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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENTbefore
General Directions: Read the items carefully OF EDUCATION
you decide on your answer. Choose the best
answer and write the letter of the correct answers. VISAYAS
REGION VI- WESTERN
DIVISION OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
Cottage Road, Bacolod City

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
ENGLISH GRADE 8
S.Y. 2019- 2020

General Directions: Read each item very For item nos. 14-18: Complete the analogies
carefully and write the letters of the correct 14. rook: chess::___: badminton: ____
answer. A. grass C. shuttlecock
B. tennis D. cord
1. It is a traditional story sometimes regarded as
historical but unauthenticated. 15. clock:time::thermometer: _____
A. epic C. legend A. child C. pitcher
B. folktale D. idioms B. temperature D. weather

2. It is a story passed on traditionally. 16. The following shows object-function analogy,


A. familiar C. colloquial except _____.
B. folktale D. idioms A. camera: photograph::leg:walk
B. saw:cut::hammer:pound
3. It is a long poem, typically one derived from C. broom: sweep::knife:cut
ancient oral tradition narrating the deeds and D. claw:cat::tail:dog
adventure of the hero.
A. epic C. folktale 17. Which of the following shows an example of
B. idioms D. familiar antonym analogy?
A. up:above::bottom:below
4. A level of language used when talking to B. petal:flower::page:book
someone close to you. C. wet:dry::quite: noisy
A. familiar C. colloquial D. hand:touch::nose:smell
B. legend D. fairytale
18. reject:accept::____:impress
5. ____ is a level language used in everyday A. disappoint C. approve
conversation. B. surprise D. encourage
A. epic C. idiom
B. colloquial D. familiar For item nos. 19-22: Draw conclusions out of the
following situations. Write the letter of the
6. “Pal” is an example of ____ language. correct answer.
A. colloquial C. idiomatic 19. Charles is the baby in the family. He always
B. figurative D. familiar wants to be with his daddy. When he comes from
the office, he runs to get his slippers, kiss and
7. A figure of speech that directly compare two embrace him tightly. He enjoys sitting on his
things using “as” or “like” is called _____. father’s lap. As they watch T.V. He gives everyone
A. hyperbole C. personification a goodnight kiss. Charles is a/an ____boy.
B. simile D. metaphor A. affectionate C. respectful
B. friendly D. thoughtful
8. A comparison of two unlike objects without using
“as” or “like is called _____.
A. simile C. personification 20. Lenlen comes from affluent family and does not
B. metaphor D. hyperbole play with teenagers who do not come from rich
families like her. She doesn’t take public vehicles
9. Which of the following does not belong to the she says many passengers smell bad.
group? Lenlen is ______.
A. He has a heart of gold. A. careful C. snobbish
B. Luke is as brave as a lion. B. clean D. practical
C. The world is a stage.
D. Time is gold 21. Mike always talks of the medals he received in
10. Which of the following is an example of simile? grade school. His family is the richest in the village
A. My life is a gray hair. and he goes to school by car. His classmates do
B. The wheels of justice turn slowly. not like him because he is ____.
C. The clouds are like ice cream castles in the sky. A. intelligent C. boastful
D. Time flies and waits for no one. B. talkative D. rich

For items nos. 11-13: Tell whether each of the


following lines is an example of A. hyperbole B.
litotes
11. This car goes faster than the speed of light.
12. The ice cream was not too bad.
13. He is older than the hills.

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Always believe in yourself even when it’s not easy.
22. The house was completely dark, except for the 33. He has a humorous and poetic side that
few candles that had been lit and the flashlights people would long after his company. What word is
that were being carried by Chris and I. A terrible synonymous to humorous?
A. happy C. amusing
storm was raging outside and we wondered when
B. intelligent D. unpleasant
we get power again. What has happened to the two
boys? 34. Ashley blacks out whenever she sees blood.
A. There was a black out in their house. A. She faints.
B. They took cover in an abandoned house. B. She screams
C. They were playing flashlight tag. C. She covers her face with something black so
D. They were playing in the storm. she can’t see the blood.
D. She paints whatever she was working on black.
For item nos. 23-25: Which of the following
words will complete the cline below?
35. Alex was upset because he was cut from the
team.
23. boiling
A. Alex got kicked off the team.
B. Alex cut everybody on the team.
warm C. Alex upset the members of the team.
D. Alex got a cut while playing for his team.
A. burning C. mild
B. hot D. sizzling
For item nos. 36-40: Use appropriate
imperatives and prepositions to complete the
following statements.
24. tiny
36. _____ the food inside the refrigerator.
microscopic A. Keep C. Fold
B. Clean D. Discuss
A. small C. gigantic
B. huge D. big
37. Students are asked to ____ pieces of paper
after the flag ceremony.
A. pick out C. pick up
25. brilliant
B. look out D. keep off

bright 38. _____ the light, please.


A. Keep off C. Pick out
A. smart C. alert
B. Switch off D. Look out
B. clever D. intelligent
39. ____ the salt, please.
Identify the verb that agrees with the subject in
A. Catch C. Wave
each sentence.
B. Stop D. Pass
26. Mike, along with his friend Emilio often ___ out
at the bakery on weekends.
A. help C. helps
40. The following is written in imperative.
B. helped D. to help
Do not smoke.
A. True B. False
27. Trish and Nikko _____ each other.
A. love C. loves
For item nos. 41-42: Identify what type of text is
B. is loving D. was loving
used in each of the examples below. Write the
letters of the correct answer.
28. Neither the crew members, the passengers nor
41. Global warming is a serious threat to Earth,
the captain ____ the accusation.
causing harmful effect on the environment and the
A. deserve C. deserving
ozone layer (which protect earth-from harmful
B. deserves D. is deserving
sunrays).
A. expository C. descriptive
29. One of the cookies _____ missing.
B. narrative D. persuasive
A. is C. are
B. did D. does
42. Long ago, in Mount Makiling, there lived a
beautiful goddess name Maria Makiling. She is
30. We _____ new year in Manila last year.
beautiful, kind hearted and loving. She had a long
A. will celebrate C. celebrate
shiny black hair.
B. celebrates D. celebrated
A. narrative C. persuasive
B. expository D. descriptive
31. The hero was exhausted after a very long
journey. The word exhausted is synonymous to __.
43. Every family should try an ocean-going beach
A. tired C. bored
vacation at least once. First, a beach vacation
B. happy D. hungry
affords quality family time in an ultra-relaxation
mode. Families these days are stressed out and
32. They met a frightening creature along the dark
controlled by hectic activities, and sometimes a
mossy forest. Which word is the opposite of
vacation can end up stressful and hectic schedules.
frightening?
A. persuasive C. narrative
A. terrifying C. comforting
B. expository D. descriptive
B. horrible D. unpleasant
General Directions: Read the items carefully before you decide on your answer. Choose the best
answer and write the letter of the correct answers.
For item nos. 44-46: Complete the following
sentences by using the appropriate phrase.
44. You can go _____ immediately to leave this
building.
A. in the window C. at the ceiling
B. to the exit door D. with the bird

45. Every month you _____ a small sum of money.


A. must put up C. must put aside
B. must put off D. must put in

46. Grasshoppers destroyed the wheat ________.


A. in the field C. among the field
B. by the field D. beneath the field

47. The word “military” is stressed in ___ syllable.


A. first C. third
B. second D. fourth

48. The proposed ______ will be sponsored by the


Local Government Unit.
A. PROject C. PROduce
B. proJECT D. proDUCE

49. It is a sentence that gives a command or a


request.
A. exclamatory C. declarative
B. imperative D. interrogative

50. It is a sentence that seeks answers to


questions.
A. exclamatory C. declarative
B. imperative D. interrogative

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Always believe in yourself even when it’s not easy.

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