MALINTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-JUNIOR HIGH

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN ENGLISH

GRADE 10
Name: ______________________________________________ Score: _____________________
Grade & Section: ____________________________________ Date: ______________________

TEST I: INFORMATIONAL LITERACY. Read each of the test questions comprehensively. Write your answer on your answer
sheets.
____1. Where can you find a credible or reliable source of information to get accurate details?
a. news
b. tabloid
c. blog
d. Vlog
____2. This refers to a prepared talk that aims to inform, persuade, and demonstrate.
a. Panel Discussion
b. News report
c. Speech
d. Informative talks
Learners from all over the country started flocking to schools early Monday morning as face-to-face classes for School
Year 2022-2023 officially start amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on data from the Department of Education (DepEd), 27.6 million students both from private and public schools have
enrolled for this academic year—a slight shortfall from the agency’s 28.6 million target.
This school year provides for the implementation of combined in-person classes and distance from August to October,
while the five-day face-to-face classes in public and private schools will start on November 2.
DepEd spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa noted Friday that a total of 24,765 private and public schools nationwide or 46%
will implement in-person classes for five days while 29,721 schools nationwide or 51.8% will implement the blended learning
modality.
For the first day of classes, he said that schools are already ready, adding that regional directors of DepEd are “very
confident” that their facilities are sufficient for learners.
Meanwhile, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Friday said DepEd is also prepared for the opening
of classes, consistent with Department Order 24 which provides for the calendar and activities for School Year 2022-2023 despite
the challenges they are facing.
According to the DepEd, 11 weeks are scheduled for every quarter of the academic year.
The first quarter is set from August 22 to November 4, 2022; the second quarter from November 7, 2022 to February 3,
2023; the third quarter from February 13 to April 28, 2023, and the fourth quarter from May 2 to July 7, 2023.
The Christmas break will start on December 19, 2022 and classes will resume on January 2, 2023. A mid-year break is
also scheduled from February 6 to 10, 2023.
End-of-year rites will be held from July 10 to 14, 2023.
During the summer, the DepEd said remedial, enrichment, or advanced classes can be held from July 17, 2023 to August
26 to 2023.
By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA News

____3. Based on the report, what is the agency’s target enrollees for school year 2022-2023?
a. 27.6 million students
b. 28.6 million students
c. 26.6 million students
d. 25.6 million students
____4. According to the DepEd, how many weeks are scheduled for every quarter of the academic year?
a. 9 weeks
b. 10 weeks
c. 11 weeks
d. 12 weeks
____5. Which of the following is not included among the planned activities in summer?
a. Remedial classes
b. In-person classes
c. Enrichment classes
d. Advanced classes
____6. What was clarified in the Department Order 24?
a. The implementation of in-person classes for School Year 2022-2022
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b. The number of enrollees for School Year 2022-2023

c. The health and safety protocols for School Year 2022-2023
d. The calendar and activities for School Year 2022-2023
____7. What is the best headline of the given news article?
a. School Year 2022-23 begins in-person classes amid COVID-19 pandemic
b. Philippines is 100% ready for the opening of in-person classes
c. This school year provides for the implementation of combined in-person classes and distance from August to October
d. Learners from all over the country started flocking to schools early Monday
TEST II: TEXTUAL AIDS. Determine the textual aids appropriate in understanding texts in the following contexts. Write the letter
of your answer.
____8. What are the educational tools that help readers like you to better understand a text?
A. Textual Aids
B. Textual Elucidations
C. Textual Interpretations
D. Textual Representations
____9. Which of the following best defines textual aids?
A. Textual aids are visual scaffolding that facilitate understanding of a text.
B. Textual aids are instructional units that support misleading information.
C. Textual aids are educational materials that lead to vague understanding of a text.
D. Textual aids most of the time are graphical representations that provide ambiguous facts
____10. Why do writers include titles, heading, maps, diagrams, and images in their articles?
A. to fill the spaces of the paper
B. to give interpretation of the text
C. to help readers understand the main text
D. to support the eye movement of the readers
____11. Which of the following is an instructional unit that is used before direct instruction or before a new topic?
A. advance organizer
B. graphic organizer
C. conceptual diagram
D. schematic diagram
____12. In a Science class, Pedro is tasked to compare and to contrast the symptoms of the influenza from COVID-19. What textual
aid should he use?
A. Matrix
B. Concept Map
C. Venn Diagram
D. Ishikawa Diagram
____13. Mandie is an SSG officer who wants to spread handwashing procedures in his classroom. What textual aid must he
incorporate in his campaign?
A. Concept Map
B. Flow Chart
C. Venn Diagram
D. Web Organizer
____14. Dave and his friends are reading an online article on COVID-19 pandemic. They want to organize their background
knowledge with the information that they read. What graphic organizer should they use?
A. Concept map
B. K-W-L Chart
C. Venn Diagram
D. Ishikawa Diagram
TEST III: ELEMENTS OF A STORY. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.
____15. What literary device highlights and explains the qualities and details of a character in a specific story?
A. Association
B. Assimilation
C. Characterization
D. Familiarization
____16. Which of the following can be associated with the author’s intention or reason in writing?
A. Author’s purpose
B. Author’s prowess
C. Author’s competence
D. Author’s prerogative
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____17. Mrs. Perez asks her students to underscore the significant events in the story that they read and later instructs them to take
note the sequence of events. What element of a story is highlighted in her task?
A. Character
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Theme
____18. The Grade 10 learners of Mr. Antonio have an assignment of giving the central message of the story Icarus and Daedalus.
What element of story should they concentrate?
A. Character
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Theme
TEST IV: ANALOGY. Choose the appropriate word that completes the analogy.
19. ____________ : pursues the goals of a plot :: antagonist : opposes the goals of a plot
A. Protagonist
B. Villain
C. Round character
D. Static character
20. exposition : introduction of the plot :: ______________ : conclusion of the plot
A. Rising Action
B. Falling Action
C. Climax
D. Denouement
21. persuade : to convince :: enjoy : ___________
A. to inform
B. to entertain
C. to describe
D. to narrate
TEST IV: TYPES OF LISTENING. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.
____22. What type of listening is for the purpose of enjoyment or appreciation.
A. Analytical/Critical
B. Emphatic
C. Appreciative
D. Comprehensive
____23. What type of listening is also known as active listening. You listen and participate at the same time.
A. Comprehensive
B. Analytical/Critical
C. Emphatic
D. Appreciative
____24. Which type of listening shows a mutual concern to the speaker. When you let him/her feel that you are in his/her foot.
A. Emphatic
B. Comprehensive
C. Appreciative
D. Analytical/ Critical
____25. Which of the following statements is true on emphatic listening?
A. In emphatic listening, the focus is to the speaker and not to the listener.
B. In emphatic listening, the focus is not to the speaker but the listener.
C. In emphatic listening, the focus is the speaker and the listener.
D. In emphatic listening, the focus is the speaker only.
____26. Which type of listening is employed when you listen and take down notes during a lecture.
A. Emphatic
B. Comprehensive
C. Appreciative
D. Analytical/ Critical
____27. What type of listening is used to evaluate the content of the message.
A. Comprehensive
B. Appreciative
C. Analytical/ Critical
D. Emphatic
____28. Which of the following is TRUE about listening?
A. Listening comprises less of the percentage in communication than reading.
B. Listening to evaluate does not need to undergo listening to understand because this is a deeper type of listening.
C. Listening is like hearing.
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D. Withholding one’s judgment about someone’s idea is necessary to be a good listener.

____29. Which of the following is most likely true about the word “compare and contrast?”
A. It is effective for English subject only.
B. It is a reading comprehension skill only for students who love reading.
C. To group ideas in order of similarities and differences
D. To see what is wrong with the texts presented.
____30. In comparing we need at least:
A. 1 subject
B. 2 subjects
C. 5 subjects
D. 8 subjects
____31. Which among the following is not an example of a literary text?
A. Poem
B. Epic
C. Short story
D. Essay
____32. This refers to a nonfiction writing that is intended to inform the reader about a specific topic.
A. Informational Text
B. Literary Text
C. Persuasive Text
D. Argumentative Text
TEST V: READING COMPREHENSION. Read carefully the passage below and answer the following questions.

God Sees the Truth but Waits

Leo Tolstoy
That night, when Aksionov was lying on his bed and just beginning to doze, someone came quietly and sat down on his bed. He
peered through the darkness and recognized Makar, the man he vowed to take revenge on.
“What more do you want of me?” asked Aksionov. “Why have you come here?”
Makar Semyonich was silent. So Aksionov sat up and said, “What do you want? Go away, or I will call the guard!”
Makar Semyonich bent close over Aksionov and whispered, “Ivan Dmitrich, forgive me!”
“What for?” asked Aksionov.
“It was I who killed the merchant and hid the knife among your things. I meant to kill you too, but I heard a noise outside, so I
hid the knife in your bag and escaped out of the window.”
Aksionov was silent, and did not know what to say. Makar Semyonich slid off the bed and knelt upon the ground. “Ivan
Dmitrich,” he said, “forgive me! For the love of God, forgive me! I will confess that it was I who killed the merchant, and you
will be released and can go to your home.” “It is easy for you to talk,” said Aksionov, “but I have suffered for you for twenty-
six years. Where could I go now? …My wife is dead, and my children have forgotten me. I have nowhere to go…
Makar Semyonich did not rise, but beat his head on the floor. “Ivan Dmitrich, forgive me!” he cried. “When they flogged me
with the knot, it was not so hard to bear as it is to see you now…

yet you had pity on me and did not tell. For Christ’s sake forgive me, wretch that I am!” And he began to sob.
When Aksionov heard him sobbing he, too, began to weep. “God will forgive you!” said he. “Maybe I am a hundred times worse
than you.” And at these words his heart grew light, and the longing for home left him. He no longer had any desire to leave the
prison, but only hoped for his last hour to come.
Despite what Aksionov had said, Makar Semyonich confessed his guilt. But when the order for his release came, Aksionov was
already dead.

____33. What makes Makar and Aksionov well-rounded characters?

A. Makar and Aksionov developed faith in a supreme being as a result of their suffering.
B. Makar spared Aksionov’s life, and Aksionov did not sell-off Makar during the interrogation.
C. Makar and Aksionov are the exact opposite of each other, but both of them are at the mercy of the law.
D. Makar chose to rectify his evil deeds, and Aksionov found enlightenment despite having lost everything he had.
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____34. What important element symbolized the problems on absence of true justice, as well as lack of freedom from clinging to
much on material values?
A. The prison setting
B. The act of flogging
C. The character Makar
D. The final dialogue between Makar and Aksionov
____35. What is the appropriate theme of the story?
A. Forgiveness is given only to those who ask for it.
B. Forgiveness sets free both the victim and the offender.
C. Repeatedly asking forgiveness is a sign of the offender’s sincerity.
D. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it lets people move on to a better future.
____36. What makes the plot different from other stories?
A. Divine intervention helped the characters resolve the conflict.
B. The protagonist never succeeded in anything he did or attempted to do.
C. The denouement seems open-ended, but the conflict was clearly resolved.
D. The plot was developed with various literary techniques such as foreshadowing, flashback and plot twists.
____37. What is the relevance of the title to the entire story?
A. It means that justice will be served, but it may come too late sometimes.
B. It means that trials in life are God’s way of making us acknowledge his existence.
C. It implies that supreme beings do not intervene with the affairs and problems of humans.
D. It suggests that, even if the whole world is against us, God knows the truth and acts at the right time.
TEST VI: SPOKEN TEXT. Read each of the following questions carefully and copy the letter of the word or phrase that best
completes each numbered item.
____38. This is the ability to identify and comprehend what others are saying.
A. Listening
B. Speaking
C. Fluency
D. Cohesion
____39. It refers to speaking smoothly, reasonably fast, and without having to stutter, stop, or pause a lot.
A. Fluency
B. tone
C. Coherence
D. Correctness
____40. This is based on the writer’s/speaker’s attitude while writing/delivering the text.
A. Accuracy
B. Coherence
C. Tone
D. Cohesion
____41. It refers to the excellent flow of words and ideas that are easy to understand.
A. Cohesion
B. Coherence
C. Correctness
D. Fluency
____42. There is a correct usage of grammar, proper pronunciation, and right expression.
A. Tone
B. Accuracy
C. Correctness
D. Listening
____43. Please be reminded that we are now in the General Community Quarantine, and everybody must do his/her share of taking
care of one’s health.” What is the tone of the statement?
A. Excited
B. Sympathetic
C. Sarcastic
D. Threatening
____44. We bought that second – hand car, but we have to sell it to buy another upgraded yet still second – hand car. We called the
first car “Joseph”. My family and I had a lot of adventures with Joseph. We will surely miss it! What is the tone of the statement?
A. Bitter
B. Sentimental
C. Humorous
D. Delighted
____45. “When are we going to follow and stay at home? Sometime this year, maybe when the number of Covid – 19 shoots up to
500k?” What is the tone of the statement?
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A. Happy
B. Caring
C. Sad
D. Bored
TEST VII: READING COMPREHENSION. For numbers 46-50, compare and contrast the information from the passage below.
Use a Venn Diagram as your graphic organizer.
What is Influenza and What is COVID-19?
The seasonal flu or influenza is caused by contagious influenza viruses that can infect the throat, nose, and, sometimes, the lungs.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that influenza can cause mild to severe illness, usually caused
by two main types of influenza virus – type A and type B. The influenza type A routinely spread in people, which is responsible for seasonal
flu epidemics every year. On the other hand, influenza type B is found only in humans and causes only mild illness.
The first symptoms of COVID-19 and influenza (flu) are similar, wherein patients experience fever and respiratory symptoms,
such as cough and sore throat. With the flu, the most common symptoms include cough, colds, headaches, sore throat, fever, chills, fatigue,
muscle aches, and sore throat. Vomiting and diarrhea are usually frequent in children.
In the early stages, COVID-19 has lesser symptoms, which include fever, tiredness, dry cough, red eyes, and in some cases, loss of
taste, and smell.
Some patients may experience nasal congestion, sore throat, and diarrhea. These symptoms usually worsen gradually. When
symptoms progress, the person may experience shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Those who are at higher risk of severe disease
may develop severe illness, characterized by pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and eventually, multi- organ failure
and death.
Source:https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-the-Difference-BetweenCOVID-19- and-the-Flu.aspx#1

INFLUENZ
COVID-19 A
46. 48
50.
47, 49.

FIRST QUARTER
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
ANSWER KEY:
1. A.
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. D
21. B
22. C
23. A
24. A
25. A
26. B
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27. C
28. D
29. C
30. B
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. C
37. D
38. A
39. A
40. C
41. A
42. C
43. B
44. B
45. C
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