Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BULACAN
SAPANG BULAC HIGH SCHOOL

Name :_______________________________________ Date:________________________

Grade & Section:___________________________ Score:_______________________
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Reading and Writing Skills
THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION

I. Read and answer the following questions/statements carefully. Write the letter of your choice on the
space provided below.

_______1. “ English is one of the official languages of the Philippines and is Spoken by more than
14 million Filipinos.” What language tone is evident on the given sentences ?
a. Object tone b. subjective tone c. neutral tone
_______ 2. “ I don’t think that this company cares about what their customers think about them.”
What language tone is evident on the given sentence
a. Object tone b. subjective tone c. neutral tone
_______ 3. It focuses on the attitudes, thoughts, feelings, values or beliefs of the writer or speaker
a. Objective Language B. Subjective language c. Figurative Language
_______ 4. This is defined as the quality of being logical , consistent and understandable .
a. Coherence b. mechanics c. unity
______ 5. They are words and phrases used for a clear and logical flow of thoughts from sentence to
sentence and from paragraph to paragraph
a. Cohesive devices b. intervening words c. prepositional phrases
_______ 6. “ that was by far the best film that I’ve ever watched!” the sentence uses _______ tone of
language.
a. Objective b. subjective c. literal
_______ 7. It covers the arrangement of ideas presented in the paragraph.
a. Mechanics b. organization c. language of use
______ 8. These are conventions governing the technical aspects of writing including spelling,
punctuation, capitalization and abbreviation.
a. Mechanics b. organizations c.coherence and cohesion
_______ 9. It is a shortened form of word or phrase
a. Punctuation b. abbreviation c. mnemonic
______ 10. Which word/ phrase makes the sentence incorrect? “neither Jason nor Sandra measure up to
John.”
a. Neither b. nor c. measure up
______ 11. This kind of language is often used in textbooks, references , science journals, researches
newspaper articles and the likes.
a. Objective language b. subjective language c. figurative language
______12. Different oil companies had an oil- price increase._____________, the prices of basic
commodities increased, too. What transitional word/ phrase is appropriate for the statement ?
a. However b. as a result c. so that
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Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BULACAN
SAPANG BULAC HIGH SCHOOL

______ 13. It contains the main idea or controlling idea in a paragraph.

a. Supporting sentence b. topic sentence c. middle sentence
_____ 14. It is a set of marks used to regulate texts and clarify their meanings, mainly by separating or
linking words, phrases and clauses.
a. Capitalization b. abbreviation c. punctuation
______ 15. “ there was a lot of food, ____ she only ate the bread.” What transitional word is appropriate
for the statement
a. So b. but c. because
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns, write your answer on the space provided.
16. My favorite salon has changed _______ name.
17. Alexis sends text messages to ______ mother every day.
18. Would you like to submit ______ essay to the school paper?
19. We will spend _______ summer vacation in Tagaytay.
20. Leslie likes looking at ______________ in the mirror.
III. TRUE OR FALSE: write True if the statement is correct ,. If not, underline the words that makes the
statement incorrect, then write the correct word on the space provided.\
_______ 21. Claim of policy argues that certain conditions should exist or that something should or should not
be done, to solve a problem.
_______22.Claim of Fact indicates that a condition has existed, exists or will exist.
_______23. Claim of Value consists of arguable statements concerning the qualified merits of something which
is measured subjectively.
______ 24. Claim of Facts argues that something is good or bad, or that one thing is better than another thing
______25. Claim of policy makes an assertion about something that can be proved or disproved with factual
evidence
_______26. Claim of Policy argues that something should or should not be done.
_______27. Claim of Value usually uses the word “should”
_______28. Claim of value compares two subjects and states his/her own choice
_______29. Claim of Policy uses facts to back up the argument
_______30. Claim of value is based on preferences such as likes and dislikes
_______31. The statement “staying at home is better than going in the mall” is a claim of fact
_______32. The statement “ In the year 2023 our country will recover from the virus because of the available
vaccines “ is a Claim of Facts
_______33. The statement “as a Filipino, we should give respect to our national flag by stopping whatever we
are doing whenever it is being raised” is a claim of policy
_______34. The statement “I prepare patronizing local and cheap clothes than buying imported and expensive
one” is a Claim of Policy
_______35. The statement “We should give back to our parents for they have given their lives to raise us” is a
Claim of Policy
IV.Essay . 5 points each
36-40. What are the type of context clause that you can use to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar term or
phrase?
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Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BULACAN
SAPANG BULAC HIGH SCHOOL

41-45. what are the stages in the writing process

46-50. What are the different types of paragraph development?