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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Antique
BITADTON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
National Road, Bitadton, Culasi, Antique

SHS MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 11


ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT
I. Nature and Elements of Communication
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which is NOT TRUE about communication?
a. Communication is a process.
b. Communication occurs between two or more people.
c. Communication can be expressed only in verbal form.
d. communication is expressed through words, actions, or both at the same time.
2. Which of the following elements of communication refers to the information or ideas conveyed by the
speaker?
a. receiver b. channel c. context d. message
3. The source of information or message
a. message b. channel c. speaker d. feedback
4. The process of converting the message into words, actions, or other forms that the speaker understands
a. encoding b. receiver c. feedback d. decoding
5. The process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by the receiver
a. context b. decoding c. encoding d. channel
6. Which model depicts communication as linear?
a. Transaction Model c. Shannon-Weaver Model
b. Inventive Model d. Schramm Model
7. Which model is more interactive?
a. Transaction Model c. Shannon-Weaver Model
b. Inventive Model d. Schramm Model
8. Which function of communication is served when people’s feelings are being invoked?
a. information dissemination c. social interaction
b. control d. emotional expression
9. Which functions of communication is to convey information?
a. social interaction c. information dissemination
b. control d. motivation
10. Another function of communication that motivates or encourages people to live better
a. motivation c. social interaction
b. control d. emotional expression
11. One of the features of an effective communication that implies the use of simple and specific words to
express ideas.
a. consideration c. correctness
b. clearness d. courtesy
12. Barriers affect the flow of communication. Which of the following can be considered a barrier?
a. lack of confidence c. letter B only
b. noisy environment d. both A and B
13. It refers to an interaction in which words are used to relay a message?
a. verbal communication c. personal communication
b. nonverbal communication d. non-personal communication
II. Intercultural Communication
14. Which of the following best defines intercultural communication?
a. It happens when individuals negotiate, interact and create meanings while bringing in their varied cultural
backgrounds.
b. It is a competition among people set to make their cultures known.
c. It is an organized procedure where everyone speaks of his/her culture.
d. it happens when a specific culture is regarded as the best among the rest.
15. Which DMIS stage is shown in the statement, “People of different cultures are not really unique. They
are categorically the same.”
a. acceptance b. defense c. denial d. minimization
16. Which of the following cannot be considered a characteristics of a competent intercultural communicator?
a. sensitive b. open-minded c. polite d. idealistic
17. Which of the following statements best shows INTEGRATION as a DMIS stage?
a. “I hear you and I want to see how I can benefit from what you said.”
b. “I can see nothing new in what we all presented.”
c. “I don’t think your suggestions will work. They don’t serve any of our interest here.”
d. “Maybe I can make necessary adjustments in order to meet our objectives.”
18. Who created the DMIS?
a. Albert Einstein c. Dr. Ting-Toomey
b. Dr. Milton Bennett d. Gudykunst
19. Why he created DMIS?
a. To understand those who do not recognize other cultures.
b. To categorized yourself according to each stages.
c. To observe the cultural differences.
d. To avoid bias.
20. Which of the following was NOT to considerate when communicating to others?
a. Avoid Stereotypes. b. Challenge gender norms. c. Be sensitive. d. Be impolite.
From the word box below, select the biases in intercultural communication for each student. Write the letter only.
a. Age b. Social status c. Religions d. culture e. gender

21. “Japanese people are so rigid and stoic!”


22. “You won’t understand if I explain; you are too young.”
23. “Come! I’ll treat you. I bet you haven’t eat in an expensive resto.”
24. “My belief is the absolute truth. Other religions simply got it wrong.”
25. “Don’t buy those shades; only low-class people wear those.”
26. “All employees must wear personal identification before entering in this company.”
III. A.Type of Speech Context
27. Which of the following is NOT a speech context?
a. Mass Communication b. Dyad communication c. Long distance Communication
28. Which one is involved in intrapersonal communication?
a. One speaker b. Two speakers c. a small group d. a speaker and audiences
29. Type of Interpersonal communication that refers only two persons involved in communicating.
a. small group communication b. dyadic communication c. public communication
30. You offered feedback on the speech performance of your classmate. This is an example of what type of speech
context?
a. Intrapersonal b. Interpersonal c. public d. Mass
From the word box below, select what type of speech context is present in each statement. Write the letter only.
a. Intrapersonal b. Interpersonal c. Public d. Mass communication

31. A class valedictorian delivers her valedictory address to her batch.


32. You are participating in an organizational meeting which aims to address the concerns of your fellow students.
33. You spent the night thinking and analyzing why a student from the other class talked to you on the way home and
you decided it probably meant nothing.
34. A lady listens to her favorite song on the radio station.
35. You provided comfort to a friend who was feeling down.
36. Which of the following is an example of a frozen speech style?
a. Panatang Makabayan b. Opening Remarks c. The President’s SONA

37. Which of the following is NOT a speech context?


a. Mass Communication b. Dyad communication c. Long distance Communication
B. Types of speech Style
From the word box below, select what type of speech style is appropriate for each situations. Write the letter only.
a. Intimate b. Consultative c. Formal d. Frozen e. Casual

38. Talking to a counselor or psychiatrist


49. President Duterte has delivered his first State of the Nation Address to Filipinos nationwide
40. Having a one-on-one conversation with a loved one
41. Reading pledge of allegiance to the flag
42. Delivering an oratorical speech
43. Talking and laughing about memorable experiences.
C. Type of Speech Act
44. A type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition
a. assertive b. directive c. commissive d. expressive
45. Act of actual uttering
a. locutionary act b. illocutionary act c. perlocutionary act d. precautionary act

From the word box below, select what Searle’s Classification of Speech Act is present in each statement.
Write the letter only.
a. Assertive b. Directive c. Commissive d. Expressive e. Declaration

46. “From now on, I will participate in our group activity.”


47. “No one makes better pancakes than I do.”
48. “I am so sorry for not helping out in our group projects and letting you do all the work.”
49. “Please close the door.”
50. “I am planning to go in Parris tomorrow.”

GOD BLESS YOU!

Prepared by:

CELENIE N. UNILONGO
Substitute Subject Teacher
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Antique
BITADTON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
National Road, Bitadton, Culasi, Antique

SHS MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 11


ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the best answer.


I. Fundamentals of Reading Academic Text
1. These are personal researches written by a candidate for a college or university degree.
a. Theses/Dissertations b. conference paper c. receivers d. articles
2. This type of academic text offers results of research and development that can either impact the
academic community.
a. Theses/Dissertations b. conference paper c. articles d. receivers
3. These are papers presented in scholastic conferences, and may be revised as articles for possible
publication in scholarly journals.
a. reviews b. conference paper c. articles d. theses
4. These provide evaluation or reviews of works published in scholarly journals.
a. articles b. conference paper c. theses d. reviews
5. Which of the following is not an example of an academic text?
a. conference proceedings b. daily newspaper c. scholarly journal d. undergraduate theses
6. Which of the following best describes the content and style of an academic text?
a. use of author’s personal point of view c. use of non-standard English
b. use of credible and relevant sources d. use of outdated references
7. Which can be done before reading?
a. Comment on the author’s biases c. identify the author’s purpose for writing
b. reflect on what you learned d. underlining context clues
8. Which is best used during reading?
a. writing brief notes on the margin c. determining the author’s purpose
b. check the publication date for relevance d. writing a reaction paper
9. Which can be done after reading a text?
a. creating a concept map from the abstract c.discuss some parts with your teacher/classmates
b. predicting from a title of a text d. writing annotations
10. Which of the following are the stages of SQ3R reading strategy?
a. Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review c. Scan, Question, Reread, Review and Recite
b. Sight, Question, Read, Reread and Review d. Skim, Question, Review, Reread and Recite
11. The three stages of Critical Reading Strategies are:
a. Read, Review, Recall c. Before Reading, During Reading, and Review
b. Before Reading, During Reading, and After Reading d. Read, reread, and Recite
12. This method guides you in reading and understanding a text.
a. SQ3R Method b. KWL Method c. Critical Reading Strategy d. Reading Goals
13. Using KWL reading strategy, which of the following sample is correct:
a. Are women really more talkative than me?
It was shown that women have higher levels of this protein than men.
Women and men are on different levels of talkativeness.
b. FoxP2 protein is one of the genes associated with language.
What accounts for the difference in the frequency of language use between men and women?
There is a connection between language and gender.
c. Women and men are on different levels of talkativeness.
Are women really more talkative than me?
It was shown that women have higher levels of this protein than men.
d. What accounts for the difference in the frequency of language use between men and women?
FoxP2 protein is one of the genes associated with language.
There is a connection between language and gender.

14. Reading Academic text requires______________


a. strategies to be employed c. key arguments presented by author
b. annotating of text d. focus and understanding
15. Academic text are typically ________________
a. formal b. outdated c. humorous d. specific
16. Which one does NOT describe a thesis statement?
a. It is stated in a question form. c. It provides the summary of the text.
b. It predicts the content of the paper. d. It tells the readers the purpose of the paper.
17. It presents or describes the point of an essay.
a. academic text b. annotating c. thesis statement d. topic sentence
18. Which of the following is TRUE in locating the topic sentence?
a. The main idea is always stated in the first paragraph.
b. The main idea can be located in the beginning, middle or last part of a paragraph.
c. The author must end the paragraph with a topic sentence.
d. The topic sentence was written in an interrogative form at the middle of the paragraph.
19. The following are signal phrases in identifying thesis statement except:
a. “This study examined…” c. “In other cases, in this paper you may also check the conclusion…”
b. “This paper begins with…” d. “This study, therefore, aims to…”
20. The following are strategies in locating the thesis statement of the text except:
a. Identify the purpose of the paragraph.
b. Read the title of the text and make inferences on its purpose.
c. If the text has no abstract or executive summary, read the first few paragraph as the thesis
statement is usually located there.
d. In other cases. You may also check the conclusion where the authors sum up and review their
main points.
21. Which of the following is the first strategy in locating the topic sentence?
a. Identify the purpose of the paragraph.
b. Read the first sentence of the paragraph to identify what they describe.
c. Observe the writing style.
d. Check the conclusion where authors sum up and review their main points.
22. The thesis of a text is in question form.
a. true b. False c. Both A and B d. None of the choices
23. By observing the writing style of the author, you can determine the location of the topic sentence.
a. true b. False c. Both A and B d. None of the choices

B. Directions: Read each of the following texts and locate the main idea. Write the letter of the best answer.
24. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is the agency responsible for human
development concerns such as the provision of social services. For instance, DSWD is implementing the
Supplementary Feeding Program (SPF) nationwide. This is in addition to the regular meals served to Day
Care Center children as part of DSWD’s program to ensure that day care children are well-nourished as
they attend classes.

a. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is the agency responsible for
human
development concerns such as the provision of social services.
b. For instance, DSWD is implementing the Supplementary Feeding Program (SPF) nationwide.
c. This is in addition to the regular meals served to Day Care Center children as part of DSWD’s
program to ensure that day care children are well-nourished as they attend classes.
d. None of the above.

25. Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) plays a crucial role in ensuring that children are taught
the skills and knowledge essentials in building a learner’s interest to acquire education in life. Recognizing
the benefits of ECCD to a person’s well-being and country, RA No. 8980 or the ECCD Act was legislated to
institutionalize a national ECCD system. Through the ECCD ACT, a comprehensive, integrative and
sustainable ECCD framework of the country was developed. This ECCD Act promotes multisectoral and
inter-agency collaboration under the coordination of national ECCD Council.
a. Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) plays a crucial role in ensuring that children are
taught the skills and knowledge essentials in building a learner’s interest to acquire education in
life.
b. Recognizing the benefits of ECCD to a person’s well-being and country, RA No. 8980 or the ECCD
Act was legislated to institutionalize a national ECCD system.
c. Through the ECCD ACT, a comprehensive, integrative and sustainable ECCD framework of the
country was developed.
d. This ECCD Act promotes multisectoral and inter-agency collaboration under the coordination of
national ECCD Council.

26. There is a challenge posted to higher education. That is to attune its present educational goals,
objectives, and mission-vision to the demands of a globalized world. Consequently, institutions especially
in the developing countries have started to reconstruct their global dynamics of knowledge production
through establishing linkages among institutions across nations. Exploratory in nature, this paper aims to
examine the key concepts on IHE. Specifically, this paper reviews articles which will shed light on the
significant ideas, and proposes a preliminary framework for IFE in the Philippines.

a. There is a challenge posted to higher education


b. That is to attune its present educational goals, objectives, and mission-vision to the demands of
a globalized world.
c. Consequently, institutions especially in the developing countries have started to reconstruct their
global dynamics of knowledge production through establishing linkages among institutions
across nations.
d. This paper reviews articles which will shed light on the significant ideas, and proposes a
preliminary framework for IFE in the Philippines.

27. Teaching English for specific purposes is sometimes quite a daunting challenge for most of the teachers
despite their personal motivation, expertise and availability of the best resources. With the rapid
encroachment of digital technology in all fields of academic teaching and learning, it becomes all the more
incumbent for educators to have effective strategies to exploit the ubiquitous digital platform to have
better results. Considering the paramount influence of this digital platforms and social media, this study
aims at exploring the potent effect of Facebook as one of the pervasive digital platforms to teach ESP to
Saudi students at the University level. The experiment established several findings of interest which led to
the conclusion that ubiquitous digital platforms have a revelatory potential to ameliorate academic and
professional learning.

a. Teaching English for specific purposes is sometimes quite a daunting challenge for most of the
teachers despite their personal motivation, expertise and availability of the best resources.\
b. It becomes all the more incumbent for educators to have effective strategies to exploit the
ubiquitous digital platform to have better results.
c. This study aims at exploring the potent effect of Facebook as one of the pervasive digital
platforms to teach ESP to Saudi students at the University level.
d. The experiment established several findings of interest which led to the conclusion that
ubiquitous digital platforms have a revelatory potential to ameliorate academic and
professional learning.
28. This study examines the viewpoints of Macau and Singapore residents on the development of casino
gambling and the social, economic, and environmental impacts that are thought to arise. It also assesses
whether differences exist between socio-demographic groupings. The sample comprised 416 respondents
from Macau and 409 from Singapore. An analysis using primarily descriptive statistics indicated both
subsamples had similar viewpoints although Macau residents have higher scores pertaining to the
consequences of gambling. It is suggested that the differences arise due to the greater exposure of Macau
residents to the influences of casino development.
a. This study examines the viewpoints of Macau and Singapore residents on the development of
casino gambling and the social, economic, and environmental impacts that are thought to arise.
b. It also assesses whether differences exist between socio-demographic groupings.
c. The sample comprised 416 respondents from Macau and 409 from Singapore.
d. It is suggested that the differences arise due to the greater exposure of Macau residents to the
influences of casino development.
29. This paper considers the nature of professional learning arising through the processes of carrying out
action research in professional organizations. It suggests that communicative space opened up outside of
the professional context can lead to unanticipated professional learning. Such learning could be
considered transformative in the way it leads professional learning. Such learning could be considered
transformative in the way it leads professionals to reframe their understanding of the dilemma arising
from doing action research. To illustrate this, two cases are presented to show the pivotal role university
tutors can play not in the way they create and maintain communicative space but also in the way they
purposefully employ strategies to interrupt and challenge viewpoints, assumptions, and practices held by
professionals doing action research, enabling professional learning to become transformative.
a. To illustrate this, two cases are presented to show the pivotal role university tutors can play not
in the way they create and maintain communicative space but also in the way they purposefully
employ strategies to interrupt and challenge viewpoints, assumptions, and practices held by
professionals doing action research, enabling professional learning to become transformative.
b. Such learning could be considered transformative in the way it leads professional learning.
c. Such learning could be considered transformative in the way it leads professionals to reframe
their understanding of the dilemma arising from doing action research.
d. This paper considers the nature of professional learning arising through the processes of carrying
out action research in professional organizations.
30. There are many types of lethal venom in the animal kingdom, but perhaps no stranger carrier than the
platypus. The platypus is one of few venomous mammals. Males carry a venom cocktail in their ankle spurs
that incapacitates victims with excruciating pain. Stranger still, the platypus is the only mammal that uses
electroreception. What this means is that the platypus uses its bill to sense the electricity produced by the
muscular movements of its prey. The platypus neither sees, hears, nor smells its prey while hunting but,
rather pursues it through electroreception. Perhaps most odd, the platypus is the only mammal that lay
eggs rather than giving birth to live young. The platypus is an odd creature indeed.
a. The platypus is one of few venomous mammals.
b. The platypus is the only mammal that lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young.
c. The platypus is an odd creature indeed.
d. The platypus neither sees, hears, nor smells its prey while hunting but, rather pursues it through
electro reception.

III. A. Evaluating Sources


30. Kind of sources which are original and first-hand information.
a. primary sources b. secondary sources c. tertiary sources d. none
31. Biographies, article reviews and research are example of what kind of sources?
a. primary sources b. secondary sources c. tertiary sources d. none
32. Which of the following is not a criterion in evaluating sources?
a. relevance of the sources b. authority c. title d. currency
33. A criteria in evaluating sources which refers to the author’s credentials and history/ background?
a. currency b. authority c. accuracy d. locating sources
34. The date of the publication of the sources when making a research about science should be at most
_________.
a. few decades b. outdated c. five years earlier d. 20 years
35. The following ideas are must be followed when locating the electronic sources except:
a. Avoid using blogs or personal homepage.
b. Avoid using any wiki sites such as Wikipedia, Wikiqoutes and Wiktionary.
c. In academic writings, reputable sites are those with .edu, .gov, .net, and .org in URL.
d. Using colloquial words and contracted words are acceptable in English formal writing.
36. Which of the following is an unacceptable source for an essay on English language tourism in the
Philippines?
a. Crystal, D. (2003). English as a global language, NY: Cambridge University Press.
b. Nunan, D. (2013). The impact of English as global language of educational policies in the Asia
Pacific region.TESOL Quarterly, 37 (4) 589-613.
c. Breaking the Language Barrier in Tourism (19July2015). The Philippine Star. Retrieved from
http://www.philstar.com/travel-and-tourism/2015/07/19/1478384/breaking-language-barrier
tourism.
d. Hutchinson, T&waters, A. (1987). English for specific purposes: A learning-centered approach.
UK:Cambridge University Press.
37. The following can be useful in evaluating the validity of your sources, EXCEPT
a. Determining the reliability indicator through citations in a reputable journal
b. Determining the reliability indicator through links from a credible site
c. Determining the reliability indicator through teacher recommendation
d. Determining the reliability indicator through classmates

B. Directions: Read the following and identify on which criteria in evaluating web document was referred in
each statement. Choose the letters only inside the box.
a. accuracy b. authority c. currency d. objectivity e. coverage

38. If you can view the information properly- not limited to fees, browser technology, or software
requirement
39. If your page lists the author’s credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net)
40. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting
him/her
41. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the
Information
42. If your page is current and updated regularly and the links are also up-to-date

IV. Citing Sources. Direction: Read and choose the letter of the correct answer.
43. Which of the following is not common among all types of citation among all types of citation style
guide?
a. content b. Format c. Purpose d. Use of Mechanics
44. What makes in-text citation and reference citation similar?
a. content b. format c. purpose d. style
45. AMA style is required for Health Science student majors. 1,2
The citation above is an example of:
a. IEEE b. AMA c. Chicago d. APA
46. Which of the following is a purpose of citing sources?
a. To help your target audience identify your original source.
b. To give credit to the original author of a work.
c. To promote scholarly writing.
d. All of the above.
47. Forms of citation that requires the writer to cite the details of the reference used in a certain part of
his/her essay.
a. In-text citation b. APA style c. Reference citation d. AMA Style
48. The following discipline is in APA style except:
a. Business b. Economics c. Psychology d. Engineering
49. Forms of citation that refers to the complete bibliographic entries of all references used by the writer.
a. In-text citation b. APA style c. Reference citation d. AMA Style
50. Which of the following does not belong in the style guides?
a. APA b. NPA c. MLA d. IEEE

GOD BLESS YOU!

Prepared by:

CELENIE N. UNILONGO
Substitute Subject Teacher
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Antique
BITADTON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
National Road, Bitadton, Culasi, Antique

SHS MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 12


CREATIVE WRITING

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the best answer.


I. CREATIVE WRITING
1. A process through which we discover the objects that exist in the world around us.
a. perception b. remembering c. sensory d. selecting
2. Which of the following are NOT included in the three-stage process?
a. sensory stage b. perceptual stage c. classification stage d. creativity stage
3. Which of the following stages identified and analyzes the features (size, shape, material, etc.) of the
object?
a. sensory stage b. perceptual stage c. classification stage d. creativity stage
4. A visual memory is said to last half a second
a. echo b. icon c. image d. whisper
5. An auditory memory lasts several seconds
a. echo b. icon c. image d. whisper
6. Which of the following systems of memory that preserves impressions of sight, sound, smell, taste and
texture for one to two seconds?
a. Short-term memory b. Long-term memory c. sensory memory d. selecting memory
7. Another systems of memory that consists of recollections of what we have perceived recently. It last up
to 20 seconds only.
a. Short-term memory b. Long-term memory c. sensory memory d. selecting memory
8. This classification of memory preserves information or datum for a long time such that we can recall or
retrieved it easily.
a. Short-term memory b. Long-term memory c. sensory memory d. selecting memory
9. Dictates what object or item of information takes priority when perceived with other objects or items of
information.
a. remembering b. perceiving c. perceptual d. selectivity
10. One of the stage which the object is categorized according to features which make it similar to or
different from other objects
a. sensory stage b. perceptual stage c. classification stage d. creativity stage
11. The following are the classification of systems memory EXCEPT:
a. Short-term memory b. Long-term memory c. sensory memory d.perceptual memory

II.A. Sensory Details. Read the following lines and recognize the sensory detail used on the underlined
word/phrase.
a. sight b. taste c. sound d. feel e. smell
12. Spiders have terrible beauty.
13. Their hairy abdomens look sensuously soft to touch.
14. Two bamboo poles on each end, clapping them together, and then apart.
15. A hush falls on the world.
16. Siling Tagalog is long, green and pointed while siling labuyo is small, fat and hot.
B. Elements of Arts Terms
17. This refers to what the topic of an oral or written work.
a. medium b. subject c. perspective d. form
18. This refers to the linear or aerial distance or depth in the fine arts; in literature it refers to viewpoint.
a. medium b. subject c. perspective d. form
19. In literature it refers to the synthesis of content and design.
a. form b. style c. line d. color
20. It is the product of the artist’s temperament, outlook in life, training.
a. form b. line c. color d. style
21. In the performing arts, it could be the body as in dance and ballet, and words in written form.
a. medium b. style c. form d. subject
22. It defines shape and associated with certain feelings and ideas.
a. color b. line c. texture d. subject
23. The recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds of having a regular rise and fall in intensity.
a. harmony b. tone c. rhythm d. style
24. The combination of different musical notes played or sung at the same time to produce a pleasing
sound.
a. harmony b. line c. rhythm d. tone

B. KINDS OF LINES. DIRECTION: Read sentence and identify what kind of lines it present or express from the
underlined word.
a. vertical line b. horizontal line c. diagonal line d. curve line

25. What an exhausted day! I need to take a rest.


26. Like trees, I need to be strong in facing such burden in my life.
27. My heart beats sounds louder as I felt the excitement, knowing that my father is coming home.
28. Rico’s life became dark and has no direction since his both parents died.
C. FEELING OR EMOTION OF THE COLOR
Read the following ideas and identify the COLOR to be used.
29. death
a. yellow b. green c. black d. red
30. love
a. blue b. red c. orange d. white
31. richness of life
a. violet b. blue c. green d. orange
D. Kinds of Texture. Read the following statement and identify what kind of texture is referred.
32. It refers to the way objects feel to the touch.
a. line b. texture c. color d. shape
33. Kinds of texture which is real and combination of how it looks and feels.
a. actual b. simulated c. abstract d. Invented
34. Does not directly represent the object it is connected with but the concept is translated in textual
patterns.
a. actual b. simulated c. abstract d. Invented

III. A. Figure of Speech. Read the following lines and name the figure of speech and imagery present in the
text.
a. oxymoron b. hyperbole c. irony d. metaphor e. simile

35. His classmates laughed at him, saying he had a pea-sized brain.


36. It is going to be clear skies from now on.
37. There was a love-hate relationship between the two neighboring state.
38. At exam time, the high school student was as busy as a bee.
39.The student was given “excellent” on getting zero in the exam.
B. Thinking Skills and Abilities. Choose the letter of the best answer
40. Your friend offered you a free stick of marijuana.

What will be your best action in response to the situation above?


a. Accept the marijuana and start using it.
b. Ignore your friend and tell everyone that he/she is a user and pusher.
c. Ignore your friend’s offer and advise him/her the disadvantages of marijuana.
d. Accept it and offer to other friends.
41. From the situation above, what will be the consequence of your chosen action?
a. You will become wild, harmful and crazy.
b. Your friend will get caught and put in jail.
c. Your friend will analyze what you said and start to stop using the marijuana.
d. You and your friends will become addicted on the marijuana.
42. It is a technique for producing as many ideas as possible.
a. brainstorming b. creative imagination c. literary imagination d. webbing
43. This refers to the mental process which organizes ideas according to their relationship to each other.
a. consequences b. webbing c. problem-solving d. brainstorming
44. The result or outcome of every action or decision.
a. consequences b. webbing c. problem-solving d. brainstorming
45. The ability to put oneself in another’s place or feel the emotions of another person.
a. consequences b. webbing c. brainstorming d. empathy
IV. Verb Vocabulary. Choose the letter of the best answer.
46. The following are verb vocabularies used by animals to emit sound except:
a. purr b. neigh c. bang d. buzz
47. Which of the following verb vocabularies created by the things to produce sound?
a. sigh b. creak c. bray d. wink
48. What verb vocabularies used when people move from one place to another?
a. hop b. smile c. roar d. whisper
49. What people do to emit sounds?
a. swish b. sigh c. bark d. roll
50. What people do to communicate silently?
a. crawl b. tick c. scream d. raise eyebrows

GOD BLESS YOU!

Prepared by:

CELENIE N. UNILONGO
Substitute Subject Teacher
SHS MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 12
CREATIVE WRITING

ANSWER KEY

1. A 26.A
2. D 27.C
3. A 28.D
4. B 29.C
5. A 30.B
6. C 31.A
7. A 32.B
8. B 33.A
9. D 34.C
10.C 35.B
11.D 36.D
12.A 37.A
13.D 38.E
14.C 39.C
15.C 40.C
16.B 41.C
17.B 42.A
18.C 43.B
19.A 44.A
20.D 45.D
21.A 46.C
22.B 47.B
23.C 48.A
24.A 49.B
25.B 50.D

Prepared by:

CELENIE N. UNILONGO
Substitute Subject Teacher
SHS MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 11
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

ANSWER KEY

1. A 38.E
2. C 39.B
3. B 40.A
4. D 41.D
5. B 42.C
6. B 43.B
7. C 44.C
8. A 45.B
9. C 46.D
10.A 47.A
11.B 48.D
12.B 49.C
13.C 50.B
14.D
15.A
16.A
17.C
18.B Prepared by:
19.C
CELENIE N. UNILONGO
20.A
Substitute Subject Teacher
21.B
22.B
23.A
24.A
25.B

26.D
27.C
28.A
29.D
30.C
31.B
32.C
33.B
34.C
35.D
36.D
37.D
SHS MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 11
ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT

ANSWER KEY

1. C
2. D 26.E
3. C 27.C
4. A 28.A
5. B 29.B
6. C 30.B
7. A 31.C
8. D 32.B
9. C 33.A
10.A 34.D
11.B 35.B
12.D 36.A
13.A 37.C
14.A 38.B
15.D 39.C
16.D 40.A
17.A 41.D
18.B 42.C
19.A 43.E
20.D 44.A
21.C 45.A
22.A 46.C
23.B 47.A
24.C 48.D
25.B 49.B
50.C

Prepared by:

CELENIE N. UNILONGO
Substitute Subject Teacher

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