ENGLISH 10 4. Why did Martina Benedetti not want to be a nurse anymore?
1st Quarter - 1st Summative Test A. She did not want to get infected.
Directions: Read the news report, informative text and panel discussion text then
answer the questions that follow. If there are choices, write letter of answer and if none,
write answer in complete sentence.
A. For questions 1 - 3
Indonesia authorities say 53 submarine crew members dead
A missing Indonesian submarine has been found cracked apart on the seafloor in
waters off Bali, the military said on Sunday, as it confirmed all 53 crew were dead.Rescuers
found new objects, including a life vest, that they believe belong to those on board the 44-
year-old KRI Nanggala-402, which lost contact as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill.
“Based on the evidence, it can be stated that the KRI Nanggala has sunk, and all of
its crew have died,” military chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters. The submarine – one
of five in Indonesia’s fleet – disappeared off the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.
“There were parts of KRI Nanggala-402 – it was broken into three pieces,” said Navy
Chief of Staff Yudo Margono. “The hull of the ship, the stern of the ship, and the main parts are
all separated, with the main part found cracked.”
From: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/25/indonesia-authorities-say-53-submarine-crew-are-
dead - April 25, 2021
1. Which of the following information does NOT tell about the news report?
A. separation of the parts
B. death of the 53 crew
C. sinking of a submarine
D. sadness of the whole nation
2. Why was the submarine and its crew in the waters? _____________________________
3. How many submarines does the country have? _________________________________
B. For questions 4 - 9
In February 2020, Italy became the global centre of the pandemic - and a
cautionary tale of what happens when a healthcare system in one of the wealthiest parts
of the world collapses.
At the time, Martina Benedetti, an intensive care nurse in Tuscany, told the BBC she
wasn't sure she wanted to be a nurse any more. She's had a change of heart since then,
describing her job as "wonderful", but warned that it's not for everyone.
"I feel like I have aged 10 years. I used to be carefree and light-hearted… that
person is gone. "Writing helped her cope. After a long shift, she'd go home and before bed
write down her feelings, which she later turned into an e-book.
Martina says it's been particularly hard to deal with patients who denied the
existence of Covid - some of whom ended up in her intensive care unit. "I had to treat
people who were inciting others on social media to not wear masks, and called nurses liars."
But Martina said that on some occasions, she managed to change their minds.
"One Covid denier, after they got discharged went on Facebook and wrote the exact
opposite of what he used to think. It was a victory for me."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57071604-May 12, 2021
B. She wanted to be carefree and light-hearted.
C. She was tired co-treating the sick.
D. She was tired seeing many infected and deaths.
5. What effect did the pandemic do to Martina Benedetti?
A. She had a change of heart. B. She wanted to continue being a nurse.
C. She wanted to educate the deniers. D. She wanted to make a difference to all.
6. When a patient is in the intensive care unit, what is the patient’s condition?
A. The patient is near death.
B. The patient has a chance of recovery.
C. The patients needs special medicine.
D. The patient needs specialized treatment.
7. How did she help the “deniers”?
A. by writing B. by scolding C. by reporting D. by educating
8. What is a “denier”? ______________________________________________________________
9. Why did the nurse say, “It was victory for me.”? ___________________________________
C. For questions 10 - 15
Trees occupy an important, valuable and necessary place to our very
existence. Trees are our best friends and without them life is not possible on the earth.
Trees are the soothing music to our ears and the dancing fairies to our eyes. Yes,
today I stand before you to speak on the importance of planting trees. To imagine
the importance of trees let’s try to breathe in some air.
Assume that it cannot be done. What happens to us? Yes! we suffocate
without air to breathe in.
Although we can live without food for some days and water for some hours
we cannot live without oxygen for a moment even. Without oxygen, human and the
animal world will die away. Trees make the oxygen and spread it in the air. Due to
the over use of machines in factories, and vehicles on the roads, the air surrounding
us is polluted with poisonous gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and
chlorofluorocarbons. One of the great functions each tree offers is the sequestering
of carbon dioxide.
Trees naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during the state
of photosynthesis and in turn releases the pertinent gas, Oxygen as a byproduct. In
this natural function alone, trees directly reduce the growth of the Greenhouse
Effect and counteract Global Warming. In addition, trees provide us with flowers,
fruits and vegetables, fodder for animals, wood, paper and provide cool shadow
from the scorching sun. Trees bring rains and stop soil erosion. They give us so many
such good things and yet expect nothing in return.
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10. What is the theme of the speech? B. For questions 6 - 9
A. planting of trees B. good things about trees
6. What is the significance of the
B. importance of trees D. carbon dioxide and oxygen
editorial cartoon?
11. What type of speech is it?
A. It tells readers that leaders should
A. argumentative B. persuasive C. informative D. entertaining
weigh things according to necessity.
12. How do trees help humans and animals alike? ________________________________
B. It tells readers that leaders should
13. What is the intake of a tree that keeps the surroundings clean and living things save lives before economic goals.
alive? A. photosynthesis B. oxygen C. water D. carbon dioxide C. It tells readers that the country is
14. Give at least 3 advantages of trees. on the verge of collapse.
15. Explain in 2 sentences the relationship of trees and living things. D. It tells readers what is more
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7. What does it say about leaders?
ENGLISH 10 A. They should be fair. C. They should be economic managers.
1st Quarter - 2nd Summative Test B. They should know how to balance. D. They should weigh things according to importance.
8. Which of the words does not belong to economic goal?
Directions: Look closely at the graphs and texts then answer the questions that follow. If A. jobs B. loans C. money D. human resources
there are choices, write letter of answer only but if none, write answer in full sentence. 9. What is the significance of the blindfolded leader?
A. For questions 1-5 A. justice B. fairness C. intelligence D. emotional

1. What information can be deduced Directions: Study the procedure in cooking Afritada then fill in the diagram below with
from the graph? the necessary information.
A. countries that vaccinated its citizens
D. For questions 10 – 15
B. administration of vaccines
C. number of people vaccinated Procedure:
D. countries with many vaccines 1. In a pan over medium heat, heat oil.
2. Which two countries, when combined, 2. Add potatoes and carrots and cook, turning once or twice, until lightly browned.
have almost the same number of Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
vaccinated people as that of Israel? 3. Remove excess oil from pan except for about 2 tablespoons.
4. Add bell peppers and cook for about 30 to 45 seconds. Remove from pan and
3. What could be the reason why Israel is
drain on paper towels.
fast in vaccinating their citizens? 5. Add chicken and cook, turning on sides once or twice, until lightly browned but
A. They don’t want their vaccines to expire. not cooked through.
B. They want to go back to normal life. 6.Add onions and garlic and cook until softened.
C. They don’t want to get sick anymore. 7. Add tomatoes and cook, mashing regularly with back spoon until softened and
D. Their health system is extraordinary. release juices.
4. Which two countries have almost the same number of vaccinated citizen? 8. Add fish sauce and cook for about 1 to 2 minutes.
9.Add water and bring to a boil.
5. Why do countries want to vaccinate at least 70% of their citizens?
10.Lower heat, cover, and cook for about 20 to 30 minutes or until chicken is
A. to save resources C. to achieve herd immunity cooked through and sauce is thickened to desired consistency.
B. to go back to normal life D. for the economy to go back to what it was before Continuation on the next page.
 Continuation: Options for items 1-4:
11.Add potatoes and carrots and continue to cook until fork-tender.12. A. Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble and it was her sister who told her about
13. Add bell peppers and sweet peas. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until green peas her husband’s death. Their friend Richards was also there.
are heated through and bell peppers are tender yet crisp. B. The rays of sunlight sailed their way into the city. The blanket of clouds cast its enormous
14. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot. shadows below. The shiny Chicago buildings reflected the grey sky above creating a
• skyline of mirrors.
10. Why is a paper towel Leave 2 tablespoons C. Then one evening as the sun was setting behind the forest and the shadows were
Heat oil
used in draining of oil creeping out over the pasture, a wolf really did spring form the underbrush and fall upon
potatoes? the sheep.
D. “It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,” said the Sergeant-Major, “a very holy man. He
wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it
Cook onions and would be sorry. He put a spell on it so that three different men could each have three
Cook chicken until 11. Why should bell
garlic until wishes from it.
light brown only peppers be cooked
softened
instantaneously?
B. It was late at night when I dropped in at a local 24/7 grocery store and bought
myself a bottle of soda. Despite being late August, it was still warm outside. The
12. Why is it summer quickly ran to its end, and though I was an adult, I felt almost like a student
necessary to release 13. What is the Add water who had just realized that there was only one week of summer vacation left.
the juice of use of fish sauce?
tomatoes? 5. Which of the words does NOT speak about the setting of the story?
A. late night B. grocery store C. vacation D. adult
C. For questions 6 - 7
14. Why should Add potatoes and
food be served 15. Why is it advisable to Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. As Persephone grew,
carrots and
hot? continue cooking cook with lower heat? so did her beauty. When Hades, the god of the Underworld, saw her, he
immediately fell in love with her and decided to abduct her. According to the
Homeric Hymn to Demeter, one sunny day the young Persephone was gathering
flowers in a field, accompanied by her close friends, the Ocean Nymphs. The
ENGLISH 10 carefree Persephone moved away from her companions in search of the most
1st Quarter - 3rd Summative Test beautiful flower. When she reached out to pluck a wondrous narcissus, Earth
yawned open and Hades appeared in his golden chariot and snatched her away
A. Directions: Read the excerpts then answer the questions by choosing the letter of your to the Underworld while she was in tears. Demeter was looking in vain for her
answer. Those without choices, answer the questions in complete sentences.
daughter day and night. The land and crops of the earth began to wither. After a
For items 1-4, use the same options provided on the next column. while, the Sun, looking at everything from the sky, felt sorry for the goddess and
1. Which of the following is the setting of a story? told her what happened. Demeter went to Zeus and demanded that Persephone
2. Which of the following is the climax? be returned, or else she would not let the earth blossom again.
3. Which of the following is the character/characterization?
6. Why did Hades snatch Persephone?
4. Which of the following is part of a plot?
A. because he adored her beauty C. because she is his niece
B. because her father is his enemy D. because he fell in love with her beauty
7. What happened to the crops when Persephone was gone? 11. Why did the husband go alone to the place of vacation?
A. They did not grow. C. They did not bear fruit. A. Wife was tending to other things. C. Wife came from another place.
B. The plants withered. D. The plants looked sad. B. Wife was on a business trip. D. Wife sent an email.
D. For questions 8 - 10
12. What contained the husband’s email?
Zeus sent the Messenger God, Hermes, to Hades with the command to A. his checking in C. preparation for her arrival
release Persephone. Before returning her to Hermes, Hades forced Persephone to B. tell her about the heat D. his activities upon arrival
eat six pomegranate seeds. Hades knew that if someone ate food in the
Underworld, they could never really escape the world of the dead. Persephone 13. Why did the pastor’s wife cry upon reading the email?
was shortly after reunited with her mother. However, Demeter was furious when A. because her husband is in hell C. because the dead sent an email
she heard about the pomegranate seeds. Zeus then proposed a compromise: for B. because of fear D. because her husband was buried a day before
every seed Persephone had eaten, she would spend a month with Hades.
Demeter accepted Zeus’ proposal. Thus, Persephone would travel to the 14. What went wrong in the email?
Underworld every six months during which time Demeter would mourn and the A. mistyping an entry C. not checking the content
earth with her. But after six months, Persephone would return to her and Demeter B. sending it to another person D. incompetence of sender
would be happy again and the earth would blossom once again!
8. Why did Hades force Persephone to eat pomegranate seeds? 15. What lesson does the story have?
A. so that she would return to the underworld C. so that she will not die A. Be careful. C. Read content before sending.
B. so that she would never forget Hades D. so she will not look for other guys B. Think twice before you click. D. Check everything.
9. What compromise did Zeus and Hades enter into?
10. What is the resolution of the story?
ENGLISH 10
E. For questions 11 - 15 1st Quarter - 4th Summative Test

A couple was going on vacation but his wife was on a business trip so he went to
the destination first and his wife would meet him the next day.
When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.
Directions: Study the images and read the texts then answer the questions that follow.
Write the letter of your answer only and those without choices, answer in complete
sentences.

Unfortunately, when typing her address, he mistyped a letter and his note was
A. For questions 1- 5
directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife whose husband had passed away
1. What message does the editorial cartoon
only the day before.
want to tell the readers?
When the grieving widow checked her email, she took one look at the monitor, let A. sudden change in schooling
out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. B. difficulty of internet connection
At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: C. struggles of the education system
D. difficulties encountered by learners
“Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow. 2. Who is mostly affected based on the image?
P. S. Sure is hot down here.” A. DepEd C. Learners 2https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1866772/Cebu/Opinio
n/Editorial-Challenges
B. Teachers D. Government
3. What is the significance of the turtle?
A. shows internet speed C. shows reaction of the government C. For questions 11 - 15
B. shows problem of learners D. shows struggles of the education sector
The Arrow and the Song
11. What is the similarity between an
B Y HE NRY W ADS W O RT H L ONG F E LL O W
4. What is the word move trying to tell readers? arrow shot in the air and song sung
A. Despite the pandemic, teachers still need to teach. in the open?
I shot an arrow into the air,
B. Despite the current health situation, education must continue. A. They are both pleasing to the It fell to earth, I knew not where;
C. Despite the slow connectivity, DepEd must find ways to reach learners. eyes and ears. For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
D. Despite all the problems, DepEd must find ways to reach learners from all places. B. They are both difficult to locate. Could not follow it in its flight.
C. They both quickly disappear
5. What positive message can be learned from the editorial? with impacts. I breathed a song into the air,
D. They both need air. It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
B. For questions 6 - 10
That it can follow the flight of song?
1There are several characteristics which distinguish plants from animals. 12. What kind of words does the
2Green plants are able to manufacture their own food from substances in the arrow represent? Long, long afterward, in an oak
environment. 3This process is known as photosynthesis. 4In contrast, animals, A. kind C. harsh I found the arrow, still unbroke;
including man, get their food either directly from plants or indirectly by eating B. pleasing D. hateful And the song, from beginning to end,
animals which have eaten plants. 5Plants are generally stationary. 6Animals, on the I found again in the heart of a friend.
other hand, can usually move about. 7In external appearance, plants are usually 13. What does a song stand for?
green. 8They grow in a branching fashion at their extremities, and their growth A. joy B. happiness C. love D. wisdom
continues throughout their lives. 9Animals, however, are very diverse in their external
appearance. 10Their growth pattern is not limited to their extremities. 11It is evenly 14. What does the poem represent?
distributed and only occurs in a definite time period. A. beauty of singing and throwing an arrow
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C. difficulty dealing with unnecessary things
6. What process do plants take to have food? D. people who play with the feeling of others

7. What differs plants from animals when speaking of appearance? 15. What does the speaker want to say in the last stanza? ______________________

8. What does the expression “on the other hand” signify?

A. contrast B. comparison C. both D. the same CONGRATULATIONS FOR FINISHING THE FIRST QUARTER OF SY 2021-2022!

9. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. to persuade B. to inform C. to educate D. to compare and contrast Proverbs 9:10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
10. What could be a good conclusion of the paragraph?
A. The differences between plants and animals is quite significant. and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
B. Plants and animals have similarities and differences.
C. Animals live by eating plants and other animals.
D. Plants are stationary while animals move.