Republic of the Philippines

Region VI-Western Visayas

Division of Aklan
District of Malay
NABAOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Nabaoy, Malay, Aklan

ENGLISH 6: QUARTER 1

Name: _________________________________________________ Grade Level: _______ Date: ________________

Direction: Encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer.
PARTS OF SPEECH
I. Nouns
SCORE
1. Jason enjoyed the movie about France.
a. Jason c. movie
b. France d. Jason, France, and movie
2. The musicians play marching songs.
a. musicians c. songs
b. play and songs d. musicians and songs
3. Boys and girls are often eager to listen.
a. boys and girls c. girls
b. boys d. listen
4. The conductor moves his baton vigorously.
a. conductor c. his
b. baton d. conductor and baton
5. New Mexico was admitted as a state in the twentieth century.
a. state c. century
b. New Mexico d. New Mexico and state
II. Pronouns
6. You and John are the boys who will have to pay for the damage.
a. You and John c. You
b. boys d. John
7. Mr. Gunsher gave us the record which was just played.
a. Mr. Gunsher c. Us
b. us and which d. Record
8. She cried loudly, and each of us heard her.
a. She c. She and her
b. She, each, us, and her d. She and us
9. They felt flattered by our attention to them.
a. They, our, and them c. Attention
b. Our and them d. They and them
10. Everyone followed the directions the faculty members had given each of them.
a. Everyone c. Everyone, them, and each
b. Them d. Everyone and them
11. She sent them to him as a birthday gift.
a. She and them c. She and him
b. She, them, and him d. She
12. They collided near the school.
a. collided c. They
b. near d. school
13. Solving the traffic problems taxes the imagination of those who have responsibility of it.
a. problems c. taxes
b. those and who d. those
14. He says anyone who enjoys driving under today’s traffic conditions must be crazy.
a. He c. who
b. anyone d. He, anyone, and who
15. Some take up a hobby because it is fun.
a. Some c. it
b. hobby d. Some and it

III. Adverbs
16. The name “sirocco” is often given to a warm wind.
a. name c. often
b. warm d. “sirocco”
17. It is usually given to a warm wind blowing over large areas of hot, dry land.
a. It c. warm
b. usually d. over
18. Such winds now occur over the area of our Great Plains.
a. winds c. Great Plains
b. over d. Now
19. Originally “sirocco” was a name used by people of North Africa.
A. North Africa C. people
B. “sirocco” D. Originally
20. Basically, it was not used for ordinary wind.
a. Basically c. ordinary
b. it d. wind
21. It is described the very hot, dusty wind that comes from the South.
a. It c. very
b. hot d. South
22. It comes quickly from the scorching Sahara Desert.
 a. It c. scorching
b. quickly d. Sahara Desert
23. This extremely hot wind is a menace to life.
a. This c. hot
b. extremely d. wind
24. Its coming always fills the natives with fear.
a. Its c. always
b. coming d. fear
25. The biting bits of sand dig deeply into the eyes and skin of those caught in its fury.
a. biting c. sand
b. deeply d. fury

IV. Adjectives
26. The interior plateau of the Union of South Africa is called its veldt.
a. plateau c. Union of South Africa
b. interior d. Veldt
27. There are countless millions of gaseous bodies called stars.
a. countless, millions, and gaseous c. countless
b. countless and gaseous d. stars
28. Baseball, enjoyed by many cheering fans today, was played here and in merry England before 1839.
a. Baseball c. many and merry
b. many and cheering d. many, cheering, and merry
29. Sir Walter Raleigh was a famous statesman and a bold explorer.
a. Sir Walter Raleigh c. famous
b. statesman d. famous and bold
30. His many projects to settle America were unsuccessful.
a. many c. many and unsuccessful
b. projects d. America
31. He even made a long voyage to the Hot Lands below the Equator in search of gold.
a. made c. Hot Lands
b. long d. Equator
32. After the death of his beloved queen, he was arrested for being a disloyal citizen.
a. beloved c. disloyal
b. death d. beloved and disloyal
33. His adventurous career came to an abrupt end when he was executed for piracy in 1618.
a. adventurous c. piracy
b. abrupt d. adventurous and abrupt
34. As college admission standards continue to rise, tension, and anxiety build to a ridiculous point in college-
preparatory seniors.
a. continue b. rise
 c. tension d. ridiculous
35. Twenty-five students attended reading class during the first term.
a. Twenty-five students c. first term
b. Twenty-five and first d. Twenty-five, reading and first.
V. Verbs
36. A micron is a unit of length.
a. a c. is
b. micron d. unit
37. There are over a thousand millimeters in a yard.
a. are c. millimeters
b. thousand d. yard
38. Freva was the Saxon Goddess of Beauty.
a. Freva c. Saxon Goddess of Beauty
b. was d. the
39. Gold melts at 1063 degrees Centigrade.
a. gold c. degrees
b. melts d. centigrade
40. Egypt measures about one and one-half the size of Texas.
a. measures c. Texas
b. Egypt d. one
41. The George Washington Bridge is located between New York and New Jersey.
a. George Washington Bridge c. is
b. the d. located
42. It can be seen spanning the mighty Hudson River.
a. spanning c. be
b. be seen spanning d. be seen
43. Automobiles have been crossing it since 1931.
a. have been crossing c. have
b. have been d. crossing
44. It is ranked as the second largest bride in the world.
a. is c. it
b. is ranked d. ranked
45. It is consistently being painted.
a. is c. being painted
b. painted d. being
VI. Definition of Terms
Choose the letter with a corresponding definition that matches the given terms.

46. _________Nouns a. replaces noun/s

47. _________Verbs b. modifies verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
48. _________Pronouns c. name of person, place, things, events, and ideas
49. _________Adjectives d. describes the nouns or pronouns
50. _________Adverbs e. an action word or state of being

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