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QUARTER 2 ASSESSMENT
 QUARTER 2 ASSESSMENTS
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

DIRECTION: Read each item carefully. Using the answer sheet, blacken/shade the circle that corresponds
to your answer.

A. Choose the correct verb in the parenthesis that agrees with the subject.
1. Either my father or brothers (is, are, have) going to the office.
2. Either students or a teacher (is, are, would) in a classroom today.
3. Neither my father nor my sisters (know, knows, known) how to swim.
4. Four and Four (is, are, has) eight.
5. Forty Percent of the student body (is, are, have) in favour of change the syllabus.
6. The department members and chairman (has, have, is) decided to teach every student.
7. The house between the two streets (is, are, have) empty.
8. None of the students (speaks, speak, spoken) Spanish.
9. My Friends and I (is, am, are) planning to meet on Friday.
10. The United Arab Emirates (offers, offer) business people many profitable opportunities.
11. The one hundred pesos I had in my credit (was, were, have) not enough for my purchase.
12. How (do, does, did) machine work?
13. There (is, are, have) some cookies left in the box.
14. The news (has, have, are) spread by word of mouth.
15. Most of the students (is, are, have) dropping the course.
16. Sky diving and bungee jumping (attract, attracts) a lot of adventures.
17. The work (has, have) to be finished on time.
18. My cat (prefers, prefer) to sleep on the sofa.
19. Basketball players frequently (miss, misses) penalty goals.
20. One of my relatives (has, have) signed contract with your company.
21. What type of academic writing that presents the writer’s stand or view point on a particular issue by
outlining arguments and proposing the course of action?
a. Concept Paper c. Critique Paper
b. Position Paper d. Research Paper
22. It is a document or letter publicly declaring the position or program, a set of ideas, opinions, or
views and can also lay out a plan of action and is often political in nature.
a. Research Paper c. Abstract
b. Book Review d. Manifesto
23. Which is correct?
a. They were effected badly by the incident
b. The incident effected them badly
c. They were affected badly by the incident
d. The effects of the incidents were bad
24. Choose the right one.
a. It’s bowl’s empty
b. Its bowl’s empty
c. Its’ bowls’ empty
d. It’s bowls empty
25. ‘Information on the internet is ‘free’. Anyone can use it without having reference it.’
a. True
b. False
26. What is an academic language…
a. Is a set of vocabulary terms used in schools
b. Comes as second nature to native speakers, but it is difficult for ELLs to acquire
c. Is the linguistic register that students are expected to use in school subjects
d. All of the above
27. When do you use formal language?
a. In an academic essay
b. When you talk to a friend
c. When you write a text message
d. To avoid copy pasting from the internet
28. What does it mean to write academically?
a. To write in order to pass final exams
b. To write paper for scholars
c. To write using proper English language
d. To avoid copy pasting from the internet
29. The term, “Very Often” may be improved using a more appropriate academic word which is.
a. Frequently
b. Rarely
c. Seriously
d. Stubbornly
30. We use summarizing to:
a. Retell a story
b. Reduce information to essential ideas
c. Get through an article more quickly
d. Understand easily
31. When summarizing. We want to___unimportant information.
a. Summarize
b. Highlight
c. Disregard
d. Include
32. The main idea is
a. All the information provided
b. The most important information
 c. Nothing to worry about
d. Unimportant information
33. Basic signal words are Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
a. True B. False
34. The___gives the reader an idea about what the paragraph is going to be about.
a. Concluding sentence
b. Summary
c. Topic Sentence
d. Body
35. Which of the statement in 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
36. Leo is writing a story about native birds in Virginia. Which fact for outlining idea doesn’t belong?
a. The amount of colors on the male Cardinal
b. Flamingos get their cool from eating shrimp
c. How many species are there of the Blue Jay.
37. Which technique is used to outline a successful essay?
a. Writing down all possible essay topics
b. Finding quotes by unknown people to backup essay
c. Writing down the main idea and all paragraph topics
38. Tavis is writing an essay on the features of the ocean floor, which idea doesn’t belong in his
essay?
a. The ocean floor is a very interesting part of earth.
b. Volcanoes can spew hot lava everywhere
c. There are many parts to the ocean floor.
39. What is a hook?
a. Opening sentence that captures the reader’s attention
b. The last sentence of a paragraph
c. a tool used to catch a fish
d. a boring sentence
40. What academic writing that tells what the project is all about, the reasons of conducting the project
as well the process of carrying it out?
a. Research Paper c. Concept Paper
b. Critique Paper d. Position Paper
41. Another name of concept paper is
a. Summary of Document c. Review
b. Document d. Report
42. Why is a concept paper necessary?
a. It gives opportunity to fund sources. c. It explains the idea clearly.
 b. It document the steps orderly. d. It brings societal change.
43. Which is NOT an important part of a concept paper for academic research?
a. Statement of the Problem c. Rationale
b. Timeliness d. Budget
44. What detail should you include in writing the project description part?
a. Review of Related Studies c. Expected Outcome
b. Proponent’s Agency d. Budget
45. This way of presenting the concept uses examples to develop the ideas in the paragraph.
a. Explanation c. Explication
b. Clarification d. Definition
46. Why do you need to include the distinguishing feature in formal sentence definition?
a. To present the unique qualities of a term.
b. To recognize it from the other terms.
c. To be different in some terms.
d. To be specific in meaning.
47. A concept paper is purposely written in order to
a. Present a feasible project worth future funding.
b. Show ones skill in conceptualizing ideas.
c. Get possible source of income.
d. Communicate ones intention.
48. You are planning to conduct a study on the “Effectivity of Online Learning on Physics Subject to
Grade 12 students. You are tasked by your Research teacher to present a concept paper on that topic.
Which format are you going to use?
a. Concept Paper for Academic Research c. Book Review format
b. Concept Paper for Project d. Thesis format

49. Synchronous learning is online or distance education that happens in real time, whereas
asynchronous learning occurs through online channels without real-time interaction. This is an example of
a. Informal Definition c. Clarification
b. Formal Definition d. Explication

50. What academic writing that tells what the project is all about, the reasons of conducting the project as
well the process of carrying it out?

a. Research Paper c. Concept Paper

b. Critique Paper d. Position Paper

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GRACIELLE ROSE D. TURATO CHARITO C. RAMILO DOMINGO R. BALDOVINO
SHS Teacher Head Teacher VI Principal II
“Things are going to be tough for everyone in many different ways, but in all things, let’s be vessels for
good, overflowing as we draw from the True Source”. –Ephesians 4:2
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