Phil-IRI Form 1 - Pretest

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Direction: Read the selection silently. Record your reading time as soon as you finish
reading. Read the questions and encircle the letter of your answer.

A
A Little
Little About
About Photography
Photography
Below
Below is
is aa friendly
friendly letter
letter on
on photography.
photography.

Dear
Dear Sarah,
Sarah,
How
How are
are you?
you? II am
am so
so excited
excited to
to share
share with
with you
you about
about my
my newfound
newfound
hobby
hobby photography.
photography.
Did
Did you
you know
know that
that photography
photography means
means writing
writing with
with light?
light? Photo
Photo is
is aa
Greek
Greek word
word which
which means
means light,
light, while
while graphy
graphy means
means writing.
writing.
II learned
learned that
that the
the camera
camera is
is basically
basically aa box
box with
with aa hole
hole at
at the
the opposite
opposite
end.
end. The
The box
box has
has aa film
film inside
inside that
that is
is sensitive
sensitive to
to light.
light. The
The light
light enters
enters
through
through the
the hole.
hole. Then,
Then, this
this light
light is
is collected
collected by
by aa part
part called
called the
the lens.
lens. The
The
amount
amount of
of light
light collected
collected is
is controlled
controlled by
by another
another part
part called
called the
the shutter.
shutter. Too
Too
little
little light
light will
will result
result in
in aa dark
dark picture.
picture.
Yesterday,
Yesterday, II read
read from
from aa book
book about
about an
an important
important tip
tip on
on how
how to
to get
get an
an
appealing
appealing portrait
portrait of
of an
an animal
animal in
in motion.
motion. It
It is
is to
to hold
hold aa biscuit
biscuit or
or treat
treat above
above
the
the camera.
camera. The
The longing
longing look
look of
of the
the animal
animal toward
toward the
the food
food will
will be
be captured
captured
by
by the
the camera
camera as
as aa soulful
soulful glimpse.
glimpse.
See
See you
you someday!
someday! II hope
hope II can
can share
share with
with you
you more
more interesting
interesting things
things
about
about my
my new
new hobby.
hobby. Im
Im also
also excited
excited to
to see
see you.
you. II am
am sure
sure you
you have
have an
an
interesting
interesting hobby
hobby to
to share
share with
with me
me too.
too.

Your
Your friend
friend forever,
forever,
Mark
Mark
Grade VI
No. of words: 204

Questions:

1. What does photography mean?

a. writing with pen

b. writing with a guide
c. writing with light
d. writing about an experience

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2. What is the use of the lens of the camera?

a. to collect light
b. to control light
c. to block the light
d. to give off ultraviolet rays

3. What happens to a picture when theres too little light?

a. It appears bright.
b. It appears dark.
c. It appears broken.
d. It appears perfect.

4. Why is a shutter important in a camera?

a. to capture enough light for a perfect picture

b. to give background of the picture
c. to collect light for the film
d. to give good feeling about the picture

5. Which will you use to get enough light for the picture?

a. hole
b. box
c. lens
d. film

6. Based on the selection, what would best describe photography?

a. It is boring.
b. It is interesting.
c. It is simple.
d. It is frustrating.

7. Which picture would need less amount of light?

a. stormy night
b. children in the playground
c. father driving a car
d. mother preparing lunch

8. What is the best way to take care of a camera?

a. Expose it to sunlight.
b. Keep it in a safe place.
c. Place it on the table.
d. Place it on your bed.

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