Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region X
DIVISION OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY
NAT ENGLISH 6
PRACTICE TEST 1
NAME DATE
GRADE AND SECTION TEACHER
I. Directions: Analyze and identify the sound devices for each sentence. Choose the letter of the
correct answer.
1. The snow is a white blanket.
A. alliteration B. assonance C. hyperbole D. metaphor
2. The team leader moves as bravely as a lion.
A. context clues B. onomatopoeia C. personification D. simile
3. It was cold and I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
A. assonance B. hyperbole C. personification D. simile
4. Why do you cry, Willie? Why do you cry? Why, Willie? Why, Willie? Why, Willie?
A. alliteration B. assonance C. hyperbole D. simile
5. The phone rings inside the room.
A. context clues B. onomatopoeia C. personification D. simile
II. Directions: Pluralize the underlined regular nouns in each sentence. Choose the letter of the
correct answer.
6. Asian countries are the mortal enemy of European countries.
A. enema B. enemies C. enemous D. enemys
7. Two of the famous churches in the Philippines are located in South Luzon.
A. churches B. churcheses C. churchess D. churchis
8. My sister sent me two sets of chocolate box
A. boxes B. boxs C. boxses D. boxx
9. The pupils find the three lines of the art paper.
A. lines [Link] C. liness D. linseed
10. The teacher gave the key to the janitor.
A. keys B. keyses C. keyss D. keyz
III. Spelling. Read the short story and find the correct spelling of the underlined misspelled words
for each given number. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
The Fox and the Grapes
It was a (11) day. Most of the animals stayed under the (12) where it was
cooler. But a fox took a (13) for he was hungry and thirsty. After some time, he came into a
(14)
field where the grapes were growing. The ripe fruits were hanging on the branches. They
looked so delicious that the fox started jumping to get them. However, the grapes were too high for him to
reach. He (15) again and again but he failed. At last, he was tired so he walked away, saying.
“Those grapes are sour anyway
11. sanny B. sonny C. sunny D. zun
ny
A.
12. tree B. treess C. trey D. thre
e
A.
13. waked B. walk C. welk D. wol
k
A.
14. wayde B. weyd [Link] D. wiy
de
A.
15. tired B. tried C. trieded D. tryie
d
A.
IV. Directions: Read the following sentences and identify the word being personified. Choose
the letter of the correct answer.
16. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest.
A. dark B. forest C. whispered D. wind
17. The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.
A. crops B. flowers C. gardener D. manure
18. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
A. beat B. desert C. scorching D. sun
19. Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic.
A. clock B. hot C. Tim D. time
20. When the patriots defeated the army, freedom rang across the fruited plains.
A. across B. army C. freedom D. plains
V. Read the following sentences and find the correct agreement between the subject of
the sentence and its verb. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
21. Ma’am Alicia Monteverde (teach) us how to solve mathematical equations.
A. teach B. teached C. teaches D. teachs
22. Cagayan de Oro City (lead) the Dragon Boat competition.
A. lead B. leades C. leads D. leds
23. Arvin (bake) some cakes for us.
A. bake B. baked C. bakes D. beak
24. Tristan and Mike (join) the drama club this year.
A. join B. joined C. joins D. joint
25. The girl behind the chairs (study) in Labas Elementary School.
A. studied B. studies C. studys D. studdyies
VI. Directions: Recall the concept of simile for you to be able to identify the word being compared
to the underlined word. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
26. The music changes like prismatic glass, giving the world a glimpse of all the colors it forgets.
A. changes B. colors C. prismatic glass D. world
27. The lowered lamps glow in the midnight air like mammoth orange moths that flit and flare through the
dark tapestry of night.
A. air B. dark C. mammoth D. tapestry
28. I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.
A. dream B. glides C. oar D. silent
29. Talk of your cold, through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
A. cold B. driven nail C. stabbed D. talk
30. But now her hands like moonlight brush the keys with velvet grace.
A. grace B. keys C. moonlight brush D. velvet
VII. Directions: Infer the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions in each sentence.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
31. Jose Zavalla's basketball team made a game plan at the drop of a hat.
A. badly B. earlier today C. for the win D. without hesitati
The policemen barked up the wrong tree in our village.
A. accusing the right person C. arrested no one
B. accusing the wrong person D. arrested the right person
32. The BMW car truly cost an arm and leg.
A. very expensive B. very huge C. very intimidating D. very low-price
33. The Miss Universe pageant 2015 producer thinks that Elvis has left the building.
A. it is not a good show C. It is a wonderful show
B. it fails to have high ratings D. It has to come to an end
34. It takes two to tango to commit this suspicious crime.
A. beautiful dance craze C. continuous actions
B. actions need more than one person D. mysterious crime
VII. Recall the concept of metaphor. Identify the word being compared to the
underlined word. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
35. He is a beast.
A. apple B. army C. beast D. ghost
36. The noise is music to his ears.
A. aid B. ears C. music D. noise
37. His belt was a snake curling around his waist.
A. curling B. his C. snake D. waist
38. Love is a growing garland.
A. garland B. grow C. love D. wall
39. Your friendship is the picture of my frame.
A. frame B. friend C. picture D. wall
VIII. Provide the correct gender of the pronoun for each sentence.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
40. Ryan is a tall player, loves playing for her school.
A. he B. her C. his D. she
41. Sir Fernandez likes chocolate candies and always brings these candies to his friends.
A. he B. her C. his D. she
42. Ma’am Ebio sends me money to buy some pens.
A. he B. her C. his D. she
43. Sir Flores brings dog to the city veterinary.
A. he B. her C. his D. she
44. Ma’am Padua instructs me about plan for the camping.
A. he B. her C. his D. she
IX. Directions: Find the modal of each sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
45. He shall bring the food very soon.
A. bring B. food C. shall D. soon
46. We can definitely win the championship game.
A. can B. championship C. definite D. game
47. You should stop smoking because it is bad for you.
A. because B. for C. should D. stop
48. I ought to tell the truth to the teacher.
A. ought B. teacher C. tell D. tr
50. May I sit down now? ut
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A. I B. down C. may D. no
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Here are the answers for the National Achievement Test (NAT) Grade 6 Practice Test:
Sound Devices
D. metaphor
D. simile
B. hyperbole
A. alliteration
B. onomatopoeia
Pluralization
B. enemies
A. churches
A. boxes
A. lines
A. keys
Spelling Correction
(11) warm
(12) shade
(13) journey
(14) green
(15) jumped
Personification
C. whispered
B. flowers
A. beat
D. time
C. freedom
Subject-Verb Agreement
C. teaches
C. leads
C. bakes
B. joined
B. studies
Simile Identification
C. prismatic glass
C. mammoth
B. dark
D. talk
C. moonlight brush
Idiomatic Expressions
D. without hesitation
C. accusing the wrong person
A. very expensive
D. It has to come to an end.
C. actions need more than one person.
Metaphor Identification
C. beast
A. ears
C . snake
39 . C . garland
40 . A . frame
Pronoun Gender Correction
41 . A . he
42 . A . he
43 . D . she
44 . C . his
45 . D . she
Modals
46 . C . shall
47 . A . can
48 . C . should
49 . D . ought
