1. Mariveles National High School-Poblacion
Fourth Quarter Examination in English 10
I. Comprehension
Directions: Read the selection carefully. Then, answer the following questions. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1)A practical joke is not something which is said but nothing which is done and it is usually intended to make people laugh at
somebody. 2) So long as the person upon whom a joke is played is not hurt, or not put in danger of being hurt, practical joking is only
for fun. 3) You may hide a friend’s books, and be amused when he loos everywhere for them. 4) But if you pull a chair away just as he
is sitting down, or put something for him to pull over, he may seriously injure himself. 5) Such practical jokes are foolish
1. To what/whom does the pronoun “he” refers to in sentence 3?
a. books b. everywhere c. friend
2. Why do people joke?
a. to hurt people b. to make people laugh c to injure someone
3. which statement is not true?
a. pulling away a chair hurts b. practical jokes are foolish c. jokes are fun at all times
4. sentence 1 which is a topic sentence is a/an ____
a. explanation b. definition c. result
5. The best title for the selection is _____.
a. jokes are foolish b. joking is part of friendship c. practical jokes
II. Research
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided.
______6. It is a systematic investigation to contribute an existing body of knowledge.
a. Methodology b. Research c. Conclusion
______7. A person who can help you in giving information about your research topic.
a. book b. internet website c. respondent
______8. It gives you the information that you are looking for.
a. Questionnaire b. Research c. Conclusion
______9. He is the one who asks questions.
a. Interview b. Interviewee c. Interviewer
______10. It is a conversational practice where the knowledge is produce by the interaction of the interviewer and the interviewee.
a. Interviewing b. Surveying c. Observing
______11. They served as the heart of an interview.
a. Interviewers b. Interviewees c. Questions
______12. It summarizes the content that the researchers cover during interviews.
a. Interview Guide b. Interview c. Interviewer
______13. It is defined as methodological study in order to prove a specific question, and to establish facts and reach conclusions.
a. Methodology
b. Research
c. Survey
14. It is an example of secondary
source.
a. Manuscript
b. Dictionary
c. Journal
15. It is an example of primary source.
a. Almanac
b. Journal
c. Atlas
16. He is the one who answers
questions in an interview.
a. Interview
b. Interviewer
c. Interviewee
17. It is one of the characteristics of a
good research topic.
a. specific
b. immeasurable
c. broad
18. It refers to a material that provide
direct, first-hand information about
subjects and events.
a. Primary source
b. Secondary source
c. Tertiary source
______19. It refers to a list of references that are mentioned in the body of the paper.
a. Research
b. Citation
c. Bibliography
______20. It refers to an act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them as one's own.
a. Biography b. Libel c. Plagiarism
2. III.
A. Coherent Writing
Directions: Identify the following coherent device that may use in writing. Choose your answer from the given box. Write your
answer on the space provided.
Transitional Word Synonym Pronoun Coherence Repetition of key terms
__________ 21. It replaces the noun to avoid the reader from confusion and misinterpretation.
__________ 22. It refers to the words that have the same meaning.
__________ 23. It refers to the repetition of words for the reader to easily remember some important terms.
__________ 24. It refers to the cue word that connect ideas in a sentence to another sentence and paragraph to another paragraph.
__________ 25. It refers to the connection of your ideas both at sentence level and paragraph level.
B. Rhetorical Device
Directions: Identify the rhetorical device used in the sentence. Choose your answer from the given box. Write your answer on
the space provided.
Alliteration Allusion Irony Oxymoron Simile Metaphor
Hyperbole Paradox Onomatopoeia Personification Deus ex machine Litotes
__________ 26. Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
__________ 27. It was so cold; I saw polar bears wearing
jackets.
__________ 28. How kind of you to embarrassed me in front
of many people!
__________ 29. She has the only choice for herself.
__________ 30. The end is only the beginning.
__________ 31. My car was happy to be washed again.
__________ 32. You are as tough as the stone.
__________ 33. The ching of chimneys is so amazing.
__________ 34. Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around
August.
__________ 35. Philippines is facing a great depression.
IV. Literature (The Little Prince and A Martian Sends a Postcard Home)
Directions: Write C if the statement is correct and M if the statement has a mistake.
__________ 36. The fox immediately becomes a friend of the
Little Prince.
__________ 37. The Little Prince is willing to tame the Fox.
__________ 38. Once a person tames something, it becomes
special.
__________ 39. There is no connection between the author of
the story "The Little Prince" and his writing.
__________ 40. Craig Raine is the author of the story "The
Little Prince".
__________ 41. The technique used in the poem "A Martian
sends a Postcard Home" is defamiliarization.
__________ 42. Defamiliarization was proposed by Victor
Skhlovsky.
__________ 43. Antoine Saint-Exupery is the author of the
poem "A Martian sends a Postcard Home".
__________ 44. A Martian creates pictures of the objects that
he sees.
__________ 45. The poem seeks to describe human behavior
and objects as if they are being seen for the first time by a
visiting Martian.
V. (46-50) Writing Bibliography
Directions: Prepare a bibliography for the following references.
You have used information from a book. The author is Marvin Zimmerman and he wrote it in 2010. The little of the book is
Grammar and Composition. It was published in Manila, Philippines by Anvil Publication.
Key Answer:
1.
2.
3.
3. 4.
5.
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. A
19. C
20. C
21. Pronoun
22. Synonym
23. Repetition of Key terms
24. Transitional word
25. Coherence
26. Aliiteration
27. Hyperbole
28. Irony
29. Oxymoron
30. Paradox
31. Personification
32. Metaphor
33. Onomatopoeia
34. Alliteration
35. Oxymoron
36. M
37. C
38. C
39. M
40. M
41. C
42. C
43. M
44. C
45. C
46-50.
