Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
Polomolok North District
BONIFACIO R. TAGABAN SR. INTEGRATED SCHOOL
School Year 2019-2020

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Name:_____________________________________ Grade&Section:__________________________ Date:_______________

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided by shading the letter corresponds
to your answer.

1. The following are examples of academic texts EXCEPT 9. Which of the following DOES NOT FOLLOW the report
__________. structure?
A. Essays A. Sto. Nino Procession Awes American Tourist
B. Reviews B. Local Girl Found Slain by Rejected Lover
C. Memoir C. Organic Farming: A Way to save Mother Earth
D. Dissertations D. 2 Kids Killed in a Fire
2. It is a type of essay that enables the reader to imagine the
item or object through vivid words used. 10. Which of the following statements shows the purpose of
A. Descriptive persuading?
B. Narrative A. Today, Facebook has over 400 million users
C. Persuasive worldwide. Twitter is impending to outrun it with 75
D. Expository million users.
3. It states the main controlling idea and all the sentences B. If you need me, just text me. If you need a good
must relate to it. laugh, just call me. If you need money, I’m busy.
A. Topic Sentence C. Pop star Madonna was the world’s top-earning
B. Clinching Sentence celebrity over the past year.
C. Keywords D. How can we be united when we are divided by this
D. Supporting Details self-inflicted prejudice and ignorance? Let us all
4. It is one of the characteristics of a good paragraph which respect one another. Stop stereotyping!
is concerned with how ideas should be arranged and 11. It may be a series of reasons, examples, chronologically-
linked. arranged events and so on which must be relevant to the
A. Unity topic sentence.
B. Emphasis A. Supporting Details
C. Transitional words B. Keywords
D. Coherence C. Main Idea
5. It is a type of text structure which aims to persuade the D. Clinching sentence
reader, to accept a point of view, an opinion, or perhaps a 12. Which of the following should NOT be observed when
new truth. writing the topic sentence?
A. Problem Structure A. The topic sentence should communicate the main
B. Report Structure idea of the paragraph.
C. Solution Structure B. The topic sentence should only appear at the first
D. Argumentative/Thesis Structure sentence of the paragraph.
6. It is a type of a topic sentence that is not directly stated C. The topic sentence should not be a fragment or a run-
but may be inferred instead. on.
A. Explicit D. Cues like “This paragraph is about…” should be
B. Implicit avoided when writing a topic sentence.
C. Keywords 13. These are words or phrases that act as bridges between
D. Both A and B and among sentences and paragraphs.
7. The following are purposes of writing an academic text A. Clear Pronoun Reference
EXCEPT ____________. B. Structural Devices
A. To judge C. Repetition of Keywords
B. To inform D. Transitional Devices
C. To persuade 14. Which of the following transitional devices DOES NOT
D. To entertain belong to the group?
8. It is a type of paragraph order in which events are A. Consequently
arranged on the basis of time, from past to the present, B. Nevertheless
from the earliest to the present, etc. C. Hence
A. Space Order D. As a result
B. Logical Order 15. It may take a form of restatement of the main idea, a
C. Chronological Order summary, or a conclusion based on the supporting details
D. Inductive Order and sometimes may become the topic sentence.
A. Controlling ideas
 B. Clinching Sentence 25. It refers to the approaches on how you are going to
C. Supporting Details organize academic writing.
D. Topic Sentence A. Structure
16. This is basically anything that can be used in a school or B. Content
classroom. It can include school books, newspapers, C. Language
articles, textbooks and anything that has been written by D. Style
someone with experience in the field. 26. It can be Filipino, English or mother tongue specifics that
A. Reaction paper you can employ in academic writing which will depend on
B. Literature the readers.
C. Academic text A. Structure
D. Studies B. Content
17. An academic text, besides building knowledge, C. Language
contains__________________, often supported by a D. Style
research of any kind or an analysis which brings about a 27. It is a type of writing that is based on analysis. It is the
reflection or hypothesis in any particular academic field, process of breaking down ideas to increase the reader’s
and which then can be turned into a reliable source. understanding.
A. Specific information A. Writing a Review
B. Experience B. Academic writing
C. Structure C. Writing a reaction paper
D. Specific knowledge D. Writing a diary entry
18. An academic text has the following features, except one. 28. The following are the different purposes in writing an
What is it? academic text, except one. What is it?
A. Text structure A. To provide a solution to a problem
C. Purpose B. To persuade reader to accept a point of view
B. Perspective C. To report a fact that has been taken from reliable source
D. Reaction D. To show one’s skill in writing
19. Academic texts are structured in different ____________. 29. Which of the following statements implies the importance
A. Purpose of academic writing?
B. Aim A. Academic writing aims to communicate
C. Goal B. Academic writing aims to influence other’s thought
D. Subject C. Academic writing develops skills in evaluating,
20. This type of text structure features a detailed description of analyzing, criticizing, comparing and
something to give the reader a mental picture D. All of the above
A. Cause and effect 30. _______________ will improve communication skills and
B. . Process/procedure this will benefit college students after graduation in their
C. Description field of expertise or chosen profession.
D. Sequence pattern A. Writing a Review
21. This structure presents the causal relationship between a B. Academic writing
specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or C. Writing a reaction paper
concept that follow. D. Writing a diary entry
A. Cause and effect 31. It is a technique of reducing the length of a text but
B. Process/procedure retaining the main points.
C. Comparison and contrast A. Outlining
D. Sequence pattern B. Summarizing
22. This type of structure sets up a problem or problems, C. Paraphrasing
explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the D. Citing sources
solution. 32. It is a technique of rewriting a text so that the language is
A. Cause and effect substantially different while the content stays the same.
. B. Comparison and contrast A. Outlining
C. Sequence pattern B. Summarizing
D. Problem and solution C. Paraphrasing
D. Citing sources
22. This text structure gives readers a chronological of events 33. It presents a picture of the main idea and the supporting
or a list of steps in a procedure. ideas of any subject.
A. Cause and effect A. Outlining
B. Comparison and contrast B. Summarizing
C. Sequence pattern C. Paraphrasing
D. Problem and solution D. Citing sources
23. It is the framework around which you construct in academic 34. What are the elements of effective paraphrasing?
writing. A. Has a different structure to organize
A. Structure B. Has many different vocabularies
B. Content C. Retains the same meaning
C. Language D. All of the above
D. Style 35. It is an intellectual crime that is mostly committed by
24. It refers to the subject, idea, or topic you are going to writers.
discuss or focused on in academic writing. A. Intellectual property theft
A. Structure B. Plagiarism
B. Content C. Counterfeit
C. Language D. Fraud
D. Style
36. How is plagiarism committed? D. Research
A. By taking ideas or words from a source and 47. These academic texts were published that offers results of
acknowledging the source of information research and development that can either impact the
B. By taking ideas or words of others without academic community or provide relevance to nation-
acknowledging its source building.
C. By summarizing, paraphrasing and outlining A. Articles
D. By citing the source of information B. Conference
37. Which of the following is not a reason to avoid plagiarism? C. Reviews
A. Copying the work of others will not help you develop D. Theses
your own understanding 48. It is a critical approach that is concerned with the
B. Plagiarism may lead to failing a course. differences between economic class and implications of a
C. Plagiarism is not an intellectual crime. capitalist system, such as the continuing conflicts between
D. Plagiarism is easily detected by teachers and the working class and the elite.
computer software. A. Feminism
38. What are the degrees of Plagiarism? B. Formalism
A. Technical plagiarism C. Reader-response
B. General or Common Knowledge D. Marxist
C. Self-Plagiarism 49. These are specialized form of writing in which reviewer or
D. All of the above reader evaluates scholarly work, a work of art, designs,
39. It is a specific detail that can be proven as true based on graphic designs and etc.
objective evidence. A. Reaction paper, reviews, and critique
A. Fact B. Abstract, précis, or summary
B. Opinion C. Research and term paper
C. Argument D. Concept paper
D. Proposition 50. This approach claims that literary works contain intrinsic
40. It is an expression of feeling, judgment, belief, or properties and treats each work as a distinct work of art.
conclusion that cannot be proven true by objective A. Marxist
evidence. B. Feminism
A. Fact C. Formalism
B. Opinion D. Reader-response
C. Argument 51. It is a critical approach that is concerned with the
D. Proposition reviewer’s reaction as an audience of the work.
A. Reader-response
41. This approach in criticism focuses on how literature B. Formalism
presents women as a subject of socio-political, C. Feminism
psychological, and economic oppression. D. Marxist
A. Feminism 52. These are papers presented in scholastic conferences, and
B. Formalism may be revised as articles for possible publication in
C. Reader-response scholarly journals.
D. Marxist A. Articles
42. It is a summary of what the project is all about, the reason B. Conference
for conducting the project, and how it will be carried out. C. Reviews
A. Reaction paper D. Theses
B. Critique paper 53. The following are the things you ask before reading an
C. Concept paper academic text, except one.
D. Research paper A. Why am I reading this text?
43. It is the method of identifying a given term and making its B. What information or pieces of information do I need?
meaning clearer. C. What are the things I’ve learned from reading the
A. Definition text?
B. Explication D. What do I want to learn?
C. Clarification 54. Below are some general purposes for reading an academic
D. Explanation text, except one.
44. This is a method of explanation in which the points are A. To better understand an existing idea
organized from a general to abstract idea to specific and B. To get ideas than can support a particular writing
concrete examples. assessment
A. Explanation C. To gain more information
B. Clarification D. To list authors and references
C. Explication 55. In general, authors observe the following when writing
D. Definition academic text except on.
45. These are personal researches written by a candidate for a A. They determine the type of academic text.
college or university degree. B. They state critical questions and issues.
A. Theses C. They list references
B. Reviews D. They provide facts and evidence from credible
C. Articles sources.
D. Conference papers 56. Before reading an academic text which among the
46. This kind of abstract simply piques the interest of the target following will you do?
audience. A. Identify the author’s purpose in writing.
A. Summative B. Write the key words or phrases on the margins in
B. Descriptive bullet form.
C. Diagnostic
 C. Write questions and information that you find
confusing.
D. Identify misspelled words.
57. After reading and academic texts, what do you do?
A. Close the book without reflecting.
B. Reflect what you have learned.
C. Determine the target audience
D. Write comments about the author.
58. Which of the following is also a topic sentence?
A. Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)
plays a crucial role in ensuring that children are
taught the skills and knowledge essential in building a
learner’s interest to acquire education in life.
B. Recognizing the benefits of ECCD to a person’s well-
being and the country, RA No.8980 or ECCD Act was
legislated to institutionalize institutionalize a national
ECCD system a national ECCD system.
C. Through ECCD Act, a comprehensive, integrative,
and sustainable ECCD framework of the country was
developed.
D. This ECCD Act promotes multi-sectoral and inter-
agency collaboration under the coordination of a
national ECCD council.
59. From the information given on item number 23, what is the
role of ECCD?
A. To ensure that children are taught the skills and
knowledge essential in building the learner’s interest.
B. To promotes multi-sectoral and inter-agency
collaboration
C. To recognize persons well-being.
D. To institutionalize a national ECCD system
60. It promotes multi-sectoral and inter-agency collaboration
under the coordination of a national ECCD council.
A. ECCD Law
B. ECCD Checklist
C. ECCD Act
D. ECCD Rules

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