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FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 9
S.Y. 2019 – 2020

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _______________________

Section: ___________________________________________________ Score:
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General Direction: On your ANSWER SHEET, choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

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 b. Philippines is a beautiful country: the
TEST I. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT. beaches are warm, sandy, and clean.
For items 1-7. Read the statements. Be guided by c. Philippines is a beautiful country, the
the clues to determine the meaning of the beaches are warm, sandy, and clean.
underlined word. d. Philippines is a beautiful country; the
beaches are warm, sandy, and clean.
1. My opponent’s argument is fallacious, 9.
misleading – plain wrong. a. The students’ books were all left in the
a. invalid following places: Mrs. Baintin’s room, Mr.
b. illogical Barbiera’s office and Mrs. Reginio’s locker.
c. erroneous b. The students’ books were all left in the
d. well - founded following places; Mrs. Baintin’s room, Mr.
2. Flooded with spotlights- the focus of all Barbiera’s office and Mrs. Reginio’s locker
c. The students’ books were all left in the
attention- Ms. Catriona Gray was crowned
following places: Mrs. Baintins room, Mr.
as Miss Universe. She was the cynosure of
all eyes for the rest of the evening. Barbieras office and Mrs. Reginios locker
a. figure of envy d. The students’ books were all left in the
b. object of ridicule following places, Mrs. Baintin’s room, Mr.
c. subject of rumors Barbiera’s office and Mrs. Reginio’s locker.
d. center of attraction 10.
a. Sen. Sotto is our guest of honor.
3. The old man’s emaciation – skeleton like b. Sen. Sotto is our Guest of honor
appearance- frightened the children. c. Sen. sotto is our guest of honor.
a. offensive voice d. Sen. Sotto is our Guest of honor.
b. disgusting attire
c. frightening look 11.
d. wasted appearance a. Dr. Fernandez is on a medical mission at
“Balay Pasilungan”.
4. Patient X is so somnolent that he requires b. Dr. Fernandez is on a Medical Mission at
medication to help him stay awake for more “balay pasilungan”.
than a short time. c. Dr. Fernandez is on a Medical mission at
a. heavy “Balay Pasilungan”.
b. drowsy d. dr. fernandez is on a medical mission at
c. droopy “Balay Pasilunagan”.
d. conscious
12.
5. Her animosity, or hatred, of her sister had a. Do you know that Rodrigo Duterte is the
divided the family. 16th President of the Philippines?
a. love b. Do you know that Rodrigo Duterte is the
b. anger 16th President of the philippines?
c. regret c. Do you know that Rodrigo Duterte is the
d. happiness 16th president of the philippines?
d. Do you know that Rodrigo Duterte is the
6. Fluoroscopy, examination with a 16th president of the Philippines?
fluoroscope, has been widely practiced.
a. bodily disorder 13.
b. surgical practice a. On Sunday, i will watch the movie Alladin
c. alternative medicine and eat at McDonalds.
d. examination with a fluoroscope b. On Sunday, I will watch the movie Alladin
and eat at McDonalds.
7. The mountain pass was a tortuous road, c. On Sunday, i will watch the movie Alladin
winding and twisting like a snake around and eat at McDonalds.
the mountain side. d. On Sunday, I will watch the movie alladin
a. wide and clear and eat at McDonalds.
b. long and bumpy
c. narrow and rough
d. maze-like and lengthy
TEST II. GRAMMAR AWARENESS
For items 8-13. Choose the sentence that uses
correct punctuation mark and capitalization. Write
the letter of your answer.
8.
a. Philippines is a beautiful country; the
beaches’ are warm, sandy, and clean.
 For items 14 – 15. Read the passage. Then, c. Yikes! Gold!
answer the questions that follow. d. Eureka! Gold!

14. N
JUSTICE
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Langston Hughes ti
c
That Justice is a blind goddess e
Is a thing to which we black are wise:
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes.

Source : https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/justice

the use of period (.) and colon (: ) in the

poem. What effect do these punctuation
marks have in building the tone of the
poem?
a. calm and simmering
b. spiritless and woeful
c. clamoring and insistent
d. inspiring and motivating
Test III. LITERATURE.
For items 19-39. Read the following text below then
answer the questions that follow.
15. If Langston Hughes had used exclamation The West Wind
marks(!) in his 4-line poem, what would by John Masefield
have been their implications to the 1
It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;
readers? 2
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
3
a. These would have shown his anger tone to For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,
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its greater heights. And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils.
b. These would have expressed his
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indebtedness to the judicial system. It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;
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c. These would have manifested the Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine.
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indifference of whites and blacks. There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest;
d. These would have explained his 8
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest…
disappointments to the government.
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_masefield/poems/15257

For items 16- 18. Evaluate the given statements

below. Determine which sentence uses 19. What type of rhyme is mostly used in the
interjection correctly to conveythe appropriate poem “The West Wind”?
a. End rhyme because the words at the
meaning?
end of the line sound the same
b. Internal rhyme because the sounds
16. John was relieved after almost being hit by
within the line is repeated
a vehicle.
c. Slant rhymes because two words share
the same vowel sound
a. Whew! That was really close.
d. Rich rhymes because there are words
b. Alas! That was really close.
c. Olala! That was really close. that happen to sound similarly
d. Eww! That was really close.
20. What literary device is used in line 1?
17. A hiker was worried after being separated a. Alliteration because all the beginning
from the group while climbing Mt. Apo. sounds are the same
b. Onomatopoeia because there is a word
a. Aah! I’m lost in the wilderness. that resembles a sound
b. Oops! I’m lost in the wilderness. c. Assonance because all the vowels
c. Alas! I’m lost in the wilderness. between the words are the same
d. Yoo-hoo! I’m lost in the wilderness. d. Consonance because all the consonant
sounds within and at the end of the
18. The miners were thrilled when they found words are the same
gold. 21. The poem has a rhyme scheme of AABB
CCDD . What do these letters mean?
a. Boo! Gold! a. Two lines have the same ending sound.
b. Shoo! Gold!
 b. The lines are arranged according to
length.
c. The lines in the poem are arranged
alphabetically.
d. Ending words in lines 1-2, 3-4, 5-6,and 7-
8 are rhyming words.
22. What figurative language is used line 6?
a. Simile is used because the author made
use of direct comparison using like.
b. Metaphor is used because there is a
direct comparison without the like or as.
c. Personification is used because it gives
human attributes to inanimate objects.
d. Hyperbole is used because there is an
exaggeration of ideas to create On His Blindness
John Milton
emphasis. 1
When I consider how my light is spent
2
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
3
And that one talent which is death to hide
4
Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent
5
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
23. What sound device is used in line 8? 6
My true account, lest he returning chide,
7
"Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
8
I. Consonance is used because the middle I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
9
That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need
and ending sound sound /t/ is repeated 10
Either man's work or his own gifts: who best
II. Alliteration is used because of the 11
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
repetition of /th/ sound. 12
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed
13
III. Assonance is used because of the And post o'er land and ocean without rest:
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They also serve who only stand and wait."
consonant sounds.
-PoemHunter.com
IV. Onomatopoeia is used because the fluting
suggests a sound of a flute.
27. What literary device is used in line 2?
a. I & II
b. II & III a. Extended metaphor is used to establish
c. II & IV comparison.
d. III & IV b. Onomatopoeia is used because of the
hissing sound.
24. To what sense does the line 3 appeal? c. Alliteration is used because the sounds /d/
and /w/ are used repeatedly.
a. taste d. Consonance is used for the line
b. sight containing the same consonant letters at
c. smell the end of 2 or more words.
d. hearing 28. What literary device is used in lines 2 &
3?
25. What word appeals to the sense of touch a. Imagery is used because of the image
or feeling? about death.
b. Onomatopoeia is used because of the
a. birds clear sound effect.
b. cries c. End rhyme is used as words wide-hide
c. warm sounds the same.
d. west
d. Internal rhyme is employed because of
the words days and dark.
26. What literary device is used in the
29. What sensory image do lines 1and 2 of
underlined letters?
the poem appeal to?
Dust thou art to dust return nest
a. Rhyme is used because of the similar Was not spoken of the soul
(From a Psalm of Life)
sounds at the end of the line.
b. Alliteration is used because of the a. sight
consonant letters of the words. b. smell
c. Repetition is used because of the c. touch
employment of repeated letters. d. hearing
d. Consonance is used because of the 30. What problem is the persona struggling
application of the repeated consonant with? He cannot ________.
a. see
sounds at the end.
b. hear
c. write
d. speak
31. How did the persona learn patience? c. touch and hearing
a. by praying to God d. smell and hearing
b. by accepting his fate 39. Line 8 appeals to the sense of _________.
c. by bearing his burden and wait a. sight
d. by unceasingly chiding God for his b. smell
circumstance c. touch
32. Why did God allow him to go through d. hearing
such misfortune?
a. to experience pain
b. to build his character Test IV. READING COMPREHENSION.
c. to discover his dream For items 40 – 50. Read the following text below
d. to test the people around him then answer the questions that follow.

33. What is the purpose of the author in 1. First, it takes too long. The entire process takes the
writing the last line of the poem? average student three hours.
a. to persuade the readers to be patient 2. Next, I do not like the atmosphere where registration
b. to entertain the readers of recent issues is held.
c. to convince the readers to make a stand 3. And finally, I do not like the way it is organized.
d. to inform the readers of the persona’s 4. First year students always get in the last; consequently,
condition they end up with classes at inconvenient times.
5. Second, it is too impersonal. No one knows your
INVICTUS name, not even the counselors who stamp their
William Ernest Henley names on your registration card.
1 6. There are several ways that I do not like about
Out of the night that covers me,
2
registration.
Black as the Pit from pole to pole, -English for College Learners ,p.92
3
I thank whatever gods may be
4
For my unconquerable soul.
5
In the fell clutch of circumstance 40. Which sentence should be the first?
6
I have not winced nor cried aloud. a. sentence 1
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Under the bludgeonings of chance b. sentence 3
8
My head is bloody, but unbowed. c. sentence 6
9
Beyond this place of wrath and tears d. sentence 2
10
Looms but the Horror of the shade, 41. Which should be the correct sentence
11
And yet the menace of the years order?
12
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. a. 6 1 5 2 3 4
13
It matters not how strait the gate, b. 1 4 2 3 5 6
14
How charged with punishments the scroll . c. 6 1 2 5 4 3
15
I am the master of my fate: d. 1 2 4 5 6 3
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I am the captain of my soul. 42. What do the highlighted words in the
34. What is the tone of PoemHunter.com
- the poem as conveyed passage indicate?
by the persona? a. direction of places
a. brave b. chronological order of events
b. sarcastic c. compare and contrast of ideas
c. sorrowful d. addition to the supporting details
d. inspirational 1
“Oral health is simply not a priority in the
35. What mood is expressed in lines 1-4?
Philippines,” said Vic Medina, Dean of the UP College of
a. tough
Dentistry, during the launch of Smile Pilipinas last
b. patient
c. resilient February 6 in UP Manila.
d. optimistic 2
Furthermore, according to the National
36. In lines 1-2, what literary technique is
Evaluation Dental Survey conducted by DOH in 2011, 87%
used by the author?
a. use of metaphor of Filipinos suffer from tooth decay,or 83 million people in
b. use of comparison the Philippines based on the population of the year.
3
c. application of simile “Statistics show that 77% or more than 7 out of 10
d. application of sound device Filipinos have never even been to the dentist.”
37. What literary technique is employed in
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line 10 ? However, another growing issue on oral health
a. simile in the country is the lack of oral care among the youth.
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c. hyperbole
d. personification 43. What is the relationship of sentences 1 &
38. To what sense does line 6 appeal to? 2?
a. sight and taste a. time
b. sight and smell b. addition
 c. contrast d. instructional
d. cause and effect 48. Which is an informative text?
a. email
44. What does the underlined transition word b. test paper
in sentence 2 indicate? c. newsletter
a. time d. advertisement
b. addition 49. Which is an example of expository text?
c. contrast a. poems
d. consequence b. reports
45. What does the underlined transition word c. product manual
in sentence 4 indicate? d. autobiographies
a. time 50. Which text types is used in news?
b. addition a. expository
c. contrast b. journalistic
d. cause and effect c. creative writing
46. What type of text is used in the passage? d. descriptive writing
a. Narrative Prepared by:
b. expository
c. Journalistic JUDITH A. MOSQUETE MTII Sta. Ana. NHS
d. descriptive ANNE GEORGETTE A. BUSTAMANTE MTI DCNHS
EMILY O. BAINTIN TIII DCNHS
Uma knelt there, in the shallows, water pouring from JACQUILINE C. BALAQUINTO TI F.Bangoy NHS
her mouth and hair. She rose, gasping for breath, MA. JORESSI O. SIMAFRANCA TI- Mintal
ComprehensiveNHS
struggling, flailing her arms and choking like a big
wounded water bird. Validated:
www.scribd.com/documents/250813535/using-transition-wordscorrectly
SHIELA ALEMANIA TII Doña Carmen Deña NHS
AMER KASAN C. HASIM MTI DCNHS

47. What type of text type is the passage? Approved:

a. literary
MAY ANN JUMUAD, PhD
b. journalistic
EPS for English
c. informative