FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 10

Name_________________________________________ Date: _________________

Yr. /Section: _______________ Score:
I. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Directions: Match each description in column A with the most appropriate term in column B
A B
____1. Traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture A. Controlling Idea
____2. The statement of the argument B. Catchy hook
____3. Words that strongly appeal to emotion C. Opinion
____4. What needs to be proven by facts D. Myth
____5. Central idea of a work of literature E. Claim
II. FORMAL AND INFORMAL DEFINITION
Directions: Distinguish the given definitions between formal and informal. Write F if it is formal and IF if it is informal.
___6. Comic books are sequential ad narrative publications consisting of illustrations, captions, dialogue balloons and often
focus on super-powered heroes.
___7. Freedom, also referred to as liberty or independence, is a state people reach when they are free to think and do
whatever they please.
___8. Cruelty and unusual punishment are likely to describe when people were shocked and horrified and when they learned
of the water torture, temperature extremes, and sensory overloads.
___9. Stellar Wobble is a measurable variation of speed wherein a star’s velocity is shifted by the gravitational pull of a foreign
body.
II. MODALS
Directions: Choose from the pool of answers the writer’s/speaker’s intention as hinted by each underlined expression.
A. ability B. probability C. obligation/advice D. permission

___10. Dita can play the guitar and piano.

___11. Students must pay attention to the teacher.
___12. I should visit my parents more often.
___13. She could be at home today.
___14. May I use your bike, please?
___15. You should talk to her about the issue.
III. INTENSIVE AND REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Directions: Determine whether each underlined word is used as an intensive or reflexive pronoun. Write IN if it is intensive
and RE if it is reflexive.
___16. When we ourselves are careless, we put ourselves and others in danger.
___17. I enrolled myself in a dance class last summer.
___18. The president himself promised to stop the territorial dispute between two nations.
___19. The visitors had to cook for themselves.
___20. The queen herself gave the knight the award.
IV. READING COMPREHENSION AND LITERATURE
Directions: Read the following passages carefully and write the letter of the word or phrase that best completes each
numbered item. (Items no. 21-22) “When the world look hopeless,
___21. The passage appeals more to the sense of _____________. And life is not fair
A. feeling B. sight C. sound D. taste Throw back your shoulders
___22. The expression to “throw back your shoulders” means_________. And do not despair.”
A. exercise your shoulders C. forget your responsibilities
B. ignore your problems D. show your feelings
(Items no. 23-25) If you have endured a great despair;
___23. The feeling that the writer intends us to have toward life is ___. Then you did it alone.
A. contentment C. fear Getting a transfusion from a fire,
B. courage D. hopelessness Picking the scabs off your heart,
___24. The figures of speech used in the poem is _____________. Then wringing it out like a sock.
A. alliteration C. personification -from: Courage by Anne Sexton
B. metaphor D. simile
___25. The last two lines of the poem express_________.
A. arrogance B. courage C. optimism D. warning
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