Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V-Bicol
Schools Division Office of Catanduanes
PANGANIBAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Nicolas, Panganiban, Catanduanes

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 9

Name: ________________________ Date: ____________

I. Complete the sentences with the missing modal. Choose from the options given.

1. _________________ you hand me the scissors, please?

a. Can c. Will
b. Shall d. May
2. We have to go now. _______________ we?
a. Can c. may
b. Shall d. must
3. I wish you all the best on your journey. _______________you have a safe trip.
a. Could c. May
b. Should d. Will
4. He has been complaining of a headache since morning and now he’s dizzy. He ___________________
be sick.
a. Can c. May
b. Shall d. Must
5. During childhood, my friends and I _______________ love to play in the rain.
a. Could c. Would
b. Will d. should

II. Complete the following sentences. Use the modal verb of prohibition and obligation.

Must Mustn’t Have to Don’t have to

6. You _______________ drink alcohol.

7. You _______________ smoke.

8. You _______________ use cellphone.

9. You _______________ have a passport to travel abroad.

10. You _______________ put rubbish in the bin.

III. Encircle the correct form of verb in both clauses. PRESENT UNREAL CONDITIONALS, 2 pts. each.

11. Jenny would refer / refers you for the position if she thought / thinks you were qualified.
12. If Ana went / go, she wouldn’t return / will not return!
13. If I were / am you, I would run / will run for president!
14. If April flew / fly to New York, he would visit / will visit the Empire State Building.
15. If we win / won the lottery, we would travel / will travel the world.

IV. Encircle the correct form of verb. PRESENT REAL CONDITIONALS

16. When I___________ (Had, have) a day off from work, I often go to the beach.
17. I ___________ (red, read) if there is nothing on TV.
18. If you ___________ (heat, heated) ice, it burns.
19. If you ___________ (mix, mixed) water and electricity, you get shock.
20. If I ___________ (wake up, woke up) late, I go late for work.

V. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if not and be able to give the
correct word/phrase to correct the statement.

21. A conditional sentence can begin with if clause or result clause.

22. Use period between the two clauses when the if clause comes first.
23. Can is a modal used in prohibition.
24. Unreal conditionals are sentences that describe situations that are true, likely or possible in the
present or past.
25. You can use imperatives in result clause.
26. Can’t and must are modals used to show that something is prohibited.
27. Have to is usually used when the obligation comes from the person who is speaking.
28. Can, may and could are modal use in asking and giving permission.
29. Real conditional are sentences that describe situations that occur regularly or are likely or possible in
the future.
30. “If I don’t put sunscreen on, I get a bad sunburn” is an unreal situation.
31. Hyphen is use to form compound words, words that are made up of more than one word.
32. Comma is used to make a noun possessive.
33. Quotation mark is use to join two or more ideas in a sentence or separates items in a series.
34. Exclamation mark is use to shows strong emphasis or strong emotion. It is rarely used in formal
writing.
35. Period is use to shows that a question is being asked, that the speaker or writer is seeking an answer to
something.

VI. Write a short paragraph about your memorable vacation experience. Use past real conditional. 5 pts.