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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF BATANGAS
SEN. GIL PUYAT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Balaytigue, Nasugbu, Balaytigue SCHOOL ID: 307718
Email add: gilpuyathighschool@yahoo.com
“We may all be different fish, but in this school we swim together.”

Questions for the Quiz Bee


English Grade 8
Easy
1. What country from Asia is famous for the poem called haiku?
a. China b. South Korea c. India d. Japan

2. Which country is famous for the Great Wall?


a. Japan b. Malasia c. China d. Thailand

3. It is a part of speech that describes or modifies a noun?


a. pronoun b. adverb c. adjective d. verb

4. How many syllables does the word approximately has?


a. three b. five c. six d. one

5. George has the flu. Usually, he's energetic, but today he's lethargic. What is the
meaning of the word lethargic?
a. unhappy b. sluggish c. sick d. thoughtful

ANSWERS:
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B

Average

1. Who is the most famous writer of haiku in Japan?


a. Matsuo Basho c. Eiichiro Oda
b. Ryonosuke Akutagawa d. Osamu Tezuka

2. What kind of sentence is the one below according to structure: We decided that the
movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we
were wrong.
a. simple c. complex
b. compound d. compound-complex

3. Which is the adjective in the sentence: “They still enjoyed the two-hour trip because of
the sceneries”?
a. enjoyed b. still c. two-hour d. trip

4. Where does the stress fall in the word “international?


a. first syllable b. second syllable c. third syllable d. fourth syllable

5. Which country is famous for their traditional dress hanbok?


a. China b. South Korea c. India d. Malaysia

ANSWERS:
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B

Difficult

1. What was the only written record of Confucious’ teachings?


a. The Book of Songs c. The Book of Change
b. Analects d. The Book of Odes

2. Everyone is excited to watch the finals of the volleyball games ________the defending
champions lost two of their key players. Which connector is best fit the sentence?
a. so that b. because c. in order to d. Nor

3. Ko-Ngai is the main character of what literary piece?


a. The Rashomon c. The Taxi Driver
b. The Tale of Two Sisters d. The Soul of the Great Bell

4. What element of a short story depicts the sequence of events in the literary piece?
a. settings b. plot c. characters d. Climax

5. What is the common theme of the poems from Japan?


a. nature b. love c. philosophy d. arts

ANSWERS:
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A

Clincher

1. Which religion originated from India?


a. Hinduism b. Catholic c. Islam d. Buddhism

2. Which part of the plot diagram is the most exciting part of the story?
a. rising action b. conflict c. climax d. resolution

3. F in the acronym FANBOYS stands for ________.


a. far b. for c. few d. fetch

ANSWERS:
1. A 2. C 3. B
English Grade 9
Easy
1. What is the punctuation mark to be used when you are going to introduce a series or
list?
a. period b. quotation mark c. apostrophe d. Colon

2. English for Grade 9 talks about literature from _________.


a. Philippines b. Asia c. World d. Anglo-Saxon

3. What is the longest epic handed down from generation to generation through the oral
tradition from the Anglo Saxons?
a. The Epic of Gilgamesh c. Biag ni Lam-Ang
b. Beowulf d. Ramayana

4. A famous playwright from England who is famous for his sonnets.


a. Francisco Petrach c. William Shakespeare
b. Rudyard Kipling d. Charlie Chaplin

5. Combination of two words with meaningful definition.


a. compound b. kennings c. clue d. Article

ANSWERS:
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B

Average

1. Which sound device refers to the repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginning
of the words?
a. alliteration b. assonance c. consonance d. repetition

2. What type of literary piece is the poem which is composed of 14 lines?


a. ode b. elegy c. ballad d. sonnet

3. Which sentence is written correctly?


a. “Mrs. Miller said”, I wanted the tree projects on her desk first period tomorrow.
b. Mrs. Miller said, “I wanted the tree projects on her desk first period tomorrow.”
c. “Mrs. Miller said, I wanted the tree projects on her desk first period tomorrow.”
d. Mrs. Miller said, I wanted the tree projects on her desk “first period tomorrow.”

4. Aren’t is a contraction of the words ______________.


a. are and wont c. air and not
b. are and not d. were and no

5. What do you call the images form in our minds through different senses?
a. picture b. photo c. imagery d. mirrage
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. C

Difficult

1. I thumbed through my series of Martin Beck crime novels and spotted the title
"Abominable Man". I realised that abominable is as similar to wicked as much as which
one of the following is NOT similar?
a. admirable b. accursed c. atrocious d. abhorrent

2. She _______ complains about her classmate. Supply the correct adverb of frequency
to complete the sentence.
a. loudly b. rarely c. angrily d. suspiciously

3. Helping people is a responsibility of every citizen, I believe. What is the function of


the gerund in the sentence?
a. subject b. appositive c. direct object d. object of the preposition

4. "Dad's shop was a messy disaster area, a labyrinth of lathes. Its walls were hung with
the mounted antlers of deers he'd bagged, forming a makeshift museum of death. The
available flat surfaces were buried under a million scraps of paper on which he sketched
his mechanical inventions in blue ball-point pen." What is the meaning of the underlined
word?
a. a place where goods are manufactured or repaired
b. a dirty or extremely untidy place
c. a maze, a place where it's hard to find your way around
d. a deserted or abandoned place

5. What figure of speech is stated by the line “Ah, by no wind are stirred those tree that
palpitate like the chill seas…”?
a. metaphor b.personification c. simile d. irony

ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B

Clincher

1. “That we may walk fittingly where birds sing”. To what sense does this line appeal?
a. taste b. smell c. sight d. hearing

2. The Seven Ages of Man is from which play written by Shakespeare?


a. As You Like It b. Romeo and Juliet c. Othello d. King Lear

3. What is the conflict of Romeo and Juliet?


a. They are in a long distance relationship.
b. Their families are enemies.
c. Romeo is rich and Juliet is poor.
d. They are seperated form childhood.
ANSWERS:
1. D 2. A 3. B

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