SECOND PERIODICAL TEST

ENGLISH IV

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Topic/Skills No. of No. of Item Item Percentage

Resitation Placemant (%)
1. Identifying the main idea and 2 1 1 2.5
supporting details for a text heard

2. Compound words
2 1 2 2.5
3. Identifying story elements such as
setting, character, and plot 2 1 3 2.5

4. Arranging 8-10 word with different

beginning letters in alphabetical order
1 1 4 2.5
5. Using personal pronouns

6. Using possessive pronouns

2 5 5-9 12.5
7. Verbs in the –s form
2 5 10-14 12.5
8 Using prefixes and suffixes
2 6 15-20 15
9. Infer moods or feelings of the
character based on what 2 3 21-23 7.5
he/she says or does
2 5 24-28 12.5
10. Giving possible ending

11. Use the past form of regular verbs

2 1 29 2.5
12. Writing a friendly letter
2 6 30-35 15

2 5 36-40 12.5
Total 22 40 40 100%

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST

ENGLISH IV
Name: ________________________________________ Score: ________________
Grade/Section: ___________________________________ Date: ________________
I. Listen as the teacher reads the story then answer the questions that follow. Write your answer on the
space provided.

_______1. Where did Polly and her snail friends live?

A. In a pond C. In a vegetable garden
B. In a flower garden D. In a tree
_______2. Which of the following is an example of compound word?
A. somewhere B. garden C. leaves D. vegetable
_______3. What is the setting of the story?
A. in the house C. in the garden
B. in school D. in the city
_______4. Which of the following words are arranged in correct alphabetical order?
A. garden, snail , leaves, duck
B. snail, garden, duck, leaves
C. duck, garden, leaves, snail
D. leaves, garden, duck, snail
_______5. In the sentence “Joana, Grace, and Susie will join the contest.” What personal pronoun is used to
replace to the underlined nouns.
A. She B. We C. it D. you
_______6. Mr. Leabres is may teacher in mathematics. What personal pronoun is used to replace the name of
Mr. Leabres.
A. He B. it C. she D. they
_______7. Grandmother is still healthy and cheerful. What personal pronoun is used to replace to the
underlined noun.
A. they B. he C. we D. she
_______8. My dog has a new collar. What personal pronoun is used to replace to the underlined noun.
A. it B. she C. they D. you
_______9. My brother and I will go to the mall on Sunday. What personal pronoun is used to replace to the
underlined noun.
A. she B. they C. we D. you
II. Choose the correct possessive pronouns from the box that will complete the given sentence.
His mine our theirs

________10. This is Joe’s room. ____________room is big.

________11. These are my books. They are ____________.
________12. That is my ball. It is _______________.
________13. We should be proud of the Philippines. It is __________country.
________14. Erwin and Ed have new skates. __________skates were given by uncle Tom.

III. Underline the correct verb in the parentheses.

15. Plants (make, makes) our place beautiful.
16. Father (visit, visits) Grandmother every afternoon.
17. The pupils (keep, keeps)on asking questions.
18. Mother (cook, cooks) for the family.
19. Jay and Tess (collect, collects) stationeries.
20. The sun (gives, give) heat and light.

IV. Choose the meaning of the underlined words in the sentence.

________21. Juliet was sad because she was unable to get tickets for the concert.
A. able to get C. not able
B. can get D. not get
________22. Ruben almost fell down because his shoelaces were untied.
A. not tied C. can tied
 B. remove D. none of the above
________23. Muning is a good cat. He is harmless with children.
A. can cause harm C. full of harm
B. cannot cause harm D. little harm
V. Read the following situations, then infer the moods or feelings of the character.
________24. Hi! I’m Ashlyn Cruz, your new classmate. I’m happy that I study here. What can you say about
Loisa?
A. glad B. curious C. fear D. sad
________25. The little bird shouted, “Stop, don’t stone us. How would you feel if you were birds like us?
A. glad B. happy C. afraid D.wondering
________26. When the bear was gone, his friend came down the tree and asked, “What did the bear tell you?”
What can you say about the man’s character .
A. afraid B. lonely C. curios D. happy
________27. A fox proudly told the cat, “I have a hundred ways of escaping my enemies.” The fox was
________.
A. amaze B. boastful C. happy D. wondering
________28. The little rat ran and shouted, “Go away cat, go away”. The little rat was_____.
A. happy B. glad C. afraid D. lonely
________29. Read the selection carefully. What do you think Lita and Rita should do?
Lita and Rita were walking from school, when they noticed a wallet near the trash can.
They picked it up. They opened it and saw a five hundred pesos. They looked at each
other. Both were hungry. They stood for a while thinking.

A. Use the money to buy food

B. Throw the wallet in the trash can
C. Get the money and give it to the mother
D. Keep the wallet and report it to the Police Station with Mother
________30. We stroll in the park yesterday afternoon. What is the past form of the underlined word in the
sentence.
A. strolling B. strolled C. stroll D. park
________31. The mailman deliver all the letters this morning. What is the past form of the underlined word in
the sentence.
A. delivered B. delivered
C. delivering D. delivers
________32. My sister borrow my bag last Wednesday. What is the past form of the word borrow.
A. borrowing B. borrow C. borrowed D. bag
________33. They plant mongo last summer. The past form of the verb “plant” is ________.
A. planted B. planting C. will plant D. plant

_______34. My friend show me her collection of dolls. The past form of the verb “show” is ____.
A. will show B. showing C. showed D. show
_______35. An old friend call me up last night. What is the past form of the verb “call”?
A. called B. will call C. calling D. call
VI. (36-40) Rewrite the letters following the correct format. (5 points)

Your friend,
Elvie

Dear Charlene,

Poruk 4, Poblacion
Aloguinsan, Cebu
October 28, 2019
 I am truly grateful that you gave me a very nice gift. It’s so wonderful that I really want to say
thank you so much. In return, wait for my surprise gift for you.

_________________________
_________________________
_________________________

________________________,

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.

________________________,
_________________________

Polly the Snail

Polly is a garden snail. She lives in a beautiful vegetable garden near a pond.
She is one of the many snails in the garden. She slides and plays with her snail friends
everyday.

Polly and her friends eat the leaves of the vegetables in the garden. They are always hungry.
They like to know the different taste of leaves of the healthy and green vegetables there.

Polly goes around and takes small bites of each of the leaves everyday. If she
Likes the taste of a leaf, she eats it immediately. Soon, all the vegetables had holes in their leaves.