Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Bacolod City
Division Assessment of
Learning Quarter 2 –
English for Academic
and Professional
Purposes

General Directions: Each item has four (4) choices. Shade the letter of the correct answer on your
answer sheet.
(For Nos. 1-5) Read the text below. Choose from
the box the letter that corresponds to your
answer. Shade the letter of your answer,
Accomplishment Report 2021 A. Good Governance Upheld
B. Highest Standard of Capability &
(1) The Department is committed to the Preparedness on Disasters Attained
protection of the territories of the Philippines and C. Internal Stability
the exercise of our sovereignty, as supported by D. Operations in Support of Global Peace &
the implementation of the Revised AFP Security Improved & Sustained
Modernization Program (RAFPMP), which aims
to provide scaffold to the country’s Self-Reliant
Defense Posture (SRDP) Program while
continuously upgrading the capabilities of the 1. Which subheading suggests the
Armed Forces. department’s accomplishment in paragraph
4?
(2) The Department is dedicated to the
preservation of peace and stability in the country 2. Which subheading suggests the department’s
as it continuously encourages Filipinos who have accomplishment in paragraph 2?
forsaken the rule of law, through Enhanced
Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E- 3. Which subheading suggests the department’s
CLIP), which holistically supports the needs of accomplishment in paragraph 5?
former rebels who seek to be reintegrated to the 4. Which among the four accomplishments
mainstream society. would alleviate casualties during calamities?
5. Which subheading suggests the
(3) As the country is located in the Pacific Ring of
department’s accomplishment in paragraph
Fire— an area vulnerable to natural disasters,
3?
the Department continuously upgrades its
disaster risk and management programs, (For Nos. 6-9) Choose the letter that
capacitate the civilian and uniformed personnel corresponds to your answer.
for humanitarian assistance, and acquire
material that can be utilized during humanitarian
efforts and disaster response. 6. Which of the following advanced forms of
writing usually range in length from 250-270
4) As part of the commitment of the Philippines words?
to the pursuit of peace and global security, the A. Business, Scientific, Technical
Department shall continue fostering good B. Critique, Reaction Paper, Review
relations with its allies and establish good C. Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive
relations with potential partners who share the D. Diary, Narrative, Poetic
same goal of a peaceful Indo-Pacific and the
world. 7. How do reviewers verify their comments?
((5) The DND shares the responsibility of A. They decline ideas, beliefs, and
upholding a government free of graft and assumption.
corruption that is responsive to the demands of B. They present a direct response to an article.
the citizenry by providing efficient and quick C. They rely on mere opinions or judgments.
services to the people while maintaining integrity, D. They use both proofs and logical reasoning.
accountability, transparency, and efficiency.
(Department of National Defense: Accomplishment Report 2021)

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8. What is the main idea presented by the critical 11. What is the point of the underlined
approaches in writing a critique? sentence in the passage about Lucio?
A. To evaluate somebody’s work to increase the A. It is about being in love with himself.
reader’s understanding B. It is about how powerful love can be.
B. To have an interaction between the reader and the C. It is about love and determination.
text in creating meaning D. It is about the feeling of love and
C. To resolve contradictions within the work and to happiness.
justify the reviewer’s comments
D. To understand the meaning of the text presented 12. What does Lucio paint on Canvas based
by the author on the excerpt?
A. beautiful nature C. skillful youth
9. Which statement reinforces learning on how to B. famous people D. wonderful life
write a reaction paper?
A. Claims cannot be separated from the 13. What does Lucio value in life as stated in
understanding of the work. the excerpt?
B. Examine whether the findings are supported by A. valuing time C. reading book
personal beliefs and background experiences. B. enjoying life D. painting on canvas
C. Relate the content to personal point of view and to
the work of others. (For Nos. 14-16) Study the outline. Choose the
D. Views must be based on facts and written in an letter that corresponds to you answer.
appropriate language and approach.
I. Types of measurement
CHILD OF SORROW A. Volume
By: Zoilo Galang 1.Quarts
2.Pints
What things are more attractive and pleasing 3.Gallons
to youth than colored life, easy and beautiful life - full
B. Length
of rosy dreams and sweet imagining! Truly youth is the
1. Miles
time when the mind loves to dwell in painting air
castles in a maze of wonders, picturing himself 2.Feet
surrounded by greatness and honor-and thinking of a 3.Inches
nymph or a muse to grace the whole existence of his II. Types of Money
life and thus make him happy and glorious, from A. United States
thence and forever. Lucio was one of those who 1. Pesos
painted brilliant lives on the nice canvas of memory, 2. Cents
and one of those who wanted to make true at the B. Other Countries
same time what he sketched on canvas as well as in 1. Lira
words. At heart he was romantic, but in soul he was 2. Yen
ambitious. For he thought of life, even when as a child, 3. Francs
seriously, for ever since he knew the value of time, he
kept on pegging day in and day out in reading 14. In the outline, which is the most important
whatever book came into his hands, and thus at this idea?
time of writing he had been able to gather a lot of A. Types of money
invaluable knowledge-science, art, and literature. B. Types of measurement
SOURCE: https://newsbytes.ph/2019/01/28/public-domain-works-you-
can-freely-use-without-permission-2/ C. United States
D. Types of money and Types of
measurement

15. If you had to add the word "meters" to the

10. What idea about youth is explicitly expressed in outline, where would it go?
the passage? A. as number 4 under B - "Other Countries"
A. Youth enjoys the beautiful things and comfortable B. as number 4 under B - "Length"
life. C. as number 3 under A - "United States"
B. Youth has a creative and artistic imagination. D. as C under II-"Types of Money"
C. Youth artistry is an intellectual gift which is
incomparable.
D. Youth imagination is connected to manifesting
success and happiness.

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16. In the outline, which item is in the wrong place?
A. Feet C. Pints
B. Pesos D. Yen
17. Juan is writing a story about native birds in the
Philippines. Which fact for outlining idea doesn’t
belong?
A. The number of colors on the male Cardinal
B. Flamingos get their color from eating shrimp
C. How many species are there of the Hawk
Eagle?
D. How many Indigenous birds in the
Philippines?
18. Pedro is writing an essay on the features of
the ocean floor. Which idea doesn't belong in his
essay?
A. The ocean floor is a very interesting part of
Earth
B. Volcanoes can spew hot lava everywhere
C. There are many parts to the ocean floor
D. Flat Plains is one of the various features of
ocean floor
19. How will you define outlining?
A. It is the tool we use in the writing process to
help organize our ideas, visualize our paper's
potential structure, and to further flesh out and
develop points
B. It expresses the most important facts or ideas
about something or someone in a short and
clear form.
C. It expresses the meaning of the writer or
speaker using different words especially to
achieve greater clarity.
D. It is the activity or skill of marking coherent
words on paper and composing text.
WE MAKE CHANGE FOR WOMEN
Baguio City – Presidential Proclamation No. 227
Series of 1988 declares the observance of the Month of
March as Women’s Role in History Month and Republic
Act No. 6949 Series of 1990 declares March 8 of every
year as National Women’s Day which aims to give
recognition to the contributions of Filipino women in our
society. The National Women’s Month Celebration every
March is part of the worldwide observance of the
International Women’s Day (IWD).
This year’s theme, “We Make Change Work for
Women” will be used from 2017 -2022. It highlights the
empowerment of women as active contributors to and
claimholders of development. This pursuit of
development is also anchored on the commitment of
“Malasakit at Pagbabago” or True Compassion and Real
Change.
The elements of the theme “We Make Change
Work for Women”, is defined for us to easily understand.
WE stands for Women’ Empowerment – empowering
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women enables them to confidently and
meaningfully engage with appropriate institutions
to ensure that they contribute to and benefit from
development and changes. Thus, women’s
empowerment will make the change that we are
espousing or any development effort responsive of
women’s concerns.
Make Change Work is simply MCW which
refers to the Magna Carta of Women – making
change work for women necessitates
strengthening the implementation of the MCW at
all levels. It means putting in place functional
mechanisms as well as implementing and making
known to citizens, programs and services that
address strategic gender needs of women.
SOURCE:https://car.dole.gov.ph/news/we-make-change-work-for-women/
20. What is the author’s point of view in the
third paragraph?
A. First-person point of view
B. Second-person point of view
C. Third-person point of view
D. Fourth-person point of view
21. In the second paragraph, what is the
theme trying to highlight?
A. Women as significant part of the business
industry.
B. How women are empowered to become part
of nation building and development.
C. Women as a symbol of compassion and
change.
D. How society is acknowledging women’s
rights.
22. If you were to critique the passage, which
approach would you use?
A. Formalist Criticism C. Historical Criticism
B. Gender Criticism D. Media Criticism
23. What does the third paragraph imply
about women’s lives now?
A. Significant milestones happen when men
and women work together for nation
building.
B. Women are strong to overcome adversities
despite the changes that happen in the
society.
C. The society today has become open to
women and offered opportunities where
women can excel.
D. Women nowadays have become
competitive and do what most men do.
(For Nos. 24-29) Complete the outline. Choose the 26. Which of the following ideas would best
letter that corresponds to your answer. complete III. A?
A. Collections
The English Lab, housed in the Administration B. Discussions
building, consists of two adjoining rooms which contain C. Foundation
70 Macintosh computers and 2 laser printers. In addition D. Interpretations
to a server which allows instructors to make
assignments and materials available over the Internet 27. Which of the following ideas would best
and to the local intranet, each computer in the lab complete I.?
contains a word processor, a web browser, telnet and A. Emotional growth
hundreds of commercial and teacher-authored B. Financial growth
programs appropriate for students who are building their C. Physical growth
English skills. There are also 3 video stations, and a D. Spiritual growth
terminal to the college VAX machine which is used for
record-keeping. 28. Which of the following ideas would best
complete I.1?
I. English Lab A. Financial program
A. Physical Plant B. Godly program
1. in Administration building C. Health program
D. Intramural program
2.
B. Resources 29. What is a topic outline?
1. A. Type of an outline that uses paragraph as
2. video stations an entry.
B. Type of an outline that uses words and
24. Which of the following ideas would best phrases as entries.
complete B. Resources 1.? C. Type of an outline that uses complete
A. Computers sentence as an entry.
B. Internet D. Type of an outline that uses essay as an
C. Phone entry.
D. X-ray
(For Nos. 30-37) Read the text. Choose the
letter that corresponds to your answer.
25. Which of the following ideas would best
complete A. Physical Plant 2.?
Resilience of Filipino Teachers
A. Classroom (Excerpt)
B. Three opposite rooms
Genine S. Torres
C. Board room
D. Two adjoining rooms
The pandemic struck at a time when we
I. least expected it and it has ultimately forged a
A. Open recreation center reality that is far different from our imagined
1. futures. The presence of Covid-19 in the
2. Intercollegiate sports programs Philippines brought with it many unforeseen
3. Campus sponsored events challenges for various sectors in our economy.
B. Laboratories Sharp economic decline, instant job losses, and
1. Classroom experiences large-scale outbreak– these are the words that
2. Out-of-class experiences are quickly becoming our new normal. Although it
II. Social growth is true that only uncertainty is certain at this point,
A. Formal social structure a significant thought dawned on me– the virus
1. Greek organizations threat served as a rite of passage, which has
2. Clubs in major field significantly fast-tracked vital shifts in
B. Informal social structure technological integration in the field of education.
1. Dorm contacts
2. Class contacts With only a month before the end of
III. Intellectual growth classes, I remember teachers being livid back in
A. March about the announcement relating to the
B. Lectures Luzon-wide lockdown restrictions. The initial
C. Guest speakers question on their mind is how they can establish
new ways to deliver lessons and ensure that the

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students are still engaged and meeting the required
competencies. More importantly, teachers were forced
to face a choice between e-teaching and traditional
teaching, which also highlighted a stark divide: younger
teachers embraced online technologies while seasoned
teachers focused on supplementing traditional activity
sheets. I firmly believe that it was at this moment when
the Department of Education realized that it was
essential for the schools to adopt the idea of moving
from a culture of teaching to a culture of learning. With
this in mind, desperate measures were put into action.
30. How did the author highlight the effect of COVID-
19 pandemic to the economy?
A. The author used idiomatic expressions to highlight
the decline in the economy.
B. The author used specific terms such as instant job
losses, and large-scale outbreak to emphasize
economic decline.
C. The author stated facts through statistical data to
support it.
D. The author highlighted the sudden change in
trading system caused by the pandemic.
31. What did the term “New Normal” mean in the first
paragraph of the passage?
A. An unusual situation that suddenly became normal
because of the Pandemic.
B. The turning point of the Economy brought about by
the health crisis.
C. A government program that was initiated to provide
seminars to help alleviate the effect of COVID-19.
D. The new ways that people do to survive daily amidst
the pandemic.
32. If you were to critique the passage, which
approach would you use?
A. Formalist Criticism C. Historical Criticism
B. Gender Criticism D. Marxist Criticism
33. As a grade 11 Filipino student, how would you
prove that the implementation of e-teaching is
effective for the educational system?
A. E-teaching in the learning process promotes
distance education.
B. Students’ learning methods are more traditional
and personalized.
C. Students can independently select a learning
content without teacher’s assistance.
D. Students would be able to attend classes at their
most convenient time.
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34. What facts based on the article review
would you select to show the impact of
Covid -19 crisis on Education?
A. Lockdowns have interrupted conventional
schooling with school closure.
B. Educational community has made
concerted efforts to maintain learning
continuity.
C. Students have to rely more on their own
resources to continue learning remotely.
D. The crisis has exposed many inadequacies
in our education system.
35. What was the biggest challenge involved
in the field of education during the Covid-
19 outbreak?
A. Teachers are forced to face a choice
between e-teaching and traditional
teaching.
B. Teachers should establish new ways to
deliver lessons.
C. Students should take part and meet the
required skills.
D. Schools to adopt the idea of culture of
learning from a culture of teaching.
36. How did schools apply the Culture of
Learning during the pandemic?
A. Encourage students to interact and get
involve.
B. Help teachers establish new ways to deliver
lessons.
C. Inspire both teachers and students to keep
adapting and innovating.
D. Choose wisely between e-teaching and
traditional teaching.
37. What is the most important lesson the
Covid-19 has taught us about education?
A. Traditional teaching makes the students
learn better.
B. Schools are not just place of learning but
place of safety and security.
C. Education is not about learning to teach but
it’s about teaching to learn.
D. E-teaching is more effective than traditional
teaching.
(For Nos. 38-40) Choose the letter that
corresponds to your answer from the boxes.
A. Poe "appears to have made no effort to
ingratiate himself with the young aristocracy"
although he had the opportunity to start a life of
affluence and leave his history of poverty behind
him.
B. The social and historical settings of The Great
Gatsby as well as the specifics of Fitzgerald's life
are disregarded in favor of the book's word
structure.
C. CNN has been accused of having a liberal bias,
while FOX News has received harsh criticism for
its conservative slant.
D. We tell women to never walk alone at night, and
to watch what they say out of concern for crimes
while pardoning men's verbal offenses or putting
up with their violent behavior because "boys will
be boys."
38. Which of the statements uses Marxist Criticism
approach?
39. Which of the statements uses Gender Criticism
approach?
40. Which of the statements uses Media Criticism
approach?
(For Nos. 41-43) Choose the letter that
corresponds to your answer from the box.
A. Feminism C. Media Criticism
B. Formalism D. Reader-response
41. Which critical approach focuses on the
objective evaluation of the text, identifying its
underlying form?
42. Which critical approach focuses on each
reader's personal reaction, and interpretation of the
text's meaning?
43. Which critical approach focuses on
understanding ways gender roles are reflected or
contradicted by texts?
44. Why should we cite specific sources?
A. It makes the reaction paper reliable.
B. It makes the paper more substantial.
C. It is an additional creative part of the paper.
D. It can attract many readers to read your paper.
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45. Which critical approach in writing a
critique conceives that the key to
understanding a text is through the text itself?
A. Ecocriticism C. Formalism
B. Feminism D. Structuralism
46. Which critical approach in writing a
critique explains how our culture views men
as superior and women as inferior?
A. Ecocriticism C. Formalism
B. Feminism D. Structuralism
47. How do feminists view men according to
the concept of Feminism?
A. Men as decision-maker
B. Men as heroes
C. Men as leaders
D. Men as superior
48. What is the focus of Feminist Approach in
writing a critique?
A. Focuses on how literature presents women
as socially, politically, psychologically, and
economically independent.
B. Focuses on how literature presents women
as subjects of socio-political,
psychological, and economic oppression.
C. Focuses on how literature presents women
overpowering the patriarchal ideology.
D. Focuses on how literature presents women
possessing their freedom of expression in
the society.
49. What is the idea presented in Formalism’s
Critical Approach to understanding a text?
A. Any other external contexts are not
necessary in interpreting the meaning.
B. Central passage sums up a part of the text
and shows unity in the work.
C. Literary works contain intrinsic properties
are similar work of art.
D. The use of imagery to develop the symbols
should not be used in the work.
50. How would you summarize the entirety of
the work based on the Formalism Critical
Approach in writing a critique?
A. Contribute symbolism in the work
B. Show complexity of the form
C. Use imagery and poetry in the work
D. Write the central passage of the work
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