Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA
High School Blvd, Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando
3rd Quarterly Examination in English 10
SY 2018-2019

Name: _______________________________________ Score: ______________________

I. Listening Comprehension (1-5)

Directions: Listen to your teacher as he/she reads the song twice; then, answer the questions by
writing the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.

1. What happened when we lose control and we fail? Nature __________ to us.
A. calls C. speaks
B. reminds D. tread
2. According to the song, what should we do this time to our wrong doings?
A. to plant seeds C. to continue doing wrong
B. to speak paragons D. to make right what’s wrong
3. Which of the following is what the earth should be?
A. a luxury free C. a sanctuary free
B. a new paradise D. a temporary scene
4. Which of the following is NOT what the earth should be?
A. a permanent scene C. a sanctuary free
B. a renewed paradise D. a temporary scene
5. When is the time when we hear nature calls?
A. when we fail C. when we do right
B. when we ignore D. when we go straight

II. Oral Language and Fluency (6-10)

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

6. In delivering a eulogy, which of the following should be included?

A. Do not include anecdotes and real-life experiences
B. Include something that might be considered as offensive or vulgar
C. sentiments for which you dedicate your eulogy
D. unhappy times with the deceased
7. Which of the following is a useful tip in presenting a dramatic monologue?
A. Do not use cue cards.
B. If you make mistakes, just stop.
C. Use insensible gestures and movement.
D. Warm up your voice and body before your performance so you stay in character.
8. Which of the following is an effective suggestion in delivering a roast speech?
A. Don’t use personal pronouns to add a “personal” touch.
B. Don’t include direct quotations or statements said by your subject.
C. Remember to use impolite expressions when giving a toast
D. You may inject humor and add vivid descriptions to make the speech more interesting.
9. “If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean”. What kind of speech is the given
statement?
A. eulogy C. toast speech
B. roast speech D. dramatic monologue
10. Identify what kind of speech is this given example below.
I raise my glass to Mother Nature and her ever changing ways. She's been full of fun,
mischief, horror and drama these past few days.
A. eulogy C. toast speech
B. roast speech D. dramatic monologue

III. Vocabulary Development (11-15)

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

11. The police were baffled, and Conan was called in to investigate. Which of the following is a
synonym of the underlined word?
A. aided C. confused
B. comforted D. relieved
 12. Which of the following is a synonym of the underlined word? The story was corroborated by
evidence.
A. contradicted C. invalidated
B. disapproved D. supported
13. The horses, being drenched by the rain, all looked black whether chestnut or bay. Which of the
following words is NOT associated with drenched?
A. bathe C. dry
B. drown D. soak
14. He felt dismal after reading a piece of bad news in the newspaper. Which of the following words is
associated with dismal?
A. bright C. festive
B. cheerful D. gloomy
15. They were as gentle as kittens; but I told her they would get wild and fierce as they grew older.
Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of the word fierce?
A. Aggressive C. gentle
B. ferocious D. vicious

IV. Grammar Awareness: (16-25)

A. Directions: Write the case of the underlined pronoun. Write the letter of the correct answer.
A. objective B. possessive C. subjective

16. There were sparks between them from the start.

17. We shall finally have what is rightfully ours.
18. I will give nice gift to you.

B. Directions: Choose the best pronoun to complete each sentence. Write the letter of the correct
answer.
19. When someone has been drinking, _________ may drive poorly.
A. he C. they
B. his D. we
20. Neither the pilot nor the attendants gave ________ opinion about the mishap.
A. his C. their
B. its D. them
21. The committee members put __________ signatures on the document.
A. his C. their
B. its D. them

C. Directions: Write the case of the underlined pronoun. Write the letter of the correct answer.
A. demonstrative B. indefinite C. interrogative D. relative

22. The dog that bit her brother belongs to the man down the road.
23. They didn’t give someone a chance to think before beginning the competition.
24. Have you been there before?

V. Reading Comprehension (26-34)

Directions: Read the following table/passages then answer the questions based on the table/passages.
Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

25. Which of the following minerals presented in the nutrition facts received the lowest percentage in
the % of Daily Value?
A. calcium C. cholesterol
 B. carbohydrate D. iron
26. Which of the following is the serving size under the nutritional facts?
A. 120g C. 140g
B. 130g D. 150g
27. Which of the following has the highest percentage in the nutrition facts?
A. dietary fiber C. saturated fat
B. potassium D. sugars
28. How many grams of sugar can be found in the nutritional facts?
A. 3.6g C. 8.2g
B. 5.6g D. 14.2g

Pollution and its Negative Effects

Pollution is the degradation of natural environment by external substances introduced

directly or indirectly. Human health, ecosystem quality and aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity may
be affected and altered permanently by pollution.

Pollution occurs when ecosystems cannot get rid of substances introduced into the
environment. The critical threshold of its ability to naturally eliminate substances is compromised
and the balance of the ecosystem is broken.

The sources of pollution are numerous. The identification of these different pollutants and
their effects on ecosystems is complex. They can come from natural disasters or the result of
human activity, such as oil spills, chemical spills, nuclear accidents ... These can have terrible
consequences on people and the planet where they live: destruction of the biodiversity, increased
mortality of the human and animal species, destruction of natural habitat, damage caused to the
quality of soil, water and air ...

Preventing pollution and protecting the environment necessitate the application of the
principles of sustainable development. we have to consider to satisfy the needs of today without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. This means that we should
remedy existing pollution, but also anticipate and prevent future pollution sources in order to
protect the environment and public health. Any environmental damage must be punishable by
law, and polluters should pay compensation for the damage caused to the environment.

29. Which of the following is NOT an example of pollutants?

A. oil spills C. perfume spills
B. nuclear spills D. chemical spills
30. Complete this statement. The ecosystem __________ with pollutants/pollution.
A. can always cope
B. may be numerous
C. may be prevented
31. Which statement is true about pollution?
A. Pollution is always caused by humans.
B. Pollution may sometimes be caused by natural disasters.
C. Pollution occurs when ecosystems can get rid of substances.
D. Pollution is the regeneration of natural environment by external substances introduced
directly or indirectly
32. An ideal solution to prevent pollution would be to __________.
A. continue developmental projects
B. refrain the development of some countries
C. take into consideration the future generations need to live in a healthy environment
D. let polluters evade the payment compensation for the damage caused to the environment

5 Ways to Save the Planet without Really Trying

1. Waste not
Make the most of what you buy. You’d be surprised at the resources that go into products:
making one liter of milk takes a thousand liters of water and a lot of electricity. Think twice
before you chuck out the bottle with a little left in the bottom.
2. Nip the chill
You’re at the supermarket, café or pharmacy and you walk past the freezers and fridges.
Your mission: if any of the fridge or freezer doors are open, shut them. That’s it, just shut
them. Job done!
 3. Skip the wrapping
If you have a choice, buy produce loose and not in packaging. So, pick a loose pepper
with no packaging versus a pepper in a Styrofoam tray with a plastic wrapper. Easy! Plus
it’s usually cheaper too.
4. Bring that bag
If you’re not already bringing your own reusable shopping bag, consider this tip. Get a
reusable shopper that’s silver-lined like a cooler bag, and use that for your grocery
shopping. You can pop in an ice brick to keep everything fresh until you get home, and it
does double-duty as an extra cooler bag for picnics and trips.
5. Choose sustainable seafood
There are no longer plenty more fish in the sea. If you’re eating seafood, you should opt
for sustainable species.

33. What is the advice on eating seafood?

A. You should no longer eat seafood.
B. You should ban the eating of seafood.
C. You should choose what seafood to eat.
D. You should choose for sustainable species.
34. What is NOT one of the advantages of using reusable shopper that’s silver-lined?
A. It keeps everything fresh until you get home when you pop in ice brick.
B. It does double-duty as an extra cooler bag for picnics and trips.
C. It can be used for your grocery shopping.
D. It can’t be reused.

VI. Literature (35-45)

Read the poems and answer the questions that follow.

Inner Peace

The wind whistles past my ears. To clear my mind and find some glee.
Closing my eyes, I lose all my fears.
The waves crash into the rocks. It's days like these I truly treasure.
Out here there is no time on my clock. Amazing nights and beautiful weather.
It may not seem like much.
The serenity I feel here just soothes my mind. But it's moments like these I want to clutch.
A peaceful day so hard to find.
The breeze just calms my soul. For once I feel like life is bliss.
Helps me think about what is my life's goal. So many hard days in which my happiness was
missed.
I then look out over the ocean, I could get lost listening to the waves.
And it feels like my life has lost its Listening to the birds and watching how the clouds
commotion. behave.
The sun sets down over the clouds.
But the orange glow around makes me proud. I could close my eyes and fade into the night.
The tranquility I feel helps me win the fight.
As the night draws near. As the waves keep crashing into the rocks,
I feel like where I need to be is here. I feel the happiness in my heart become unlocked.
The soothing nature this afternoon brings
Just feels like such a beautiful thing. The day is drawing to a close.
The peacefulness I feel right now I'll only know.
I sit and wonder where life will go, Right now my mind is finally clear.
But right now all I want is for time to slow. It's time to go as the night draws near.
To enjoy this moment and feel free
35. What figure of speech is used in this statement: The wind whistles past my ears.?
A. apostrophe C. personification
B. metaphor D. simile
36. Which of the following statements is an example of metaphor?
A. For once I feel like life is bliss.
B. The waves crash into the rocks.
C. The tranquility I feel helps me win the fight
D. And it feels like my life has lost its commotion.
37. What sensory image is used in line: The serenity I feel here just soothes my mind.
A. sense of hearing C. sense of sight
 B. sense of smell D. sense of touch

38. Which of the following lines in the poem appeals to the sense of hearing?
A. For once I feel like life is bliss.
B. The breeze just calms my soul.
C. Just feels like such a beautiful thing.
D. I could get lost listening to the waves.
39. Which of the following lines is NOT an example of personification?
A. The wind whistles past my ears.
B. The waves crash into the rocks.
C. The breeze just calms my soul.
D. The peacefulness I feel right now I'll only know.
40. Which of the following lines appeals to the sense of sight?
A. The breeze just calms my soul.
B. As the waves keep crashing into the rocks
C. The tranquility I feel helps me win the fight.
D. And it feels like my life has lost its commotion.

TO THE MOON
Percy Bysshe Shelley

AND, like a dying lady lean and pale,

Who totters forth, wrapp'd in a gauzy veil,
Out of her chamber, led by the insane
And feeble wanderings of her fading brain,
The mood arose up in the murky east,
A white and shapeless mass.

Art thou pale for weariness

Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth,
And ever changing, like a joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?
41. To which is the moon being compared?
A. dying lady C. climbing heaven
B. gazing earthy D. object in the sky
42. What is the prevailing mood in the poem?
A. hopeful C. joyful
B. lonely D. happy
43. Which of the following lines uses simile?
A. AND, like a dying lady lean and pale
B. The mood arose up in the murky east
C. And feeble wanderings of her fading brain
D. Among the stars that have a different birth

Read the letter addressed to Mother Earth, and answer the questions that follow.

Dear Mother Earth,

I hope you are doing great. Thank you for taking care of us for so long. Now it’s our turn. We
know that we are safe in your caring hands. But only as long as you are here, we promise to save
trees, protect nature and take care of environment in order to keep you healthy. We often forget that
we are mere speck of dust and absolutely nothing without you.
Please do stay healthy for our sake.
Thank You.

Lovingly yours,

Your sons and daughters

44. Which of the following is NOT one of the promises given in the letter?
A. save trees C. recycle things
B. protect nature D. take care of environment
45. According to the letter, where did the sons and daughters come from?
A. animal C. ground
 B. dust D. wood

VII. Writing (46-50)

Directions: Answer this cloze test about nature by filling in the blanks with the most appropriate
word/words to complete the sentences. You may choose from the words provided in the box. Just write
the letter of the correct answer

A. anywhere D. supply
B. between E. victims
C. immense F. weak

WATER - A LUXURY?

A glass of fresh water from the tap - a luxury? The reality is that for some 1.1 billion people
access to safe drinking water is (46) ________________ they can only dream about. Some 2.4billion
people worldwide similarly do not have access to adequate sanitation. Yet access to safe drinking
water and sanitation is not just a luxury. It often makes the difference (47) _______life and death. Half
of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by (48) __________of water borne diseases. And an
estimated 6,000 children die each day from diseases caused by poor sanitation and hygiene. Add to
this the increasing pressure on the world’s freshwater (49) _________ over the last 50 years and the
continuous degradation of water quality in many regions around the world and there is no doubt that
the challenge before us is (50) __________.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA
High School Blvd, Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando
3rd Quarterly Examination in English 10
SY 2018-2019

Listening Selection in English 10

(To be read by the Teacher/Proctor)

Note to the Teacher/Proctor:

1. Let students scan/read silently Questions 1-5.

2. Teacher/Proctor reads the listening text twice.
3. Have students answer the questions after the second reading of the listening text.

This Is the Time

(excerpt)

This is the time

We've waited too long
And I'm wondering where I belong?
We have lost
We're out of control
When we fail nature speaks to us all

This is the time

I'll tell you why the world's left alone
Now's the time to make right what's wrong
We have lost
We're out of control
If we're stray can we hear nature's call?
When we fail nature speaks to us all

This is the time

So what's the world to be?
Just a luxury?
A temporary scene?
But what have we got when it's gone away?
And we need to come to see
What the earth should be
A sanctuary free
A renewed paradise is still alive

This is the time

The sky and the sea
We speak the paragons
We planted the seed
We have lost
We're out of control
If we're stray can we hear nature's call?
When we fail nature speaks to us all
 Table of Specifications
Third Quarterly Examination in Grade 10 ENGLISH
SY 2018- 2019

Rememberin Understandin
Learning Competency g g
Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
N

LISTENING 4 1        
Listen to simplify, reorganize, synthesize, and evaluate            
information to expand, review or update knowledge.            
Distinguish the important points from less important ones in a            
text listened to.            
Summarize important points discussed in the text listened to.            
           
Get different viewpoints on various local or global issues            
React intelligently and creatively to the text listened to            
Show appreciation for songs, poems, plays, etc.            
             

ORAL LANGUAGE FLUENCY 3     2    

1. Use correct stage stance and behavior when giving a roast and            
a toast and when paying tribute to someone in eulogy            
2. Employ the appropriate features of a speech.            
3. Use correct and appropriate language when giving a roast and            
a toast and when paying tribute to someone in eulogy            
4. Produce the sounds of English correctly and effectively.            
             
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT   5        
1. Give expanded definitions of words            
GRAMMAR AWARENESS   6 4      
1. Use pronouns effectively.            

Rememberin Understandin
Learning Competencies g g
Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
N

READING COMPREHENSION     2 4 3  
1. Understand the artistic value and the elements of the
selection.            
2. Understand the treatment of underlying or overaching issue            
concerning human experience(moralist).            
3. Understand the power and gender struggles of characters.            
4. Understand personal significance to the selection to the
reader.            
5            
LITERATURE 1 3 3 3   1
1. Explain how the elements specific to a selection build its
theme            
2. Express appreciation for sensory images used            
3. Explain how the elements specific to a genre contribute to the            
theme of a particular literary selection            
4. Explain the literary device used            
5. Determine tone, mood, technique, and purpose of the author.            
5. Explain how a selection may be influenced by culture, history,            
environment, or other factors            
6. Draw similarities and differences of the featured selections in            
relation to the theme.            
7. Evaluate literature as a source of wisdom in expressing and            
resolving conflicts between individuals or groups and nature.            
WRITING AND COMPOSITION       5    
1. Expand ideas using principles of cohesion and coherence            
2. Use variety of informative, persuasive, and argumentative            
writing techniques.            
3. Compose an independent critique of a chosen selection.            
TOTAL