MAJOR EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH IV

Name: _____________________________________________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________________________________

TEST I:

Direction: Read the statement carefully. Choose and encircle the correct figures of speech based on
the given sentences.

1. The trees were like soldiers standing tall.

a. simile b. personification c. hyperbole

2. The world is a stage.

a. personification b. simile c. metaphor

3. The moon plays hide and seek with the clouds.

a. hyperbole b. personification c. simile

4. The stove was so hot, I burned my hand off.

a. metaphor b. simile c. hyperbole

5. My flowers are begging for water.

a. personification b. hyperbole c. metaphor

6. His eyes are as blue as the ocean.

a. simile b. metaphor c. personification

7. She cried so long that she made a lake.

a. personification b. simile c. hyperbole

8. The cars headlight glared at me in the dark night.

a. metaphor b. personification c. hyperbole

9. Mary’s voice is music to my ears.

a. hyperbole b. simile c. metaphor

10. The bag of groceries was as light as a feathers.

a. personification b. simile c. metaphor

TEST II:
Direction: Read the statement carefully. Write F if the statement is a fact and O if the statement is an
opinion.
11. Dogs are my favorite kind of animal.
12. Dogs come in many different breeds.
13. I think dog is the best animal among all.
14. Elephants eat grass, small branches and bark.
15. Blue is the color of the sky.
16. Roses have thorny stems.
17. I think tomorrow will be sunny.
18. Earth orbits the sun every 365 Days.
19. The sun is actually a star.
20. I think elephant is the heaviest animal.
TEST III:

A. Direction: Use the bank of prefixes to complete each word.

Pre- non- re- il- un-

21. + fair =

22. + place =

23. + sense =

24. + legal =

25. + view =

B. Direction: Use the bank of prefixes to complete each word.

-ion -ness -less -ment -able

26. ship + =

27. care + =

28. kind + =

29. port + =

30. prevent + =
TEST IV:

DIRECTION: Write the plural form of each noun by adding -s or -es.

31. street 36. Wallet

32. bridge 37. Fox

33. patch 38. Pajama

34. rocket 39. Address

35. class 40. Inch