ENGLISH 6

Second Periodic Examination

SY 2023-2024
Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. What type of informational text is describing or presenting statements, events or

items in order, and/or enumerates procedures or steps in doing something?

A. Sequence C. Cause and Effect

B. Description D. Problem and Solution

2. Which type of informational text presents a problem and the possible solutions to it?

A. Sequence C. Cause and Effect

B. Description D. Problem and Solution

3. What graphic organizer is used to show a comparison and contrast?

A. Timeline C. Sandwich method

B. Venn Diagram D. Semantic Web

4. What type of information can be presented by the graphic organizer below?

A. Sequence
C. B. Description
1. C. Cause and Effect
D. D. Comparison and Contrast

5. Which signal word/s shows description?

A. So…. C. For instance….

B. Similar to…. D. To solve this….

6. Which signal word/s does not show comparison and contrast information?

A. Alike C. As a result
B. As well as D. On the other hand

7. What type of information is being presented by the graphic organizer below?

A. Sequence
B. Description
C. Cause and Effect
D. Problem and Solution
 8. What type of information is being presented by the graphic organizer below?

A. Sequence
B. Description
C. Comparison and Contrast

9. What type of information is being presented by the graphic organizer below?

A. Sequence
B. Description
C. Cause and Effect
D. Problem and Solution

10. What type of text is presented below?

Calamansi juice is all-natural and refreshing. First, prepare three calamansi and slice open.
Next, squeeze the juice in a glass. Then, add water and sugar to taste. Finally, you can add
ice before serving.

A. sequence C. problem and solution

B. cause and effect D. comparison and contrast
B. Directions: Read the selection then answer the questions that follow.

Why Does a Cow Chewing When She isn’t Eating?

A cow has a special stomach with four parts. When she eats grass, she chews it just enough to make it wet.
Then it goes into the first part of its stomach, where it becomes softer. From there it goes into the second
part, where it is made into little balls called “cuds”. Later, while the cow is resting, she brings up each cud
one at a time and chews it well. When she swallows it, the food goes into the third part of her stomach.
There the water squeezed out of it. Finally, the food goes to the fourth part of the cow’s stomach and is
broken down into very tiny pieces. Then the cow’s body can take what it needs from the food to live and
grow.
11. What happens to the grass when it goes to the first part?
A. The grass becomes harder. C. The grass becomes softer.
B. The grass liquify. D. The grass goes to the intestine
12. In what part is the water squeezed out?
A. first C. second
B. fourth D. third
III. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

13. Wetlands are synonymous to________.

A. rivers C. ponds
B. swamps D. seas
14. What is the root word of the word rarity?
A. rar C. rarity
b. rare D. –ity
15. Which of these does not belong to land vegetation?
A. farms C. orchards
B. gardens D. reefs
16. She did not get the correct answer. So her answer is ________.
A. correct C .incorrect
B. right D. excellent
17. He always say, “You are bad Grandma!” The boy is ________.
A. impolite C. unpolite
B. mispolite D. dispolite
18. My mother bought a cheap pair of shoes in the market. She bought me_______ pair of shoes.
A. unexpensive C. misexpensive
B. inexpensive D. disexpensive
19. Although I was unable to understand all of the details of the presentation, I did get the gist of it.
A. humor C. main point
B. notes D. joke

For numbers 20 and 2 1. Study the Venn Diagram below.

MAMMALS FISH
Have a
Warm-blooded skeleton Cold-blooded
Have hair or fur Have Scaly skin
Breathe with Breathe with
backbon e
lungs gills

20. Which is TRUE about mammals and fish?

A. Mammals and fish have hair or fur.
B. Mammals and fish can breathe with lungs.
C. Mammals and fish are cold – blooded animals.
D. Mammals and fish are vertebrates and have skeleton or backbone.
21. How do mammals and fish differ?
 A. Mammals have backbone while fish have fishbone.
B. Mammals have hair or fur skin while fish has scaly skin.
C. Mammals are warm – blooded animals while fish has no blood.
D. Mammals breathe through their nose and fish breathe through their skin

For numbers 22– 24, read the paragraph below. Answer the questions that follow.

Some insects with colorful wings were found resting on a flower. It could be a butterfly or a
moth. Their similarities and differences will surely help us name the insect.

Butterflies and moths have two things in common. One similarity is their wings covered
with colorful scales. They also have long and rolled-up tongues to use in drinking nectar from
flowers.

On the other hand, the two are also different. Butterflies can be seen during the day
while most moths fly only at night. In addition, butterfly’s body is thinner and smoother than
moth’s body.

Naming such insect is now easier knowing how they differ from each other and alike
in some ways.

22. What is the paragraph about?

A. colors of insects C. flowers and insects
B. butterflies and moths D. bodies of butterfly and moth

23. What is the similarity of butterflies and moths as to the scales of their wings?
A. size C. shape
B. color D. texture

24. How do butterflies and moths differ?

A. body shape C. body size

B. body color D. body odor

For numbers 25 – 50, read the paragraph below. Answer the questions that follow.

AIR CURRENTS

Wind is the natural movement of the air from one place to another. It affects the climate
of a place. There are three major air streams that greatly affect our climate. From November to
February, mornings are colder because of the northeast monsoon wind. It blows from Siberia
which is a very frigid place. It brings along temperature and rain that make us shiver. The wind
from June to October, is warm and humid. During this time, the western section of our country
experiences strong rains brought about by the southwest monsoon wind blowing from Australia.
From March to early May, trade winds coming from the east or northeast reach the Philippines. It
brings rains to the eastern part of our country. Trade winds are warm and moist and bring hot
temperature with little rain. Isn’t it amazing that each one of these air streams brings some
amount of rain to the Philippines?
Reference: PhilIRI 2008 – 2009 Edition

25. What causes the northeast monsoon wind blowing from Siberia?
 A. heavy rains C. hot temperature
B. windy days D. cold temperature

26. Which of the following statements is true about the wind?

A. The wind affects the climate of a place.

B. The wind attracts tourists to visit a place.
C. The wind always comes from one direction.
D. The wind moves at select times of the year.

27. Among these different air streams in the Philippines, which is the most
appropriate for wearing very heavy clothes?

A. trade winds C. southeast monsoons

B. easterly winds D. northeast monsoons

Rearrange the sentences by placing the adjectives in correct order.

28. My mother bought me a ____________________________________ gown.

black, long beautiful, silk
A. long, black, silk, beautiful
B. silk, long, beautiful, black
C. beautiful, long, black, silk
D. silk, black, beautiful, long
29. I live in a ____________________________________ house.
brick, lovely, ancient, gigantic
A. lovely, gigantic, ancient, brick
B. gigantic, lovely, brick, ancient
C. brick, lovely, ancient, gigantic
D. ancient, brick, lovely, gigantic
30. We love our___________________________________________, teacher.
English, young, intelligent
A. young, English, intelligent
B. English, young, intelligent
C. Intelligent, young, English

For numbers 31 – 32, analyze the data given in the Venn Diagram below. Answer the
questions that follow.

31. What is being presented in the Venn Diagram?

A. Where crocodiles and alligators live
B. How crocodiles and alligators move
C. The body built of crocodiles and alligators
D. How crocodiles and alligators differ in many ways
32. What is common to alligators and crocodiles?
A. They both live in salty water.
B. They are both aggressive and move fast.
 C. They both have broader and blunt snout.
D. They are both large, has a scaly skin and sharp teeth.

33. What kind of materials are TV documentaries, radio comedies and TV

commercials?

A. print materials C. technical materials

B. online materials D. broadcast materials

34. What kind of materials are mobile apps, webpages, social media, and emails?
A. print materials C. technical materials
B. online materials D. broadcast materials

35. Which of the following are examples of online materials?

A. blogs/vlogs, podcasts, audiobooks
B. magazines, newspaper and journals
C. textbooks, workbooks, reference books
D. public service announcements, daily news, weather forecasts

36. Which among the materials below DOES NOT belong to printed materials?

textbooks, workbooks, reference books, daily TV news

A. textbook B. workbook C. daily TV news D. reference books

37. Which online source can be considered NOT CREDIBLE in providing facts
because it can be edited by anyone at any time?

A. E.R.I.C C. Research Gate

B. Wikipedia D. DepEd Commons

38. What material is to be used in the situation written below?

Lita monitors the landfall of typhoon using Windy App installed in her cellphone.

A. print materials C. technical materials

B. online materials D. broadcast materials

39. What material is used in the situation given below?

Maria searched the meaning of avalanche in the dictionary that she has bought in the
National Bookstore.

A. print materials C. technical materials

B. online materials D. broadcast materials

40. KMJS or Kapuso mo, Jessica Soho is a source of information. What kind of
material is the TV program?

A. print materials C. technical materials

B. online materials D. broadcast materials