Saint Michael College of Caraga

Nasipit, Agusan del Norte

3rd Periodical Exam
English Grade 9

Name: __________________________
Section: _______________________
Multiple Choice Test
Instructions: Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.
A. THE WHISTLE
Knowledge
1. Who is the author of the text The Whistle
a. Benjamin Franklim
b. Rey Parks
c. Pres. Benjamin Franklin
d. Isiah Thomas
Process
2. What type of text is the whistle?
a. Essay
b. Short story
c. Narrative
d. autobiography
3. What is the symbolism of word whistle in the
text?
a. life
b. Decisions
c. Strength
d. Desire and passions
Understanding
4. What is the meaning of this statement Giving too
much for the whistle ?
a. It doesnt have a reciprocal value of what is
lost.
b. Do not put everything in one area of life.
c. Some parts are already sacrificed but could not
give you the real value.
d. It could not satisfy the needs of life.
5. What do you think is the rationalization of the
writer in his own experience?
a. Life should always be balance.
b. Decisions should be made in a carefully planned
situation.
c.
We
should
always
remember
that
life
is
interconnected and our actions would affect many.
d. We should be wise with our decisions.
B. CONNOTATIVE AND DENOTATIVE MEANING
Knowledge
6. ___________ meaning derives itself to the literal
and dictionary definition of the words.
a. connotative
b. denotative
c. communicative
d. transalative
Process
7. The sooner we move out of this _________, said
Jack, the happier Ill be.
a. home
b.dump
c. nagged
d. plagued
Understanding
9. Which of the following sentences uses denotative
meaning of the words?
a. I liked Mr. Karls car because of its color.
b. James is the best player of boxing.
c. I have butterflies in my stomach.
d. My friends car is not yet fixed.
C. TYPE OF WORD FORMATION PROCESSES.
Knowledge
10. It is a type of abbreviation, which are new
words formed from the initial letters of a set of
words.
a. acronym
b. Blending
c. borrowing
d. onomatopoeia
Process
11. The words pizza, spaghetti, and connoisseur are
examples of ____________.
a. acronym
b. Blending
c. borrowing
d. onomatopoeia

Date: ________________
Score: _______________
12. Which of the following words is the best example
of blending?
a. smog
b. flog
c. frog
d. fact
D. TRANSITIONAL WORDS
Knowledge
13. Transition words are used for : _________
a. connectors of words
b. connects one sentence to the other.
c. combines prhases and clauses.
d. Provide connection from one phrase, clause, and
sentences from other ideas.
Process
14. The girls from St. Thomas wanted an ice cream
cone, __________they left the park early.
a. so
b. although
c. In addition
d. consequently
15. Mrs. Dela Torre can be grumpy sometimes;
______________, we should help her whenever we can.
a. so
b. although
c. In addition
d. consequently
Understanding
16. Which of the following sentences is correct in
terms of the use of transitional words?
a. Frankie, the dog that lives next door, likes to
go for walks in the park.
b.The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from
shower steam.
c. Although, Im kind, sometimes I could not stop
myself from being in the dark.
d. None of the above
17. Which of the following sentences is correct in
terms of the use of transitional words?
a. The characters need to be consistent with their
inconsistencies.
b. The villain of the story is also called as the
protagonist.
c. The theme of the story is the sub-topic that the
author or writer wants to share.
d. None of the above
E. THE APPOSITIVE PHRASE AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
Knowledge
18. What is an appositive phrase?
a. It contains nouns acting like prepositions.
b. It is a noun or noun phrase that renames another
noun right beside it.
c. It provide meaning to the noun to be described.
d. It contains phrases with prepositions.
Process
19. Which of the following words in the sentence
contains a prepositional phrase?
a. Margaret Mitchells novel Gone with the Wind won
the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was made into a movie
in 1939 under the American Film festival.
b. Author William Shakespeare wrote over 30 plays
during the course of his career.
c. Babe Ruth, a baseball player with the New York
Yankees, held the home-run record for nearly 40
years.
d. Sherlock Holmes, a character created by Sir
Arthur
Conan
Doyle,
continues
to
appear
in
television shows more than 100 years after his first
appearance in print.
20. Which sentence contains an appositive phrase?
a. Margaret Mitchells novel Gone with the Wind won
the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was made into a movie
in 1939 under the American Film festival.
b. William Shakespeare wrote over 30 plays during
the course of his career.
c. Babe Ruth held the home-run record for nearly 40
years.
d. None of the above
Understanding
21. What type phrase is used in the underlined part
of the sentence? Frankie, the dog that lives next
door, likes to go for walks in the park.
a. appositive noun
b. preposition

c. appositive phrase
d. prepositional noun
22. Which of the following sentences uses the
appositive phrase correctly?
a. Marcus, likes to run in a wheel.
b.
The
play
was
brilliant,
and
I
enjoyed
Mary,actress in our school.
c. I really like my grand father's horse.
d. But in another part of her head, the dark part
where her oldest fears were housed, she knew there
was another sort of reason for staying at home.
F. RIP VAN WINKLE AND READING COMPREHENSION
For 23- 26 Read the summary below. Answer the
following questions.
Rip Van Winkle is such a well-known tale that
almost every child in the United States has read it
or heard it narrated at one time or another. Rip is
a simple-minded soul who lives in a village by the
Catskill Mountains. Beloved by the village, Rip is
an easygoing, henpecked husband whose one cross to
bear is a shrewish wife who nags him day and night.
One day he wanders into the mountains to go hunting,
meets and drinks with English explorer Henry
Hudsons legendary crew, and falls into a deep
sleep. He awakens twenty years later and returns to
his village to discover that everything has changed.
The disturbing news of the dislocation is offset by
the discovery that his wife is dead. In time, Rips
daughter, son, and several villagers identify him,
and he is accepted by the others.
One of Irvings major points is the tumultuous
change occurring over the twenty years that the
story encompasses. Rips little Dutch village had
remained the same for generations and symbolized
rural
peace
and
prosperity.
On
his
return,
everything has drastically changed. The village has
grown much larger, new houses stand in place of old
ones, and a Yankee hotel occupies the spot where the
old Dutch inn once stood. The people are different,
too. Gone are the phlegmatic burghers, replaced by
active, concerned citizens. Rip returns as an alien
to a place that once considered him important; he
discovers that life has passed on without his
presence.
Knowledge
23. Who is Rip Van Winkle?
a. The most important character in the story.
b. He was the person whom who lost a wife and became
an alien of the town who considered him important
before.
c. He was the person who lost a wife but have kids
who are still living yet he is a hunter.
d. All of the above.
Process
24. The word English explorer in the text means
_________.
a. traveler
b. adventurer
c. a person who loves to find new things like lands,
treasures etc.
d. a time traveler
25. The word wanders in the story means___________.
a. travelled.
b. explored.
c. went
d. hunted
Understanding
26. When Rip was wandering in the mountains, Do you
think that he fell asleep and did not grow old?
a. Yes, because according to the text it passed 20
years but he is not dead.
b. No, he did grow old. It is impossible If did not.
c. Yes, because I think when he fell asleep it seems
that there was magic.
d. It is not clear in the text.
G. THE ELEMENTS OF THE STORY: BREAKING THE PLOT
Knowledge
27. This provides the most interesting part in the
plot where actions are heightened to provide
interest in the readers.
a. climax
b. plot
c. adenoma
d. setting
Process
28. Which of the following words are not related
with setting?
a. time
b. atmosphere of the story.
c. theme
d. mood
29. The characters should have good details as to
how they act in the story. Which of the following
shows no consistency?
a. Mario is consistently inconsistent with his
actions.
b. Mario is angry and abusive.

c. Delma climbs always to the coconut every day to

sell it.
d. Kenneth lost the purpose of his life after the
one he loves left him.
Understanding
30.
The plot provides the main events of a play,
novel, and short story. Which of the following
statements do not comply?
a. A plot contains the setting of the story only and
could be multiple if its a novel.
b. A plot would follow elements such as setting
beginning and ending and characters.
c. A plot provides the map for problem and
resolution of the story.
d. A plot has a climax.
31. In writing short stories, the best way to begin
to formulate the _____________.
a. Someone should construct the plot first and put
the details later.
b. Create the setting.
c. Identify the major themes, then construct the
plot and details.
d. Look for an inspiration.
H. TRANSITIONAL MARKERS FOR CAUSE AND EFFECT
RELATIONSHIPS
Knowledge
32. Which of the following are not transitional
markers for cause and effect relationship?
a. because
b. therefore
c. as a result
d. none
Process
33. The children stayed home because a storm was
approaching. _____________, the DepeD regional head
formally announce the suspension of classes.
a. therefore
b. because
c. as a result
d. none
Understanding
34. Which of the following sentences uses the right
transitional
marker
for
cause
and
effect
relationships?
a. She wore a coat because it was cold. However, she
still could feel the frozen wind in her body.
b.The storm already hit their area because of the
cold weather she wore a coat.
c.She wore a coat because of the cold weather.
d. Cold weather, I know, I should wear a coat.
I. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
Knowledge
35. Who is the author of Gettysburg address ?
a. Benjamin Franklim
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Abrahamm Lincoln
Process
36. Which of the following ideas are not present in
the text ?
a. Equality
b. Monstrosity of the people
c. Peace
d. Order and honoring of the dead
37.
The
writers
purpose
in
delivering
the
Gettysburg address is to?
a. Explain the order of things
b. Strengthen the people.
c. Deliver a message for those who sacrificed their
life and to promote equality of the people.
d. To increase the morale of the soldiers as they
will fight back their enemies.
Understanding
38. What do you mean by this line, and that
government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
a. The government exist for the people.
b. the government is for the people of US.
c. The government is for everyone.
d. The government is for all and it should not fall.
39. If we will summarize the text, if will mean
that:
a. We should abolish the government and all those
who are free.
b. We should not ourselves from being monsters and
enslaving others. The government is for everyone.
c. The last thing we should do is to abuse people.
d. Let us not waste other people lives, lets stop
inequality, and serve the purpose to help one
another and stop war.
J. THE SENTENCE PARALLELISM
Knowledge
40. What do we mean by sentence parallelism?
a. The sentences are in the same structure.
b. The sentences are the same in words, punctuation
but different from one idea to the other.
c. The sentences are having identical word, phrase,
and clause structure.
d. None of the above
41. Which of the following elements are not used to
correct sentence parallelism?
a. words

b. infinitives
c. prepositional phrase and clauses
d. nouns
Process
42. Which of the phrases are considered to be
parallel to each other?
a. to pay my bills, create a new playlist, and to
run as far away.
b. in the closet, under the table, because I go out.
c. to pay my debts, to increase my chances, to limit
my spending.
d. to die, to sleep, to dream,
43. Which of the following sentences observe
parallelism?
a. The understudy had bright green eye, a great mass
of blonde hair, and a red face.
b. When winter comes the Joneses will have to find
either a warmer house or green a wood stove.
c. When Moe was in high school, his parents spent a
good deal of time not only helping him with his
homework assignments but also participating with him
in school activities.
d. It is better to be happy than to be sad.
44. Convert the sentence to sentence parallelism.
To succeed is opening new doors of opportunity.
a. To succeed is to open new doors of opportunity.
b. Succeeding is to open new doors of opportunity.
c. Opening new doors is success.
d. Success is opportunity.
Understanding
Covert the following sentences observing sentence
parallelism.
45. When Jay was in high school, his parents spent a
good deal of time not only helping him with his
homework assignments but also participating with him
in school activities.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
46. Driving to New York is better than to fly there
directly because you can see more beautiful places.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

47. The frustrated leader of the rebels wanted to

shout out to his members, ask for support and speak
to them for their cause.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
K. SPEECH CHOIR
Knowledge
48. Which of the following types of speech choir
uses costumes, choreography, and other elements to
make the presentation lively?
a. conventional
b. theatrical
c. traditional
d. cosplay
Process
49. Is it necessary in the speech choir to divide
its members according to the type of voices?
a. Yes, it is necessary so that they will be able to
put colors in different characters or voices.
b. No, the voices should be static. Using of
different voices may trigger problems in the
undestading of the text.
c. Yes, it helps us in artistic sense.
d. No, it actually undermines the performances of
other members of the speech choir.
Understanding
50. Can we consider speech choice as a performing
art?
a. No, it is because performing arts is exclusive to
dance and singing.
b. No, it is because performing arts should have
body movements such as running, walking and acting.
c. Yes, it is because it is an artistic way of
delivering stories or presentations.
d. Yes, because it utilizes the skills of people to
show their artistic ways.