Summative Test Questions Grade 4

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION I
PANGASINAN SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE II
SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 4

Name: __________________________________ Score: ________
Grade & Section: _________________________
I. Read the short story and answer the questions. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
It was a cold morning by the beach. Totoy and some of his friends were
walking along the shore. Their small feet dug small holes in the sand as they walked.
Totoy noticed something moving in one of the holes. Looking closely, it was a tiny
crab trembling in the cold. “Sorry, little crab. Go, get yourself warmer deep into your
haven”, said Totoy.
1. Who went walking along the beach?

A. Totoy and his father C. Totoy and his cousins
B. Totoy and his friends D. Totoy and his neighbors
2. What did Totoy see in one of the holes?
A. a shrimp B. a shell C. a crab D. a fish
3. Which adjective is used to describe the crab?
A. tiny B. huge C. brave D. big
4. Why was the crab trembling?
A. because it was disturbed C. because it was dancing
B. because it was very cold D. because it was playing
5. Looking closely, Totoy noticed a tiny crab trembling in the cold.Which word means the same as
tiny?
A. deep B. little C. big d. huge
II. Read the sentences carefully. Encircle the letter of your answer.
6. Which of the following is not a compound word?
A. inside B. herself C. somewhere D. happily
7. My family and some of our relatives are going to the beach this weekend. What is the compound
word
in the sentence?
A. family B. beach C. relatives D. weekend
8. She lives in a beautiful place with a garden and near a pond.

Which of the following words in the sentence is a personal pronoun?
A. beautiful B. garden C. lives D. She
9. If you will be asked to write the words snail, vegetables, farmer, duck, shell, bag, leaves in
alphabetical order, what word will come first?
A. bag B. farmer C. shell d. vegetables
10. In the sentence, “Dolly and her friends ate the chocolates and cookies”, what personal pronoun is
used to replace Dolly and her friends?
A. She B. He C. It D. They
11. Eduardo planted this mango tree. _______ waters ________ every day. What are the pronouns
that will complete the statement?
A. He, she B. He, them C. He, it D. We, it
12. Which of the following list of words are arranged in correct order?
A. bake, seat, weed, children, eagle, backyard, deer, plate
B. dish, case, maid, street, bug, train, kite, night
C. airplane, cage, friend, gate, house, stairway, truck, water
D. basket, drum, castle, shore, parents, guard, knock, vase
13. What are antonyms?

A. two words that have the same meaning
B. two words that have opposite meaning
C. two words that are unrelated
D. two words that are invisible
14. Myra has a lot of work during weekend. What does the underlined word mean?
A. few B. plenty C. abundant D. nothing
15. Which suffix can you add to the word reason to make a new word?
A. -able B. ment C. -ful D. -ion
16. If you wanted to say someone is not helpful, which word would you use?
A. helpfulness B. unhelpful C. inhelpful D. mishelpful
17. The plural of monkey is ______________.

A. monkies B. monkey C. monkeys D. monkeyses
18. Which word does not belong to the group?

A. church B. choir C. chair D. champ
19. Angry is to calm as lazy is to ________________.

A. idle B. hardworking C. slow D. fast
20. Gamba never stopped working and weaving. This statement would give us an idea about Gamba.
Which word best describes her?
A. diligent B. lazy C. thirfty D. respectful
Choose the correct s-form of the verb to use in each sentence.
21. Alyssa ____________ the yard every morning.

A. sweep B. sweeps C. swept D. sweeping
22. Her brothers Allan and Sam _________ the dried leaves in the trash can regularly.
A. gather B. gathers C. gathering D. gatherers
23. The strong typhoon wrecked the houses. The men were busy repairing after the typhoon. What is
the synonym of the underlined word in the sentence?
A. destroyed B. impressed C. built D. repaired
24. It is a book that contains a list of words with their antonyms and synonyms
A. dictionary B. glossary C. index D. thesaurus
25. The sun gently sent his beams upon the traveller. What kind of adverb is the word gently?
A. manner B. time C. place D. frequency
26. “We can make our community a better place to live in”. The adjective “better” is in the
__________
degree of comparison.
A. positive B. comparative C. superlative D. none of the above
27. Which of the following is in the superlative degree?

A. little B. most C. more D. many
Choose the correct past form of the verb that will best complete the sentences.
28. Last week, Vicky and I __________ to Manila Zoo.

A. go B. goes C. going D. went
29. Typhoon Yolanda ___________ many people homeless when it hit the country.
A. leave B. leaves C. left D. leaving
30. The farmer is busy as a bee. This sentence is an example of the figure of speech called
________.
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. analogy
31. Read the selection carefully. What do you think Rina and Rissa should do?
Rina and Rissa were walking from school when they noticed a wallet near the trash can.
They picked it up. They opened it and saw five hundred pesos. They looked at each other. Both
were hungry. They stood for a while thinking.
A. Use the money to buy food.

B. Throw the wallet in the trash can.
C. Get the money and give it to mother.
D. Keep the wallet and report it to the Police station with mother.
Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.

Sheena felt like hiding her face. She was wearing her new eyeglasses to school for the first
time. She felt that everyone on the street was laughing at her. “I look like an owl”, she thought to
herself.
32. What do you think did the character feel?

A. happy B. angry C. jealous D. shy
33. What is the correct sequence of the directions given below?

A. 2-1-3-4 B. 1-4-3-2 C. 3-2-1-4 D. 4-1-3-2
1. Measure rice with a cup and put in the cooking pot.

2. Cook rice about 25 minutes.
3. Follow the 1:1 ratio. One cup of rice to one cup of water.
4. Wash rice.
34. Which of the following states a request?

A. Please get me a big basket.
B. How sweet of you, dear.
C. Help me carry the big basket, Ana.
D. Kuya Alfred is driving me to the market.
35. Carlo kept his toys in the toy box. The preposition in this sentence is __________.
A. in B. his C. the D. toy
36. Identify the correct cause to the given effect.
The children are happy because_________________________.

A. their teacher got mad
B. they got high scores in the test
C. they lost in the game
D. they got low scores in the test
Read the short paragraph. Encircle the letter of the best answer.
Spiders catch food in different ways. They spin silk to catch insects. Some leap into the air
to catch their prey. Some spiders use sheets of silk to wrap their prey like mummies.
37. What is the topic sentence of the paragraph?

A. Spiders catch food in different ways.
B. They spin silk to catch insects.
C. Some leap into the air to catch their prey.
D. Some spiders use sheets of silk to wrap their prey like mummies.
Read the following selection and answer the questions 38, 39 and 40.
My biggest dream in life is to become a doctor. I love watching movies where doctors
are happy about saving the lives of people. I will become a doctor to my grandfather who is
sick. I will give him his medicine and check his body temperature, too. I feel amazed at how
doctors are being respected in our community. I want to become a doctor because I want to
help my dearest grandfather fight cancer.
38. Which of the following is the topic sentence of the paragraph above?
A. I want to become a doctor because I want to help my dearest grandfather fight cancer
cells in his body.
B. My biggest dream in life is to become a doctor.
C. I will become a doctor to my grandfather who is sick.
D. I feel amazed at how doctors are being respected in our community.
39. What is the supporting sentence for the given paragraph?

A.The school also guides them to discover their talents, skills, and interests in life.
B. I love watching movies where doctors are happy about saving the lives of people.
C. Life shapes us to become strong and independent. We learn from the problems that we
encounter.
D. I will become a doctor to my grandfather who is sick.
40. What is the concluding sentence in the paragraph?

A. I will give medicine and check his body temperature too.
B. I love watching movies where doctors are happy about saving the lives of people.
C. My biggest dream in life is to become a doctor.
D. I want to become a doctor because I want to help my dearest grandfather fight cancer.

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SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 4

1. Who went walking along the beach?

8. She lives in a beautiful place with a garden and near a pond.

13. What are antonyms?

17. The plural of monkey is ______________.

18. Which word does not belong to the group?

19. Angry is to calm as lazy is to ________________.

21. Alyssa ____________ the yard every morning.

27. Which of the following is in the superlative degree?

28. Last week, Vicky and I __________ to Manila Zoo.

A. Use the money to buy food.

Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.

32. What do you think did the character feel?

33. What is the correct sequence of the directions given below?

1. Measure rice with a cup and put in the cooking pot.

34. Which of the following states a request?

36. Identify the correct cause to the given effect.

The children are happy because_________________________.

37. What is the topic sentence of the paragraph?

39. What is the supporting sentence for the given paragraph?

40. What is the concluding sentence in the paragraph?

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