3rd QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 9

Name: ____________________________________ Grade & Section: _______________

I. Match the sentence in Column A with an appropriate phrase in Column B.
A B
1. There are lots of reasons A) By adding decors to our house
2. Coconut trees contribute to the B) For having coconut tree
comfort of my family C) By enjoying more it benefits
3. The young milk is used by my mother D) From being destroyed tremendously
4. Coconut husk is used by my brother E) By giving us shade from the heat of
5. The leaves comfort us the sun
6. Dried flowers please us F) In mixing fruits for salad
7. Cold juice helps us G) By providing us variety of products
8. We should save coconut trees H) In planting more trees
9. We must find time I) In quenching our thirst
10. We must be thankful J) For shining our floor

II. Gerund Phrases: Identify gerund and gerund phrases as, subject, direct object,
appositive, object of preposition and subjective complement.
_____________ 11. My exercise, walking is not taxing.
_____________ 12. Lyka’s favorite exercise is jogging.
_____________ 13. The program recycling waste is approved by the congress.
_____________ 14. Loggers are destroying our forest.
_____________ 15. Planting trees prevent flash floods.
_____________ 16. We can conserve water by using bucket and basin in washing.
_____________ 17. This poet love writing different genre.
_____________ 18. Helping friend is an automatic “yes” in your book.
_____________ 19. Take time getting used to refusing people’s request.
_____________ 20. Her hobby, surfing is too expensive.

III.
A. Sorry Wrong number: Arrange the events in order 1-5.

21. She accidentally heard a conversation between two men planning a murder.
22. Desperate to prevent a crime. She begin a series of call to the operator to the police
and others.
 23. Mrs. Stevenson is an invalid confined to her bed and the only lifeline was the
telephone.
24. One night while she was waiting for her husband to return home she pick up the
phone and called the office.
25. Her conversation with Sgt. Duffy made her realized the description of the crime
scene.
B. Fill in the blank. Choose the correct answer inside the box.

Oxymoron Tanka Metaphor Hyperbole Personification

Simile Haiku Repetition Gerund Infinitive Rhyme

____________ 26. I’m ready and able, and thanks to you my life is filled with every hue.
____________ 27. Sometimes we cherish things of little value
____________ 28. He possessed a cold fire.
____________ 29. Henry was a lion in the battlefield.
____________ 30. Parting is such sweet and sorrow.
____________ 31. Oh, Romeo, Romeo, Romeo.
____________ 32. My life is a foe of death.
____________ 33. The five seven five poem is.
____________ 34. A word having the same sound but different in meaning.
____________ 35. A poem with five lines with 5-7-5-7-7 syllable.

IV. Romeo and Juliet: Arrange the sequence of events in the story in order 1–8.

____________ 36. Romeo and Juliet secretly get married.

____________ 37. Juliet wake up, sees Romeo dead and kills herself.
____________ 38. Romeo tells Juliet to contact him by nine o'clock.
____________ 39. Juliet calls Romeo's name.
____________ 40. Romeo enters the garden below Juliet's window.
____________ 41. Juliet tells Romeo that she loves him.
____________ 42. Juliet say goodnight and Romeo climbs back down in the garden.
____________ 43. Juliet hears Romeo and he climbs up to the balcony.