ENGLISH NAT REVIEWER FOR GRADE 10

Directions: Read the following statement below. Write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.
8. Every time I go skating, I __________ lots of times!
1. How many people __________ on the plane? A. Fell
A. Is B. Fall
B. Was C. Falls
C. Were 9. My sister and I never __________ our bikes to
2. We __________ tired after the walk along the beach. school.
A. Isn't A. Rides
B. Wasn't B. Are riding
C. Weren't C. Ride
3. The teacher __________ us our homework yesterday. 10. Can your dog __________ over that chair?
A. Give A. Jump
B. Gave B. Jumps
C. Gives C. Jumped
4. I __________ two books when I was on holiday. 11. A: Hello! Is Mike there, please? B: Yes, but he
A. Read _________________ speak to you at the moment
B. Reads because he’s driving.
C. Was read A. Can't
5. Do you can play football very well? Is the sentence B. Doesn't have to
correct? 12. I’m sorry, but you ______________ speak Spanish
A. Yes in class. You have to speak only English!
B. No A. Don't have to
6. The students are waiting patient for their teacher. Is B. Mustn't
the sentence correct? 13. I don’t eat _______________ cheese because my
A. Yes mum never buys it.
B. No A. Many
7. I can’t do this test easily. It’s very difficult. Is the B. Much
sentence correct? 14. Jack’s running very __________, but I don’t think he
A. Yes can win.
B. No A. Fast
B. Fastly
15. We always work __________ in English lessons!
A. Hard
B. Hardly

Directions: Read the following passages and answer the questions below.

There was once a man who was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped 1.
him and beat him up. Then they left him half dead. It so happened that a priest was going down the road. But
when he saw the man, he walked on the other side of the road. In the same way, a Levite also came there,
went over and looked at the man and walked on by the other side. But a Samaritan who was travelling that
way, came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity. He went over to him, poured
oil and wine on his wound and bandaged them. Then he took the man to an inn where he attended him. The
next day, he took two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. “Take care of him,” he told the innkeeper,
“when I come back this way, I will pay you whatever else you spend on him.”
What value does the selection emphasize?
A. Keeping one’s promise
B. Being honest and loyal
C. Helping people in need
D. Being industrious and kind
 Once a month, one egg matures in one ovary of a woman. Each time an egg in the ovary matures, the lining
of the womb or uterus becomes thick with many blood vessels, getting ready for the arrival of the fertilized
egg. If the egg is not fertilized because there is no sperm, the egg dies. The thickening of the lining of the
uterus becomes useless; it breaks up and comes out with blood through the birth canal. This process is called
menstrual cycle. Only women have menstrual flow. They have the eggs and the uterus that thickens with
many blood vessels. This also explains why menstrual flow comes once a month. It is because an egg leaves
the ovary at an average of once in 28 days. This period is called the menstrual period.

2.What value is emphasized in the selection?

A. Care of the reproductive organ
B. Wonders of the reproductive system
C. Love of oneself
D. Love of nature

Nelson Mandela used his skills as a lawyer to win equal rights for his people, the non-whites races in South
Africa. In South Africa, under the system of apartheid, only white people can vote, everybody else is regarded
as a second-class citizen. Mandela believes all people are equal whatever the color of the skin. For his beliefs,
and his resistance to white-only power, Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27 years. Mandela is now the
president of South Africa.

3. What value is underscored in the selection?

A. equality
B. segregation
C. discrimination
D. dominance
4. What phrase in the selection describes Mandela as an advocator of human rights?
A. under the system of apartheid
B. a lawyer of equal rights
C. white-only power
D. non-white races
Sometimes what you don’t say is more important than what is said. Isabella’s friends were trying to convince
her to go to an expensive, fancy restaurant for dinner. “No, I’ve got a big test tomorrow,” she told them.
When she walked away from them, she fingered the small change in her pocket, and tried to swallow through
the lump in her throat.

5.From the passage, you can conclude that –

A. Isabella doesn’t really like her friends.
B. Isabella doesn’t have enough money.
C. Isabella studies a lot.
D. Isabella has a sore throat

Suddenly, we were bombarded with music, press releases, phone calls from people wanting to talk to us. This
was more overwhelming than either of us imagined. We both had other jobs as well, so we spent many
nights talking on the phone, and listening to music into the wee hours of the morning. There was one more
component to our work. We had to go to concerts. Lots of them. Most of the concerts didn’t start until
eleven or twelve in the evening, and my” daytime” job started early – I usually had to be up at 4 AM to get to
work on time. Often, I wouldn’t get more than a few hours’ sleep, and off I would go to other job. Then my
partner got hired as the music critic at a nationwide paper, and I was left alone with twice the amount of that
I had before.

6.What is the most probable conclusion about what happened after the author’s partner left to work for the nationwide
paper?
A. The author’s workload increased.
B. The newspaper quit running a music column.
C. The author stopped writing about music.
D. The author didn’t go to as many concerts as before.
 Self –esteem is a sense of value and worth that comes from a positive self-image. It begins with you and
extends to all that you do. With the belief that your best is always good enough, no one but you can destroy
your self- esteem. You destroy your esteem when you do not keep your word; when you do not honor the
agreements and commitments you make; if you say “yes” when you really mean “no”, when you don’t follow
your first thought. It is of little consequence what your past has been. It is not your concern what others may
be saying or doing. It is only in your mind that you build and destroy your self-esteem. You may not know
how to raise your self- esteem, but you definitely know how to stop lowering it.

7.What is meant by the following line?

“It is only in your mind that you build and destroy your self-esteem.”
A. Your self-esteem is reflected in what others think of you.
B. Your weaknesses and strengths change from time to time.
C. Self-esteem depends on what you think about yourself.
D. What people think about you determines your self-esteem.

Lesley knows that light colors do not absorb as much heat from the sun as for the cockpit. It is very hot day.
Lesley is getting dressed. She has two blouses that match her flowered skirt. One is a navy blue. The other is
white.

8. Lesley would probably _____________.

A. wear the navy-blue blouse.
B. wear the white blouse
C. put on a long-sleeved blouse.
D. Wear nothing at all.

With his hooked nose and scimitar mustache, Captain Leul, had the look of an affable eagle as he checked the
gauges above his head. The plane was the pilot’s favorite in the company’s fleet. Besides him sat co-pilot
Yonas Merkuria who was looking forward to fly with his levelheaded colleague. At 11:09 a.m.. On November
23,1996, Flight 961 thundered down the runway, soared into the sky and the Captain switched off the
seatbelt sign. Suddenly, shout broke out. “Shut Up”! Do what we say! Led by Matheas, three men ran yelling
up the aisle, headed for the cockpit. The door crashed open, Alemayehu held something the size of a tennis
ball. “We’ll beat you to death”! Sultan screamed, snatching fire ax from the wall. Captain Leul held up his
hands in a gesture of peace. “we’ll do what you want”, he said. “Don’t hit him”! Quickly, while the hijackers
were distracted, Leul changed the transponder code 7500, the hijack alert. He also flicked his radio button
and in a low voice said, “961 hijacked.” A pilot of another plane acknowledged. Guild of Air Riots and Air
Navigators Cheif, Captain Clive Elton, said, “For the action contributing outstandingly to save human life, it
was an amazing feat of courage that saved many lives.” Leul received the award.

9.The best concluding sentence for the third paragraph is _____

A. The destination of the plane was changed.
B. Now the world knew the problem.
C. The passengers cried, screamed, and scrambled for life vests.
D. The power was gone
10.It can be concluded that the two pilots ________.
A. survived the ordeal
B. were injured
C. were captured
D. were arrested

Bill Bixby is known for his starring roles in popular television shows, yet fame and fortune have not insulted
him from pain and sorrow. In 1981, Bixby’s only child, six-year-old Christopher died from a rare infection. A
year later, his first wife, an actress, committed suicide. A second marriage ended in divorce after two years.
More recently Bixby was diagnosed with spreading, advanced prostate cancer, which has penetrated his
bones. With so much trauma in one decade, Bixby could have become cynical and bitter about life, but he
demonstrates the opposite, I’m the happiest that I’ve ever been,” he says. Because as many tragedies as I’ve
had to face in my life, I’ve been blessed with the greatest friends.”
11. What could be the next possible scenario in Bixby’s life?
A. Marriage
B. Death
C. Better health
D. Have children

Daedalus said to his son Icarus, “Keep at a moderate height, for if you fly too low the fog and the spray will
clog your wings, and if you fly too high the heat will melt the wax that holds them together. Keep near me
and you will be safe. Up and up Icarus soared, through the soft moist cloud and out again towards the
glorious sun. He was bewitched by a sense of freedom and beat his wings frantically so that they would carry
him higher. The blazing sun beat down on the wings and softens the wax. Small feathers fell from the wings
and floated softly down, warning Icarus to stay his flight and glide to earth. But the enchanted boy did not
notice them until the sun became so hot that the largest feathers dropped off and he began to sink.
Frantically he fluttered his arms, but no feather was left to hold the air. He cried out to his father but his voice
could not be heard above the roar of the sea.

12. What kind of conflict is shown?

A. Man vs man
B. Man vs himself
C. Man vs society
D. Man vs nature
13. What value is emphasized in the selection?
A. loving nature
B. obeying parent’s decision
C. following one’s dream
D. overcoming one’s fear

A poor farmer once had a terrible problem with hawks. The great birds were stealing his chickens. First, the
farmer and his wife tried to frighten the hawks away. Then they tried to catch the hawks. But nothing
worked. Finally, they made a strong net to trap them. Every day they checked the net to see if there were
hawks in the net.

14. The passage describes the conflict between whom?

A. The poor farmer and his wife
B. The poor farmer and the hawks
C. The hawks and the net
D. The hawks and the chicken

“Your face has a good color, you seem to be well nourished and in excellent health, and you converse
pleasantly, why should you sigh and complain of your hard luck”, rejoined the old man. “I am barely hanging
on to life,” was the moody reply, “and there is practically no happiness to speak of.”

15. The passage describes the conflict between whom?

A. Old man vs. the man
B. The man vs. his health
C. The man vs. himself
D. The old man vs. the man’s outlook on life
Directions: Answer the questions below comprehensively. Write your answer in a paragraph with at least 5 sentences.

1. How do you discern truth? What are the things that you must consider in evaluating the truthfulness of information?