INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, THE LANGUAGES

AND
THE ACADEME
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1st GRADING PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

ENGLISH - GRADE 8
SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020

NAME:_____________________________________ Date: ______________

SECTION: _______________ Score: _____________

Test I. Multiple Choice.Read the questions carefully. Write your answer on

the space provided.

____1. Eigen reads the book and he is starting to look for answers as he is
reading. What method is he implementing?
a. Question c. Recite
b. Read d. Review
____2. The text for organizational structure, title, headings and subheadings of
chapters, introductory and summary paragraphs, captions, graphs, photos, and
illustrations.
a. Surveying c. Read
b. Questions d. Recite
____3. Get a partner and ________ a key phrase summary, or paraphrase the
important information you read by referring to the answers you generated.
c. Question c. Recite
d. Read d. Review
____4. It expresses a complete thought.
a. SQ3R method c. Subject
b. Sentence d. Sentence fragments
____5. It is a process that involves several transactions, then readers must make
use of strategies that enable them to transact for their meaning as they read.
a. Surveying c. Reader
b. Text d. Reading
____6. _______ one section of the text at a time looking for the answer/s to the
question/s you asked.
a. Question c. Recite
b. Read d. Review
____7. A group of words that does not have a subject or predicate or does not
express a complete thought.
a. SQ3R method c. Run-on sentences
b. Sentence d. Sentence fragments

____8. In the ________ stage, use a graphic organizer or a list of key phrases to
reformulate your knowledge for a deeper understanding and to test yourself on
what you recall about the unit or lesson.
a. Question c. Recite
b. Read d. Review
____9. It consists of two or more separate sentences written as one sentence.
a. SQ3R method c. Run-on sentences
b. Sentence d. Sentence fragments
____10. We make an educated guess about the words meaning based on the way
it is used in the sentence.
a. Context clues c. SQ3R
b. Crossword Puzzle d. Rereading

Test II. Matching Type. Match column A with the correct answer on column B.
Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

Column A
____11. Who had active roles in the Column B
story? a. Note
____12. What happened in the story?
____13. How was the problem solved? b. Resolution
How did the situation end?
____14. Where and when did the c. Setting
story take place?
____15. List the events which are d. Characters
directly related to the problem/
situation in the story. e. Problem/Situation
____16. What was the summary of
the story? f. Sequence of events

Test III-A. Identification. Identify what kind of figurative language is given

below. Write your answers on the space provided.
____________________17. Our soldiers are as brave as lions.
____________________18. Tim took tons of tools to make toys for the tots
____________________19. She's as skinny as a toothpick.
____________________20. Her long hair was a flowing golden river.
____________________21. How they clang, and clash, and roar
____________________22. Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything
in sight.
____________________23. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every
morning
____________________24. Her cheeks are red like a rose
____________________25. Baa, baa whaled the sheep as the rain began to pour.
____________________26. This is the worst day of my life
____________________27. Lightning danced across the sky
____________________28. The snow is a white blanket.
____________________29. Queenie's quilters quit quilting quickly.
____________________30. The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the
pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that
were splayed in the red Georgia mud.

Test III-B. Underline the subject and box the predicate.

31. The man and his wife were working in their garden.
32. The little tree was covered with needles instead of leaves
33. My mother and my aunt are trained classical dancers
34. A rich merchant was passing by the shoemaker’s window.
35. The pretty girl was wearing a blue frock.
Test IV. Explain the following construct for (15 points)

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