San Francisco De Sales School

SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA THIRD MONTHLY EXAM IN ENGLISH 8 Name:________________________________________________ Section: _________________________________________________ I. GRAMMAR
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Date: ______________________________________ Parents Signature:____________________________

DIRECTION: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error. Choose & blacken the circle of the letter.

1. Mr. Padernal is trimming the hedges all week. 2. Hammerhead sharks will pester you as you approach the reef. 3. The dog ate all the biscuits. 4. Many companies do not like their staff to write using passive sentences. 5. A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it fly's out, you cannot catch it. 6. I like pig's. Dog's look up to us. Cat's look down on us. Pig's treat us as equal's. 7. Tomato's and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French; garlic makes it good. 8. Wherever he goes, the esteemed Dr. Vic is applauded for his life saving research. 9. Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning! 10. No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. 11. Almost every portable device is being made with an Internet connection. 12. Most new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. 13. Ms. Remolona stared at the window with a confused look. 14. Three hours later, Danielle was home from the party with a terrible stomach ache. 15. Jecko embarrassed herself by singing at the party.
B. DIRECTION: Identify sentences below having a proper order of adjectives. Choose & blacken the circle of the letter with the BEST answer. 16. OA All the girls fell in love with the handsome new American teacher. OB All the girls fell in love with the new handsome American teacher. OC All the girls fell in love with the American new handsome teacher. OD All the girls fell in love with a American new handsome teacher. 17. OA He was wearing a dirty old flannel shirt. OB He was wearing a flannel old dirty shirt. 18. OA Pass me the plastic big blue cups. OB Pass me the big blue plastic cups. 19. OA OB 20. OA OB 21. OA OB 22. OA OB I used to drive a blue old German car I used to drive an old blue German car He recently married a young beautiful Greek He recently married a beautiful young Greek He sat behind a big wooden brown desks. He sat behind a big brown wooden desks. This is a new Italian wonderful movie. This is a wonderful new Italian movie. OC He was wearing a old dirty flannel shirt. OD All of the above OC Pass me the big plastic blue cups. OD Pass me a big plastic blue cups. OC I used to drive an old German blue OD B & C OC He recently married a beautiful Greek young OD He recently married the beautiful Greek young OC He sat behind the desks. OD He sat behind a wooden big brown desks. OC This is a wonderful Italian new movie. OD None of the above

23. Identify the error in the following sentence: sasha ate many apples. OA. "Sasha" should be capitalized OB. many" should be replaced with "much" 24.

OC. "ate" should be replaces with "eat" OD. "." should be replaced with "?"

Where did haiku poetry originate? OA China Japan

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25. The word haiku best describes as?

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a five-line humerous poem a five-line poem with a specific number of words in each line a poem that tells a story a three-line poem with five syllables in the first and third line

26. A Japanese Haiku is a poem traditionally about

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fate love nature revenge 29. Identify the poetry type: Green and speckled legs, Hop on logs and lily pads Splash in cool water. Cinquain Haiku Limerick Quatrain 30. In which month do you think the "Spring in the air" poem was written? February April June September 31. A type or poetry, similar to Haiku, created by Adelaide Crapsey Haiku Cinquain Limerick Ballad 32. A Haiku has a syllable pattern of: 3,4,5 5,5,6 4,4,5 5,7,5 33. The strict syllabic pattern of a (17 syllable) haiku goes: 2/4/6 7/5/5 5/7/5 7/5/7 34. Haiku usually have one of these in the last line: drumroll/rimshot punchline crescendo

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twist 35. A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry using 5 7 22 17 10 36. What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick? A,B,A,B,A B,A,B,A,B B,B,A,A,B A,A,B,B,A 37. "Simple Sally sold singluar silvers" is an example of: a metaphor alliteration onomatopoeia haiku 38. A serious poem in a noble and dignified style usually honoring a person or event. ballad haiku ode couplet 39. A haiku acrostic concrete narrative poem is actually written in the shape of the object it is about. syllables.

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40. A poem is actually written in the shape of the poem it is about. haiku acrostic concrete onamatopoeia