Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Zamboanga Peninsula
Schools Division of Zamboanga City
DR. MANUEL S. DIAZ MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Tamaraan, Mangusu, Zamboanga City
Vitali District
School ID. 126234
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SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH IV

Name: ___________________________________________________Grade & Section: _____________

School: __________________________________________________Date: __________ Score: ______
LRN: _______________

General Directions: Read each item carefully and answer the following questions. Write the correct
answer in the space provided before each number.
WEEK 1 LESSON 1: Context Clues (Exemplification)
LEARNING EN4V-lh-B.7: Use context clues (exemplification) to determine the meaning of
COMPETENCY: unfamiliar words.

____ 1. In this type of clue, the author explains the meaning of the word or phrase
right after the sentence or in that part of the text. (Remembering)
A. Antonym clues
B. Example Clues
C. Definition clues
D. Synonym clues
____ 2. Which type of context clue is the sentence below? (Understanding)

Aquatic animals include octopuses, starfish, and other

fishes.
A. Antonym clues
B. Example Clues
C. Definition clues
D. Synonym clues
____ 3.
My sister and I were playing at the park with the other kids. We jump, run and roll
on the ground. We had a great time. I always love to play with them. To keep
ourselves energized and hydrated, we always bring some snacks and beverages
such as juice, soda, water, and iced tea.

 What does the word beverages mean in the paragraph? (Understanding)

A. Milk
B. Utensils
C. drinks
D. bread
____ 4. Which of the following sentences best describe the picture below as an Example Clues?
(Analyzing)

A. Laptops are expensive, yet they are very convenient to use when you have school and office
work.
 B. Laptops among other electronic devices are used by some of the learners in elementary
grades in their class
C. Laptop, android phones and tablets are in demand nowadays.
D. A laptop is an electronic device that will allow you to do your homework in school or anywhere
you wanted.
____ 5. Which of the following sentences is an EXAMPLE CLUES? (Analyzing)
A. The slender woman was so thin that her dresses were too big.
B. We need nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables to help our bodies grow.
C. Shaira decided to be thrifty instead of spending her money like there’s no tomorrow.
D. He thinks the car is valuable, but he is wrong. The vehicle is worthless.

WEEK 1 LESSON 2: Context Clues

LEARNING EN4V-Icf-13.9 Use context clues (definition) to determine the meaning of
COMPETENCY: unfamiliar words.

Directions: Read this short poem carefully. Answer the questions that follow.

Out in the garden I walked around

And saw a butterfly flutter up and down,
I watched it fly without a sound
Until it rested on a flow’r.
Another butterfly came soon I found
It flew over me and went round and
round.
A bit of orange and a bit of brown
I chased it out till I tripped on a mound.

Source: Delia H. Soro and Marrietta Reyes-Otero, PhD, Reading Network 4. Quezon City: Sibs
Publishing House, Inc, 2014, 88.

____ 6. In the lines that you have read, what is the meaning of the word flutter? (Understanding)
A. to flap the wings rapidly
B. to remove the wings rapidly
C. to change its wings.
D. to fly noisily.
____ 7. With the lines in the poem, “I chased it out till I tripped on a mound, what is the meaning of
the underlined word? (Understanding)
A. a swamp
B. a hill of stones
C. a canal
D. a river
____ 8. Based on the short poem, which of the given sentences below used the word tripped
correctly? (Analyzing)
A. I had a good tripped with my friends
B. My trip was last week.
C. What a nice tripped!
D. I tripped my foot on a hill that is why I stumbled.
____ 9. The lines in the poem talk about the butterfly. Which of the statements does not tell how
important butterflies are to the environment? (Analyzing)
A. Butterflies pollinate plants.
B. The presence of butterflies in our environment is an indicator that our environment is
healthy.
C. Butterflies bring germs from one place to another.
D. Butterflies make people feel happy when they see them.
____ 10. Why do you think butterflies should not be caught? (Evaluating)
A. Butterflies should not be caught because they are expensive.
B. Butterflies should not be caught because they are poisonous.
C. Butterflies should not be caught because they help in the pollination of flowers.
 D. Butterflies should not be caught because they are a dangerous insect.

WEEK 2 LESSON 1: Count and Mass Nouns

LEARNING EN4G-Id-33: Use clear and coherent sentences using mass and count nouns
COMPETENCY:

For items 11-12, please refer to the stanza of the poem in the box.
Pink sand is lovely, like the blue ocean.
I hate candies, but a bar of chocolate is nice.
To feel sadness is human, to lack patience is also human.

____11. What were the Count Nouns used in the poem? (Remembering)
A. sand, ocean, and candies
B. candies, chocolate, and patience
C. sadness, patience, and ocean
D. candies and a bar of chocolate
____12. Aside from sand and ocean, what other mass nouns were used in the sentence?
(Remembering)
A. candies and chocolate
B. candies, chocolate, and patience
C. sadness and patience
D. chocolate and sadness
____13. Which statement is true about the given sentence? (Understanding)
She pours chocolate syrup on her pancake.

A. The sentence contains two mass nouns and a count noun.

B. The sentence contains a mass noun and a count noun.
C. Chocolate syrup and pancake are both count nouns.
D. Chocolate syrup and pancake are both mass nouns.
____14. Which of the following sentences use the mass noun sunlight in the sentence correctly?
(Applying)
A. Sunlight’s can cause skin damage.
B. Plants need several sunlights.
C. Allow a little sunlight to enter the house.
D. Too much exposure to sunlight may be harmful.
Heloise requested her brother, Gav to prepare a glass of Calamansi
____15.
juice for her. But Gav didn’t know if she likes it sweet or sweeter.
juice.
How would Gav ask his Ate? (Analyzing)
A. How much sugar do you need in your juice, Ate?
B. Do you need plenty of sugar in your juice, Ate?
C. How many sugars do you need in your juice, Ate?
D. Do you need much sugar in your juice, Ate?

WEEK 2 LESSON 2: Quantifiers of Mass Nouns.

LEARNING EN4G-le-34: Use clear and coherent sentences using
COMPETENCY: quantifiers of mass nouns.

____ 16. Water is one of the basic needs of the human being. We should take _____ a
day. (Remembering)
A. 7 to 8 glasses of water
B. Waters
C. 7 to 8 liters of water
D. many glasses of water
____ 17. My sister loves to eat pudding. She bought and prepared the needed ingredients
to bake some. Only to find out that there was no bread.

How will she request her brother to buy flour? (Understanding)

A. Please buy me flour.
B. Kindly buy me any flour.
 C. Will you buy me a flour.
D. Please buy me two kilos of flour.
____ 18. Oliver met a vehicular accident. Which of the following sentences is stated correctly?
(Understanding)
A. Plenty of bloods flowed from his open wounds.
B. Drops of blood flowed from his open wounds.
C. A drop of bloods flowed from his open wounds.
D. Any bloods flowed from his open wounds.
____ 19. Carliselle is scheduled to attend a conference. On her way to her office, she uttered:
(Analyzing)
A. I am going to be late because there is too much traffic.
B. I am going to be late because there is more traffics.
C. I am going to be late because there is too many traffics.
D. I am going to be late because of traffics.

____ 20. Claire’s grandfather is seriously ill. He was confined in the hospital and under medication in
ICU with severe chest pain and difficulty in breathing.

What would be the best recommendation be given by the physician to alleviate his condition?
(Evaluating)
A. He needs 2 oxygens.
B. He needs tanks of oxygen.
C. He needs tank of oxygens.
D. He needs many oxygens.

WEEK 3 LESSON 1: Kinds of Nouns- Possessive Nouns

LEARNING EN4G-Id-33: Use clear and coherent sentences employing appropriate
COMPETENCY: grammatical structures.
Sam’s mother will be baking a cake for his birthday.
____ 21.
In the given sentence in the box, what is the possessive noun? (Remembering)
A. Sam’s baking
B. Mother’s baking
C. Sam’s mother
D. Mother’s birthday.
____ 22. Which among the sentences use a possessive noun correctly? (Applying)
A. My sister cakes’ is sweeter than my mom cakes’.
B. My sister’s cake is sweeter than my mom’s cake.
C. My sister’s cake’s is sweeter than my mom cake’s
D. My sisters’ cake’s is sweeter than my moms’ cake’s

____ 23. The laughter of my friends is hilarious during our conversation.

Change the underlined phrase in a possessive form. (Applying)

A. Laughter’s friend
B. Friends’ laughter
C. Friend’s laughter
D. Laughters’ friend

____ 24. It was examination day in Math. All the students studied the best they could to pass
the test. Liza one of the students in the class diligently studied all lessons discussed in
Math, same with Larry who also studied his Math lessons well. These two were the
brilliant students in the Math class.
After taking the test, the teacher checked their test papers right away to be able to
announce the result to the class. All were happy that they had a good score in their test but
Liza and Larry were overjoyed when they knew that their scores in the test were a perfect
score.

Based on the given selection you have read, which among the four options illustrate
possession on something? (Analyzing)
A. It was Examination Day in Math.
 B. Liza and Larry got a perfect score in Math.
C. The teacher checked their test papers.
D. All the students studied their lesson in Math.

____ 25. It was examination day in Math. All the students studied the best they could to pass the
test. Liza one of the students in the class diligently studied all lessons discussed in Math, same
as with Larry who also studied his Math lessons well. These two are the brilliant student in the
Math class.
After taking the test, the teacher right away checked their test papers to be able to announce the
result to the class. All our happy that they had a good score in their test, but Liza and Larry are
overjoyed when they knew that their scores in the test were a perfect score.
 Which among the four options best illustrates the underlined sentence using
possessive noun? (Analyzing)
A. Liza and Larry’s perfect score in Math made them very happy.
B. Liza’s and Larry’s perfect score in Math made them very happy.
C. Lizas and Larry’s perfect score in Math made them very happy.
D. Lizas’ and Larrys’ perfect score in Math made them very happy.

WEEK 3 LESSON 2: Personal Pronouns

LEARNING EN4G-IIa-4.2.1: Identify personal pronouns in sentences
COMPETENCY:
For items 26-30, please refer to the paragraph in the box.

Rinno decided at the beginning of his first semester in senior high school that he would

run for thirty minutes every day. He knew that he would be taking a literature class with a lot of
reading, so instead of buying hard copies of all the novels his teacher assigned, Rinno bought
the audiobooks. That way, he could listen to them as he ran.

____ 26. What are the personal pronouns used in the selection? (Remembering)
A. at, the, in
B. for, that, with
C. he, his, them
D. ran, decided, knew
____ 27. What pronoun is used in place of the noun Rinno? (Remembering)
A. he
B. them
C. his
D. she
____ 28. Why is the pronoun “He” used in place of the name Rinno? (Understanding)
A. because Rinno is singular and male
B. because Rinno is singular and female
C. because Rinno is singular and thing
D. because Rinno is more than one person
____ 29. Why do writers or speakers usually used personal pronouns in a sentence when
the name of the noun has been repeatedly mentioned? (Analyzing)
A. To make the sentence shorter.
B. To make the sentence clearer.
C. To make sentences awkward.
D. To make the sentence shorter and more precise.
____ 30. What characteristic did Rinno show in the selection? (Evaluating)
A. He is resourceful.
B. They are intelligent
C. She is helpful
D. It is supportive

WEEK 4 LESSON 1: Identifying Adjectives

LEARNING EN4G-IIIa-13: Identify and use adjectives in sentences.
COMPETENCY:
For items 31-35, please refer to the paragraph in the box.

For dinner my mom is cooking pizza. I am watching her while she makes it. Her big hands
pick up a small plastic of flour and tips it off into to red bowl. She mixes in some warm water, a
pinch of salt and a packet of yeast. I watch as she mixes the sticky dough together and kneads
it on the clean tabletop. Next, she shapes the dough into a perfect circle and spread on the
fresh, red tomato sauce. Finally, she adds some gooey mozzarella and she slides the pizza
into the oven. I can’t wait to eat it.
Source:www.pinterest.ph/pin/701998660642806173/ kidskonnect.comhttps

____ 31. What adjective was used to describe Mother’s hands? (Remembering)
A. big
B. small
C. medium
D. tiny
____ 32. What kind of adjective describes the plastic of flour? (Remembering)
A. Quantity
B. Size
C. Shape
D. Age
____ 33. What other adjective can you use to describe the tomato? (Applying)
A. fresh, pink
B. fresh, circular
C. fresh, brown
D. fresh, ripe
____ 34. Why do you think we need to use adjectives in our written works or composition?(Analyzing)
A. They describe the nouns we use.
B. They make sentences more colorful.
C. They make sentences meaningful and exciting.
D. They make sentences lengthy and complicated.
____ 35. Which of the following sentences best describes the mother in the short selection?
(Evaluating)
A. She is healthy and strong.
B. She is fair and pretty.
C. She is joyful and kind
D. She is loving and skillful.

WEEK 5 Lesson 1: Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

LEARNING EN4G-IIIb-14: Identify the use of words that shows degrees of comparison of
COMPETENCY: adjectives in sentences.

____ 36. Study the table below and answer the question that follows. (Remembering)
Positive comparative superlative
Deep Deeper deepest
 Choose one word from the table to complete this sentence: the Pacific Ocean is the
________ in the world.
A. Deep
B. deeper
C. deepest
D. none of the above.
____ 37. Which of the following sentences best describe the picture below? (Remembering)

A. The dog is bigger than the horse.

B. The dog runs faster than the horse.
 C. The horse is behind the dog.
D. The horse runs faster than the dog.

____ 38. Mrs. Santos the English coordinator of Maginhawa Elementary School, was making a report
about the result of the Spelling Bee last week. Using the table below that shows the result of
the said event, which statement do you think is the best sentence that Mrs. Santos can use
in her report to tell which school wins? (Understanding)
Finalist School Score/ 50
Magsaysay E/S 20
Kabaitan E/S 10
Maginhawa E/S 35
Rizal E/S 50

A. Kabaitan Elementary school has the lowest score.

B. Magsaysay Elementary school got a higher score than Kabaitan Elementary School.
C. Among four schools that qualified in the final round, Rizal Elementary School got the
highest score.
D. Maginhawa Elementary School got 35 correct answers out of 50 questions.
____ 39. Study the table below that show the Confirmed COVID-19 and deaths in ASEAN.

 Which of the following comparative sentences do you think is the best reason Cambodia
has lesser confirmed covid-19 cases than the Philippines? (Evaluating)
A. People in Cambodia is more discipline than people in the Philippines.
B. Philippines has lesser population than Cambodia.
C. Cambodia conducted extensive contact tracing than Philippines.
D. A & C
____ 40. Read the statement below and answer the question that follows. (Analyzing)
I. Carl is the smartest pupil in grade 4- SampaguIta class.
II. Among the 50 candidates of Binibining Pilipinas, Rabia Mateo is the most eloquent.
III. Nicole dances gracefully.
IV. Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines.
 Which of the sentences above show a superlative degree of adjective.
A. I, II, IV B. II, III, IV C. I, II, III D. I, III, IV

Prepared by:
GENESIS P. TACBOBO
Teacher I
Checked by:
GIRLY P. GALVEZ
MT-I

Noted by:
MARICHU I. DOLLETE
ESP-II
Parent Signature: _______________________
Date: _______________________