DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN ENGLISH IV

NAME: __________________________________ SCORE:_________________

TEACHER: ________________________________ DATE: _________________
I. LISTENING
Directions: Listen to the following situations. Listen very well. Then
answer the following questions.
Choose the best answer.
1. When the bear was gone this friend came down the tree and asked what did the
bear tell you?
What can you say about the mans character?
A. afraid B. Lonely C. curious
2. The little frog shouted, Stop, dont stone us. How would you fell if you were frog
like us?
A. angry B. happy C. afraid
3. A fox proudly told the cat, I have a hundred ways of escaping my enemies, the
fox was
A. amaze B. boastful C. happy
4. The human body is like a super machine. The control centre of the body is the
brain. What could be
the conclusion of this statement?
A. Therefore the brain has many parts B. therefore the brain
stores all
C. Therefore all people have brains
5. Finish the statement
The skeleton is the framework of bones that hold us together. The Skeleton
_______________.
A. Is an important organ B. should be strong C. support our
muscle
6. Janes mother arrived. She quickly went to her study table and started reading
her books. Mother
nodded, smiling with approval. What can you say about this situations?
A. Jane shows her books B. Jane is entertaining her
mother
C. Jane is going to study her lessons
7. Which statement is fact?
A. The heart is a muscle that pumps blood.
B. I think the heart is an important organ.
C. Without the heart, the blood will not circulate.
8. Which statement is an opinion?
A. When early humans moves from place to place they had to walk.
B. The first wheel was probably from the log.
C. If the early humans move something they had to carry it.
II. SPEAKING
Directions: Complete the following statements with the correct word or
words. Choose the correct
answer by encircling it.
9. The girl danced gracefully on the stages a while ago. The adverb of manner is.
A. On the stage B. a while ago C. gracefully
10. Everyday some boys play basketball nearby. The adverb of place is
A. Everyday B. nearby C. basketball
11. The child drank his milk slowly. How did the child drink his milk.
A. drank B. always C. slowly
12. The dog caught a rat ____________________ add an adverb of place.
A. last night B. in the yard C. with the paws
13. She __________ visit her cousins in the city. Add as adverb of frequency.
A. never B. nicely C. seldom
14. The farmer took a rest ___________ the mango tree.
A. over B. from C. under
15. Choosing _____________ the two schools. I would choose the letter.
A. over B. among C. in
16. ______________ the lake, there is a small nipa hut.
A. besides B. from C. along
17. Susan will stay ___________________________ with her grandmother
A. To the City B. in the city C. on the city
18. The tourists bought flowers ___________ the lady
 III READING
Directions: Read the following paragraphs. Then answer the questions
that follow.

The Rabbit boasted to the animals and challenged each ont to race with him.
Only the turtle accepted the challenge. The race started, knowing the turtle was far
behind, the rabbit took a nap under a tree.
When the rabbit woke up. The turtle had reached the finish line

19. What is the character trait of the rabbit?

A. Excited B. boastful C. confident
20. What is the character trait of the turtle?
A. patient B. afraid C. proud

The farmer forced the goose to lay golden eggs so he could be the
richest man. The goose was so scared, became weak and died.

21. What can you say about the farmer?

A. proud B. greedy C. afraid
22. Which character was so afraid?
A. framer B. man C. goose
Rob and his family were moving to a new place. Rob as carrying a box up.
The stairs when he tripped. There was a loud clatter. His mother said Good thing
you werent carrying dishers.
23. What happened when Rob tripped?
A. The fool in the box fell out C. The box was chipped
to pieces
B. Rob hit his head on the floor
24. How do you know that was what happened?
A. Mother talked to Rob C. The tools were broken
B. There was a loud clatter of tools
25. Why do you think did mother says Good Thing you werent carrying the dishes
A. Because if Rob has been carrying the dishes, he would have been more
careful
B. Because if Rob had been carrying the dishes, he might not have tripped.
C. Been broken to pieces
26. What do you think would Rob do?
A. Leave the tools and return to the box
B. Pick the tools and return to the box
C. Replace the tools with the dishes.
The computer is changing our lives. It collects sorts and stores information
in the computers memory. Someday we can ride the computer and bring us to the
moon.
27. Which sentence is reality?
A. The computer is changing our lives
B. We can ride on a computer
C. The computer rules our lives
28. Which statement is a fantasy?
A The computer is flying
B. The computer stores information
C. The computer gives information

The new plants grow the seds produced by the old plant

29. Which statement is true?

A. The new plants just appeared on the soil C. Old plant
produced seeds
B. The new plants grow from the seeds
30. Which statement is a fantasy?
A. The new plants needs water, air and sunlight C. Plants
give out oxygen

31. All, except one, has a long e vowel sound. Which is the word?
a. beat b. weave c. find d. trainee
32. Which compound word can be formed out of the words line and clothes?
b. lineclothes b. lines of clothes c. clothline d. clothesline
 33. Read the sentence and choose the word read with silent letter.
The young girl had no idea how to make a dress out of cotton.

c. young b. girl c. make d. idea

34. In this series of words, which word should come after cotton: car, cotton, clean,
cut, cry?
a. cry b. clean c. cut d. car
35. Which is the plural of monkey?
a. monkies b. monkey c . monkeys d.
monkeyses
36. Which expression could tell plural of
sugar?
a. a pocket of b. a teaspoon of c. a houseful of d. a bottle
of

37. Which sentence shows the correct expression of possessive nouns?

a. The goddess stick turned into a tail.
b. The goddess stick turned into a tail.
c. The goddess stick turned into a tail.
d. The goddesses stick turned into a tail.

38. Find the pair of this word: forest

e. plain b. mountain c. woods d. barrio

39. Which could be the reason why the goddess of Weavers wanted the girl to sew a
dress?
a. She wanted the girl to learn how to sew a dress.
b. She wanted the girl to sell the dress.
c. She wanted the girl to make a dress for her.
d. She wanted the girl to do things for her.
40. You were asked to do something but you do not know how to do it. What should
you do?
e. Ask the help of someone to do it for you.
f. Ask the help of someone to show you how to do it, then, try it yourself.
g. Ask the help of someone to show you how to do it then wait for others help.
h. Ask someone to work it out with you.
 DIAGNOSTIC TEST
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

SKILLS NO. OF ITEM %

ITEMS PLACEME
NT
LISTENING
1. Infering the feelings of 3 1-3 7.5
characters based
on the stress and volume of 3 4-6 7.5
voice. 2 7-8 5
2. Giving conclusions to situations
heard.
3. Distinguishiong between fact and
opinion
SPEAKING
4. Adverbs 5 9-
5. Prepositions 3 13 12.5
6. Prepositional Phrases 2 14- 7.5
16 5
17-
18
READING
7. Infering character traits 4 19-22 10
8. Drawing conclusions 4 23-26 10
9. Reality/ Fantasy 4 27-30 10
WRITING
10. Writing Paragraphs from a 5 31-35
given 12.5
Stimuli 5 36-40
11. Compose slogan
12.5
announcement
40
100%
 ANSWER KEY

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. C
5.C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. C
26. B
27. A
28. A
29. C
30. B