Pre-test in English 9

(Second Quarter)
Name: __________________________________ Grade and Section: ________________
Date: ___________________________________ Score: ___________________________

General instructions: The following items cover the entire lessons of the second grading period. Read each item
carefully and choose the best answer.

Study the two texts.

Auld Lang Syne
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should all acquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne
And surely you will buy your cup
And surely I'll buy mine
And we'll take a cup o'kindness yet
For auld lang syne
We too have run around the slopes
And picked the daisies fine
We've londoned many weary foot
Since auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne
We too have paddled in the stream
From morning sun to night
But the seas between us broad have roared
From auld lang syne
The Truly Great
BY STEPHEN SPENDER
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the souls history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the Spirit, clothed from head to foot in
song.
And who hoarded from the Spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.
What is precious, is never to forget
The essential delight of the blood drawn from ageless
springs
Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth.
Never to deny its pleasure in the morning simple light
Nor its grave evening demand for love.
Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog, the flowering of the spirit.
Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields,
See how these names are fted by the waving grass
And by the streamers of white cloud
And whispers of wind in the listening sky.
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fires centre.

For auld lang syne, my dear, Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the
For auld lang syne, sun
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup o'kindness yet
For auld lang syne.

1. When is Auld Lang Syne usually sung?

a. During New Years celebration c. Lenten Season
b. In the friends wake d. Signing of Agreement
2. Who is referred in the song, Auld Lang Syne?
a. Forefather c. Friends
b. Manager d. Enemies
3. Based on the second stanza of the poem, The Truly Great, what should not be forgotten?
a. Anything that is incredible c. Everything that is valuable
b. Something that is adorable d. Everything that is clear
4-8. Please check if the each statement refers to both poems.
_____ a. Nature pays tribute to persons of valor.
_____ b. The persona recounts old memories of friendship.
_____ c. The text is marked with vivid imagery.
_____ d. Personification is utilized by the author.
_____ e. The text talks about what endures through time.
9. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Which part signifies an adverb?
a b c d
10-14. Tell if the underlined adverb signifies a) location, b) time, and c) manner. Write the letter only.
_____ a. He enrolled in graduate studies at Boston College.
_____ b. At 4 oclock, the crowd dispersed.
_____ c. Martin Luther King Jr.s supporters waited patiently.
_____ d. He talked for an hour.
_____ e. He arrived at the auditorium.
15-19. Choose what element of a prose best answers the following questions.
a. character b. setting c. plot d. point of view e. theme
_____ a. What element focuses on the message of the written work?
_____ b. What particular element depicts the sequence of the events of the written work?
_____ c. What is to consider of a writer in order to know the perspective from which the story is told?
_____ d. What particular element is to be developed in order to know different roles and interactions in the
story?
_____ e. What element involves the chronological and physical functions of the story?
20-24. Identify which between prose and poetry is being described. Write the letter that will correspond to it.
a. Poetry b. Prose
_____ a. It is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in
addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning.
_____ b. It literally translates as 'straight-forward.'
_____ c. It is a literary work in metrical form; verse.
_____ d. It is the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure
_____ e. It has a pattern in almost always a rhythm or metre (regular pattern of sound units).
25-34 Choose the letter that corresponds to the diphthong sound of the following words.

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.
______ a. boy ______ f. house
______ b. day ______ g. beer
______ c. phone ______ h. hour
______ d. fire ______ i. fine
______ e. chair ______ j. boil
(35-39). For each sentence below, use the context to help you determine the meaning of the italicized word.
35. Although I was unable to understand all of the details of the presentation, I did get the gist of it.
a. humor b. main point c. notes
36. One brother is an erudite professor; the other brother, however, has never shown any interest in books or learning.
a. old; elderly b. well-educated; well-read c. snobbish; stock-up
37. Night is the time when many animals forage, or search, for food.
a. come out at night b. sleep c. search for food
38. Because there was so little precipitation this year, the crops dried up and died.
a. fertilizer b. planting c. rain
39. My sister loathes broccoli, but she loves spinach.
a. dislikes intensely b. eats eagerly c. prepares and cooks
(40-42). Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in the parentheses.
40. If I like the book, (buy) you it for me?
a. will you buy c. had you bought
b. are you buying d. do you buy
41. If Nelson had asserted himself, he not (feel) so bad.
a. is not feeling c. would have felt
b. will feel d. might feel
42. If you help me with the dishes, I (help) you with your homework.
a. would help c. am helping
b. will help d. have helped

43-50. Using a -sized paper, explain the diagram given.

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