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English 8 Reviewer

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. In the middle of the night, when everybody else was asleep, Jo and Margaret waited secretly in the working shed. At midnight, they saw two elves! The elves were deep in their work, making shoes for them. By morning, they had made many new shoes. What element of the story are the underlined phrases?

a)

Setting

b)

Theme

c)

Point of View

d)

Plot

2.
  1. “You will understand her if you put yourself in her shoes,” Ramona exclaimed. Which word is NOT synonymous of the underlined idiomatic expression?

a)

The girls empathized with their mother.

b)

Students exchanged their shoes during PE.

c)

Leia understood and know her place

d)

To understand the situation, teachers placed themselves on the student’s disposition.

3.

“I’m broke. Let’s go Dutch, okay?” What is the meaning of the underlined Idiomatic expression?

a)

very expensive

b)

less budget

c)

travel to Netherlands

d)

share expenses

4.

Once upon a time, a country man came into the town on market day, and brought a load of very special pears with him to sell. He set up his barrow at a good corner, and soon had a great crown round him. Which angle is being emphasized from which the portion of the story is told?

a)
  1. First-Person 

b)
  1. Second-Person

c)
  1. Third-Person

5.

Emma is a punctilious person. She is keen to details. Which sentence uses the same meaning as the underlined word?

a)

Teachers are dexterous in terms of resources.

b)

Students are punctual in going to school.

c)

Parents are meticulous with the food of their child.

d)

Filipino citizens are resourceful.

6.

Which genre of African literature aims to inform or inspire the audience by using actual events, people, places, or facts?

a)
  1. Non-fiction

b)
  1. Fiction

c)
  1. Drama

d)
  1. Prose

7.

Literature in different continents defined as an almost mixture of traditional culture, religion and other beliefs. What is the reason behind this conclusion?

a)

Literature develops over time.

b)

Different countries develop set of beliefs

c)

People interact to others sharing ideas, perspective and beliefs.

d)

Countries were divided into regions that resulted on being indifferent

8.

Your English teacher assigned you to present an informative speech. What type of informative speech will you apply if you want to discuss about the concepts, theories, philosophies of the universe?

a)

Explanatory

b)

Definition

c)

Descriptive

d)

Demonstration

9.
  1. Which among the following is an evidence of effective speech delivery?

a)

Speaker stutters often that leads to confusion.

b)

Speaker looks at the audience with sincerity.

c)

The body language of the speaker is restricted.

d)

Speaker sounds unnatural and therefore insincere.

10.

Which tells the author’s attitude or feeling about the subject in the story?

a)
  1. occasion

b)
  1. theme

c)
  1. tone

d)
  1. mood

11.

Which passage below has the most whimsical tone? (Whimsical means light, airy, fun, happy, magical)

a)

The creature moved its sharp claws over the strange device, and the noise was loud and distracting.

b)

The lovely fairy danced her long fingers over the harp, and the music carried us gently into a trance.

c)

The creature played the instrument, and we listened to the music it made.

d)

The monster produced a terrifying noise, and we tried not to scream and give away our hiding space.

12.

Janine’s meaning of speech is confusing. Sometimes her voice rises in discordance with her emotions, which make the audience confused at her speech. What prosodic feature should she improve on?

a)

stress

b)

intonation

c)

pause

d)

rhythm

13.

A student is reading for her oral test. The student is having a hard time reading words and sometimes read without acknowledging the punctuations used in the text. What prosodic feature is disregarded?

a)

Tempo

b)

Pause

c)

Pitch

d)

Rhythm

14.
  1. Rina was assigned to deliver her speech. During her presentation, they observed that she talked with a very soft voice that only students in front can only hear. Rina lacks what prosodic feature?

a)

Projection

b)

Pitch

c)

 Volume

d)

Stress

15.

You say, "GET A CHAIR!" in a loud, commanding, angry tone of voice, or you say, “Get a chair" with a softer voice, using rising intonation to indicate a request. Which is true?

a)
  1. The content is essentially the same, but the relational message is different

b)

The content and relational messages are the same.

c)
  1. The relational message is essentially the same, but the content is different.

d)

he content and relational messages are both different.

16.
  1. Which of the following has a rising intonation?

a)
  1. The radio is on the other side.

b)
  1. What are the requirements?

c)
  1. So, are you getting your passport tomorrow?

d)

Who are the winners?

17.

I feel the butterflies in my stomach every time my teacher calls me. What is the meaning of the idiomatic expression used in the sentence?

a)

feeling gloomy

b)
  1. anxious and nervous feeling

c)
  1. hungry feeling

d)
  1. happy and excitement feeling

18.

Lisa is playing her favorite game using her tablet. Find the hypernym of the underlined word.

a)

technology

b)

device

c)

 computer

d)

 materials

19.
  1. Shane is good at___________ an advice. Find the appropriate collocation to complete the sentence. 

a)

lending

b)

giving

c)

providing

d)

creating


20.
  1. Just a sip of a_______ coffee and I can enjoy the day. Find the appropriate collocation to complete the sentence. 

a)

powerful

b)

extreme

c)

strong

d)

severe