Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Silay City
District V
VIOLETA INTEGRATED SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 9

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NAME: ___________________________GRADE AND SECTION: _______

I. Directions: Read the questions below and choose the best answer. Write the
letter of your choice in a separate answer sheet.

1. What is communicative style?

A. It refers to the speaker’s style when speaking.
B. It refers to the type of communication that the speaker wants to
have in the entirety of speech.
C. It is the form of language that the speaker uses which is
characterized by the degree of formality.
D. It is the way we deliver our messages, whether verbally or nonverbally.

2. What is true about frozen communicative style?

A. It is often used by friends.
B. Slangs are often use.
C. It has a fixed and static language and uses long sentences with
good command of grammar.
D. It is always used by people who have intimate relationship.

3. Which is not an example of communicative style?

A. Consultative B. Casual C. Formal D. Informal

4. Which statement refers to frozen communicative style?

A. Happens between an expert and the ones consulting.
B. It has very high level of formality.
C. Always use by best friends.
D. Relationship of speaker and listener is very close.

5. Which situation shows frozen communicative style?

A. The alumni association president having a discussion with the
principal on the organization of their homecoming.
B. An old lady leading the church prayer.
C. Peter and John talking about their new cell phones.
D. Mark proposing to Julia.

6. In frozen communicative style, the audience/listener __________ to the

speaker.
A. discusses B. listens C. writes D. argues
7. Frozen communicative style does not use _______________.
A. complex vocabulary
B. good grammar
C. slang
D. formal language

8. What situations below portrays frozen communicative style?

A. Martha and Josh talking about their project in English.
B. A church lector reading a passage from the Holy Bible.
C. DepEd Sec. Leonor M. Briones discussing to the cabinet meeting
what are the steps schools should do under new normal situation.
D. Ali telling Rosanna his secret love.

9. Which statement showcases frozen communicative style?

A. “I love you honey!
B. “What an amazing trip!”
C. “Our father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name.”
D. “What am I supposed to do to gain muscles?”

10. When the president take his oath of office he probably

use______________.
A. slang
B. formal language
C. scientific terms
D. emotional expressions

11. Which statement is not an example of frozen communication?

A. “I believe in God, the Creator of all things visible and invisible.”
B. “I love the Philippines, it is the land of my birth. It is the home of
my people.”
C. “I wish everybody good health, long life and prosperous New Year.”
D. “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.”

12. Which is not true about frozen communication.

A. It is also called fixed speech.
B. Complex terminologies could be used.
C. Good command of grammar is observed.
D. The audience are allowed to discuss to the speaker.

13. In what situation frozen communicative style is evident?

A. The president taking his oath of office.
B. The ambassador talking to the cabinet secretary.
C. The teacher explaining the topic to the class.
D. The Zumba instructor teaching the dance move.

14. What place below a frozen communication will most likely be

used?
A. dental clinic
B. chapel
C. park
D. sports arena
15. In social media, who commonly used frozen communicative
style?
A. A group of vlogger.
B. A speaker in a webinar.
C. The DepEd secretary updating live updates in Facebook.
D. A priest leading a church mass via Facebook live.

16. What speech style is characterized by a complete absence of social interactions?

a. Casual
b. Formal
c. Frozen
d. Intimate

17. In which of the following situations would the casual communicative style be used?
a. during a business meeting
b. while chatting with a classmate
c. while conversing with husband or wife
d. while speaking with a person in authority

18.. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the intimate communicative style?
a. It is used in informal situations.
b. It is used in private conversations.
c. Participants use titles to address the person spoken to.
d. The participants need to have a very close relationship.

19. Veena is chatting with her friends while waiting for their class to start. They were talking about what they
did over the weekend and how they studied for their upcoming exams. Which of the following would most
likely NOT be used in their conversation?
a. standard grammar
b. slang and contractions
c. loose sentence structure
d. rapid pronunciation of words

20. Ms. Mosquera and her husband are attending a business meeting together. Which of the following should
they NOT do?
a. Avoid the use of jargons and slang.
b. Use more formal words when speaking with others.
c. Use proper sentence structure and grammar when speaking.
d. Use the intimate communicative style when talking to each other.

21. How do listeners participate in the consultative communicative style?

a. by giving feedback
b. by asking a lot of questions
c. by leading the conversation
d. by taking charge of the situation
22. Who among the following will likely make use of the consultative communicative style?
a. Close friends
b. A husband and his wife
c. A teacher and a student
d. A mother and her daughter

23. In which of the following situations is the consultative communicative style often used?
a. business meeting
b. casual friendly chat
c. dining out with the family
d. attending baptismal ceremony

24. Which of the following terms of address is NOT USED when speaking in the consultative communicative
style?
a. Babe
b. Ma’am
c. Mr.
d. Sir

25. Glenda is doing a survey about the effects of earthquake in her community. Which of the following
communication situations would require her to use the consultative style?
a. Asking her friends for their opinions
b. Researching on information to include in her study
c. Interviewing the evacuees regarding their experiences
d. Telling her best friend regarding what her study is about

B. Directions: Choose the correct statement based on the situation. Write your answer on separate sheet of
paper.
1. Passers-by to a street vendor
a. The time, please.
b. Hello there, how are you?
c. Could you tell me the time, please?
d. Excuse me, may I ask what time is it now?
2. Friend to her best friend
a. Hey, what’s up, Carl?
b. Hi Sir, how do you do?
c. Please present your ID.
d. Good morning, Mr. Dela Cruz! 5. Counter crew to customer
3. Siblings a. Excuse me, you’re on now.
a. Shall we go now, Sir? b. Excuse me, you’re next in line.
b. Excuse me, may we go now? c. Yes, Ms. Rivera, what’s your order?
c. Hurry up! We’re getting late already! d. Good morning, Ma’am, may I have your order,
d. Pardon me, can you please get ready? please?
4. Manager to crew
a. Mira, you did a great job today!
b. How are you today, Ms. Garcia?
c. Keep it up, Mira. Congratulations!
d. Ms. Garcia, you did a great job, Congratulations!

C. Directions: Match the participants (persons involved) or situation from column A to the appropriate
communicative style in column B. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

A B
1. peers a. casual communicative styl
2. siblings b. consultative communicative style
3. colleagues c. formal communicative style
4. bestfriends d. frozen communicative style
5. mother and daughter e. intimate communicative style

II. Directions: Identify the type of conditional in column A and choose your answer from column B.
Write only the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.

III. Directions: Complete the following sentences using appropriate modal verbs FROM THE
CHOICES BELOW.

must can have to mustn’t can’t

1. When you are a driver, you ______stop on red lights.

2. Children_______ stay in their rooms during playtime.
3. We________ be there before the contest starts or else we will be disqualified.
4. I can’t get a connection in my phone. ______I borrow yours?
5. The rules state that you _________invite only one guest to the party.
6. People________smoke in public places.
7. Students __________manage their time carefully when taking a timed test.
8. People ____________turn off their mobile phones at the movie theater.
9. Men and women _______be treated equally.
10. If you are going to drive, you ___________consume alcoholic drinks.

“God bless your Examination!”

Prepared by:

MARIA MELODY A. BARRIENTOS

Teacher I

Noted:

MA. ISABEL I. JAVIER, EdD

Principal I