Department of Education

Division of City Schools

GENERAL SANTOS CITY NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OF
ARTS & TRADES EXENSION
Salinda St., Brgy. Lagao, General Santos City

1st
QUARTER EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 10

Name: ___________________________________________________ Year & Section: ________________________

Teacher’s Name: __________________________________________ Date: _____________ Rating:

I. ORAL LANGUAGE.
Direction: Read the following question about PUBLIC SPEAKING and select the letter that
corresponds to the answer. Write your answer on the space provided.

_____1. Which of the following are the four factors of public speaking that was covered in this lesson?
a. the screen, room setup, use of the microphone and content structure factors
b. the logical, the mechanical, the emotional and the technical factors
c. the logical, the physical, the emotional and the structural factors
d. the stage, the audience, the content and your confidence
_____2. What are the four components of ethics in public speaking?
a. avoid plagiarism, cite your sources, speak responsibly, be respectful of the other speakers
b. avoid being disrespectful, jot down your sources, speak slowly and don't be racist
c. jot down your sources, quote people, listen to other speakers and ask questions
d. logical, technical, emotional, mechanical
_____3. Which factor deals with facial expressions and hand gestures?
a. emotional b. mechanical c. technical d. logical
_____4. What do you call the process of copying the work of another person without giving him/her
credit?
a. hate language b. citing c. professional courtesy d. plagiarism
_____5. Which of the following is the prescribed definition of ethics?
a. rules of behavior that we follow to be morally good
b. one of the components of public speaking
c. one of the factors of public speaking
d. the title of a speech
_____6. Sharing something about yourself to the audience while giving your speech is under what
public speaking factor?
a. emotional b. mechanical c. technical d. logical
_____7. When speaking, what should you do with your hands?
a. keep them on your sides c. keep them as a visual aid while you speak
b. put them in your pockets d. cross them on your chest
_____8. Where on the stage should you be when delivering a speech?
a. standing in the center of the stage. c. sitting on the side
b. walking around d. behind the podium
_____9. What should you do when you start feeling nervous?
a. pause, take a breath and end your speech right away
b. pause, look at the audience, and be quiet
c. pause, take a breath, and then continue
d. pause and drink water
_____10. Why should you not read notes while speaking?
a. so you can maintain eye-contact with audience
b. so the audience can hear your voice
c. so the audience can hear your voice
d. so you will not feel nervous

II. GRAMMAR.
A. DIRECTION:. Decide whether the bold faced pronoun is reflexive or intensive. Write your
answer on the space provided.

_______________11. The mayor himself spoke to the crowd.

_______________12. The girls gave themselves enough time to finish the project.
_______________13. Help yourself to a snack.
_______________14. The cat gave itself a bath.
_______________15. The actress herself wrote the script.
 B. DIRECTION: Complete each of the following sentences with the correct reflexive or intensive
pronoun. Then identify the pronoun as either reflexive or intensive. (2 pts. each)

_______________16. I’m guessing that you _______________ will be responsible for fixing the damage.

_______________17. Fourteen tourists found _______________ in an awkward situation when visiting

the ruins.
_______________18. Andy, Toby, and I _______________ are going to build the garage.

_______________19. The dogs barked _______________ into a long, peaceful sleep.

_______________20. The Smiths and we consider _______________ honored to be invited on this trip.

III. READING COMPREHENSION.

Direction: Read the following question about TEXTUAL AIDS and select the letter that
corresponds to the answer. Write your answer on the space provided.

_____21. Which of the following helps readers enhance their learning as they read through the
material.
a. public speaking b. persuasive writing
c. Euthanasia d. textual aids

_____22. Which of the following is not a purpose of textual aid?

a. to give detailed information about the reading material
b. to give an overview of important information
c. to provide summary of the main points
d. to provide visual variety on the page

_____24. Which of the following allow the readers to identify the different topics within the text.
a. Maps b. Titles c. Index d. Table of Contents
_____25. Which of the following nonlinear texts does not deal with numerical data?
a. Venn diagram b. bar graph c. line graph d. pie chart
C. Direction: Read the following definitions about TEXTUAL AIDS and identify the prescribed
answer based on the definition given. Write your answer on the space provided.

__________________________26. A written material without any images, pictures, or illustrations.

__________________________27. the manner in which a text, or a text with other features, is read.

__________________________28. materials that provide information with the use of images or visuals.

IV. LISTENING COMPREHENSION.

Direction: Read the following question about AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA and select the letter that
corresponds to the answer. Write your answer on the space provided.

_____29. Which of the following is information about current events?

a. Informative talk c. Panel discussion
b. News report d. Speech

_____30. Which of the following involves a group of people gathered to discuss a topic in front of an
audience, typically at scientific, business or academic conferences, fan conventions, and on
television shows.
a. Informative talk c. Panel discussion
b. News report d. Speech
V. LITERATURE:
A. Direction: Match the characters/terms in Set A with their descriptions in Set B. Write the letter
of your choice on the space provided.

SET A SET B

_____31. Medusa A. an elaborate structure designed to hold the Minotaur.

_____32. Orpheus B. a skillful craftsman, artist and the father of Icarus

_____33. Daedalus C. a winged human female with living venomous snakes in

place of hair.

_____34. Icarus D. other earthly dimension where souls go after death, and is the

original Greek idea of afterlife.

_____35. Eurydice E. a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man

_____36. Labyrinth F. the son of the master craftsman Daedalus,

_____37. Oracle G. the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of

Andromeda from a sea monster.

_____38. Nymph H. legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills.

_____39. Underworld I. the son of Zeus and Leto,

J. a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful

_____40. Perseus counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future,

inspired by the gods.

K. the wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead

with his enchanting music.

L. They are amusing female personalities and never get old.

B. Direction: Complete the story by filling in the missing terms in the myth discussed. Write your
answer on the space provided.

41._____________________, King of Argos, came home from Delphi with a heavy heart, for he had
received a dreadful oracle. The Gray Women, 42._____________________, raised a fearful clamor when they
realized that a stranger had their eye.

43._____________________,played his lyre so sweetly that he charmed all things on earth. Eurydice
stepped on a poisonous 44._____________________, and died. He longed for Eurydice so deeply that he
decided to follow her to the 45._____________________,
VI. WRITING & COMPOSITION:
A. Direction: Write something about in each of the following questions? Write your answer on
the space provided. (10 pts. each)

46. What does the story reveal about the concept of gods in Greek Mythology?

47. In what situations in the myths discussed where the gods willing to help humans? Cite an example.

48. In all myths discussed, Write your realizations in the box.

It made realized that…

49. Study the bulb puzzle below. Supply each part of the puzzle given the plot of story Orpheus.
(5 pts. Each parts.)

50. How do the elements help you understand the flow of the story?