BASELINE TEST

IN
ENGLISH 6
MENCHIE M. EVANGELISTA
ENGLISH TEACHER
 TEST I. Directions: Analyze and identify the sound devices
for each sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. It was cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

A. assonance B. hyperbole C. personification D. simile

2. The team leader moves as brave as a lion.

A. context clues B. simile C. personification D. onomatopoeia

3. The snow is a white blanket.

A. assonance B. alliteration C. hyperbole D. metaphor
 TEST II. Directions: Pluralized the underlined regular nouns
in each sentences. Choose the letter of the correct answer

4. My mother sent me two sets of chocolate box.

A. boxx B. boxs C. boxes D. boxses

5. The pupils find the three line of the art paper.

A. linese B. lines C. liness D. linseed

6. Saint Peter holds the key of heaven’s door.

A. keys B. keyss C. keyz D. keyses
TEST III. Directions: Read the following sentences and
find the correct agreement between the subject of the
sentence and its verb. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.
7. Ma’am Aida Ramos (teach)_______ us how to solve mathematical
equations.
A. teachs B. teaches C. teached D. taught

8. Santa Rosa City (lead) _________ the STCAA competition.

A. leds B. led C. leads D. lead
9. Richard (bake) _______ some cakes for us.
A. bake B. beka C. baked D. bakes
TEST IV. Directions: Recall the concept of simile for you
to be able to identify the word being compared to the
underlined word. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
10. The music changes like prismatic glass, giving the world a glimpse
of all the colors it forgets.
A. changes B. colors C. prismatic glass D. world
11. The lowered lamps glow in the midnight air like mammoth
orange-moths that flit and flare through the dark tapestry of night.
A. air B. dark C. mammoth D. tapestry
12. I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an
oar.
A. dream B. glides C. silent D. oar
TEST V. Directions: Infer the meaning of the underlined
idiomatic expressions in each sentence. Choose the letter of
the correct answer.
13. Jose Zavalla basketball team made a game plan at the drop of a hat.
A. badly B. earlier today C. for the win D. without hesitation

14. The policemen barked up the wrong tree in our village.

A. arrested the right person C. accusing the wrong person
B. accusing the right person D. arrested no one

15. The BMW car is truly costed an arm and leg.

A. very low price C. very huge
B. very intimidating D. very expensive
Directions: Read the selection then answer the questions
that follow.
Why Does a Cow Chewing When She isn’t Eating?
A cow has a special stomach with four parts. When she eats grass,
she chews it just enough to make it wet. Then it goes into the first
part of its stomach, where it becomes softer. From there it goes into
the second part, where it is made into little balls called “cuds”. Later,
while the cow is resting, she brings up each cud one at a time and
chews it well. When she swallows it, the food goes into the third part
of her stomach. There the water squeezed out of it. Finally, the food
goes to the fourth part of the cow’s stomach and is broken down into
very tiny pieces. Then the cow’s body can take what it needs from the
food to live and grow.
16. What happens to the grass when it goes to the first part?
A. The grass becomes harder.
B. The grass becomes softer.
C. The grass liquify.
D. The grass goes to the intestine
17. In what part is the water squeezed out?
A. first C. second
B. fourth D. third
18. Wetlands are synonymous to________.
A. rivers C. ponds
B. swamps D. seas
19. What is the root word of the word rarity?
A. rar C. rarity
b. rare D. –ity
20. Which of these does not belong to land vegetation?
A. farms C. orchards
B. gardens D. reefs
Direction: Copy the correct verb in
each of the sentences below.
21. Your friend (talk-talks) too much.
22. The man with the roses (look-looks)
like your brother.
23. The women in the pool
(swim-swims) well.
24. Which of the following statements
could really happen?
A. The dragon flew over the castle.
B. Keith ate 10 dozens of hotdogs.
C. The birds flew across the sky.
D. The chair walked across the street.
25. Make-believe statements or images
can’t be proven true. Which of the
following is fantacy?
A. Rainbows have many colors.
B. The four little ducks swam in the
pond.
C. The newborn baby walked.
D. The lion killed the snake.
 26. Which of the following images below is reality?

A C

B D
Directions: Identify the kind of sentences
A. Declarative C. Interrogative
B. Imperative D. Exclamatory)
_______27. How well she sings!
_______28. Did I say anything to make you angry?
_______29. She is a successful writer.
_______30. Please help me tie my shoes.
Directions: Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to
the meanings of words. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.
31. A telephone is a machine that can carry the sound of
someone's voice somewhere far away. The
root tele means far away. What does the root phon mean?
A. sound B. light C. life D. heat
32. Psychology is the study of human behavior and the mind.
The root logy means the study of something. What does the
root psych mean?
A. life B. light C. mind D. heat
Directions: Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to
the meanings of words. Choose the letter of the
correct answer.
33. The root astro means star. What does the
word astronomy mean?
A. the branch of science that studies the physics of light
B. the branch of science that studies sound and hearing
C. the branch of science that studies stars and other objects
in space
D. the branch of science that studies moon and comets
Write the letter of the most logical effect or
cause of each situation on the space provided.
34. It was a very hot day. Everyone wanted __________.
A. some cold drinks C. a piece of sandwich
B. two bottles of hot water D. a cup of coffee
35. After some days Paulo was absent because of sickness,
Paulo was well again. He regained his health.
A. He continued his vacation. C. He helped his mother at
home.
B. He started attending his classes. D. He woke up early.
36. Paulo had missed many lessons so he had to
double his efforts.
A. He stayed awake till morning, studying his
lessons.
B. He asked his mother to do his homework for
him.
C. He requested his teacher to promote him to the
next grade level.
D. He copied notes from his classmates and
studied them at home.
37. Paulo was very happy to see his classmates.
He was so touched by their thoughtfulness. He
said ____.
A. “Oh, thank you so much”, but why did you
come?
B. “Oh thank you very much for coming”, you’ve
made me very happy.
C. “Oh, thank you very much. Did you bring
something for me?”
D. “Oh, thank you”, what gifts did you bring?”
38. In spite of his absences, Paulo got high grades.
A. That made his classmates believe he had super
powers.
B. That led to his being elected president of the
class.
C. That made his mother happy and proud of him.
D. That made his friends believed that they must
get absent too, in class.
39. Why did Kyoto frog and Osaka frog wanted to
travel?
A. They want to go to different places
B. They want to live on different places
C. They want to see the differences of the other
place
D. They want to look for beautiful places
40. What made the frogs decide to go home?
A. They think that the other place was a copy
of their place.
B. They were tired of traveling.
C. They have seen what they wanted to see.
D. None of the above
41. Which of the following is the effect of water
pollution?
A. People discharged waste into water bodies.
B. Fourteen billion pounds of garbage is dumped
into the ocean.
C. Aquatic animals face an extinction rate of five
times than terrestrial animals.
D. Lack of proper sanitation in water.
42. What causes water pollution?
A. Billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the
ocean.
B. People have no concern on keeping the
cleanliness of water sources.
C. Oil spill cannot be prevented if accidents
happen in the bodies of water.
D. All of the above
43. According to UNICEF, more than 3,000 children die
every day all over the world due to consumption of
contaminated drinking water. In this sentence, which is
the effect?
A. according to UNICEF
B. more than 3,000 children die every day all over the
world
C. due to consumption of contaminated drinking water
D. All of the above
44. Which of the following sentences use a
coordinating conjunction?
A. I prefer chocolate cake than ice cream.
B. If you want to stay healthy eat a nutritious food.
C. I am counting on my calories, but I really want
to eat some desserts.
D. The school canteen always serves nutritious
food
45. Which is the appropriate subordinating conjunction
to complete the sentence?
“We were happy ______ we received the first prize.”
A. because B. if C. when D. since

46. Consider the sentence – “The water is too cold”.

What is the adverb of intensity is used in the sentence
that modifies the adjective ‘cold’?
A. water B. the C. too D. is
47. “My brother is never sad. He’s _______________ happy.
“Which adverb of frequency is appropriate to complete the
sentence?
A. always C. sometimes
B. seldom D. often
48. He understands _______________ the instructions given
by the agent.
Which adverb of manner is correct to complete the sentence?
A. quietly C. clearly
B. happily D. patiently
49. Which of the following sentences is in the past tense of the
verb?
A. The crowd clapped and laughed at the comedian.
B. I will study Korean Language next year.
C. I walk to the grocery store.
D. He will be uploading videos on YouTube.

50. Which of the following sentences is in the future tense of

the verb?
A. I am walking. C. I will be walking.
B. I walked. D. I had walked to the store.