Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Cotabato Division
KIARING HIGH SCHOOL
Kiaring, Banisilan, Cotabato
School ID: 316555
2ND GRADING PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
ENGLISH-10

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ________________

Grade & Section: _______________________ Score: _______________
I. MATCHING TYPE: “Underneath we’re All The Same” by Amy Maddox
Direction: Connect the phrase in Column A, with its relevant idea in Column B. Choose from
the box the letter of your answer and write it on the space before the number.
A B
_____1. He prayed — A. it wasn’t what I wore.
_____2. He ate — B. it was how I cried.
_____3. He spoke — C. it wasn’t my religion.
_____4. He dressed — D. it wasn’t the color of mine.
_____5. He took my hand — E. it wasn’t what I ate.
_____6. But when he laughed — F. it wasn’t my language.
_____7. and When he cried — G. it was how I laughed.

II. RHYME SCHEME

Direction: Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem “The White Doe” by Anna Maria Armi.
Write the letter after each line in the box provided next to it.
The White Doe
A pure-white doe in an emerald glade a
Appeared to me, with two antlers of gold, b
Between two streams, under a laurel’s shade, 8.______
At sunrise, in the season’s bitter cold. 9.______

Her sight was so suavely merciless 10.______

That I left work to follow her at leisure, 11.______
Like the miser who looking for his treasure 12.______
Sweetens with that delight his bitterness. c

Around her lovely neck “Do not touch me” 13.______

Was written with topaz and diamond stone, 14.______
“My Caesar’s will has been to make me free.” 15.______

Already toward noon had climbed the sun, 16.______

My weary eyes were not sated to see, 17.______
When I fell in the stream and she was gone. 18.______

III. TRUE OR FALSE: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is a correct bibliographic format and FALSE if it is not.
_____19. Allen, T. (1974). Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington D.C.: National
Geographic Society.
_____20. Relativity. (1993). Bergmann, P. G. In the New Encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26,
pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.
_____21. Making the grade in today’s schools. Time, 135, 28-31. Henry, W. A., III. (1990,
April 9).
_____22. Kalette, D. (1986, July 21). California town counts town to big quake. USA Today,
9, p. A1.
_____23. Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles.
Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
_____24. The creatore: A history of the Heroes of the Imagination. New York: Random House.
(Boorstin, D. 1992).
IV. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read the description of each notable authors and movie titles, and after which,
write the letter of your choice on space before the number.
_____25. This person devoted herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums
of Calcutta. Although without funds, she depended on Divine Providence and
started an open-air school for slum children. Later on, she founded the order
“Missionaries of Charity” to help the poor, the needy and the sick.
A. Mother Teresa C. Nelson Mandela
B. Corazon C. Aquino D. Helen Keller
_____26. He fought against racial discrimination (apartheid) in South Africa. He was
imprisoned for 27 years for his radical but peaceful move to abolish apartheid,
poverty, and inequality in South Africa. He was also the country’s first black
chief executive.
A. Mother Teresa C. Nelson Mandela
B. Corazon C. Aquino D. Helen Keller
_____27. Rebellious high school student Landon Carter is threatened with expulsion unless
he performs in the drama club’s spring musical. At this function, he is forced to
interact with quiet Jamie Sullivan who has helped him with his lines. During the
play, Jamie Surprises Landon and the entire audience with her beauty and voice.
While their friendship and admiration for each other grows deeper, Jamie’s cancer
gets worse. What is the title of this movie?
A. Ever After C. Titanic
B. A Walk to Remember D. Frozen
_____28. In 1912 Southampton, 17-year-old first-class passenger Rose Dewitt Bukater, who
is engaged to be married against her will, plans to jump off the ship. Jack
Dawson, a penniless artist, convinces her not to. This incident started their
friendship, which later on develops into love affair. The title of this movie is
______________________________.
A. Ever After C. Titanic
B. A Walk to Remember D. Frozen
_____29. Danielle, the only daughter of a deceased French nobleman, is made a servant by
her stepmother. She also has two stepsisters, one quite kind but the other one
really terrible. Still, Danielle grows up to be a happy and strong-willed young lady,
and one day her path crosses that of handsome Prince Henry, who falls in love
with her. Despite some troubles, Danielle and the Prince end up together with the
help of the nice Leonardo da Vinci. The name of the movie is ____________________.
A. Cinderella C. Titanic
B. Ever After D. A Walk to Remember
_____30. A very good author, this person was well-travelled and outspoken in her
convictions. She campaigned for women’s right to vote, labor rights, socialism,
and other causes. Her being blind, deaf, and mute did not stop her from helping
people and pursuing her cause.
A. Mother Teresa C. Nelson Mandela
B. Corazon C. Aquino D. Helen Keller

V. VOCABULARY
Direction: In the box is a pool of words. Choose the defined word from the pool and write it
on the space provided before the number/description.

Primordial lamentation blaspheme

Omnipotence retrograde
Throng scourge coil
______________________31. existing from the beginning
______________________32. a series of loops; spiral
______________________33. an agency or force of unlimited power
______________________34. to speak of or address with irreverence
______________________35. to crowd together in great numbers
______________________36. a crying out in grief
______________________37. to beat as if by blows of a whip
______________________38. being or relating to the rotation of a satellite in a direction
opposite to that of the body orbited
VI. ENUMERATION
Direction: Supply the blanks with information taken from Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine
Comedy: Inferno.”
Nine (9) Circles of Hell: Seven (7) Deadly Sins: Seven (7) Heavenly Virtues:

LIMBO PRIDE PRUDENCE

39._____________________ 45. _____________________ 49. _____________________
40._____________________ LUST 50. _____________________
GREED 46. _____________________ 51. _____________________
41._____________________ 47. _____________________ 52. _____________________
42. _____________________ ENVY 53. _____________________
VIOLENCE 48. _____________________ 54. _____________________
43. _____________________
44. _____________________

VII. ESSAY
Direction: For items 55-60 (6 points) Explain, the meaning of the quotable quote.

“The heart of Education is the education of the heart.”

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RUBRICS
6 5 4 3
The introduction, the The conclusion is The introduction, the The argument has no
body and the missing, or one of the body and the point, the meaning is
conclusion is well- three parts of the conclusion is not irrelevant.
organized, clear, and essay is missing, but well-organized, the
have a complete has a complete point is unclear.
thought. thought.