Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF BATANGAS
Bolbok National High School
Brgy. Bolbok, Tuy, Batangas

Fourth Periodical Test in English Grade 8

I. ORAL LANGUAGE AND FLUENCY
Directions: Read the formal interview carefully. Answer the given questions below. Write only the letter
of the correct answer on the space provided before each number.
Interviewee: Parents
Objective: To inform the public about the K TO 12 Basic Education Curriculum Topic:
K TO 12 Basic Education Curriculum
Interviewer: Are you aware of the new curriculum that has been implemented by the DepEd?
Mrs. Aquino: Yes. I already heard it over the radio.
Interviewer: What can you say about it?
Mrs. Aquino: As far as I know, K TO 12 Curriculum aims to strengthen the quality of education in our
country by adding two more years in secondary.
Interviewer: Are you in favor in this program? Why or why not?
Mrs. Aquino: Yes. Because this will help the students to be more literate, skilled, and competitive to be
able to find jobs more easily and contribute to the country’s pride as well as the country’s economy.
Interviewer: Do you think teachers adequately equipped and trained to teach their assigned subjects?
Mrs. Aquino: I think they were equipped since they undergo training and seminars related to their field
of specialization.
Interviewer: Thank you very much Ma’am for the time you spare with me. It is my pleasure to know
your opinion regarding this matter.
Mrs. Aquino: You’re welcome!

___________1. What is the purpose of the interview?

A. to convince B. to entertain C. to inform D. to persuade
___________ 2.What is the interview all about?
A. The parents’ views and opinions about the K TO 12 Curriculum.
B. The parent’s feelings towards the K TO 12 Curriculum.
C. The parent’s involvement in the K TO 12 Curriculum.
D. The parent’s disagreement about the implementation of K TO 12 Curriculum.
___________ 3. How did the interviewer prepare for the interview?
A. The interviewer prepared a list of questions.
B. The interviewer provided background information about the interviewee.
C. The interviewer asked permission from the interviewee.
D. The interviewer set an appointment for the interviewee.
___________ 4. How did the interviewer formulate questions?
A. He used Wh – questions.
B. He used yes-no questions
C. His questions were arranged from general to specific.
D. His questions were arranged from specific to general.
___________ 5. Based from the interview, why is it necessary to implement the K TO 12 Curriculum ?
A. to add burden to the students
B. to make the students more literate, skilled, and competitive
C. to find job that can provide more income
D. to prepare the students into more sophisticated jobs
___________ 6. How many years will be added to secondary education under this curriculum?
A. one year B. four years C. three years D. two years
___________ 7. What can you infer from the opinions shared by the interviewee?
A. She is against the new curriculum.
B. She is in favour of the implementation of the new curriculum.
C. She is confused of the general outcomes of the curriculum.
D. She is not aware of the curriculum.
___________ 8. What is the general mood of the interview?
A. confused B. neutral C. optimistic D. pessimistic
___________ 9. How did the interviewee get the information about the K TO 12 Program? Through ____
A. Internet B. newspaper C. radio D. television

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Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF BATANGAS
Bolbok National High School
Brgy. Bolbok, Tuy, Batangas

___________ 10. What kind of interview was conducted?

A. informal B. face to face C. formal D. scheduled

II. LISTENING:
Directions: Listen carefully while the teacher reads the poem, and then answer the questions that
follow. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
11.According to the poem, what can make the right Rose tree?
A. Garden’s pride C. own red blood
B. Politic words D. watered the tree
12. To make the green come out again, what did Connolly suggest?
A. It needs to be watered
B. Shake the blossom from the bud
C. We draw water
D. To breathe the politic words.
13.Who is the author of the Rose Tree?
A. Edith Nesbit C. William Yeats
B. James Connolly D. Ryan Jones
14.According to the poem, what withered the Rose Tree?
A. The wind that blows C. the lightly spoken
B. The bitter sea D. the breathe of politic
words
15.What does this stanza means?
It needs to be watered,
James Connolly replied,
“To make the green come out again
And spread on every side”
A. There’s should be enough water or the plants
B. They need to water the plants to grow and spread in the garden.
C. Water should spread in the plants
D. Plants need water.
III. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
A. Directions: Study the italic words in each sentence and decide its meaning from the given options.
Encircle the letter of your answer.
16. A tender-hearted young noble man, Mang Royong, falls in love.
A. common B. firm C. gentle D. lower class
17. This forbidden love yields a secret marriage which is doomed.
A. created B. ended C. pardoned D. started
18. Her shoes were hanging on the lintel of the door.
A. beam B. doormat C. knob D. screen
19. “I condemn you in the name of the King to forfeit your position”, said the King to Namwon.
A. damage B. gain C. loose D. secure
B. Directions: Choose three words from the list which are associated with the word
BLANDISHMENT.
20-22. PRAISE - OFFENSE - ALLUREMENT - RUDENESS - AFFECTION
20.

21. 22.

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C. Directions: Complete the following sentences by inserting the appropriate idiomatic expressions from
the word pool.
get over

pass through
set out
23. The thieves realize that yet another person must know their secret, and _________ to track him down.
24. The spaces between the bars were fine, even if the largest cat to __________.
25. A dog would not be able to __________ the wall, and might be shot on suspicion of hydrophobia.
IV. READING COMPREHENSION:
Directions: A. Read the following paragraph carefully, then answer the questions. Write the letter
of the correct answer on the blank before each number
Smoking
Smoking is especially unhealthy for young people because it produces adverse effect on the blood.
The red blood corpuscles of young persons are not yet fully developed. They are not yet fully charged with
their normal supply of oxygen. This is why young boys who smoke are pale. Palpitation of the heart
commonly results from this lack of oxygen. This may be followed by permanent weakness. The whole
system may be enfeebled and mental as well as physical vigor impaired. Most teachers can tell who among
their students are addicted to smoking merely by their appearance. This addiction is also evident in their
intellectual and bodily indolence. The evil effects of tobacco are not so evident in mature people. But
competent physicians assert that tobacco cannot be safely used by anyone.
___________ 26. Why does smoker experience palpitation?
A. because of lack of oxygen
B. because of lack of appetite
C. because of poor nutrition
D. because of the environment
___________ 27. How do teachers identify smokers?
A. merely by their appearance
B. merely by their action
C. merely by their behavior
D . none of the above
___________ 28. Do physicians agree that only mature people can smoke tobacco?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Maybe D. not indicated in the selection
B. Determine if the statement is a fact or opinion. Write your answer on the blank before
each number.
__________ 29. Smoking can minimize stress.
__________ 30. People who smoke experience heart palpitation due to lack of oxygen
V. LITERATURE
A. Poetry- Features and Elements. Determine what is identified. Write only the letter of the
correct answer on the blank before the number:
_____31. It is the genre of literature created when emotions find the right words to express themselves.
It is characterized by compact language in which the words are well chosen for their sound
and suggestive power as well as for their meaning. According to a writer, it is a
“rhythmical creation of beauty.”
A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. prose
_____32. This is the way the poem is written. Free-style, ballad, haiku and others including length of
meters, number of stanzas fall under what element of poetry?
A. style B. meter C. rhyme D. theme
______33. The line, “her laughter, a babbling brook” is an example of what figure of speech?
A. Simile B. metaphor C. onomatopoeia D. irony

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______34. “Many minute miniature moments”; the sound of alphabet “M” is repeated in all the four
words continuously. This is an example of:
A. Assonance B. alliteration C. rhyme D. rhythm
_______35. It is the message, point of view, and idea of the poem.
A. Theme B. rhythm C. symbolism D. alliteration
B. From the Tale of Ch’unyang, Match the description with appropriate illustration.

a. Magistrate b. Hasten c. Cangue d. Kisaeng e. Defiance

Magistrate Magistrate
_____36. Be quick to do something, (v), syn. hurry, speed, accelerate.
_____ 37. A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses,
(n).
_____ 38. Open resistance, (n) syn. challenge, dare, provocation.
_____ 39. Artists who work to entertain others such as the yangbans and kings, (adj./n).
_____ 40. A heavy wooden yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China for
punishing
petty criminals, (n).
VI. WRITING
Directions: Change this direct speech into reported speech:
41. “He works in a bank”
She said ___________________________________________________________
42. “We went out last night”
She told me ________________________________________________________
43. “I’m coming!”
She said ___________________________________________________________
44. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”
She told me ________________________________________________________
45. “ I’d never been there before”
She said ___________________________________________________________

VII. Grammar Awareness and Structure

A. Give the past form of the verb in the parentheses.
46. I (go) __________ to the bathroom to take a shower.
47. They (choose) __________ Mr. Alcaraz to represent the school.
48. Alice (walk)_________ three miles just to get there in school.
49. Students (look)_________ for their class adviser.
50. The weather (be)_________ not that fine yesterday.
51. She (eat)__________ her lunch with me.
52. Lily (spend)___________ her vacation in Baguio.
B. Directions: Study the given sentences then identify according to each structure. Choose your
answer inside the parenthesis. (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex)
53. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page
54. Alicia goes to the library and studies every day.
55. I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.

Prepared by:
Noted by:
JANINE KARLA R. ALDAY
English Teacher WILFREDO V. ANDRIN

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Region IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF BATANGAS
Bolbok National High School
Brgy. Bolbok, Tuy, Batangas

Principal I

The Rose Tree

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
'O WORDS are lightly spoken,'
Said Pearse to Connolly,
'Maybe a breath of politic words
Has withered our Rose Tree;
Or maybe but a wind that blows
Across the bitter sea.'
"It needs to be but
watered,' James Connolly
replied,
"To make the green come out again
And spread on every side,
And shake the blossom from
the bud To be the
garden's pride.'
"But where can we draw water,' Said
Pearse to Connolly, "When all the wells
are parched away? O plain as plain can
be
There's nothing but our own red blood
Can make a right Rose Tree.'

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Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF BATANGAS
Bolbok National High School
Brgy. Bolbok, Tuy, Batangas

Key to Correction
I. ORAL LANGUAGE AND FLUENCY
1. C
2. D
3. A 31. B
4. A
5. B 32. A
6. D
7. A 33. B
8. C 34. B
9. D
10. C 35. A
II.LISTENING
36. B
11.C
12.A 37. A
13.C
38. E
14.D
15.B 39. D
III.VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT 40. C
16. C
17. A VI. WRITING
18. D
19. B
1. She said (that) he worked in a bank.
20. PRAISE 2. She told me (that) they went (had gone) out last night (the night
21. ALLUREMENT before).
22. AFFECTION 3. She said (that) she was coming.
23. SET OUT 4. She told me (that) she had been waiting for the bus when he
24. PASS THROUGH
arrived.
25. GET OVER
III. Reading Comprehension: 5. She said (that) she had never been there before.
VII.GRAMMAR AWARENESS & STRUCTURE
26. B
27.A A.
28.A
29.Opinion 46) went
30. fact 47) chose
48) walked

49) looked
50)
51. ate
52) spent
53) Complex
54) Simple
55). Compound

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