FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST

ENGLISH 8, QUARTER 2

NAME: _______________________ YR/SECTION: ___________ SCORE: ______

I. Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of your answer.
1. What is graphical representation? It is a/an ________________________
A. visual display of data using plots and charts
B. represents graphs and concepts of information
C. displays some of the data from the given text
D. presents numbers and letters
2. What type of text gives reliable and factual information about a certain topic?
A. Descriptive B. Expository C. Narrative
B. Expository D. Persuasive
3. What type of graph is often utilized to show how the whole was divided into various parts
in which each segment of the pie is particularly a category within the total data set?
A. Pie graph C. Pictograph
B. Bar graph D. Line graph
II. Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer in each item below.
Vina: Do you think the next curfew hours, from 11:00 pm to 4:00 am, will be
safe to all of us?
Karen: In my view, the next curfew hours will encourage people to enjoy the
outdoors but with safety precaution.

4. The underlined phrase expresses ______________.

A. opinion B. agreement C. disagreement D. interruptions

Peter : Do you think my teacher will understand that I am facing technical

issue right now?
Donna: Definitely! Teachers are flexible and will understand your hardships.

5. The underlined phrase expresses ______________.

A. opinion B. agreement C. disagreement D. interruptions
III. Directions: Identify the expressions or signal words that express opinion. Write the
letter of your answer on the blank before the number.

_____6. A. I feel like… B. They confirmed…

C. Based on research… D. According to study…

_____7. A. He discovered… B. The people think…

C. Based on history… D. Based on investigation…
_____8. A. I confirmed…
C. The study shows…
_____9. A. For me…
C. They verified…
_____10. A. The result shows…
C. The police validates…
B. John believes…
D. Authority confirmed…
B. We testified
D. They validated…
B. The teachers verify…
D. The committee suggests…

11. Which of these ways of agreeing is least appropriate here?

“The traffic in town’s worse than ever today.”
A. It certainly is. It took me ages to get home from work.
B. I agree entirely. It took me ages to get home from work.
C. You’re telling me. It took me ages to get home from work.
D. You can say that again. It took me ages to get home from work.

12. Which of these responses expresses tentative agreement?

“I think it’d be better to postpone the training till next week.”
A. Exactly. Too many people are away this week.
B. It would. Too many people are away this week.
C. I’m inclined to agree. Too many people are away this week.
D. I couldn’t agree more. Too many people are away this week.

13. Which of these responses gives an impression of politeness?

“The 2000s were the best decade for music.”
A. Rubbish! Have you listened to any music since then?
B. I’m sorry, but have you listened to any music since then?
C. Are you kidding? Have you listened to any music since then?
D. How can you say that? Have you listened to any music since then?

14. Which of these responses expresses disagreement most strongly?

“What use is history? Do you remember our history lessons at school?
Most of what they taught us was completely useless, wasn’t it?”
A. I don’t know. I don’t think it’s fair to say that, actually.
B. That’s true, but I think it’s taught a bit differently nowadays.
C. I take your point, but that was probably because of the way it was taught.
D. You’ve got a point there, but the problem was that the teachers didn’t really show how it
was relevant to us.

15. Which of these responses is the most polite?

“I think we all agree that the writing was the hardest part of the test.”
A. Speak for yourself. C. Nonsense! The listening was far worse.
B. We all agree? You must be joking! D. Excuse me, but I’m not sure whether
everyone thought so.
B. We all agree? You must be joking! D. Excuse me, but I’m not sure whether
everyone thought so.

Submitted by:
LOVELY JEAN D. PAGUIRIGAN
Teacher III
Approved by:
MARCELINA C. ANDRES
School Principal II