SAINT AUGUSTINE ACADEMY, INC.

Alcantara, Cebu
FINAL EXAMINATION IN
READING AND WRITING SKILLS XI
S.Y 2016-2017

Name: ___________________________Yr. and Section: _____________Date __________Score:___

I. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Identify the tense being asked in the statement.

_________________1. It is a document that provides additional information about a job applicant, also
known as cover letter.
_________________2. It is written to make amends for a mistake or infraction committed.
_________________3. It is also known as letter of receipt.
_________________4. It highlights the reasons why your perspective employer should hire you.
_________________ 5. It is written to ask specific question or elicit information from the addressee of
the letter.
_________________6. This is the first few details that your perspective employer will look for.
_________________7. It is the vital part of office work.
_________________ 8. A document used to present a persons background and skills, also known as
curriculum vitae.
_________________ 9. It is written to express a problem, discontentment, or protest about a particular
situation.
_________________10. It is a formal type of written communication used by professionals, also
known as business letter.
_________________11. It is written to ask for a particular information, permission, favor, or service.
_________________12. It is a letter that is written by an employee who wishes to formally leave
his/her job position.
_________________ 13. The content of the letter focuses on the professional relationship between
the applicant and the sender.

II. Grammar
Direction: Select one answer from the choices and write your answers on the blanks provided.

1. Neither of us ________ able to predict the outcome of today's game. ( was , were )
2. Macaroni and cheese ________ my favorite dish. ( is ,are )
3. At the foot of the mountain ________ two enormous vineyards, both owned by the same woman. (
was , were )
4. A small percentage of the grain _______ ruined by the prolonged rain. ( was , were )
5. Most parents mistakenly think that mumps _______ been eliminated as a childhood disease. ( has ,
have )
6. Our college should change _______ policy about withdrawals. ( its , their )
7. Coaches Espinoza and Calhoun coach different sports. Neither Espinoza nor Calhoun scheduled
________ team for the gym this afternoon. ( her , their )
8. No one has offered to let us use _______ home for the department meeting. ( her , his or her )
9. If I ever find my glasses, I think I'll have ________ replaced. ( it , them )
10. General Motors will probably recall most of _________ four-wheel-drive vehicles. ( its , their )

III. Enumeration
(1-3) Standard formats in writing important documents.
1.
2.
3.
(4-8) Give at least 5 information an educational background should contain.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(9-10) Give at least 2 other guidelines in writing a resume.
9.
10.

God Loves You Mdm. Cherry Alvarina-Aguirre

 SAINT AUGUSTINE ACADEMY, INC.
Alcantara, Cebu
FINAL EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH IX
S.Y 2016-2017

Name: ___________________________Yr. and Section: _____________Date _________Score:___

II. Grammatical Challenges

Direction: Underline the correct verb in the parenthesis.

1. Either Nora or Joaquin ( is , are ) leaving for good.

2. Neither his brothers nor him ( is , are ) flying to Hawaii.
3. A number of helpers ( has , have ) fired.
4. The number of helpers being fired ( is , are ) rising.
5. A pair of eyeglasses ( is , are ) color pink.
6. The eyeglasses ( is, are ) color pink.
7. Mathematics ( is , are ) really hard.
8. Paul and Robin ( is , are ) best friends.
9. 20% of the juicy lemon ( has , have ) side effects.
10. One fourth of the boys ( is , are ) gays.
11. A pair of scissors ( is , are ) on the table.
12. The scissors ( is , are ) on the table.
13. A number of planets (has , have ) been identified.
14. The number of new born babies ( is , are ) increasing.
15. Our debate team ( has , have ) won the competition.

II. Verbs
Direction: Complete the table by providing the verb being asked.
PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
1. hide
2. go
3. forget
4. make
5. see
6. swim
7. run
8. hear
9. take
10. steal

III. Passive and Active Voice

Direction: Change the following active form to passive voice.

1. Isabels classmates surrounded her.

_____________________________________________________________________________.
2. Aunt Beryl took off the sacking of the dolls house.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
3. Everybody shunned the Kelveys.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
4. Else saw the little lamp.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
5. Mrs. Hay had given the dolls house.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
6. Human beings greatly broadened their knowledge with research in space.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
7. The detective identified the thief.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
8. Anthropologists are studying the traces of past cultures.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
9. I opened the door of the house quickly.
_____________________________________________________________________________.
10. Everybody talked about the dolls house.
_____________________________________________________________________________.

God Loves You Mdm. Cherry Alvarina-Aguirre

 SAINT AUGUSTINE ACADEMY, INC.
Alcantara, Cebu
FINAL EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH X
S.Y 2016-2017

Name: ___________________________Yr. and Section: _____________Date __________Score:___

I. Identification
Direction: Identify the literary and historical term or figure being described from the box below. Write
the answer on the line.

________________1. She is the goddess of mischief.

________________2. He is the father of the gods.
________________3. It is the Greek epic that shows passions and cruelty found in war.
________________4. He is called the blind poet of Greece.
________________5. She is the Greek goddess of wisdom.
________________6. It is the Greek epic about the great adventure of the hero Odysseus.
________________7. The commander-in-chief of the Greek army, Iliad.
________________8. It is the crowning glory of the Athenian Age.
________________9. She was called as the tenth muse of Greece.
________________10. He is another Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus the King.
________________11. She brazenly murders her husband, Agamemnon, in the play Oresteia.
________________12. He is regarded as The father of tragedy.
________________13. He is considered as the master of the Greek comedy.
________________14. It is the highest point of the story.
________________15. It is the perspective in which the story is told.
________________16. It is defined as the struggle between two opposing forces.
________________17. It is the chain events that make up a story, play, or narrative poem.
________________18. It is the general truth the author wants to communicate.
________________19. It is the Latin word where the word literature came from.
________________20. It is the kind of character that remains unchanged throughout the narrative.
________________21. It is the kind of character that changes because of the effect of circumstances.
________________22. It is the element that includes the locale and time period in which a story takes
place.
________________23. He is the first great writer of prose in the modern language.
________________24. It is a prose with one hundred stories.
________________25. It is the rebirth of knowledge.

Eris Drama Odyssey Dynamic Character theme

Renaissance Climax Agamemnon plot omniscient
POV
Zeus Static Character Aeschylus Litera
Decameron Clytemnestra Sappho setting
Giovannie Boccaccio Iliad Sophocles point of view
Athena Homer Aristophanes conflict

II. Grammatical Challenges

Direction: Underline the correct verb in the parenthesis.

1. Either Nora or Joaquin ( is , are ) leaving for good.

2. Neither his brothers nor him ( is , are ) flying to Hawaii.
3. A number of helpers ( has , have ) fired.
4. The number of helpers being fired ( is , are ) rising.
5. A pair of eyeglasses ( is , are ) color pink.
6. The eyeglasses ( is, are ) color pink.
7. Mathematics ( is , are ) really hard.
8. Paul and Robin ( is , are ) best friends.
9. 20% of the juicy lemon ( has , have ) side effects.
10. One fourth of the boys ( is , are ) gays.
11. A pair of scissors ( is , are ) on the table.
12. The scissors ( is , are ) on the table.
13. A number of planets (has , have ) been identified.
14. The number of new born babies ( is , are ) increasing.
15. Our debate team ( has , have ) won the competition.

God Loves You Mdm. Cherry Alvarina-Aguirre