Republic of the Philippines

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Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas

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DIVISION OF NEGROS ORIENTAL
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Siaton 3 District
SIATON SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
Mantuyop,Siaton, Negros Oriental

SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

ENGLISH - 10

Name: Score:
Year and Section: Date: ______

GENERAL DIRECTION: Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
Tell whether the sentences below express unsupported generalization or exaggerated
expression.
1. It takes someone to forgive someone who had gravely wronged you.
2. Most teachers wear their hair in buns
3. I will stand by you forever
4. Dogs are the most domesticated of all animals
5. Generally speaking, men are emotionally susceptible.
Choose the correct answer from the given choices.
6. He wrote the famous novel ‘’The Hunchback of Notre Dame’’.
a. Alexander Dumas
b. Dante Alighieri
c. Victor Hugo
d. Edgar Allan Poe
7. It is the first part of Dante’s ‘’Divine Comedy’’.
a. Inferno
b. Purgatorio
c. Paradiso
d. Earth
8. It is one of the stories in Boccaccio’s ‘’Decameron’’.
a. Of men and mice
b. Federigos Falcon
c. Anna Karenina
d. The Raven
9. Alexandre Dumas fictionalize his father’s real-life exploits in his famous.
a. The prince
b. Paper Towns
c. The Three Muskateers
d. Sense and Sensibility
10. He is the tragic hero of the novel. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
a. Quasimodo c. Macbeth
b. Federigo d. D’Artagnan
11-12. these are the two sides in the Oxford-Oregon debate
a. Affirmative c. Negative
b. Proposition d. Rebuttal
13-14. these are the two aims of a debate program
a. To enhance students ‘social/communicative skills
b. To enhance students’ location skills
c. To enhance students’ writing skills
d. To enhance students’ intellectual skills
15. This type of citation uses the author’s last name and the year of publication
a. Parenthetical citation
b. LMA citation
c. In-text citation
d. Paragraph-numb
 16. ‘’One for all, all for one’’ motto embodies the friendship of four gentlemen in this
novel
a. the three musketeers
b. Decameron
c. the analects
d. the pearl

Directions. Read closely the story in the box and write the letter of the most appropriate
answer to complete each of the following numbered items.

As the cool stream gushed over one hand. She (my teacher) spelled into the
other hand the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention
fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of
something forgotten- a thrill of returning thought: and somehow the mystery of
language was revealed to me. I knew then that ‘’w-a-t-e-r’’ meant the wonderful cool
something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul was
flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul and gave it light, hope, joy-
set it free!

-Helen Keller, ‘’The Story of My Life’’

17. From the story, we can say that Helen Keller is

a. blind
b. illiterate
c. ignorant
d. deaf
18. The paragraph implicitly stated that
a. Helen Keller had the best tutor
b. Helen Keller was very eager to learn
c. Helen Keller was mentally challenged
d. Helen Keller was rich
19. As the story was narrated, the author felt
a. happy
b. proud
c. annoyed
d. irritated
20. The author’s purpose in writing the text was
a. to inform people about her life
b. to inspire people about her life
c. to boast off her knowledge
d. to persuade people to get a tutor
21. The paragraph implicitly stated that Helen Keller was
a. an intelligent young girl
b. a daughter of a rich man
c. a girl with disability
d. a good writer
Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray
22. At the beginning of the
Frompassage the mood
the straight is woke to find myself
road and
a.What
quietwood that was! I never saw so drear,
b. regretful
So rank, so arduous a wilderness!
c. eerie Its very memory gives a shape to fear.
d. energetic - ‘’ The inferno’’, Canto 1 by Alighieri
23. The last three lines signify the tone of the author as
a. fearful
b. bold
c. wonder
d. awe
24. From the passage, it could b implied that
a. The speaker had not been a good man in his lifetime
b. The speaker was in a deep dark forest
c. The speaker was into a great adventure
d. The speaker was lost
25. at the time of the passage the evident mood is
a. tranquil
b. fearsome
c. eerie
d. Gross

Child, you are like a flower

So sweet and pure and fair;
I look at you and sadness
Comes on me, like a prayer.
I must lay my hands on your forehead
And pray God to be sure
To keep you forever and always
So sweet and fair-and pure.

-Heine

26. The theme of the poem is

a. on a child’s innocence
b. a father’s great love to a daughter
c. a blessing
d. a father’s prayer
27. The values implied are
a. being loving and caring
b. being prayerful and peaceful
c. being affectionate and prayerful
d. being nonsense and callous
28. The feelings of the poet that are implicitly expressed
a. tender and loving
b. caring and gentle
c. blissful and peaceful
d. all of the above

“Then you will have the artesian well here right away”, he said. He ordered the area
commander to get pipes and pumps from the armed forces supply depot, and demanded they
should be brought to the spot immediately. He asked the army to bring in bulldozer, troops
and trainees for labor and also organize the civilians

29. The text implicitly stated that President Ramon Magsaysay was
a. a man of disguise
b. a man of principle
c. a man of values
d. a man of action
30. The statement, “Then you will have the artesian well here right away” as directly stated in the text is
a/an
a. explicit information
b. implicit information
c. general information
d. First-hand information

31. The purpose of the author in writing the text is

a. to inform
b. to entertain
 c. to persuade
d. to expose
Directions: Here is a comic strip. Be able to determine the bias reflected in it. Then, answer the
questions that follow.

32. To whom is the bias directed in this comic strip

a. boys
b. girls
c. both boys and girls
d. adult girls

33. What is the meaning reflected in this comic strip?

a. it assumes that all girls have difficulty with math.
b. it assumes that some girls have difficulty with math
c. it assumes that only girls who are studying have difficulty in math
d. it assumes that boys and girl have difficulty with math

34. When you are asked to define the weight of an object in terms of the numbers that appears
when that object is placed on a weighing scale you are actually defining the term .
a. operationally
b. technically
c. lexically
d. contextually

Directions: the lines below were taken from the narrative poem. The Walam Olum by Delaware Indian.
Choose the graphical representation that best explains the text. 36-40

At first, in that place, at all times, above the earth, on the earth, [was] an extended fog, and great
Manito was.

At first, forever, lost in space, everywhere, the great Manito was. He made the extended land and the
sky. He made the sun, the moon, and the stars.

He made them all to move evenly, then the wind blew violently, and it cleared, and the water flowed
off far and strong. And the groups of islands grew newly, and there remained.

Anew spoke the great Manito, a Manito to Manito’s to belongs, mortals, souls and all, and ever after
he was a Manito to men, and their grandfather.

He gave the first mother, the mother of beings. He gave the fish, he gave the turtles, he gave the
beasts, he gave the birds.

But an evil Manito made evil beings only, monsters, He made the files, he made the gnats.
 A. D.

B. E.

C. F.

41-44. Arrange the steps to deliver a speech

a. Use visual aids

b. Maintain eye contact
c. Incorporate gestures and facial expressions
d. Use your voice effectively

45-50. Compose an argumentative essay.