Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
Division of Butuan City
ALVIOLA VILLAGE INTEGRATED SECONDARY SCHOOL-Annex
Baan Km.3, Butuan City
2ND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 8
Name: _____________________________________________
I. Read the selection below. Identify the sentences based on
its structure. Write A if it’s a SIMPLE sentence; B if it’s a
COMPOUND sentence; C if it’s a COMPLEX sentence and
D if it’s a COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence.
Resistance to antibiotics is a worldwide problem,
but medical experts list ways to help slow resistance and
keep current drugs effective. When you go to the doctor
with a cold or the flu, don't automatically ask for antibiotics.
Colds and flu are caused by viruses, and antibiotics don't
work to fight them, so you should discuss other remedies
with your doctor. If the doctor prescribes antibiotics, follow
directions and take all of the medicine. Not taking the
medicine as prescribed could allow the infection to re-
establish itself in your body and become more resistant to
the drugs later. Taking more than one antibiotic at once or
taking left over antibiotics in your medicine cabinet may
increase the chance of resistance.
________1. Sentence # 1
________2. Sentence # 2
________3. Sentence # 3
________4. Sentence # 4
________5. Sentence # 5
II. Read the selection below. Then, answer the questions.
In a little town in Agusan, there lived a girl named
Maria. She have wanted to be a teacher. She had the perfect
picture in her mind what her classes would look like and how
they would behave. The only problem was she didn't have
any worksheets or materials to give to her imaginary class.
In class she watched the teacher walk over to her file cabinet
and throw mounds of unused worksheets in the trash.
An idea suddenly blossomed in her head. She would
use the worksheets that had ended up in the trash. After
school, when the halls were clear of students and teachers,
she sneaked into Mrs. Antonio's class, her first grade
classroom and grabbed the discarded worksheets. Feeling
confident that she had accomplished her mission, she
walked around the corner with her new teaching materials
under her arms. A loud, booming voice startled her as the
janitor yelled, "What are you doing here? Go home!"
Maria didn't wait to respond to his questions as she ran
out of the school's front doors. As she walked home, she
kept looking behind her to see if the janitor had followed
her. Safely home, she closed her bedroom door and
announced to her imaginary students, "Good morning,
students. Today you are going to learn about nouns and
verbs. I am going to pass out a few worksheets and explain
the assignment to you."
Grade and Section: ________________________________
1. Which one of the following is a major character?
a. Mrs. Antonio c. Imaginary Class
b. Maria d. Janitor
2. Where is the setting of the story?
a. In a little town of Agusan
b. In the province of Davao
c. In the city of Palawan
d. In the country Thailand
3. Maria can be best described as
a. Goal-oriented c. Angry
b. Shy d. Moody
4. What was the last event of the story?
a. The janitor yelled at her.
b. She ran out of the school.
c. She walked home.
d. She greeted her imaginary class.
5. Maria's conflict at the beginning of the story is?
a. She doesn't have any teaching material.
b. She doesn't know what she wants to do when she
grows up.
c. That the janitor catches her sneaking into the trash.
d. That her teacher doesn't recycle.
III. Arrange the following events in the story.
_____ One day, an invitation to a ball was sent to all the
young maidens of the kingdom, but the evil stepmother
would not allow Cinderella to go to the ball and locked her
in her room. Cinderella thought all hope was lost until her
fairy godmother appeared.
_____ Cinderella went to live with Prince Charming in the
beautiful castle on the hill. Cinderella and Prince Charming
lived happily ever after.
_____Dressed in a beautiful gown and glass slippers,
Cinderella rushed off to attend the ball. As the clock struck
12, Cinderella ran away as fast as she could. Although Prince
Charming looked for her, all he found was a glass slipper.
_____Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a girl
named Cinderella. Cinderella lived with her evil stepmother
and two evil step-sisters and they will made her work all day
and all night.
_____ Cinderella held her breath as Prince Charming gently
slipped the glass slipper onto her foot. Prince Charming took
Cinderella by the hand and made her his bride.
IV. With the same set of events in the story in test III, identify
the number of event which corresponds to what is being
asked.
_______1. Climax
_______2. Exposition
_______3. Characters (Antagonists and Protagonists)
_______4. Resolution
_______5. Setting
V. Encircle the letter of the appropriate collocations. view the beautiful sights down the earth. The plane flew

1. She seemed quite interested in buying that house, but

at the last moment, she changed her ________. over some ____________________ plains. I saw two, long,
a. mind b. thoughts c. offer (some grassy wide green)
2. He felt sad upon realizing that he had lost his watch. It
wasn't expensive but it had sentimental _______. a. narrow rivers which looked like white threads on the ground.
expense b. price c. value
3. If you park there, you will have to ________ a fine. a.
pay b. take c. have The ______________________ mountain ranges fascinated
4. Although the doctors tried hard, they couldn’t (several purple majestic huge)
__________ his life.
a. save b. bring c. take me. We also passed over some _______________________
5. Few people can ___________ a secret. (enchanting blue some vast deep)
a. keep b. save c. have
bodies of water. It took me only __________________ hour
VI. Underline the prepositional phrase. Then, identify what (short exciting one)
function of prepositional phrase it is. Write ADJ if it
functions as adjective or ADV if it is adverb phrase. of air travel to see some of the best parts of my country.

1. My friend, Janna wore a hat with a pink ribbon.

2. The children jumped into the water. X. Study the table below and answer the following
3. I bought a sandwich for you. questions. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
4. During the summer, the rainfall is heavy.
5. We collapsed from exhaustion.
Number of Learners in a High School
over 5 years
VII. Identify the type of parenthetical phrase described in
each number. Write A if it’s Appositive, AP for absolute
phrase, FM for Free Modifier, I for Interjection and IP for
Introductory Phrase.

1. I won‘t let Sang Kancil, that tricky mouse deer, to

cross this river again!
2. “Well, what do have to say for yourself?” Sang
Buaya‘s friends asked.
3. I stood up and, brushing off my pants, continued on
my journey.
4. When Sang Kancil saw Sang Buaya in the river, he
thought of an idea.
5. Sang Buaya talked to his friends and, thinking about
Sang Kancil‘s intelligence, agreed to be more
cautious.

VIII. Write the adjective appropriate for each sentence based 1. What is the population of learners in the 3rd year?
on the degrees of comparison. A. 531 B. 532 C. 533 D. 534
2. From the graph, what was the decrease in the number
1. Take the ____________of the two routes. (short) of learners between years 1 and 2?
2. China is a ________________ country. (big) A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D) 25
3. Martin speaks English___________. (well) 3. By what year has the biggest number of learners?
4. Hendrikka is the ________girl in the class. (smart) A. 5th year B. 2nd year C. 1st year D. 4th year
5. This is the ________book I have ever read. (unique) 4. By what year has the lowest number of learners?
A. 5th year B. 2nd year C. 1st year D. 4th year
IX. Arrange the following adjectives based on the series of 5. Which of these statements best describes what is
adjectives. shown in the graph?
A. The number of learners in high school has dropped
Father and I were going to Davao for an significantly over the last five years.
B. There has been no change in the number of
learners in the last five years.
________________________ vacation. It was my first time
“An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.”
(summer week-long exciting) -Proverbs 24:26
Prepared by:
to ride in an airplane. I sat by the window so I could clearly
MAE O. CUDAL
Subject Teacher, English 8