FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

ENGLISH VI
S.Y. 2019-2020

Name: _______________________________________Score:_________________

Directions: Identify the sound device exemplified by each of the following sentences below.
1. Big brown bears bought bigger books.
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Assonance D. Personification
2. The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Hyperbole D. Personification
3. The race car zoomed past the finish line.
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Hyperbole D. Personification
4. The teacher was super happy to have her pupils fail the test that she just smiled.
A. Irony B. Alliteration C. Hyperbole D. Personification
5. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Assonance D. Personification
6. I’m so tired I could sleep a hundred years.
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Hyperbole D. Personification
Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer.
7. Which sentence shows personification?
A. Trees bowed to the ground.
B. Trees bear fruits.
C. Trees are important.
D. Trees give shades.
8. I had a ton of chores to do. What figure of speech in used in the sentence?
A. hyperbole
B. irony
C. simile
D. euphemism
9. A pilot has a fear of heights.. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?
A. hyperbole
B. irony
C. simile
D. personification
10. In the story “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears”, What is the tone of the mosquito when he
said this line,
The mosquito said, “Iguana, you will never believe what I saw yesterday. And I can’t wait to tell
you about it.”
A. authoritative
B. gloomy
C. arrogant
D. excited
11. What is the mood of this part of our story “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears?”
A crow saw the rabbit running for her life. He flew into the forest crying kaa,kaa, kaa! It was his duty
to spread the alarm in case of danger.
A. romantic
B. happy
C. suspenseful
D. sorrowful
12. What is the purpose of the speaker by saying this lines?
“If you want the best phone available, then you want the Slasher by IGT. Without a doubt, the Slasher
outshines all other smartphones available. It has the best applications and the absolute faster
download speed of any other phone. If you want to dazzle your friends with the coolest phone on the
market, hurry in and buy your Slasher today.”
A. inform
B. persuade
C. entertain
D. amuse
13. Tom let the cat out of the bag when he spoiled my surprise birthday party. What does the
underlined idiom mean?
 A. Letting the cat out of the house to play
B. To accidentally revealing a secret
C. The cat needs to be fed everyday.
D. Cat loves to sleep in bags especially in cold weathers
14. Rico had butterflies in his stomach while waiting for the results of his exam. What does the
underlined idiom mean?
A. To feel very nervous
B. To feel happy
C. To feel the pain in the stomach
D. To feel depressed
15. Sally disrespects her mother. She curls her lips at her. What does the idiomatic expression
mean?
A. to raise a corner of your upper lip to show dislike to mother
B. to look at the lips of mother
C. to smile happily at mother
D. to agree with mother
16. The girl remained unconscious last night and was still dead to the world even the morning
came. What does dead to the world mean?
A. sound asleep
B. awake
C. troubled
D. irritated
17. Mike is a novice in baseball. He is a greenhorn who needs a lot of practice. What is the meaning
of the underlined idiomatic expression?
A. a person who is new to or inexperienced at a particular activity.
B. skillful person
C. professional player
D. master trainer
18. Mr. Cruz was in insufferable pain for weeks due to his incurable disease. It was a fate more than
death for him. What is the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expression?
A. a disappointing defeat
B. something unfair
C. too extreme to bear, its intolerable
D. something bearable
19. What is the meaning of the figurative language found in this sentence?
I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
A. I kill a horse and eat it.
B. I feed to horse because it’s starving.
C. The food I eat is made with horse meat.
D. I was very hungry and could eat a lot of food.
20. My uncle is a couch potato, you never see him without the remote control in his hand.
What does the figurative language found in the sentence mean?
A. There is a potato on the couch.
B. My uncle loves to eat potatoes.
C. Potatoes are best snacks while watching TV.
D. A very lazy person who watches too much TV.
21. What figurative language is used in this excerpt from the poem “Trees “ by Joyce Kilmer?
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A. Irony
B. hyperbole
C. personification
D. metaphor
22. It’s new! It’s refreshing! It’s Slurpy Soda! This is the best soda in the world! If you drink this soda
you will jump higher, run faster and be smarter in school. Try one today! What is the purpose of the
author?
A. to inform
B. to persuade
C. to entertain
D. to amuse
23. My teacher in math is a dragon. What is the meaning of this metaphor? My teacher
is___________.
A. brilliant
B. generous
C. a mythical monster 
D. very strict
24. The factory workers are as busy as a bee,. What is the meaning of this simile? The workers
are______.
A. working slowly
B. working hard
C. working at daytime
D. working on time
25. Her brain is the size of a pea. What is the meaning of this hyperbole? This means that
she________.
A. smart
B. unintelligent
C. brainy
D. imaginative
26. A fire station burns down. Why this sentence ironic?
A. Fire will not happen because the fire chief would always keep his own building safe.
B. Fire might happen because sometimes firemen are exhausted.
C. Firemen are supposed to put out fire but their own station is on fire.
D. Fire might occur because firetrucks sometimes don’t have enough water to put out the fire.
27. My grandma passed away yesterday. The underlined word means_______________.
A. worked
B. died
C. visited
D. travelled
28. John was sent to a correctional facility.The underline euphemism means_____________.
A. prison or jail
B. hospital
C. museum
D. cemetery
29. What is the setting of the story“ Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears?”
A. one day at the zoo
B. one rainy day at the jungle
C. one morning at the forest
D. one day at the park

Although she thought the roller coaster ride would be fun, the sensation of being flipped through the
air made Rosie relive the horrible car accident she had suffered eight years ago.
30. What literary technique is being used by the author in writing the plot of the selection above?
A. chronological order
B. en medias res
C. flashback
D. sequential order
31. I always look forward to my summer vacation at the beach. I like to collect seashells and
swim in the ocean. What point of view does the narrative has?
A. 1st person POV
B. 2nd person POV
C. 3rd person POV
D. 4th person POV
32. I bought five (box) ____________of crayons.
A. boxes
B. boxs
C. boxies
D. boxx
33. We have ten (goose) ______________________in our farm.
A. gooses
B. geeses
C. geese
D. goosess
34. There are different types of (bacterium) found in the bathroom.
A. bacteriums
B. bacteria
C. bacterias
D. bacteriases
35. I _________the dishes last night.
A. wash
B. washes
C. washed
D. had washed
36. Mom _________dinner before father arrived.
A. cooks
B. cooked
C. will cook
D. had cooked
37. Lucy ____speak well in Chinese, Spanish and French languages. She works as an interpreter.
A. can
B. may
C. might
D. could not
38. Many people donated canned goods and bottled water to the flood victims. What pronoun shall
we use if we will change the noun in nominative case?
A. They
B. He
C. She
D. It
39. The children__________ hide and seek at the park regularly.
A. play
B. plays
C. played
D. had played
40. What do you call the physical movement of the actors relative to the position of the camera?
A. light
B. direction
C. blocking
D. characterization