JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

QUARTERLY EXAM
50
English 9
Name: _____________________________ Date: ______________________________
Grade & Section: ____________________ Teacher: ___________________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION:

• Read the following directions before answering.

• Use CAPITAL LETTERS only.
• Beware of erasures, two erasures are equivalent to one mistake.
• Do not cheat, once caught cheating your score will be zero.

I. IDENTIFICATION. Use either commas, colons, or semicolons within the sentences below
to achieve each sentence's intended meaning.
1. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t love the man I just want you to be careful.
2. Music changed his life with it he feels alive.
3. Tony Jane and Sandra all went home defeated that evening.
4. There are two kinds of people who listen to music those who appreciate the music and
those who just went to hip.
5. Only few men play rugby if only that sports were less dangerous.
6. David went to school he forgot to bring his ID.
7. The rallyists never showed up again the ones who appeared last Tuesday were the last of
them.
8. Excessive consumption of coffee can cause sleeplessness anxiety nausea and
restlessness.
9. These Spielberg movies are the awesome “Extra-Terrestrial” and the “Indiana Jones”
franchise.
10. Please get them these ingredients from the market carrots curry powder potatoes onions
and garlic.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and analyze the following premises and conclusions. Write a
check mark (✔️) to state whether the given conclusion is correct or incorrect.

11. Some travelers are not Filipinos;
Filipinos enjoy watching basketball;
Therefore, travelers enjoy basketball.
Correct
Incorrect
12. Ilocanos are left-handed;
Left-handed people are architects;
Therefore, Ilocanos are architects.
Correct
Incorrect
13. Animals are living beings; 17. All trees are plants;
Plants are living things; Some trees are bushes;
Therefore, animals are plants. Therefore, no plants are bushes.
Correct Correct
Incorrect Incorrect

14. All sharks are fish;

All salmons are fish; 18. No pilots are stewardesses;
Therefore, all salmons are sharks.
All passengers are pilots;
Correct Therefore, some passengers are pilots.
Incorrect
Correct
15. All horses are animals; Incorrect

All dogs are not horses; 19. Some plants are not green;
Therefore, all dogs are not animals.
All living things are plants;
Correct Therefore, some living things are
Incorrect green.
Correct
16. All mammals are animals;
Incorrect
All tigers are mammals;
Therefore, some tigers are animals. 20. All instruments are pianos;
Correct No instruments are guitars;
Incorrect Therefore, some guitars are not pianos.
Correct
Incorrect

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the incomplete sentences below and for each one, choose the
letter of the most appropriate interjection to complete the sentence in the blank provided.
21. ___ why did I do that? I shouldn't have done it.
a. boo
b. zing
c. oops
d. eww

22.___ I got 100% in the Oral Exam.

a. boo
b. yahoo
c. oops
d. eww

23. ___this food truly doesn't taste delicious.

 a. zing
b. opss
c. ahh
d. eww

24. ___ who is inside the room? I have baggage and I need help.
a. boo
b. yahoo
c. oops
d. eww

25. ____ isn't that exactly what we need to solve this problem?
a. yahoo
b. zing
c. oops
d. eww

26. It is crude and done in poor taste. ____

a. boo
b. eww
c. yahoo
d. ahh

27. Such a difficult puzzle, ___. Let me see.

a. yahoo
b. zing
c. hmm
d. eww

28. She did that to her boss, __! I've told you how ungrateful she is.
a. woah
b. zing
c. oops
d. eww

29. Yeah What a nice appealing hat for summer!

a. boo
b. zing
c. oops
d. yeah

30. ___! What a test! I'd fail in that.

a. yahoo
b. zing
 c. phew
d. eww

IV. MATCHING TYPE. Identify which kinds of eponyms are the following words

a. Historical Eponyms
31. ___Xerox b. Scientific Eponyms
32. ___Victorian c. Product Eponyms
33. ___Hecules d. Literary Eponyms
34. ___Alzheimer’s Disease e. Mythological Eponyms
35. ___Aspirin f. Historical and Geographical Eponyms

VI. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If the statement is
FALSE, underline the incorrect word and write the correct answer.

36. Ad Hominem is a personal attack argument based on the perceived failings

of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case.

37. Ad Misericordiam is an argument that involves an irrelevant or highly

exaggerated appeal to pity or sympathy.

38. An argument based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is
always valid: everyone believes it, so you should, too is called a False Dilemma.

39. False Dilemma is a fallacy that results in oversimplification. It is an

argument based on only two alternatives when in fact additional options are available.

40. Non Sequitur is an argument in which a conclusion does follow logically

from what preceded it.

41. Begging the question is an argument that does not give importance to what
is supposed to prove.

42. Red Herring is a fallacy in which one event is said to be the cause of a later
event simply because it occurred earlier.

43. “We either leaved right now or we’re never going to get there” is an
example of Straw Man.

44. “If you loved me, you’d buy me this car” is an example of Ad Hominem.

45. This is an act of arguing from the perspective that one change inevitably
will lead to another is called Straw Man.
VII. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each of the following sentences taken from the story. Choose
the correct meaning of each underlined word/group of words. Then, write the letter
corresponding to the correct answer in the space provided before each item.
46. He was shivering.

a. shaking
b. perspiring
c. whispering

47. His face was white.

a. bloodless
b. clueless
c. pale

48. This was a light epidemic of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia.

a. not dark
b. not serious
c. not fatal

49. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative, and a third medicine to overcome
an acid condition.

a. rule out
b. cure
C. move ahead

50. He lay still in bed and seemed very detached from what was going on.

a. not attached
b. far
C. oblivious