SICAYAB NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SICAYAB, DIPOLOG CITY

1st Quarter Examination

ENGLISH 9

Name: Score:
Grade & Section: Date:

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

DIRECTION: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

1. What are verbs that expresses permission, prohibition or obligation?

A. linking verbs B. modal verbs C. phrasal verbs D. action verbs
2. What word is used to express permission and the ability to do something?
A. can B. will C. have D. must
3. What word is used to show that something is prohibited or not allowed?
A. could B. should C. mustn’t D. haven’t
4. Which is used to express obligation that is usually referring to a rule or law?
A. will to B. have to C. should to D. accord to
5. Which is used to show that there is no obligation and something is done by choice?
A. can have to B. must have to C. don’t have to D. mustn’t have to
6. What type of text that gives readers straightforward information about a topic?
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary D. persuasive
7. What type of text which presents information found in radio, print or television?
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary D. persuasive
8. What type of text which is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing?
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary D. persuasive
9. What type of journalism that uses exaggerating words or sensationalism?
A. print journalism B. broadcast journalism C. yellow journalism D. hip journalism
10. What type of informative text that records the daily experiences of a person?
A. factual B. procedural C. literary D. diary
11. What do you call a strategic and selective reading method which focuses on the main ideas?
A. skimming B. scanning C. reading D. citing
12. What do you call a method of extracting the essence of the author’s main message or purpose?
A. skimming B. scanning C. reading D. citing
13. Which is NOT closely read when skimming a certain text?
A. bold words B. italicized words C. long features D. text features
14. Which is NOT an active reading strategy for skimming?
A. annotating B. scrutinizing C. summarizing D. previewing
15. Which is NOT a type of skimming method?
A. Beginnings & Endings C. Visual & Verbal Cues
B. Main vs. Lead D. Wheat vs. Chaff
16. What do you call a process of forming new words by compounding, clipping or blending words?
A. sub formation B. verb formation C. word formation D. cut formation
17. What type of word formation process where two or more words are combined together?
A. compounding B. blending C. clipping D. cutting
18. What type of word formation process in which parts of two or more words are combined?
A. compounding B. blending C. clipping D. cutting
19. What type of word formation process where more than one syllable is reduced?
A. compounding B. blending C. clipping D. cutting
20. What type of word formation process where initial letters were taken to form a new word?
A. acronymy B. literacy C. initiality D. bigotry
TEST II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
DIRECTION: Read the sentences carefully. Choose from the words below that is suitable for each
sentence. Write it on the space provided.

news fake true important routine headache flu

must musn’t can’t possible have to fiction non-fiction
real general word paragraph subject predicate conclusion

21. When you are a driver, you stop on red lights.

22. We be there on time, or else, we will be disqualified.
23. You marry a man you’ve just met online.
24. Informative texts are usually and written originally by the writer.
25. Journalistic texts are used to report stories.
26. A factual recount is a text that has an objective of retelling a event that happened in the past.
27. Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a overview of the material.
28. Skimming is reading the first and last sentences of a .
29. The action of reading something quickly so as to note only the points.
30. The name of the virus for the common cold is .
31. A is a judgment or decision reached by reasoning.
32. In a normal word order of writing, sentences first name their then followed by a verb.
33. A is a habitual activity or a regular course of procedure.
34. A first conditional shows condition or probable result of a certain situation.
35. A zero conditional shows condition that is based on facts or true events.

TEST III. ANALIZATION

DIRECTION: Read the sentences carefully. Write (NWO) if the sentence is a natural/normal word order
and (IWO) if the sentence is an inverted word order on the space provided.

36. My toys are in the crates. 39. In the fields are the strong working farmers.
37. Most of the oil are spilled. 40. This book must be banned immediately.
38. These girls need your attention.

TEST IV. APPLICATION

DIRECTION: Read the situations carefully and choose the best answer. Put a check on the space
provided.

41. The old man gave money to the homeless people in the street. Therefore;
The old man is generous. The old man is bored.
42. Foxes sleep during the day and hunts at night. Therefore;
Foxes are tropical animals. Foxes are nocturnal animals.
43. Anna did not prepare and study for their final exam. Therefore;
Anna will get a good grade. Anna will fail the exam.
44. Peter practices their dance routine every single day. Therefore;
Peter will probably nail their dance Peter will break a leg while dancing.
45. The weatherman stated that there is 80% chance of rainfall tomorrow. Therefore;
It will rain tomorrow. It will be sunny tomorrow.

TEST V. EVALUATION TEST VI. CREATE A SOLUTION

DIRECTION: Read the sentences carefully. DIRECTION: Give a one sentence
Write (HAVEY) if the statement is relevant and solution to the problem below.
(WALEY) if the statement is irrelevant on the space provided. 49-50. What do you do when you see
46. Manila is the capital of the Philippines. someone getting bullied for nothing?
47. Manananggals roam every night at Sicayab.
 48. Catriona Gray is crowned Miss Universe 2022.
ENGLISH 9
ANSWER KEY

TEST I. TEST III.

1. B 36. NWO
2. A 37. NWO
3. C 38. IWO
4. B 39. IWO
5. C 40. NWO
6. A
7. B TEST IV.
8. C 41. 1st
9. C 42. 2nd
10. D 43. 2nd
11. A 44. 1st
12. A 45. 1st
13. C
14. B TEST V.
15. B 46. HAVEY
16. C 47. WALEY
17. A 48. WALEY
18. B
19. C TEST VI.
20. A 49-50. Answers may vary

TEST II.
21. must
22. have to
23. can’t
24. nonfiction
25. news
26. true
27. general
28. paragraph
29. important
30. flu
31. conclusion
32. subject
33. routine
34. possible
35. real