Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Laguna
District of Lumban-Kalayaan
SANTO NIÑO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Lumban

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 6

S.Y. 2018-2019

Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________________

Teacher: __________________________________ Section: _____________________

TEST I. Directions: Analyze and identify the sound devices for each sentence. Choose the
letter of the correct answer.
_____1. The phone rings inside the room.
a. context clues b. simile c. personification d. onomatopoeia
_____2. Why do you cry, Willie? Why do you cry? Why, Willie? Why, Willie? Why, Willie?
a. assonance b. alliteration c. hyperbole d. simile
_____3. It was cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
a. assonance b. hyperbole c. personification d. simile
_____4. The team leader moves as brave as a lion.
a. context clues b. simile c. personification d. onomatopoeia
_____5. The snow is a white blanket.
a. assonance b. alliteration c. hyperbole d. metaphor

TEST II. Directions: Pluralized the underlined regular nouns in each sentences. Choose the
letter of the correct answer.
_____6. Asian countries are the mortal enemy of European country.
a. enema b. enemies c. enemous d. enemys
_____7. Two of the famous church in the Philippines are located in South Luzon.
a. churches b. churcheses c. churchess d. churchis
_____8. My mother sent me two sets of chocolate box.
a. boxx b. boxs c. boxes d. boxses
_____9. The pupils find the three line of the art paper.
a. linese b. lines c. liness d. linseed
_____10. Saint Peter holds the key of heaven’s door.
a. keys b. keyss c. keyz d. keyses

TEST III. Directions: Read the short story and find the correct spelling of the underlined
misspelled words for each given number. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

The Fox and the Grapes

It was a (6) sonny day. Most of the animals stayed under the (7) triz where it was cooler. But a fox
took a (8) wolked for he was hungry and thirsty. After sometimes he came into a (9) wyde field where the
grapes were growing. The ripe fruits were hanging on the branches. They look so delicious that the fox
started jumping to get them. However the grapes were too high for him to reach. He (10) tryd again and
again but he failed. At last he was tried so he walks away, saying, “Those grapes are sour anyway”.

_____11. a. sanny b. senny c. sunny d. zunny

_____12. a. three b. tree c. trey d. treess
_____13. a. walk b. welk c. waked d. wolk
_____14. a. wayde b. wide c. weyd d. wiyde
_____15. a. tired b. tryied c. tried d. trieded

TEST IV. Direction: Read the following sentences and identify the word being personified.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____16. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest.
a. dark b. forest c. whispered d. wind
_____17. The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy
flowers.
a. crops b. flowers c. gardener d. manure
_____18. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
a. desert b. beat c. scorching d. sun
_____19. Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic.
a. clock b. hot c. Tim d. time
_____20. When the patriots defeated the army, freedom rang across the fruited plains.
a. freedom b. army c. across d. plains

TEST V. Directions: Read the following sentences and find the correct agreement between the
subject of the sentence and its verb. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____21. Ma’am Alona Demonteverde (teach)_______ us how to solve mathematical
equations.
a. teachs b. teaches c. teech d. teach
_____22. Santa Rosa City (lead) _________ the STCAA competition.
a. leds b. leeds c. leads d. leadses
_____23. Richard (bake) _______ some cakes for us.
a. bake b. beka c. bakeses d. bakes
_____24. Tristan and Mike (joins) _______ the drama club this year.
a. jointed b. join c. joineded joyns
_____25. The girl behind the chairs (study) ________ in Labas Elementary School.
a. studys b. studdyies c. studies d. studies

TEST VI. Directions: Recall the concept of simile for you to be able to identify the word being
compared to the underlined word. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____26. The music changes like prismatic glass, giving the world a glimpse of all the colors it
forgets.
a. changes b. colors c. prismatic glass d. world
_____27. The lowered lamps glow in the midnight air like mammoth orange-moths that flit and
flare through the dark tapestry of night.
a. air b. dark c. mammoth d. tapestry
_____28. I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.
a. dream b. glides c. silent d. oar
_____29. Talk of your cold, through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
a. cold b. driven nail c. talk d. stabbed
_____30. But now her hands like moonlight brush the keys with velvet grace.
a. grace b. keys c. moonlight brush d. velvet

TEST VII. Directions: Infer the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions in each
sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____31. Jose Zavalla basketball team made a game plan at the drop of a hat.
a. badly b. earlier today c. for the win d. without hesitation
_____32. The policemen barked up the wrong tree in our village.
a. arrested the right person c. accusing the wrong person
b. accusing the right person d. arrested no one
_____33. The BMW car is truly costed an arm and leg.
a. very low price b. very intimidating c. very huge d. very expensive
_____34. The Miss Universe pageant 2015 producer thinks that Elvis has left the building.
a. it is not a good show c. it is a wonderful show
b. it fails to have high ratings d. it has to come to an end
_____35. It takes two to tango to commit this suspicious crime.
a. actions need more than one person c. continuous actions
b. beautiful dance craze d. mysterious crime
TEST VII. Directions: Recall the concept of metaphor for you to be able to identify the word
being compared to the underlined word. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____36. He is a beast.
a. army b. apple c. beast d. ghost
_____37. The noise is music to his ears.
a. ears b. aid c. music d. noise
_____38. His belt was a snake curling around his waist.
a. curling b. his c. snake d. waist
_____39. Love is a growing garland.
a. garland b. grow c. love d. wall
_____40. Your friendship is the picture to my frame.
a. frame b. friend c. picture d. wall

TEST VIII. Directions: Provide the correct gender of pronoun for each sentence. Choose the
letter of the correct answer.
_____41. Ryan is a tall player, ______ loves playing for her school.
a. he b. her c. his d. she
_____42. Sir Fernandez likes chocolate candies and ____ always brings these candies to his
friends.
a. he b. her c. his d. she
_____43. Ma’am Ebio sends me _____ money to buy some pens.
a. he b. her c. his d. she
_____44. Sir Flores brings ____ dog to the city veterinary.
a. he b. her c. his d. she
_____45. Ma’am Padua instructs me about _____ plan for the camping.
a. he b. her c. his d. she

TEST IX. Directions: Find the modal of each sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_____46. He shall bring the food very soon.
a. bring b. food c. shall d. soon
_____47. We can definitely win the championship game.
a. can b. championship c. definite d. game
_____48. You should stop smoking because it is bad for you.
a. because b. for c. should d. stop
_____49. I ought to tell the truth to the teacher.
a. tell b. truth c. teacher d. ought
_____50. May I sit down now?
a. down b. I c. may d. now

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 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION FOR
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH GRADE 6

OBJECTIVES NO. OF PLACEMENT PERCENTAGE

ITEMS
EN6RC-Ia-2.3.1 5 1-5 10%
EN6RC-Ia-2.3.3
EN6RC-Ia-2.3.2
EN6RC-Ia-2.3.9
Analyze sound
devices
(onomatopoeia,
alliteration,
assonance,
consonance)
W1
EN6G-Ia-2.3.1 5 6-10 10%
Compose clear
and coherent
sentences using
appropriate
grammatical
structures:
-Pluralization of
regular nouns
W1
EN6F-Ia-2.9 5 11-15 10%
Self-correct
when reading
W1
EN6LC-Ib-2.3.6 5 16-20 10%
Analyze sound
devices
(personification)
in a text heard
W2
EN6G-Ih-3.9 5 21-25 10%
Compose clear
and coherent
sentences using
appropriate
grammatical
structures:
-Subject-verb
agreement
W8
EN6LC-Ic-2.3.8 5 26-30 10%
EN6LC-Ic-2.3.7
Analyze sound
devices (irony
and hyperbole)
in a text heard
 W3
EN6V-Ia-12.3.1 5 31-35 10%
Infer meaning
of idiomatic
expressions
using -context
clues
EN6RC-Id-6.8 5 36-40 10%
EN6RC-Id-6.9
Analyze figures
of speech
(simile,
metaphor)
W4
EN6G-If-4.4.1 5 41-45 10%
EN6G-If-4.4.3
EN6G-If-4.4.2
Compose clear
and coherent
sentences using
appropriate
grammatical
structures:
-Pronoun-
reference
agreement
(number, case,
gender)
W6
EN6G-Ie-3.6 5 46-50 10%
Compose clear
and coherent
sentences using
appropriate
grammatical
structures:
-modals
W5
TOTAL 50 ITEMS 1-50 100%

Prepared by

ALONA C. REYES
Teacher I

Approved by:

LUCIA A. GARCIA
Principal I
ANWER KEY

1. D
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. C
16. D
17. B
18. D
19. D
20. A
21. B
22. C
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. C
27. C
28. D
29. B
30. C
31. D
32. C
33. D
34. D
35. A
36. C
37. C
38. C
39. A
40. C
41. A
42. A
43. B
44. C
45. B
46. C
47. A
48. C
49. D
50. C