TRECE MARTIRES CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

CABUCO EXTENSION

THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Name: ___________________________________________________________________ Score: _________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________________________________________ Subject: English 10_______

VOCABULARY

I. Directions: Read each sentence carefully. Select from the box below the meaning of the underlined word through
its context.

a. exceptionally early in development c. the use of sorcery or magic e. particularly bad

b. producing clear images d. lacking brilliance, shine or vitality

_______ 1. The book includes many vivid illustrations.

_______ 2. In spite of heavy advertising, the new product only achieved disappointing, lackluster sales.
_______ 3. She was a precocious child who could read before she went to school.
_______ 4. The show was a dismal failure.
_______ 5. Witchcraft and the influence of fairies are still often believed in.

GRAMMAR
II. Directions: Choose the correct pronoun to replace the underlined words.

______ 6. "Tom and Garrett are the heroes of the neighborhood!" exclaimed Garrett.
a. Me b. We c. I d. Us
______ 7. Mrs. Martin reviewed Mary's speech before the debate.
a. mine b. our c. his d. her
______ 8. Scientists are constantly testing and retesting the scientists’ findings.
a. him b. it c. their d. us
______ 9. Will admired Captain Jack.
a. he b. him c. they d. them
______ 10. The soccer ball belongs to Zach and Harry.
a. their b. them c. theirs d. it

III. Directions: Complete each sentence with the correct demonstrative pronoun.
this that these those

11. Do you like _______ trousers I am wearing? I bought them yesterday.

12. Look at _______ man over there! He’s not wearing any clothes!
13. Here we are. ________ is where I live.
14. What’s the name of _______ song of Robbie Williams we heard yesterday?
15. ________ boots she is wearing look very expensive.

IV. Directions: Choose the correct interrogative pronoun from the parentheses.

16. To _________ (who, whom) do you pass on the notes?

17. She asked _________ (which, what) I preferred, tea or coffee?
18. __________ (Which, What) did he come here for?
19. __________ (Whom, Who) said these words?
20. With ___________ (who, whom) were you exchanging pleasantries?

V. Directions: Pick the correct indefinite pronoun that will complete each sentence.

21. My dictionary was on the desk. ____________ (Nobody, Somebody) has taken it.
22. Our holiday was perfect. ____________ (Everything, Nothing) went as we wished.
23. Pinocchio learns that ____________ (some, every) time he tells a lie, his nose grows.
24. ____________ (Both, One) of the Elvis impersonators are missing.
25. Would you like (nothing, something) to eat?

VI. Directions: Choose the correct form of pronoun that correctly completes each sentence.
26. Every student wants to impress ___________ (his/her, their) professors.
27. Both Shelley and Stella promised to bring ___________ (her, their) cameras.
28. Either the employees or Ms. Jones will make ____________ (their, her) presentation.
29. The jury was asked to return to ____________ (their, its) seats.
30. The United States cherishes _____________ (its, their) democracy.
31. Many a girl wishes _____________ (she, they) could sing like Beyoncé.
32. A number of volunteers are offering _____________ (his/her, their) help.
33. A can of lima beans sits on ______________ (its, their) shelf.
34. The news has lost much of _____________ (their, its) sting two days later.
35. Every cow, pig, and horse has lost ___________ (its, their) life in the fire.

VII. Directions: Complete the following sentences with appropriate relative pronouns.
whose who whom which
36. The thief ________ stole the bicycle has been caught.
37. Show me the road _________ leads to the railway station.
38. The girl __________ you called is here.
39. The woman __________ son you met is on the phone.
40. Coal _________ is a very useful mineral is found in many parts of India.

READING and LITERATURE

VIII. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

A. Directions: Analyze the speaker’s tone/attitude of each of the given statement.

_____41. “Fyokla, a little beggar-girl of six, is running through the village, looking for Terenty the cobbler. Her eyes are
wide-open; her lips are trembling.”
a. calm b. hopeful c. anxious d. excited
_____42. “I am minded to build me an IGLOO,” he said one day to Klosh-Kwan and a number of the hunters. “It shall be
a large IGLOO, wherein Ikeega and I can dwell in comfort.”
a. doubtful b. determined c. mysterious d. calm

B. Directions: From the choices given, select the word which properly completes each set of relationships.
_____ 43. Keesh: protagonist; polar sea: ______________
a. setting b. theme c. conflict d. climax
_____ 44. The story of Keesh: Jack London; A Day in a Country: ___________.
a. Rudyard Kipling c. Robert Frost
b. Anton Chekhov d. O. Henry

C. Directions: Read each item carefully, and choose the most appropriate answer to the questions.
_____45. In the poem, “Song of Autumn”, what line suggests death?
a. Farewell, vivid brightness of our short-lived summers!
b. My heart will be no more than a frozen red block.
c. That somewhere they’re nailing a coffin, in great haste
d. All winter will possess my being: wrath,
Hate, horror, shivering, hard, forced labor
_____46. How was the idea of hope exemplified in the poem?
a. Autumn is in between summer and winter, so there is still a chance to change course.
b. The seasons are a cycle of events, so nothing is permanent.
c. Autumn is associated with leaves, which symbolizes life.
d. The seasons represent the cycle of life and when there’s life, there is hope.
_____47. “The air is warm and fragrant” appeals to the sense of ______________.
a. sight and sound c. hearing and feeling
b. feeling and smell d. smell and sound

IX. Directions: Identify what is being asked in each item. Choose your answer from the box below.

environmentalist six sparrow politics Ikeega

thirteen nightingale cobbler nature witchcraft
headcraft Bok eight poison whale bone
_______________ 48. What is Terenty’s occupation?
_______________ 49. How old is Fyokla?
_______________ 50. What did Terenty teach the two children?
_______________ 51. How old was Keesh at the beginning of the story?
_______________ 52. What is the name of Keesh’s mother?
_______________ 53. According to Keesh, what did he use to catch polar bear easily?
_______________ 54. What did Keesh put inside the blubber meat?
COMPOSITION
X. Directions: Arrange the following sentences to compose a paragraph with cohesion and coherence. Write 1 – 6.

55 – 60.
____ In these rural areas 70 percent of the available agricultural land suffers from dryness and lack of
irrigation.
____ As a result, the crops are usually marginal with hardly enough production to feed the farmer’s family.
____ The first fact to consider is that over 60 percent of the population live in rural communities.
____ In my country, one of the most urgent problems facing the government today relates to agriculture.
____ And without irrigation, agricultural production is wholly dependent on the uncertain rainfall.
____ To understand the nature of this problem one has to look at some of the facts.

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