Summative Test No. 1

Read the short selections carefully then answer the questions that follow. Write only the letter of your answer.

Rosa’s Flower Garden

Rosa has a beautiful garden. She was able to grow many flowers in it. The flowers are of different kinds and colors. She has red, white and yellow roses. there are gumamelas, santan, sunflower and daisies, too. Many of them are fragrant. No wonder, butterflies and bees hover around her garden, with their wings listening against the sunshine. Indeed, Rosa’s garden is an attractive spot to behold.

1. Who owns a flower garden?

• a. Rosa

• b. Butterfly

• c. Bee

• d. Gumamela

2.She grows different flowers in her garden. Which of these is not found there?

• a. rose

• b. ilang-ilang

• c. santan

• d. gumamela

3.What two adjectives are used in the text to describe Rosa’s garden?

• a. beautiful and wide

• b. beautiful and boring

• c. beautiful and attractive

• d. beautiful and caring

4.Why do butterflies and bees love to hover around Rosa’s garden?

• a. because of the many ornamental plants in it

• b. because of the lovely flowers in it

• c. because Rosa does not drive them away

• d. because of the beautiful garden

5.What does the word “hover” in sentence 7 mean?

• a. dive

• b. fly

• c. swim

• d. lay

6. Which word in the same sentence does not give a clue to its meaning?

• a. butterfly

• b. wings

• c. garden

• d. birds

7.It is a list of words with their synonyms and antonyms.

• a. dictionary

• b. index

• c. thesaurus

• d. encyclopedia

8.The girls were surprised when they saw the beautiful flowers the delivery boy brought. What is the

synonym of the underlined word.

• a. frustrating

• b. pretty

• c. fast

• d. chubby

9.Watching the movie with all of my friends from school was fun, but it was too long. What is the antonym of the underlined word?

• a. lengthy

• b. silly

• c. short

• d. fat

10.Mrs. Blackwell assigned a difficult project for the students to complete during their vacation. What is the

antonym of the underlined word?

• a. easy

• b. caring

• c. hard

• d. boring