ENGLISH 4

Second Periodical Examination

SY 2023-2024

Name: Date:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Section:

DIRECTIONS: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided.

1. Which of the following refers to hints, clues or bits of information and allows you to
infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the sentence or text you are reading?

A. text C. example
B. context clues D. definition

Identify the meaning of the underlined words as used in the sentence.

2. Our new alarm system will wake up the entire neighborhood if an intruder gets in
the house. We do not want anyone to intrude our house.

A. Be very noisy
B. Paint or repaint old buildings
C. Wear one’s shoes on the wrong feet
D. Go where one is not wanted or doesn’t belong

3. Which of the words below help you tell the meaning of the underlined word in this
sentence?

Are we going to regret the knowledge that social media have shared with us? To
regret includes deactivating all online accounts and being offline forever.

A. Deactivating all online accounts, being offline forever

B. social media
C. Knowledge
D. Sharing

4. Study the definitions stated below. Which word is referred to in these phrases?

√ paper bills of different colors

√ several coins of different shapes
A. Digital age C. Money
B. Gold D. Diamond
 5. Study the context clues below. Which is not an example of electronic
media as stated in the statement?

Facebook has brought millions of people closer to electronic media, which

include television, radio, Internet, Fax, CD-ROMs, DVDs, and any other medium that
requires electricity or digital encoding of information.

A. Radio C. Television
B. Book D. Internet

6. What kind of noun refers to a group of people or things?

A. Collective noun C. Possessive noun

B. Mass noun D. Count noun

7. Which of the words below show ownership or possession?

A. Possessive Nouns C. Count Nouns

B. Mass nouns D. Collective Nouns

8. The following words are nouns. Which of these should not be included in the
group?

A. Milk shake C. Buko Juice

B. Alcohol D. Jar

9. Which sentence below has collective nouns?

A. At last, I found my diamond ring.

B. Summer vacation is a fun time for everyone.
C. Mrs. Flores taught Music in our class last Friday.
D. The secretary is responsible for writing the minutes of the
meeting.

10. During Christmas, the whole Aquino family gets involved in spreading joy by
giving gifts to the less fortunate. What kind of noun is the underlined word
above?

A. Mass noun C. Collective noun

B. Count noun D. Possessive noun
 11. What is the appropriate expression to complete this sentence?
A of medicine can cure the camel’s wounds from the beating.

A. box C. slice
B. few drops D. dash

12. Lola Maring cooked a of champorado and served it on her

grandchildren. What appropriate expression will best fit the statement
above?

A. slice C. pot
B. box D. ounce

13. My mother put a teaspoon of honeys in her calamansi juice.

Is the underlined noun above correctly written?

A. Yes, because it is a count noun.

B. Yes, because it is a collective noun.
C. No, because it is a possessive noun.
D. No, because it is a mass noun and we cannot change it into plural form.

Read the following story. Answer the questions that follow.

Mike has a kite and a bike. He rides on his bike to the dike. He flies his kite
by the dike. One day, the kite fell in the dike. Mike was sad. He had no more kite.

14. Which of these sentences correctly express what happened to the kite?
A. Mikes’ kite fell in the dike.
B. Mike kite fell in the dike.
C. Mike’s kite fell in the dike.
D. Mikes’s kite fell in the dike.

15. Which statement below correctly express possessive noun?

A. The goddess’ stick turned into a tail.

B. The godes’s stick turned into a tail.
C. The goddess stick turned into a tail.
D. The goddesse’s stick turned into a tail.

16. Which word is used to replace a person, animal, idea or thing?

A. Noun C. Mass noun

B. Personal pronoun D. Context clue
 17. What gender of pronoun will we use if we are referring to a male or boy?

A. Singular B. Feminine C. Plural D. Masculine

18. If you are going to replace the underlined words with personal
pronouns below, what will it be?

My sister Scarlet and brother John walk to school every day.

A. Me B. We C. They D. Them

19. Arvin and Andrei enjoy playing badminton. They say is

an exercise and a fun way to spend time.

Which pronoun is appropriate for the sentence above?

A. they B. it C. she D. her

20. Which of these statements use personal pronoun correctly?

A. Robert Frost wrote a powerful poem to inspire them.

B. Robert Frost wrote a powerful poem to inspire your.
C. Robert Frost wrote a powerful poem to inspire we.
D. Robert Frost wrote a powerful poem to inspire they.

Read the short selection then answer the questions that follow.

Rosa’s Flower Garden

Rosa has a beautiful flower garden. She was able to grow many flowers in it.
The flowers are of different kinds and colors. She has red, white, and yellow roses. There
are gumamelas, santan, sunflower and daisies, too. Many of them are fragrant. No wonder,
butterflies and bees hover around her garden, with their wings glistening against the
sunshine. Indeed, Rosa’s garden is an attractive spot to behold.

21. What two adjectives are used to describe Rosa’s garden?

A. beautiful and far C. beautiful and attractive

B. beautiful and boring D. beautiful and small

22. What do you call the words that talk about the number, kind, and
color of a person, animal, or thing?

A. Nouns B. Sentence C. Pronouns D. adjectives

 23. Which of the following has a correct order of adjectives?

A. three, big, red ribbons

B. pink, beautiful dress
C. little, yellow, ten ducklings
D. fat, brown, two kittens

24. From Manila, Baguio City is than Tagaytay City.

What is the correct adjective to complete this sentence?

A.far B. near C. farther D. farthest

25. Study the sentences below. Which of these correctly express the degree of
comparison of adjectives?

A. Your pencil is long than mine.

B. Your pencil is longest than mine,
C. Your pencil is longer than mine.
D. Your pencil is the most long than mine.

26. Which of these words is a verb?

A. walk B. beauty C. long D. wide

27. Mary always buys those food near my school. Which is the subject in this
sentence?

A. always B. food C. Mary D. school

28. Mother to the hospital for a medical check-up. Which is the

appropriate Simple present tense of the verb that will make this sentence
correct?

A. went B. runs C. goes D. go

29. Choose the sentence that correctly express simple present tense of the verb.
A. Renato and Romnick arranges the chairs.
B. They also weeds their vegetable garden.
C. They help one another in cleaning the classroom.
D. They forms their line straight in front of the flagpole.

30. How do you and your family protect yourselves from catching a virus? Look
at how verbs are used in each of the sentences below.

A. We wash and clean our hands.

B. We uses alcohol.
C. We follows health protocols.
D. We eats vegetables and drinks lots of water.
31. Which of these statements tells a fact?

A. Time expressions always tell an action in the present only.

B. Some of the time expressions used in simple present tense
include every day, once a week, always and others.
C. Adverbs of frequency are not considered as time expressions.
D. Time expressions do not add details about the particular period
an action takes place.

32. My parents visit my adviser on Fridays. Which is the time expression in

this sentence?

A. Parents B. Adviser C. On Fridays D. My

33. The sun rises at around 6 .

What time expression would make the sentence correct?

A. in the afternoon C. every night

B. in the morning D. seldom

34. All these words are time expressions that tell an action in the present
except one, which is it?
A. everyday C. weekly
B. once a year D. last month

35. Which of these statements show time expressions in the present?

A. Fiona chooses me last Monday as her partner.
B. Fiona chooses me next week as her partner.
C. Fiona chooses me always as her partner.
D. Fiona chooses me last month as her partner.

36. The of a verb is used to describe an action or

condition that took place at a specific point in the past.
What is referred to in the sentence above?

A. Simple past C. Simple verb

B. Simple present D. Simple future

37. Which among these pairs of verbs is correctly written?

A. know-knowed C. take-taked
B. arrive-arrived D. eat- eated
 38. Which of these statements state a fact about Irregular Verbs?

A. Irregular verbs form their simple past tense by adding -ed or - d to

their base forms.
B. Past tense of irregular verbs are the same with regular verbs.
C. Irregular verbs form their simple past either by changing their spelling
or no change in spelling.
D. All of these are correct.

39. She wears her new eyeglasses to school for the first time. What is the
past form of the underlined verb in this sentence?
A. wear B. wore C. weared D. wears

40. How will you write the correct past form of the verb in the statement
below?

A. Diana sing her father’s favorite song during their family reunion last December.
B.Diana singed her father’s favorite song during their family reunion last December.
C. Diana sings her father’s favorite song during their family reunion last December.
D. Diana sang her father’s favorite song during their family reunion last December.