Grade 9 English With Answer Key

Department of Education Region III DIVISION OF PAMPANGA THIRD PERIODIC TEST IN ENGLISH GRADE 9 SY 2014-2015 I. Listening Comprehension (1-5) 1. Pope Francis was born in Argentina but he is more Italian because a. all Popes must be Italian c. Italy is close to Argentina b. his parents are both Italian immigrants d. the Vatican is in Italy 2. Pope Francis embodies many things considered “first,” EXCEPT being a. a Jesuit Pope c. from the Southern Hemisphere b. a Non-European Pope d. of Italian descent 3. The Pope is the absolute sovereign of the Vatican State. The underlined phrase means a. founding father b. governing body c. ruling party d. permanent leader 4. Which of Bergoglio’s former jobs is closest to the common people? a. Accountant b. bouncer c. chemist d. janitor 5. Who created him Cardinal in 2001? a. Pope Benedict XVI c. Pope John Paul II b. Pope Gregory III d. Pope John Paul VI II. Oral Language and Fluency (6-10) Match the short vowel sounds with the sentence containing words in that sound group. 6. /e/ A. The office /staff/ waited at the /lobby/. 7. /∑/

B. The /captain/ is a /bachelor/.

8. /ae/

C. The /agent/ was /able/ to close the deal.

9. /a/

D. A /plate/ of /bacon/ and eggs is on the /table/.

10. /e/

E. The /weather/ is /festive/ for a picnic in the /meadow/.

III. Vocabulary Development (11-16) 11. Mrs. Stevenson dialled an operator to contact her husband. What is an “operator?” a. a person who dials to contact a husband c. one who operates b. one who has contacts d. someone who connects phone calls 12. I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-mail account. A “Luddite” is a person who… a. opposes modern technology c. owns a cellphone and other gadgets b. appreciates modern technology d. buys a lot of gadgets Study this word maze: amble

credit

drowsin g slow walk

appreciat ion sleepin g

tangle

running

gossip

Identify the synonym pairs from the above word maze. 13. a. appreciation-credit b. gossip-sleeping c. running-sleeping d. tangle-amble 14. a. amble-slow walk b. drowsing-sleeping c. running-sleeping d. tangle-running 15. a. drowsing-sleeping c. running-appreciation b. gossip-credit d. slow walk-gossip IV. Grammar Awareness (16-20) (Verbals) Gerunds 16. Identify the function of the gerund in this sentence: Although simple, refusal is similar to the rules that prevent people from bumping into others in the streets. a. direct object c. subject b. object of a preposition d. subject complement 17. What is the gerundial phrase in this sentence? Helping people is something that can give you a feeling of satisfaction. a. feeling of satisfaction c. is something b. helping people d. that can give you

Infinitives 18. Identify the function of the infinitive in this sentence: He worked to get ahead in the ladder of education. a. adjective b. adverb c. noun d. preposition 19. What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? Children go to school to learn new things. a. go to school b. to school c. to learn d. to learn new things Participles 20. Grazing on the grass, the women observed the cows. This sentence can be correctly re written as... a. Grazing on the grass, the cows observed the women. b. Grazing on the grass, the women observed the cows. c. The cows observed the women grazing on the grass. d. The women observed the cows grazing on the grass. V. Reading Comprehension (21-25) Without it I was like a bear in a cave Drowsing through a shadowy winter It rings and spring has come. 21. In these lines from the poem “The Telephone” by Edward Field, to what does the speaker compare man’s situation before the advent of the device? a. bear b. cave c. spring d. winter With life in this city being what it is Each person separated from friends By a tangle of subways and buses 22. These lines suggest… a. a maze b. transportation

c. disconnection

d. an overlap

A funny thing happened in the way to communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cellphone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and – poof! – I became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget designed to make communication easier. 23. The word “poof!” suggests… a. conversation b. disappearance c. interruption 24. What happened to communication revolution is “funny" because… a. gadgets to make human contact easy create communication gaps b. it makes people disappear c. it makes you become invisible and absent from a conversation d. we stopped talking 25. What is the mood of the author? a. disappointed b. regretful c. surprised

d. invisibility

d. unhappy

VI. Literature (26-28) Match the Description/Definition in Column B with the Dramatic Conventions in Column A COLUMN A COLUMN B 26. Soliloquy A. This is where the actor speaks as if to himself or herself. 27. Archetype B. The imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage through which the audience sees the action 28. Fourth wall

C. Relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality and manner of speech

D. An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of any hearers (29-30) Figurative Language 29. Hyperbole

A. Mercutio tells Romeo that his wound is “a scratch, a scratch!”

30. Understatement

B. “Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night.” C. “I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far / As the vast shore wash’d with the

farthest sea, / I would venture for such merchandise.” VII. Writing and Composition (31-35) Arrange in correct order the events from the given literary works. Refer to the choices after each set of events. 31. Romeo and Juliet a. Juliet’s nurse calls her. b. Juliet calls Romeo’s name. c. Romeo enters the garden below Juliet’s window d. Romeo leaves and Juliet goes to bed e. Juliet says goodnight and Romeo climbs back down 1. A-B-C-E-D

2. B-C-A-E-D

3. C-A-B-E-D

4. D-C-B-A-E

32. Sorry, Wrong Number a. Operator: I’m sorry. Murray Hill 4-0098 is busy. b. Mrs. Stevenson: (desperately)... You’ve got to help me... Someone’s going to murder me. c. Mrs. Stevenson: Operator? I’ve been dialing Murray Hill 4-0098 now for the last threequarters of an hour, and the line is always busy... d. George: Sorry, wrong number. (hangs up) e. Duffy: And what makes you think the murder’s going to be committed in your neighbourhood, ma’am? 1. A-E-B-C-D 2. A-D-E-B-C 3. B-A-D-E-C 4. C-A-E-B-D 33. Driving Miss Daisy a. Miss Daisy found out that Hoke was illiterate b. Miss Daisy taught Hoke how to read c. Miss Daisy resented Hoke’s presence believing he would just sit around d. Miss Daisy crashed her brand-new car while backing it out of the garage e. Boolie hired Hoke Coleburn to drive her around her hometown 1. A-C-E-D-B

2. B-C-A-D-E

3. D-E-A-B-C

Study the illustrations of the types of stage below: A. In-the-round Stage

B. Proscenium Stage

C. Thrust stage

D. Traverse Stage

4. D-E-C-A-B

Which of the above drawings fit the descriptions that follow? 34. A type of stage where the audience sits on only one side: stage front. The audience sits at a height lower than the stage. 35. A type of stage where the audience sits on three sides: stage front, stage left, and stage right. This audience configuration is the oldest type of staging in the world at around a thousand years old. VIII. PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR THIRD QUARTER (15 pts.) Performance Standard:

Skillfully perform a one-act play through utilizing effective verbal and non-verbal strategies and ICT resources based on the following criteria: FOCUS, VOICE, DELIVERY and DRAMATIC CONVENTIONS. Or you can use a more specific Rubric to evaluate students’ performance. LISTENING TEXT FOR GRADE 9 ENGLISH Third Periodic Test Directions:  To the teacher, allow students to read first the questions for 90 seconds. Then, read the listening text.  To the students, after reading the questions, listen only as the text is read. Answer the questions as the text is read a second time. Pope Francis is the reigning pope of the Catholic Church, in which capacity he is both Bishop of Rome and absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Flores, a barrio of Buenos Aires. Jorge was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio, an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy's Piedmont region, and his wife Regina María Sívori, a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin. In the sixth grade, Bergoglio attended Wilfrid Barón de los Santos Ángeles, a school of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires. He attended the technical secondary school EscuelaNacional de EducaciónTécnica and graduated with a chemical technician's diploma. He worked for a few years in that capacity in the foods section at Hickethier-Bachmann Laboratory. Before joining the Jesuits, Bergoglio worked as a bar bouncer and as a janitor sweeping floors, and he also ran tests in a chemical laboratory. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III in 741, that is, 1,272 years earlier. LISTENING TEXT FOR GRADE 9 ENGLISH Third Periodic Test Directions:  To the teacher, allow students to read first the questions for 90 seconds. Then, read the listening text.  To the students, after reading the questions, listen only as the text is read. Answer the questions as the text is read a second time. Pope Francis is the reigning pope of the Catholic Church, in which capacity he is both Bishop of Rome and absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Flores, a barrio of Buenos Aires. Jorge was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio, an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy's Piedmont region, and his wife Regina María Sívori, a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin. In the sixth grade, Bergoglio attended Wilfrid Barón de los Santos Ángeles, a school of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires. He attended the technical secondary school EscuelaNacional de EducaciónTécnica and graduated with a chemical technician's diploma. He worked for a few years in that capacity in the foods section at Hickethier-Bachmann Laboratory. Before joining the Jesuits, Bergoglio worked as a bar bouncer and as a janitor sweeping floors, and he also ran tests in a chemical laboratory. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III in 741, that is, 1,272 years earlier. Grade 9 English -Key To Corrections 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. E 8. B 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. B

19. D 20. D 21. C 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. 2 32. 4 33. 4 34. B 35. C

CLASSIFICATION OF ITEMS INTO KPUP Knowledge 5, 11, 12, 23, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35 Process 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Understanding - 1, 3, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 Performance Performance Standard (15 pts)