1. CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL
ENGLISH 3 – SUMMATIVE TEST
Name__________________________________Section___________________Date__________
I. Underline the word which does not belong in the group.
1. brochure break drum brain
2. teeth breath with health
3. cough enough tough dough
4. climate committee safe same
5. drink drive doctor drain
6. giraffe roof hoof feet
7. calm psalm palm diet
8. mother moth other either
9. priest pest proclaim print
10. write feet heat beat
II. Choose a word from the box that rhymes with the last word in the first line of each item.
too by bike sky run breeze
1. A tear fell from the sky. As a cloud hurrying_________________.
2. Father, Mother, I love you. Do you truly love me, ________________.
3. Stars up on high. You brighten up the dark___________________;
4. Of the many things I like. The best in the ride fast on a ____________.
5. It’s really so much fun. To hop and step and ___________________.
III. Identify the meaning of the underlined word. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1.) The tiger’s roar could be heard in villages far away. What does roar probably mean?
A.) food a tiger eats C.) a tiger’s ear
B.) a tiger’s dream D.) a sound a tiger makes
2.) My absent-minded teacher loses his keys, his book and his chalk almost every day!
What does it mean to be absent-minded?
A.) be hateful C.) be intelligent
B.) not pay attention D.) not like someone
3.) And because she is a gregarious person. What does gregarious probably mean?
A.) introverted, self-contained C.) friendly, outgoing
B.) shy, quiet D.) rude, hostile
4.) After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple
sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples! What does abundant probably
mean?
A.) a shortage C) very red
B.) not enough D) plentiful

2. 5.) The hill was too arduous for us to climb. We had to walk our bicycles up the hill. What
does arduous probably mean?
A) tall, sharp C) easy, not challenging
B) fun, exciting D) difficult, steep
IV. Read the paragraph and answer the questions correctly.
My sister Remy likes to watch things around her. She wishes to see the action of the
sheep in the spacious meadows. She wants to touch the sharp sheets of steel machine. She
dashes to the shades of the cashew tree and listen to the wind push around the shanties. She
does not stop asking questions until what she does not understand is explained to her.
1. Who likes to watch the things around her? ________________________
2. What does Remy wish to do? ________________________
3. What does she want to do? ________________________
4. Where does she go to listen to the wind? ________________________
5. What does the wind do? ________________________
Submitted by:
JOSEPHINE L. RAMAS
MAED