FIRST QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST

ENGLISH 8
S.Y. 2023-2024

TEST I- Instruction: Read the questions carefully 8. The baseball player has malice toward the
and choose the letter that corresponds to the referee was revealed in his spiteful remarks to the
correct answer. media, which almost ruined the referee’s career.
1. What do you call the words or phrases that help What type of context clue is used in the sentence?
the reader know the meaning of a word? A. synonym clue C. definition clue
A. Synonym Clue C. Antonym Clue B. antonym clue D. explanation clue
B. Context Clue D. Definition Clue
9. In Japanese culture, the word "kimono" refers to
2. Which type of context clue provides the reader a _______.
with a word that has a similar meaning to the A. traditional Japanese garment
unfamiliar word? B. type of martial art
A. Synonym Clue C. Antonym Clue C. religious ritual
B. Example Clue D. Definition Clue D. form of sushi

3. For the little boy, a lollipop was tangible or real, 10. In the statement, “With the crown of snow, there
whereas a promise was not. What does tangible comes a wisdom.” What does the expression crown
mean? of snow symbolize?
A. edible C. actual A. gray hair C. beautiful crown
B. basic D. untouchable B. getting old D. expensive crown

4. Leila has incorrigible behavior, like being unruly 11. These are citations to original sources that
in the class, which puzzled her mother. What does appear in the text of your paper. It is also called in-
the underlined word mean? text citation.
A. appalling C. reformed A. Bibliography
B. incurable D. frustrated B. Parenthetical citation
C. Chronology-focused citation
5. Even though she had read her supervisor’s D. Researcher-focused citation
memo four or five times, she still found his rambling
message ambiguous. What does ambiguous 12. What does APA mean?
mean? A. Asian Psychological Association
A. profound C. unclear B. American Psychological Association
B. inspiring D. ridiculous C. American Psychologists Association
6. Far from being upright and moral, his behavior D. Association of American Psychologists
showed him fallible. What does the underlined word
mean? 13. This intext citation writes first the name of the
A. capable of falling over C. capable of error author followed by a comma, the date of publication
B. weak-kneed D. immoral inside the parentheses then the idea from the
source.
7. When the light brightens, the pupils of the eyes A. Idea-focused citation
contract; however, when it grows darker, they B. Parenthetical citations
dilate. Which word in the sentence signals that a C. Chronology-focused citation
given clue is the opposite of the underlined word? D. Researcher-focused citation
A. when C. however
B. pupils D. brightens 14. Which statement correctly defines plagiarism?
A. Copying someone else’s work with permission.
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B. Citing someone else’s work or ideas with B. A similar study was done on students learning to
permission. format research papers (Using Citations, 2001).
C. Presenting someone else’s work or ideas as C. A similar study was done on students learning to
your own with or without consent. format research papers ("Using Citations").
D. Presenting someone’s work or ideas in your D. A similar study was done on students learning to
research. format research papers (2001).

15. Which of the following correctly uses 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of a
researcher-focused citation? magazine?
A. Villanueva (2019) found a correlation between A. Time
social media usage and anxiety symptoms in B. Preview
teenagers. C. Manila Bulletin
B. Villanueva, (2019) found a correlation between D. National Geographic
social media usage and anxiety symptoms in
teenagers. 19. Which is NOT TRUE about world wide web or
C. (2019) Villanueva found a correlation between internet?
social media usage and anxiety symptoms in A. It contains citations of articles in magazines,
teenagers. journals, and newspapers.
D. (In 2019) Villanueva found a correlation B. It allows you to access most types of information
between social media usage and anxiety symptoms on the Internet through a browser.
in teenagers. C. One of the main features of the Web is the ability
to quickly link to other related information.
16. Which is the correct in-text citation for three or D. The important thing to do when using
more authors? information on the Internet is to know how to
A. Learning disabilities, and their accompanying evaluate it.
academic challenges, can lead to low self-esteem,
isolation, and behavior problems (Kemp, Smith & 20. What classification of modal is used in the
Seagull, 2005) following sentence? She must vote in the coming
B. Learning disabilities, and their accompanying Barangay election.
academic challenges, can lead to low self-esteem, A. giving advice
isolation, and behavior problems (Kemp. Smith. B. stating obligation
Seagull. 2005) C. stating possibility
C. (Kemp. Smith. Seagull, 2005) said that learning D. asking permission
disabilities, and their accompanying academic
challenges, can lead to low self-esteem, isolation,
and behavior problems.
D. Kemp, Smith and Seagull, 2005 said that
learning disabilities, and their accompanying
academic challenges, can lead to low self-esteem,
isolation, and behavior problems.

17. Which is NOT the correct in-text citation for no

author?
A. A similar study was done on students learning to
format research papers ("Using Citations," 2001).
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TEST II- Complete the table below by supplying the

missing words.

PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

Gone
21. ________________ 22. ___________________

23. ________________ Forgot 24. ___________________

25. ________________ Froze 26. ___________________

Sink 27. ___________________ 28. ___________________

29. _______________ Drank 30. ___________________

Write 31. ___________________ 32. ____________________

33. _______________ 34. ___________________ Done

Arise 35. ___________________ 36. ___________________

Swam
37. ________________ 38. ____________________

39. _________________ 40. ___________________ Shown

Prepared by: ANNALIZA CELOSO- LOPEZ

Subject Teacher
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