Department of EducationSanta Maria District

Santa Maria West Central School

Third Periodical Test in English 6S.Y. 2015-2016

Name: ____________________________________________________________________________I. Listening: Listen as the teacher reads the “Instructions for Making a Milkshake

in a Blender”. Write the letter of your choice.1. What is the first thing you do when using a blender?

a. Push the button marked “blend”b. Put the top on the blender.c. Put milk in the blender.d. Plug in the blender.

2. How many steps are given in the instructions?a. 3 steps c. 6 stepsb. 5 steps d. 8 steps

3. If you forgot to do step 3, what might happen?a. The milk and ice cream would splatter all over the room.b. The blender would not work because it wouldn’t be plugged in.c. The blender would break.d. The tablespoon would break.

4. How long does it take for the milk and the ice cream to blend?a. 1 minute c. 4 minutesb. 2 minutes d. 5 minutes

5. What is the very last thing you do when you are finished using the blender?a. Push the button marked “blend”b. Push the button marked “off”c. Unplug the blender.d. Plug in the blender.

II. Vocabulary: Replace each italicized expression with an appropriate word. Choose answer from the box below.

6. Mr. Castro’s female child is quite athletic, and does well in most sports.7. The religious man rest on his knees to pray.8. Jose promised to pay his obligation to Mario.9. My mother loves to decorate our garden with statue of small supernatural being.10. Rita said she found it difficult to get along to the person who lives nearby.

II. Grammar: A. Use for or since to complete each sentence. Write your answer in the space provided to complete the sentence.

11.Liza and Maria have been friends for more than 10 years.12.My father has worked for this company since 1980.13.Joanna has read eleven books since last weekend.14.I haven’t seen my uncle, Rico for a long time.

neighbor debt daughter neighbor gnome wrath

15.We haven’t seen Mrs. Cruz since this morning.

B. Complete the forms of the verb.

Present Past Past Participle16.Freeze Froze frozen17.Burst burst Burst18.Make Made made19.Break Broke broken20.Drink Drank drunk

C. Write the verb in parentheses that complete each sentences.21.Everyone (likes, like) the pizza in the cafeteria.22.One of the answers (is, are) correct.23.Everybody (crowds, crowd) around the stage.24.(Is, Are) anyone allowed to borrow books from the library?25.No one (lives, live) in the middle of the desert.

D. Read the sentences. Write active or passive to classify the voice of the verb.

26. Harry ate six shrimp at dinner.27. Beautiful giraffes roam the savanna.28. The obstacle course was run by me in record time.29. The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday.30. We are going to watch a movie tonight.

E. Read each sentence carefully. Choose the correct verb phrase to complete the main clause. Write your answer on your paper.

31. If farmers use enough fertilizers, their product (would increase, will increase).32. Harvest (will also improve, would also improve) if more farm lands are irrigated.33. If Mang Ben irrigates his cornfield, he (would have harvested, will harvest) more.34. Shelling corn (will be, would have been) faster if he buys a corn sheller gadget.35. If I were him, I (would have loaned, will loan) some amount from a bank for bigger capital.

III. Read each of the following sentences. Write D if the sentence is in direct speech and write I if indirect speech.

_______36. The doctor said she was getting better.______37. Jane said, “They are my friends.”_______38. “It is mine!” Patricia exclaimed._______39. He said that his father had been in New York._______40. Jason said they could finish in time.

IV. Comprehension: Write FACT if the paragraphs state scientific facts, and FICTION if they state science fiction.

_____41. Sunlight is free and abundant. In fact, if it could be efficiently controlled and directed, the sunlight that teachers earth would supply more than enough solar energy for the whole planet._____ 42. The fairies rode to earth on a moonbeam._____43. “What is it? What is going to happen tomorrow? You’ve got to say!” “Why, tomorrow, the sun- I’ve forgotten the word. What do they call it when a star flares up suddenly, when it becomes a billion times hotter than it was before?” “A supernova?” he cried.

“That’s it. Tomorrow…the sun is going to explode.”____44. And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that she had come here only five years ago from Earth, and she remembered the sun and the way the sun was and the sky was, when she was just four years old out in her hometown on Earth. And they, they had been on Venus all their lives; they had been only two years old when the Sun last came out, and had long since forgotten the color and its heat and the way that it really was. But Margot remembered.______45. The arctic is variously defined. To some, it is the region north of the Arctic Circle; to others, the region north of the tree line, or the 50º isotherm for the warmest month. But most of us generally think of the Arctic as a land of constant snow and ice. It is true that there is plenty of ice, but the annual snowfall of some places in the United States is greater.

V. Writing: Compose a paragraph entitled. “My New Years Resolution”