CHRIST THE KING ACADEMY

POBLACION, ANTEQUERA, BOHOL

SECOND QUARTER: ENGLISH 8

NAME:__________________________________________________________DATE:______________

YR. & SEC: ____________________ SCORE:

80
I. A. Identification – Vocabulary (10 pts.):

Direction: Identify the answers of the items written below by rearranging the letters into correct
the words needed.

_____________________1. E B E N O E L N V T – good, charitable

_____________________2. E L Y I G I T E A L M – lawfully, rightly
_____________________3. A E E K D P – having a peak: pointed
_____________________4. I F A I L L – showing respect to a parent or superior
_____________________5. A C L D – to provide with clothes
_____________________6. I D E G Y L T N L I – carefully and steadily
_____________________7. S C R O S – marked by bad temper
_____________________8. I J I R A H S S I K N – small covered 2-wheeled vehicle usually for one
passenger that is pulled by one man and that was used originally in Japan
_____________________9. N N T I E A – existing naturally rather than acquired
_____________________10. M A A B I L T I I Y – good nature; friendliness

B. Identify what is being needed in each number below. (15 pts.)

________________________1. It is a collection of teachings of Confucius.

________________________2. It is a figure of speech in which you use words to suggest a meaning that
is opposite to what you really think.
________________________3. How many books are inside the Analects?
________________________4. This means benevolence.
________________________5. This means ritual.
________________________6. This means propriety.
________________________7. He is more popularly known as Kong Zi or Master Kong.
________________________8. It is a type of irony that is also called event irony, and the outcome is
sometimes humorous. It involves a difference between what is expected to happen and what actually
happens.
________________________9. This type of irony is much seen in plays and movies as a powerful plot
device that directly involves the audience and spectators.
________________________10. It is an irony that uses words to mean something different from what a
person actually says.
________________________11. This is the dress that Japanese babies wear.
________________________12. It was the gift of the parents to their daughter on her first Doll Festival.
________________________13. He was the one who sent the father to Tokyo.
________________________14. It was the gift of the father to the mother when he came home from
Tokyo.
________________________15. How many times does the girl need to look at the gift from her mother
when she grew into a lady?

II. Modified TRUE or FALSE (15x2=30pts.)

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is true and if it is false, WRITE FALSE AND CHANGE THE
WORD/ WORDS UNDERLINED, to its correct answer.

_________________1. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918.

_________________2. Rolihlahla is the Xhosa name of Nelson Mandela.
_________________3. Xin Guanjie is one of the world’s greatest philosophers and is popularly known
as Master Kong.
_________________4. In the story “The Happy Mirror”, the little daughter was given a set of dolls during
her first Doll Festival.
_________________5. The head of the Madiba clan in the story “Nelson: Cows’ Best Friend” was
Nkedama.
_________________6. The emperor in the story “The Happy Mirror” sent for the father to go to China.
_________________7. Justice is the name of Nelson’s cousin whom he shared a rondavel when he
moved to the Great Place.
_________________8. The head of the village of Mverzo is Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa.
_________________9. The Analects is a collection of the teachings of Confucius.
_________________10. The mother in the story “The Happy Mirror” told her daughter to look at the
mirror twice each year.
_________________11. If the wife in “The Happy Mirror” is cross upon looking at the mirror, she will see
a smiling face.
_________________12. The mother of Nelson Mandela presided over three rondavels at Qunu.
_________________13. Everyday, one should insult himself or herself once and again according to
Confucius.
_________________14. At home, a young man should be dutiful towards his parents.
_________________15. In American culture, the sons and daughters of one’s aunts or uncles are
considered brothers and sisters.

III. Irony (10 pts.):

Directions: Indicate whether the following are examples of verbal irony, situational irony, or
dramatic irony. Write VI, SI, or DI. If the statement does not contain irony, write X.

_____________1. I am so hungry that I could eat a whole pig.

_____________2. If you have a phobia of long words, you must tell people that you are
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic.
_____________3. A rat infestation at the Department of Sanitation
_____________4. Mother: “I see you ironed your shirt.”
Boy: “But I just got it out of the bottom of the basket.”
_____________5. A person Tweets about how Twitter is a waste of time and energy.
_____________6. She is as beautiful as a rose.
_____________7. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet stabs through a curtain thinking his traitorous,
murdering uncle is there, only to learn that he actually stabbed and killed the father of the woman he
loves, and a man for whom he had the utmost respect and admiration.
_____________8. You comment on the beautiful weather you’ve been having just five minutes
before a tornado rips through your house.
_____________9. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor lies and tells the investigator
that her husband never had an affair (in fact, he had), right before John Proctor
publicly declared that his wife never had—and never would—lie.
_____________10. The trees are swaying gracefully.

IV. Enumeration (15 pts.):

Direction: Enumerate what is being asked in each number.

1-3. The most important philosophies that can be grasped through the Analects.
4-7. The other names of Confucius.
8-10. Notable Japanese Folktales and Legends
11-15. Local ceremonies and traditional rites officiated by Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa

There is always a good reason for everything! 

Good luck and God bless! 
-Ma’am Zorah-