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English Pre-Test: Set A

This document contains an English pre-test with graded passages and questions for grades 2 through 7. The pre-test includes 6 narrative and expository passages with 3 or fewer sentences each. Questions below each passage test comprehension of key details. The pre-test aims to assess English reading skills for primary and intermediate grades.

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English Pre-Test: Set A

This document contains an English pre-test with graded passages and questions for grades 2 through 7. The pre-test includes 6 narrative and expository passages with 3 or fewer sentences each. Questions below each passage test comprehension of key details. The pre-test aims to assess English reading skills for primary and intermediate grades.

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ENGLISH PRE-TEST

SET A

Level Title of the Selection


Pam’s Cat
Grade 2
Narrative
Summer Fun
Grade 3
Narrative
Get Up, Jacky!
Grade 4
Narrative
Frog’s Lunch
Grade 5
Narrative
Yawning
Grade 6
Expository
Dark Chocolate
Grade 7
Expository
GRADE 2

PAM’S CAT
Pam has a cat.

It is on the bed.
It can nap. It can sit.
“Oh no!” says Pam.
“The cat fell off the bed!”
Is the cat sad?
No. It is on the mat.
GRADE 2

1. Who has a pet?


a. Pat
b. Pam
c. Paz

2. What is her pet?


a. dog
b. pig
c. cat

3. Why did Pam say “Oh no!”?


a. She was mad.
b. She was happy.
c. She was worried.

4. Why did she feel this way?


a. Her cat can do tricks.
b. Her cat made a mess.
c. Her cat might be hurt.

5. How do we know that the cat is ok?


a. It is on the bed.
b. It is on the mat.
c. It has a rat.
GRADE 3

SUMMER FUN
“Let’s have some fun this summer,” says Leo.
“Let’s swim in the river,” says Lina.
“Let’s get some star apples from the tree,” says Leo.
“Let’s pick flowers,” says Lina.
“That is so much fun!” says Mama.
“But can you help me dust the shelves too?”
“Yes, we can Mama,” they say.
“Helping can be fun too!”
GRADE 3
1. Who were talking to each other?
a. Lita and Lito
b. Lina and Lino
c. Lina and Leo

2. What were they talking about?


a. what to do during the summer
b. what to have during the summer
c. what to wear during the summer

3. The children in the story could be _______


a. brother and sister
b. neighbors
c. cousins

4. Which of these will they do if they are hungry?


a. pick flowers
b. pick guavas
c. go swimming

5. Doing something "fun" means ______________.


a. doing something in the summer
b. doing something in the house
c. doing something that we like

6. Which these is the best example of being helpful?


a. picking flowers
b. cleaning up
c. swimming
GRADE 4

GET UP, JACKY!


“Ring! Ring!” rang the clock.
But Jacky did not get up.
“Wake up, Jacky! Time for school,” yelled Mom.
And yet Jacky did not get up.
“Beep! Beep!” honked the horn of the bus.
Jacky still laid snug on the bed.
Suddenly, a rooster crowed out loud
and sat on the window sill.
Jacky got up and said with cheer,
“I will get up now. I will!”
GRADE 4

1. Who is the main character in our story?


a. Jock
b. Jicky
c. Jacky

2. Why did the main character need to wake up early?


a. to get to school on time
b. to get to work on time
c. to get to bed on time

3. What woke the character up?


a. the ringing of the alarm clock
b. the crowing of the rooster
c. Mom’s yelling

4. What did the character think as he/she "laid snug" on the bed?
a. “I do not want to get up yet.”
b. “I do not want to be late today.”
c. “I want to be extra early today.”

5. What does it mean to say something "with cheer?"


a. We say it sadly.
b. We say it happily.
c. We say it with fear.

6. Which of these statements fits the story?


a. Jacky liked being woken up by a clock.
b. Jacky liked being woken up by a bus horn.
c. Jacky liked being woken up by a rooster.
GRADE 5

FROG’S LUNCH
One day, a frog sat on a lily pad, still as a rock.

A fish swam by.


“Hello, Mr. Frog! What are you waiting for?”
“I am waiting for my lunch,” said the frog.
“Oh, good luck!” said the fish and swam away.
Then, a duck waddled by.
“Hello, Mr. Frog! What are you waiting for?”
“I am waiting for my lunch,” said the frog.

“Oh, good luck!” said the duck and waddled away.


Then a bug came buzzing by.
“Hello, Mr. Frog! What are you doing?” asked the bug.

“I’m having my lunch! Slurp!” said the frog.


Mr. Frog smiled.
GRADE 5
1. Who is the main character in the story?
a. the bug
b. the duck
c. the fish
d. the frog
2. What was he doing?
a. resting on a lily pad
b. chatting with a bug
c. hunting for his food
d. waiting for the rain
3. In what way was he able to get his lunch?
a. He was able to fool the fish.
b. He was able to fool the duck.
c. He was able to fool the rock.
d. He was able to fool the bug.
4. Why should the frog be “still as a rock?”
a. so that he will not scare the other animals away
b. so that he can catch his lunch
c. so that the other animals will think he is friendly
d. so that the fish will say nice things about him
5. Which of these words describe the duck?
a. patient
b. eager
c. curious
d. careful
6. Which of these words describe Mr. Frog?
a. patient
b. eager
c. curious
d. careful
7. Which of these characteristics would have helped the bug?
a. being patient
b. being eager
c. being curious
d. being careful
GRADE 6

YAWNING
What makes us yawn? Yawning is something that we cannot control. Even
in the mother’s womb, eleven-week-old babies have been observed to yawn.
But why do we do it? One popular explanation for yawning is that a person
may be tired or bored. Although many believe this to be true, it cannot explain
why athletes yawn before an event or why dogs yawn before an attack.

It is said that yawning is caused by a lack of oxygen and excess carbon


dioxide. A good example of this is when we yawn in groups. We yawn
because we are competing for air.

Others even believe that we yawn to cool our brains off. Cool brains allow
us to think more clearly so yawning is said to help us become more alert.

Reference: McManus, M. R. (2001). What makes us Yawn? Retrieved from: Howstuffworks com
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/question572.htm
GRADE 6

Questions
1. What is a fact about yawning? 6. In the selection, how is the
a. It is something we cannot word 'compete' used in the
control. phrase
b. It is something only humans "competing for air?"
do a. struggling to take in some
c. It is a result of boredom. air
d. It happens after birth. b. arguing about breathing
2. Which of the following might c. battling it out for oxygen
make us yawn? d. racing to breathe more air
a. reading a book 7. Which of the following shows
b. being in a crowded room evidence that "yawning" is
c. being around plants "competing for air?"
d. being in a small air- a. The passengers in an
conditioned car elevator yawned.
3. What does the word b. Several people yawned
"involuntary" mean? while picnicking at an open
a. expected field.
b. unexpected c. Two people yawned inside
c. within control a room with air-
d. uncontrollable conditioning.
4. Which of the following may be d. Three students yawned in a
a benefit of yawning? big empty room.
a. It warns us of possible 8. Which of the following is the
attacks by dogs. best response when we see a
b. It provides us the carbon person/animal yawn?
dioxide we need. a. Have the person eat a food
c. It cools our brains. item that is a good source
d. It balances the amount of of energy.
oxygen and carbon dioxide. b. Change the topic of
5. According to the selection, conversation to a more
what is most likely to happen interesting one.
after we yawn? c. Turn on an electric fan or
a. We will become more alert. source of ventilation.
b. We will be less tired. d. Run away to avoid being
c. We will be less sleepy. attacked.
d. We will be calmer.
Graded Passages in in English Pre-Test (Sets A to D)
Set A
Gr. 2 Gr. 3 Gr. 4 Gr. 5 Gr. 6 Gr. 7
Pam’s Summer Get Up, Frog’s Dark
Yawning
Cat Fun Jacky! Lunch Chocolate
1.b 1.c 1.c 1.d 1.a 1 .d
2.c 2.a 2.a 2.c 2.b 2 .c
3.c 3.a 3.b 3.d 3.d 3 .a
4.c 4.b 4.a 4.b 4.c 4 .c
5.b 5.c 5.b 5.c 5.a 5 .a
6.b 6.c 6.a 6.a 6 .c
7.d 7.a 7 .c
8.c 8 .c

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