever and deceitful c. ambiguous
b. honest d. relevant and practical
17. The teacher pulled a long face when the students got a failed score.
a. to look disappointed c. to be happy
b. to get annoyed d. to make a quarrel
18. Once in a blue moon, we meet each other.
a. always c. sometimes
b. frequently d. very seldom
19. She looks a little down in the dumps.
a. Sue is looking down the floor. c. Sue looks sad.
b. Sue looks a little bit angry. d. Sue look great.
20.The news about the tragic terrorist acts hit us like a ton of bricks.
a. didn’t really affect us much c. physically fell on our heads
b. hit us very light d. strongly affected us

Test IV.
A. Determine whether the sentence contains parallel structure or faulty parallelism. Write PS for
parallel structure and FP for faulty parallelism.

21. Globalization flourished through information technology, international trade, and sustainable tourism.
22. international trade demands affordable, competitive, and marketable products.
23. Countries engage in international trade with the following goals: to strengthen the economy, to create
job opportunities, and achieving diplomatic business agreements.
24. Countries are able to work together through economic cooperation and when they maintain cultural
respect.
25. Global competition encourages creative marketing as much as innovative thinking.

Test IV.
B. Read each sentence carefully. Observe whether the given sentence is parallel or not. Write PARALLEL
if it is parallel and if not rewrite the whole sentence to make it parallel.
26. She writes a letter and mailed it to the school.
27. Brad and Dennis rode their motorcycles, swimming with sharks and running with bulls.
28. The professor scolded the student for failing the test, come to school late, and classmates were bullied
by him.
29. John likes hiking, swimming, and to take afternoon naps.
30. Mr. Johnson’s speech was imprecise, monotonous, and unnecessary.

Test V. Avoiding Shifts in Point of View

Choose the words or phrases that make the sentences correct.

31. She caught the ball and then ____________ it to the catcher for the out.
a. throw c. threw
b. throws d. will throw

32. If they are going to the movies, _________________ should leave now.
a. we c. them
b. they d. us

33. When the children turned on the TV, they ___________ a buzzing sound.
a. hear c. heard
b. hears d. will hear

34. It was my 20th day in this camp as a trainee, and I ______________ the basic tactics in fighting.
a. learn c. learned
b. learns d. will learn
35. Freedom is precious and it ______ the right of everyone to enjoy it.
a. is c. will be
b. are d. shall be

36. If someone must dissect the frog, ________________ should do it while closely supervised.
a. he or she c. them
b. they d. it

37. We were __________________ to leave for Shawn before lunch, but of course Terence was late.
a. suppose c. supposes
b. supposed d. will suppose

38. I was ___________ at midnight by the grandfather clock at the end of the hall.
a. awake c. awakes
b. awaken d. awakened

39. Tonight, Yvette ___________________ to read The Giving Tree before going to bed.
a. hope c. hoped
b. hopes d. hoping

40. I am ___________ my sister a Barbie doll for her 6th birthday.

a. give c. gave
b. gives d. giving

Test VI. VOCABULARY: Using Context Clues

Determine the meaning of the italicized words by using context clues.

41. You better stay in a conspicuous place so we can easily find you.
a. noticeable b. famous c. confusing d. weird
42. The strict duties of every individual in ancient China are in conformity with Confucian teachings.
a. compliance b. irrelevance c. strange d. questioning
43. The Kapre, Phoenix, and Sphinx are mythical creatures.
a. mysterious b. hunted c. imaginary d. important
44. The diversity of plant life on that tropical island is great.
a. similarity b. variety c. sameness d. likeness
45. The students’ answers are too ambiguous to understand.
a. short b. clear c. confusing d. unclear

VII. LITERATURE
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

Child Soldiers
Chief Charles Okoreke

Heavens cry, mothers bemoan;

Father and son trade hot metals
Nations slug out, children at front;
Young minds dance the limbo.

Munition war, as toy games;

Battlefields as playground;
Bullets flow the whistle;
Trenches shield blind shots

.Murder tutorials the course;

Predation, vandalism, an honor;
Grades in white stripes
Nation wastes her rising suns.

_____46. What is being described in the poem?

a. how bullets blow the whistle c. how people cry
b. how children suffer because of war d. how a place is being destroyed
_____47. What words related to children and play did the poet use?
a. toy games, playgrounds c. predations, vandalism
b. trade hot metals d. bullets blow the whistle
_____48. “Heavens cry,” is an example of what figure of speech?
a. Simile c. Personification
b. Metaphor d. Hyperbole
_____49. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the poem?
a. to entertain c. to convince
b. to describe d. to criticize
_____50. What is the tone of the poem?
a. serious c. funny
b. friendly d. formal
Key to Corrections
B.
Test I. 26. She wrote a letter and mailed it to the school.
1. Auditory Imagery 27. Brad and Dennis rode their motorcycles,
2. Visual Imagery swam with sharks and ran with bulls.
3. Tactile Imagery 28. The professor scolded the student for failing
4. Auditory Imagery the test, coming to school late, and bullying
5. Visual Imagery classmates by him.
6. Tactile Imagery 29. John likes hiking, swimming, and taking
7. Gustatory Imagery afternoon naps.
8. Visual Imagery 30. PARALLEL
9. Olfactory Imagery
10. Tactile Imagery Test V.
31. c
Test II. 32. b
11.fear 33. c
12.pity 34 c
13.c 35. a
14.fear 36. a
15.c 37. a
38. d
Test III. 39. b
16.b 40. d
17.a
18.d Test VI.
19.c 41. a
20. d 42. a
43. c
Test IV. 44. b
A. 45. d
21.PS 46. b
22.PS 47. a
23.Answers may vary. 48. c
24. Answers may vary. 49. b
25. PS 50. a