Kids Camp Innovative Learning Academy

First Quarter Examination

S.Y. 2019 - 2020
ENGLISH 10 A&B

Name: Score:
Teacher: Mr. Arlou C. Garces Date:

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: ERASURES AND SUPERIMPOSITIONS ARE CONSIDERED WRONG!

I. Most Important Elements in Persuasive Writing. (3 items)

Direction: Write the letter on the space provided that is best described by each number.
A. central claim B. evidences C. conclusion D. technique

______1. Restates the argument and expresses a call to action.

______2. The statement that asserts what the writer/speaker wants the reader/listener to believe.
______3. Contains the reasons, examples, statistics, opinions used to support a point of view or
stand.

II. Imagery (22 items)

Direction: Identify the sentence using the given senses in the box, write the letter on the space
provided.
A. SIGHT B. SMELL C. HEARING D. TASTE E. TOUCH

______4. The aroma of the newly cooked adobo filled the air.
______5. Summer warmth that soothes.
______6. The night has a thousand eyes
______7. The state of being happy depends on the person’s outlook in life.
______8. The ringing of the church bells was deafening,
______9. Blue waves whitened on a cliff.
______10. Scent of pine trees in the rain.
______11. The old man took the handful of dust and sifted it through his fingers.
______12. The starry night sky looked so beautiful that it begged him to linger, but he
reluctantly left for home.
______13. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.
______14. The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him.
______15. The people traveled long distances to watch the sunset in the north.
______16. The stone fell with a splash in the lake.
______17. The sound of bat hitting the ball was pleasing to his ear.
______18. The chirping of birds heralded spring.
______19. There lay refuse heaps on their path that were so smelly that it maddened them.
______20. The silence in the room was unnerving.
______21. The blind man touched the tree to learn if its skin was smooth or rough.
______22. When he was on the way to work, he heard the muffled cry of a woman.
______23. The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.
______24. The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.
______25. The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation of the first
bite.
III. Reflexive and Intensive Pronoun (10 items)
Direction: Determine whether the pronoun used in each sentence either intensive or reflexive
pronoun, write the letter on the space provided.
A. REFLEXIVE B. INTENSIVE

______26. When we ourselves are careless, we put ourselves and others in danger.
______27. I enrolled myself in a dance class last summer.
______28. The president himself promised to stop the territorial dispute between two nations.
______29. You can protect yourself from harm by taking a few important precautions.
______30. You can see yourself more clearly.
______31. The company itself gave the employees a wage increase.
______32. Life itself offers you many opportunities.
______33. I myself like a little stroll after dinner.
______34. The jurors could not agree among themselves.
______35. The mayor presented the new program by himself.

IV. Grammar: Modals (5 items)

Direction: Choose from the pool of answers the writer’s/speaker’s intention as hinted by each
underlined expression.
A. POSSIBILITY D. PROHIBITION

B. PROBABILITY E. PERMISSION

C. OBLIGATION F. ABILITY

______36. She can dance swing smoothly.

______37. You can change the bed sheets now.
______38. You must take your medicine.
______39. You don’t have to attend the party.
______40. Ann’s been standing all day. She must be tired.

V. Reading and Literature

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question carefully.
1) It’s true! At certain points in our lives, we stop and ask this question: How do we turn
challenges to opportunities? 2) Yes, it’s not easy, but that doesn’t mean it is impossible to do.
3) This means that we need to remember the important ways to put into action. 4) Of course, the
first thing to do is to reflect not in thoughtlessness but we need to start to focus and analyze the
competition taking place between the positive and negative limits of our emotions. 5) Eventually
we ask, “How do we feel about the challenge? 6) Do we feel hopeless, angry, jealous, worried,
inadequate, insecure, and fearful or do we feel their negative counterparts? 7) It’s silly to allow
them overrule our outlook in life. 8) We must envision always that progress and success come to
those who adhere to practice hard work, determination, courage, perseverance, humility,
consciousness, justice, self-confidence, trust, respect, love and other potent secrets of inner
strength and success. 9) We need to be realistic that we need some if not all of them to turn
challenges to opportunities; thereby this will make us all contented and happy.

______41. The generalization or statement about life or human experience the passage makes is to
A. bring out the best in you C. struggle against the odds
B. stand up for one’s belief D. take strength to bear up the odds

______42. To predict is a/an _______ of the word “envision” in sentence no. 8

A. connotation B. denotation C. opposite D. symbol
______43. This article/passage would most probably interest a/an___________.
A. teenager B. old man C. child D. infant

______44. The passage is an example of a/an___________.

A. anecdote B. biography C. personal essay D. persuasive essay

______45. An effective persuasive technique used by the author to emphasize his point is through
appealing to________.
A. emotion B. moral C. reason D. both A and C

______46. The writer’s comment/reaction about challenges and opportunities is best supported by
A. facts B. opinion C. reasons D. statistics

If I were a man, a young man, and knew what I know today,

I would look into the eyes of Life undaunted
By any fate that might threaten me,
I would give to the world what the world most wanted—
Manhood that knows it can do and be;
Courage that dares, and faith that can see
Clear into the depths of the human soul,
And find God there, and ultimate goal…
--from: If I Were A Man, A Young Man by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

______47. The passage appeals more to the sense of _______

A. feeling B. sight C. sound D. taste

______48. The writer’s attitude toward inner strength is best described as_____.
A. admiration B. criticism C. inspiration D. support

______49. Most probably, the writer’s purpose in this poem is to _____.

A. express a feeling C. reveal the truth
B. give an advice D. win other’s approval

______50. The last five lines of the poem express more of a/an_____.
A. call to validation B. humility C. inspiration D. invitation