Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION V
Division of Masbate
Cawayan East District
VILLAHERMOSA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
3rd Periodic Examination
ENGLISH 9
Name: __________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________
Grade & Section: _______________________________________ Score: __________________________

General Directions: Heart the letter of the correct answer.

Directions: Read an excerpt text below and answer the questions that follow. Heart the letter of your
answer.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Biography
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16, 1862. Her father was a carpenter and
her mother a cook. They were slaves owned by man named Mr. Bolling. They were treated well by Mr. Bolling, but they were
still slaves. They had to do whatever he told them and any one of the family could be sold to another slave owner at any time.
Shortly after Ida was born, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This made Ida and her family
free as far as the United States was concerned. However, Ida lived in Mississippi. It wasn't until after the Civil War that Ida
and her family were finally set free. When Ida was sixteen years old both of her parents died from Yellow Fever. In order to
keep her family together, Ida went to work as a teacher and took care of her brothers and sisters. A few years later, Ida
moved to Memphis to teach where she 12 could make more money. She also took college courses during the summer and
began to write and edit for a local journal. One day Ida was taking a train ride. She bought a first-class ticket, but when she
boarded the train the conductor told her she had to move. The first-class section was for white people only. Ida refused to
move and was forced to leave her seat. Ida didn't think this was fair. She sued the train company and won $500.
Unfortunately, the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned the decision later. Ida began to write articles about the racial
injustices of the South. At first she wrote articles for local newspapers and magazines. Then she began her own newspaper
called the Free Speech, where she wrote about racial segregation and discrimination. In1892, one of Ida's friends, Tom
Moss, was arrested for murdering a white man. Tom had been protecting his grocery store when some white men broke in to
destroy the store and put him out of business. Tom was hoping that the judge would understand that he was just protecting
himself. However, before he could go to trial, he was killed by a mob. This type of killing without a trial was called a
lynching. Ida wrote about the lynching in her paper. This made many people mad. Idafled to New York to be safe. The offices
of the Free Speech in Memphis were destroyed and Ida decided to stay in New York and go to work for a New York
newspaper called the New York Age. There she wrote articles about lynching that let people throughout the country
understand how often innocent African-Americans were being killed without a trial. Ida's efforts had a great impact in
lowering the number of lynching that occurred throughout the country. Over time, Ida became famous through her writings
about racial issues. She worked with African-American leaders such as Frederick Douglass and W.E.B Du Bois to fight
discrimination and segregation laws. Ida also believed in women's rights including the right for women to vote. She founded
the first black women's suffrage in 1913 called the Alpha Suffrage Club. Ida is remembered as one of the early leaders in the
fight for African- American Civil Rights. Her campaign against lynching helped to bring to light the injustice of the practice
to the rest of the United States and the world. Ida died from kidney disease in Chicago on March 25, 1931.

1. Where did Ida grow up?

A. Holly Springs, Mississippi C. Chicago
B. Tennessee D. Alabama
2. What particular issue can you see in the opening paragraph of Ida B. Wells
family?
A. Civil Rights C. Gender inequality
B. Bullying D. Lynching
3. What makes Ida and her family free from slavery?
A. Emancipation Proclamation C. Civil War
B. Lynching D. When she became a teacher

4. What did Ida do while taking care of her family?

A. Become an activist C. get married
B. Take teaching job D. write books
5. Paragraph number 4 and 6 clearly exemplify____________.
A. Gender discrimination C. Racial Discrimination
B. Poverty D. Civil Rights
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6. How did she fight against various kind of injustices during her time?
A. Joining rally C. applying for American citizenship
B. Writing articles on newspapers D. working hard
7. Her way of fighting against social injustice could be compared to a popular
hero in the Philippines. Who is he?
A. Gregorio Del Pilar C. Jose P. Rizal
B. Apolinario Mabini D. Gabriela Silang
8. Which of the

Direction: Read the excerpt text from an essay.

Importance of Gender Equality

A nation can progress and attain higher development growth only when both men and women are entitled to equal
opportunities. Women in the society are often cornered and are refrained from getting equal rights as men to health,
education, decision-making and economic independence in terms of wages. The social structure that prevails since long in
such a way that girls do not get equal opportunities as men. Women generally are the caregivers in the family. Because of
this, women are mostly involved in household activities. There is lesser participation of women in higher education,
decision-making roles, and leadership roles. This gender disparity is a hindrance in the growth rate of a country. When
women participate in the workforce increases the economic growth rate of the country increases. Gender equality increases
the overall wellbeing of the nation along with economic prosperity.

Based on the text above, answer the following questions

1. The essay above is telling us that________________________.
A. Progress will only happen when men and women will be given equal
opportunity.
B. Women are the key to nation’s progress.
C. Women are mostly involved in household activities.
D. Women are compensated less than men.

2. What social structure prevails for a long time about women?

A. Men are luckier than women
B. Women are only marriageable commodities
C. Women do not have equal opportunity with men
D. Men cannot live without women

3. What makes women mostly involved in household activities?

A. Unequal opportunities as men.
B. Women are generally caregiver of the family.
C. No jobs available
D. Women cannot easily do hard work.

4. Aside from the overall wellbeing of the nation gender equality also increases
_______A. No. of Children C. economic prosperity
B. Leaders D. wages

5. How does the essay help you understand the issue presented in the text?
A. It uses terminologies that needs to be understood
B. It describes what prevails for a long time about women.
C. It gives further understanding about gender equality through validating point of view, analysis and
interpretation.
D. It tells story about women.
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Story of a Nigerian girl

I am from Bida, in Minna, Niger state. I am 19 years old. My father had two wives who didn’t produce sons for
him son he married my mum as his third wife. After my elder sister, myself and my younger sister, my mom gave birth to
a boy.
From where I come from it is viewed as a sign of weakness if a man has no sons. This is why my dad had to
have a son at all cost. In the village we stay in huts which are in compounds. Each man would have a compound and he
and each of his wives would stay in separate huts within the compound.
I started school early; I don’t really remember when. What I do remember is that when I was about 4 years
old my father came to the school I was attending with a cane and beat me terribly. I remember that I had not done
anything wrong and even my mother didn’t know why he did that.
My dad felt it was “useless” to educate female children. I continued school. He repeated the beatings many
times. When he did it the last time, he insisted that my name be removed from the registers, exercise books and so on.
School authorities couldn’t do much, he is my father. Though my teacher at that time tried to convince him but he didn’t
agree.
1. What is the story all about?
A. It is all about a lady who marry someone against her will.
B. A girl who is always beat up by her dad.
C. A lady who was not given an opportunity to get married.
D. A girl who was not given chance in many things simply because she
is a girl.
2. What does his father think about girls going to school?
A. Female children need not to go to school.
B. Female children deserve to be beaten for going to school.
C. School is for well off family.
D. School is useless.
3. In the previous speech given by Emma Watson, “macho” image was
mentioned, in the above story, what pressure among men can also be
considered as parallel to such?
A. Having a man with so much children
B. Showing school authority power over his children
C. Being expected to have a son by all means
D. Having more than one wife
4. With all the circumstances the Nigerian girl experienced, and his dad’s
thought of “useless to educate female children” what kind of issue is she
into?
A. Gender equality C. Gender discrimination
B. Age discrimination D. Education discrimination
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1. THE SLY FOX
The Sly fox is a wild animal that looks like a dog. It has a pointed nose and ears, a brushy tail and thick fur. The
fox is said to be a very clever animal in fooling others. The wolf is a wild animal that looks like a dog too. It has
thick fur and pointed muzzle. Wolves and foxes hunt other animals. Sometimes, they end up hunting each other.
One night, a fox met a wolf in the forest. The wolf was very hungry and in a terrible mood. So the wolf said to the
fox. “Don’t move! I’m going to eat you this minute.” As he spoke, the wolf backed the fox up against tree. The fox
realized she could not run away. “I have to use my wits instead of my legs,” she said to herself. “I could have been
a good dinner for you last year. I was then very fat and plump. But I had three babies then. Now I’m slim and not
delicious.” “I don’t care if you are plump or not. I don’t care how many babies you have. I’m going to eat you
right now!”
The wolf began closing in on the fox. “Stop!” shouted fox. Look how skinny I am. I ran off all my fat looking for
food for my babies. But I know a place where you can find something good and fat.” Wolf backed off and listened
to fox. “There is a well near here. In the bottom of it is a big round piece of meat. You can get it instead of eating
me. Shall we go?” The wolf trotted off after the fox, making sure that she could not run away. They came upon a
well. “See for yourself, what a fat juicy piece of meat is at the bottom of this well. I wanted to get it for my babies.
But you can have it.” Inside the well was a delicious looking yellow round piece meat. Above the well, the moon
shone bright and clear. The wolf leaned over the well wondering how to get the piece of meat. The fox jumped up
quickly and pushed the wolf down into the deep well. I’m a sly old mother Fox!” Fox said to herself.

How does the story open?

a. It introduces the characters of the story.
b. It gives background information on the characters.
c. It tells where the story happened.
d. It started with a dialogue between the two characters.

2. What characters does the story have?

a. Two animal characters c. An animal and a human character
b. Two human characters d. A moon and two animal characters

3. Which describes the setting of the story?

a. A bright day in the forest c. A rainy afternoon in the forest
b. A dark night in the forest d. A full-moon night in the forest

4. Why did the fox decide to use her wits instead of running away?
a. The fox was backed up against a tree. c. The wolf was in a terrible mood
b. The fox could not run away fast. d. The fox had babies with her.

5. Why did the fox not like herself to be the dinner of the wolf?
a. She had three babies waiting for her.
b. She was looking for food for her babies.
c. She was skinny and do not make a delicious meat.

6. Why did the wolf not eat the fox?

a. The wolf would eat the baby foxes instead.
b. The fox offered him something good and fat.
c. The wolf took pity on the fox.
d. The fox was able to escape from the wolf.

7. What was at the bottom of the well that looked delicious and good?
a. The moon’s reflection on the water of the well
b. A round juicy piece of yellow meat
c. A big round stone that looked like meat
d. Some food for the baby foxes
8. What could have happened to the wolf?
a. He was able to get the piece of meat at the bottom of the well.
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b. He had a delicious dinner at the bottom of the well.
c. He and the fox became good friends.
d. He drowned in the well.

9. Which best describes the fox?

a. much wiser than the wolf c. as foolish as the wolf
b. more foolish than the wolf d. as wise as the wolf

10. Which is the climax of the story?

A. The wolf was hungry and in a terrible mood when he saw the fox.
B. The fox offered the wolf something good and fat instead of herself for dinner.
C. The wolf leaned over the well to get the juicy piece of meat at the bottom of the well.
D. The fox jumped up quickly and pushed the wolf into the well.

11. These sentences belong to simile, except.

A. Life is like a rainbow.
B. Mr. john is as wise as an owl.
C. Peter laughs like a hyena.
D. The world is like a stage.

12. Which of the following sentences is an example of a metaphor?

A. Bob is a lion
B. She is like an angel.
C. Take it easy.
D. Laughter is the best medicine.

13. Which of the following is an example of a proverb?

A. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
B. Life is like a dream.
C. Life is a dream.
D. Our exam was a piece of cake.

14. Why is it important to know the different figures of speech?

A. It makes a text or speech persuasive.
B. It helps someone to make a creative speech.
C. It creates a wisdom in a context.
D. All of the above.

Directions: Identify the figure speech used in each sentences. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
before each number.

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Idiom d. Proverb

1. Crocodile tears
2. Friendship is a sheltering
3. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.
4. Her lips is like macopas in the garden.
5. If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
6. Break a leg
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I Have a Dream (an excerpt)
By Martin Luther King Jr.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the
history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the
Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who
had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came us a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of Negro is still crippled by
the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of
poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. The Negro is still languished in the
corners in American society and finds an exile in his own land. And so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful
condition. We have also come to this hollowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. There is no time to
engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises
of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation
to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand’s of racial injustice to the solid rock of
brotherhood.
Now is the time to make justice reality for all God’s children. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency
of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn
of freedom and equality – 1963 is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the
Negro is needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as
usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of
revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright days of justice emerge. And that is something that I
must say to my people who stand on the worn threshold which leads into the
palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to
satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Continue to work with faith that unearned
suffering is redemptive. Go back to your places knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not
wallow in the valley of despair.
I say to you today, my friends though even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a
dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the
true meaning of its creed; “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

Direction: Read each item carefully. Heart the letter of your answer.

1. Based on the text, what is the situation of the Negro in America during that time?
a. fugitive b. mistreated c. powerful

2. In the statement “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of
segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice”, what is the tone of the speaker?
a. optimistic b. courageous c. disgust

3. What do they experience after almost one hundred years later?

a. The Negro are still not free, discriminated and live in poverty.
b. The Negro are finally able to mingle with fellow American freely.
c. The Negro still suffers abuse from the White American.

4. How would you feel if you have been mistakenly judged because of your
physical appearance?
a. frantic b. shame c. mournful

5. In which of the three speech purposes does “I have A Dream” fall?

a. to entertain b. to persuade c. to inform

1. Which of the following is not a purpose of presenting prose speech?

a. to entertain b. to persuade c. to inform d. to trade

2. How will you determine if the purpose of the speech is informative?

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a. When the topic deals with the general disposition toward something which is good or bad.
b. When the topic deals with one’s achievement in show business.
c. When the topic deals with ceremonial speech.
d. When the topic focus on objects, people, events, concepts, processes, or
issues.
3. The fundamental goal of speech is audience enjoyment from funny to serious topics.
a. entertainment b. informative c. persuasive d. demonstrate
4. Which of the following topics aims to persuade the audience?
a. A teacher telling students about earthquakes
b. How to create a Vlog account
c. Improve your health through better eating
d. Excuses for any occasion
5. Tone and mood is almost similar, the only difference is ______.
a. Tone refers to action while mood refers to feeling
b. Tone refers to action while mood refers to the attitude.
c. Tone refers to the feeling of audience while mood is their mindset
d. Tone is the attitude of the speaker toward the subject while mood is the
emotion of the audience created by the speaker.

John 15:7 (Kun kamo magapabilin og ang akong pulong magapabilin diha
kaninyo, managpangayo kamo sa bisan unsang butang na buot Ninyo og kini
paga buhaton diha kaninyo.)
God Bless Everyone!
Prepared by:
JANESSA R. SETENTA
Teacher I