First Monthly Examination in English 8

Name:________________________________ Score: ___________________

Grade & Section: _______________________ Date: ____________________

I. GETTING MEANING THROUGH CONTEXT CLUES

Circle the letter of the best meaning for the underlined word as it is used in context.

1. The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate the suffering.

a. banish
b. increase
c. beautify
d. make milder
2. There is a large demand all over the United States for indigenous to the desert. Many people
in Arizona have made a good business of growing and selling cacti and other local plants.
a. alien
b. foreign
c. necessary
d. native
3. It is difficult to imagine a surfeit of talent in one individual, yet Leonard Bernstein simply does
not have the time to make complete use of his talent as conductor, performer, writer, and
lecturer.
a. lack
b. superiority
c. variety
d. excess
4. There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign climate was appealing. The islanders
seemed to keep their vitality and live longer than Europeans.
a. favourable
b. kind
c. not malignant
d. tropical
5. My brother said “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed
to want was an audience.
a. worried
b. talkataive
c. grouchy
d. pretentious

II. FORMING WORDS BY ADDING PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

Write the prefixes and the suffixes to form new words.
 Prefixes Rootword Suffixes New Words
1. Complete
2. Lead
3. Comfort
4. Direct
5. Definite

III. USING HOMONYMS IN SENTENCES

Underline the homonyms to use in each sentence.

1. If the machine (brakes, breaks), call the repairman right away.

2. I hope to (build, billed) the model airplane with my father.
3. (By, Bye, Buy), Jovie! I’ll see you (bye, buy, by) Sunday.
4. My sister, Megan, was (scent, sent, cent) as a delegate to Germany.
5. The (course, coarse) she took in college was difficult for her.
6. Time cannot (he’ll, heel, heal, hill) everything.
7. I received (male, mail) from the university.
8. It is every child’s (write, rite, right) to be educated.
9. The song he composed was (fore, for, four) her mother.
10. Let us promote (peace, piece) not war.

IV. SUPPLING THE CORRECT IDIOMS

Fill in each blank with the correct idiomatic expressions from the list given below.

according to Hoyle- according to the rule all ears- attentive

add insult to injury- aggravate a bad situation all thumbs- clumsy, awkward
clam up- be secretive ace in the hole- a plan

1. I was _______________ when I heard them mention my name.

2. Do not let her clean that vase; she is _______________.
3. That is fine work. You have done everything _______________.
4. Say nothing more; you will just _______________.
5. First, he stepped on my toes, then he told me it was my fault. He certainly _______________.

V. DETERMING NUMBER CLASSIFICATION

Give the number classification of the following titles.

000-099 (Generalities)
100-199 (Philosophy, Psychology, and related disciplines)
200-299 (Religion)
300-399 (Social Sciences- Economics, Education, &Law)
400-499 (Language)
500-599 (Pure Sciences- Mathematics, Physics, & Chemistry)
600-699 (Applied Sciences- Agriculture, Home Economics &Medical Sciences)
700-799 (The Arts- Architecture, Painting, Music)
800-899 (Literature)
900-999 General Geography and History)

____________1. El Filibusterismo
____________ 2. Mythology
____________ 3. Bible
____________ 4. English Communication Arts and Skills
____________ 5. MSA English Handbook

“When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”.
Stop saying it’s hard. Think positive!”

GOOD LUCK!