1. The lithe girl was successful in the basketball tryouts.

Unfortunately, the
chubby girl did not make it. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
a. beautiful
b. Lean
c. Sick
d. Tall
2. The principal encouraged the students to economize their weekly
allowances rather than waste it on junk food. What is the meaning of the
underlined word?
a. budget
b. Invest
c. Save
d. Spend
3. Nelson Mandela finally received his freedom after spending several years
in captivity.
a. Home
b. Hospital
c. Prison
d. restaurant
4. What type of context clue is used by stating the word opposite in
meaning of the difficult word to clarify its meaning?
a. Antonym
b. Definition
c. Inference
d. Synonym
5. What type of context clue is used in the following sentence:
“Haberdashery, which is a store that sells men’s clothing, is becoming
more common today.”
a. Comparison
b. Definition
c. Inference
d. Synonym
6. “Romeo is considered infallible in his class. He always performs well in
his statistics class. He never gets zero in all his works.” What kind of
context clue is used in this sentence?
a. Definition
b. Explanation
c. Inference
d. Synonym
7. In writing a citation of a book, what is the proper order?
a. Author, name of publication, title of the book, website, year of
publication
b. Author, year of publication, title of the book, name of publication,
website
c. Title of the book, Author, year of publication, name of publication,
website
d. Year of publication, author, title of the book, name of publication,
website
8. What does APA stand for in citing sources?
a. African Pharmacists Arbitration
b. American Photography Arts
c. American Psychological Association
d. Asian Pediatric Administration
9. Which of the following cites a book with two authors correctly?
a. 2017. Cadavido, J. S., & Bermudez, L. Living as students overseas.
RELC Press. https://relc.org.sg/Living_as_students_overseas
b. Cadavido, J. S., & Bermudez, L. (2017). Living as students overseas.
RELC Press. https://relc.org.sg/Living_as_students_overseas
c. RELC Press. Cadavido, J. S., & Bermudez, L. (2017). Living as students
overseas. https://relc.org.sg/Living_as_students_overseas
d. Living as students overseas. Cadavido, J. S., & Bermudez, L. (2017).
RELC Press. https://relc.org.sg/Living_as_students_overseas
10. Which part of a book citation is always italicized?
a. Name of author
b. Name of publication
c. Title of book
d. Website
11. In writing a citation, which information always comes first?
a. Name of author
b. Name of publication
c. Title of book
d. Year of publication
12. Which of the following shows how the name of the popular Filipino
author, Bob Ong, should be written in a citation?
a. B. Ong
b. Bob O.
c. O. Bob
d. Ong, B.
13. It is a word that refers to a person, a place, a thing, an animal, or an
event.
a. adjective
b. Noun
c. Pronoun
d. verb
14. Fill in the blanks with the correct modal: “There are no stars up in
the sky tonight. It __________ rain tomorrow.”
a. Can
b. May
c. Must
d. Should
15. Fill in the blanks with the correct modal: “Carrie __________ work
hard in order to achieve her dreams.”
a. Can
b. Could
c. Has to
d. Must
16. Fill in the blanks with the correct modal: “As a kid, I __________
spend a whole day playing outside.
a. could
b. Don’t have to
c. might
d. Must
17. Which modal is used to ask for a polite and formal request?
a. Can
b. Has/have to
c. May
d. Must not
18. It is a kind of verb used to add or change meaning into a base form
verb.
a. action
b. Modal
c. Linking
d. Regular
19. Fill in the blanks with the correct transition signal: “You can leave
your bags in the classroom if you’re leaving for lunch. __________, your
adviser would stay there so someone is watching over.”
a. As a result
b. Besides
c. However
d. In addition
20. Fill in the blanks with the correct transition signal: “Dianne is a cum
laude, a licensed mechanical engineer, and a black belter in taekwondo.
__________, she is also a beauty queen.”
a. In addition
b. Similarly
c. therefore
d. thus
21. Fill in the blanks with the correct transition signal: “Grade 8 has
been consistently performing excellently in co-curricular activities
especially in arts contests; __________, their wins go across their
academics because they also have good grades.”
a. Besides
b. Finally
c. first
d. similarly
22. These words help the reader and the writer to shift into sentences
smoothly and without distraction from the change in topic.
a. adverbs
b. Context clues
c. modals
d. Transition signals
23. The following are classifications of transition signals except for
one. What is it?
a. Additive
b. Adversative
c. Causal
d. Coordinating
24. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb: “A few years ago, life
__________ far from the dangers of viruses even without masks.”
a. are
b. been
c. Is
d. Was
25. It is the classification of verb where one changes the spelling in
order to form its past tense.
a. Action verb
b. Irregular verb
c. Linking verb
d. Regular verb
26. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb: “Esther __________ like a baby
right now due to her tiredness.”
a. Sleep
b. sleeping
c. Sleeps
d. Slept
27. What is the past tense form of the base form verb “go”?
a. Goes
b. Going
c. gone
d. went
28. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb: “Because of the rain
yesterday, Farron __________ a cold.”
a. Catch
b. Catched
c. Catches
d. Caught
29. It is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
a. Adjective
b. Adverb
c. Preposition
d. Verb
30. Identify which word in the following sentence is an adjective:
“Seventy thousand people lined up for an audition to Pinoy Big Brother.”
a. Audition
b. Lined up
c. Pinoy
d. Seventy thousand
31. It is a part of the sentence that says something about the subject.
a. adjective
b. Complement
c. modal
d. Verb
32. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adjective: “The Spanish
language is called the language of love because it sounds so ___________
when spoken.”
a. Passion
b. Passionate
c. passioned
d. Passionful
33. Identify which two words in the sentence are adjectives: “It was a
long, busy day that tired all the students.”
a. Busy, all
b. Busy, tired
c. Day, tired
d. Long, busy
34. “The Parisian painter created an imitation of the Mona Lisa by Da
Vinci.” What kind of adjective is Parisian?
a. ordinal
b. origin
c. proper
d. size
35. It is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, and an adverb.
a. Adverb
b. noun
c. Preposition
d. Pronoun
36. What type of adverb answers the question how often?
a. Adverb of degree
b. Adverb of frequency
c. Adverb of manner
d. Adverb of time
37. “Roberta angrily spoke when asked about her opinions on
environmental practices done by the government.” Which word in the
sentence is an adverb?
a. Angrily
b. environmental
c. opinions
d. Spoke
38. Which of the following words/ phrases is an adverb of degree?
a. Casually
b. Everyday
c. outside
d. very
39. What type of adverb is the phrase “on a train”?
a. Adverb of frequency
b. Adverb of manner
c. Adverb of place
d. Adverb of time
40. It is a type of verb that connects the subject to a complement.
a. Action verb
b. Linking verb
c. Regular verb
d. Modal

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Summative Test
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