AIM HIGH TUTORIAL CENTER

1st MONTHLY TEST

MATHEMATICS
Name: ________________________

Date: ______________

I.
Change the following to natural order.
1. The lady ran into the room.
2. There is a good restautant nearby.
3. Burning out of control was the forest located in Lipa City.
4. Quick and painless will be your medical procedure.
5. Never do I sleep.
II.
Change the following to inverted order.
1. A drawn out sigh came from the little girl.
2. The officers rarely neglect their duties.
3. Were I you, I think I would study more for your exam tomorrow.
4. I was so happy that I bought flowers for everybody in the class.
5. Those who registered are lucky.
III. Sonnet. Fill in the blanks.
1. The basic meter of all sonnets in English is ___________.
2. In strict practice, the one thing that is to be avoided in the sestet is ending with a
______ (dd or ee).
3. A change a from one rhyme group to another signifies a change in subject matter. This
change occurs at the beginning of line 9 in Italian sonnet and is called the volta or _____
which is a essential element of the sonnet form.
4. The English Sonnet or the ______________ has the simplest and the most flexible
pattern of all sonnets, consisting of 3 quatrains of alternating rhyme and couplet.
5.6. Shakespeares sonnets are written predominantly in meter called iambic pentameter, a
rhyme scheme in which sonnet line consists of ___ syllables. The syllables are are
divided into ____ pairs called iambs or iambic feet.
7. A ______ is fundamentally a dialectic construct which allows the poet to examine the
nature and ramifications of two usually contrastive ideas, emotions, states of mind,
beliefs, actions, events, images, etc.,by juxtaposing the two against each other, and
possibly resolving or just revealing the tensions created and operative between two.
8. An ____ is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed
syllable.
9. -10. The Italian sonnet is divided into two sections by two different groups of rhyming
sounds. The first 8 lines is called and rhymes a b b a a b b a _______ and the remaining 6
lines is called the ______ and can have either two or three rhyming sounds, arranged in a
variety of ways.

IV. Write each underlined word in the blank. Circle the letter of the word that most closely
matches the underlined word in the sentence. Use the other words in the sentence for clues
to the correct meaning.
1. U.S.A. is an acronym for United States of America.
A. description B. abbreviation C. password D. neighbor
2. She convinced us with her coherent argument.
A. understandable B. confusing C. long D. silly
3. The mother bathed the baby in the tepid water.
A. lukewarm B. hot C. muddy D. cold
4. A man of few words, he is known for his brevity.
A. briefness B. athleticism C. laughter D. skills
5. The speaker told an amusing anecdote about his dog.
A. lie B. cure C. picture D. story
6. My mother inherited her green eyes from her father.
A. blinked B. donated C. received D. stared with
7. We laughed during the play at the dialogue between the hero and his silly partner.
A. spotlight B. conversation C. table D. direction
8. The hotel had an elaborate entrance of marble columns, fresh flowers and velvet cushions.
A. wide B. plain C. grey D. fancy
9. The criteria for getting an A was to turn in all assignments and have a score 90% or more.
A. standards B. lunchroom C. students D. roles
10. The pristine water came from a high mountain stream where there was no pollution.
A. dirty B. spoiled C. unspoiled D. ugly