Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

REPUBLIC COLLEGES OF GUINOBATAN, INC.
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FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

EAPP - GRADE 12

NAME ___________________________________________________ DATE ________________ SCORE_________

YEAR AND SECTION___________________________

I. Directions: Read each of the items carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is a topic sentence?

A) A sentence with signal words that increase the effectiveness of organization.
B) A way to conclude the paragraph so the reader knows what the paragraph was about.
C) Reasons, examples and other details to support the main point of the paragraph.
D) The sentence that expresses the main point, or idea, of a paragraph.
2. What is an essay?
A) A series of paragraphs about one main idea or point
B) The final stage in the writing process
C) An excellent way to get a lot of information down on paper
D) The sentence that expresses the main point, or idea, of a paragraph
3. Which of the following sentences is most formal in style?
A) We regret to inform you that .....
B) We are sorry to tell you that...
C) We are sorry to say that...
D) Sorry but..
4. Which of the following sentences is most formal in style?
A) I have a ton of experience in this area.
B) I have a considerable amount of experience in this area.
C) I have a lot of experience in this area.
D) I have many experiences in this area.
5. What are the six things a summary must include?
A) Who, what, when, where, why, and how
B) Author, illustrator, date of publishing, page numbers, chapters, and index
C) The first six chapters of any chapter book
D) Vocabulary words, definitions, dedication page, paragraphs, and details of the story
6. How does analysis aid in writing a reaction paper?
A) Analysis does not help in writing a reaction paper.
B) Analysis allows you to choose a topic about the article you’ve read.
C) You learn about the smaller details that make up a whole topic.
D) Analysis is lumping all the details together to express one’s ideas and opinions about what has
been
read or seen.
7. Which part of the paragraph is this?

A) Introduction
B) Body
C) Conclusion
D) Topic Sentence

8. Which part of the paragraph is this?

A) Introduction
B) Body
C) Conclusion
D) Topic Sentence
 9. When thinking about annotation, you should consider all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Listing thorough notes on each page of text
B) Using system consistently/repeatedly
C) Creating a key of markings and notations
D) Keeping markings to a minimum

Questions 10-11 Read the question and chose the best thesis statement.

10. Should cigarettes be made illegal?

A) Although smoking has many negative health effects, making smoking illegal would not solve the
problem.
B) Teenagers should be allowed to smoke if they choose to.
C) Smoking is a leading cause of death in the United States.
D) Smoking is bad.
11. What is the best way to teach the public about healthy lifestyles?
A) People should be able to decide what kind of lifestyle they want to have even if it is unhealthy.
B) I disagree that laws can help people stay healthy.
C) Advertising is an effective medium for selling many things, and it can sell good health too.
D) People should be aware of healthy options.

12. Choose the BEST paraphrase of these sentences:

Rugby football is the most popular sport in New Zealand. Most villages, towns, and districts have their own
teams.
(World Book Atlas page 212)
A) Of all sports played in New Zealand, rugby football is the most popular. Most areas even have their
own teams.
B) Rugby and football are the most popular sports in the area of New Zealand. Every village, town, and
district has teams.
C) New Zealand sports include rugby football in most districts, villages, and towns.
D) Most villages, districts, and towns in New Zealand love rugby football and popular sports.

13. Choose the BEST paraphrase of this text:

The giant rafflesia, also known as “the stinking corpse lily” has blossoms that can reach three feet in diameter
and weigh up to twenty five pounds. The flowers gives off a smell similar to rotting meat.
A) The stinking corpse lily, also known as the giant rafflesia has blossoms. They can get pretty big and
the blossoms stink.
B) A flower with the nickname "the stinking corpse lily" produces an odor like rotting meat. The real
name of this huge flower that can weigh as much as twenty five pounds is the giant rafflesia.
C) The giant rafflesia, also known as "the stinking corpse lily" has blossoms that can reach three feet in
diameter and weigh up to twenty five pounds. The flowers give off a smell similar to rotting meat.
D) There are flowers give off a smell similar to rotting meat. The giant rafflesia, also known as "the
stinking corpse lily" has blossoms that can reach three feet in diameter and weigh up to twenty five
pounds.

Study the outline below and answer questions 14 and 15.

I. ___________________________(14)
A. _____________________
1_____________ (15)
.2_____________
14. What part of the outline is this?
A) Supporting Idea
B) Main Idea
C) Key Idea
D) Details
15. What part of the outline is this?
A) Supporting Idea
B) Main Idea
C) Key Idea
D) Details

Read the following passages and then answer the questions.

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty
trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the
mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre
Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers,
swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.

16. What is the best summary of this passage?

A) There are a lot of cows in Texas.
B) There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
C) Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
D) There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be
Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big
cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop
with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

17. What is the best summary of this passage?

A) Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
B) Jill loves Mexican food.
C) The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
D) Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
18. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false?
A) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
B) The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.
C) The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage.
D) The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.
19. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?
A) The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
B) The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
C) The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
D) The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
20. Which of the following best describes a fact?
A) The feelings of the main character
B) Something that can be proven.
C) Something that can't be proven
D) Superficial ideas
21. Which of the following best describes an opinion?
A) A person who can prove something
B) Making a good choice
C) A person's thoughts or feelings about something
D) Something that can be proven.
22. How do you organize the references according to APA Style?
A) Alphabetical order of author’s last name
B) Chronological order of the title
C) Alphabetical order of author’s first name
D) Publisher’s name in an alphabetical order
23. Which of the statements is true?
A) Facts are based on opinion.
B) Opinion should be based on facts supported by evidence.
C) Evidence is based on opinion.
D) Facts are based on evidence supported by opinion.
24. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A) Although many people prefer winter.
B) Although many people like winter I prefer summer.
C) Although many people like winter, I prefer summer.
D) Although people, I prefer summer.

25. Which of the following sentences is correct?

A) Even many people prefer winter.
B) Even though many people prefer winter.
C) Even many people like winter I prefer summer.
D) Even though many people like winter, I prefer summer

26. Which of the following sentences is correct?

A) Despite the advantages of living in the city, I prefer living in the country.
B) Despite I love the city, I prefer the country.
C) Despite the advantages of living in the city I prefer living in the country.
D) Despite I love the city I prefer the country.
27. What is the main goal of a Marxist critic?
A) To examine how economics affect a character's life
B) To examine how war affects a character's life
C) To examine how feminism affects a character's life
D) To examine how gender affects a character's life.
28. Which academic text provides an overview of a project?
A) Research
B) Concept Paper
C) Position Paper
D) Reaction Paper
29. Which is not a function of a concept paper?
A) It serves as a foundation of the full proposal
B) It gives the opinion of the writer about a certain concept
C) It helps determine whether a certain project is feasible or not
D) It is used to pique the interest of potential funding agencies.
30. Which is not an effective way to write a concept paper?
A) Grab your reader’s attention.
B) Explain why you are approaching this sponsor.
C) Describe the problem your project addresses.
D) Do not share the basics of your method as they might copy it.
31. What is the method of identifying a given term and making its meaning clearer?
A) Definition
B) Explication
C) Clarification
D) Enumeration
32. What is a method of explanation in which the points are organized from general abstract ideas to
specific and concrete examples?
A) Definition
B) Explication
C) Clarification
D) Enumeration
33. What is a method of explanation in which sentences, verses, quotes or passages are taken from a
literary or academic work and then interpreted and explained in a detailed way?
A) Definition
B) Explication
C) Clarification
D) Enumeration
 34. What concept paper has the following elements?
Title
Background of the Study
Preliminary Literature Review
Statement of the Problem
Abridged Methodology
Timeline
Reference

A) Academic Research
B) Project
C) Feasibility
D) All of the above

Read the academic texts below and answer the questions that follow.

An Ideal Citizen
http://evirtualguru.com

1 A citizen is a person who lives in a state and is governed by its laws in all matters. An ideal
citizen is an asset to a nation. Countries are not good or bad but their citizens make them so. Smugglers,
lawbreakers and people of bad character are also citizens of a country but they cannot be called ideal citizens.
2 An ideal citizen is every inch a patriot. Citizenship secures for the people a sense of security
for their life and property. In a democratic country like India, a citizen enjoys the right of voting in elections
to public bodies. He can himself stand as a candidate for election to the municipal committee of his town and
legislative bodies of his country. HE can even stand for the office of the president of the country.
3 A citizen enjoys several other advantages. It is the duty of the state of provide him with
employment as far as possible. A citizen enjoys several facilities. The state provides him with essential
services such as transport, right of voting, electricity, hospitals and schools for the education of his children.
Modern states are welfare states. They are supposed to look after the welfare of the citizens. A citizen can
stand up and fight for certain rights.
4 On the other hand, a citizen has to carry out certain duties and responsibilities. He is expected
to obey the laws of his country. He must be loyal to the state. He or she must gladly offer his or her services
to the state. In time of war or a national emergency, a citizen should serve the country in any capacity he is
called upon to serve. Every citizen must support the police and the administration in general in the
maintenance of peace. It is also the duty of all citizens to desist from creating disorder by communal riots.
5 An ideal citizen tries to protect national property. He makes a right use of the facilities
provided to him. He tries to maintain communal harmony in the country. He has a secular outlook. He is
tolerant towards all faiths. He believes in the principle of peaceful co-existence. ‘Live and let live’ is the
guiding principle of his life. He is honest and fair in his dealings. He has a helpful attitude towards his fellow
human beings. He refuses to be tempted into corruption or dishonesty. His life is an open book in honesty,
diligence and amiability.
6 It is the duty of every citizen to be ready to offer his services for public duties. It is the
fundamental duty of a citizen to record his vote. A citizen is also expected to take an active part in public
affairs. Another duty of a citizen is to pay taxes honestly. If he evades these, the government has the right to
realize the taxes by force. An ideal citizen is ideal in his speech, conduct and writing. He is always ready to
lay down his life for the sake of his country. His country is a motherland to him and he loves her from the
core of his heart. The greatness of a country depends not on her material resources, but on her men and
women. A nation is great if her citizens are great. A poet has rightly said:

“Not gold, but only men,

Can make a nation strong and great;
Men who for truth and honour’s sake
 35. What concept is discussed and clarified in this essay?
A) all citizens C) good citizens
B) bad citizens D) Filipino citizens
36. What type of definition is used to tell what an ideal citizen is?
A) Formal C) Extended
B) Informal D) None of the choices
37. . What technique is used to define the term "ideal citizen" in this essay?
A) Contrast C) Synonym
B) Illustration D) Both b and c
38. . The word "asset" in paragraph 1 means valuable...
A) property C) wealth
B) person D) price
39. Which main idea about an ideal citizen is NOT discussed in this essay?
A) his duties and responsibilities
B) the advantages of being an ideal citizen
C) definition of an ideal citizen
D) what is not an ideal citizen
40. Which among the supporting details goes with the main idea in paragraph 4 about an ideal
citizen?
A) He maintains harmonious relationship with others.
B) He enjoys several facilities.
C) He obeys the law.
D) The goodness of the country depends on the type of citizen it has.
41. We can say that the author in this essay is...
A) sad C) God-fearing
B) certain D) over-acting
42. The author's purpose in this essay is...
A) to inform C) to describe
B) to persuade D) to narrate
43. In general, how would a reader feel after reading this selection? Choose among the following.
A) hopeful C) melancholic
B) inspired D) dispirited

II. ESSAY
Directions : Answer each of the following questions in one paragraph.

(44-47) What is the difference between a reaction paper and a review?

(48-50) Should you have a definite stand about the restaurant, movie, etc. by the end of the review?
Why or Why not?