Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA REGION XIII
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE
DISTRICT OF MALIMONO

2nd QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

English 9

Name: __________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Grade/Section: _________________________________________ Score: _______________

Direction: Read carefully the questions and write the letter of your choice on the space
provided before the number.

______ 1. Identify the adverbs in the sentence: On Tuesday, John hurriedly tried to finish
all of his homework before it was due.
A. all, tried C. John, homework
B. finish, was D. Tuesday, hurriedly

______ 2. Dianne ran quickly in the hallway. The underlined word is an adverb of ________.
A. degree C. place
B. manner D. time

______ 3. Some stories are incredibly exciting from start to finish. What is an adverb of
manner in this sentence?
A. exciting C. start
B. incredibly D. stories

______ 4. Which of the following sentences expresses an adverb of manner?

A. The policemen and soldiers work day and night.
B. The policemen and soldiers cannot stay in their own homes.
C. The policemen and soldiers greatly suffer from lack of sleep.
D. The policemen and soldiers stayed the whole night on their post.
_____ 5. I’m sitting ___________ so I can’t move
A. comfortable C. normal
B. comfortably D. normally

_____ 6. Which of the following sentences contain an adverb of time?

A. They built a house nearby.
B. The race finished too quickly.
C. I’d like to go to the movies later.
D. I will seriously consider your plan.

_____ 7. I searched everywhere I could think of but I can’t find what I’m looking for. What
type of adverb is the underlined word?
A. Adverb of degree C. Adverb of place
B. Adverb of manner D. Adverb of time

_____ 8. Which of the following best describe an adverb?

A. It is a word that represents a person, thing, concept, or place.
B. It is a word that we use to refer to actions and states of being.
C. It is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, and another adverb or even a
sentence.
D. It is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not
need to use a noun.

_____ 9. Which of the following depict an adverb of place?

A. John answered the questions carefully.
B. The situation seems to change monthly.
C. The newspaper I bought yesterday was incomplete.
D. First I looked here, and then I looked there, but I can’t find them anywhere.

____ 10. The driver stopped the bus _____________________ .

A. abruptly C. now
B. exactly D. truly
____ 11. A well-known dramatist and poet and one of the most prolific sonnet writers of
all times.
A. George Eliot C. Rudyard Kipling
B. John Keats D. William Shakespeare

____ 12. Who is the author of the poem I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly
Great?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Stephen Spender
B. John Milton D. William Shakespeare

____ 13. Italian sonnet was popularized by a poet who wrote poems for special events
and occasions for the government. Who is this sonnet writer?
A. Alberto Moravia C. Francesco Petrarch
B. Dante Alighieri D. Giovanni Boccaccio

____ 14. The inspiring story “Thank You Ma’am,” is written by _____________.
A. Eneri S. Ogeinam C. Langston Hughes
B. Maribel Anog-Gumangan D. William Shakespeare

____ 15. This type of figure of speech is constructed by attributing certain human
characteristics to otherwise inanimate objects. What type of figures of speech is being
defined?
A. Alliteration C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Simile

____ 16. A comparison between two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as.
What type of figures of speech is being described?
A. Hyperbole C. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor D. Simile

____ 17. It is a figure of speech that is meant to emphasize the importance of something
by using over exaggerated phrases. What is this?
A. Hyperbole C. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor D. Simile
____ 18. What type of Imagery appeals to the reader’s sense of hearing or sound?
A. Auditory imagery C. Olfactory imagery
B. Gustatory imagery D. Tactile imagery

____ 19. What type of Imagery appeals to the reader’s sense of taste?
A. Auditory imagery C. Olfactory imagery
B. Gustatory imagery D. Tactile imagery

_____ 20. Which of the following is the use of vivid words that appeal to the five senses in
order to deepen the reader’s understanding of the text?
A. Imagery C. Rhythm
B. Mood D. Tone

_____ 21. Repetition is a great tool for helping make words more ____________.
A. abstractive C. expressive
B. effective D. productive

_____ 22. What is the main idea of the speech “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.?
A. Use violence to push change.
B. Work toward gradual change.
C. The importance of the America’s black population.
D. To protest against discrimination and to fight for freedom and equality.

_____ 23. Prose is basically a literary piece usually straightforward, ordinary, and natural
and has no limit in terms of word usage. In what category does this definition belong?
A. Content/Purpose C. Language Style
B. Kinds/Types D. Syntax

_____ 24. Which of the following best describe the use of Venn Diagram?
A. to organize ideas C. to summarize content
B. to compare and contrast D. to show similarities of content
_____ 25. Tone can be best described as ______________________.
A. The overall mood or feeling in the story.
B. The feelings of the readers after reading.
C. Attitude of the reader toward what he/she is reading about.
D. Author’s attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about.

_____ 26. What is the purpose of advertisements?

A. To entertain C. To persuade
B. To inform D. To point out

_____ 27. Which of the following is the author’s purpose when he wants to amuse you to
enjoy writing?
A. To entertain C. To inform
B. To explain D. To persuade

_____ 28. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals mainly to his listeners’ ____________.
A. common sense C. sense of guilt
B. desire for better future D. sense of pride

_____ 29. In the poem I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great. Who are
being described by the author in the first stanza?
A. great people C. passionate people
B. honest people D. proud people

_____ 30. Which of the following is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey
to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them?
A. Mood C. Literary device
B. Tone D. Rhetorical device

_____ 31. From the speech of Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream. Which is an
example of parallelism?
A. When this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring
B. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back
to Georgia
C. We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness
like a mighty stream.
 D. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of
travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the
cities.

_____ 32. Which of the following sentences use simile?

A. With all pride and honor.
B. Your influence is like a roar of thunder.
C. Your smile brings power and happiness.
D. In this world full of mystery and wonder.

_____ 33. Which of the following is a characteristic of poetry?

A. No limit in terms of word usage.
B. It is informational, logical, and practical.
C. It is written in sentences forming paragraphs.
D. It uses creative, concise, and articulate words.

_____ 34. In the story, “Thank You, Ma’am,’’ What did Mrs. Jones do at the end of the
story?
A. Mrs. Jones wants to adopt Roger.
B. Mrs. Jones wants Roger to be in jail.
C. Mrs. Jones gives her wallet to Roger for her safety.
D. Mrs. Jones sends Roger on his way with some amount of money for his shoes.

_____ 35. Which of the following factors affect Roger’s decision to steal in the story
“Thank You, Ma’am?”
A. His cultural orientation C. His environment
B. His economic status D. His needs and wants

_____ 36. In the story, “Thank You, Ma’am,” Which of the following statements is NOT
TRUE about Roger?
A. He is Mrs. Jone’s son.
B. He wants to trust Mrs. Jones.
C. He wants to buy the suede shoes.
D. He wants Mrs. Jones to trust him eventually.
_____ 37. Prose observes strict grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. In what
category does this definition belong?
A. Content/Purpose C. Structure/Form
B. Language style D. Syntax

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cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. Anyone can get sick with COVID-19
and become seriously ill or die at any age.

______ 38. What is the author’s purpose in the selection above?

A. To entertain C. To orient
B. To inform D. To persuade

You have to realize that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you cannot
skip it without consequences for your health, your school and your defense mechanism.
It is better to wake up earlier and have a good breakfast that run to school without
eating anything. It is time for you to do something for your health, and eating breakfast
is the better way to start your day.

______ 39. What is the author’s purpose in the selection above?

A. To entertain C. To orient
B. To inform D. To persuade

______ 40. Which of the following is an example of Onomatopoeia?

A. Unseen beneath the trees.
B. On the bald street breaks the blank day.
C. Shut the shutters before the shouting makes you shudder.
D. You can hear the peep peep of the chickens as they peck the ground.
_____ 41. Amara held her stomach and headed back to bed. She coiled and grabbed a
blanket. She thought about the cold meal she ate from the fridge this morning.
Amara probably:
A. Feels hungry again
B. Wishes to eat some more.
C. Wants to go back to sleep.
D. Gets a stomach ache from eating the cold meal.

_____ 42. In the closing lines of the first stanza of the poem, I Think Continually of Those
Who Were Truly Great, the speaker says that, those who were truly great were those who
“hoarded from the spring branches”, “the desires of falling across their bodies like
blossoms’’. The season of spring means ____________________
A. greatness C. new life
B. light D. time of birth

______ 43. How does Imagery help us understand the story?

A. By telling the mood.
B. By describing the poetic devices.
C. By expressing how the author is feeling.
D. By helping us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and
see.

______ 44. What legacy do great people leave behind them in I Think Continually of
Those Who Were Truly Great?
A. Truly great people show reverence to those who have fought to enlighten the
world.
B. Truly great people make an impact that endures across time. Their lives have
an impact upon the lives of future generations.
C. Great people express themselves with passion and honesty. Their words
transcend the physical and touch upon the spiritual.
D. The legacy that great people leave behind them are memories of their greatness,
their goodness, and the contributions that they have done to the world.
______ 45. From the speech of Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have A Dream. Which of the
following sentences is an example of metaphor?
A. My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee sing.
B. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline.
C. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the
sunlit path of racial injustice.
D. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character.

______ 46. The following lines are taken from the third quatrain of Sonnet 116. What is
the theme of the entire quatrain?
Love’s not time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

A. Time is like a fool and love ends when the world ends.
B. There is no use of loving truly because everything will end during last judgment.
C. It talks about love that is like a clown with red lips and cheeks, whose job is to fool us
with his magic tricks.
D. Time cannot change real love and that time is of little significance because it lasts
only a few weeks yet true love lasts forever.

_______ 47. What tone do the details of the poem convey?

"A Birthday"
by Christina Rossetti
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an
apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my
love is come to me.

A. Confusion C. Happiness
B. Excitement D. Sorrow
_______ 48. What tone do the details of the poem convey?
There go the loves that wither [dry up], The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead
years draw thither [there] And disastrous things; Dead dreams of days forsaken, Blind
buds that snows have shaken, Wild leaves that winds have taken, Red strays of ruined
springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with
eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure [last].

A. Happiness C. Timidity
B. Sadness and despair D. Wastefulness and excess

______ 49. What are the main theme of the poem I Think Continually of Those Who Were
Truly Great?
A. passion and honesty
B. clarity, hope, and purity
C. love, happiness, and wealth
D. remembering, celebrating, and cherishing

______ 50. In the first stanza of the poem, I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly
Great, the speaker says that the first characteristic of those who were truly great is that,
“from the womb’’, they “remembered the soul’s history”. What does this mean?
A. Great people are full of life.
B. Great people are hopeful and pure.
C. Great people are honest and passionate.
D. Great people were conceived in greatness.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
CARAGA REGION XIII
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE
DISTRICT OF MALIMONO
2nd QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT
English 9

ANSWER KEY

1. D 26. C
2. B 27. A
3. B 28. B
4. C 29. A
5. B 30. D
6. C 31. A
7. C 32. B
8. C 33. D
9. D 34. D
10. A 35. B
11. D 36. A
12. C 37. D
13. C 38. B
14. C 39. D
15. C 40. D
16. B 41. D
17. A 42. C
18. A 43. D
19. B 44. D
20. A 45. C
21. B 46. D
22. D 47. C
23. C 48. B
24. B 49. D
25. D 50. D