Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
COMPUTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL OF BICOLANDIA
San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur
Third Grading Examination
English 8

Name: ____________________________________
Section: ___________________________________

Date: ____________________
Score: ___________________

I. Identification: Kinds of Sentences According to Structure (2pts each)

Underline the dependent clause and identify whether the sentence is a Simple Sentence,
Compound sentence, Complex sentence or Compound- Complex Sentence. Write your answer in the
space provided.
________________1.They say if you step on a crack, you will break your mother's back.
________________2. Angel and Rose entered the room just as the bell rang.
________________3. School starts on August 25th and I will be entering the 8th grade.
________________4. When I purchased my new gym clothes, I gave away my old ones.
________________5. Since there are so many students in my grade, English 8 will be held for Group A
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday one week, and the next week, Group A will have it on Tuesday and
Thursday.
________________6.They just had a contest for scariest mask, and I was the wild and daring one
who won the contest for scariest mask--and (sob) I'm not even wearing one.
________________7. Jim, who is in my grade, will have gym on Fridays.
________________8. John ran to the store and he bought five lottery tickets.
________________9. Flowers make beautiful gifts if they are bought from a florist.
________________10. When Stacy came, she walked into my bedroom and she placed the present on
my bed.
________________11.We can wait here until Carlo calls us.
________________12.Either the engine starts, or we will remain here all night.
________________13.I opened my eyes and looked up at the rain, and it dripped in my head and
flowed into my brain.
________________14. The old car was in fairly good operating condition, but the condition of the body
was poor.
________________15.They say that once in Zanzibar a boy stuck out his tongue so far that it reached
the heavens and touched a star, which burned him rather badly.
________________16. We must prepare the dam, or the water will rush through.
________________17.I joke with the bats and have intimate chats with the cooties who crawl through
my hair.
________________18. The antlers of a standing moose, as everybody knows, are just the perfect place
to hang your wet and drippy clothes.
________________19.Oaties stay oaty, and Wheat Chex stay floaty, and nothing can take the puff out
of Puffed Rice.
________________20. While fishing in the blue lagoon, I caught a lovely silver fish.

II. Multiple Choice: Encircle the correct answer.

A. Shakuntala
1. He write the story Shakuntala.
a. Sharngarava
b. Kalidasa
2. He is the father of Shakuntala.
a. Kanva
b. Sharngarava
3. She is the mother of Shakuntala.
a. Sharngarava
b. Kalidasa

c. Priyamvada

d. Gautami

c. Kalidasa

d. Priyamvada

c. Priyamvada

d. Gautami

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9.

He is the King of Hastinapura and Shakuntalashusband.

Sharngarava
b. Kalidasa
c. Dushanta
d. Gautami
The friends of Shakuntala.
Priyamvada and Anasuya
c. Kanva and Kalidasa
Sharngaraya and Dushanta
d. None of the above
The brother of Shakuntala.
Sharngarava
b. Kalidasa
c. Dushanta
d. Gautami
Where does the story Shakuntala originated?
India
b. Indonesia
c. Thailand
d. Japan
The name Shakuntala derived from Sanskrit an ancient Indic language which means _________.
flower
b. bird
c. forest
d. trees
Determine who delivered the line from the story:
Even people ignorant of wordly affairs would say that the King had not behaved like a
gentlemen towards Shakuntala.
a. Kalidasa
b. Anasuya
c. Shakuntala
d. Kanva
10. Determine who delivered the line from the story:
So I became bride again. I will never have friends like you.
a. Shakuntala
b. Kanva
c. Anasuya
d. Priyamvada
11. Determine who delivered the line from the story:
Anasuya, hurry. We are arranging for the departure of Shakuntala.
a. Shakuntala
b. Kanva
c. Anasuya
d. Priyamvada
12. Determine who delivered the line from the story:
How grief weakens me when I see all those grains you scattered in offering of the
cottage door sprouting! Go now! God be with you on your journey.
a. Kalidasa
b. Anasuya
c. Shakuntala
d. Kanva
13. Determine who delivered the line from the story:
True wisdom, Father, gives insight to everything.
a. Dushanta
b. Sharngarava
c. Shakuntala
d. Kanva
14. Determine who delivered the line from the story:
Dear, if the good king should perhaps be slow to recognize you, show him the ring
with his own name engraved on it.
a. Shakuntala and Dushanta
c. Priyamvada and Anasuya
b. Kanva and Gautami
d. Sharngarava and Kalidasa
15. Determine who delivered the line from the story:
Child you interrupt my duties in the pious grave.
a. Kanva
b. Gautami
c. Priyamvada
d. Anasuya
B. Ramayana
1. He is the King of Ayodhya.
a. Rama
b. Dasharatha
c. Lakshman
d. Shatrughma
2. A demon that tried to seduce Rama and was wounded by Lakshman.
a. Rakshasa princess
c. Hanuman
b. Sita
d. Monkeys
3. She is the wife of Rama.
a. Hanuman
c. Sita
b. Rakshasa princess
d. Bharata
4. How many years does Rama banish in the forest before he was crowned the King of Ayodhya?
a. 12
b. 9
c. 5
d. 14
5. The ten- headed ruler of Lanka.
a. Dasharatha
b. Sita
c. Ravana
d. Lakshman
6. The twin sons of King Dasharatha.
a. Rama and Bharata
c. Rama and Lakshman
b. Lakshman and Shatrughna
d. Lakshman and Bharata
7. A ceremony wherein the girl had to choose her bridegroom.
a. Ram- rajya
b. funeral pyres
c. Abduction
d. Swayamvara
8. The general of the monkey band who can fly for he is the son of the wind.
a. Hanuman
b. Bharata
c. Sita
d. Ravana
9. He has a weakness for beautiful woman.
a. Hanuman
b. Bharata
c. Sita
d. Ravana

10. His men captured Hanuman and ordered them to wrap Hanumans tail in cloth and set it on fire.
a. Ravana
b. Sita
c. Rama
d. Lakshman
11. The eldest son of King Dasharatha.
a. Lakshman
b. Rama
c.Shatrughna
d. Bharata
12. The second eldest son of King Dasharata.
a. Lakshman
b. Rama
c.Shatrughna
d. Bharata
13. How many wife/wives does King Dasharatha have?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. 5
14. He was the one who killed Ravana.
a. Rama
b. Dasharatha
c. Lakshman
d. Shatrughma
15. He returned and crowned Rama as the King of Ayodha.
a. Lakshman
b. Rama
c.Shatrughna
d. Bharata
III. Essay: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam (10 pts.)
Reflect on the passage.
Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certainThis life flies:
One thing is certain and the rest is lies;
The Flower that once is blown forever dies.

GOD BLESS

Prepared by:
GRACE ANN MARIE C. PALENCIA
Student Teacher

BERNADETTE C. ABARCAR
Coordinating Teacher