District I-C

Antipolo City

DELA PAZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

S.Y 2023-2024

2nd Summative Test in ENGLISH 4

Quarter 1
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

No. of No. of Easy Average Difficult Item

Competencies Recitation Item (60%) (30%) (10%) place
Day ment

A. READING
COMPREHENSION 5 5 3 2 1 1-5
- Note details in a literary
text listened to

- Note significant details of 5 3 2 1 6-10

various text types

- Identify various text

types according to
10 15 9 5 1 11-25
structure, purpose and
language features:
problem and solution,
description, procedural/
sequence

TOTAL 15 25 5 3 2
 District I-C
DELA PAZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
S.Y 2023-2024
Quarter 1
nd
2 Summative Test in ENGLISH 4

Name: ____________________________________________ Grade and Section: ___________

I. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the story and answer the questions that follow. Write your answer in your answer sheet.
LOST AND FOUND
Pedro and Jose came to school early. There were no other pupils in school yet. “Look!” said Pedro.
“There is a handbag under the stairs. It is a girl’s handbag.” Jose got the handbag. He opened it. There was
a red pencil, a pink handkerchief and fifty pesos in it. “Let us look for the owner of this handbag said Pedro.
Just then the school principal arrived. “Good morning, Mr. Cruz. We found this bag under the stairs,” said
Jose. Mr. Cruz smiled and said, “Thank you, boys. I shall help you find the owner.
1. What time of the day was it? ( ___________ )
A. Noon B. morning C. afternoon
2. Who are the boys in the story? ( ___________ )
A. Juan and Jose B. Pedro and Jose C. Pedro and Juan
3. What did they find?
A. plastic bag B. handbag C. belt bag
4. Where did they find the bag? ( ___________ )
A. under the chair B. under the tree C. under the stairs
B. Read the selection and take note of the important details.
New Toy
Hera has a new toy. It has a rainbow color. It was a present from her aunt. It was wrapped to surprise her.
When she opened the present and saw a lovely doll, she shouted for happiness. It was just she wanted. She
hugged her aunt. She liked her doll very much.
Answer the questions from the story.
5. What color is the doll? _____________________________________________________________________
6. Who gave the present? ____________________________________________________________________
7. What did they do with the gift? ______________________________________________________________
8. What was her reaction upon seeing the gift? ___________________________________________________
C. Identify the text type of the following passages.
A chimpanzee’s body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a
branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that
branch to another branch of tree.
9. What is the text type of the given passage? ( ___________ )

A. informational text B. text that enumerate C. literary text

10. What are the three Authors purpose for writing? ( ___________ )
A. Persuade, Inform, Electrify B. Perform, Infer, Entertain C. Persuade, Inform, Entertain

11. Persuade means... ( ___________ )

A. Make people agree with you B.Make people angry C. Make people think the opposite thing
Directions: Read carefully and write the letter of your answer.
12. Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand
taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on
the back of your throat. What is the sentence all about?
A. Why we can taste only sweet things C. Where taste buds are found
B. That we taste through our nose

13. Were you born after 1985? If so, how long do you expect to live? Most people born after 1985 can expect to live
more than 70 years. Of course, this is just a guess based on past records. By the way, females can expect to live
about six years longer than males. That’s taken from past records too! What is the sentence all about?
A. Why people live to be 70 C. About the health of females
B. How long you might expect to live
Directions: Read the story below and answer the questions that follow.
The Buzzing Mosquito
Once there was a cruel king. He was king crab'. All small creatures and insects were under him. When was
asleep, he wanted everybody to keep quiet. One day while he was asleep, frogs croaked and laughed very loudly.
The king was awakened. He called for the biggest frog. “Why were you laughing so loudly”? he asked. We were
 laughing because we saw the turtle carrying his house on his back answered the frog. The king called for the turtle'.
Why do you carry your house on your back? he asked' I carry it on my back because I am afraid the firefly might burn
it. The turtle replied. Why do you carry fire with you? the king asked the firefly. To protect myself from the mosquito
who likes to bite me. The king asked the mosquito why he liked to bite the firefly. The mosquito did not answer, but
flew straight to the king and stung him. The king got angry and killed the mosquito. When the other mosquitoes heard
what happened, they started looking for the king. The king crab hid in a hole in the ground.
14. Who are the characters in the story? ( ____________ )
A. King crab and frog C. King crab, insects, mosquito, firefly and turtle
B. king crab, insects, and frog
15. What happened while king crab was asleep? ( ____________ )
A. the mosquito bit him C. all insects are shouting.
B. the frog croaked and laughed loudly.
16. Where did the king crab hide when he heard that the other mosquitoes were looking for him? ( _________ )
A. in a hole in the ground C. in turtle’s shell
B. on the water
D. Carefully read the questions and write your answers on the blanks provided.
17. What is the purpose of informative text? ( ___________ )
A. To persuade you to buy something. C. To provide clear facts about something.
B. To describe how a scene might look in a novel.

18. A cooking recipe is an example of which type of text? ( ___________ )

A. entertain B. inform C. Persuade
19. What type of text is the following passage? ( ___________ )
A. entertain B. inform C. persuade

Read and identify the purpose of the texts below:

20. Dear Editor, ( ___________ )
The litter in the park is becoming a problem. I believe the issue is there are not enough trash
cans located around the park. The city council needs to place more trash cans in the park.
A. persuade B. inform C. entertain
21. Pupils at Dela Paz Elementary School turned ideas into actions. Their fourth-grade class raised money for the
Red Cross and for Teachers’ Day. They collected more than ₱ 1,500.00. ( ___________ )
A. To entertain B. To inform C. To persuade
22. On Tuesday, scientists announced that they had identified the fossil remains of the smallest dinosaur ever to roam
North America. The bones were discovered 30 years ago in Colorado. ( ___________ )
A. To entertain B. To inform C. To persuade
Read the text and Identify the CAUSE and EFFECT
23. Jessica wanted to be a dancer. She knew that dancers must work every day. She took dance lessons every
Tuesday. She practiced a few hours each day.
EFFECT: Jessica practiced every day. What is the CAUSE? ( ___________ )
A. She worked hard on Tuesdays. C. She wanted to be a dancer.
B. She took lessons every day.
24. Ray did not do his homework, so he had to stay in class during recess to finish it. What is the cause? ( _________ )
A. Ray did not do his homework. C. Ray stay in school after class
B. Ray did not eat during recess.
25. Nasha studied her spelling words, and she got 100% on the test. What is the effect in the sentence? ( __________ )
A. She got 100% on the test. C. Kelly studied her spelling words.
B. She failed the test.

Prepared by:
NECIL C. LADIA
KEY TO CORRECTION

1. A 22. B
2. B 23.C
3. B 24. A
4. C 25. A
5. rainbow color
6. her aunt
7. opened it
8. She hugged her aunt
9. A
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. A
19. A
20. A
21. C