Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Province of Lanao del Norte
District of Bacolod
Pagayawan Integrated School

1st Quarter Examination

English - Grade 11
S.Y. 2017-2018

NAME: ___________________________________________ SCORE: _________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

____1. They promote courses of action for problems that need a solution.
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____2. “Military boot camp is a humiliating experience.”
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____3. A claim that expresses preferences based on norms/criteria people can agree
about.
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____4. “Global warming is a threat that must be addressed.”
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____5. A claim that certain condition existed in the past, exists in the present or will
exist in the future.
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____6. A claim that certain conditions should not exist.
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____7. “Students who listen to rap music are more likely to commit violent acts.”
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____8. “Global warming is a threat that must be addressed”.
A. Claim of Fact
B. Claim of Value
C. Claim of Policy
____9. Is used to get a bigger picture of an entire article or to get general information
about a topic.
 A. Reading
B. Previewing
C. Scanning
D. Skimming
____10. A pre-reading skill by which the reader tries to gather as much information
about the text as he/she can before reading it.
A. Reading
B. Previewing
C. Scanning
D. Skimming
____11. Is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text.
A. Reading
B. Previewing
C. Scanning
D. Skimming
____12. A skill that can be improved through consistent practice.
A. Reading
B. Previewing
C. Scanning
D. Skimming
____13. Involves running your eyes down the page to look for specific facts or
keywords and phrases.
A. Reading
B. Previewing
C. Scanning
D. Skimming

II. IDENTIFICATION
Part A. Direction: Identify the correct answer inside the box, and write your answer in
the space provided.

Situations Examples synonyms Connotation

Context Clues Intertext denotation

Antonyms Explanations and definitions hypertext

__________14. Most often refers to a text on a computer that will lead the user to other,
related information on demand.

__________15. Specific details in a text that are used to clarify the meaning of a word.

__________16. Allows the reader to understand words and ideas with which they not
familiar.

__________17. Refers to the personal and cultural meanings in addition to their primary,
literal meaning of a word.
__________18. A word or phrase that shares the opposite meaning with another word
or phrases.
__________19. A word or phrase that shares the same meaning with another word.

__________20. Refers to the interconnectedness and interdependence of all texts.

__________21. A word of phrase that has been defined by the author.

__________22. Refers to the primary, literal meaning or the dictionary meaning of a

word.

Part B
Directions: Identify the type context clues (synonym, antonym, examples, and
definitions) used for each of the following sentences.

__________23. We all agreed that the spicy tomato soup was very savory.

__________24. A chimera is a mythical creature with body parts from various animals.

__________25. The boy was unresponsive when he didn’t answer any of the question
we asked.

__________26. The blade of grass was massive compared to the tiny one.

__________27. Constellations, like the famous group of named Orion, can be seen on a
dear night.

__________28. The gorilla is often gentle, but it can also be ferocious.

__________29. The fox is timid. He is like a little mouse that hides.

__________30. Mr. Fry is quite affable. In fact he reminds me of Ms. Baker. Do you
remember how kind she was?

__________31. The heat from the intense rays of the sun was scorching.

__________32. The police thwarted, prevented the robber’s plans.

III. Connotation and Denotation

Direction: Write C if the statement is connotation and D if the statement is denotation.
Write your answer in the space provided.

__________33. Bobby was blue after his dog died.

__________34. My teacher was red when we were too noisy.

__________35. Josie wore a pretty blue shirt to school today

__________36. I saw a big rat eating a piece of cheese.

__________37. Don’t be a rat and tell the teacher!

 IV. TRUE or FALSE
Direction: Write T if the statement is correct and F if the statement is wrong. Write your
answer in the space provided.

____1. Reading helps improve your writing.

____2. Good writers draft their writing only once.

____3. As you write your first draft, make sure your sentences are grammatically
correct.

____4. Scanning is looking for specific information.

____5. Skimming helps you prepare your mind for the barrage information to come
when you do actual reading.

____6. With critical reading, you are just a passive repository of knowledge.

____7. One way of describing the meaning of a word are called denotation and
connotation.

____8. Intertexts represents a relatively recent innovation to which overcomes some of

the limitations of written text.

____9. Connotations portray more multifaceted definitions of a word whether these are
positive, negative, or neutral.

____10. Hypertexts are works which inform or help construct a text.

V. Writing Sentences (3pts each)

Unjumbling. Arrange the words and phrases to make sensible sentences.

1. Learners / learners/ are/ good language/ enthusiastic

_______________________________________________________________

2. Guessers / they / willing and / accurate / are

_______________________________________________________________

3. They/ the target language / practice/ communication/ by seeking

_______________________________________________________________

4. Improvement/ they/ seriously seek/ grammar/ by studying

_______________________________________________________________

5. Not/ mistakes/ afraid/ they/ to make/ are

________________________________________________________________
6. To correction/ and/ they/ open/ are /utilize feedback/ to their advantage

7. Have/ they/ to language use/ a/ sensitivity/ critical

8. Laugh at/ others/ their desire/ is not dampened/ to learn/ even if/ their mistakes.

________________________________________________________________

VI. Vocabulary

MATCHING TYPE
On the blank beside the number, write the letter of the word or phrase
inside the right column that most approximately matches the underlined word in
the sentence to the left.

A B

____1. You should not be so frivolous during exam week A. inactive

because you need to study!

____2. My physics teacher is imbued with the B. carefree

philosophy of Albert Einstein.

____3. The presenter’s sudden clap woke up C. incite

the dormant listeners.

____4. The unfair policies of the admiration impelled the D. inspired

workers to go on strike.

E. supreme
VII. IDENTIFICATION

Instructions: Fill in the blank with the correct word, either EXPLICIT or
IMPLICIT, in the correct form.

1. _______________ information is often easier to argue about and debate, since

the exact meaning is open to interpretation.
2. _______________ information, on the other hand, explains the meaning clearly
so people can understand it easily.
3. Some teachers are vague about their classroom rule and expect students to have
an ________________ understanding of academic behaviour.
4. Children learn language in an ________________ manner, because they are too
young to learn grammar rules.
5. I can’t believe you cheated on your essay when I gave ___________ instructions
not to plagiarize!

“Knowledge makes people humble. Arrogance makes people ignorant”

- SAM