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I. THE CENTIPEDE: Read each item carefully.Then, encircle the letter of the correct answer in your paper.

1. Who wrote the story entitled The Centipede?

a. Rony Diaz b. Ronnie Diaz c. Francisco Arcellano d. Francis Arcellano

2. What kind of an animal is Beryuk?

a. Cat b. Dog c. Centipede d. Spider

3. Where is the setting of the story?

a. Forest b. Grandparents House c. Familys House d. Market

4. The two main characters in the story.

a. Father and Delia b. Eddie and Beryuk c. Delia and Centipede d. Delia and Eddie

5. Delia hates Eddie because

a. she does not like him.

b. she thinks Eddie is a competition to their fathers love.

c. she blames Eddie for the death of their mother

d. she needs to take care of Eddie.

II. LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE: Decide if the sentences below use literal and figurative languages. Then,
place an L for literal or an F for figurative before each number.

________ 1. Erick thinks doing schoolwork is one big video game.

________ 2. Lauren has made up her mind to volunteer every Tuesday after school.

________ 3. Thinking about summer camp makes me feel like a bundle of joy and sunshine.

________ 4. As I delivered my speech, my voice sounded as if Id swallowed rocks and sand.

________ 5. Emma may seem clumsy, but onstage she dances like a gazelle.

________ 6. Jacob expresses many feelings through his photography.

________ 7. My teammate is a snail and a turtle combined!

________ 8. Before the soccer match, both teams attended a sportsmanship program.

________ 9. I have a ton of paperwork to do before I can enjoy the sun this summer.

________ 10. Sometimes I have to be my little brothers brain.

III. FIGURES OF SPEECH: Read each item carefully.Then, encircle the letter of the correct answer in your
paper.
1. A figure of speech is

a. a familiar expression or saying.

b. a nonliteral way of saying something.

c. something the author literally means.

d. something only writers use.

2. Two figures of speech taht involve comparisons are

a. Simile and Metaphor b. Personification and Metaphor

c. Hyperbole and Oxymoron d. Apostrophe and Irony

3. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis is

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Hyperbole d.Oxymoron

4. The word like and as typically appear in a

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Hyperbole d. Oxymoron

5. What is the figure of speech in which objects and animals have human characteristics?

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Apostrophe d. Personification

6.Grasshoppers are fiddlers who play their legs. What figure of speech is being used in this line?

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Irony

7. What figure of speech is being used in this line She smells a morning fragrance.

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Irony

8. The mother has ten thousand mouths to feed. Of the following, what figure of speech is presented int his line?

a. Metaphor b. Apostrophe c. Hyperbole d. Irony

9. My brother runs like a kangaroo. What figure of speech is used in this sentence?

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Hyperbole

10. You are beautiful. You look like a vase! This is an example of

a. Metaphor b. Apostrophe c. Hyperbole d. Irony

IV. DETERMINERS: Choose a suitable word from the options given and complete the story from Tunisia.

A weary traveller stopped at a Bedouin's tent and asked for shelter for the night. Without (a) ____________
delay, the man killed (b) _________ chicken and handed it to (c) ________ wife for (d) _______guest's supper. As
the woman stirred the meat in (e) ______________ copper cooking pot, she smelled the rich steam and could not
resist tasting (f) _________of the meat and soup, to see if it was soft and tasty. But mouthful followed mouthful,
and there wasn't (g) _________ chicken left, but for the neck piece, which she gave to her little son to nibble. The
boy found it so tasty that he whined, "Give me (h) ______ more chicken, mother!" The woman slapped the little
boy and scolded him: "It's a shameful habit (i) ______ father taught you, enough of it, I tell you!" On the (j)
_______ side of the wooden hanging which screened the woman's part of the tent from the rest, the traveller
overheard them. "What habit has (k) _________ father taught (l) ___________ child?" he asked curiously. "Oh,"
said the woman, "whenever a guest arrives at (m) ________ tent, he cuts off his ears and roasts them over the fire
for (n) _______ son to eat." Making not a sound, the traveller picked up (o) ______shoes and ran.

(a) (i) no any (ii) little (iii) any (iv) no

(b) (i) a few (ii) some (iii) few (iv) a

(c) (i) his (ii) her (iii) their (iv) there

(d) (i) the (ii) a (iii) theirs (iv) their

(e) (i) her (ii) hers (iii) the (iv) an

(f) (i) some (ii) few (iii) a few (iv) more

(g) (i) any (ii) some (iii) a few (iv) few

(h) (i) little (ii) a little (iii) a few (iv) some

(i) (i) hers (ii) yours (iii) their (iv) his

(j) (i) an other (ii) another (iii) other (iv) one

(k) (i) hers (ii) her (iii) him (iv) his

(l) (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) X

(m) (i) X (ii) our (iii) ours (iv) their

(n) (i) their (ii) his (iii) him (iv) our

(o) (i) her (ii) his (iii) our (iv) X

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