FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 4 / FIRST QUARTER

Reads a story. Then, answer the questions that follow. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
The First Spider
A long time ago, a young woman named Gamba was very good pinning threads to turn them into cloth,
weaving it to create dresses. She would finish the dress in no time, always being of the best quality and take
more orders right away.
Gamba never stopped working and weaving. She was so absorbed with her weaving tools, that she even
put more importance of them than her mother. Her mother was worried about her.
One day, Gamba went to town to get new threads. Meanwhile, her mother noticed the torn curtain she
asked Gamba to sew was not done yet. She thought that Gamba neglected her errand. So she took a needle
and a thread from her daughter’s sewing tools to fix it herself.
When Gamba came back and noticed that her mother used her sewing tools, she got mad and
confronted her. She offended her mother and to her anger she said, “If you care nothing but weaving, even
more than I your mother, may you be weaving all throughout your life.”
Seconds after her mother said this, Gamba turned into a weaving insect. With much regret, her mother
called the weaving insect “Gagamba”.
1. What does Gamba love to do most?
a. painting b. weaving c. dancing d. gardening
2. What happened first before Gamba turned into a spider?
a. She weaved threads into cloth.
b. She sewed dresses for other people.
c. She got angry at her mother.
d. She went to buy some threads.
3. Gamba never stopped working and weaving. This statement would give us an idea about Gamba. Which
of this words best describes her?
a. diligent b. lazy c. thrifty d. respectful
4. Which event could have happened if mother had not sewn the torn curtain?
a. Gamba would have sewn it herself.
b. Gamba could have changed the curtains into a new set of curtains.
c. Gamba could have bought a new curtain.
d. Gamba could have done the sewing better than her mother.

5-8 Write the word for each illustration to complete the short story below.

Jake has a 5.______ . He put the rake on the 6._____ .

An 7. _____ took the rake. The ape put the rake on the window 8. _____ .
Read the story and answer the questions that follow.
A Cake for Kate
Kate was turning ten. But she was not happy. Birthdays were ordinary days for her. She never had a
birthday party. She never had a cake on her birthday. But she wished she could have one.
After school, she would stand near the gate to sell rice cakes that her mother made.
One late afternoon, Kate saw a big box on one of the benches. She picked it up and opened it. There
were glasses, spoons, and forks. There were also boxes of wrist watches, a bag of marbles, chocolates,
combs, and some dresses. She closed the big box. She brought it to the principal’s office.
 The next day, Mr. Basa, the school principal and a lady came to Kate’s class. The lady was Mrs.
Salas, the owner of the box. Mr. Basa looked for Kate and he told Mrs. Salas how Kate found the big box.
Mrs. Salas thanked Kate.
“I just arrived from Cebu and the things inside the box are my pasalubong for my family,” she said. “I
was in your school because I had to fetch my nephew. Then, I forgot that box,” she added.
Sunday came. It was Kate’s birthday. After attending mass, Kate and her mother went home. They
were surprised to see Mrs. Salas waiting for them.
“Happy birthday, Kate,” Mrs. Salas said. “I brought you a gift. I asked your teacher about you and I am
happy to know that you are not only a helpful daughter but an honest girl, too.” She gave Kate a red box tied
with a ribbon. Kate opened the box. What a surprise! It was a cake for her birthday!

Answer the following questions.

9.What did Kate sell after her classes?
a. rice cake b. ice candy c. ice cream
10. Why do you think did Kate sell rice cakes?
a. To buy a cake for her birthday
b. to buy a new pair of shoes
c. to buy a new bag
11. What did Kate see one afternoon?
a. A big box
b. a cat
c. a dog
12. What did she do with the box?
a. She brought the box to the principal office.
b. She brought the bag to her home.
c. She never touch the bag.
13. If you were Kate, what would you do with the box?
a. I will return the box to the owner of it.
b. I will will bring the box to my house.
c. I will never mind it.
14. How did Mrs.Salas thank Kate for returning her box of pasalubong?
a. She gave her a cake.
b. She gave her money.
c. She treat her a dinner in a restaurant.
15-20 Write the plural form of the name of things.

15. 16. 17. 18.

19. 20.
 FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN EPP 4 / FIRST QUARTER
1-10 Isulat ang titik ng wastong sagot.
1. Si ____________ang nagtatag ng Facebook, ang pinakasikat na social networking site na nag-umpisa
sa Estados Unidos.
a. Chad Hurley b. Sergey Brin c. Steve Chen d. Mark Zuckerberg
2-3. Ang nasa __________na estudyante at mga________ ay gumagamit ng Facebook para makipag-
usap sa kanilang kaibigan.
a. elementarya b. kolehiyo c. hayskul d. kindergarten
4. Nagsimula ang Facebook noong ______, sa Harvard University na nasa Cambridge, Massachusetts.
a. 2004 b. 2010 c. hayskul d. kindergarten
5. Ito ay isang site kung saan puwede ng mag-upload ng profile.
a. Google b. Facebook c. Yahoo d. YouTube
6. Noong Nobyembre 2006, naibenta ito sa halagang ___________.
a. 1.20 bilyong dolyar b. 5 bilyong dolyar c. 1.8 bilyong dolyar d. 1.65 bilyong dolyar
7. Sinimulan ito ng dalawang graduate student ng Stanford University.
a. Yahoo b. YouTube c. Google d. Facebook
8. Ang tatlong websites ay makikita sa _______ ?
a. diyaryo b. libro c. telebisyon d. internet
9-10. Sino-sino ang nagtatag ng Google?
a. Chad Hurley b. Sergey Brin c. Larry Page d. Jawed Kim
11. Nagsimula ang National Book Store, sa pamumuno ni ____________.
a. Henry Sy b. Socorro Ramos c. Andrew Tan d. Lucio Tan
12. Ang namamahala sa pinakamalaking kompanya sa konstrukisyon sa bansa na gumagawa ng mga
produktong kongkreto at mga gawaing elektrikal. Ang DMCI Holdings Inc. ay abala rin sa paggawa ng mga
konstruksiyon, pangangasiwa at pamumuhunan ng mga power plant.
a. David Consunji b. Tony Tan Caktiong c. Alfredo Yao d. Manny Villar
13. Sinasabing isa sa mga matagumpay na negosyante sa Pilipinas. Siya ang nagmamay-ari ng Hapee
toothpaste. Ang kaniyang pagiging malikhain sa paggawa ng panlinis ng ngipin ang naging susi sa kaniyang
pagiging maunlad.
a. Manny Villar b. Cecilio Pedro c. Tony Tan Caktiong d. Socorro Ramos
14. Siya ang punong tagapamahala ng San Miguel Corporation, ang pinakamalaking korporasyon ng
pagkain, inumin at iba pang produkto na may mga tanggapan pa sa China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, at
Vietnam.
a. David Consunji b. Henry Sy c. Socorro Ramos d. Danding Cojuangco
15. Siya ang nagmamay-ari ng Philippine Airlines na pangunahing paliparan sa bansa. Siya rin ang nasa
likod ng Asia Brewery at Fortune Tobacco.
a. Danding Cojuangco b. Henry Sy c. Lucio Tan d. Andrew Tan
Lagyan ng tsek (a) kung tinutupad ang umiiral na batas sa pagbebenta. Kung hindi, lagyan ito ng ekis (X).
_____16. Tama sa bilang para sa dosena ng itlog ang ipinagbibili.
_____17. Husto ang binabayad na buwis para sa mga itinitindang karne.
_____18. Hindi dumadaan sa inspektor na pangkalusugan ang mga kakataying baboy at baka.
_____19. Walang sakit o pinsala ang ipinagbibiling produkto.
_____20. Inilulubog ang manok sa tubig bago ipagbili.