Cipriano P.

Primicias National High School

San Vicente, Alcala, Pangasinan

THIRD QUARTER TEST IN ENGLISH 9

SY 2019-2020
Name:______________________________________ Grade & Section:_______________ Score: _____________
I. LISTENING: Your examiner will read to you the questions as well as the choices. Every test item will be read twice.
Choose your answer in the given choices.
1. Which of the following statements expresses a rising intonation?
a. Leave me alone.
b. Get the ball.
c. What are they doing?
d. Are you going on a vacation?
a. First Statement b. Second Statement c. First Question d. Second Question
2. Which of the following words produces the short /I/ sound?
a. Led b. peck c. bid d. pen
3. Which of the following words produces the voiceless /th/ sound?
a. Though b. there c. then d. three
II. LITERATURE. Read and understand each question then encircle the letter of your answer.
4. Who is the author of the famous poem entitled, “The Telephone”?
a. Edward Field b. Langston Hughes c. William Shakespeare d. George Santayana
5. Identify the meaning of the underlined word: Mrs. Stevenson is identified as a querulous and self-centered neurotic.
a. Humble b. kind c. selfish d. generous
6. Which of the following is not an element of a one-act play?
a. Setting b. stage c. theme d. characterization
7. “For Conversation, Press #1” is written by ________________.
a. Michael Alvear b. Susan Dennard c. Bart Marks d. O. Henry
8. It is a stage where the audience sits on two sides. What type of stage is this?
a. In the round b. proscenium c. traverse d. thrust
9. This is a literary device that compare two things that are basically dissimilar in which one is described in terms of the
other. What do you call this literary device?
a. Hyperbole b. understatement c. metaphor d. personification
10. Who killed Mercutio?
a. Romeo b. Tybalt c. Benvolio c. Lawrence
11. “‘I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.” Is an example of what Figurative language?
a. Simile b. Oxymoron c. Alliteration d. Hyperbole
12. Lady Capulet wanted ______ to marry her daughter however Juliet refused.
a. Romeo b. Paris c. Prince Escalus d. Lord Montague
13. A __________ is a play with only one play.
a. Dramatic Performance b. Musical Play c. Puppet Show d. One-act play
14. What is the surname of Miss Daisy?
a. Coleburn b. Werthan c. Uhry d. Boolie
15. It is a specific actions or techniques that an actor or director has employed to create a desired dramatic effect and
style.
a. Dramatic Convention b. One-act Play c. Dramatic Monologue d. Figurative Language
16. In the story, “Sorry, Wrong Number”, which part of the story can you find heightened tension and suspense?
a. She called the office of her husband.
b. Mrs. Stevenson was described as invalid confined to her bed in the beginning of the story.
c. She accidentally overheard a conversation between two men planning a murder.
d. She was killed instantly by the murderer.
17. A stage where the audience sits on one side only.
a. Proscenium b. in the round c. traverse d. Thrust
18. Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
a. He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.
b. He possessed a cold fire in his eyes.
c. Her lips are as soft as marshmallows.
d. He eats like a pig.
19. It is an element of a one-act play that pertains to the place, time, and weather of a certain scene.
a. Plot b. Conflict c. setting d. theme

20. The following are elements of a one-act play, except one.

a. Character b. suspense c. conflictd. audience
21. Which of the following statements has used gerund as direct object in the sentence?
a. Exercising is good for our health.
 b. Lyka’s favorite exercise is jogging.
c. Merla keeps herself in good shape by dancing.
d. Lester does boxing in the gym twice a week.
22. Which of the following statements has used infinitives as the subject of the sentence?
a. He bought some flowers to give to his wife.
b. I will lock the door to prevent thief.
c. To swim in the sea maybe dangerous.
d. I like to write in English.
23. Which of the following sentences has participle?
a. The man is sleeping on the couch.
b. The puppy was howling at the moon.
c. The bird is singing.
d. The losing player was ashamed.
24. Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come.
In these lines from the poem “The Telephone” by Edward Field, to what does the speaker
compare man’s situation before the advent of the device?
a. bear b. cave c. spring d. winter
25. Arrange in correct order the events from the given literary works. Refer to the choices after each set of events of
“ Romeo and Juliet”:
a. Juliet’s nurse calls her.
b. Juliet calls Romeo’s name.
c. Romeo enters the garden below Juliet’s window
d. Romeo leaves and Juliet goes to bed
e. Juliet says goodnight and Romeo climbs back down

a. A-B-C-E-D b. B-C-A-E-D c. C-A-B-E-D d. D-C-B-A-E

26. What kind of story is “Romeo and Juliet”?
a. Comedy b. Suspense c. Tragic d. Horror
27. When did Romeo saw Juliet for the first time?
a. Capulet’s Costume Party b. Montague’s Thanksgiving Party c. Masquerade Party d. Musical
Event
28. Arrange in correct order the events from the given literary works. Refer to the choices after each set of events: Driving
Miss Daisy:
a. Miss Daisy found out that Hoke was illiterate
b. Miss Daisy taught Hoke how to read
c. Miss Daisy resented Hoke’s presence believing he would just sit around
d. Miss Daisy crashed her brand-new car while backing it out of the garage
e. Boolie hired Hoke Coleburn to drive her around her hometown

a. A-C-E-D-B b. B-C-A-D-E c. D-E-A-B-C d. D-E-C-A-B

29. Identify the function of the gerund in this sentence: Although simple, refusal is similar to the rules that prevent people
from bumping into others in the streets.
a. direct object c. subject
b. object of a preposition d. subject complement
30. What is the gerundial phrase in this sentence? Helping people is something that can give you a feeling of satisfaction.
a. feeling of satisfaction c. is something
b. helping people d. that can give you
31. A possessive pronoun replaces ____________ plus a noun to avoid redundancy.
a. Adjective b. possessive adjective c. countable noun d. collective noun
32. What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? Children go to school to learn new things.
a. go to school b. to school c. to learn d. to learn new things
33. Grazing on the grass, the women observed the cows. This sentence can be correctly rewritten as...
a. Grazing on the grass, the cows observed the women.
b. Grazing on the grass, the women observed the cows.
c. The cows observed the women grazing on the grass.
d. The women observed the cows grazing on the grass.

34. Which of the following sentences doesn’t have a dangling participle?

a. Carrying a flashlight, the path was more visible.
b. Hiking in the woods, a skunk crossed Jane’s path.
c. Eating pie in the rain, a rainbow was seen.
d. Exercising is one way to burn body fats.
35. With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses

These lines suggest…?

a. a maze b. transportation c. disconnection d. an overlap
36. Arrange in correct order the events from the given literary works. Refer to the choices after each set of events of
Sorry, Wrong Number:
a. Operator: I’m sorry. Murray Hill 4-0098 is busy.
b. Mrs. Stevenson: (desperately)... You’ve got to help me... Someone’s going to murder me.
c. Mrs. Stevenson: Operator? I’ve been dialing Murray Hill 4-0098 now for the last three-quarters of an hour,
and the line is always busy...
d. George: Sorry, wrong number. (hangs up)
e. Duffy: And what makes you think the murder’s going to be committed in your neighbourhood, ma’am?

a. A-E-B-C-D b. A-D-E-B-C c. B-A-D-E-C d. C-A-E-B-D

37. Where is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?
a. Greece b. Verona c. Spain d. Germany
38. Identify the function of the infinitive in this sentence: He worked to get ahead in the ladder of education.
a. Adjective b. adverbc. noun d. preposition
39. “Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, mysteriously disappeared while flying over the
Pacific Ocean in 1937.” In this information, who is the first female pilot who disappeared in the Pacific Ocean?
a. Atlantic Ocean b. Amelia Earhart c. Pacific Ocean d. Amelia Fuentes
40. To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?
a. Padua b. Venicec. Rome d. Mantua
41. When does Mrs. Stevenson realize, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she is the intended victim?
a. She hears the phone click.
b. She gets a phone call telling her she is the intended victim.
c. She is told so by George before he kills her.
d. She hears the killer break in through a window.
42. What does Miss Daisy accuse Hoke of stealing from her pantry?
a. A can of corn
b. A can of salmon
c. A can of tuna fish
d. A can of peas
43. Speech between characters in a play:
a. Dialogue b. lines c. script d. directions
44. When I am trying to save money, I hate buying clothes.
What is the gerund?
a. Am trying b. buying c. to save d. hate
45. Identify the participle(s).
Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew.
a. Marveled b. covered c. sparkling d. covered, sparkling
46. Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?
a. Friar John
b. Friar Lawrence
c. Father Vincentio
d. Mercutio
47. Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence’s potion?
a. Lady Capulet
b. Capulet
c. Paris
d. The Nurse
48. The time and place should be indicated at the beginning of the synopsis.
a. Yes b. maybe c. no d. Disagree
49. The story must be told in the present tense and in the third person.
a. Correct b. incorrect c. maybe d. Sometimes
50. When telling the story, dialogue should be included. The story should be related in an informal way.
a. Correct b. Sometimes c. Never d. always

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matt. 7:12)
Answer Key/English 9/3rd Quarter Test/2019-2020
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. D
21. D
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. A
26. C
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. a/b
31. b
32. c
33. d
34. d
35. c
36. ___
37. B
38. ____
39. B
40. D
41. A
42. B
43. A
44. B
45. C
46. B
47. D
48. A
49. A
50. C