Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BIÑAN CITY

BIÑAN SECONDARY SCHOOL OF APPLIED ACADEMICS

ENGLISH 10
FIRST QUARTER SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Name:_______________________________________ Section:_____________________

I. Read the items below. Arrange and place them according to their type of information source.
(10pts)

1. research project 5. Audio recordings 9. dictionary

2. textbooks novels 6. school paper 10. encyclopedias
3. laws 7. atlas
4. Artifacts 8. almanac

Primary Information Secondary Tertiary

Source Information Source Information Source

II. Read each situation below. Determine which process of analytical listening is present in the
situation. (5pts)

Understanding Evaluating Remembering

Responding Receiving
1. Jemimah cooks sinigang based on the recipe said by her mother. _____________

2. Since she is seating at the back, Carol moves forward so that she can clearly hear the lecture given
by the speaker in front. _____________

3. Nico jots down the important points of Mr. De Guzman’s explanation about the Bill of Rights in the
1987 Philippine Constitution. _____________

4. Jess asks Mr. Salvador, the resource speaker of the seminar about heritage conservation, on why
Filipinos take for granted old houses and buildings. _____________

5. After listening to the speech of the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago about the abilities of the
Filipino youth to change the future of the Philippines, Mrs. Santos asks her students to compare
and contrast the Filipino youth Senator Santiago describes and the Filipino youth based on their
own opinion. _____________

III. Read the Science article below. Assess the text and answer the task that follows. (10pts)

The Risks of Smoking

Aaron V. Austria
(From The Spectrum, the official student publication of Biñan Secondary School of Applied
Academics)

President Duterte signed the Executive Order No. 26 prohibiting smokers to smoke in public
places nationwide. After the nationwide rule has taken effect it is very timely to discuss the harms of
smoking.
 Smoking harms almost every organ of the body and causes ill health. In fact, the data in 2019
from the Department of Health (DOH) reveals an estimated 713, 000 deaths attributed to diseases
caused by smoking. These staggering number continues to increase despite different measures
implemented by government and other non-government agencies.
As part of the measure, agencies continue to educate the public on the different risks of
smoking. These pieces of information are read and heard everywhere to remind smokers the harms
of smoking that they sounded cliché in the ears of the smokers but these are factual and should be
taken seriously.
Smoking is a major factor for coronary heart disease, a condition in which plaque builds up
inside the coronary arteries that supply your heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood, the condition is
called atherosclerosis. This condition increases your risk of having and dying from heart disease, heart
failure, or a heart attack. Smoking is also the cause of Peripheral Artery Disease or shortly known as
P.A.D., is a disease in which plaque builds up in the arteries that carry blood to your head, organs,
and limbs. P.A.D. usually affects the arteries that carry blood to your legs that can cause cramping,
pain, weakness, and numbness in your hips, thighs, and calf muscles.
Smoking damages airways and small air sacs in the smoker’s lungs. It may take years for the
problem to be noticeable or diagnosed. If severe, it may worsen pneumonia and asthma and the
worst it can cause lung cancer. Smoke touches all living cells and no organ is spared when you smoke
so it is likely that smoking can cause cancer. Unfortunately, not only smokers are affected by these
diseases even non-smokers who happen to inhale smoke from a day to day encounter to smokers
can imbibe illnesses. Secondhand smoke can damage the heart and blood vessels of people who
don’t smoke in the same way that active smoking harms people who do smoke.
These are the most common diseases attributed to smoking that increase the mortality rate in
the Philippines. Despite government warnings, the department is still alarmed with the increase of
smokers in the country.
However, the government continues to make efforts to urge the public to work with the
government to decrease smoking rates and spread information about the risks of smoking to prevent
further diseases and deaths.

Complete the concept map with the necessary information.

The Risks of Smoking

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IV. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper. (5pts)

1. Sentences can clearly express idea if they contain sentence endings. Which of the following serves
as sentence endings?
A. punctuation marks B. words C. clauses D. word patterns

2. This quality is evident in a spoken text if it uses a language that is fitting or suitable to the situation
or purpose.
A. articulateness B. clarity C. grammar D. language appropriateness

3. This refers to the set of rules that explains how words are used in a language.
A. articulateness B. clarity C. grammar D. language appropriateness

4. Which of the following punctuation mark is used when a statement indicates a question or inquiry?
A. period (.) B. comma (,) C. exclamation point (!) D. question mark (?)

5. It is an attitude of the writer toward a subject or an audience.

A. figurative language B. imagery C. mood D. tone