Grade v English 2nd Periodical Test

Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON DIVISION OF ANTIPOLO CITY SUMILANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH 5 SY 2014-2015 Name_____________________________________________ Grade& Sec._________ School____________________________________________ Score______________ I. A. Listening: Listen carefully as I read to you a news report. Write down on your answer sheet one (1) important event or idea about this report. 1.____________________________________________________________________ B. Listen well as I read the story twice. Arrange the events in correct order from numbers 1-3. (2-4) ______ Martin was brought to the States by his parents. ______ Martin wrote to his classmate who lives in Makati City. ______ Martin’s father was assigned to work at the NASA Space Center. ______ Martin enjoyed roaming around the NASA Space Center with his father. C. Listen to the following statements that I will read. If the statement is a cause write C on the blank, if effect write E. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. Directions: Read the paragraph with incomplete sentences. Study these sentences and fill in the blanks with pronouns: who, which, whose (8-10). Conficius _______ was considered a holy teacher was a great Chinese. His teachings ________ are believed by many people are universal. A lot of people admire Confucius ________ teaching are still relevant today. Directions: Read the dialogue below. Complete the sentences using the correct form of adjective delicious. Write your answer on the blank (11-13). Liza: I think Mexican food is ___________. (11) Elly: For me, Chinese food is _____________ (12) than Mexican food. Winnie: Filipino dishes are the ______________ (13) of all the foods I have tasted. Directions: Compare the following nouns using the adjective. Choose from the box the appropriate adjective to use. as attractive to as attractive as

as high tech as as high tech with

as romantic in as romantic as

14. Toyota and Honda is _____________________ Mercedez-Benz. 15. Beaches in Bali are ______________________ beaches in Tahiti.

16. Sceneries in Italy are _____________________ places in Venice. Directions: Fill in the blanks with use to or used to. (17-20). Do Filipinos _________(17) celebrate fiestas with merry making and eating? Filipinos __________(18) hold band parades and agricultural contests on feast days. They __________ (19) watch stage plays and other performances there. Did your grandparents ____________(20) do these celebrations of fiestas? Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer that best fits the sentence. 21. Poverty alone can let _____________ prevent success. A. yourself B. himself C. herself

D. itself

22. Do you think you know __________ well enough? A. itself B. himself C. herself

D. yourself

23. People may make ____________ available to others. A. myself B. himself C. ourselves

D. themselves

24. A young kid tries to _____________ his clothes himself. A. put down B. put off C. put on

D. put

25. Please don’t _____________ old things. They can still be recycled. A. put on B. put in C. put away D. put always 26. Our bodies _______________ vitamins and minerals. A. need B. needs C. needing

D. has needed

27. Neither Remy nor Jessie ____________ in sports. A. excel B. excels C. excelling

D. are excelling

28. Mr. Cruz, together with his pupils _______________ the museum twice a year. A. visit B. visits C. visited D. visiting 29. The town mayor ____________________ sponsor a “Clean, Green, and Beautiful Community Contest. A. is going to B. am going to C. are going to D. has going to 30. The schools __________________ join the “Healthy School” and “School for the Future” Competition. A. is going to B. am going to C. are going to D. has going to 31. Are you my friend’s cousin? __________________ A. No, he does. B. No, he doesn’t. C. No I’m not. D. No, she didn’t. 32. She is feeling well today, __________________ A. is she? B. isn’t she? C. are you? D. aren’t you? 33. Does your mother cook breakfast every morning? __________________ A. No, she does B. No, she didn’t C. Yes, she does D. Yes, she don’t

Directions: Read the story below. Answer the questions that follow. Write your answer on your answer sheet. The Legend of Maria Makiling Maria Makiling lived for a long, long time at the foot of Mt. Makiling in Laguna. She was kind and loving as much as she was pretty. She offered help to the people in any form. She knew when and what problem was coming to them. The people lived in peace and contentment. The people repaid Maria’s goodness, too. They loved Maria very much. But people were insincere in their love for her. Some stole her plants and pets. Maria could no longer stand some people’s unappreciated ways. She left the place and never came back up to this day. 34. Where did the story happen? ___________________________________________________________________ 35. Who are the main characters in the story? ___________________________________________________________________ 36. What is the climax of the story? ___________________________________________________________________ 37. How did the story end? ____________________________________________________________________ 38. If you were one of the characters in the story, who would you like to be? Why? ____________________________________________________________________ 39. What did Maria feel about some people’s unappreciated ways in spite of her kindness? Draw her face on the box below.

(40-42.) Write down 3 major ideas in the story “The Legend of Maria Makiling in the order as they happened in the selection. 40. __________________________________________________________________ 41. __________________________________________________________________

42. __________________________________________________________________ Directions: Which statements below, tells EFECT, which one tells CAUSE? Write C for cause and E for effect on the blank before the number. ______________43. People were insincere in their love for her. ______________44. She left the place and never came back up to this day. Directions: Complete the following outline by filling in the blank (45-47). Pollution of the atmosphere is one of our most serious ecological problems. The main waste products that pollute the air are gases such as sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide. Smoke can also cause pollution as it consists of small particles of solid materials such as tar and carbon, suspended in the air. These are bad for health and cause plants and crops to grow less abundantly. The exhaust fumes also cause pollution in the air. The sources of these pollutants are mainly traffic, specially exhaust fumes of cars, which can also cause dangerous pollution of the air we breathe. I. (45) __________________________ A. Gases B. (46)_______________________ C. (47) _______________________ II. Effects of Air Pollution A. (48) _______________________ B. Cause the plants and crops to grow lesser abundantly Directions: Write an ending to this incomplete story (49-50). A Japanese tourist came to Manila and wanted to go to Banaue to see the Ifugao Rice Terraces. The tourist agent said that the tourist bus to Banaue will leave at exactly nine o’clock in the morning. He then returned to his hotel room for it was only seven o’clock. So he went to bed and waited until he fell asleep. Then he went down at eightfifty not knowing that his watch stopped.

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Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON DIVISION OF ANTIPOLO CITY

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH 5 SY 2014-2015 Table of Specification

Skills Listening Get Information from news report heard 1. List down important ideas event 2. Sequence events in the story listened to through groups of sentences 3. Identify cause / effect from statements / situations heard. Speaking Use pronouns 4. Demonstrative ( who, where, ect.) 5. Reflexive (myself, herself, etc.) 6. Ask and answer questions about oneself/others. no + negative rejoinder yes + positive rejoinder positive stem + negative stem negative stem + positive 7. Use the different verb forms 8. Simple present for general truth 9. Habitual past ( use to + verb) 10. Future ( going to + verb) - Use two-word verb 11. Use words that describe persons, place, animals, ideas (adjectives) 12. Use the positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives 13. Use descriptive word and phrases -as + adj. + as Reading 14. Note significant details 15. Identify the settings, character. climax and ending of stories read 16. Draw pictures of incident / characters from a selection heard 17. Identify oneself with a character in the story.. Organize ideas 18. Identify the major ideas / concept in a selection 19. Organize the key sentence and supporting details into an outline 20. Sequence the major ideas / concept in a Selection 21. Identify cause and effect for statements read Writing 8. Write an ending to an incomplete story TOTAL

No. of Days

No. of Items

Item No.

3

1

1

3

3

2-4

3

3

5-7

2 3 4

3 3 3

8-10 21-23 31-33

3 2

3 4

26-28 17-20

2 2

2 2

29-30 24-25

3

3

11-13

2

2

14-16

3

4

34-37

3 3

1 1

39 38

3

3

40-42

3

4

45-48

3 2

1 2

40-42 43-44

3

2

49-50

40

50

50

Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON DIVISION OF ANTIPOLO CITY SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH 5 SY 2014-2015 KEY TO CORRECTION 1. A drought in the Philippines destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops. 2-4. 2-4-1-3 5. C 6. E 7. E 8. who 9. which 10. whose 11. delicious 12. more delicious 13. most delicious 14. as high tech as 15. as attractive as 16. as romantic as 17. use to 18. used to 19. used to 20. use to 21. D 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. C

26. A 27. B 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. C 32. B 33. C 34. at the foot of Mt. Makiling, Laguna 35. Maria, people 36. people stole her plants and pets 37. She left the place and never come back 38. Maria, because she was kind. (Related answers may be accepted) 39.

40. Maria Makiling lived at the foot of Mt. Makiling, Laguna 41. People stole her plants and pets. 42. Maria left the place and never come back (Related answers for 40-42 may be accepted as long as in order) 43. C 44. E 45. Pollution 46. Smoke 47. Fumes 48. Bad for health 49-50. The Japanese tourist was not able to see the Ifugao Rice Terraces because the tourist bus had already left. (Related answers may be accepted.)

Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON DIVISION OF ANTIPOLO CITY SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH 5 SY 2014-2015 EXAMINER’S COPY Listening: Listen carefully as I read to you a news report. Write down on your answer sheet one (1) important event or idea about this report. 1. A drought in the Philippines has destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of crops. It reduced the country’s water supply and is threatening widespread blackouts as power companies contend with low water levels in hydroelectric dams. The damage to crops is now estimated at more than $61 million. Nearly 400,000 acres of farmland have already been affected, and agriculture officials expect the drought to continue, perhaps for a couple of months from now. 2-4. Listen well as I read the story twice. Arrange the events in correct order. Martin’s father was assigned to work at the NASA Space Center. Martin was brought to the States by his parents. He went to visit his father at the John R. Kennedy NASA Space Center. He also enjoyed watching interesting things inside the center. When he arrived home, he wrote the beautiful things he saw in the Space Center to his classmate who lives in Makati City. Listen to the following statements that I will read. Write C on the blank if the statement is a cause and write E if it is an effect. (Teacher will repeat the underlined statement.) 5. The lovely wife felt happy and honored because her husband was asked to serve the emperor. 6. The little girl was glad about his father’s trip to Tokyo as he will tell interesting stories and bring presents for her when he returns. 7. The father sacrificed walking on foot to Tokyo because there were no railways he could take.