Holy Cross College of Sasa, Inc.

Km. 9, Sasa, Davao City

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
S.Y. 2018 – 2019
First Periodical Examination
ENGLISH 8

Name: __________________________________ Grade/Section: ____________Score:_________

Teacher: Ms. Shierra Anne J. Carael_________ Time of Exam: ____________ Rating: ________
Proctor: _________________________________ Date: __________

GENERAL DIRECTION: Read every instruction carefully.

Test I. Identify the features of different literary genres. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number. (10 points)

________________1. A detailed description of a person’s life written by other person.

________________2. A fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborated than a novel.
________________3. A genre that is written out of the author’s imagination.
________________4. An anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a group of people.
________________5. A self-written account of the life of oneself.
________________6. A story with human characters that teaches a lesson about what is important in life.
________________7. A traditional story, about the early history of a people and pertains to the action of gods.
________________8. A written verse to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader.
________________9. This is a repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by crowd.
________________10. Writing that is based on facts, real events and real people.

Test II. Determine the meaning of the boldly written idiomatic expressions. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number. (10 points)

_____1. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to
entertain her nieces.
A. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.
B. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.
C. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.
D. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

_____2. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn't been for Suzie dragging
him home for dinner.
A. Bobby didn't even want to play ball to begin with
B. Bobby prefers nature to athletics.
C. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.
D. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball.

_____3. Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most
was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.
A. Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises.
B. Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.
C. Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.
D. Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other.

_____4. Eric wanted to fix his cousin's computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt's
Wi-Fi network and he didn't want to open a whole new can of worms.
A. Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers.
B. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires.
C. Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem.
D. Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family.

_____5. Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted
herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn't want to burn bridges.
A. Candace didn't want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer.
B. Candace wasn't ready to start her new job
C. Candace was really going to miss her old job.
D. Candace was waiting until her last day to rub it in everyone's face that she was leaving.
_____6. World renowned country western super group The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena at the drop
of a hat.
A. The Mountain Boys are always willing to perform at charity events.
B. The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena very quickly.
C. The Mountain Boys enforce a dress code at all of their shows.
D. The Mountain Boys may be able to sell out an arena, but it will take a long time.

_____7. Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff
upper lip.
A. Craig cried about as much as Vivian had expected.
B. Craig cried a little less than Vivian had expected.
C. Craig cried even more than Vivian had expected.
D. Craig did not cry.

_____8. Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every
night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.
A. Cassie and the speaker are not prepared to give a good presentation.
B. Cassie and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Robinson rather than presenting.
C. Cassie and the speaker's presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson's expectations.
D. Cassie and the speaker's presentation will meet Mrs. Robison's expectations.

_____9. Over the summer, Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after
getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.
A. Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore.
B. Brian wanted to cause some trouble in the advanced math class.
C. Brian wanted to start working on his math assignments right away.
D. Brian was even more excited about the math class than he was over the summer.

_____10. Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were
apples and oranges.
A. Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared.
B. Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar.
C. Jose doesn't know anything about phones so he may as well be thinking about fruits.
D. Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time.

Test III. A. Write P if the sentence observes parallelism and NP if it does not. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number (5 points)

_____1. The escaped criminal was wanted dead or alive.

_____2. We are giving away our furniture, selling our house, and moving to Spain.

_____3. How you live your life is more important than how many millions you have.

_____4. Mr. Garcia reads mysteries, listens to classical music, and watches television.

_____5. To succeed in life, you need to take advantage of opportunities and to follow your
dreams.

B. Construct 5 sentences that show parallelism in its structure. (10 points)

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TEST IV. Construct 5 sentences containing 1 short /â/ and 1 long /a/ sound in each item. (5 points)

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TEST V. Construct a short informative speech about “African Culture” with appropriate cohesive
devices. (10 points)

Criteria:
Content -5
Organization - 3
Grammar -2
10 points
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