DIAMOND EVANGELICAL SCHOOL

POST EVANGELICAL CHURCH

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4 INF (DIAMOND) DIVISION PA. CAMP EVANGELISTA,
PATAG CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY
Tel. No. PLDT 850-1531 / Mil Line 4146

Achievement Test

English 6

Name: ___________________________ Grade & Section_____________

Teacher’s Name: ___________________ Date: _____________________

I. Direction: identify the type of figurative language used in each sentence.

Choose your answer in the box and write its letter on the line.

a. Simile

b. Metaphor

c. Hyperbole

d. Personification

_______ 1. The boxer’s ears are like mushrooms.

_______ 2. The sun is smiling down on us.

_______ 3. A loaf twisted like a braid on the platter.

_______ 4. A sea of eager customers surged in at the sale.

_______ 5. Dancing flowers filled the meadow.

_______ 6. Jon nearly died laughing.

_______ 7. The rain was a whip, lashing against the roof.

_______ 8. The runners came around the bend as fast as the wind.

_______ 9. The plane was like a bird soaring skyward.

_______ 10. Cry me a river.

II. Direction: Encircle the verbs that will complete the meaning of the sentences.

1. I _____________ at the sky with much joy in my heart.

a. lock b. look c. luck

2. The weather _____________ fine today.

a. sounds b. smells c. looks

3. Mother __________ a party for my birthday.

a. prepares b. presents c. presides

4. Balloons __________ in every corner of our house.

a. is b. are c. were

5. I ____________ the man in front of our house.

a. notice b. knock c. throw

6. He ___________ a brown jacket.

a. wears b. bears c. brakes

7. Nobody _____________ him.

a. rides b. knows c. tries

8. Oh, he __________ the magician!

a. are b. is c. were

9. for sure, he will _____________ my party enjoyable.

a. make b. bake c. move

10. Suddenly, my visitors _____________ one by one.

a. abide b. arrive c. survive

III. Direction: Arrange the three adjectives in their proper order. Write the
numbers above the words.

Example: 2 1 3
Fragrant small white sampaguita flower

1. new blue long school pants

2. tall yellow three street lights

3. soft warm faded green bed cover

4. small colorful several sailboats

5. bright hot yellow sun shining above

6. white tiny soft Boracay sand

7. two brown small hamster in the cage

8. leather shiny black shoes for graduation

9. tiny one thousand round ringlets around Saturn

10. four big greenish turtles on the beach

IV. Direction: Underline the descriptive adjective in each sentence. Then, write
PD on the line I the adjective is in the positive degree; CD if it is in the
comparative degree; and SD if it is in the superlative degree.

Example: SD Ezhra is the most attractive among the sisters.

______ 1. The chef’s knife that is used for slicing meat is sharp.

______ 2. The direction given by Fathers was clearer than the one that you had
given.

______ 3. I feel that December is the coldest month of the year.

______ 4. The unfriendly man stared at us seriously.

______ 5. Of all the given answers, Eman’s answers is the best.

______ 6. The right alley is narrower than the left.

______ 7. The painting he sells today is better than that of yesterday.

______ 8. The muffins that Mother baked were delicious.

______ 9. This is the biggest fair we have ever had in school.

______ 10. That stamp is unusual.

V. Direction: Decide which preposition of time (on, in, for, during, and since) will
complete the sentence. Write your answer on the blank. Capitalize the first
letter of the preposition when it is necessary.

1. ________ the first day of class, I found a new friend.

2. ________ her arrival, her relatives have come to visit her.

3. Travel _________ May for it is the best month.

4. We had to wait ________ three hours before the rain to stopped.

5. My appointment is ___________ Wednesday this week.

6. Did you day you were born ________ 2003?

7. No, I was born _________ December 21, 2002.

8. ________ my sister arrived from US last week, her friends have come nonstop.

9. ________ our first month in Japan, we had difficulty adjusting to everything.

10. We shall have our vacation _________ May, the month when flowers are in
bloom.