Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V (Bicol)
Legazpi City Division

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
School Year 2017-2018
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 9

COMPETENCIES No. of Weig Under Anali Remem Apply Evalua Crea Total
Days ht standing zing bering ing ting ting No. of Item Placement
Taught % 25% 25% 15% 15% 10% 10% Items
Use appropriate stress,
intonation and
pronunciation in 4 10.3 6 6 1,2,3,4,5,6
delivering lines in
poetry EN9OL-1b-L15
Provide words or
expressions 5 12.8 1 4 2 7 7,8,9,10,11,12,
appropriate for given 40
situation
EN9V-Ib
Use appropriate
punctuation marks and 13,14,15,16,17,
capitalization to 7 17.9 1 8 2 11 18,19,20,21,22,
convey meaning. 23
EN9G-1b-1.6
Share prior knowledge
about the text 4 10.3 2 2 39,43
EN9RC-1a -16
Skim to determine key
ideas and authors
purpose 3 7.7 2 2 37,38
EN9 SS-Ie-1.5.1
Infer thoughts , tones and
feelings in the text 4 10.3 6 6 33,34,35,36,41,
EN9VC 1b-3.8 42
Identify feature of
poetry 6 15.4 6 3 9 25,25,26.27,28,
EN9WC If 9.1 29,30,31,32
Distinguish between
and among journalistic 2 5.1 2 2 44,45
informative and literary
writing EN9WC-1b.8
Note sequence signals
or connectors to 5 5 46,47,48,49,50
establish the pattern of 4 10.3
ideas EN9RC-1c-13.2

TOTAL 39 100% 12 12 8 8 5 5 50

Prepared by:

CORAZON L. CARRETERO
English Mentor
Cabangan High School
Cabangan, Legazpi City
June 13, 2017

Clc, 2017
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V (Bicol)
Legazpi City Division

FIRST QUARTER TEST

ENGLISH 9

Choose the letter of the correct answer to the questions

I. Speech:

1. Which of the following words has the same ea sound as the word bread?
A. dear B. hear C. bead D. bear
2. Which of the following words has a different a sound?
A. call B. hand C. bad D. fan
3. Which of the following words is not stressed correctly?
A. reCALL B. unDEcided C. reMEMber D. colLECtion
4. On what syllable is the word education stressed?
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
5. Which of the following words is stressed on the second syllable?
A. journalism B. irrevocable C. community D. character
6.Which of the following sentences uses rising intonation?
A. The music sounds good. C. Blue is my favorite color
B. Did you watch the movie Wonder Woman? D. Where did you go?

II. Vocabulary Improvement:

Find the meaning of the underlined words.
7. And then the whining school boy, with his satchel
A. boat B. bag C. barrel D. basket
8. Sighing like a furnace with a woeful ballad.
A. an old saying B. a sad song C. a repeated tone D. a funny story
Choose the antonym of the underlined words
9. Not enjoyment, not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
A. uncertain B. insincere C. cheerful D. harmony
10. If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
A. friends B. enemies C. relatives D. playmates
Choose the synonym of the underlined words.
11. If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same.
A. disaster B. trick C. opponents D. fakes
12. If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone.
A. strength B. weakness C depression D. ailment
13. From the line For the soul is dead that slumbers, What does the underlined word mean?
A.. awake B. dreaming C. sleeping D. wishing

III. Grammar:

14. What is the correct punctuation mark to be used at the end of the sentence: Oh, What a lovely girl she is
A. period B. exclamation point C. question mark D. comma
15. They asked what time the department store would open ______
A. ? B. . C. ! D.

16. Choose the sentence below with the correct punctuation

A. Ted and Janice, who had been friends for years, went on vacation together last summer.
B. Ted and Janice, who had been friends for years, went on vacation together, last summer.
C. Ted, and Janice who had been friends for years, went on vacation together last summer.
D. Ted and Janice who had been friends for years went on vacation together last summer.
 17. To _______________, Anne was on time for her math class.
A. everybodys surprise C. everybodys surprise
B. every bodys surprise D. everybodys surprise

18. Billboards are considered an important part of advertising for big business, ________________ by
their critics.
A. but, an eyesore; C. but an eyesore
B. but, an eyesore, D. but-an eyesore

19. In Edgar Allan Poes _____________Edgar Allan Poe describes a man with a guilty conscience.
A. short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, C. short story, The Tell-Tale Heart
B. short story The Tell-Tale Heart, D. short story. the Tell-Tale Heart.

Choose the correct sentence that uses correct capitalization and punctuation marks
20. A. She said, bees are not the only insects that sting.
B. She said, Bees are not the only insects that sting.
C. She said Bees are the only Insect that sting.
D. She said, bees are the only insects that sting.

21. A. You must understand,He pleaded, That I need more time to pay you.
B. You must understand he pleaded that I need more time to pay you.
C. You must understand, he pleaded, That I need more time to pay you.
D. You must understand, he pleaded, that I need more time to pay you.

22. A. I saw our towns ex-Mayor in the mall.

B. I saw our towns ex-mayor in the mall.
C. I saw our towns ex Mayor in the mall.
D. I saw our towns exMayor in the mall.

23. A. My pin number has two 5s, Its easy to remember.

B. My pin number has two 5s. Its easy to remember
C. My pin number has two 5s . Its easy to remember.
D. My pin number has two 5s its easy to remember.

IV. Literature

24. What rhyme scheme is used in the following stanza

Tell me not in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

A. a, b, c, d B. a,b, a, b C. a,a,b,b D. a,c,a,b

25. Which of the following are the basic elements in poetry?

A. sense, sound, structure C. sense, sound, theme
B. sense, picture, structure D. sense, music, rhyme

26. It is a language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind.

A. Assonance B. Rhyme C. Imagery D.. Lyric

27. It is a central part of poetry that adds to the enjoyment of a poem. Words, phrases, or lines are repeated
to serve a purpose.
A. Repetition B. Assonance C. Alliteration D. Rhythm

28. It is a type of poetry that gives a verbal representation in verse of a sequence of connected events; it propels
characters through a plot.
A. Lyric poetry B. Descriptive C. Narrative D. epic

29. Tongue twisters usually involve ...

A..Alliteration B. Irony C. Metaphor D,. Onomatopoeia
30 The following are sound devices EXCEPT
A. Aliteration B. . Assonance C. Consonance D. Synecdoche

31. In this line : He is all pine, and I am apple orchard." What poetic device is used?
A. Assonance B. Alliteration C. Consonance D. Onomatopoeia

32. In this line: And its look rude, unbending, lusty, made me think of myself. What poetic device is used?
A. Assonance B. Alliteration C. Consonance D. Onomatopoeia

Choose the letter that completes the sentence or answers the question after each passage.

33. Teach me to feel anothers woe,

To hide the faults I see.
The speaker is _____
A. compassionate B. blind C. humble D. obedient

34. She alternately crimsoned and paled. She wanted to run away, to hide.
She feels_______
A. ashamed B. afraid C. angry D. happy

35. She spoke as if her tongue had been dipped in acid.

How did she feel?
A. in pain B. sorry C. angry and mean D. pleased

36. Molly threw her coat over the chair, flew past her astonished parents to her room, slammed the door, and flung
herself face down on the bed. How does Molly feel?

A. very tired B. bitterly disappointed C. frightened D. angry at her parents

V. Reading

Read the selection below and answer the questions that follow:

Sonnet CXXX.

My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun

My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun

Coral is far more red than her lips red:

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damaskd, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound:

I grant I never saw a goddess go,

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

37. Who is the persona of the poem?

 A. Gardener B. Lover C. Old Man D. Teenager

38. What is the mistress eyes compared to?

A. The coral B. the sun C. The roses D the perfume

39. What makes this poem a sonnet?

A. It has 14 lines
B. It has 14 iambic pentameter
C. It has a tight rhyme scheme( abbaabba edecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
D. All of the above

40. In line 12 of the poem what does tread mean?

A. Crawl B.Limp C. Stroll D. Walk

41. What is the tone of the poem?

A. Annoyed B. Bewitched C. Inspired D.Upset
42. What is the mood set by the poem?
A. Humorous B. Frightened C. Romantic D. Worried

43. What is the authors purpose in writing the poem?

A. To introduce his beloved B. To humiliate his beloved C. To mock his beloved D. To show off his beloved

VI. Writing
A. Kinds of Texts

44. What kind of literary text retells events which have already happened in time order?
A. Narrative B. Literary C. Persuasive D. Scientific

45. What kind of text is the paragraph below?

Bicol (Region 5) and Western Visayas (Region 6) now have new police directors: Chief Superintendents Robert Delfin
and Rolando Garcia, respectively
A. journalistic B. informative C.literary D. non-verbal

B. Read the following jumbled sentences. Decide the best order in which they should appear based from the epic
Beowulf. Write the letter of the correct sequence.

____46. Beowulf defeats Grendel and receives the old relic as reward.
____47. King Hrothgar tells Beowulf that Grendels mother was responsible for the bloodshed.
____48. The King offers rewards for the death of creature, attracting to Heorot the brave warrior Beowulf.
____49. King Hrothgar is threatened by the tormented demon Grendel that attacks locals in their celebrations.
____50. Beowulf finds his man slaughtered in the party of the castle.
ANSWER KEY

1. D 26. C
2. A 27. A
3. B 28. B
4. C 29. D
5. C 30. D
6. B 31. A
7. B 32. C
8. B 33. A
9. C 34. B
10. A 35. C
11. D 36. D
12. A 37. B
13. C 38. B
14. B 39. A
15. B 40. D
16. A 41. B
17. A 42. C
18. C 43. A
19. A 44. A
20. B 45. B
21. D 46. E
22. C 47. D
23. B 48. B
24. B 49. A
25. A 50. C