SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN ENGLISH GRADE 8

S.Y. 2019 – 2020

I. MAKATO AND THE COWRIE SHELL

A. Directions: Identify the meaning of the italicized a. Judge the board by its
words through contextual clues. Choose the letter of cover
the correct answer. b. Judge the book by its
1. The King was impressed with his all day work. cover
a. Angry c. Happy c. Judge the magazine by
b. Displeased d. Terrified its cover
2. Makato was promoted to a higher position until he d. Judge the newspaper by its cover
was given a title of Kun Wang.
a. Demoted c. Initiated
b. Elevated d. Helped II. READING AND COMPREHENSION
3. The puzzled King asked Makato how did he do A. Directions: Following Directions.
that. My friend went to Egypt and she visited the
a. Curious b. Isolated c. Snob d. Surprised Pyramid of Giza. The tour guide told her the
4. The Thais are truly hospitable because they process of building the pyramid.
welcomed visitors with wai saying hello. 1. First the pyramid builders have to find a
a. Anyong Haseyo c. Sawatdee suitable area of land to build the pyramid.
b. Konnichiwa d. Wullo 2. Then they have to cut, shape and file the
5. He earns a living by taking good care of the stone used for filling the pyramid walls.
elephants. He gives them water to drink and food to 3. Start placing the first layer of blocks onto the
eat. ground.
a. Farmer c. Samaritan 4. Start building ramps to be able to place blocks
b. Mahout d. Shepherd higher up.
5. Continue building and placing blocks until one
square hole is left at the top.
B. Directions: Analyze the sentences and use the
6. Afterwards, mummify the pharaoh and place
images as your clue to complete the sentence. Write
him in a secret chamber in the pyramid with all
the letter of the correct answer.
of its priceless jewels.
Picture Idiom 7. Once you’ve placed the pharaoh in the
pyramid you have to rub the pyramid with
6. ______________, Liriel. I know your performance limestone to make it look white and clean.
will be great. 11.What is the first step in building the pyramid?
a. Find the stones c Find the tomb
a. Break an arm b. Find the land d. Find the Nile river
b. Break a leg 12. What material should be cut, shaped and filed for
c. Break a skull
filling the pyramid walls?
d. Break a thigh
a.Nile b. Pyramid c. Stone d. Tomb
7. Marie is a smart and kind kid that is why she is the 13. In order to place blocks higher up, what should be
_______________. built?
a. Apple of the eye a. holes b. ramps c. tombs d. walls
b. Felt a pain 14.Who was mummified and placed into the secret
c. In good faith chamber?
d. Skeleton in the closet
a. Anubis b. Giza c. Mummy d. Pharaoh
8. Lius only drinks Vodka, __________________. 15. What is the last thing you must do to make the
a. Once in a blue moon pyramid look white and clean?
b. Once in a lifetime a. Rub the pyramid with flowers
c. Once the sky is lit b. Rub the pyramid with perfume
d. Once in a while c. Rub the pyramid with limestone
d. Rub the pyramid with oil
9. A virus infected Meynard and Lowigee’s thesis file.
Meynard cried and shouted, “Now we’re ________.” B. Directions: Inferring. Read each sentence carefully
and choose from the word pool the character traits
a. Back to the ball game inferred in the following lines.
b. Back to the drawing board
c. Bucket of your thoughts 16.Anpu’s wife plotted against Bata that ruined the
d. Bundle of joy brother’s relationship. She envied the way Anpu
treated Bata.
a. Ambitious b. Honest c.Jealous d. Obedient
10.Rosa, Julie and Jacky hated people who
________. 17. He was taught to never say lies and always tell
the truth so when he found the little cowrie shell he
immediately returned it to the king.
a. Ambitious b. Honest c. Naturalist d. Proactive
 29. What is the theme of the selection?
a. Childhood c. Migration
18. Because Makato is an orphan, he had to work for b. Love for country d. Prostitution
him not to starve. He never idled, fed the pigs and
cleaned the forest. 30. What literary device is used in the story?
a. Affectionate b. Grateful c. Hardworking d.honest a. Apostrophe c. Metaphor
19. Bata is willing to do everything his elder brother b. Irony d. Personification
asked. He obeyed all the chores assigned to him.
a. Ambitious b. Honest c. Jealous d. Obedient III. LITERATURE
20. The wife of a mahout did not only give Makato a A. ANALOGY: From the given choices, select the
glass of water to drink but also a home to live in. They word which properly completes each set of
welcomed Makato in their house and treated him as relationships. Choose the letter that corresponds to
their son. your answer.
a. Ambitious b. Grateful c.Honest
d.Hospitable
31. The Land of Smiles: Thailand: : The Gift of the
C.Directions: Study the pyramid below then answer Nile: ___________
the following questions. Write your answer on your a. Africa b. Egypt c. Singapore d.Thailand
paper.
32. Denouement : Resolution: Introduction:________
___________:
a. Beginning b. Climax c. Exposition d. Setting

33. Problem is resolved: Falling Action: Problem

arises: : _____________
a.Climax b. Message c. Rising Action d. Theme

34. Governor (Aged Mother): Round: : Makato :

_____
a.Despotic b. Flat c. Oval d. Round

35. Elsa is struggling to control her power: Man Vs

Self ::Earthquake : _________.
a.Man Vs Circumstances c. Man Vs Self
b.Man Vs Nature d. Man Vs Supreme

B. SequencingDirections: Analyze the following

events of the story then arrange them chronologically
by writing letters A - E.
21. What is the diagram about?
a. Egyptian Social Pyramid c. Social Pyramid
36. Finally, Bata reached the Valley of Acacia and
b. Egyptian Diagram d. Society Rank
met the Nine Gods. God Ra rewarded him a wife who
22. What does this diagram show?
was indeed beautiful like a goddess.
23.Who is believed to be god in human form and on
37. Once there were two brothers. Anpu the married
top of the social group ?
one and Bata was the younger. All of them lived in the
24. Which group is a member of learned class and
same house. Anpu treated Bata as his own son.
they served as copyist, editors, teachers and jurists?
25.Which group is composed of Vizier, Priest and
38. The two brothers loved each other that made
Noble?
Anpu’s wife to be jealous and planned to destroy
26.Which group is engaged in military service
Bata.The wife of Anpu pretended that she was in
especially in the army?
great pain and she was beaten up by Bata.
39. Then Anpu went home and found his wife near
THE TAXIMAN’S STORY the river washing off the black and blue dye, with
Directions: Answer the following questions. extreme anger, Anpu killed his wife and mourn for the
loss of his brother.
27. To whom was the taximan telling the story? 40. So Anpu sharpened his knife and waited for Bata.
a. Daughter c. Teacher He was about to kill Bata, but the God Ra saved Bata
b. Taximan d. Wife from danger.
28. What is the initial reaction of the Taximan when
he saw his daughter Lay – Choo near the hotel. C. Directions: Determine what element of the short
a. Angry c. Happy story is shown in the given statements or lines. Write
b. Excited d. Surprised the letter of your choice.
 41. His heart beat fast when he saw the tall young man
in splendid costume. It was King Pra Ruang
a. Conflict b. Climax c. Denouement d. Setting

42. The central idea of the story is about the two

brothers where blood is thicker than water.
a. Author b. Character c. Setting d. Theme

43. The folktale, two brothers happened in Egypt. The

places are in the field, near the river, at the stable and
in the valley of Acacia. The Story of the Aged Mother

a. Author b. Character c. Setting d. Theme

44. There were two brothers who dearly loved each

other but the wife of the elder became jealous that she
pretended to be beaten up by the younger. Anpu
sharpened his knife and tried to kill Bata. The latter prayed to
god Ra to spare his life and decide to go to the valley of
The Story of the Aged Mother
acacia.
a. Author b. Character c. Plot d. Setting

45. So it was Makato, who was once an orphan,

became the ruler of the prosperous kingdom – City of
Mon. He earned the title Kun wang and married the
king’s daughter.

a. Denouement b. Introduction c.Setting d. Theme

IV. Grammar
A. Directions. Identify the following.
Write A if it is simple sentence, B if it is compound
sentence, C if it is complex and D if it is compound -
complex.
46. Sang Kancil saw some delicious fruits on the
trees.
47. Whenever he was in a bad situation, he always
played a clever trick to escape.
48. “Promise not to eat me or I can’t report to the
King.
49. Sang Kancil is a clever mouse deer who is always
finding himself in predicaments with the animals that
want to eat him but he cleverly manages to escape.
50. They were angry because he let Sang Kancil trick
all of them.