English 6

3rd Periodical Test

January 21-22, 2020

Name:________________________________Section:_______________Score:__________

I. Choose the correct tense for the following sentences. Encircle the letter of your choice.

1.I was studying all night for that history test.

A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
2. The doctor is examining the patient.
A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
3. I will be going on vacation next week.
A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
4. My sister is watching TV right now.
A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
5. I will be working until 5 p.m. tomorrow.
A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
6. At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
7. He was constantly talking.
A. Past progressive B. Present progressive C. Future progressive
8. It has _____ snowing a lot this week.
A. be B. been C. being
9. _____ your brother and sister been getting along?
A. Have B. Has C. Are
10. Rick _____ been studying hard this semester.
A. 's B. s C. 've
11. I'm tired because I _____ been working out.
A. 've B. has C. am
12. Julie ________ living in Italy since May.
A. has being B. is been C. has been
13. Did you know he's been teaching German _____ fifteen years?
A. before B. since C. for
14. We have been watching TV _____ we had dinner.
A. for B. since C. by
15. He has ________ too hard today.
A. working B. works C. been working
16. In the evenings, I often play chess with my next-doorneighbour. I _________ chess with him
ever since I ____________ to live here ten years ago.
A. have been playing / came B. have been playing / have come
C. am playing / have come D. have played / have come
17. Ann _________ her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she
_________ reversing since last week and I think she has got a bit better at it.
A. has failed / has been practicing B. failed / practiced
C. failed / was practicing D. has failed / is practicing
18. I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I
________ too long and the prices ___________ to go up again.
A. am waiting / are beginning B. wait / began
C. am waiting / began D. have waited / are beginning
19. Last year, I experienced how tedious long plane trips could be. I_______in an airplane for
fairly long distances before that, but never as long as when I went to Australia last June.
 A. hadn't flown B. didn't fly
C. have flown D. had flown

20. This bicycle ___________in our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first five
years, my brother rode it for the next five and I ________it for the last four.
A. had been / had B. has been / have had
C. was / had had D. has been / had

Read the following poemand answer the question below.

"A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti

My heart is like a singing bird.

Whose nest is a weathered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love has come to me.

21. What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the
speaker compares her heart to.)
A. Sorrow B. Happiness C. Excitement D. Nervousness

"The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne.

There go the loves that wither [dry up],
The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead years draw thither [there]
And disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days forsaken,
Blind buds that snows have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken,
Red strays of ruined springs. ...
And love, grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful
Weeps that no loves endure [last].

22. In the first two lines, what images does the speaker use to describe love?
A. Loves that go away and have exhausted wings
B. Loves that grow both wobbly and worrisome
C. Loves that die
D. Loves whose is both young and old

"The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne.

There go the loves that wither [dry up],
The old loves with wearier wings;
And all dead years draw thither [there]
And disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days forsaken,
Blind buds that snows have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken,
Red strays of ruined springs. ...
And love, grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful
Weeps that no loves endure [last].
23. What mood do the details in the poem convey?
A. Wastefulness and excess B. Happiness
B. Sadness and despair D. Mistrust
24. Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
A. Calm B. Annoyed
C. Scary D. Excited
25. Which tone is represented in the following passage?
She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.
A. Calm B. Annoyed
C. Scary D. Excited
26. Which tone is represented in the following passage? As that hurricane threatened, the wind's
blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves to crash over the small houses near the shore.
A. Calm B. Annoyed
C. Scary D. Excited
27. Which tone is represented in the following passage? Ugh! Do I have to sit through another
boring lecture on data entry again?
A. Calm B. Annoyed
C. Scary D. Excited

"One day when the queen asked her mirror:

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?

It answered:
You, my queen, are fair; it is true.
But Snow-White is a thousand times fairer than you."

28. Who is the most beautiful?

A. The queen B. Snow White
C. The mirror D. None of the above
29. While one ant gathered food for the winter, his cousin partied away. When winter came, the
first ant had plenty of food to eat, while the second eat found himself cold and starving.Which ant
was more responsible?
A. The first ant B. The second ant
C. The ant's mother D. None of the above
30. A wolf was looking for food when he passed a dog. The dog said "I get all the food I want, in
exchange for wearing this collar and being tied to this tree at night. Want to join me?" The wolf
said he'd rather have less to eat and kept on walking.
Which character loves its freedom?
A. The dog B. The wolf
C. The dog's owner D. None of the above
IV.Fill out the plot pyramid for this passage, focusing on the story “ The Mystery of the
Lost Soul’’. (10 marks)