Reading comprehension and poetry analysis activity
1. AGRICULTURE HIGH SCHOOL
Agriculture, Midsayap, Cotabato
Name: __________________________________________ Date: ______________
Year and Section: _________________________________ Score: _____________
Subject: English 4
Activity No. 2-38
Activity Title: NAT Review (Reading Comprehension)
Objective: To comprehend and choose the correct answer from the selection.
DIRECTIONS: Read the passage below and answer the following questions.Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
In a hotel, the guest speaker paid her bills, she turned to the roomboy and said, “Please, go to room 908
and find out If I left my wallet there. Hurry up! I am late for my flight to Chicago”. After few minutes, the
roomboy came running after the guest speaker and said, “Ma’am, here is your wallet”.
1. What does the word there refer to?
A. Wallet C. room
B. Hotel D. bills
2. Why was the wallet left in the room?
A. The guest forgot about her wallet. C. The guest was late for her flight.
B. The guest wanted the roomboy to get it.D. The guest was doing other things.
3. What do you think did the guest expect the roomboy to do?
A. Get the wallet for her. C. Look into the content of the wallet.
B. See if the wallet is there. D. Keep the wallet.
4. What do you think did the guest feel?
A. Nervous C. Sad
B. Afraid D. Worried
5. What word best describes the roomboy?
A. Honest C. Curious
B. Thrifty D. Extravagant
6. The guest was a _______________________ .
A. woman C. gay
B. gentleman D. traveller
Like a shepherd HE feeds HIS flock, and gathers the lambs in HIS arms. Carefully bringing them close to
HIS heart, leading with care. As evening draws near, HE counted HIS sheep. HE noticed that one was missing. HE
took time to look for the lost sheep. HE did not stop until HE found the lost one.
7. What could be a good title for this paragraph?
A. A Good Samaritan C. A Lost Flock
B. A Good Shepherd D. A Lost Sheep
8. A shepherd is one who looks after __________________________.
A. a baby C. a lost boy
B. a sheep D. an old man
9. What word best describes a shepherd?
A. Loving C. Helpful
B. Good D. Kind
10. To whom does the pronoun HE refer to?
A. Shepherd C. Lambs
B. God D. Flock
11. What can be inferred from this paragraph?
A. Every sheep is important.
B. Every person is precious to God.
C. Every missing thing should be searched.
D. Every job should be done to the best of one’s ability.
A Lion used to prowl about a field in which four oxen used to dwell. Many times he tried to attack
them, but whenever he came near, they turned their tails to one another so that whatever way he approached
them he was met by horns of one of them. At last, they fell quarrelling among themselves, and each went off to
pasture alone in a separate field. The lion attacked the oxen one by one and soon made an end of all four.
12. What could be a good title for this paragraph?
A. AESOP’S Fable C. The Four Oxen and the Lion
B. The Lion D. The Oxen
13. Which of the following words best describe the lion?
A. Courteous C. Ferocious
B. Joyous D. Anxious
14. What moral can be inferred from the paragraph?
A. Never trust a friend who deserts you.
B. Little by little does the trick.
C. United we stand, divided we fall.
2. D. You cannot escape your fate.
15. The word prowl in line 1 means _______________________.
A. looks around C. moves around
B. hunts around D. travels around
16. Which word sounds like fell?
A. Kill C. Bell
B. Bill D. Kneel
Vitamins play an important role in the growth and development of the body. Vitamins help speed up
chemical reactions in the body. Once the body lacks vitamins, its functions will go slow.
17. The main idea of the paragraph is _________________.
A. the importance of vitamins in the body
B. the nature of vitamins in the body
C. the functions of vitamins in the body
D. the role of vitamins in the body
18. The word its in the last line refers to ____________________.
A. body C. chemicals
B. vitamins D. growth
1. I will not hold you by restraining hands
2. Nor yet by tears that silently accuse
3. You shall be free- like waters on the strands
4. That come and go, and tarry as they choose
5. I will not speak of days sweet to remember,
6. Of lanes we trod through April sun and shower,
7. Of twilight trysts through early- starred November,
8. Prolonged each twilight by an evening hour
9. No, not a word to hint that or this,
10. Lest speaking so your going I impede
11. I will resign myself to all that is
12. Like unto sands when cooling waves recede
13. O while the strength of seeing love undergone
14. Still stands by me, I pray you love be gone.
Source: Book of Poems
19. Who is talking in the poem?
A. A lover C. The author
B. A lady D. GOD
20. What two (2) lines contain the message of the poem?
A. lines 13 and 14 C. lines 8 and 9
B. lines 1 and 2 D. lines 10 and 11
21. What figure of speech is expressed in the following line: “You shall be free- like waters on the strands”?
A. Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Hyperbole
22. Tryst in line 7 is synonymous to _________________________.
A. a secret place C. a church
B. a chamber D. a courtyard
23. A poem with 14 lines is a _______________________.
A. Sonnet C. haiku
B. Couplet D. free verse
24. What would be a good title for this poem?
A. You Will Be Free C. Freedom
B. Free at Last D. Two Lovers
C.
For item no.25. Arrange in correct sequence/ order the jumbled sentences below.
____________ 1. Cut the paper to fit the frame of your lantern.
____________ 2. Prepare sheets of thin paper, cellophane, bamboo sticks, string and glue.
____________ 3. Hang your lantern.
____________ 4. Finally, tie a string to your lantern.
____________ 5. Cut long strips of paper and cellophane, paste them on the tail.
____________ 6. Tie the bamboo sticks on the desired shape of the frame of your lantern.
____________ 7. Paste the cellophane on the frame of your lantern.
25. The correct sequence/ order is _____________.
A. 5 1 7 6 4 2 3 C. 2 6 1 7 5 4 3
B. 2 6 1 5 4 3 7 D. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
26. What would be a good title for this sequence?
A. Lantern Making Made Easy C. The Art of Lantern Making
B. Christmas is Around The Corner D. Do it Yourself Lantern