FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST

ENGLISH 9

Name:__________________________ Section:______________________ Date:_______________

Directions: Read each statement carefully and write the letter of the correct answer.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES. Use your answer sheet.

1. These are auxiliary verbs that are used to express permission, obligation, prohibition, certainty, probability,
possibility, ability, advice, and request among others.
a. Modals b. Auxiliary c. Conditionals d. Communicative Style
2. We use ________ when the obligation comes from the speaker.
a. should b. have to c. shall d. must
3. _________ is the formal way to prohibit something.
a. must not b. may not c. can not d. should not
4. The following are functions of the modal can except:
a. offer b. ability c. permission d. prohibition
5. Which of the following is a function of the modal must?
a. suggestion b. permission c. obligation d. advice
6. Children should cooperate with their parents. This sentence expresses:
a. advice b. prohibition c. permission d. ability
7. We use _____ to suggest a small possibility of something.
a. may b. might c. can d. could
8. It is used for obligation in very formal situations.
a. should b. must c. shall d. have to
9. We use _______ when the obligation comes from someone else, not from the speaker; for an action that is
necessary because of rules.
a. should b. must c. shall d. have to
10. Many years ago, people ______ travel without passports.
a. could b. can c. may d. must not
11. He _____ stop drinking so much coffee, or he will make himself sick!
a. must b. should c. have to d. can
12. It _____ have rained a lot last night – there are puddles everywhere.
a. must b. should c. might d. could
13. I ____ not be able to go to the basketball game. It depends on whether I can get the afternoon off from work.
a. must b. should c. might d. could
14. We’re not sure if this painting is an original. It ____ be worth thousands of dollars.
a. must b. might c. should d. can
15. I ____ have watched that horror movie, it gave me nightmares.
a. must not b. shouldn’t c. couldn’t d. must
16. Children, you ____ cross the street if the lights are red!
a. mustn’t b. shouldn’t c. shall not d. may not
17. You ____ pay to use the library. It’s free.
a. have to b. must not c. don’t have to d. may not
18. John doesn’t need a calculator. He ____ do sums in his head.
a. can b. could c. would d. should
19. They describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened (in the
past).
a. modals b. conditionals c. communicative styles d. dependent clauses
20. The word “condition” in conditionals mean:
a. situation b. tense c. main clause d. if-clause
21. It used to refer to general truths or situations that are real and possible.
a. Zero conditional b. First conditional c. Second Conditional d. Third Conditional
22. It refers to unreal possibility or things in the future that are probably not going to be true.
a. Zero conditional b. First conditional c. Second Conditional d. Third Conditional
23. It talks about a condition in the past that did not happen or for situations with no possibility.
a. Zero conditional b. First conditional c. Second Conditional d. Third Conditional
24. It refers to circumstances with real possibility or possible condition with probable result.
a. Zero conditional b. First conditional c. Second Conditional d. Third Conditional
25. What is the format of the zero conditional?
a. If + simple present, simple present c. If + simple past, would + base verb
b. If + simple present, simple future d. If + past perfect, would have + past participle
 26. What is the sentence format of the third conditional?
a. If + simple present, simple present c. If + simple past, would + base verb
b. If + simple present, simple future d. If + past perfect, would have + past participle
27. What are the tenses of the if clause and main clause of the first conditional?
a. If + simple present, simple present c. If + simple past, would + base verb
b. If + simple present, simple future d. If + past perfect, would have + past participle
28. What is the standard format for the second conditional?
a. If + simple present, simple present c. If + simple past, would + base verb
b. If + simple present, simple future d. If + past perfect, would have + past participle
29. How probable is the zero conditional?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 10% d. 0%
30. How probable is the second conditional?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 10% d. 0%

For items 31-35: Identify the type of conditional used in the following statements:
__________31. If you touch a fire, you get burned.
__________32. She’ll cook dinner if you go to the supermarket.
__________33. If he had taken the job, he wouldn’t have gone travelling.
__________34. If I were you, I would get a new job.
__________35. We would buy a house if we decided to stay here.

For items 36-51: Write the most appropriate verb tense in the following conditionals and identify the type of conditional being
used in the statement.
36. I would marry someone famous if I _______ (be) a movie star. 37. ________________
38. She would have passed the exam if she ________ (study) harder. 39. ________________
40. She’ll take a taxi if it _________ (rain). 41. ________________
42. You get water if you _________ (mix) hydrogen and oxygen. 43. ________________
44.I’ll come early if you _________ (want). 45. ________________
46. Snakes _________ (bite) if they 47. _________(be) scared. 48 .________________
49. We would have _________ (come) 50. If we ___________ (invited). 51. ________________

For items 51-60: Identify the appropriate communicative style being asked or used in each statement.
(intimate, casual, consultative, formal, frozen)

____________51. It is conversational style in which the speaker constantly observes listener’s verbal and nonverbal cues
for feedback.
____________52. It is a formal style which is not really intended to give particular message but to allow a reader to find
many meanings for oneself.
____________53. This style is private which occurs between or among close family members or individuals.
____________54. A casual form of information sharing typically used in personal conversations with friends or family
members.
____________55. talking to a stranger
____________56. reading school policies
____________57. teacher and student conversation
____________58. “How’s my little cute baby?”
____________59. “Thank you for applying for this position. We’ll let you know within a week if you have been chosen for an
interview.”
____________60. “Thanks for following-up on the Juan Dela Cruz account. Great job!”

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who
prepare for it today.”
- Malcolm X

Prepared by:

LOVELY MAY JIMENEA-JULIAN