Colegio de San Pascual Baylon

Pag-asa, Obando, Bulacan

FIRST MONTLY TEST
ENGLISH 10
Ms. Shiela Fherl T. Sipagan
Name:__________________________________________________Date:_______________________
Year & Section: _________________________________________ Score: ______________________
I.

Multiple Choice: Read and analyze each item carefully and write capital letter that corresponds to
the best answer on the blank provided before each number.

___________1. It is a literary device that evokes the different senses; sense of sight, touch, smell, hearing and
taste.
A. Enjambment
B. Anaphora
C. Imagery
D. Antithesis
___________2. It is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
A. Antithesis
B. Enjambment
C. Anaphora
D. Imagery
___________3. The author of the essay The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl.
A. Elizabeth Wang B. Virginia Woolf
C. Charles Dickens D. Elizabeth Wong
___________4. It is a kind of poetry that gives instruction. The poet expected the reader to learn skills, science
and philosophy, love and craft.
A. Cloze
B. Didactic
C. Narrative
D. Occasional
___________5. It refers to the atmosphere that creates an emotional setting enveloping the reader. It is
established in order to affect the reader emotionally and psychologically and to provide a
feeling
for the narrative.
A. Tone
B. Epiphany
C. Imagery
D. Mood
___________6. The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
A. Anaphora
B. Enjambment
C. Antithesis
D. Tone
___________7. It refers to the attitude of the author towards his/her work.
A. Mood
B. Anaphora
C. Antithesis
D. Tone
___________8. It is the literary device which is present in the scripture Hatred stirs up strife, but love
covers all sins?
A. Mood
B. Anaphora
C. Antithesis
D. Tone
___________9. The author of the poem If.
A. Harper Lee
B. Li Po
C. Rudyard Kipling D. John Milton
___________10. It is the authors choice of words or his/her expressive vocabulary.
A. Diction
B. Enunciation
C. Denouement
D. Phrasing
___________11. It is the type of conflict manifested in this situation The Chinese girl hated her own heritage
and her view about her own culture was a source of embarrassment.
A. Man Vs. Man
B. Man Vs. Himself C. Man Vs. Society D. Man Vs. Nature
___________12. Type of conflict manifested in this situation They do not want to go, but no amount of
kicking, screaming or pleading could change their mothers mind.
A. Man Vs. Man
B. Man Vs. Himself C. Man Vs. Society D. Man Vs. Nature
___________13. The author of the 1931 speech Profession for Women.
A. Elizabeth Wong B. Elizabeth Wang
C. Virginia Woloff
D. Virginia Woolf
___________14. Type of conflict manifested in this passage The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous
metallic burp. Things bubbled at the surface and then vanished. Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind,
my heart. From the lifeboat I saw something in the water. I cried, Richard, is that you? Its so hard to see the
surroundings. He was struggling to stay in the surface of the water.
A. Man Vs. Man
B. Man Vs. Himself C. Man Vs. Society D. Man Vs. Nature

__________15. It refers to the type of conflict that typically defies the laws of nature and are beyond scientific
understanding.
A. Man Vs. Himself B. Man Vs. Supernatural
C. Man Vs. Nature D. Man Vs. Man
II.
Reading Comprehension: Read the selections below and write the letter that corresponds to the
questions that follow.
_______15.Based on the selection, what does faith consist of?
A. Temporary doubt
C. Getting on the road
B. A belief in possibilities
D. Looking at a map
E. _______16. According to the author, what will happen if there is no doubt?
A. There will be no need for faith
C. People will get discouraged
B. There will be no relationships
D. Confusion will occur
E. _______17. What can we infer about faith from the selection?
A.
B.
C.
D.

There is no need for faith

Faith is knowing you are right
There are no sure things in life
Faith is believing in spite of uncertainties

F.
G.

The arts generally depend on ridiculous fiction, but the theater is the most ridiculous of all.
Imagine
H. asking us to pretend that we are in Bangkok after the fall of Saigonand that Lea Salonga
is a Vietnamese bar girl who kills herself because she believes that suicide is the only solution to
I.
her problem.
More than that, imagine asking us to believe that she and all the other characters in
the play talk to each other by singing. The theater is a lily that inexplicably arises from a jungle of
J.
weedy falsities. Yet it is precisely from the tension produces by all this absurdity that theater is
able to create such poetry, power, enchantment and truth.
K.

L. _______18. What is the best title of the selection?

A. Marvelous Singing Voices
B. The Imaginative Power of Drama
C. The Absurdity of Fiction
D. The Production of Musical Play
M.
N. _______19. The word INEXPLICABLY means.
A. Cannot be expected
B. Cannot be predicted

C. Cannot be explained
D. Cannot be anticipated

E. _______20. The phrase Jungle of weedy falsities contains

A. Personification
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
F. ________21. How does the author develop the paragraph?
A. Giving an example B. Telling a humorous story C. Describing the event
G. ________23. The author believes that all the statements are true EXCEPT
A. Theater is based on absurdities
B. The characters n musical plays converse by singing
C. Suicide is the only solution to problems
D. Theater creates poetry, power, and enchantment of truth.
H.

D. Hyperbole
D. Using comparison

Because half of all HIV-infected people live for10 years, with little virus in their blood before
I.
developing
AIDS, conventional wisdom held that the deadly invader was dormant of that
time. Not so say two studies in Nature. The intruding virus begins to multiply immediately,
J.
producing millions of copies that lie waiting in the lymph nodes, the pea-sized organs that are
K.found throughout the body. Once key parts of the immune system are destroyed, this
reservoir of virus spills into the blood. Such a massive early attack may make it impossible to
rid L.
the body completely of the virus and underscores the importance of prevention in fighting

M.
N. _________24. What is the meaning of dormant in the second sentence of the paragraph?
O.
A. hidden
B. virulent
C. resting
D. active
P. _________25. The expression conventional wisdom in the passage means ______.
Q.
A. opinion of experts
C. belief of authorities
R.
B. opinion of scientists
D. common belief
S.
T.
U.
V.
W.
III.
Identify the type of point of view with the given passages and sentences below.
X.
Y.
Tim was mad at Lester. He blamed him. Lester
Z.
knew Tim would be mad, but she wanted to
AA.
live her life.
AB.
___________26. What point of view is present in the given passage?
AC.
A. First Person
C. Third Person Objective
AD.
B. Third Person Omniscient
D. Second Person
AE.
Andrea slammed the door. She walked upstairs and
AF.
read
AG. a note from Lionel. She kicked her trash can and
started crying.
AH.
AI. ___________27. What point of view is present in the given passage?
AJ. A. First Person
C. Third Person Objective
AK.
B. Third Person Omniscient
D. Second Person
AL.
AM. I was four months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left
When
AN.
to
look after me all by himself. I had no brothers or sisters. We lived in an old
AO.
gypsy caravan behind a filling station.
AP.
AQ.
____________28. What point of view is present in the given passage?
AR.
A. First Person
C. Third Person Objective
AS.
B. Third Person Omniscient
D. Second Person
AT.
AU.previous night, make your plans for the next day and write them down. If
The
AV.attend an exclusive party and feel timid, you cannot do your part in making
you
itAW.
a successful party. You had first better by convincing yourself that you will
AX.
have a grand time. You should feel grateful for the invitation
AY.
AZ.
BA.
____________29. What point of view is present in the given passage?
BB.
A. First Person
C. Third Person Objective
BC.
B. Third Person Omniscient
D. Second Person
BD.

BE.

Harold took a deep breath and slowly started to peel the gauze from the wound
BF.on his mothers leg. Hold on, Grandma. Im almost done, he said quietly.
BG.
Dont worry Harold. It doesnt hurt too much. She quietly replied. Just take
BH.
your time. Harold glanced up at his grandmother lying on the couch. He could
BI.
tell she was in pain from the way she gripped the cushions, but still managed to
BJ.
smile back at him.

BK.
BL.
BM.
BN.
BO.
IV.

_____________30.What point of view is present in the given passage?

A. Third Person Limited
C. Third Person Omniscient
B. Third Person Objective
D. First Person
Formal and Informal English.
A. Identify the type of English used in the following sentences. Write formal or informal on
the lines provided before each number.
BP.
BQ.
_____________31. So what are you gonna do this weekend?
BR.
_____________32. The movie was a snoozer, so we ditched early.
BS._____________33. Improvements cannot be introduced due to funding restrictions.
BT._____________34. The balloon is blown up for the experiment.
BU.
_____________35. Five more tests will be necessary before the experiment can be
concluded.
BV.
_____________36. It is possible to consider the results from a different viewpoint
BW.
_____________37. It is not clear why such terrible conditions were tolerated for so long.
BX.
_____________38. Perhaps greater clarity can be brought to the meaning of economic
development.
BY.
_____________39. I considered various research methods for the study.
BZ.
_____________40. During the interview students were asked about their experiences.
CA.
CB.
CC.
B. Translate the following formal sentences into informal sentences.

CD.
CE. Formal
41. It was raining heavily.
42. The results are not believed to be
accurate.
43. They have made less mistakes.
44. Any loss of this document should be
reported immediately.
45. Please wait for instructions before sending
things off.

CF.

Informal
CG.
CH.
CI.
CJ.
CK.

CL.
C. Translate the following informal sentences into formal sentences.
CM.
CN. Informal
46. I think this is an effective plan.
47. You put the chemicals in the test tube.
48. We used two different methods in
research
49. Lecturers still count on students to use
correct grammar and punctuation in
essays.
50. I cant go to school because it suddenly
rains outside.
CU.
CV.
CW.
CX.
CY.
CZ.
DA.

CO. Formal
CP.
CQ.
CR.
CS.

CT.

DB.
DC.
DD.
DE.
DF.
DG.
DH.
DI.
DJ.
DK.
DL.
DM.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

DN.
-Sophocles

DO.
DP.
DQ.
DR.