ENGLISH 4

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS

LEARNING COMPETENCY NO. PLACEMENT PERCENTAGE

OF
ITEMS
1. Reading a story 6 1-6 15
2. Sequence events as they happened in the story. 5 7-10 12.5
3. Give a possible detail to a sentence. 5 11-15 12.5
4. Match the compound words. 4 17-20 10
5. Write the plural form of the given noun. 5 21-25 12.5
6. Identify Mass Noun and Collective Noun 6 26-31 15
7. Write the correct possessive form of the nouns 5 32-36 12.5
8. Sequence events using the sequence signals first, next, 4 37-40 10
then, and finally
TOTAL 40 100%

ANSWER KEY

ENGLSIH 4

I.

1. B 21. foxes *Answers in numbers 26-31

2. B 22. farmers and 37-40 may not be in
3. B 23. sheep order.
4. A 24. children
5. B 25. eyeglasses
6. A 26. class
7. 3 27. excited
8. 2 28. Few minutes
9. 5 29. a glass of water
10. 1 30. enjoys
11. 4 31. everyone
12. A 32. bird’s beak
13. B 33. doll’s hair
14. A 34. David’s school bus
15. A 35. Tom’s notebook
16. C 36. My sister’s room
17. B 37. Put the rice grains in the cooking pot.
18. E 38. Add water and rinse the rice.
19. D 39. Add the final water and check the water level.
20. A 40. Let the rice to cook.
FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH GRADE IV
Name: _____________________________ Grade & Section: _______________ Date: ____________

I. Read the given story and answer the questions that follow. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.

The Thirsty Crow

One hot day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for water. For a long time, he could not find
any. He felt very weak, almost lost all hope. Suddenly, he saw a water jug below the tree. He flew straight down to
see if there was any water inside. Yes, he could see some water inside the jug!

The crow tried to push his head into the jug. Sadly, he found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then
he tried to push the jug to tilt for the water to flow out, but the jug was too heavy.

The crow thought hard for a while. Then, looking around it, he saw some pebbles. He suddenly had a good
idea. He started picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug. As more and more pebbles filled the
jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high enough for the crow to drink. His plan had worked!

_____1. What was the story about?

a. Thirsty Cow b. Thirsty Crow c. Lonely Crow d. Lonely Cow
_____2. Why was the crow flying from place to place?
a. Looking for something to eat c. looking for a tree to rest
b. d. looking for something to drink d. looking for friend
_____3. Where did he found something to drink?
a. In a deserted house c. in a big house
b. a jag below a tree d. in a small house
_____4. The place where the large container was found was empty.
Which word in the sentence is the s synonym of the word deserted?
a. empty b. large c. container d. found
_____5. The water in the container is too low for the crow to reach, so the crow dropped
pebbles until the water rose high, enough for the crow to reach. What is the antonym of
low?
a. small b. high c. long d. big
_____6. The crow in the story is ____________.
a. resourceful b. playful c. merciful d. boastful

II. Sequence events as they happened in the story by writing numbers 1-5 before the letter.
_____7. The crow saw a large container with water in it.
_____8. For a long time, he could not find any.
_____9. The crow was able to quench its thirst.
_____10. One hot day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for water.
_____11. The crow picked some pebbles and dropped them into the container.

III. Read the following situations/ sentences. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____12. I’ll surely die of thirst if I don’t find some water”. The statement shows that the crow was
a. worried b. sad c. happy d. excited
_____13. The crow thought of a way to reach the water in the container. It was able to quench
its thirst. The crow was ______.
a. Foolish b. resourceful c. kind d. wise
_____14. Which set of words has the long a sound.
a. Meat, seat, beat, heat c. feet, feel, heel, deer
b. lake, take, make, bake d. pure, cure, sure, endure
_____15. The crow in the story reached the sea. Which word is read as the underlined word?
a. Plea b. tree c. take d. seek
_____16. Write a compound word to complete the sentence.
I like my bed ______ in our new house. I will sleep soundly in this room.
a. pan b. side c. room d. bug

IV. A. Match column A with words in column B to form a compound word. Write the letter on the
blank.

Column A Column B
_____17. Sun a. day
_____18. Base b. flower
_____19. Moon c. brush
_____20. Birth d. light
e. ball

B. Write the plural form of the underlined nouns in each sentence.

21. The fox hated water. _________________
22. The farmer came with a stick. __________
23. The fox looks out for sheep around. __________
24. The farmer came running with his child. ____________
25. He bought them eyeglass for summer. ___________.

V. A. Read the short selection. Know the materials needed in the experiment. Then underline if it
is a count noun and box if it is a mass noun. Then encircle the collective noun and cross out
abstract noun. (26-31)

It is Monday morning. The grade IV class are excited in their class experiment.
Marie cleans the table which will be used during the experiment. DJ shows the empty bottles assigned to
him. Few minutes later, the teacher came with cotton balls and a glass of water mixed with oil in it. Then
they started the experiment. Everyone enjoys doing the activity.

B. Write the correct possessive form of the nouns inside the parentheses. Write your answer on
the blank. (32-36)
_____32. The (beak of bird) is red and longer than the normal size.
_____33. The (hair of doll) are black and shiny.
_____34. (School bus of David) has been missed.
_____35. (Notebook of Tom) is lying on the floor.
_____36. (The room of my sister) is nicer than mine.

VI. Write the directions in cooking rice. Use the sequence signals first, next, then, and finally.
(37-40
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GOOD LUCK!!!