Subject: Teaching and Assessment of the Macro Skills

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of 7. What activities should be done in the classroom to
responsive writing? enhance communicative competence?
a. Dialogue writing a. Debate, role playing, lecture-discussion
b. Letter writing b. Reader’s theater, debate, mime
c. Short reports c. Formal talks, conferences, demonstrations
d. Describing pictures d. All of the given choices

2. The following are examples of imitative speaking 8. Who among the teachers presents a BICS (Basic
EXCEPT? Interpersonal Communicative Skills) way of
a. Spelling task teaching?
b. Cloze task a. Ms. Guana conducting a pen and paper
c. Sequencing pictures grammar test.
d. Converting numbers to their word equivalent b. Mr. Santos grouping them to present a role
play about a short story.
3. Which among the given statements is NOT true c. Ms. Dela asking students to memorize the
about macro-skills? poetry by E.E. Cummings.
a. There are five macro-skills. d. Ms. Jamon conducting an interview to
b. There are two types of macro skills namely students for their pre-deployment.
expressive and transactional.
c. The newly emerged macro skill is viewing. 9. Who among the teachers presents a CALP
d. Writing skills is considered the most difficult (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) way of
skill. teaching?
a. Ms. Saki facilitating a telephone conversation
4. What is reading? in class.
a. It is the process of decoding symbols. b. Ms. Vanessa conducting a standardized test
b. It is the skill to process and comprehend text. for students.
c. It is the integration what the reader already c. Mr. Rene pairing students to share their
knows and the text. experiences about their Christmas
d. All of the above Celebration.
d. None of the choices
5. Which of the following students observes
receptive skill? 10. Ms. Mina is an Art Teacher, and she wanted the
a. Anna presenting her valedictory address students to present their craft using the English
during graduation. language, so she collaborates with their English
b. Jonna creating a draft for the newsletter of teacher. What approach in language teaching is
Scribes. evident in the situation?
c. Jericho skimming his script for the a. CBA (Content-based approach)
upcoming telenovela “Darna.” b. CLT (Communicative Language Teaching)
d. Sunny doing some note-taking while the c. PGA (Personal Growth Approach)
teacher is discussing the lesson. d. CMA (Cultural Model Approach)

6. Which of the following students observes 11. Which among the following macro skills does not
expressive skill? belong under receptive macro skills?
a. Nana skimming through future plan of KULBA a. Listening
Organization during meeting. b. Viewing
b. Edgilou reading the minutes of the meeting. c. Reading
c. Alvin answering the questions from the d. Writing
panel during interview.
d. Jayjay watching YouTube the latest make-up
tutorial.
12. He is recognized as the main proponent of the
Communicative Competence Theory which
anchors the macro skills.
a. Dell Hymes
b. Noam Chomsky
c. William Labov
d. Michael Halliday
13. What is meant by communicative competence?
a. Refers to the learner’s ability to use the
language with appropriateness, cohesion,
and appropriate strategies.
b. Communicative competence is synonymous
with linguistic proficiency.
c. Communicative competence is a universal
trait unaffected by cultural differences.
d. Communicative competence is only applicable
to verbal communication.
14. It means knowing where and what form of
language you have to use in a particular setting.
a. Linguistic competence
b. Sociolinguistic competence
c. Strategic competence
d. Discourse competence
15. Which among the following is not true about BICS
(Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills)?
a. Learning the language beyond the classroom,
highlighting natural communication and more on
descriptive grammar.
b. They are not strict in terms of implementing the
rules as long as it can be understood.
c. The language is used effectively in a social context.
d. Its goal is to teach students how to use the
language proficiently in the academic sense.
16. According to ________ reading is a process wherein
we decode the text we try to comprehend it and
later on interpret it.
a. Brown (2004)
b. Widdowson (1990)
c. Smith (2012)
d. Johnson (2017)
17. Teacher Donna wants to emphasize language
experience approach (LEA) in her reading class.
Which of the following can be used to make it
possible?
a. Comprehend on the strengths and weaknesses
of each reading materials.
b. Integrate reading to other activities
whether listening, reading, and writing.
c. Let the students expressed their thoughts
about the given selection.
d. Assess the students in the light of their ideas
relative to the given topic.
18. Which of the following can be done to develop
effectively pre-writing activities?
a. Helping the students in cultural background
b. Allowing students to watch advertisements,
short clips, and video presentations.
c. Teaching vocabulary grammar using
graphic organizers.
d. Creating student interest in the story.
19. Teacher Zandra wants to let her students
understand the characters in the story “Odyssey”.
Which of the following is necessary to deliver the
said endeavor effectively?
a. Critical analysis of summaries
b. Sequencing sentences to create an accurate
summary of the story.
c. Ranking characters with regard to certain
traits of the text.
d. Completing cloze exercises to give practice
using strategies.
20. It consists of delivering a speech in a
conversational fashion using notes. This is the
style most speeches call for.
a. impromptu speaking
b. extemporaneous speaking
c. manuscript speaking
d. memorize speaking
21. Eliciting instructions and directions, question and
answer, and paraphrasing a story or a dialogue are
examples of _ _____.
a. imitative speaking
b. intensive speaking
c. responsive speaking
d. extensive speaking
22. It is a way of persuading an audience with reason,
using facts and figures. (subject for correction)
a. Ethos
b. Logos
c. Pathos
d. none of the above
23. Short reply to teacher or student-initiated
question or comment refers to ________.
a. Imitative speaking
b. intensive speaking
c. responsive speaking
d. extensive speaking
24. Sir Alvin 30 students about a speech that is mostly
used in stage acting or similar performance
activities, where one cannot use notes or
teleprompters and must know their lines by heart.
What type of speech he is referring to?
a. memorized speaking
b. manuscript speaking
c. extemporaneous speaking
d. impromptu speaking
25. Which of the following statements can be best
described as an argumentative speech?
a. It is used when presenters decide to convince
their presentation or ideas to their listeners.
b. It is often about hot topics, and they
encouraged the audience to change their
views or opinions on the topic.
c. The goal is to convince or influence people to
believe in a certain point of view.
d. It is a specific type of speech in which the
speaker has a goal of convincing the audience
to accept his or her point of view.
26. Sir mark asked often employs oral questionnaires
and picture-cued task because he believes that
through these activities, His students will enhance
their speaking skills. What type of speaking test
for communicative outcomes he adheres to?
a. intensive speaking
b. imitative speaking
c. responsive speaking
d. extensive speaking
27. Oral reports, summaries, short speeches, and
picture-cued storytelling are examples of ______.
a. extensive speaking
b. responsive speaking
c. intensive speaking
d. imitative speaking
28. In this stage of writing students review, modify,
and reorganize their work by rearranging, adding,
or deleting content, and by making the tone, style,
and content appropriate for the intended
audience. The goal of this phase of the writing
process is to improve the draft.
a. Drafting
b. Rewriting
c. Revising
d. Editing
29. All the top picks below are used in writing a
persuasive speech, EXCEPT?
a. Vegetables have feelings – stop carrot cruelty
b. Camping: the fun and not so fun
c. The reason grass appears greener on the other
side is because it is probably fake.
d. What women really say when they talk to men?
30. A successful man delivered a speech during the
graduation ceremony, his speech focused on
motivating the students to strive for excellence.
What type of speech did he use?
a. informative speech
b. persuasive speech
c. argumentative speech
d. inspirational speech
31. Which of the following statements best support
the idea about the activities to be done in semantic
mapping?
a. Teacher Mara left her students think many
words as possible relevant to the concept.
b. Teacher Maria divides the class into two groups
and each group will summarize the text.
c. Teacher Gina asked the students to reflect on the
story by means of a speech task.
d. Teacher and executes relationships between the
sequences of stories.
32. Teacher Monique wants to use listening as a
medium to understand the behavior of our
students in the classroom. Based on the given
scenario, which of the following listening activities
can be done to perform that successfully?
a. Read them a literary piece and reflect to the
message of the said piece through sharing.
b. Allow them to listen different types of music
and use that to connect it to the lesson.
c. Present movies and clips, then criticized
the content to know the value of such
students.
d. Give them pattern drills and speech activities
to express their views freely.
33. Which of the following statements support the
RULE OF CONTEXT in teaching grammar?
a. Sir Jun uses the story creation of the world
in applying the idea of pronouns.
b. Sir Oliver gives his students a poster making
activity about nouns.
c. Teacher Princess gives assignment about
prepositions using sentences.
d. Teacher Camille allows the students to create
a journal entry to of the lesson in phrases.
34. What are the two approaches in teaching reading?
a. Bottom-up and top-down
b. Direct and indirect
c. Whole language and phonics-based
d. Interactive and explicit

35. Which of the following best describes the bottom-
up approach in teaching reading?
a. Focusing on comprehension skills before
decoding individual words
b. Emphasizing understanding of overall
meaning rather than phonetic recognition
c. Starting with letters, sounds, and word-
level processing before moving to higher-
level comprehension
d. Utilizing context and background knowledge
to predict and understand the meaning of a
text
36. Which of the following best describes the top-
down approach in teaching reading?
a. Focusing on phonemic awareness and decoding
skills.
b. Emphasizing vocabulary building and
comprehension strategies.
c. Prioritizing explicit instruction in grammar and
syntax.
d. Using controlled texts with predictable language
patterns.
37. What is the correct order of the five stages of the
listening process?
a. Receiving, understanding, evaluating,
remembering, responding
b. Responding, understanding, evaluating,
receiving, remembering
c. Receiving, understanding, evaluating,
responding, remembering
d. Receiving, remembering, understanding,
evaluating, responding
38. Which among the following is not a purpose of
listening?
a. Evaluation
b. Pleasure
c. Empathy
d. All of the above
39. Which scenario best illustrates the concept of
empathy as the purpose of listening?
a. Maria listens attentively to her friend's
struggles with anxiety, offering supportive
words and validating her feelings.
b. John listens to his colleague's presentation,
providing constructive feedback to help improve
their public speaking skills.
c. Sarah half-heartedly listens to her sibling's
excitement about their achievements, appearing
disinterested and distracted.
d. Alex interrupts his classmate's explanation, eager
to share his own perspective without fully
considering their feelings.
40. It pertains to the process of attending and
comprehending visual media.
a. Reading
b. Viewing
c. Listening
d. Writing
41. Which among the following are NOT approaches in
teaching viewing?
a. 3C’s and 3S (color, character, and camera)
b. Visual thinking strategy
c. See, think, and wonder
d. Image recognition theory
42. It is a kind of context in speaking that is basically
about the status of the people around you.
a. Physical
b. Temporal
c. Social psychological
d. Linguistic
43. Which scenario best exemplifies the purpose of
speaking as transactional?
a. Mary engages in a lively discussion with her
friends about their favorite movies, sharing
personal anecdotes and opinions.
b. Tom gives his colleague clear instructions
on how to complete a project, focusing on
task-related information and deadlines.
c. Sarah expresses her excitement about an
upcoming concert to her family, sparking a
conversation about music preferences and
past concert experiences.
d. James engages in small talk with a neighbor,
discussing recent neighborhood events and
sharing updates about mutual acquaintances.
44. Which is NOT a definition of writing?
a. A medium of communication that represents
language through the inscription of signs and
symbols.
b. It is a complex process that involves mastery
on almost all language levels; morphology,
syntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse.
c. It is a productive skill that urges the writer to
carry out the meanings or messages in the
written form.
d. A dynamic process that involves verbal
communication through spoken language,
often involving real-time interaction and
exchange of ideas.
 b. imitative speaking
45. Pre-school teachers usually utilize speaking c. responsive speaking
activities such as word repetition and d. extensive speaking
pronunciation drills. Based on the activities they
frequently used, what type of speaking task for
communicative outcomes are they employing?
a. Imitative speaking
b. Intensive speaking
c. Responsive speaking
d. Extensive speaking

46. Teacher Janelle often employs dialogue completion

during class discussion. What type of speaking
does she adheres to?
a. imitative speaking
b. intensive speaking
c. responsive speaking
d. extensive speaking

47. Which of the following is an example of logos?

a. If you're still unsure, please consider that my
advanced degree and field work speak for
themselves.
b. If we don't move soon, we're all going to die!
Can't you see how dangerous it would be to
stay?
c. You won't find any deer along this road. In
25 years of driving the same route, I
haven't seen a single one.
d. You make the right decision because you have
something that not many people do: you have
heart.

48. This type of writing is often found in fiction,

though it can make an appearance in nonfiction as
well (for example, memoirs, first-hand accounts of
events, our travel guides).
a. expository writing
b. descriptive writing
c. persuasive writing
d. narrative writing

49. Dally is checking the grammar, mechanics, and

spelling of her composition. What stage of writing
she is currently in?
a. Pre-writing
b. Revising
c. Drafting
d. Editing

50. It requires students to demonstrate skills in

producing appropriate vocabulary within a
context, collocations and idioms, and correct
grammatical features up to the length of a
sentence.
a. intensive speaking