Republic of the Philippines

Bulacan State University

Bustos Campus
College Of Education

PE 10 – RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES

NAME:_________________________________________ DATE:____________
YR&SEC:______________________________________ SCORE:___________

A. Direction. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number.

_____ 1. _____ plays an essential role in our daily activities.

a. Hymn
b. Rhythm
c. Dance
d. Music

_____ 2. _____ is the combination of sounds or notes produced by the human voice or various musical
instruments in rhythmical, melodic, and harmonic forms that affect one's feelings or emotions.
a. Hymn
b. Rhythm
c. Dance
d. Music

_____ 3. _____ in musical notation is a symbol placed on or between a staff's lines to indicate the pitch and the
tone's relative duration to be produced by voice or instrument.
a. Staff
b. Note
c. Beat
d. Rhythm

_____ 4. A note that has 4 beats.

a. Half note
b. Quarter note
c. Whole note
d. Eight note

_____ 5. A note that has 2 beats.

a. Half note
b. Quarter note
c. Whole note
d. Eight note

_____ 6. A note that has 1 beat.

a. Quarter note
b. Half note
c. Whole note
d. Eight note

_____ 7. A note that has ½ beat.

a. Eight note
b. Whole note
c. Quarter note
d. Eight note

_____ 8. A note that has ¼ beat.

a. Quarter note
b. Sixteenth note
c. Half note
d. Whole note
_____ 9. A _____ when placed after a note, increases the duration of the note by one half of its original value.
a. colon
b. semi colon
c. apostrophe
d. dot

_____ 10. _____ is a sign placed at the beginning of a piece of music that indicates the number and value of
beats in a bar.
a. colon
b. semi colon
c. dot
d. Time signature

_____ 11. _____ or counting is a system of regularly occurring sounds that serve to assist with the performance
or audition of music by allowing the easy identification of the beat.
a. Count
b. Time signature
c. Rhythm
d. Beat

_____ 12. 2 beat to a measure

a. 3/4
b. 1/4
c. 2/4
d. 4/4

_____ 13. It is the steady, continuous sound that is heard or felt throughout any rhythmical sequence. This
constant steady pulsation is called pulse beat. It exists in all movements.
a. Phrasing
b. Rhythmic pattern
c. Underlying beat
d. Measure

_____ 14. It refers to the identical grouping of underlying beats. These groups of notes are between two bar
lines.
a. Phrasing
b. Rhythmic pattern
c. Underlying beat
d. Measure

_____ 15. It is a definite grouping of sounds or beats related to the underlying beat. A particular pattern of
unequal sounds or beats must fit within a unit of underlying beats.
a. Phrasing
b. Rhythmic pattern
c. Underlying beat
d. Measure

_____ 16. It is a musical phrase that is a group of measures, which gives unity likened to a sentence or an idea
in itself.
a. Rhythmic pattern
b. Phrasing
c. Underlying beat
d. Measure

_____ 17. It is the force or emphasis given to anyone beat in a series of pulse beats in a measure.
a. Phrasing
b. Intensity
c. Tempo
d. Accent
_____ 18. It is the rate of speed of the movement, music, or accompaniment. It may be fast as in the running,
moderate as in walking, or slow as in ordinary sliding.
a. Phrasing
b. Intensity
c. Tempo
d. Accent

_____ 19. It is the quality of movement or music. It refers to dynamics or forces such as heavy or light.
a. Phrasing
b. Tempo
c. Intensity
d. Accent

_____ 20. The movement line is taken, which may be forward, backward, sideward (right of left), diagonal,
upward, downward, and combination.
a. Direction
b. Level
c. Range
d. Floor design

_____ 21. It moves through space; as the body moves in a horizontal plane, it creates a high, middle, and low
movement. It may be represented in relative heights while standing, sitting, lying, and kneeling.
a. Range
b. Floor design
c. Level
d. Focus

_____ 22. It refers to the area covered as the body moves. It is the maximum area of an individual and
sometimes referred to as personal space or movement size.
a. Range
b. Level
c. Focus
d. Direction

_____ 23 The path or design on the floor made while moving in space is termed as floor pattern. It may take the
form of a circle, square, straight line, or zigzag.
a. Floor design
b. Range
c. Level
d. Focus

_____ 24. It refers to a movement in space concerning an object.

a. Direction
b. Focus
c. Level
d. Range

_____ 25. Which quality does not belong to Force Qualities?

a. Soft light movement
b. Strong heavy movement
c. Strong jerky movement
d. Fast movement

_____ 26. Which quality does not belong to Space Qualities?

a. Up and down movement
b. Across, around or back and forth movement
c. Low movement
d. Slow movement
_____ 27. _____ it is a more open position in the first or fifth position.
a. Lateral Arm Position
b. Amplified
c. “T” Position
d. Reverse “T” Position

_____ 28. Both arms raised sideward parallel to each other.

a. Lateral Arm Position
b. Amplified
c. “T” Position
d. Reverse “T” Position

_____ 29. both arms raised sideward, elbows bent so that the forearms fall downward parallel to the body;
palms facing inward.
a. “T” Position
b. Amplified
c. Lateral Arm Position
d. Reverse “T” Position

_____ 30. Both arms raised sideward, elbows bent so that the forearms are also raised upward parallel to the
head, palm facing in.
a. “T” Position
b. Amplified
c. Reverse “T” Position
d. Lateral Arm Position

B. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect.

_____ 1. Music plays an essential role in our daily activities.

_____ 2. Music sets the mood of the dance, drops the beat, and creates the motivation needed to start the
routine.
_____ 3. Dance is the combination of sounds or notes produced by the human voice or various musical
instruments in rhythmical, melodic, and harmonic forms that affect one's feelings or emotions.
_____ 4. Note in musical notation is a symbol placed on or between a staff's lines to indicate the pitch and the
tone's relative duration to be produced by voice or instrument.
_____ 5. The ability to perceive and perform a beat is the most fundamental rhythmic skill.
_____ 6. The placement of sounds in time is rhythm, while the body is the instrument in movement and space.
_____ 7. All movements are not affected by the elements of rhythm.
_____ 8. Measure is the steady, continuous sound that is heard or felt throughout any rhythmical sequence.
_____ 9. Movement expression is attained through the elements of time, force, and space.
_____ 10. (Arm Position) 1st position - Both raised sideward with a graceful curve at the shoulder level.
_____ 11. (Arm Position) 2nd position - Both arms were raised in a circle in front of the chest with the fingertips
about an inch apart.
_____ 12. (Arm Position) 3rd Position - One arm raised in front as in 2nd position; another arm extended
upward.
_____ 13. (Arm Position) 4th Position - One arm raised in front as in 1st position; the other arm extended
overhead.
_____ 14. (Arm Position) 5th position - Both arms raised overhead.
_____ 15. (Feet Position) 1st position - Feet apart sideward of about a pace distance.
_____ 16. (Feet Position) 2nd position - Heels close together, toes apart with an angle of about 45 degrees.
_____ 17. (Feet Position) 3rd position - The heel of one foot is close to the instep of the other foot.
_____ 18. (Feet Position) 4th Position - One foot in front of the other foot of a pace distance.
_____ 19. (Feet Position) 5th position - Heel of the back foot close to the toe of the front foot.
_____ 20. Jaleo – One arm bent in front at waist level; another arm was twisted behind also at waist level.
 Answer Key

A.

1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. D
11. A
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. B
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. C
20. A
21. C
22. A
23. A
24. B
25. D
26. D
27. B
28. A
29. A
30. C

B.

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. FALSE
9. TRUE
10. FALSE
11. FALSE
12. TRUE
13. TRUE
14. TRUE
15. FALSE
16. FALSE
17. TRUE
18. TRUE
19. FALSE
20. FALSE