ENGLISH 8 – 2nd Periodic Test
A. He was very old and sick.
General Instruction: Shade or blacken the letter of the
correct answer in your answer sheet.
(For no. 1-5) Listen as your teacher read the selection
twice.
1. What is the news all about?
A. Avoiding harmful diseases
B. Contaminating people with harmful diseases
C. Giving clinical test to people with harmful
diseases
D. Editing technique to rewrite any gene in the
human body
2. Most probably this breakthrough brings hope to
millions of people with _____________.
What best completes the statement above?
A. Diseases C. Extensive diseases
B. Communicable disease D. Genetic diseases
3. Gene correction therapy offers cure for human
monogenic disorders of those diseases caused by a
_______________.
What best completes the statement above?
A. Combination of various infections
B. Combination of faulty genes
C. Mutation of multiple genes
D. Mutation of single gene
4. Editing technique is the hope of those suffering from
genetic diseases.
What does the underlined word means?
A. Combined C. Hereditary
B. Communicable D. Infections
5. Some diseases are caused by mutation. What does
the word mutation means?
A. Abrupt change C. Abrupt control
B. Abrupt combination D. Abrupt foundation
(For no. 6-16) Listen as your teacher read the story twice.
6. What is the old man’s occupation?
A. He is a businessman.
B. He is a teacher.
C. He is a farmer.
D. He is a fisherman.
7. The farm was on the outskirts of the town.
What does outskirts mean?
A. In the center of the town.
B. It is an area of a town that is the furthest from the
center.
C. The most populated part of town.
D. The market place.
English 8 – 2nd periodic test
8. Why was the old man “poverty-stricken”?
B. His farm was barren and useless.
C. He has found treasure in his property.
D. He was very sick.
9. Why did the gold belong to the old man?
A. Because the gold was in a stream that ran through
his property.
B. Because he found the gold.
C. Because nobody wanted the gold.
D. Because he stole the gold.
10. What sentence suggests that the old man was
boastful?
A. The old man drove daily through the dusty little
town just to show off his new car.
B. He wanted to see everyone and be seen by
everyone.
C. He was a friendly old man.
D. He never did any physical harm or any damage to
property.
11. Why did the old man use horses to pull his car?
A. Because local mechanics said there is a problem with
the car engine.
B. He did not know how to insert the key.
C. He did not know that the engine was switched on.
D. The old man had never learnt to drive.
12. Which sentence shows that the strength of the car is
greater than that of the horses?
A. Local mechanics said that there was nothing wrong
with the car engine.
B. He did not even know that he had to insert the key
and switch on the ignition.
C. He did not know that when the engine was switched
on the car could be more powerful than two horses.
D. Directly in front of that big beautiful car were two
horses pulling it.
13. What did the old man do that was most foolish?
A. He bought himself a tall white hat.
B. He bought an expensive suit and a fat long
cigar.
C. He had two horses to pull his beautiful car.
D. He drove daily in the dusty road just to show
off his car.
14. What trait of the old man can be depicted from the
story?
A. The boastfulness of the old man displayed his
foolishness and ignorance.
B. The old man attained success through his
perseverance.
C. The friendliness of the old man made him
famous.
D. The old man was very cheerful in doing his
tasks.
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 (For item no. 22-27)
15. What is the purpose of the author in writing the Here are some reasons why drinking coffee
story? can be bad for people. Coffee in the evening can
A. To entertain C. To educate interfere with sleep at night. Too much coffee can
cause the hands to shake. Drinking too much coffee
B. To inform D. To convince
can lead to faster heartbeat and light-headedness.
Too much coffee can be dangerous to your health.
16. From the story “Makato and the Cowrie Shell”, why 22. What is the topic sentence of the paragraph?
did Makato travelled to Sukhotai? A. Here are some reasons why drinking coffee can be
A. He wanted to buy lettuce seeds. bad for people.
B. He wanted to see the King. B. Coffee in the evening can interfere with sleep at
C. He wanted to try his fortune. night.
D. He wanted to marry the Princess. C. Drinking too much coffee can lead to faster
heartbeat and light-headedness.
17. Which statement proves that Makato is intelligent? D. Too much coffee can be dangerous to your health.
A. He returned the cowrie shell to the King.
B. He told the vendor to dip his finger in the pile of 23. How many supporting details are there in the
seed and all that stick to it is the cowries shell’s paragraph?
worth. A. 1 C. 2
C. He greeted everyone he passed by. B. 3 D. 4
D. He was promoted.
24. Here are some reasons why drinking coffee can be
18. From the story “The Two Brothers,” which of the bad for people. From the statement what words
following is NOT a trait of an Egyptian and of a signal the controlling idea?
Filipino?
A. Close family ties C. Revenge A. Here are
B. Hard working D. Religious B. Why drinking coffee
C. Some reasons
(For item no 19-21) D. Can be bad for people
On the trip to the old village, Grandfather took
me along. He also took my cousins Juanito his
25. What is the conclusion in the paragraph?
namesake and favourite among his grandchildren, and
Alejo, who, thought somewhat doltish, was big for his A. Here are some reasons why drinking coffee
age and strong as a horse. We made a curious crew. can be bad for people.
19. “Alejo is as strong as a horse. “ What figure of B. Coffee in the evening can interfere with sleep
speech does the statement above exemplify? at night
A. Metaphor C. Hyperbole C. . Too much coffee can cause the hands to
B. Personification D. Simile shake.
D. Too much coffee can be dangerous to your
20. What sentence in the selection shows that the health.
characters are excited?
A. On the trip to the old village, Grandfather took me 26. What type of writing is the paragraph?
along. A. Narrative writing
B. He also took my cousins. B. Persuasive writing
C. Alejo was as big as a horse. C. Expository writing
D. We made a curious crew. D. Descriptive writing

21. The text above is an example of ______________ 27. Here are some reasons why drinking coffee can be
writing. bad for people. From statement what is the topic?
What best completes the statement? A. Her are C. Some reasons
A. Narrative C. Descriptive B. Drinking coffee D. Bad for people
B. Expository D. Persuasive

English 8 – 2nd periodic test Prepared by: Jeanine E. Jaravata

 (For item no. 28-29)
34. What does a successful speech require?
Main Idea: Elephants are very intelligent animals. A. Knowledge of both sources and the types of
supporting material that speech makers
28. Which of the following sentences can NOT be a
typically use.
supporting detail of the above statement?
B. To write about skills and hobbies in which you
A. For years, hunters shot elephants to obtain
are expert.
the ivory from their tusks.
C. Talk about a subject with which you have had
B. Elephants tear off branches of trees to use as
some personal experience.
fly swatters.
D. Talk about the current issues.
C. Elephants have been seen vigil over their dead
companions.
D. Like chimps, elephants can recognize their
35. Which of the following statement is figurative?
reflections in mirrors.
A. Bata makes hay while the sun shines.
B. Bata helps his brother in planting corns.
29. What is best topic sentence for the paragraph?
C. Bata ran away because he was scared.
A. These are some examples that amplify
D. Bata loves his brother very much.
elephants as very intelligent animals.
B. Reasons why elephants are said to be
36. If you think that doing this math problem is a
intelligent animals.
________________, just try it.
C. Factors showing elephants are intelligent
What best completes the statement above?
animals.
A. Odds and ends C. Pros and cons
D. Several reasons why elephants are intelligent
B. Pros and cons D. Ups and downs
animals.

37. “I’ve got a ton of homework.”

30. Which of the following information can NOT be
What figurative language is this?
found in an expository writing?
A. Hyperbole C. Personification
A. Explanation C. Instruction
B. Metapjor D. Irony
B. Description D. Example

38. What graphic organizer is best to compare and

31. When a speaker gives a speech without prior
contrast the characters from “The Two Brothers”?
planning or preparation is ____________. What best
completes the statement?
A. C.
A. Impromptu speech • 1.
Anpu • 2.
B. Manuscript speech Anpu
• 1.
C. Memorized speech Wife • 2.

Bata Wife • 1.
D. Extemporaneous speech Bata • 2.

32. What are the three general purposes for giving

Bata
speeches? Anpu Bata Wife
A. To persuade, act , & adjust your speaking 1. 1. 1.
Anpu Wife
styles. 2. 2. 2.
B. D.
B. To inform, make people laugh, & have fun
C. To inform, persuade, & entertain
39. Which of the following graphic organizer best
D. To inform, to persuade, & to be entertained
presents the conflict and solution?

33. What kind of topics are important for a speech? Conflict Solution
conflict Solution
A. Any kind of topics. • 1. • 1.
• 2. • 2.
B. Topics that only you find interesting.
A. C.
C. Topics that interests the audience.
D. Topics that matters to your listener as well as
to yourself.
1.Conflict •2.

•1. Conflict Solution

SSolutione •2.

B. D.

English 8 – 2nd periodic test Prepared by: Jeanine E. Jaravata

(For item no. 40-45) (For item no. 46-50)

Sales of the different Sections in a Store for the month of

December

Ladies Men's Houseware Toys

8% toys
10%House
ware

23% Mens 59% Ladies

A massive landslide in Barangay Loacan, Itogon, Benguet.

40. What does the chart shows?
A. Sales of different sections in a supermarket.
46.You are asked to write an expository paragraph about
B. Sales of the different malls in Manila.
the picture above. What can be your best topic?
C. Sales of the different sections in a department
A. Damaged to property brought by typhoon
store.
Ompong.
D. Sales of the different sections in a book store.
B. Landslide caused by typhoon Ompong.
C. Casualties caused by typhoon Ompong.
D. Flood during the typhoon Ompong.
41. Which section has the most sales?
A. Ladies C. Men’s
47.What is the picture all about?
B. House ware D. Toys
A. Flooded streets
B. Landslide
42. Which section has the least sales?
C. Uprooted trees
A. Ladies C. Men’s
D. Strong winds
B. House ware D. Toys
48.What can be the possible cause of the landslide?
43. What conclusion can be drawn from the data on the
A. Illegal logging
graph?
B. Continues heavy rain
A. There is a three-day sale in the ladies apparel
C. Small scale mining.
and accessory that month.
D. Clogged drainage or canals
B. December is the Christmas Season so people
buy new clothes.
49.Many houses are buried in mud ___________ the
C. There are more female buyers than male.
landslide. What best completes the statement?
D. There is an increase on the price of house
A. because of C. brought about
ware.
B. since D. caused

44.Which section composes 10% of the sales?

50.I can hear people screaming as the sudden rush of
A. Ladies C. Men’s
mud covered the houses in a nearby mountain. To
B. House ware D. Toys
what sense do the statement appeals?
A. Sense of taste
45.What time interval is shown in the graph?
B. Sense of touch
A. Daily C. Monthly
C. Sense of hearing
B. Weekly D. Yearly
D. Sense of sight

English 8 – 2nd periodic test Prepared by: Jeanine E. Jaravata