Second Periodical Test in English 10
Second Periodical Test in English 10
Second Periodical Test in English 10
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV-A CALABARZON
DASMARIÑAS WEST NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Antonio de Padua I, Dasmariñas City, Cavite
SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 10
Directions: Answer the questions after each paragraph/sentence. From the given choices, choose the
letter of the best answer. Write them on your answer sheet
a. Venus c. Mars
b. Mercury d. Neptune
8.Marley is sending out invitations to a party at his house. He knows that not everyone who is invited is
familiar with how to get to his house.
Which of the following should he include in the invitation?
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a. map c. pie chart
b. flowchart d. diagram
9.Giselle has just read a text that compared and contrasted two things.
Which of the following should she do if she would like to express the information using nonlinear text?
a. use a Venn diagram c. make a bar graph
b. draw a pie chart d. create a line graph
10. Refer to the text written below.
Which of the following should be done in order to know who was imprisoned?
a. skimming the text c. scanning the text
b. carefully reading the text d. reading the whole text
Excerpt from Charles Derbyshire’s The Reign of Greed (English Translation of Jose Rizal’s El Filibusterismo)
The death of Capitan Tiago and Basilio’s imprisonment were soon reported in the province, and to
the honor of the simple inhabitants of San Diego, let it be recorded that the latter was the incident more
regretted and almost the only one discussed. As was to be expected, the report took on different forms, sad
and startling details were given, what could not be understood was explained, the gaps being filled by
conjectures, which soon passed for accomplished facts, and the phantoms thus created terrified their own
creators.
14. After all the hard work Mario did throughout the day, all he wanted was just to go home and get a good
night's sleep.
Which of the following is implicit information that may be implied from the given sentence?
3. Mario is tired. c. Mario worked all day.
b. Mario wants to sleep. d. Mario wants to go home.
15. . Before his turn to make the speech, Oliver fidgeted with his hands and paced back and forth across the
backstage of the theater. Mark, his best friend, walked up to him and said, "Relax. You're going to do
great."
Which of the following is implicit information that may be implied from the given text?
a.Oliver is nervous. c.Mark is Oliver's best friend.
b.Oliver paced across the backstage of the theater. d.Mark told Oliver to relax.
16. You are being asked to read a story and to note down explicit and implicit information.
Which of the following are most likely to be explicit information?
a.the characters in the story c.the lesson of the story
b.the theme of the story d.the setting of the story
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d. Inspiring means having an effect of inspiring someone.
19.Which part of the formal definition below is missing in the following definition:
Barong Tagalog is considered the national dress of the Philippines.
a. term being defined
b. verb
c. genus or classification
d. differentiae or characteristic that makes the word different from others in the group
20.Which among the following sentences has a correct formulation of technical definition of words?
a. Exiguous comes from the Latin exiguus meaning scanty in measure or number.
b. Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable.
c. A supervisor is the one supervising.
d. Education is the key to success.
22. It is almost Christmas, and both Della and Jim do not have the money to get each other gifts. Della cuts
off and sells her hair to get Jim a chain for his watch, and Jim sells his watch to get her combs for her hair.
Which of the following may be the theme of the story?
a. love c. selflessness
b. greed d. materialism
24. Lira does not know what a theme is and how to determine the theme of a short story.
Which of the following should you say to help her out?
a. The theme of a short story is its underlying idea or central message.
b. The theme is the struggle that the main character of the story must go through.
c. The theme refers to the feeling that the readers get from reading the story
d. The theme is the subject of the story.
25. Why can we say that imagery was used in the sentence below?
She felt her world was crashing down when she heard the news.
a. The phrase "world crashing down" creates a picture in the reader's mind.
b. The phrase "world crashing down" is compared to when she heard the news.
c. The news is the reason why her "world is crashing down".
d. She received great news.
Read the following lines from “The Garden of Proserpine” by Algernon Swinburne.
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c. Love that dies
d. Love that is young and old
27.What sense is strongly implied in the following:
A host of golden daffodils,
a. sight c. smell
b. touch d. taste
28. Rick is thinking about events that he would like to happen in the story and how he is going to organize
their flow from one to the other.
Which of the following is he thinking about?
a. Plot c. theme
b. Setting d. conflict
29.Refer to the text written below.
The airy spirit is ______________.
a. Gonzalo c. Trinculo
b. Ariel d. Caliban
31. Lea read a sentence that has a happy TONE. Which of the following could she have read?
a. Bright and cheery the flowers were, adding color to the already sunny day.
b. Blue and black were his bruises, still sore from the fight.
c. The kids were shouting at one another, and nobody could be heard clearly above the noise.
d. There is no space here for anything more; the place is so packed with stuff.
33.Which tone is represented in the following passage? Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles
per hour, that car can almost fly!
b. calm c. scary
c. annoyed d. excited
34. What part of an argumentative essay mainly contains the reasons with the topic sentence and the
supporting details or materials?
a. Introduction c. Body
b. Conclusion d. Thesis statement
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35. What part of the argumentative essay presents the problem and gives the background information
needed for the argument and the thesis statement?
a. Introduction c. Body
b. Conclusion d. Thesis statement
36.It is a statement in an argumentative essay that contains the writer’s point of view on a particular issue.
4. Introduction c. Body
5. Conclusion d. Thesis statement
40. Which of the following follows the standard format and basic bibliographic information recommended by
America Psychological Association (APA)?
a. Bergman, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The New Encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp 501-508).
Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.
b. (10th ed.). (1993). Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.
c. In The New Encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.
d. Boorstin, D. The creators: (1992). A history of the Heroes of the Imagination. New York: Random
House.
42. Which of the following bibliography shows Modern Language Association (MLA) style?
a. “Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action. 8 May 2007.
b. GlobalWarming. org. Cooloer Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 may 2009.
c. 2006. Web. 24 may 2009. Ebert, Roger. “An Inconvenient Truth”.
d. An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenhim. 2006
45.Which among of the following words has an accent on the first syllable?
a. edible b. sixteen c. academic d. education
46. In a beauty contest, one of the judges asked a question to the contestant and immediately waits for a
definite answer. What kind of speaking is applied in the situation?
d. Impromptu c. Memorized
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e. Extemporaneous d. Manuscript
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b. Imbalance and Selectivity d. Cosmetic Bias
ANSWER KEY
1. C 39. B
2. C 40. A
3. D 41. A
4. B 42. A
5. B 43. A
6. C 44. C
7. D 45. C
8. A 46. A
9. D 47. D
10. C 48. A
11. A 49. B
12. A 50. C
13. A 51. B
14. C 52. B
15. B 53. C
16. C 54. B
17. A 55. B
18. B 56. C
19. D 57. A
20. A 58. C
21. C 59. A
22. A 60. A
23. C
24. D
25. C
26. A
27. C
28. A
29. D
30. A
31. B
32. A
33. A
34. B
35. C
36. C
37. C
38. A
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