4th Qtr. Exam Review

4th Qtr. Exam Review

By Queenie Ku

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Exercise A​: Verb Tenses

Directions: ​

​Identify the tense of verb used in the given sentences. Choose the correct answer.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses simple future tense of the verb?

• Danny will have done all his performance tasks in school by weekend.

• Carl will take a nap after he attends his morning classes.

• Bob will have been jogging for an hour by 5:30 pm.

• Alex will be helping his dad clean the garage in the morning.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses present perfect tense of the verb?

• My grandmother wakes up at exactly six in the morning every day.

• Felix is taking the dogs out for a walk around the neighborhood.

• Greg has been cleaning out the weeds in his plants since this morning.

• We have traveled several times to Palawan before the quarantine restrictions came.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence does NOT show past perfect progressive tense of the verb?

• Had they been playing football since this afternoon?

• Had he been working all day at the office?

• Sarah had been practicing her guitar skills before her virtual concert.

• My sister had hung the clothes before the sun rose in the morning.

Exercise B​: Verb Tense Consistency

Directions: ​

Read each sentence. Determine which part of the sentence is inconsistent due to erroneous shift in tense. Choose the letter of your answer​

Multiple Choice

Choose the phrase that shows verb inconsistency.

• The students were happy

• to see the successful result of their experiment

• which they will be working on it

• during the FTC two weeks ago

Multiple Choice

Choose the phrase that shows verb inconsistency.

• Several years ago, I returned to my hometown province in Ilocos

  Norte

• and visit one of my old neighborhoods.

• I had not been on

  Acacia Street for more than 10 years

• and as I walked along the street,

  my mind was flooded by waves of nostalgia

Multiple Choice

Choose the phrase that shows verb inconsistency.

• Hiking is an easy activity to pick up, it also has some great payoff. 

• As you walk 

  through canyons and climb up mountains, the views are breathtaking,

• the views are breathtaking.

• The summit of a mountain will be unlike any other place in the world.

Exercise C: Cohesive and Coherence

Directions: ​

Supply an appropriate cohesive devise for each item to make the sentence coherently complete.  ​

Open Ended

Many students complained that the test was difficult, _____ many students managed to score high marks.

Open Ended

 _____ our constant disagreements, we remained fast friends.

Open Ended

I dropped my reading glasses and it broke. _____, I need to either buy a new one or have the lenses replaced.

Exercise D: Redundancy

Directions: ​

​Spot the redundancy error. Type your answer.

Open Ended

Currently now solar panels can only do so much until they are limited by the latest released technologies.

Open Ended

The amount of energy they get is decent but can certainly in fact be improved.

Open Ended

In the country Philippines, the researchers have noticed the lack of electricity in Luzon.

Exercise E : The Merchant of Venice

Directions: ​

Read each of the following lines carefully.  Choose the best interpretation of the text.​

Multiple Choice

“I remember him well, and I remember him worthy of thy praise.” - Portia, Act 1, Scene 2

• He is remembered as someone admirable.

• He is remembered as someone handsome.

• He is remembered as someone relevant.

• He is remembered as someone successful.

Multiple Choice

“ I am a tainted wether of the flock, meetest for death. The weakest kind of fruit

drops earliest to the grounds, and so let me.” -Antonio, Act IV, Scene 1

• He believes that he is weak.

• He believes that death will come for him.

• He believes that his death is natural.

• He believes that he is someone who deserves to die.

Multiple Choice

“They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. It is no means happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean.” - Nerissa, Act 2

• Rude people never experienced happiness in life.

• People who have nothing immediately die when they get ill.

• Happiness is between having too much and having nothing.

• People who starve are happier than those who have too much.

Exercise F : The Merchant of Venice

Directions: ​

Watch the video excerpt. Answer the question that follow. ​

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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7euZ30wDE

Open Ended

Imagine meeting modern day Shylocks, what would you tell them should they make a speech like in the Shakespearean drama? Compose a short note to them in response to the speech.

Open Ended

1. Do you think you were able to give your best fight and worked hard this Gr. 9?

 

2. Are you ready to take on the next level of challenges in English in Gr. 10?