English 9 First Quarter Exam

E n g l i s h 9 First Quarter (2016- 2017) CN

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110 I. GRAMMAR  A. For each item, underline the independent clause once and the dependent clause twice. Then, on the blank before each number, identify the kind of sentence according to structure. (10)  ________________  _____________________1. _____1. When Clark was in elementary, he loved to read folktales and legends.  ________________  _____________________2. _____2. After  After he had had graduated from elementary, elementary, he started reading reading other other novels.  ________________  _____________________3. _____3. He spends at least an hour every night reading a book.  ________________  _____________________4. _____4. He visits bookstore whenever he has time.  ________________  _____________________5. _____5. Recently, his father thought of building him a new shelf because his old one is already filed with books. B. Combine the sentences by supplying the right conjunction. (9) 1. Bohol is often visited by local and foreign tourists. It is protected from the onslaught of commercialism.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ 2.  Visitors go to Bohol Bohol for peace and tranquility. tranquility. They experience experience genuine genuine Filipino Filipino culture. culture.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ 3. To date, Bohol has retained the charms of the Philippines’ past. It has preserved its historical culture.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ 4. It is also known for its historic churches. The place is noted for its ancestral houses.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ 5. The place has a festive atmosphere. The site remains quiet and calm. C. Create a complex sentence on the following sentences. (4) 1. Some people visit Bohol for its old churches. Others look for tarsiers and pythons.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ ____________ ___ 2. There are many reasons to go to Bohol. Going to the beach is one of the reasons.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ 3.  Another reason reason to go to Bohol Bohol is its its wealth of Spanish Spanish influence. influence. Europeans Europeans may find this influence influence charming.  _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ 4. Tourists are greeted by the bronze statue of the Blood Compact. The beautiful beach in Panglao make them with

commune nature.

 _______________  ________________________ _________________ _______________ ________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _____________ ____ D. Add D. Add or take take away a letter letter to make make the next next word in the diamond diamond below. below. The answers answers correspond to the clues. (11)  __ 1. First letter  __ __ 2. Indefinite article  __ __ __ 3. Went fast  __ __ __ __ 4. Water from the sky  __ __ __ __ __ 5. Means of transportation  __ __ __ __ __ __ 6. Make great efforts  __ __ __ __ __ 7. Discolor in a lasting way  __ __ __ __ 8. Man’s nickname  __ __ __ 9. Light brown  __ __ 10.  Alternative to “a”   __  11. Indefinite article II.LITERATURE E. Match Column B and C with Column A. Write the letters of your answer on the space provided. (20 pts.). (5) Column A Column B Column C  ____________1.  ____________1. Beowulf  A. The King’s official a. accused of treason by James I  ____________2.  ____________2. Sir Walter spokesperson b. A b.  A Danish King English 9

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Raleigh  ____________3. Geoffrey Chaucer  ____________4. William Shakespeare  ____________5. Christopher Marlowe  ____________6. Tita Lacambra  Ayala  ____________7. Hunferth  ____________8. Hrothgar  ____________9. Sonnet  ____________10. Medieval English Literature

B. An early Anglo-Saxon epic C. He was most famous for his blank verse. D. Knighted in 1585 E. Build Heorot F. born in Stratford, upon Avon, England G. Father of English Poetry H. A Filipino poet I. A poem of fourteen iambic pentameter lines J. Development of the ballad K. The golden age of English literature

c. What is emotion d. Taunted Beowulf e. Reputed as having unorthodox views on religion f. Offers his services to the King g. Enjoyed poking fun at humanity h. Follows the rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg i. The metrical romance also developed during this period  j. Known for his greatest plays like King Lear, Othello, etc. k. Reign of Queen Elizabeth

F. Write a parody of the Sonnet 29.(5) Sonnet 29  _________________________________ When, in disgrace with fortune  _________________________________ and men’s eyes,  _________________________________ I all alone beweep my outcast  _________________________________ state,  _________________________________  And trouble deaf heaven with my  _________________________________ bootless cries,  _________________________________  And look upon myself, and curse  _________________________________ my fate,  _________________________________ Wishing me like to one more rich  _________________________________ in hope,  _________________________________ Featur’d like him, like him with  _________________________________ friends possess’d,  _________________________________ Desiring this man’s art and that  _________________________________ man’s scope,  _________________________________ With what I most enjoy  _________________________________ contented least;  _________________________________  Yet in these thoughts myself  _________________________________ almost despising,  _________________________________ Haply I think on thee, and then  _________________________________ my state,  _________________________________ Like to the lark at break of day  _________________________________ arising  _________________________________ From sullen earth, sings hymns at  _________________________________ heaven’s gate;  _________________________________ For thy sweet love remember’d  _________________________________ such wealth brings  _________________________________ That then I scorn to change my  _________________________________ state with kings.  _________________________________

Criteria: Originality (5)  Appropriateness (5) Theme (5)

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Write the letter of the word that gives the most appropriate meaning of the following expressions. (5)  ________1. In disgrace with fortune a. unlucky b. poor c. loss of favor  ________2. Beweep my outcast state a. feel sorry for myself b. victim of discrimination c. Feel isolated  ________3. Bootless cries a. silent, tearful eyes b. useless, helpless cries c. noisy, demanding cries  ________4. Like him with friends possessed a. having many friends b. obsessed by friends c. sociable persons  ________5. Arising from sullen earth a. waking up at dawn b. rising from darkness c. breaking the silence H. Read Sonnet 116 and answer the following questions. Sonnet 116 1. This sonnet speaks of a love that defies three things. Let me not to the marriage of true minds What are these three things? Explain. English 9

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 Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when alteration finds Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no! It is an ever fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

 ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________ 2. Enumerate two ways by which the poet presented love. Expound on each.  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________  ______________________________________________

I.  Answer the following succinctly. 1. Is the principle of “show, don’t tell” seen in epics like Beowulf? How well does this principle fit the idea of heroism in general?  ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. In Sonnet 29, When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes, what problem is spoken of in the first eight lines of the poem? What solution to the problem is spoken of in the last six lines of the sonnet?  ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Compare and contrast the passionate Shepherd and the Nymph.  ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Give a concrete definition of emotion as mentioned by Tita Lacambra- Ayala. Cite lines from the poem to support your answer.  ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________

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