2nd Quarter G8. Exam

2nd Quarter Examination
October 17-19, 2019
Grade 8 English
Name:
Grade & Section
I. Grammar Awareness
Directions: identify the following sentence structure. Write A for simple, B for compound, C for complex, and D for compound-complex.
Write the letter only on the space provided before the number.
___ 1. I like playing basketball, and my brother likes playing tennis.

___ 2. I will help you if you will help me.
___ 3. Her name is Lana and she came from London.
___ 4. My mother cooked dinner while I was doing my homework.
___ 5. The new girl in our English class has a brother in grade 7 and a sister in grade 9.
___ 6. Although it was cold, the rain was getting heavier, we decided to go fishing as planned.
___ 7. My family came to Germany when I was grade 5, but I never learned to speak German very well.
___ 8. While I was doing my homework, my father cooked the dinner and my mother was asleep in front of the television.
___ 9. I have not seen my grandmother since I came to Germany.
___ 10. She runs everyday, so she is very fit.
II. Vocabulary
A. Directions: Identify the meaning of the underlined word through contextual clues. Encircle the correct letter.
Note: Please read and understand carefully the sentence.
1. People used plants to make colorful dyes. The dyes were used to color cloth. What does the word dyes means?
a. Food
b. Flag
c. Coloring
d. Dry
2. The bird sang from the bough of the tree. The bird hopped to another branch and sang some more. The word bough means?
a. Song
b. Branch
c. Tree
d. Trunk
3. Jay came bounding over the flowers and into the yard. He should not jump over the flowers. The word bounding means?
a. Leaping
b. Crawling
c. Stamping
d. Marching
4. When alarmed the puppy hides under the bed. The frightened puppy will not come out. The word alarmed means?
a. Scared
b. Catches
c. Happy
d. Crawled
5. Jennifer had a scowl on her face. She was unhappy about her grades what does scowl means?
a. Smile
b. Grin
c. Stare
d. Frown
6. Bill’s voice rose to a holler. His dad heard the yell across the room. What does the word holler means?
a. Shout
b. Hallow
c. Sneeze
d. Whisper
7. Adventures stories thrilled the boy. He became very excited. What does thrilled means?
a. Afraid
b. Excited
c. Displeased
d. Surprise.
8. For a brief moment there was silence. It was short. What does brief means?
a. Noisy
b. Short
c. Long
d. Rude
9. Jesse’s grade was outstanding. He made all us. What does outstanding means?
a. Bad
b. Really good
c. Outside
d. Long
10. The land was claimed for France. France owned it for hundred of years.
a. To make sounds
b. To live in a new country
c. To make a map
d. State the right to own
B. Directions: Identify what kind of examples are the following word structures. Write A for Clipping, B for Blending, C for Acronym, D for
Abbreviation, and E for Derivation. Write the letter on the space provided before the number.
___ 1. FANBOYS
___ 2. Vet
___ 3. Smog
___ 4. Departure
___ 5. Ex
___ 6. Demo
___ 7. DOLE
___ 8. Motel
___ 9. Exam
___ 10. Impartation
III. Literature
A. Identify the following figurative examples. Write A for Metaphor, B for Personification, C for Simile, and D for Hyperbole. Write the letter
on the space provided before the number. NOTE: Please read and analyse carefully the ff. Examples.
___ 1. The camel is the ship of the dessert.

___ 2. Variety is the spice of life.
___ 3. Death lays his icy hands on kings.
___ 4. Why, man, if the river were dry, I can able to fill it with tears.
___ 5. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.
B. Directions: Identify what is asked. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Exaggeration effect
a. Simile
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Personification
2. Comparison of two or more things without using,” like, as, and such as.”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Idiom
3. Giving human traits/characters to an object or idea.
a. Simile
b. Hyperbole
c. Personification
d. Metaphor
4. Two words having opposite meanings are used together.
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Oxymoron
5. An expression that has figurative meaning unrelated to the literal meaning of the phrase.
a. Metaphor
b. Idiom
c. Oxymoron
d. Simile
C. Directions: Identify what is asked. Write V for verbal, S situational and, D for dramatic irony. Write the letter on the space provided
before the number.
___ 1. Type of irony wherein the outcome is tragic and humorous.
___ 2. Type of irony wherein the audience knows something that the characters do not.
___ 3. Type of irony which is called an,” irony of events.”
___ 4. Type of irony where it creates suspense.
___ 5. Type of this irony are sarcasm, overstatement and understatement.
___ 6. It has a live audience.
___ 7. Example of this irony is, “A seafarer who afraid of waves.”
___ 8. It is when words express something contrary to truth or says the opposite what they really feel or mean.
___ 9. It is a contradiction between what is expected and what actually occurs.
___ 10. It offers windows of the plot.

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2nd Quarter Examination

October 17-19, 2019

Grade & Section

___ 1. I like playing basketball, and my brother likes playing tennis.

___ 1. The camel is the ship of the dessert.

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