Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
DIVISION OF TABUK CITY

SUMMATIVE TEST in
Reading and Writing Skills
S.Y. 2021-2022
NAME: ______________________________ GRADE & SEC: 11_______________SCORE: ________

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

- Walt Disney
Directions: Read all instructions before you answer.
I. Read each of the paragraph then, give answer to the succeeding questions:
The Demigods Diary by Rick Riordan: Diary of Luke Castellan
Early in the morning, we made it into Richmond. We trudged across a narrow bridge over a lazy green river, past wooded parks
and Civil War cemeteries. As we got closer to the center of town, we navigated through sleepy neighborhoods of red brick town
houses wedged close together, with white-columned porches and tiny gardens.

1. What kind of paragraph is this?

A. descriptive B. narrative C. cause and effect D. comparison and contrast
2. Which of the following lists of words give a clear picture for each noun in the mind of the reader?
A. narrow bridge, wooded parks, sleepy neighborhoods, red brick townhouses
B. early in the morning, as we get closer to the center of town
C. Richmond, river, neighborhood
D. gardens, porches, houses, cemeteries
3. What kind of mental picture does the description of the neighborhood near the center of town convey?
A. a very busy place C. a prosperous community
B. a peaceful and relaxing neighborhood D. a deserted area
Taken from Pre-GED- Writing by Steck- Vaughn
People wonder why men and women seem to do better at different tasks. Experts have discovered some facts about male and
female development. First, girls generally learn to speak earlier and better than boys, and boys have more speech problem. Far
more boys than girls shutter, for example. Boys catch up by age eight, though from age ten on, most girls again speaks better than
boys on speech and language tasks. Meanwhile teenage boys tend to do better than girls on test with mazes. The same is true for
men and women. Even after much research, no one can tell why there are differences in male and female.
4. What is the pattern of development used in the paragraph?
A. comparison and contrast B. persuasion C. description D. narration
5. What do girls tend to learn to do better than boys?
A. research B. mazes C. speech D. different tasks
6. Based on the selection, what is the reason for the differences between male and female?
A. Girls generally learn to speak earlier and better than boys.
B. Boys are more likely to stutter than girls.
C. Girls do better at language tasks, but boys are better at tests with mazes.
D. Research has not yet found out the reason for the differences.
Facts of Life Reader’s Digest- August 1999
The name sausage is a reference to dachshunds- called “sausage dogs” because of their long bodies and short legs. Long
sausages caught on the United States in the nineteenth century. The term “hotdog” was popularized by a cartoonist Tad Dorgan in the
early 1900s when he sketched vendors selling from hot- water tanks.
7. What is the pattern of development used in the paragraph?
A. narration B. problem solution C. definition D. cause and effect
8. How did the term “hotdog” become popular?
A. because of dachshunds C. Dachshunds were called “sausage dogs.”
B. a cartoon by Tad Dorgan D. Long sausages became popular in the U.S.
9. Last week, I travelled to Singapore. To write my travelogue, what would be the best pattern of paragraph development I should use?
A. Description B. Definition C. Narration D. Comparison and contrast
10. What kind of words would put a picture of a person, place, or object into a reader’s mind?
A. Appropriate words B. Picture words C. Descriptive words D. any words

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11. How would you explain two terms that mean the same thing?
A. By using negation B. By using synonym C. By using class D. any words
12. What kind of definition is this? “An Estero is not a river but an extension of a lost part of a river”
A. Synonym B. Negation C. Class D. Antonym
13. What would make a classification paragraph successful?
A. by using picture words B. by using examples C. by being very detailed D. none of these
14. How would you make your paragraph of exemplification more interesting and more convincing?
A. by using more illustrations C. by using more specific examples
B. by using a good topic sentence D. by using complex sentences
15. What are usually discussed in a paragraph of comparison and contrast?
A. How the subject is narrated C. How the two subjects are different
B. How the two subjects are compared and contrasted D. How the two subjects are alike
16. For comparison and contrast, which group of transitional expression is suited for comparing?
A. similarly, and, like C. first, next, then, finally
B. although, but, on the other hand D. none of the above
17. What about transitional expressions appropriate for contrasting ideas?
A. similarly, and, like C. first, next, then, finally
B. although, but, on the other hand D. none of the above
20. When we narrate, we can use the suggested list of word order to chronologically arrange our sentences in our paragraph.
A. similarly, and, like C. first, next, then, finally
B. although, but, on the other hand D. none of the above
21-22. Evaluate the sentence by putting the necessary punctuation marks in the sentence then rewrite the corrected sentence in the
box.
What are you doing there, my good woman__ __ said the Princess__ __ I am spinning, my pretty child,” said the old woman,
who did not know who the Princess was _

23-24. What is wrong with the sentence? Correct it by putting the capitalization. Rewrite the corrected sentence on the blank box
below the first sentence.
at the ateneo de manila university in the phlipines, roselle ambubuyong is something of a celebrity.

II. PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE WRITING/ PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT: Evaluate the veracity of the following
statements that support the principles of writing. Write TRUE if the statement is correct whereas FALSE if it is incorrect.
_____________25. All sentences in the paragraph should contain transitional devices.
_____________26. Contractions are used in research papers.
_____________27. An essay uses at least three paragraphs.
_____________28. Each major point in an essay has supporting details.
____________ 29. Use many words in your essay to impress your readers.
_____________30. All ideas in a text relate to the thesis statement of the essay.

III. TYPES OF CLAIMS: Identify each statement below as claim of fact, policy or value.
______________31. Some critics claim that there is still a mismatch between our schooling system and working system.
______________32. Colleges and universities assert that they will be losing revenues with the implementation of SHS since there
will be no enrollees for the first year in 2016.
______________33. Dep Ed is optimistic that these shortages and problems will be overcome as they claim that these are
being addressed.
______________34. According to its chairman, additional two years of education should not be seen as a burden.
______________35. National strength can only be built on character.
______________36. Parent’s ought to enforce stricter guidelines in social media to safeguard their children’s privacy.

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Address: Dagupan West, Tabuk City, Kalinga
Email: tabukcitynationalhighschool@gmail.com
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
DIVISION OF TABUK CITY

IV. HYPERTEXT vs. INTERTEXT: Below are some descriptions of different stories. On the line before each number, write I if the
context of each story is Intertext; write each H if it is in Hypertext.

_____37. The Museum by Adam Bosco emulate the experience of being in a museum by allocating a page to each part of the
museum and giving the reader free rein as to where he/she wants to go by proving links to different areas of the museum.
_____38. Bridget’s jones Diary by Helen Fielding is written in a diary format chronicles events within a year in the life of
protagonist Bridget in 90’s; it is loosely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
_____39. Wicked Gregory McGuire revolves around the story of the Wicked Witch of the West from Frank Baum’s The Wizard of
Oz and reimagines her as the misunderstood protagonist, Elphaba.
_____40. Fast City by Don Bosco is an interactive narrative which presents a set of conflicts and psychological landscapes
placed within a technologically obsessed urban space.

Prepared by:

AILA MAE A. BALUTOC;

DEA GRACE M. CHOYCAWEN
ROSELYN L. DAO-WAN
HONNAH SALIBAD

Checked by:

HAZEL MARGARET A. RIVERA

Master Teacher I

TABUK CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Address: Dagupan West, Tabuk City, Kalinga
Email: tabukcitynationalhighschool@gmail.com