Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO
Luna Street, La Paz, Iloilo City

UNIFIED TEST IN GRADE 8 – ENGLISH

Third Quarter

Name: _____________________________Gr. & Sec.: ________________________ Score: __________

A. Read the following sentences and get the meaning of each underlined word used in
context. Choose from the choices and write your answer on the blank.

1. Big, gray rocks along the Suague River jutted up from the soil and found themselves entwined
with tigbao and cogon grass.
A. protruded B. hollowed C. grew D. buried
2. It is glorious to behold the end of the rainbow kissing the road, where mountaineers pass for
pleasure and solitude.
A. miss B. witness C. appreciate D. disregard
3. The furniture made by Shirley’s Furniture in Mina, Iloilo was grand and elegant with wooden
frames and upholstered cushions.
A. decorated B. covered C. tarnished D. labeled
4. The temple had porcelain gargoyles, green and gold tiles, and intricately painted little golden
dragons on the high tilted eaves of its green roofs.
A. simply B. plainly C. lavishly D. sophisticatedly
5. "Doctors recommend that everyone exercise every day, particularly those who spend many
hours doing sedentary activities like reading, watching television, or playing video games."
Which of the following correctly defines the meaning of the word SEDENTARY?
A. To engage in physical activity. C. To spend time using minimal brain function.
B. To engage in criminal activity. D. To spend much time seated.

Analyze each item carefully. Choose and write only the letter of your answer.

_____6.I would like you to summarize the story. It would be difficult for me to understand the
unabridged copy of it.
A. A shorter version of a story C. An old version of the story
B. A full version of a story D. A new version of the story
_____7.Select the root word and the suffix for the word REMARKABLE?
A. remarkab and –le C. remark and -able
B. remarka and –ble D. remarke and –able
_____8.The prefix sub means under or low. Which of these words means a boat that runs
underwater?
A. subway B. subdue C. submarine D. subtract
_____9.When something doesn't make sense, we say it is nonsense. What does the prefix non-
mean?
A. not B. lots of C. full of D. one who
_____10. Hearing, technically known as _____, begins when a sound wave reaches the ear.
A. audition B. audacity C. autocracy D. audio-visual

Reach each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct propaganda technique used.
Write your answer before the number.

_____11. The latest buzz in advertising is social networking. “Don’t be left out; don’t be the last
one to do it.”
What type of propaganda technique is used?
A. testimonial B. bandwagon C. name-calling D. plain folks
_____12. What technique is used in this advertisement?
Get all of your stains out by using new and improved Ultra Suds and wash your
blues away!
A. bandwagon C. glittering generalities
B. testimonial D. name calling
_____13. Bossing Vic Sotto is endorsing a supermarket on TV. This type of propaganda is called:
A. testimonial C. plain folks
B. transfer technique D. glittering generalities
_____14. Which of the following techniques is used in this advertisement?
Find magic in Enchanted Kingdom!
A. testimonial C. plain folks
B. transfer technique D. glittering generalities
_____15. In which types of media might you find propaganda?
A. Newspapers and billboards C. TV and posters
B. Movies and magazines D. All choices are correct

Fill in the blank with the correct modal to make the sentence correct. Write only the letter of
your answer on the blank before the number.

_____ 16. ________ you go already? You only arrived an hour ago!
A. Must B. Should C. Can D. Will
_____ 17. When he was young, he ________ swim very well. He won medals and
championships!
A. will B. can C. could D. shall
_____ 18. The company ________ go bankrupt if they don't find a lot of money quickly!
A. should B. shouldn’t C. might D. could
_____ 19. You look very confused by the homework, Clive. ________ I help you?
A. will B. can C. must D. should
_____ 20. The skies look dark, it _______ rain tomorrow.
A. must B. ought to C. might D. can

Each sentence contains a single error or no error at all in grammar and usage. If the
sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the
sentence correct. Write the letter only.

_____21. She has been working for more than eight hours. She will be tired. No error
A B C D E
_____22.Patricia’s mother advised her not to leave her toy on the floor, her sister must swallow it.
A B C D
No error
E
_____23. You must not take your umbrella. It is not raining. No error
A B C D E
_____24. If you are sure that you are correct, you could not mind an independent examination of
A B C D
the problem. No error
E
LITERATURE
_____ 25. A story told through characters played by actors
A. spectacle B. dialogue C. properties D. drama
_____ 26. Which of the play or drama features the moment when the intensity is highest?
A. exposition B. rising action C. climax D. falling action
_____ 27. Stage directions do all of the following EXCEPT
A.Convey the characters' thoughts to the audience.
B. Provide the director with details of the setting.
C. Direct the actors on how to speak their lines.
D. Tell the actors where to move during the scene.
_____ 28. How do a soliloquy and an aside differ?
A. A soliloquy is spoken as a group, while an aside is spoken alone.
B. An aside is spoken as a group, while a soliloquy is spoken alone.
C. An aside addresses the audience when other characters are on stage, while a
soliloquy addresses the audience when the character is alone on stage.
D. A soliloquy addresses the audience when other characters are on stage, while an
aside addresses the audience when the character is alone on stage.
_____ 29. Which part of the plot reveals the characters, the setting, and even the social
status of the characters and is oftentimes found at the beginning of the story?
A. exposition B. rising action C. climax D. falling action
_____ 30.In what part of the plot is the conflict getting to be resolved and the tension is
lessening?
A. exposition B. rising action C. climax D. falling action
_____ 31. Pedro needs to memorize his lines in preparation for their play. What element of the
drama is he concerned with?
A. monologue B. playwright C. dialogue D. costume
_____ 32. The stage has to be created, decorated and well-lighted. Which element should these
compose?
A. scene B. set C. script D. costume
_____ 33. How is drama different from prose?
A. It has a plot. C. It has characters.
B. It uses symbols. D. It is meant to be performed.

Fact or Opinion

Asteroids are a very cool occurrence in outer space. There are millions of asteroids in the
solar system. Asteroids are small bumpy objects. They orbit the sun like planets do. Many of them
orbit in the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are made of
many materials including rocks and metals.

_____ 34. What is one opinion in the article?

A. Asteroids are small bumpy objects.
B. The asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter
C. There are millions of asteroids in the solar system.
D. Asteroids are very cool occurrences in outer space.
_____ 35. What is one fact found in this article?
A. Most asteroids crash to Earth's surface after many years.
B. Many asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt.
C. Asteroids are made up of dust that floats into outer space.
D. Asteroids are cool occurrences in outer space.
_____ 36. Which of the following is NOT an opinion?
A. It seems writing is no joke but it is particularly easy when one has a story to tell.
B. The Filipinos after the automated poll election will probably expect a change in
politics in the Philippines.
C. Babies sleep most of the time more than adults do.
D. Based on a recent survey, President Duterte still has the highest approval rating
among government officials in the Philippines.
_____ 37. Which of the following statements is a fact?
A. Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the Philippines.
B. Burning the Philippine flag should be crime.
C. It is much harder for someone who is 16 to raise a child than someone who is 30.
D. People who graduate from college are smarter than people who drop out of high
school.
Determine the author’s purpose from each of the following selections.

A. to entertain B. to inform C. to persuade D. to criticize

_____ 38.Estancia and Carles in Iloilo are the two towns with ports that have trips to a newly
discovered tourist destination—Isla de Gigantes.The place is a two-and-a-half-hour
travel by land from Iloilo City and a two-hour boat ride from either port.
- shoppersguide.com

____ 39. After a day of listening to my eighth graders exchange gossip, I decided to quote
Mark Twain to them: "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you
are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." After considering my words, one of
my students asked, "What does it mean to remove all doubt?"
- Reader’s Digest

___ 40. Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health. Exposure to cigarete smokeincreases
the risk of lung cancer and heart disease even in healthy nonsmokers. Stop cigarette
smoking now!

Anyone can understand the confusion ancient traders experienced trying to market their
goods without a common standard of measurement. Imagine trying to sell grain in Egypt by the
basket without having any comparison to make as to the basket's weight or volume. Such were
the problems in early times when weight had to be guessed or measured against a standard of the
weight of stones, seashells, seeds, or grain.

Problems also existed in terms of measurement of lengths. One of the earliest linear
measurements was the foot which first took its standard from the length of a human foot and later
used the length of a king's foot as the standard. Archaeologists have traced people's attempts to
grapple with standard units of measurement from the ancient Egyptians' attempts to reset precise
property lines after flooding of the Nile River to biblical times when a cubit was the standard unit of
length. The cubit took its standard from the distance between the end of the elbow to the end of
the middle finger -- usually about 18 inches. The Romans defined the inch as the width of the
thumb, and the mile as 311,000 paces. The problems involved in using such measurements are
obvious. Imagine trying to set new, more accurate standards among people who hung on
tenaciously to existing standards.
- brainfuse.com

_____41.The first sentence in the passage indicates that the author’s purpose is :
A. to analyze the problems of weights and measures.
B. to explain the growth of standards of measurements.
C. to describe the problems associated with lack of standards in weights and
measurements.
D. to persuade readers to adopt a new set of weights and measurements.
_____42. What is the tone of the author?
A. angry B. confused C. Ironic D. straightfortward
_____43. The Romans defined the inch as the width of the thumb, and the mile as 311,000
paces.
The preceding line is:
A. entertaining B. informing C. persuading D. directing

One of the industrial giants who changed American society was Henry Ford. Born on a farm in
Michigan in 1863, he grew up to bring forth some of the most revolutionary improvements in automotive
technology in the early 20th century. His outstanding of mechanical ability led him to become interested in
the new automobiles in the early 1900s. Though he did not invent the automobile, he improved upon
everyone else's designs.
He was a person who believed in inexpensive, efficient production, so he established standards for
his plant and workers. He also standardized and produced many new auto parts for his Ford Motor
Company cars. Then he studied the workers' problems and built an assembly line -- the first of its kind in
America. This ingenious improvement led to mass production of thousands of automobiles per year. In
fact, his plants had produced15 million Model Ts by 1927.
 Ford's personality was not all thrift, efficiency, and ingenuity, however. He was a man who was cold and
who could not keep pace with the competition due to his own rigidity. His company suffered because of his
desire to maintain the status quo instead of meeting and beating the competition by changing his
product. Finally, he saw that he must change or lose out; therefore, he introduced the eight-cylinder engine
and once again took over the automobile market. Ford left a legacy of millions of dollars, millions of jobs
for American workers, and millions of satisfied customers.
- brainfuse.com

_____44. In developing the passage, the organizational pattern used by the author could be
described as :
A. simple listing B. time order C. example D. cause and effect
_____45. The tone of this passage can be described as :
A. optimistic B. sympathetic C. critical D. serious

Bibliography
_____ 46. Which of the following is the correct bibliographical entry books of two authors?
A. Lapid, Milagros G. and Serrano, Josephine. 2000. English Communication Arts
and Skills Through Afro-Asian Literature. Phoenix publishing Co. Inc.
B. Lapid, Milagros G. and Josephine Serrano. 2000. English Communication Arts
and Skills Through Afro-Asian Literature. Phoemix Publishing Co., Inc.
C. Phoenix Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. Lapid, Milagros and Josephine Serrano.
English Communication Arts and Skills Through Afro-Asian Literature.
D. English Communication Arts and Skills Through Afro-Asian Literature, 2000.
Lapid, Milagros and Serrano, Josephine. Phoenix Publishing Co., Inc.
_____ 47. From the following entries, identify the correct way of writing bibliographical entry for an
encyclopedia?
A. “Superstitions”, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968, Kathleen Ray Simmous.
B. Kathleen Simmous, Ray, “Superstitions”, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968.
C. Ray, Kathleen Simmous. “Superstitions”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968.
D. Kathleen, Simmous, Ray, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968. “Superstitions”
_____ 48. Which of the following is the correct bibliographical entry for a textbook of one author?
A. Bermudez, Virginia. English Expressways IV. Quezon City: SD Publications, Inc.
2007
B. Virginia F. Bermudez. English Expressways IV. Quezon City: SD Publications
Inc.,2007
C. Bermudez, Virginia. Quezon City: SD Publications, Inc., English Expressways IV.
2007
D. Virginia Bermudez. Quezon City: SD Publications, Inc., English Expressways IV.
2007
______ 49. Which among the choices below is the correct bibliographical entry?
A. Jose La Villa Tierra. These Lovely Things. Philippine Prose and Poetry. Vol. Two
(Revised Edition)
B.These Lovely Things. Jose La Villa Tierra. Philippine Prose and Poetry. Vol. Two
(Revised Edition)
C. La Villa Tierra, Jose. These Lovely Things. Philippine Prose and Poetry, Vol.
Two(Revised Edition)
D. These Lovely Things. Philippine Prose and Poetry. Vol. Two (Revised Edition),
Jose La Villa Tierra.
_____ 50. Which is the correct bibliographical entry?
A. Anderson, Bob & Doe, Jane. The Sample Book. Pittsburg: BibMe, 2008. Print
B. Bob Anderson & Jane Doe. The Sample Book. BibMe, Pittsburg, 2008. Print
C. Anderson, Bob & Jane Doe. The Sample Book. Pittsburg: BibMe, 2008. Print
D. The Sample Book. Anderson, Bob & Jane Doe. Pittsbugh: BibMe, 2008. Print

Prepared by:

MA. DENIA B. AVANCE – Janiuay NCHS

KATHLEEN ANN F. BALDOZA- Iloilo NHS
JULIET C. MAGBANUA – Mina NHS
FEL ANGELIE G. MENGUILLO – Duenas GCHS