Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X
Division of Misamis Oriental
CABALANTIAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Cabalantian, Manticao, Misamis Oriental

FIRST QUARTER EXAM

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
Name:__________________________ Date:___________
Year & Section: ___________________ Score: ___________

I. TRUE OR FALSE
Directions: Write T if the statement is correct and F if it is wrong. Write your answer in the space provided
before the number.

____________1. Formality in academic writing requires precision to make a legitimate piece of writing.
____________2. The use of personal pronouns such as I, you, and we are acceptable in academic
writing.
____________3. The conclusion is the section that summarizes the main points of the essay.
____________4. A summary is a condensed form of a text which is usually half of the original material.
____________5. To introduce a topic in an essay, the writer must be able to explain its details.
____________6. Writing is a form of communication that is shaped by the following factors: topic, role, and
audience.
_____________7. A research paper contains background of the study, body and recommendations.
_____________8. Contractions are a shortened form of a word.
_____________9. ‘Information on the internet is ‘free’. Anyone can use it without having to reference it.’
_____________10. Formal language is used when writing a text message.

II. Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the letter that best answers the given question. Box the letter of your answer.

11. What does it mean to write academically?

a. To write in order to pass final exams.
b. To write paper for scholars
c. To write using proper English language
d. To avoid copy pasting from the internet

12. The purpose of reading is/are:

a. For general comprehension
b. To critique an argument
c. To learn something
d. All of the above
13. Preview the text to get an overview of its structure, looking at headings, figures, tables, glossary and
etc. is under what strategy in reading?
a. Before Reading
b. During Reading
c. After Reading
d. Skimming
14. Create a vocabulary list of other unfamiliar words to define later is under what strategy in reading?
a. After Reading
b. Skimming
c. During Reading
d. Before Reading
15. We use summarizing to:
a. Retell a story
b. Reduce information to essential ideas
c. Get through an article more quickly
d.Understand easily
16. When summarizing, we want to unimportant information.
a. Summarize
b. Highlight
c. Disregard
d.Include
17. The gives the reader an idea about what the paragraph is going to be about.
a. Concluding sentence
b. Summary
c. Topic sentence
d.Body
18. ____________ is one of the skills you can do in writing a summary. With it, do not use the same words
with the author.
a.Fragmenting
b.Summarizing
c. Paraphrasing
d.Plagiarizing

Choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the following paragraphs:
19. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range- herding cattle up a
dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the
mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of
Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland
lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
a. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
b. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
c. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
d. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

20. Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it
be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big
cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop
with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
a. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
b. Jill loves Mexican food.
c. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
d. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

21. It is the central idea of a multiple-paragraph composition. It is one sentence summary that guides,
controls and unifies ideas when writing a paper.
a. Explicit Statement
b. Implicit Statement
c. Thesis Statement
d. Specific Statement

22. It is included as a sentence as part of the text. It might be near the beginning of the work, but not
always-some types of academic writing leave the thesis until the conclusion.
a. Thesis Statement
b. Explicit Statement
c. Specific Statement
d. Implicit Statement

23. It is not included as a sentence as part of the text. The primary point of the reading is conveyed
indirectly.
a. Implicit Statement
b. Specific Statement
c. Explicit Statement
d. Thesis Statement

24. You should provide a thesis early in your essay because

a. it establishes your position and give your reader a sense of direction
b. it will be more successful than writing it in the later part
c. it makes it clear to the readers
d. it is easy to find and identify it.
 25. Your thesis statement should be as clear and specific as possible because
a. you need to settle on one single focus and then proceed with further development
b. you will continue to refine it as you revise your argument(s)
c. you will need to avoid vague words
d. you need to indicate the point of your paper or your arguments
26. Always avoid jargon in writing thesis statement unless
a. these words tell the reader next to nothing if you do not carefully explain what you mean
b. these words represents a different idea to your readers
c. these words are already familiar with your readers
d. these words are too difficult to comprehend

For numbers 27-29, please refer to the passage below.

27. In the above outline, which is the most important idea?

a. Resources
b. Computers
c. English Lab
d. Physical Plant

28. In the above outline, which is more important idea?

a. Two adjoining rooms
b. Physical Plant
c. Resources
d. Physical Plant and Resources

29. In the above outline, you could . . .

a. substitute “in the Administration building” with “two adjoining rooms”
b. flip “Resources” with “computers”
c. exchange “Physical Plant” with “English Lab”
d. still not change the meaning of the outline

For numbers 30-32, please refer to the passage below.

30. In the above outline, which is the most important idea?

a. Web sites
 b. What it is
c. The Internet
d. How to see them

31. In the above outline, which is the more important idea?

a. How to see them
b. What it is
c. How to save information
d. They are all equal

32. In the above outline, you could . . .

a. substitute “Web sites” for “The Internet”
b. substitute “How to see them” for “How to save the information”
c. substitute “What it is” for “How to see them”
d. still not change the meaning of the outline

33. Which critical approach focuses on understanding ways gender roles are reflected or contradicted by
texts?
a. Reader-Response
b. Feminism
c. Formalism
d. Structuralism

34. Which critical approach focuses on each reader’s personal reactions to a text, assuming meaning is
created by a reader or interpretative community’s personal interaction with a text?
a. Sociological
b. Formalism
c. Reader-Response
d. Historical

35. Which critical approach focuses on “objectively” evaluating the text, identifying its underlying form? It
may study, for example, a text’s use of imagery, metaphor, or symbolism.
a. Historicism
b. Sociological
c. Structuralism
d. Formalism

36. Which critical approach focuses on seeking to understand a literary work by investigating the social,
cultural, and intellectual context that produced it?
a. Structuralism
b. Historical
c. Feminism
d. Sociological

37. Which critical approach focuses on man’s relationship to others in society, politics, religion and
business?
a. Sociological
b. Formalism
c. Feminism
d. Structuralism

38. Which critical approach focuses on how human behavior is determined by social, cultural, and
psychological structures?
a. Formalism
b. Structuralism
c. Historical
d. Sociological

39. It is defined as the pure description of the object, piece of work, art, event, etc.
a. Judgement
b. Analysis
c. Interpretation
d. Description

40. It determines what the features suggest an deciding why the artist or writers used such features to
convey specific ideas.
 a. Description
b. Interpretation
c. Analysis
d. Judgement

41. Establishes the broader context for this type of art.

a. Interpretation
b. Judgement
c. Description
d. Analysis

42. It means giving it rank in relation to other works and of course considering a very important aspect of
the visual arts; its originality.
a. Analysis
b. Description
c. Judgement
d. Interpretation

II. Enumeration: Identify what is/are asked below.

43. – 44. Give two (2) examples on critiquing different art forms

45 – 50. Names six (6) techniques in defining a term or a word.

Bonus question (10 pts): I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no
eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.”

-Benjamin Spock

Prepared by: Checked by:

SARAH MAE G. MACARANDAN ALFREDO O. INOTAO, JR., HT-V

Subject Teacher School Head