Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA
DON ANTONIO LEE CHI UAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
XEVERA BACOLOR PAMPANGA

2nd QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 8

S.Y. 2021-2022
Name: _________________________________________________ Score: _________________
Grade & Section: ________________________________________ Date: __________________
I. DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully then choose the correct answer.
______________ 1. What is an expository text?
A. Designed to explain, inform and present facts on a specific topic.
B. Designed to explain, inform and present facts on graphs.
C. Designed to explain, inform and present facts on charts.
D. Designed to explain, inform and present facts on a specific visual representation.
______________ 2. What does the word graphics mean?
A. These are the textbooks you used to help present information.
B. These are illustrations, photographs, charts, graphs, diagrams, and timelines used to help present
information.
C. These are verbal presentation to provide information.
D. These are creative presentation of information through a paragraph.
______________ 3. Which graphical presentation suites best when giving data on the increasing and
decreasing of number of enrollees from school year2015—2016 until school year 2020-2021?
A. Bar graph B. Line graph C. Pie graph D. Chart
______________ 4. What do you call the relationship between the graphical presentation and expository text?
A. Expository – Graphical relationships C. Visual – Verbal relationships
B. Visual – Expository relationships D. Verbal – Graphs relationships
II. DIRECTIONS: Read the sentences carefully. Write O if the statement gives an opinion and F if the
statement gives information.
______________ 5. As you can see, dresses look nicer and more professional than a pants suit.
_______________6. My favorite Big Mac is the best hamburger sold.
_______________7. Fiction books are much more interesting than nonfiction.
_______________8. Your skin is the largest organ of your body.
III. DIRECTIONS: Read each pair of sentences. Write TS for Topic Sentence next to the sentence that
would make a good topic sentence. Write SD for Supporting Detail next to the sentence that would make
a good supporting detail.
SET A
_________9. Gardening is very good for you.
________10. You get a lot of exercise working in the garden.
SET B
________11. Kari’s birthday party was a lot of fun.
________12. We played games and won prizes.

For numbers 13-17 Directions: Read the selection and answer the questions that follow.
1
Paper is one of the world’s most important and useful products. 2 Without it, there would be no
newspapers, magazines, writing paper, or greeting cards. 3There would be no paper bags or boxes, paper
money, gift-wrapping, or toilet paper. 4 Take a look around you. 5 How many things can you see that are made
from paper? 6 Learn to conserve paper.
________13. What is the selection all about?
A. Newspaper B. Paper C. Paper products D. Things around you
________14. Which statement contains the main idea of the selection?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
________15. Which statements support the main idea of the paragraph?
A. 1- 4 B. 2- 5 C. 1- 6 D. 2- 6
________16. How many things are made from paper that are mentioned in the selection?
A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10
________17. Which statement should not be part of the paragraph?
A. Take a look around you.
B. Learn to conserve paper.
C. How many things can you see that are made from paper?
D. Paper is one of the world’s most important and useful products.
________18. It is a prose narrative relating personal experience usually told in first person; its content is non-
traditional.
A. Descriptive B. Expository C. Personal narrative D. Persuasive
________19. The following are the techniques in introducing a topic except:
A. Ask question C. Begin with a startling fact
B. Make a conclusion D. Open with lively description
________20. It is a type of text that is made by the author’s imagination.
A. Biography B. Fiction C. News columns D. Non-fiction
________21. This tells the story of someone’s life from the perspective of another writer.
A. Biography B. Fiction C. News columns D. Non-fiction
________22. This records daily life events and collects writer’s thought and feelings about the events.
A. Biography B. Diaries C. Fiction D. Letters
________23. Which of the statements below best describes a conclusion?
A. It is found at the beginning of a paragraph.
B. It explains/elaborates the importance of the topic.
C. It is found at the end of the paragraph and it aims to introduce a new topic.
D. It summarizes the important points of the paragraph and is found at the end of the paragraph.
________24. What do you call a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs?
A. Title B. Topic sentence C. Supporting detail D. Conclusion/concluding sentence
________25. Below are statements that describe a conclusion, except
A. It presents new idea to keep the reader engrossed.
B. It uses a transitional word or phrase to signal that the paragraph is about to end.
C. It presents the importance of the idea presented in the writing through a synthesis.
D. It summarizes the content of the paragraph by restating the topic sentence but not necessarily
repeating the exact words.
________26. Below are the purposes of a conclusion, except
A. Makes prediction C. Introduces another idea
B. Offers a suggestion D. Restates the main idea
________27. How long should a good conclusion be?
A. One liner C. The same length as the topic sentence
B. A paragraph long D. No exact length, as long as it serves its purpose
________28. Which type of paragraph would this topic sentence best go with: for the past few decades, the earth
is rapidly becoming warmer as an effect of our irresponsible use of its resources?
A. Descriptive B. Expository C. Narrative D. Persuasive
________29. Which type of paragraph would this topic sentence best go with: social distancing and self-isolation
are effective ways to slow down the spread of covid-19, but from australia to the us, many are ignoring
public health measures?
A. Explanatory B. Expository C. Narrative D. Persuasive
________30 . Which type of paragraph would this topic sentence best go with: there are three reasons that
support the appropriateness of modular learning in the new normal education?
A. Descriptive B. Explanatory C. Expository D. Persuasive