Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Sagay
District 10
OLD SAGAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

2nd Quarter Diagnostic Test in English 9

S.Y. 2022-2023

Direction: Read each test item carefully and choose the letter that best answers the question. Write your answers on
the space provided before each number.

(For numbers 1-3)

Fragile Egg
Jim

Fragile egg the world has cracked

for oil and gas we’ve all been fracked
gentle fixes won’t get it done
ice melts, water bleeds
nowhere to run
from warming sun

https://allpoetry.com

1. What is the main concern being conveyed by the poet in the short poem above?
a. Calamity b. pollution c. deforestation d. global warming

2. What is being associated with the word “fragile egg” presented in the short poem?
a. The sun b. the moon c. the universe d. planet Earth

3. What does the speaker want to emphasize and imply in the poem?
a. The earth is no longer prone to extinction for damages can be fixed easily.
b. The melting of ice and warming of the sun do not affect all living species.
c. All the species living on earth have somewhere to run aside from the planet earth.
d. The increase of Earth’s average temperature is mainly due to human activities that cause much
damage to the earth and its resources.

(For numbers 4-7)

“Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being

sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having
access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not
having a job, is fear of future, living one day at a time.
Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean
water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and
freedom.”

https://www.compassion.com

4. What social issue is being discussed in the text above?

a. Poverty b. freedom c. injustice d. corruption

5. If you were the government, how would you resolve it?

a. Let the families in rural areas stay and work in provinces.
b. Provide low-end service jobs for workers moving out of agriculture.
c. Create more better jobs and offer more opportunities for the marginalized sector.
d. Ensure that the poor attend school and increase school fees to foster high quality learning.
 6. What do you call the group of lines in poetry?
a. Part b. stanza c. section d. paragraph

7. What do the lines below tell us about the persona in the poem?
“Once and only I will pass,
If kindness I may show,
If a good deed I may do to a suffering old man,
Let me do it while I can.”

a. The persona shows the kindness only to people who are either suffering or old.
b. The persona is in hurry so he helps those who are in need in the easiest and fastest way
possible.
c. The persona believes that kindness should not be delayed and should be shown while one still
has time.
d. The persona believes that anyone who is suffering should only be shown kindness once and
never again.
(For numbers 8-10)

Teenage pregnancy has always been a cause for alarm in the Philippines, despite it being a country that is
almost 80% Catholic. But as of recent, the Philippines had slowly increased its number of teenage pregnancies,
resulting in the Philippines being the top country with the most teenage pregnancies among the six major
Southeast Asian countries. From 1999 to 2009, there were 195,662. According to the United Nations Fund for
Population Activities (UNFPA), the rate of teenage pregnancy is the country is at 3 out of 1,000 Filipino women that
ages between 15-19 years old. The Philippine Information Agency also added that teenage mothers gave over 11%
of the 1.75 love births in the Philippines. A UNFPA 2011 report showed that there are 53 births per 1,000 women
aged 15-19 years old in the Philippines. The 1988 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) said that 3.6
million of our teenagers or 5.2 percent of our population got pregnant. 92% of these teens had unplanned
pregnancies and 78% did not even use contraceptives the first time they had sexual intercourse, leading to
unwanted and unplanned pregnancies. Without a robust response from all stakeholders, the Philippines is on the
track toward a full-blown, national teenage pregnancy crisis.

GradesFixer.An excerpt from The Social Problem of Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines. (Internet) January 2019

8. Which of the following sentences gives the summary of the essay?

a. Many Filipinos do not practice safe-sex at an early age.
b. Teenage pregnancy is one of the problems in the Philippines.
c. Most women in the Philippines get pregnant at the age of 15-19.
d. The increase of teenage pregnancies in the Philippines is alarming.

9. Why do you think Filipino women ages 15-19 get pregnant at an early age?
a. They lack information about sex education.
b. Their parents want them to move out early.
c. They are too eager to start a family of their own.
d. They don’t get guidance from parents and teachers.

10. What should we do in order to lessen this teenage problem in our country?
a. Parents should educate their children about sex.
b. The DOH should strongly disseminate safe sex among teenagers.
c. Parents and teenagers should be educated about sex education.
d. Teenagers should be prohibited from having boyfriend/girlfriend.

11. Ivan has been crying since last week. He only went out to eat his meals. He has been like this
after his father passed away. His mother is afraid of the negative effect the situation might bring to his
son. What social concern is Ivan experiencing?
a.Political Dynasty b. Grief c. Regret d. Poverty

12. Ana looks back to her old self. She imagines what her life could have been if only she studied well and
focused on her studies. She remembers those times when she chose to escape from school when she could have
chose to study and pass her tests. Ana is experiencing __________.
a. Poverty b. Social Anxiety c. Regret d. Homelessness
13. Mang Jun is a 57-year-old vendor. He lacks shelter and could not even afford to buy his own clothes.
Mang Jun is experiencing ______________.
a.Poverty b. Social Anxiety c. Regret d. Homelessness
 14. What social concern/s is also experienced in the Philippines?
a.Poverty b. Homelessness c. Social Anxiety d. All of the above

15. ____________ is defined as living in accomodation that is below the minimum standard or lacks secure
tenure. One example is people living on the streets.
a.Homelessness b. Social Anxiety b. Regret d. Depression

(For numbers 16-20)

Directions: Choose the word that best completes each sentence below. What word in the first sentence gives you
the clue to the right answer? Choose from the options below. Write the letter only.

A. absurd C. ceaselessly E. senile

B. meditate D. petty F. healthy

16. There seems to be no end to his work. He _____________ works from morning till night.
17. With all its pitfalls and problems, its twist and ironies, life can become ridiculous. Life can be so _____________
that some people find it foolish or useless to go on striving.
18. Monks are used to a life of deep and serious thinking. They _____________ so much they can even find answers
to the absurdities of life.
19. Men and women of wisdom are concerned only with the important things in life. They do not bother themselves
with ________ problems.
20. More and more people nowadays reach a pipe old age of seventy or eighty but they do not become weak in mind
or body. They are not ___________.

(For numbers 21-25)

Directions: Read and understand the following literary piece and answer the questions after. Choose the letter only.

1 Sunset and evening star,

2 And one clear call for me!
3 And may there be no moaning of the bar
4 When I put out to sea.
5 but such a tide as moving seems asleep,
6 Too full for sound and foam,
7 When that which drew from out the boundless
Deep
8 Turns again home
9 Twilight and evening bell,
10 And after that dark!
11 And may there be no sadness or farewell
12 When I embark;
13 For though from out our bourne of Time and
Place
14 the flood may bear me far
15 I hope to see my Pilot face to face
16 When I have crossed the bar.

21. What words in the poem suggest old age?

a. Time and place
b. Boundless deep
c. Sunset and every star
d. Twilight and evening bell

22. Which line suggests that the speaker in the poem is not afraid of death?
a. I hope to see my Pilot face to face
b. And may there be no moaning of the bar
c. But such a tide as moving seems asleep
d. For though from out our bourne of Time and Place

23. Line 11 means …

a. No one should give flowers
b. There should be acceptance
c. All should be happy and at peace
d. There should be no feelings of sadness and regret
24. What was the speaker mean when he said “one clear call for me”?
a. He is needed at home
b. He has to travel by sea.
c. He needs to do soul searching.
d. He is very weak and sickly.

25. The last line means…

a. Death
b. Rest
c. Sleep
d. stop

(For numbers 26-30)

Directions: Below are some situations in our VUCA world. Tell whether the statement expresses volatility,
uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Write the letter only.

A. volatility C. complexity
B. uncertainty D. ambiguity

26. A competitor’s pending product launch muddles the future of the business and the market.
27. You are doing business in many countries, all with unique regulatory environments, tariffs and cultural values or
provide several products to several customer segments.
28. Many health experts are not sure of the main cause of COVID-19.
29. You decide to move into immature or emerging markets or to launch products outside your core competencies.
You develop and implement new startup business.
30. Price fluctuates after a natural disaster takes supplier off-line.

(For numbers 31-35)

Directions: Below is a poem of Franklin. Read then answer the questions that follow. Write the letter only.

A farmer once made a complaint to a judge:

“My bull, if it please you, sir, owning to a grudge
Be like to one of your good Worship’s cattle,
Has slain him upright in mortal battle,
I am sorry at heart because of the action,
And want to know how must be made satisfaction.”

“Why, you must give me your bull, that’s plain,”

Says the judge, or pay me the price of the slain
‘But I have mistaken the case, sir,” says John
“The dead bull that I talk of, and please you,
Is my own.
And yours the beast that the mischief has done.
The judge soon reply with a serious face:
“Say you so? Then this accident alters the case.”

Use contextual clues

31. The mischief was already made to the helpless creature.
a. Mistake c. injury
b. Payment d. damage
32. The complainant filed a complaint against his neighbor.
a. Document c. request
b. Letter d. formal accusation
33. The beast was slain because of its cruelty.
a. Animal c. Bull
b. Pet d. Insect
Draw Conclusion
34. The judge first decision was that _____________.
a. The killer should be punished
b. The bull should be killed
c. The farmer should pay for the slain animal
d. The farmer should serve judge without pay
Infer Character Traits
35. Franklin’s purpose in writing the poem was __________.
a. To show how easily man can lie
b. To laugh at the tricks people play on others
c. To show how a serious problem can be solved
d. To show the changeability of man

(For numbers 36-40)

Directions: Identify what is being said in the sentence. Choose your answer from the words in the box. Write the letter
only.

a. Dialogue
b. Internal Conflict
c. Character
d. External Conflict
e. Point of View

36. _________________ is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.
37. It is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
38. Is typically a conversation between two or more people in a narrative work.
39. It is a type of conflict that places characters at odds with forces outside themselves.
40. _____________ of a story is the perspective from which a story is told.

(For numbers 41-45)

Directions: Below is a short story. Read then answer the questions that follow. Write the letter only.

The Greedy Dog

Once a dog is very greedy. He went to the butchers shop
and stole a piece of meat. He ran quickly to the forest but he
had to cross a stream on the way. When he was passing a
bridge he saw a dog’s reflection into the water which had a
piece of meat on his mouth. He wanted to snatch the piece of
meat so he barked and opened his mouth. The piece of
meat fell into the river. Then he found out that there was no
other dog in the river. It was only his own reflection. It’s too
late to realize that his piece of meat fell into the river because
of his greediness.

41. Which is a character of the story?

a. River c. bridge
b. Dog d. meat
42. What kind of conflict is in the story?
a. External conflict c. Conflict of interest
b. Internal conflict d. Problem

43. What is the author’s point of view?

a. First person point of view
b. Second person point of view
c. Third person point of view, omniscient
d. No point of view

44. What is the moral?

a. Life is a struggle
b. Life is wonderful
c. Greediness is a curse
d. Be kind to animals

45. Which of the statements infer character traits of the dog?

a. The dog is happy
b. The dog is foolish
c. The dog is greedy
d. The dog is angry
(For numbers 46-50)
The following are lines from Anglo- American famous poems. Read them carefully and analyze the message being
conveyed. Identify the unchanging value/s that corresponds to it. Answers can be found inside the box below. Shade
the letter of the best answer in the answer sheet.

A. Constant connection to our dear families, friends and to the world is one of the greatest values
that we must live our lives with for families and friends are worth to be treasured forever.

B. Helping someone who is in great trouble rather that judging him on the situation or circumstance
that he is in is a value that is worthy to be recognized. We must live a life with all humbleness
and with the heart of helping people than laughing at people’s misfortune.

C. Strengthening the spirit of hope and courage. Rebuilding oneself after a fall-down is not bad at
all. Making good decisions and correcting previous wrong doings for a better version of oneself.

D. Making the most out of it. The value of giving the best that you can to accomplish something or to
live a life everyday as if it’s the last day of our lives is a value that we must have. We all come
and go to this world and so we must cherish every taste of it.

E. Having courage in everything that we do. We must live a life that is free from doubts. We must
achieve things and believe that we can and do the best that we can to pursue our goals in life

46. “ Give back the upward looking and the light

Rebuild in it the music and the dream;
Make right the immemorial infamies,
Perfidious wrongs, immedicable woes?”
- The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham

47. “What riches have you that you deem me poor,

Or what large comfort that you call me sad?
Tell me what makes you so exceeding glad:
Is your earth happy or your heaven sure?”
- Sonnet 29 by George Santayana (1863-1952)

48. “All the world a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts”
- The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare (from As you Like it)

49. “Let us, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait.”
- A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

50. “It rings and spring has come

I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends”
- The Telephone by Edward Field