Republic of the Philippines

Region X
Division of Cagayan de Oro City
Gusa National High School-Cugman Annex
Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City

SECOND PERIODICAL EXAM IN GRADE 9 ENGLISH

SY 2019-2020

I. NON-LINEAR TEXT INTERPRETATION (1-5)

The pie chart shows the amount of time each
day that Jethro spends on various activities.

1. If this information were displayed using a bar graph with

hours on the vertical axis, what would be the height of the
bar for sleep?
A. 8 hours B. 7 hours C. 6 hours D. 2.5 hours
2. If this information were displayed using a bar graph with
hours on the vertical axis, what would be the height of the
bar for work?
A. 4 hours B. 4.8 hours C. 8 hours D.9.6 hours
Tammy recorded the amount of time she spent on six activities over a twenty four hour period and
drew a bar graph, as follows:

3. Approximately how many more hours did she spend sleeping than watching TV?
A. About 3½ hours longer B. About 4 hours longer C. About 4½ hours longer D. About 5 hours
longer
4. How many hours did Tammy’s spend in washing?
A. About 3½ hours longer B. About 4 hours longer C. About ½ hour longer D. About 5 hours
5. Approximately what percentage of the day did she spend on playing sport?
A. About 8% B. About 11% C. About 15% D. About 27%

II. POEM INTERPRETATION (6-10)

SONNET 29
GEORGE SANTAYANA (1863-1952)

What riches have you that you deem me poor,

Or what large comfort that you call me sad?
Tell me what makes you so exceeding glad:
Is your earth happy or your heaven sure?
I hope for heaven, since the stars endure
And bring such tidings as our fathers had.
I know no deeper doubt to make me mad,
I need no brighter love to keep me pure.

To me the faiths of old are daily bread;

I bless their hope, I bless their will to save,
And my deep heart still meaneth what they said.
It makes me happy that the soul is brave,
And, being so much kinsman to the dead,
I walk contented to the peopled grave.
 6. Who is being addressed by the poet?
A. The wealthy people C. The poor people
B. The wealthy and poor people D. Both c and D
7. What makes the persona happy?
A. The old teachings from his elders. C. The persona is in love.
B. The persona is happy. D. Both A and B
8. What does the opening line of the poem mean?
A. There are better things than being rich. C. The presence of money.
B. Money is everything. D. only C and B
9. How do you view the persona’s circumstance?
A. He will die unsatisfied C. He will die contented and happy.
B. Both A and C D. C and D
10. Why does poet consider the faiths of old his daily bread?
A. Because it contains old teachings pertaining to biblical scripture
B. Because the poet is asking for a miracle to be rich someday
C. both A and B
D. B and C
III. READING COMPREHENSION (11-17) Choose the letter of the best answer.
TEENAGE LIFE
1.Teenagers today are undergoing physical and emotional changes between the ages of 13-19 which
is also considered as unavoidable stage in teenagers’ life
2. Teenage life is full of happiness, sadness, enjoyment and it can be interesting too. This is because
teenager is subjected to physical growth, hormonal changes and even dilemmas. They may be in a stage
of conflict like undergoing puppy love which is a normal part of life.
3. The teenager should enjoy life making friends peers and participate in healthy activities such as
camping, picnic and swimming. By making friends, the teenager learns to sweeten his or her joys and
eases the bitterness of life’s downtime.
4. Many teenagers are very conscious of their physical outlook. They love follow up with the latest
trends for dressing, hairstyle and even look with their physical image. Others may suffer from acne and
pimples that may scar their external beauty.
5. The mass media has an influence over the lives of many teenagers. Violent action movies, obscene
on teenager’s life. There will be more harm than good if nothing is done.
11. What are the changes that teenager undergoes?
A. Physical, emotional and hormonal changes C. Physical changes
B. Emotional changes D. Hormonal changes
12. What kind of conflict does a teenage face?
A. intimate relationship C. puppy love
B. mother’s love D. friend’s love
13. What are the activities that a teenager get involved?
A. Making friends peers C. Camping and picnic
B. Swimming D. All of the above
14. What are the two things that a teenager likes to keep to date with?
A. Conscious with their physical look C. Suffers with acne and pimple
B. They love latest trends for dressing and hairstyle D. All of the above
15. State the paragraph could be in the parent’s worries about their teenagers.
A. Paragraph 1 and 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5

IV. VOCABULARY WORDS: Choose the most appropriate replacement for each word.
16. Beam A. Grin B. smirk C. smile D. laugh
17. Cling A. Hold B. clasp C. grip D. embrace
18. Daintily A. Softly B. deftly C. lightly D. elegantly
19. Boisterous A. Loud B. rowdy C. rollicking D. uproarious
20. Equipment A. Gear B. regalia C. machinery D. paraphernalia

V. Write the letter of the correct answer.

21. A group of sentences that has single idea.
A. clause B . paragraph C. phrase D. word
22. In this poem the persona recounts old memories of friendship.
A. greatness B. What If C. Auld Lang Syne D. Dream
23. It identifies the message of the story, and how the character change.
A. Theme B. mood C. title D. character
24. It is said to be the best sources of information.
A. journals B. periodicals C. elements D. textbooks
25. The feeling the author creates using story details.
A. reaction B. emotion C. ideas D. mood
26. What is the point of view, if the narrator is not a character in the story?
A. First B. Second C. Third D.Fourth
27. These are the people or animals in the story.
A. antagonist B. protagonist C. cartoonist D. characters
28. It pertains to the sequenced events in the story.
A. plot B. summary C.gist D. ideas
29. A figure of speech representing a thing or idea as a person.
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole
30. What is fourteen line poem called?
A. sonnet B. elegy C. ballad D. eulogy
31. ‘’The desires falling to their bodies like blossoms’’. Identify the figure of speech used.
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole
32. What is the meaning of the Scottish word Auld Lang Syne?
A. last time B. recently C. last year D. long time ago
33. It is part of speech that modifies adjective, verb, and another adverb?
A. adverb B. verb C. adjective D. preposition
34. This story is all about a ritualistic ceremony that demonstrate conformity and rebellion.
A. The Death B. The Lottery C. The blackbox D. stoning
35. ‘’There was a murmur of conversation’’. In what sense does this line appeal?
A. sight B. taste C. touch D. sound
36. What does the bent body of The man with the hoe’’ signifies?
A. middle age B. very old C. slave D. burden
37. ‘’The man with the hoe’’ portrays about what?
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole
38. This type of speech style remains unchanged. It is mostly occurs in ceremonies.
A. Intimate B.Formal C. Consultative D. Frozen
39. State of the Nation Address of the President is an example of______
A. Intimate B.Formal C. Consultative D. Frozen
40. What type of speech style when you are talking to a counselor or psychiatrist?
A. Intimate B.Formal C. Consultative D. Frozen

VI. SEQUENCING OF EVENTS: Arrange the plot of the story ‘’The Lottery’’ (A-E)
41. ____ Ofsadzcx n a late summer morning, the villagers gather to conduct their annual lottery headed
by Mr. Summer and Mr. Graves.
42.____Tessie a desperate woman now entreats the crowd to go through the ritual again, doing things
fairly. Ignoring her protests, the men, women, and children of the town begin stoning her.
43.____ then lottery begins: Heads of families step forward and draw small paper slips from black box.
44. When all the slips are drawn, Bill Hutchinson discovers that he has picked the black spot.
45.____ Immediately Tessie began complaining that the drawing was unfair.
VII. GRAMMAR: Complete each sentence with the most appropriate adverb. (46-50)
Adverbs: (overly, interchangeably, often, closely, usually)

Justice and fairness are _________ related terms that are ___________ use today _________.
While justice _____ has been used with reference to the standard of rightness, fairness often has been
used with regard to an ability to judge without reference to one’s feelings or intests;
Fairness has also been used refer to the ability to make judgments that are not ____ general but that are
concrete and specific to a particular case.

Prepared by: SHERRYL N. RODRIGUEZ

JOHN MICHAEL A. CUYAG