Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Sagada District
TETEPAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Fourth Periodic Test (English 6)

No. of no. of
OBJECTIVES Days items % ITEM PLACEMENT
I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION REM UND APP ANA EVA CREA
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1. Restate portions of text heard to clarify meaning 2 3 5 1,2,3
2. Summarize the information from a text heard 2 2 5 4,5
II. READING COMPREHENSION
Distinguish text-types according to purpose and language 4 6,7,8,
5 10
features (cause and effect) 9,10
Distinguish text-types according to purpose and language 4 10 11, 13,14
5 12
features (problem and solution) ,15
III. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Infer meaning of borrowed words using context clues 3 4 7.5 16-
19
Infer meaning of borrowed words using affixes and roots 2 2 5 21 20
Infer meaning of borrowed words using roots 1 2 2.5 22 23
Infer meaning of borrowed words using prefix 2 2 5 24 25
Infer meaning of borrowed words using suffix 1 2 2.5 26,
27
Infer meaning of content specific terms using other 1 2 2.5 28 29
strategies
IV. GRAMMAR
1. Use various types and kinds of sentences 3 3 7.5 30-
for effective communication of information/ ideas 32
(compound sentences)
2. Use various types and kinds of sentences for effective 4 5 10 33,34 35 37 36
communication of information/
ideas (complex sentences)
3. Use various types and kinds of sentences 5 6 12.5 38,39 41-
for effective communication of information/ ideas ,40 43
(compound complex sentences)
VI. WRITING COMPREHENSION
Revise writing for clarity (correct spelling, appropriate 6 44-50
7 15
punctuation marks, transition, signal words)
TOTAL 38 50 100 5 7 4 14 8 12
%

Prepared by Noted by

SNAIRA D. EBAN JAN D. QUIORE

Teacher 1 School Head

Fourth Periodic Test in English 6

Name: _____________________________________________ Score: ___________

I. LISTENING
A. Directions: Restate the sentences or portion of the sentences that the teacher will read. Write the answer
on the lines below.
1._____________________________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________________________________
B. Directions: Summarize the information from the short paragraph that the teacher will read. Write the
answer below.
4._____________________________________________________________________________________
5._____________________________________________________________________________________
II. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Directions: Read the following passages below then answer the questions that follow or do what is asked
to do.
Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however, illnesses
are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. So while shivering outside in the cold probably
won’t strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors because you will
have a greater exposure to germs.
____6. Based from the paragraph above, which of the following sentences state the causes why people get
sick?
A. People are exposed to germs.
B. People don’t dress properly for the weather.
C. People do not have healthy immune system.
d. People are expose to germs and they too don’t dress properly for the weather.

____7. Which among the sentences below state the effect in the paragraph above?
A. People get sick. C. Illnesses are caused by germs.
B. Illnesses are not caused by cold weather. D. People will have greater exposure to germs.

B. Directions: Read the paragraph inside the box. Complete the information needed in the graphic organizer
below it.
Students are not allowed to chew gum in my class. While some students think that I am just being mean, there are
many good reasons for this rule. First, some irresponsible students make messes with their gum. They may leave it on
the bottoms of desks, drop it on the floor, or put it on other people’s property. Another reason why I don’t allow
students to chew gum is because it is a distraction. When they are allowed to chew gum, students are more worried
about having it, popping it, chewing it, and snapping it then they are in listening, writing, reading, and learning. This
is why I don’t allow students to chew gum in my class.
8. Cause
10. Effect

9. Cause
It seems like there has been a surge in teen pregnancies these days. Teen pregnancies make it very difficult for young
mothers to pursue their dreams and meet the demands of an infant. Fortunately, most teen pregnancies can be easily
prevented by using birth control; however, even birth control is not 100% effective. The most effective way to prevent
teen pregnancies is abstinence, which is 100% effective.
____11. What problem is stated in the paragraph above?
A. abstinence B. teen pregnancies C. young mothers D. birth controls
____12. What two solutions are given to prevent teen pregnancies nowadays?
A. demands of infant C. birth control and abstinence
B. birth control and teen pregnancies D. pursue the young mothers’ dream
13- 15. Directions: Complete the problem solution chart below base from the paragraph above.
Problem Solution Chart

Problem

III. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Directions: Read each sentence below. Identify the correct answer by
writing the letter of the correct answer on the blank before the number.
____16. My father is a podiatrist, or foot doctor. What does podiatrist mean?
A. eye doctor B. foot doctor C. internal doctor D. animal doctor
____ 17. “The picture of the landscape is picturesque but the one of the old house is ugly. “
What kind of context clue is used in the sentence to get the meaning of difficult word?
A. synonym B. antonym C.comparison D. contrast
____18. Emma had a lot of anxiety about the exam but I had no worries about it. What is the antonym of the
underlined word?
A. worry B. no worries C. concern D. tension
____19. The dates are listed in chronological order. They start at the beginning and end with the last event.
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Choose the letter of the answers that tell the meaning of the underlined words. Write it on the blank.
____ 20.After twelve hours without food, I was so ravenous that I ate four slices of pizza, two bowls of cereal, and an
ice-cream sundae. What does ravenous mean?
A. full B. contented C. hungry D. extremely hungry
____21. When people reached the age of 40 nowadays, they usually suffer from hypertension. What is the root word
of the underlined word?
A. hy B. hyper C. tension D. -ion
____22. We use democracy as a method of selecting representatives. What is the root of the word democracy?
A. de- B. demo C. crac D. -y
____23. What is the meaning of the root of the word democracy?
A. govern B. lead C. follow D. defeat
____24. Infinite: If finite means “having an end,” how does the prefix -in change the meaning in infinite? A. It means
the opposite of finite B. It means having a long end
C. It means without end D. Both A and B
_____25.Misery: Based on the meaning of the prefix mis-, what can you infer about the word misery?
A. It is something positive C. It is something negative
B. It is something in between D. None of the above
_____26. The factory supervisor demanded an inspection, which is a careful and critical examination of all of the
meats processed each day. What does the underlined word mean?
a. examination C. meat processed each day
 b. factory supervisor D. careful and critical examination
____ 27.When the suffix –ful is added to the root word care, the new word is careful. What does careful mean? A.
full of care b. without care c. take care d. I don’t care
____ 28. Her animosity, or hatred, of her sister had divided the family. What word in the sentence has the same
meaning with animosity?
A. hatred B. sister C. divided D. family
____29. Which among the following sentences with context clues shows explanation?
A. Something in the refrigerator has a putrid odor; the smell was rotten when we opened the door.
B. Eating nutritious food is just as important as regular exercise. C.
Cold weather soon replaced the sweltering heat of summer. D. Bill felt remorse, or
shame, for his harsh words.
IV. GRAMMAR
Directions: Read and understand each item carefully. Write the answer on the blank before the number.
____ 30. Which of the following sentences is a complex sentence?
A. She is happy after she learned the news about the test result.
B. The weather is too cold however Marlon is sweating much.
C. Abegail likes the dress that her uncle gave her.  
D. Hazel is a serious and responsible girl.
____ 31. What conjunction should put between these two simple sentences to make it compound?
“ The areas are clean ____ the classrooms are well ventilated.”
a. and B. but C. or D. yet
____32. Fiona is cutting hair in the parlor _____________________. Which phrase will complete the sentence?
A. because she is a beautician C. and she cooks food for the visitor
B. because she is a doctor D. or teaching little children in school
____33. Which of the following words is a subordinate conjunction?
A. and B. that C. for D. or
____34. What kind of conjunctions are usually used to connect phrases in a complex sentence?
A. coordinate conjunction C. FANBOYS
B. subordinate conjunction D. all of the above
____35. What kind of clause is introduced by a subordinate conjunction and usually identified as clause that cannot
stand alone?
A. dependent clause B. independent clause C. both A and BD. none of the two

____36. Which of the following is not a complex sentence?

A. Crisa May received the money that her mother sent.
B. Teddy and Gerald will shop at the mall this weekend.
C. Roland went to the kitchen after he smelled popcorn.
D.Marinel laughed when her mother dropped a pie upside down on the floor. 
____37. Select the independent clauses in this sentence:
If you make pancakes, you should serve them with syrup, or else they will be too dry.
A. If you make pancakes C. you should serve them with syrup
B. they will be too dry D. both B and C
____38. Which of the following is a compound complex sentence?
A. Although I like books, I do not like romance novels, but my sister loves them.
B. The photographer held up a bear, and the little boy smiled.
C. I left my bag on the bus; therefore, I did not have a pencil.
D. When I go to the beach, I bring my hat.
____39. Which of the following sentences is not a compound complex sentence?
A. Jim’s mom went to the store because it’s his birthday, and she bought him a present.
B. Until he graduates, he will live in the apartment, but then he wants to move.
C. Molly, who loves cats, plans to get a kitten, but she needs to find a house.
D.  I left my bag on the bus; therefore, I did not have a pencil.
____40. Underline the subordinate clause in this compound complex sentence.
“Jennifer sat in her chair, which was a dark red recliner, and she read all evening.”
41-43. Directions: Read the following compound complex sentences. Underline the independent clause once
and the dependent clause twice
41. We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought
that we were wrong.
42. If Barack Obama is re-elected this November, he'll serve another four years, but it won't be an easy
contest to win.
43. Even though he prefers to eat with a fork, he chooses to use chopsticks in Chinese restaurants;
however, they aren't easy to use.
IV. WRITING
Directions: Revise the paragraph by correcting some misspelled words, improper punctuation marks,
using the correct transition words and correct grammar. (7 pts)
The concept of fairnes is central to understanding plagiarism. fairness means being fair both to yourself and
others. _________ everybody both gives and recieves their proper due, and nobody has anything to
complain about. For example, an incident involving unfairness could be taking someone else’s work and
passing it off as your own. As a result the person hose work has been taken receives no recognition or
acknowledgment for their research and thinking. Furthermore, writers who plagiarise are not being fair to
themselves either becoz they are not developing their own independent academic skills. __________,
students who do their own work with due acknowledgment of the work of others should develop their own
academic skills and self- confidence far more than those who merely misuse the work of others.

Readings for English 6 (Fourth Grading Test)

Directions: Listen to the sentences that the teachers will read. Restate these using your own words.
1. The part of the brain that controls emotions is more active in women.
2. Studies have shown that men make decisions more quickly than women.
3. In general, women eat more healthily than men.
For number 4
Just as Peanuts seems to have absorbed so much of the popular culture which preceded it, the comic
strip has had a profound influence on the society and culture of its own time.  Peanuts affects and inspires
our daily lives, and not simply because we can open our daily newspapers and find it there without fail (for
over 14,000 days now without interruption—one of the few certainties in a world beset by unsettling
changes).  Peanuts has become an integral part of the history of American culture through its influence in so
many areas of our life and society.
For number 5
I dreamed of going north and writing books novel. The North symbolizes to me all that I had not felt and
deen; it had no relation whatever to what actually existed. Yet, by imagining a place where everything was
possible, I kept hope alive in me. But where had I got this notion of doing something in the future, of going
away from home and accomphishing something that would be recognized by others?
Answer Key
1. The part of the brain that controls emotions is less active in men.
The part of the brain that controls emotions is not as active as in women.
2. Studies have shown that men make decisions less quickly than women.
Studies have shown that women make decisions more slowly than men.
3. In general, men are bigger and heavier than women.
In general, women are not as bigger and heavier as men.
4. Peanuts, has a great influence on our present-day culture.
5. Wright wanted to go north, a place would life be different, and become a well-known writer, but he is
unsure how he came to have his dream.
6. C
7. A
8-10 13-15

11.B 12. C
16.B 36.B
17.B 37.D
18.B 38.A
19. start at the beginning and end with the last event 39.D
20.D 40.Jennifer sat in her chair, which was a dark red recliner,
21.B and she read all evening.
22.C 41. We decided that the movie was too violent, but our
23.A children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we were wrong
24.C
25.B 42. If Barack Obama is re-elected this November, he'll serve
26.D another four years, but it won't be an easy contest to win
27.A
28.A 43. Even though he prefers to eat with a fork, he chooses
29.A to use chopsticks in Chinese restaurants; however,
30.B they aren't easy to use.
31.A
32.A
33.B
34.B
35.A

44-50.

The concept of fairness is central to understanding plagiarism. Fairness means being fair both to
yourself and others. Moreover, everybody both gives and receives their proper due, and nobody has anything
to complain about. For example, an incident involving unfairness could be taking someone else’s work and
passing it off as your own. As a result, the person whose work has been taken receives no recognition or
acknowledgment for their research and thinking. Furthermore, writers who plagiarize are not being fair to
themselves either because they are not developing their own independent academic skills. Therefore,
students who do their own work with due acknowledgment of the work of others should develop their own
academic skills and self- confidence far more than those who merely misuse the work of others.