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Polo National High School

English 9
Long Quiz #2

Name: _______________________________Section: ___________ Date: __________ Score: _________ P. S._____________


I.A. Directions: Write “T” if the statement is true or changed the underlined word to make the statement true.

______________1. In the poem mother to son, the life of the mother is a crystal stair.
______________2. The speaker in the poem “Psalm of Life” is a young man.
______________3. The poem “Psalm of Life” tells us that “Life is not an empty dream”.
______________4. In the story “The Day of Destiny” Sir Lancelot warn King Arthur to not continue the battle without him.
______________5. In the story “The Day of Destiny” Sir Lucan throw the “Excalibur” sword in the lake.

B. Directions: Match the description on column A to the words being described in Column B.
A B
______1. A feature of a lyric poem that presents comparison over a. word formation
several lines throughout the poem.
______2. The speaker’s/persona’s attitude towards the subject can be b. contraction
gleaned from the quality of language used.
______3. A figurative language that appeals to one or more of the c. extended metaphor
five senses.
______4. Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual d. tone
word within a text.
______5. An word abbreviation formed by removing a letter or e. imagery
multiple letters from a longer word or phrase.
f. context clue

II. A. Word formation: Identify how the following word formed.

______________1. ad ______________6. appear – dis appear


______________2. highlight ______________7. gym
______________3. biographical ______________8. sitcom
______________4. RADAR ______________9. UNICEF
______________5.workroom ______________10.blueberry
B. Context Clue: Identify the context clue used in the sentence then circle the meaning of the underlined word.

__________1His animosity, or hatred, of his sister divided the Love Hatred


family.
__________2.This painting of the landscape is picturesque, Colorful Plain
while the one of the old house is just plain ugly
__________3. The shipwrecked was built during the Spanish Destroyed Formed
colonization
__________4. The factual documents made the his True Fake
statement true and believable.
__________5. The permanent decision of soldier’s captain House Temporary shelter
made them sleep on the bivouac.
III. Punctuation mark: Rewrite the following sentence to punctuate it properly.

1.Excuse me, he said, do you have the time?


____________________________________________________________
2. Billy The Kid was a famous western gunslinger.
____________________________________________________________
3. You are the friend the only friend who offered to help me.
___________________________________________________________
4. She is an award winning novelist.
_____________________________________________________________________
5. The children said, we want to ride in the merry go round.
_____________________________________________________________________
IV. Directions: Change the words in () into a contraction.
1. __________________ (we are) going to the fair this weekend.
2. He said that he ______________________ (would not) go with me.
3. __________ (it is) time to go to bed.
4. It ______________ (is not) too late to enter the contest.
5. I _______________ (will not) be able to finish my homework.
6. Do you think ___________ (you will) have fun at the party.
7. I ________ (do not) know what _____________ (should have) been done.
8. __________ (who did) you say was coming for dinner tonight?
9. _______ (we will) ask them if _________ (they have) seen our dog.
10. You _________ (will not) have time to complete the project.

Integrity is doing right thing, even when no one is watching


-C.S. Lewis

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