RULES FOR WRITING TRUE-FALSE ITEMS Writing Multiple Choice GUIDELINES FOR WRITING MULTIPLE CHOICE, WRITING PLAUSIBLE OPTION Writing Matching Items RULES FOR WRITING MATCHING TYPE

1. Writing True-False

2. True –False Items
 Require students to identify statements which are
correct or incorrect.
 Only two possible responses.
 Also called “ALTERNATIVE-RESPONSE
ITEM”

4. 1. Each statement should include one idea.
_______ 1. The imperative form of the verb is used to
give instructions or directions, requests or command.
_______ 2. Common Nouns begin with a small letter or
name.
_______3. One good way to keep the communication
going is to ask information question to help us learn what
other people think.

5. 2. Each should be short and simple.
_______ 2. Common Nouns begin with a small letter or
name.

6. 3. Qualifiers such as “few”, ”many”, ”seldom”
,”always” ,”never”,”small”,large” and so on must
be avoided. They make the statements vague and
indefinite.
4. Negative statements should be used sparingly.
- negative words should be underline or
be capitalize.

7. 5. Double negatives should be avoided.
double negative is usually produced by combining the
negative form of verb (e.g., cannot, did not, have not)
with a negative pronoun (e.g., nothing, nobody), a
negative adverb (e.g., never, hardly) or a
negative conjunction (e.g., neither/nor).
Example.
I didn't see nothing.

8.  6. The number of true and false statements should
be equal whenever possible.

9.  TRUE OR FALSE
 Write TRUE if the underlined word is correct and FALSE if the underlined word is wrong.
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 _______ 1. A good teacher helps us learn what other people think.
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 _______2. The imperative form of the verb is used to give instructions or directions, requests or command.
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 _______ 3. The turning point of the crisis is the part of the story which action takes a decisive turn.
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 _______4. Atlas is a collection of reference articles with texts, photographs and diagrams.
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 _______5. One good way to keep the communication going is to ask information question.
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 _______ 6. Present Tense is formed by adding either –e or –ed to the base form of the regular verb.
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 _______ 7. Scanning is a reading skill you can use if you want to know what the selection on the reading text is all
about.
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 _______ 8. Definitions are common in scientific-writing.
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 _______ 9. Common Nouns begin with a small letter or name.
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 _______10.Subordinate Clause has a subject and verb and can stand alone by itself.
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10. KEY TOCORRECTION
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
FALSE

11. Writing Multiple Choice

13. 1.State one clear stated problem.
The heart of the society is the
a. Family c. Community
b. Home d. Neighborhood

14. 2. State the stem in a simple.
3. Make the stem longer than the option.
1. After we saw the play, we had different
-opinions ________ Jane’s
performance.
A. about
B. at
C. for
D. towards

15. 4. Stress the negative word used in the stem.
The following fruits have become seedless
through modern technology EXCEPT
a. Grapes
b. Bananas
c. Guavas
d. Pineapples

16. 1. Make sure there is only one
correct answer.
2. Mae the options
homogenous.
3. Make all the options
grammatically consistent
and parallel in form .
4. Vary the length of the key to
avoid giving s clue.
5. Place the position of the
correct answer in random
order.
WRITING
PLAUSIBLE
OPTION

17. Writing Matching Items

18. MATCHING ITEMS
 Is a selection-type of item consisting a series of
stimuli (STEMS) called PREMISES and a series
of option called RESPONSES.

19. COLUMN A
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
COLUMN B
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

20. 1. Include only materials that belong to the same
category.
2. Keep the premises short and place the responses
on the right side.
- Should not more than 15
- Keep the list short to locate answers easily

21. 3. Use more responses than premises and allow the
responses to be used more than twice.
4. Place the premises on the let to designate them by
numbers. Put the responses on the right and assign
letters to them.

22. 5. Place the matching items on one page.
6. State basis for matching in the directions. This
will make the task clear and specific.