QUEZON MEMORIAL ACADEMY

Progreso St. Poblacion West, Umingan Pangasinan

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
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ENGLISH 8
Last Name: First Name: Middle Name:
Section: Date: Score:

MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write the letter of your answer in the space provided before
each number.

___ 1.“Dave enjoys playing basketball and playing the piano.” This sentence is an example of ___________________?
a. Infinitive Phrase c. Gerund Phrase
b. Noun Phrase d. Adverbial Phrase
___ 2. It is the highness and lowness of voice.
a. Range c. Stress
b. Pitch d. Vocals
___ 3. Is the prominence given to a word or syllable.
a. Range c. Stress
b. Pitch d. Vocals
___ 4.It is an object, action, or event that represents a significant idea or message.
a. Symbol c. Setting
b. Character d. Theme
___ 5. It refers to the angle or position from which a writer tells a story.
a. Symbol c. Setting
b. Point of View d. Theme
___ 6. ___________ of the weather, the basketball game will be played tomorrow.
a. Since c. In addition
b. As a result d. Regardless
___ 7. I dropped my reading glasses and it broke. _____________, I need to either buy a new one or have the lenses
replaced.
a. Therefore c. Otherwise
b. Likewise d. Furthermore
___ 8. It is a figure of speech in which you use words to suggest a meaning that is opposite of what you really think.
a. Personification c. Irony
b. Paradox d. Oxymoron
___ 9. Michael drives his car aggressively and quickly. The underlined words are examples of ___________?
a. Adjectives c. Verbs
b. Adverbs d. Preposition
___ 10. It is an information that can be verified or proven.
a. Opinion c. Fact
b. Article d. None of the above
___ 11. It can be someone’s belief or personal judgment to which you can agree and disagree.
a. Opinion c. Fact
b. Article d. None of the above
___ 12. “I hear the buzz of busy bees,” is an example of what figurative language?
a. Alliteration c. Assonance
b. Consonance d. Onomatopoeia
___ 13. Words or expressions that take a deeper or different meaning from the combined literal meaning off all words.
a. Idiom/s c. Cliché
b. Euphemism d. Allusion
___ 14. “The bad dog dug a deep hole,” is an example of what figurative language?
a. Assonance c. Consonance
b. Onomatopoeia d. Alliteration
___ 15. Is used to link related independent clauses, and it indicates a closer connection between the clauses that a
period does.
a. Colon c. Hyphen
b. Semicolon d. Comma
___ 16. Is used to separate ideas or elements within a sentence.
a. Colon c. Hyphen
b. Semicolon d. Comma

___ 17. Is used after a word or sentence to introduce a series, an explanation, an example, a statement, or to end the
formal opening of a business letter.
a. Colon c. Hyphen
b. Semicolon d. Comma
___ 18. The following are the elements of setting EXCEPT?
a. Climax c. Place
b. Time d. Mood
___ 19. Which of the following is NOT an /a/ vowel sound?
a. Plaque c. Farce
b. Cop d. stop
___ 20. It indicates the omission or removal of a word, sentence, or a section of a text without altering its meaning.
a. Quotation mark c. Apostrophe
b. Ellipsis d. None of the above
___ 21. Are used on either end of a text that was copied word for word from a different source.
a. Quotation mark c. Apostrophe
b. Ellipsis d. None of the above
___ 22. It indicates possessions, the omission of one or more letters in word, or the plural of numbers, letters,
and abbreviations.
a. Quotation mark c. Apostrophe
b. Ellipsis d. None of the above
___ 23. The following are examples of hyperbole EXCEPT?
a. Your skin is softer than silk. c. He is a shining star
b. He's running faster than the wind d. My dad will kill me when he comes home
___ 24. A great poet from Cumberland County, England who wrote the poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?”
a. William Shakespeare c. Charles Dickinson
b. William Wordsworth d. Jane Austen
___ 25. It is a speech given by a preacher in a house of worship.
a. Memorized c. Impromptu
b. Extemporaneous d. Sermon
___ 26. The rate of speed at which a reading progresses.
a. Power c. Tone
b. Tempo d. Pitch
___ 27. A literary device where an abstract concept, such as a particular human behaviour or a force or form of nature
is represented as a person.
a. Personification c. Paradox
b. Oxymoron d. Alliteration
___ 28. A literary device which a part represents the whole or the whole is represented by a part.
a. Personification c. Paradox
b. Oxymoron d. Synecdoche
___ 29.It refers to a reversal of normal word order, especially the placement of a verb ahead of the subject.
a. Revision c. Placing
b. Inversion d. none of the above
___ 30. It is a purposeful writing which aims to inform the intended audience.
a. Persuasive writing c. Meaningful writing
b. Informative writing d. Literal writing
___ 31.A literary device which involves the use of the following senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
a. Personification c. Synecdoche
b. Allusion d. Imagery
___ 32. He wrote the literary piece, “The Raven.”
a. William Shakespeare c. William Wordsworth
b. Charles Dickens d. Edgar Allan Poe
___ 33.It is widely used in commerce as a marketing strategy.
a. Periodicals c. Pamphlets
b. Brochures d. Magazines
___ 34. They are often printed on thick, glossy paper using four-color process to give an impression of quality.
a. Periodicals c. Pamphlets
b. Brochures d. Magazines
___ 35. “He was shivering.” What does the underlined word mean?
a. Perspiring c. Shaking
b. Changing d. Whispering
___ 36. “This was a light epidemic of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia. What does the under-
lined word mean?
a. not dark c. not serious
b. not bright d. not fatal
___ 37. These are compounds with two semantic heads; this means both meanings of the two words are both part of
the resulting meaning of the compound.
a. Copulative compounds c. Appositional compounds
b. Exocentric compounds d. Endocentric compounds
___ 38. It denotes an unexpressed semantic head. This means that the meaning of the compound is not about the
words combined.
a. Copulative compounds c. Appositional compounds
b. Exocentric compounds d. Endocentric compounds
___ 39. Are compounds where the first word modifies the second one or the head. The head is the basic meaning of
the whole compound.
a. Copulative compounds c. Appositional compounds
b. Exocentric compounds d. Endocentric compounds
___ 40. He wrote the literary piece, “The Sea of Clouds.”
a. VinaPalomo c. Jose Garcia Villa
b. RowenRoj V. Mallare d. Edgar Allan Poe
___ 41. It is a short, well-known sketch of a person or a descriptive sense. It does not have a plot which would make it a
story, but it does reveal something about the elements in it like the character, mood, or tone.
a. Epic c. Vignette
b. Novel d. Novelette
___ 42. A piece of writing which also describes a person or a character.
a. Narrative essay c. Expository essay
b. Declarative essay d. Personal essay
___ 43.It is commonly used in situations that are more relaxed and unofficial contexts.
a. Informal language c. Formal language
b. Direct language d. none of the above
___ 44. It is the timing and pace of drama and the beat or tempo of the performance.
a. Rhythm c. Conflict
b. Climax d. Mood
___ 45.This refers from a factual error, which is simple being wrong about the facts.
a. False Dilemma c. Fallacy
b. Slippery Slope d. Straw Man
___ 46. This the act of arguing from the perspective that one change inevitably will lead to another.
a. False Dilemma c. Fallacy
b. Slippery Slope d. Straw Man
___ 47. This fallacy which is sometimes called the “either-or fallacy” resorts to oversimplification.
a. False Dilemma c. Fallacy
b. Bandwagon d. Straw Man
___ 48. It is an argument based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid.
a. False Dilemma c. Fallacy
b. Bandwagon d. Straw Man
___ 49. He is popularly known for his literary work, “The Road Not Taken.”
a. Charles Dickens c. Robert Frost
b. Emily Dickenson d. Jane Austen
___ 50. It is the way words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use.
a. Parts of Speech c. Metaphor
b. Figure of Speech d. interpretation

Vanessa Rose L. Pomantoc

Subject Teacher