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Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF HIMAMAYLAN CITY

ENGLISH 4 2ND QUARTER PRETEST

School Year 2022-2023

Name: __________________________________________________________Section: ________________________

English Teacher: _________________________________________________Date: ___________________________
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Identify that which is being referred to by the given items. Encircle the letter of your
answer.

1. Underline the context clues in the given sentence.

Miguel was very loquacious. He really loved to talk.

2. Based on the context clues, which of the following is a synonym of the word loquacious?
I. silent III. wordy
II. talkative IV. Chatty

A. II only B. I and IV C. II and IV D. All except I

3. Amber took a cookie away from her little sister. She tried to conceal the cookie by putting it in her
pocket. She did not want her mom to see it.

What is the meaning of conceal? ________________________________________________

4. What context clue is used in the following sentence?

Mary got a scholarship, a grant or prize to pay for school, after winning a contest.
A. synonym C. antonym
B. definition D. exemplification

5. I walked slowly through the forest. Which word is the noun? Underline it.

For items 6-8. Identify whether the underlined noun in the sentence below is a mass noun or a count noun:

6. Can you pour some oil on the pan?

A. Mass noun B. Count noun

7. I can feel the sand under my toes.

A. Mass noun B. Count noun

8. Celine gave me a piece of bread.

A. Mass noun B. Count noun

9. What is the collective noun missing from the sentence?

I gave Nanay Aurora a _____________ of flowers for Mother's Day.
A. Pack B. bunch C. fleet D. bouquet

10. The child got lost amidst the ______________ of people.

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A. set B. group C. crowd D. company

11. Which is the correct possessive form of aunties house?

Hi! Welcome to my aunties house. She is living here on her own.

A. auntie's house C. auntie house

B. aunties's house D. aunties' house

12. Which sentence is correct?

A. The spiders' web is in the corner.
B. The spiders web is in the corner.
C. The spider's web is in the corner.
D. All of the given.

13. Our ___ name is Wilbur. (pig)

A. Pigs B. pig's C. pigs' D. pigs's

For items 14-17. Select the correct pronoun from the word bank.

he it their they she mine both

14. That is not your bag. It’s ____________.

15. The dog was sick, and ____________ wouldn’t play fetch with me.

16. Maria was going to the store when ____________ fell off of her bike.

17. Rey and June asked ____________ parents if they could play outside.

18. Julia is pretty but her sister Anita is even ____________

A. prettier C. more pretty
B. prettiest D. most pretty

19. Which of the given is a correct superlative degree sentence?

A. Ramu is good.
B. Ramu is one of the best boys.
C. Ramu is better than many other boys.
D. Very few boys are as good as Ramu.
20. Last night my grandma told me the …….. story that I have ever heard.
A. Interesting C. Most interesting
B. Interested D. More interesting

21. Your English is much ___ now. You’ve made___ mistakes this time.
A. best / least C. better / less
B. the best / less D. good / less

22. With __________________ we have to add -S or -ES to verbs in the Present Simple.

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A. I C. we/ they
B. he/she/it D. us/them/it

For items 23-24. Which verb will complete the sentence? Underline it.

23. Mang Pedro is a fisherman. He (go, goes) fishing every day.

24. Toxic substances (include, includes) pesticides and other chemicals.

For items 25-27. What present time expression is used in the given sentence?

25. Ulysses usually cleans the kitchen.

26. Ogie reads stories every afternoon.
27. My tooth sometimes hurts whenever I drink cold beverages.
28. Bryan needs to explain that he emailed Israel. What should he say?
A. I write an email. C. I wrote an email.
B. I writed an email. D. I will write an email.

29. Dania tossed the toy bear to Angely. How can Angely describe what happened?
A. She threw the bear. C. She throws the bear.
B. She throwed the bear. D. She will throw the bear.

30. Long ago, people _________ in caves.

A. live B. lives C. lived D. were lived

31. Which of the given sentences contain an ERROR in verb tense?

A. Father and I planted some vegetable in the garden three months ago.
B. Yesterday, we harvest some fruits of our okra and patola in our backyard.
C. Father shared some of the harvested vegetable to our neighbors.
D. None of the given.

32. Yesterday, the girl ............... a scary snake at the zoo. What verb will best fit the sentence?
A. see B. saw C. sees D. is seeing

4th QUARTER ENGLISH 4 PRETEST

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
Item Placement
TOTAL
Understanding
Remembering

Most Essential Learning Competencies No. of Percentage of No. of

Evaluating

(MELC) Days Items Items

Analyzing
Applying

Creating

3 13 % 4 1 3 2 4 4 1
Use context clues to find meaning of 2
unfamiliar words: definition, exemplification 3
4

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5
6
5
7
Use clear and coherent sentences employing 6
8
appropriate grammatical structures: Kinds of 7
7 29 % 9 13 12 11 9 9
Nouns – Mass Nouns and Count Nouns, 8
10
Possessive Nouns, Collective nouns 9
11
10
12
13
14 14
15 15
Use personal pronouns in sentences 3 12.5 % 4 4
16 16
17 17
18 18
Use adjectives (degrees of comparison, order) 19 19
3 12.5 % 4 4
in sentences 20 20
21 21

22
22
Use simple present tense of verbs in sentences 2 8% 3 23 3 23
24
24

25 25
Use correct time expressions to tell an action
2 8% 3 26 3 26
in the present
27 27

28
29
Use the past form of regular and irregular 30 28
4 17 % 5 31 5 30
verbs 31 29
31
32

TOTAL 24 100 32 11 2 8 7 1 3 32 32

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