MAGALANG CHRISTIAN ECUMENICAL SCHOOL, INC.

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SECOND MONTHLY TEST IN READING
Grade IV- (A) Galatians
Name: _________________________________________ Score: _____________
Parent's Signature: _______________________________ Date: September 24, 2019
I. Read the story. Answer the following questions. Write the letter of the correct answer in the
space given before the number.
THE MAGIC WINDOW
Once upon a time there was a little boy who
became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to
move. Because other children weren't allowed to come
near him, he suffered greatly, and spent his days feeling
sad and blue. There wasn't much he could do except look
out of the window. Time passed, and his feeling of
despair just grew. Until one day he saw a strange shape in
the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich.
The penguin squeezed in through the open window, said
"good afternoon" to the boy, turned around, and left again. Of course, the boy was very surprised. He was still
trying to work out what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey in a nappy, busy blowing
up a balloon. At first, the boy asked himself what that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more
crazy-looking characters appeared out the window, he burst out laughing and found it hard to stop.
Anyone wanting to stop laughing would never be helped by seeing a pig playing a tambourine, an
elephant jumping on a trampoline, or a dog wearing a pair of glasses and talking about nothing except politics.
The little boy didn't tell anyone about this because who would have believed him? Even so, those strange
characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had improved so
much that he was able to go back to school again. There he got to talk to his friends, and tell them all the
strange things he had seen. While he was talking to his friend he saw something sticking out of his friend's
school bag. The boy asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent that finally his friend had to show
him what was in the bag: There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits and disguises that his friend had been
using to try to cheer the little boy up! And from that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that
no one felt sad and alone.

______ 1. What is the title of the story?

a. The Little Penguin

b. The Magic Window
c. The Magician Boy
d. The Sick Young Boy

______ 2. The story is all about _____________________.

a. a little boy who became very ill.
b. a little boy who is very healthy
c. a little boy who became happy go lucky
d. none of the above
______ 3. In the story, “He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move. Because other children weren't allowed
to come near him, he suffered greatly, and spent his days feeling sad and blue.” What does the
character feels in the story?
a. lonely
b. happy
c. active
d. funny

______ 4. What does the little boy saw in the window that surprised him?
a. He saw a penguin eating a sausage sandwich.
b. He saw a penguin eating banana.
c. He saw a penguin eating cookies.
d. He saw a penguin dancing in rhythm.

______ 5. “But after a while, more and more crazy-looking characters appeared out the window, he burst out
laughing and found it hard to stop.” In the passage, we can conclude that the little boy is ________.
a. alone
b. disappointed
c. glad
d. unsatisfied

______ 6. How did those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body?
a. It is because of the food that he loves to eat.
b. It is because to the crazy-looking characters appeared to his window.
c. It is because of playing gadgets.
d. It is because of the strange ghosts appeared to his window.

______ 7. What is the result of the boy’s experience in the window?

a. His sickness became worse.
b. He was able to go back to school again and he can talk to his friends already.
c. He was able to go home and spend time with his family.
d. He was busy playing in the window with himself.

______ 8. While the little boy is talking to his best friend, he saw ___________________.
a. something sticking out of his friend’s bag
b. something strange in the surrounding
c. something funny on his friend’s face
d. all of the above

______ 9. What did the little boy discovered when his friend had showed him what was in his bag?
a. He found nothing in the bag.
b. He found out that the bag is dirty.
c. He found the fancy-dress suits and disguises
d. all of the above.

______ 10. What is the author trying to convey?

a. The value of friendship through thick or thin.
b. The love of a true friend last forever.
c. A true friend is always there to cheer you up in your worst moments.
d. all of the above
 II. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided before the number.

a. Inferring Feelings of a Character

b. Exemplification
c. Diphthong
d. Character Traits
e. Silent Letters
f. Silent Vowels
______ 1. These are clues that give the reader the ideas or hints.

______ 2. It can be described using the character’s actions or words used in the story.

______ 3. These are letter combinations that are left unpronounced but are present in spelling.

______ 4. It is a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable.

______ 5. It is much like how you understand the character in a story.

III. Write True if the statement is correct. Write False if the statement is incorrect.
The Father’s Eyes

______ 1. Jonathan’s father died when he was very young.

______ 2. His father made sure that he was always there to cheer up his son at every match.

______ 3. The coach saw Jonathan’s laziness and disloyalty in playing football.

______ 4. Their team lost the game because of Jonathan.

______ 5. Jonathan’s father was blind.

A Thanksgiving Remembrance

______ 1. Grandmother’s favourite stories are from the Bible.

______ 2. She is teaching the most valuable lesson- a lesson about kindness and thankfulness.

______ 3. Grandmother said, “You should never pick and choose who you will be kind to; just be kind.”

______ 4. The story happened at the park.

______ 5. The lesson of the story is to give thanks and remember all the kindness given to us.

Respect Your Parents in their Old Age

______ 1.The father is 80-year-old man, and his highly educated son is 25-year-old.

______ 2. The father ask his son again for the first time, and the son shouted at his father.

______ 3. The father went to his room and came back with an old tattered newspaper.

______ 4. In the his letter, his son asked twenty-three times what it was, and the father replied to him twenty-

three times that it was a crow, and he did not feel irritated at all.

______ 5. The moral of the story is to value and love our grandparents, and may we not see them a burden but

a blessing.
 IV. Put a check mark ( / ) if the words are pronounced with silent letters and put a cross ( x ) if
they are not.

______ 1. honest ______ 11. ham

______ 2. design ______ 12. house

______ 3. climb ______ 13. sword

______ 4. listen ______ 14. knee

______ 5. speak ______ 15. wrinkle

______ 6. thought ______ 16. humble

______ 7. word ______ 17. silent

______ 8. whisper ______ 18. shoes

______ 9. wrestle ______ 19. kneecaps

______ 10. knickknacks ______ 20. socks

“You will never always be motivated. So you must learn to be disciplined by studying your lessons.”

Ms. Alaina Marie M. Pineda