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BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
English 9
1st Unit Exam
NAME: _______________________________ YEAR & SECTION: ______________

TEACHER: _____________________________ SCORE: ______________________

I. Multiple Choice: From the list of dictionary meanings, choose the most appropriate meaning for each of the following
underlined words. Write only the letter of your choice.

______ 1. Rejection from the audition makes his day a dreary one.
a. a boring life c. the incident that was just tiring
b. an event that’s not interesting d. the experience that feels bad or sad
______ 2. The miners were weary after a long shift.
a. Bored with something because you have experienced too much
b. To make someone tired
c. Very tired from hard work
d. Unmotivated to do the task
______ 3. Fungi and other bacteria help turn the moldering remains back into dust and dirt.
a. To decay slowly
b. To be left somewhere and not used or cared for
c. Disintegrate
d. To turn to dust by natural decay
______ 4. She was alone and unloved, but she did not repine.
a. The feeling of sadness c. To long for something
b. Complain d. None of the choices
______ 5. There are great gusts of cold air blowing in and it is excessively chill.
a. The sensation of taste
b. Keen delight
c. A sudden brief rush of wind
d. To blow in gusts
______ 6. The garden has to hoed.
a. A tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle used for cultivating
b. To work with a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle to cultivate, weed or loosen the earth
c. Any various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking
d. Both A and C
_______ 7. He slows his horse to a meaning walk. (noun)
a. What is intended to be, or is expressed or indicated
b. End, purpose, or significance of something
c. Intentioned (usually used in combination
d. Full of significance
_______ 8. A teacher deals her students with a mellow approach.
a. Friable or loamy, as soil
b. Having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
c. Not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect
d. Soft and rich, as sound, tones, color or light
_______ 9. We plodded our way across the muddy field.
a. To walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
b. To proceed in a tediously slow manner
c. To work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge
d. To walk heavily over along
_______ 10. The campaign sends Jane targeted messages via canvassers, phone calls, ads, and its increasingly
sophisticated email blasts.
a. To remove, open, or form by or as if by an explosive
b. To attack vigorously
c. The sound produced by an impulsion of air through a wind instrument
d. Sending of a message in multiple copies to numerous recipients at one time
 II. Identification: Identify the rhyming scheme of the poem “A Time To Talk”. Put your answer at the end of every line.

A TIME TO TALK RYHMING THE RAINY DAY RYHMING

SCHEME
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
e.g. I wandered lonely as a cloud
SCHEME
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the moldering past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast
And the days are dark and dreary.
A

III. Fill in the blanks: Choose your answer from the box and write it on the space provided.

Apostrophe stressed and unstressed Theme Metaphor

The Rainy Day Simile Robert Frost Meter

Subject like or as Tone/Mood Poetry

A Time To Talk Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Rhyme Stanza

1. Meter is a systematic arrangement of ____________ syllables in in poetry.

________2. was a national literary figure and a world – famous personality at the time of his death in 1882.
________ 3. Is the level of and kind of emotions expressed based on the poet’s attitude towards the subject or reader or
audience.
________ 4. Is the most important or central idea of a poem.
________ 5. Is a unit of poetry consisting of two or more lines arranged in a pattern according to rhyme and meter or
rhythm.
6. Simile is a figure of speech that uses the words ________ in order to compare one thing with another.
7. “Be still, sad heart!” uses a figurative language called _________________.
________ 8. He started writing poetry at the age of 15.
________ 9. This poem is all about the man who undergoes emotional crisis, but tries to recover from it.
________ 10. The title of this poem implies the value of friendship.

IV. Grammar Exercise: Identify whether the sentence is Inverted Sentence or Normal Sentence.

________ 1. As the new normal emerges, people become more resilient as they support the government rules.
________ 2. The world had unimaginable and immeasurable problems that people have experienced.
_________ 3. At the height of the pandemic, people had no option.
_________ 4. The community lockdown, quarantine measures, and closing of businesses and schools have contributed
to economic difficulties and financial problems for citizens from all walks of life.
_________ 5. Filipinos must support the nation’s economic recovery measures.
_________ 6. Longfellow was known for his wit and wisdom.
_________ 7. A poetry lover and great talker and conversationalist, Frost regarded poems as the highest art of language.
_________ 8. We have said goodbye to attending concerts, plays, movies, festivals, museums, etc.
_________ 9. Poems have elements that contribute to its overall meaning and impact.
_________ 10. Longfellow got depressed after the death of his wife and two daughters.

Prepared: Checked: Approved: Noted:

IRRA LAUGO MRS. JENNY D. MANTALABA, MACDDS HERMIELIZA D. SASIS, MACDDS MARYJUN M. PALIMA, MIT

Teacher JHS Coordinator Basic Education Principal Dean of Academic Affair