Department of Education

Division of Agusan del Sur

Guadalupe National High School
Guadalupe, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur

SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 10

QUARTER 2 WEEK 1-2
(Module 1-3)

Name:_____________________________________________________ Section: Peace

Teacher: MS. GENEROSE G. TABULO Date: _________

I. Read each item carefully and circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. An argumentative essay is written to _____.
A. impress others C. persuade the readers
B. provide useful information D. teach an important lesson
2. Which is NOT needed in an argumentative essay?
A. author's claim or position on an issue
B. narration of a personal experience
C. possible opposing ideas and opinions
D. reasons and evidences as supporting details

3. To be more convincing, the claim of the essay should be supported by _______.

A. clear statement of opposing views
B. detailed discussion of current
C. events logical reasons and evidences
D. narration of a personal experience

4. What type of evidence does the writer uses in the paragraph below?

A review of 46 studies of motorcycle helmets and helmet laws reported that every study
comparing helmeted and non-helmeted crash victims found that helmeted riders had
lower fatality rates, ranging from 28 percent to 7 percent lower.
A. emotion B. example C. opinion D. research

5. Which evidence can be used to support the claim that helmet laws save taxpayers’ money?

A. Statistics show that helmeted riders had lower fatality rates, ranging from
28 percent to 73 percent lower.
B. Studies show intensive care costs spent by the government for non-
helmeted riders averaged three times those of helmeted riders.
C. Studies show that public funds pay up to 82% of the costs to
hospitalizations of cancer patients.
D. Statistically, there is negligible difference in death injury rates between
places with no helmet laws and those with relaxed laws.

Choose the correct expression to complete each definition.

6. Abortion _______ the termination of pregnancy

A. defines B. defined C. is defined D. is defined as
 7. Mammals _______ backbones are called vertebrates.
A. had B. has C. have D. having
8. Any act _______ painless death to end the suffering of patients who have no chance of recovery is
called euthanasia.
A. cause B. caused C. that causes D. that is caused

9. The poor man was _______ able to provide the needs of his family so he worked harder.
A. absolutely B. hardly C. exactly D. really

10. Just continue studying hard. Your diligence will _______ take you to greater heights.
A. scarcely B. never C. rarely D. definitely

11. The Department of Social Welfare and Development says that the poorest of the poor will _______
be given cash assistance.
A. exactly B. surely C. not D. mistakenly

For 12-13, form a definition out of the given phrases in the box. Just choose the best arrangement.

12.
1. capital punishment 4. the death penalty
2. imposed on persons 5. is called
3. found guilty of major crimes against persons and property.

A. 1-5-4-3-2 B. 4-1-2-3-5

C. 1-4-5-3-2 D. 4-2-3-5-1

13.
1. any act 2. that 3. can be defined as 4. terrorism

5. uses force, violence, or threat to demoralize or intimidate

A. 1-2-3-4-5 B. 4-3-1-2-5

C. 3-2-1-5-4 D. 5-4-3-1-2

II. Write A if the definition is Technical and B if it is Operational.

_____14. Pulse is the regular expansion and contraction of an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood
through the body.
_____15. Weight refers to the numbers that appear when an object is placed on a weighing scale.

_____16. Working women are women engaged in full time paid employment, working at least 40 hours or
more per week.