ENGLISH 9

QUARTER 2, SUMMATIVE TEST 2

ENGLISH 9
Weeks 3 and 4
School Year 2021-2022

NAME: _______________________________ SECTION: ________________

A. 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

1. There seems to be no end to his work. He _____________ works from morning till
night.
2. 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.
3. Monks are used to a life of deep and serious thinking. They _____________ so
much they can even find answers to the absurdities of life.
4. Men and women of wisdom are concerned only with the important things in life.
They do not bother themselves with ________ problems.
5. 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 ___________.

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.

B. Directions: Read and understand the following literary piece and answer the
questions after. Choose the letter only.
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
 9. 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.
10.The last line means…
a. Death
b. Rest
c. Sleep
d. stop

Performance Task: (10 pts.)

Directions: Make an action plan as to what steps you are going to take in your role as
a responsible student in the community amidst this COVID-19 Crisis. Be guided by
the rubric.
Step 1:
Step 2;
Step 3:
Rubric in making an action plan:
Poor Fair Good
(.5 pt.) ( 1pt.) (2Pts.)
1. Proper Format
2. Content
3. Grammar and mechanics
4. Spelling
5. Neatness
Total Score ( 10pts.)

Prepared by:

VIVINA D. FETALVERO
SST-III, English Department

Reviewed by:

PRISCILLA T. ANOTADO
Master Teacher I
ZNNHS, English Department

Approved by:

LUZ D. CORTEZ
Head Teacher III
ZNNHS, English Department

Approved by:

JOSELITO S. TIZON
School Principal IV
ZNNHS