Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE URDANETA CITY
CALEGU INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Catablan, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

Name:_______________________________________ Date:_________________
Grade Level:__________________________________ Score:_________________

Oral Communication in Context 11

Instruction: Read and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. One of the rules in Capitalization and Punctuation is to capitalize the person's ________ when it follows the
name on the address or signature line.
a. name b. gender
c. address d. title

2. Use this punctuation to emphasize a point or to set off an explanatory comment; but don’t overuse dashes, or
they will lose their impact; typically represented on a computer by two hyphens with no spaces before, after, or
between the hyphens.
a. apostrophe b.Hyphen or dash
c. parentheses d. semicolon

3. Use this punctuation to emphasize a point or to set off an explanatory comment; but don’t overuse dashes, or
they will lose their impact; typically represented on a computer by two hyphens with no spaces before, after, or
between the hyphens.
a. apostrophe b. Hyphen or dash
c. parentheses d. semicolon
4. It refers to a certain characteristic or aspect of writing.
a. cohesion b. coherence
c. development d. patterns
5. A key quality of an effective paragraph.
a. cohesion b. coherence
c. development d. patterns
6. The most basic pattern of development.
a. description b. definition
c. classification d. narrative
7. The pattern of development which goes into details about a specific object, person, or location, in order to firmly set
its appearance.
a. description b. definition
c. classification d. narrative
8. This pattern explains not just what something means or is, but also what something does, what something is used for,
what something looks like, etc.
a. description b. definition
c. classification d. narrative
9. A statement about the real world reinforced by reliable evidence.
a. fact b. opinion
c. implicit d. explicit
10. A statement expressing one's feelings or personal judgment
a. fact b. opinion
c. implicit d. explicit
11. Facts that can be proven by scientific observation, experience, or experiment.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical facts
12. Facts that are supported by laws, local and international, and ideally give order.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical facts
13. Facts that are verified by revelatory evidence or self-evidence.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative fact d. metaphysical fact
14. Will you take my temperature, Doctor? What capitalization rules that the sentence describe?
a. Capitalize any title when used as a direct address.
b. Capitalize points of the compass only when they refer to specific regions.
c. Always capitalize the first and last words of titles of publications regardless of their parts of speech. Capitalize
other words within titles, including the short verb forms Is, Are, and Be.
d. Capitalize federal or state when used as part of an official agency name or in government documents where
these terms represent an official name. If they are being used as general terms, you may use lowercase letters.
15. What Color Is Your Parachute? What capitalization rules that the sentence describe?
a. Capitalize any title when used as a direct address.
b. Capitalize points of the compass only when they refer to specific regions.
c. Always capitalize the first and last words of titles of publications regardless of their parts of speech. Capitalize
other words within titles, including the short verb forms Is, Are, and Be.
d. Capitalize federal or state when used as part of an official agency name or in government documents where
these terms represent an official name. If they are being used as general terms, you may use lowercase letters.

16. Love, Freedom, Feminism; These words are examples of what terms?
a. abstract b. concrete
c. general d. clipped

17. Spoon, Dog, House; These words are examples of what terms?
a. abstract b. concrete
c. general d. clipped
18. Furniture is what kind of term?
a. abstract b. concrete
c. general d. clipped
19. Chair is what kind of term?
a. abstract b. concrete
c. general d. clipped
20. The word “Expedite” falls under what word category?
a. Formal b. concrete
c. Appropriate d. clipped

21. “All men are created equal.” What kind of fact does this sentence imply?
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact

22. “Philippines owns Spratly Island.” What kind of fact does this sentence imply?
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact
23. “This is a very good school.” The sentence is an example of what kind of claim?
a. Claim of Fact b. Claim of Policy
c. Claim of Value d. Claim of Protest
24. “The death penalty must be revived.” The sentence is an example of what kind of claim?
a. Claim of Fact b. Claim of Policy
c. Claim of Value d. Claim of Protest
25. “Cancer is not contagious.” The sentence is an example of what kind of claim?
a. Claim of Fact b. Claim of Policy
c. Claim of Value d. Claim of Protest
26. The signal words, “is defined as” is used in what pattern of development?
a. description b. definition
c. classification d. narrative

for 27-28- Examine the given sentences and choose on what formality of language will it fall.

27. Exceedingly large segments of the population are expressing their discontent with medical practitioners who appear
to more engrossed in amassing financial assets than in providing efficacious care to people with health disorders.
a. formal b. very formal
c. informal d. jargons
28. A large number of consumers are complaining about medical doctors who are apparently more interested in making
money than in provide effective health care.
a. formal b. very formal
c. informal d. jargons

for 29-33- Examine every sentence and determine what kind of fact does each sentence imply.
29. A dog is an animal.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact
30. Genocide is a crime.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact
31. 5 x 3 means 5 + 5 + 5 = 15
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact
32. The Philippines is composed of three major islands, namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact
33. Benigno Aquino, Jr. was gunned down at the tarmac of Manila International Airport.
a. analytical fact b. Empirical fact
c. evaluative facts d. metaphysical fact

34. Determine the kind of pattern used in the selection below.

My mother had hair so dark that it looked like a waterfall of ink.

She always kept it in a braid that fell to her slim waist, and always tied with a plain black band.
The braid of black slung over her shoulder, the plaits shining like scales.
a. description b. definition
c. classification d. narrative
35. “There’s a patch of old snow in a corner”. Identify the poetic device that is most clearly being used.
a. simile b. metaphor c. imagery d. irony

for 36-40; Read the poems and answer the questions.

We Wear the Mask Poet Among
Paul Laurence Dunbar By: John Goul

We wear the mask that grins and lies, The rain drive
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-- Heavy threads
This debt we pay to human guile1; The wind beat
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, The surf drum
And mouth with myriad2 subtleties3. Drunken telep
Dank summer
Why should the world be overwise, Bleak factory-
In counting all our tears and sighs? Tepid2 with rai
Nay, let them only see us, while It seems I hav
We wear the mask. Among these t
And it is usele
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries them.
To thee from tortured souls arise. For I know I s
We sing, but oh the clay is vile4 Dull barbarian
Beneath our feet, and long the mile; Where there is
But let the world dream otherwise, Or share with
We wear the mask!

1. Guile: treacherous cunning; skillful deceit.

2. Myriad: a vast number; many. 6. Tepid: only
3. Subtleties: being difficult to detect.
4. Vile: loathsome; disgusting.
5. Docile: yielding to direction.

36. Which of the above poems has a continuous rhythm?

a. We Wear the Mask

b. Poet Among Barbarians

37. Which of the above poems use rhyme?

a. We Wear the Mask

b. Poet Among Barbarians

38. Which of the above poems uses more hyperbole?

a. We Wear the Mask
b. Poet Among Barbarians

39. Which of the above poems uses enjambment?

a. We Wear the Mask

b. Poet Among Barbarians

40. Which of the above poems uses metaphor?

a. We Wear the Mask

b. Poet Among Barbarians

for 41-43—Choose the rhyming of every given poem.

Come, let us go a-roaming!

The world is all our own,
An half its paths are still untrod,
And half its joys unknown

41. a. aabb b. abcb c.