Tabuk City National High School

Dagupan West, Tabuk City

1st Quarterly Assessment
Grade 9-ENGLISH
S.Y 2019-2020
Name:___________________________________________ Section: _________________________
Date: ______________________ Score: _________________________

Figures of speech: Read, analyze and understand each question before answering. Write your answers in
the provided space. (CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY)
_____ 1. What is an onomatopoeia?
a. Giving non-human things human traits. b. A comparison using like or as.
c. A word that represents a sound. d. A comparison without using like or as.

_____ 2. Choose the onomatopoeia that best completes this statement: 'My ice cream went __________ on
the sidewalk.'
a. Drop b. Fall c. Splat d. Crunch

_____ 3. Which word could represent the sound of something breaking?

a. Plop b. Shatter c. Boom d. Break

_____ 4. Which word does NOT represent a sound that a cat makes?
a. Hiss b. Claw c. Purr d. Meow
_____ 5. Which word does NOT represent a sound that an animal makes?
a. Moo b. Ping c. Quack d. Oink
For items 6 to 13; recall the principles of Alliteration, assonance and consonance and hunt them down
between the lines presented (letters only).
_____ 6. When beginning of sounds are being repeated like; “You better believe it”, we call it ________.
a. Assonance b. alliteration c. consonance d. both a & b

_____ 7. The line “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Pepper” is an example of__________
a. Consonance b. Alliteration c. Assonance d. Both B & C

_____ 8. What sound is being produced by the repetition of letters ‘k’ and ‘c’ on this poetic lines: “King
Kunta everybody wanna cut the legs of him”.
a. k b. kc c. kuh d. quo

_____ 9. “King Kunta everybody wanna cut the legs of him” this line is an example of ____________?
a. Alliteration & consonance b. Alliteration and assonance c. Onomatopoeia d. simile

_____ 10. What figure of speech used by the author on this line? “Larry’s lawn is lamentably loud”.
a. Assonance b. Alliteration c. Consonance d. Onomatopoeia

_____ 11. “Would you believe that my sheep, Pete, gave a keynote speech in a fleece last week”? The
emphasis of; ie, ee and e sounds in this lyric constitutes what type of figures of speech?
a. Alliteration b. Assonance c. Consonance d. Onomatopoeia

_____ 12. This is one of the purposes of using alliteration, assonance and consonance in a poetic piece.
a. It add focus to their work b. To add rhythms to what they write c. To make it more
presentable. d. More conducive for learning

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_____ 13. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of the words. Which
among the lines applies this principle?
a. “Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door”
b. “doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal enter dared to dream before”
c. “Along the window sill, the lipstick stabs glittered in their still shells”
d. All of the above

For items 14-21: Read, understand, analyze and evaluate each sentence whether the underlined word
is a noun or a pronoun based on its stress and intonation. Write Capital NN if it is a noun and Capital VB
if it is a verb.
_____ 14. The farmer has a COMbine for his fields.
_____ 11. The OBject is precious to us.
_____ 12. I think he should conTEST his father’s will.
_____ 13. He will preSENT his business plan to us.
_____ 14. What he said is an INsult to me.
_____ 15. Should I conTRAST red and green in this picture?
_____ 16. We were enTRANCED by the performance.
_____ 17. His CONduct was admirable in that situation.
_____ 18. I promise not to disCOUNT your ideas.
_____ 19. Her ideas are CONverse to what I thought.
_____ 20. His family was forced to deFECT for their safety.
_____ 21. What do you proJECT for our future earnings?

For items 22-28: Examine each sentence and rewrite them in their correct form in accordance to what
is being asked inside the parenthesis. Use space provided.
22. The Philippine army and Philippine navy joined together in patrolling the west philippine sea. (Rewrite
the sentence applying the rules of capitalization)
ANSWER: __________________________________________________________________________.
23. I am the most complete fighter of the world Boyka said in an interview over the radio. (Rewrite the
sentence with its proper punctuation marks).
ANSWER: __________________________________________________________________________ .
24. Rodolfo C Ballog Ph D one of the best principals in Tabuk City Kalinga was promoted as the new
regional director of department of education cordillera. (Rewrite the sentence with its proper punctuation
marks).
ANSWER: _________________________________________________________________________ .
25-28. Former President Corazon Aquino should not be the president after the EDSA revolution in 1986.
This is one of the legal analysis based on the present constitution. According to constitution expert, it should
be Jose P. Laurel because based on the rules of succession: “In the death, absence or resignation of the
incumbent President, the sitting next in rank officer should take over. In the case of Corazon Aquino, She
did not won the Presidential race against Marcos after the Snap Election but instead given a mandate due to
the sympathy of people after her husband Ninoy Aquino was killed in Manila Airport. She is the 12 th
President of the Republic of the Philippines. She will not be forgotten as she is considered to be the icon of
democracy for the people who regard her a hero. (Rewrite the paragraph applying the principle of
contractions).
ANSWER:
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For items 29 – 36, Asses, Understand and analyze each item and pick out at least five non-verbal
communication. By putting a hashtag (#) on them. 8pts
_____ All the boys winked at her when she pass by.
_____ Her boss called her inside the office for a personal matter.
_____ The traffic enforcer signaled our driver to pull over because of traffic violation.
_____ The teacher explained the lesson comprehensively during the observation.
_____ The radio technician gave a hand signal commercial break to the radio anchor.
_____ The deaf or mute person read the alphabet with his fingers.
_____ The rooster courts the hen.
_____ He talked to his girlfriend over a telephone.
For items 37-43: Study the paragraph carefully and fill it up with the correct TRANSITION
SIGNALS. Use the following transition signals. (First, in the same way, second, then, furthermore,
moreover, finally).

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37. __________, in a large wok at high flame heat cooking oil, when it is smoking hot, drop the
bananas. 38. __________, fry them for about two minutes or until they start to slightly brown. 39. _______,
Sprinkle the brown sugar and let it stand without stirring until the sugar starts to caramelize 40. ________,
start stirring the bananas to have it coated with caramelized sugar. 41. __________, Continue frying, stirring
several times to have the bananas fully coated with caramelized sugar. Also, turn the heat off once the
bananas are cook through, do not overcook. 42. __________, Drain in Skimmer Strainer or colander or deep
bowl with paper towel to remove the excess oil. 43. _________, Skewer two bananas in a bamboo stick
while they slightly cool down. Do the same for the rest of the bananas.

Direct and reported speech. Change the direct speech into reported speech or vice versa. Encircle the
letter of the correct answer. EXAMPLE: “People came from monkeys” Said Scientist Darwin.
Answer: Scientist Darwin said that people came from monkeys.
44. ‘Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, Jorge said.
A. Jorge bombed the Pearl Harbor said the Japanese
B. the Japanese said that the Pearl Harbor bombed Jorge.
C. Jorge said that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese.
45. The President mentioned that the surprise attack had a disastrous effect.
A. “The Effect was surprised by the president,” the president mentioned.
B. “The surprise attack had a disastrous effect,” the president mentioned.
C. “The president was surprised by the attack,” the president mentioned.
46. “There are many wounded patients in the hospital,” the doctor stated.
A. The doctor stated that there are patients in the wounded hospital.
B. The doctor stated that there were many wounded patients in the hospital.
C. The doctor stated that there are many hospitals for the wounded patients.
47. Mang Cesar said, “I bought five cavans of rice.”
A. “Five cavans of rice was bought.” Said Mang Cesar
B. Mang Cesar said that he bought five cavans of rice.
C. Rice of cavans Mang Cesar said he bought.
48. Pare Crispin Replied, “my family accepted the rice you gave us.”
A. Pare Crispin replied that his family accepted the rice you gave them.
B. Pare Crispin accepted the rice that you family gave us.
C. “The rice that you gave us was accepted by your family.” Pare Crispin replied
49. “I like to eat rice every morning,” Jesse’s son said.
A. Jesse’s son said eat rice every morning to like.
B. Jesse’s son said that he like to eat rice every morning.
C. Jesse’s son said that every morning like to eat rice.

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50. The children mentioned that they played in the farm yesterday.

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