Mary Belle Montessori School – Mayapa Inc.

#2545 Mayapa Road, Brgy. Mayapa, Calamba City, Laguna

2nd Long Test in English 9

A. Directions: Identify the following sentences according to their structure. Write SP if it’s Simple, CP if it’s Compound,
CX if it’s Complex, and CC if it’s a Compound-Complex sentence. Answer only.

1. Reading is a popular pastime throughout France.

2. She likes making different crafts, but it takes little bit of time to finish each item.
3. Brian asked to be excused from studying because he was ill.
4. That woman teaches Latin to the young individuals in some urban areas of our country.
5. Roman boys, who received better training than the girls did, were taught of the Greek classics.
6. Unless the stops soon, mudslides will engulf these hillside villas.
7. The typhoon will definitely gobble up the homes of seaside villagers, and some will be evacuated to the nearest
evacuation center.
8. The novel that everyone must read by Monday afternoon promises to be very exciting.
9. My brothers enjoy books only if they are relatively short and only if they offer a lot of actions.
10. I practice my Spanish daily, but I still do make mistakes.

B. Directions: If a comma is needed in one of the following sentences, rewrite it by putting the comma on the right part
to correct the sentence and encircle it with a RED BALLPEN. If no comma is needed, write CORRECT. Write your
answers on your quiz note book.
11. Some southern parts of Mexico can receive up to sixty inches of rain a year but most of the country is much drier.
12. The capital is Mexico City and it is also Mexico’s largest city.
13. Wolves are found in the north and in the mountain forests, along with bears and jaguars.
14. The Tropic of Cancer goes through Mexico so the area to the south can be extremely hot.
15. In parts of the country, the temperature can go as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit yet as low as 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
16. The United States is to Mexico’s north and Belize and Guatemala are to its south.
17. Mexico’s full name is the United Mexican States and it is known as Estados Unidos Mexicanos in Spanish.
18. The wide temperature ranges gives Mexico an extremely varied plant life but rainfall affects it, too.
19. The north is desert-like but cacti grow there and yucca and mesquite as well.
20. It is hotter in Monterey than in Mexico City but not as much hotter like in Africa.

C. Directions: On your quiz notebook, copy the following passage. Proofread the passage, correcting and adding end
marks (period, question mark, or exclamation mark) as needed, and encircle it with a RED BALLPEN.

(21-30)
In the mid-twentieth century, people began to travel in space On April 12, 1961, a cosmonaut from the USSR
made a single orbit around the Earth Alan B Shepherd completed a 300-mile flight, but John H. Glenn, Jr was the first
person to orbit the Earth. Glen orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962 Wow that must have been a thrill.
Since then, many spaceflights have been launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida Who would
have believed how far the technology would advance. Today, astronauts from the United States and cosmonauts from the
former Soviet Union often work together on research Have you ever seen a picture of the space station in which they work
It’s a quite feet engineering

D. Directions: Identify the following sentences according to their function. Write DC if it’s Declarative, IM if it’s
Imperative, IT if it’s Interrogative, and EX if it’s Exclamatory. Answer only.
31. Look through the telescope, as you can see the night sky is such an adorable view.
32. I asked whether the moon was smaller than the Earth.
33. The moon is the satellite of the Earth.
34. Is the ozone layer located in the stratosphere?
35. When the moon is full, it is farther away from the sun than it is when it’s a new moon.
E. Directions: Enumerate all (11) punctuations used in constructing sentences and provide each of its meaning/purpose.
(2pts each)
36-45 Punctuations
46-55 Meanings

F. ESSAY
56-60.) Is it important to use punctuations in constructing sentences? Explain your answer.