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PRE-FINAL EXAM
ENGLISH GRADE 9

I.Reading Comprehension: Read carefully the selection, and then answer the questions that
follow.
“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged
by the colors of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream. I have a dream that
one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having its lips dripping with the
words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls
will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” --- Martin
Luther King Jr.

1.What was the dream of the author mentioned in the first sentence?
a.His children will suffer discrimination.
b.His children will live with a pride of nationality.
c.His children will live free from, racial discrimination.
d.His children will live in a nation free from corruption.
2.What does the this line emphasized, “Little black boys and black girls will be able to
join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”?
a.Little black boys will be separated from black girls.
b.Little black boys will be separated from little black girls.
c.Little black boys and little black girls will play hand-in-hand.
d. Little black boys and girls, and little white boys and girls will treat each other
equally.
3.The word vicious is synonymous with:
a.cruel b. pitiful c. selfish d. understanding
4. What is the tone of the passage?
a. judgmental b. optimistic c. pessimistic. D. unbiased
5.What is the message of the selection?
a. Don’t judge a person by his/her color.
b. Dream the best for your nation’s children.
c. Racial discrimination must end in all nation.
d. Black and white people are the same creation.
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England 1821, and immigrated to New York City when she
was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly
impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking
admission to the medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So she was
determined that she save music lessons to earn money for her tuition.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris.
She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she
was a woman. By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor along with another female doctor,
managed to open a new hospital; she also established the first medical school for women.
6.How old is Elizabeth when she becomes a doctor?
a. 21 b. 28 c. 31 d. 49
7. How many years have been passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening
of her hospital?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 19 d. 36
8. What is the main reason that almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances of becoming a
doctor?
a. She was a woman.
b. She wrote too many letters.
c. She couldn’t establish her hospital.
d. She couldn’t graduate from a medical hospital.
9. All of the following are “first” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, EXCEPT:
a. She was the first woman surgeon.
b. She became the first female physician.
c. She established the first medical school for women.
d. She and several women founded the first hospital for women and children.
10.Why couldn’t Elizabeth realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
a. A serious eye infection prevented her.
b. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.
c. She decided to further her education in Paris.
d. It was difficult for her to start practicing in the U.S.
Literature: Poem Analysis
SYMPATHY
I lay in sorrow, in deep distress
My grief a proud man heard
His looks were cold, he gave me gold
But not a kindly word

My sorrow passed- I paid him back

The gold he gave to me
Then stood erect and spoke my marks
And blessed his charity

A lay in want, grief and pain

A poor man passed away
He bound my head, he gave me bread
He watched me night and day

How shall I pay him back again

For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy
11. How did the proud man help the poet when he was in deep distress?
a. He pitied the poet. b.He gave him joy.
c. He took him home. d.He gave him gold
12.What was not given by the proud to the poet?
a. food b. gold c. money d. sympathy
13.How did the poor man take care of the poet?
a.The poor man gave gold and kind words.
b.He took the poet home and bound his head.
c. The poor man gave him some money and food.
d. The poor man gave food to the poet and took care of him.
14. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. The poor man blessed the charity of the poet.
b. When the poet was in sorrow, he was given money.
c.The poet repaid his debt to the proud man by thanking him.
d. The poet says he cannot repay the poor man for his sympathy.
15.Which of the word in the poem means ‘giving money to a person who is in need?”
a. charity b. distress c. kindness d. sympathy
 FOG
Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
On little cat feet

It sits looking
Over harbor and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on
*haunches: the part of a four-legged animal form the uppermost part of the legs and
backward.
16.Snaburg compares the way the fog moves to _____________.
a.a little cat b. a city’s rhythm
c. the way a cat moves d. movement near a harbor
17.Through the comparison, Sandburg implies that the fog _______________.
a. sings b. moves quickly and quietly
c. sits looking over harbor city d. floats along like the water at a harbor
18.In the second stanza, Sandburg continues to compare fog to ______________.
a.city b.feet c.harbor d.haunches
19.In the stanza, Sandburg implies that the fog ____________.
a.never stays b. stay too long
c. keeps on moving d. stays for a while and then leaves
20.The author portrays fog as ____________.
a. quiet b. stormy c. dangerous d. bothersome
II. Speech Improvement
21. The word COLLABORATOR letters sounds different from the rest?
a. 1st b. 2nd c. 3rd d. 4th
22.Which of the underlined letters sounds different from the rest?
a. auditor b. audience c. aunt d. aura
23.Which word contains a silent letter when pronounced?
a.column b. helium c. nylon d. silk
24. Which of the following underlined letters is sounded as /t/?
a. condensed b. distilled c. hugged d. milled
25. Which word has the same initial sound as in CHARACTER?
a. champion b. chimney c. chaperon d. choric
III. Technical Vocabulary for drama and theater.
26. It is a spontaneous style of theater through which scenes are created without
advance rehearsal or a script.
a. improvisation b. melodrama c. monologue d. skit
27.A type of entertainment containing music, songs, and usually dance.
a.Musical Concert b. Musical Dance c. Musical Drama d. Musical Theater
28. Acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech?
a. pantomime b. playbill c. prologue d. puppetry
29.An object use on stage or on screen by actors during a performance or screen
production.
a.make-up b. mask c. props d. costume
30.Realistic piece of stage scenery constructed to stand by itself.
a.blocking b. re-enactment c. set piece d. scenery
31.Instruction in Italics that describe the setting and tell about the action.
a.narration b. script c. soliloquy d. stage directions
32. A poster announcing a theatrical performance.
a. pantomime b. playbill c. prologue d. puppetry
33.The written words for the play which everyone reads in order to perform a play.
a.monologue b. narration c. script d. skit
34. The words that characters say to each other which are written next to his/her name.
a. dialogue b. discourse c. prologue d. theme
35. The final rehearsals just prior to opening the show run with full technical elements.
a. Cold Reading b. Dress Rehearsal c. Tech Rehearsal d. Pacing
IV.Grammar Awareness
36.Which of the following sentences is in the active voice.
a. Crickets are kept as pets in China.
b. Only female mosquitoes bite people.
c. The new rules were posted on the bulletin board.
d. Rock music is often enjoyed by many young people.
37.Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice?
a. I took the test with patience.
b. A single fly may carry a million bacteria.
c. Langston Hughes wrote dreams “Dreams Deferred.”
d. The NAT test are taken by the Grade 10 students.
38.What is the correct transposition of the statement in the box to active voice?
“A huge profit was made by the company.”
a. The company made a huge profit.
b. The company makes a huge profit.
c. The company is made by a huge profit.
c. The company was made by a huge profit.
39. What is the correct transposition of the statement in the box to active voice?
“The heaven and the earth were created by God.”
40. Fill in the blank by choosing the letter of the correct answer: My wallet _______ by
somebody.
a.is steal b. was steal c. was stolen d. was stealing
TENSES OF THE VERB
41.Which of the following statements is expressed in present perfect tense?
a.America and Russia sent astronauts to the moon.
b.America and Russia send astronauts to the moon.
c.America and Russia have sent astronauts to the moon.
d,America and Russia are sending astronauts to the moon.
42.Which of the following statements is expressed in future perfect tense?
a.The English test result has been known.
b.The English test result was known last Friday afternoon.
c.We will know the result of the English test on Friday afternoon.
d.By noon of Friday, we shall have known the result of the English test.
43.Which of the following statements is expressed in past perfect tense?
a.I had Eaten my breakfast when you called.
b.I would eat my breakfast if you call.
c.I have been eating my breakfast for almost an hour.
d.I should have eaten my breakfast before you call.
Direct and Indirect Speech
44. What is the correct transformation of the direct speech in the box to indirect speech?
“Billy says, “I do not know the answer.””
a. Billy said that he didn’t know the answer.
b. Billy says that he didn’t know the answer.
c. Billy said that he doesn’t know the answer.
d. Billy says that he doesn’t know the answer.
45. What is the correct transformation of the indirect speech in the box to direct speech?
“They claimed that they had done nothing wrong.”
a.They claim, “We had done nothing wrong.”
b.They claim, “We had done nothing wrong.”
c.They claimed, “We had done nothing wrong.”
 d.They claimed, “We have done nothing wrong.”

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: Context Clues. Choose the letter of the word which does not
belong to the group of the underlined word.
46. The man was shouting blasphemous ideas about different religious.
a.authentic b.nonsense c.distracting d. humiliating
47.The audience ignored the man’s clamor for change on social injustice.
a.yell b. cry c. scream d. silence
48.The lady was wearing a bourgeois dress just like any other woman in their locale.
a.traditional b. common c. original d. conservative
49. They were spoken by a man who had false ideas as to what is convincing
elocution.
a.delivery b. cry c. scream d. silence
50.He can never forget the entreaties made which was agreed upon for a quite some
time.
a.answer b. petition c. request d. appeal

Prepared by:

MARLON V. CARIAZO
Teacher III

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