CBD COLLEGE

F. Jaca st. Inayawan, Cebu City

ST
1 PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH 9

Name:______________________________________ Grade & Section:___________________________

Teacher:____________________________________ Date:________________ Score:_______________

(NOTE: THIS IS A RIGHT MINUS WRONG TYPE OF TEST. STICTLY NO ERASURES INCLUDING THE USE OF
WHITE INK AND ANY KINDS OF CORRECTION TAPES. USING OF PENCIL IS ALSO PROHIBITED.)

I.
Instructions: Replace all of the contractible phrases within the sentences below with contractions.

Example: Who is with me? Answer: who’s with me?

Place Your answer here:

1. I am here, he is not.
2. Where is everybody?
3. Do not worry, it will pass.
4. There was nothing we could have done.
5. They have done it again.
6. What have you done with my hair?
7. The man said he could not sleep.
8. I know we should have done something.
9. How did that happened?
10. It would not be fair if with the other contestant.

II.
Instructions: Examine the following sentences for errors. If a sentence doesn’t make sense, underline
the error and replace it with the correct word. If there’s no error, then write no error.

1. I’m just glad you’re here.

2. I knew their was something weird with that man.
3. Its better to go with a companion.
4. Don’t listen to them, their not telling the truth.
5. We should head back, its cold.
6. You should take care of you’re grades.
7. Your making assumptions again!
8. He should return they’re calls sometime
9. Time is running faster than you’ll ever realize.
10. They will go where there going.
III. Instructions: let us read the two poems and answer the corresponding questions.

The Rainy Day

by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering
wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering
Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the
blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary

1. What kind of day was described by Longfellow in poem 1? Cite the words that describe the day.

2. Do all the stanzas of the poem 1 just talk about that particular day?

3. What main ideas conveyed in the poem?

4. What lessons in life does Longfellow share with us?

B.

A Time to Talk

Robert Frost - 1874-1963

When a friend calls to me from the road

And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
 I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

1. The speaker in the poem is sharing an experience about?

a. Inviting a friend for a horse ride.

b. Inviting a friend to the speaker’s house near the hills

c. Going up to the stone walls near the speaker’s place

d. Going near the friend who is on a horse to have a friendly talk

2. The person who stands still and looks at the hills which haven’t been hoed yet is?
a. The friend on the house
b. The friend on the stone walls
c. The speaker in the poem
d. The friend who has hoes many hills.
3. Which line shows the speaker’s decision in the poem and the underlying reasons for the
decision?
a. Lines 1 and 2
b. Lines 3 and 4
c. Lines 5 and 6
d. Lines 7 and 8
4. The speaker in the poem could be?
a. Honest
b. Friendly
c. Hardworking
d. Polite
5. The poem’s message is?
a. “life is fun with friends”
b. “Life is a choice between friend’s company or work”
c. “ have time to listen and be with a friend”
d. “Time is the most important thing in a friendship”
Prepared by: Mr. Jerry Nicholas B. Timogan Jr