Northphil Polytechnic Institute, Inc.

03 Benitez Compound, Lower Magsaysay Avenue, Baguio City

Score:
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1 Semester, 1st Quarter Exam
st

in TOTAL
Oral Communication
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Name: _______________________________________________
Grade and Section: _____________________________________ Date: __________________

General Instruction: This is a 40- item test to be answered in one (1) hour. Read the direction/s in
each test carefully.

I. Matching Type
Direction: Identify the type of speech style appropriate for the following situations. Match
column A with column B and write the letter of your best answer on the blanks provided.
(5 pts)

Column A Column B

1. D Talking to a counselor or psychiatrist

2. C Talking and laughing about memorable experience A. Frozen
3. A Reading the pledge of allegiance to the flag B. Intimate
4. B Having one-on-one conversation with a loved one C. Casual
5. E Delivering campaign speeches D. Consultative
E. Formal

II. Modified True or False

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not. If your answer is
false, underline the word/s that makes it incorrect and change it into correct word/s in the
spaces provided. (5 pts)

FALSE 1. Feedback is the factor that affects the flow of communication.

Barrier

FALSE 2. Ethics should not be considered when speaking with others.

should be

TRUE 3. How you communicate reflects who you are as a person.

_____________________________________________________________________

TRUE 4. Cultural sensitivity matters in intercultural communication.

_____________________________________________________________________

FALSE 5. Communication that exists between or among individuals from different ethnic, religious,
and regional backgrounds and sexual orientations is not considered as intercultural.
is considered
III. Essay
Direction: Explain the following questions below. Write your answers on the blanks
provided. (5 points)
Criteria: Content – 3 points Grammar- 1 point Organization- 1 point

1. What are the disadvantages of a one-sided conversation, or one in which one person
does most of the talking? Is it proper for a person to dominate a conversation by talking
most of the time? Explain.

An ideal conversation should be a matter of equal give and take. When a person
does not have the chance to talk and share insights, that person might feel
unappreciated and want to have a conversation with you again. Dominating a
conversation is sometimes not good because taking turns in conversations will
enable a person to listen and allow to share more relevant and well-constructed
ideas.

2. What do you think is the most effective way to communicate? Is it through Verbal or
Nonverbal Communication? Why?

I think the most effective way to communicate is through verbal communication,

because I can express myself more through speaking. It saves the time in
communicating and I immediately receive a feedback. On the other hand,
nonverbal communication is still effective most especially for those persons with
special needs. It usually depends on how comfortable a person is in
communicating.

IV. Oral Exam

Direction: You are going to deliver the graduation speech that you have written in week 6 of
the module. Take a video of yourself and submit it to me through my messenger account.
You have a minimum of 5 minutes to deliver your speech. If you have any questions or
clarifications, feel free to ask. (20pts)
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English for Academic and Professional Purposes
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Name: _______________________________________________
Grade and Section: _____________________________________ Date: __________________

General Instruction: This is a 40- item test to be answered in one (1) hour. Read the direction/s in
each test carefully.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the correct verb for each sentence. Encircle the correct letter of your
answer (5points)

1. The elevator ______ very well.

a. works c. worked
b. work d. working

2. The price of these sneakers _____ reasonable.

a. is c. seem
b. are d. aren’t

3. Bread and butter ______ our daily food.

a. were c. is
b. are d. am

4. The famous singer ______ arrived

a. will c. has
b. is d. have

5. Collecting stamps _____ one of his favorite pastimes.

a. are c. has
b. were d. is

II. SUMMARIZING
Direction: Summarize the nursery rhyme in as few words as possible. Don’t forget to include
key information. (5 points)
Criteria: Content – 3 points Grammar- 1 point Organization- 1 point

The itsy bitsy spider

Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and
Washed the spider out
Up came the sun and
Dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again

A spider crawls up a water sprout and was washed by the rain. When the sun comes
out and dried up the rain, the spider then climbed up the spout again.

III. ACADEMIC TEXTS VS. NON ACADEMIC TEXTS

Direction: Write AT if the given example is an Academic text and NAT if it is a
Nonacademic text. (5 points)
 AT 1. Research proposals
NAT 2. Letters to editors
AT 3. Dissertation and Thesis
NAT 4. Diary
NAT 5. Text messages

IV. DETERMINING THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

Direction: Read the texts below and identify the author’s purpose in each number. Write
persuade, inform, or entertain in the spaces provided. (5 points)

1. Author’s Purpose: Inform

Erosion is the process of materials moving from their source to another location through
weathering. There are several types of erosion, but the most common types are erosion by
wind, water, and ice.

2. Author’s Purpose: Persuade

Students should be assigned a computer to use throughout the school year. Among many
reasons, studies show that students who attend schools that have a 1:1 computer policy do
better academically.

3. Author’s Purpose: Entertain

One warm afternoon, while walking home from school, Rosie glanced at her neighbor’s
house and noticed Mrs. Spencer lifting a fluffy kitten from cardboard box. The words “Free
Kittens” were written across the side of the box in large, black letters. Rosie squealed with
excitement and ran home to tell her parents.

4. Author’s Purpose: Persuade

Students should have at least 15 minutes of recess during a school day. After all, students
shouldn’t be expected to sit all day! Furthermore, students don’t feel impatient and can
focus more easily after they run around and play.

5. Author’s Purpose: Inform

There are 24 time zones on Earth. Coordinated Universal Time is the standard time for the
entire world. Moving east, add one hour for each time zone. Moving west, subtract one for
each time zone.

V. THESIS STATEMENT
Direction: Locate the thesis statement in the following paragraphs below. Write your answer
on the answer sheet given. (5points)

1. Psychologists have argued for decades about how a person’s character is formed.
Numerous psychologists believe that one’s birth order (i.e. place in the family as the
youngest, oldest, or middle child) has the greatest influence. Birth order can have a
significant impact in the formation of a child’s character. It can strongly affect one’s
relationship with parents, relationships with others, and how one views responsibility as
an adult.

Birth order can have a significant impact in the formation of a child’s character. It
can strongly affect one’s relationship with parents, relationships with others, and
how one views responsibility as an adult.

2. When I was young, I always knew that I wanted to become a teacher someday. When I
played, I would often gather my dolls together and pretend to teach them how to do
math problems or how to read a book. As I grew older my desire to become and ESL
teacher became clearer as I did some volunteer teaching overseas. As I look back on
my reasons for becoming a teacher, there are three reasons that stand out. They are,
my love for the English language, my innate interest in how people learn, and my desire
to help other people.

A teacher shows love for the English language, gives interest in how people
learn, and desires to help other people.
 3. For most of my life I have lived with bad health, smelly clothes, and a chronic cough.
My children and husband begged me to stop the habit that caused these conditions, but
I couldn’t. The habit of smoking had wrapped its addicting arms around me and was
slowly strangling me until one day I realized I had to stop. This realization came after
three terrifying events occurred in my family, one a heart attack, two family members
threatened to hide the contraband and three it became harder and harder to exercise.

The realization that smoking is not healthy to my body and my life came when a
family member had a heart attack, family members threatened to hide the
contraband, and it became harder and harder to exercise.

4. Maya Angelou is an accomplished African-American author in the United States. While

growing up, she suffered tremendous hardship. Some of her most difficult life events are
portrayed in novels and poems such as, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Still I
rise”. Her written works often include strong themes such as perseverance through
trials, love for family, and passionate optimism.

Maya Angelou is an African-American author whose written works centralized on

the themes about perseverance through trials, love for family, and passionate
optimism.

5. Don’t meddle with old unloaded firearms, they are the most deadly and unerring things
ever created. You don’t have to take any pains with them at all; you don’t have to have
a rest, you don’t have to have any sights on the gun, you don’t have to take aim even.
No, you just pick out a relative and bang away, and you are sure to get him. A youth
who can’t hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatling gun in three-quarters of an hour,
can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time at a hundred.
---Mark Twain, “Advice to Youth”

Mark Twain describes the story of the boy who almost shoots his grandmother
with what he thought was an unloaded gun.

VI. PARAPHRASING
Direction: Paraphrase the following paragraphs and sentences below. Write your answers
on the spaces provided. (5 points)

1. The use of a helmet is the key to reducing bicycling fatalities, which are due to head
injuries 75% of the time. By cushioning the head upon impact, a helmet can reduce
accidental injury by as much as 85%, saving the lives of hundreds of victims annually,
half of whom are school children.

Proper use of helmet can help reduce bicycling fatalities and accidental injuries
of riders, most especially school children.

2. Most medical people hated the press, because reporters tended to believe every over-
eager scientist or naive country doctor who thought he had a cure for something.
Newspapers often over-played legitimate news, got their facts wrong, and interfered in
the lives and practices of busy professionals. Doctors became deeply suspicious of
what they read in the newspapers and less-carefully edited medical journals, therefore
were skeptical about insulin in countries like Britain because it seemed the Americans
were always curing everything.

Most of the people from the medical field hate reporters who believes in
nonfactual news about finding a cure for something.

3. Death rates for males are substantially higher than for females for every age group of
children and youth, but the largest difference occurs among teens, ages 15 to 19.

Death rates are higher for males ages 15 to 19.

 4. In psychology, an understanding of the methods psychologists use is important because
research can be flawed, and knowing how research should be done can bring those
flaws to light.

Understanding the methods that psychologists use is important to prevent flaws

in researches.

5. People can influence others to follow along with their own actions or thoughts, to agree
to do things even when the person might prefer to do otherwise, and to be obedient to
authorities.

A person has the ability to influence others through their acts even when others
might prefer to do otherwise.

VII. ESSAY
Direction: Explain the following questions below. Write your answers on the blanks
provided. (10 points)
Criteria: Content – 3 points Grammar- 1 point Organization- 1 point

1. How do you differentiate academic texts from non-academic texts? (5pts)

Academic texts are based on facts with solid basis. The language used is formal
and it is likely to be error free. The audience of this text belongs to a specific
field. The authors and sources are always recognized. Non-academic texts are
meant for mass consumption The language may be informal or casual and may
contain slang terms, as the readers do not necessarily belong to a specific field.
The authors or sources may not always be recognized.

2. What does it mean and take to be a critical reader? (5 pts)

A critical reader examines any information that he or she reads. He or she has the
ability to analyze a text in all its dimension. In reading a text, it is important to
define the key terms, determine the causes, understand the history, interpret the
text, connect to one’s own personal experience, and appreciate what makes it
complex.
 Northphil Polytechnic Institute, Inc.
03 Benitez Compound, Lower Magsaysay Avenue, Baguio City
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in TOTAL
Introduction of the Philosophy
of a Human Person ______________/40

Name: _______________________________________________
Grade and Section: _____________________________________ Date: __________________

General Instruction: This is a 40- item test to be answered in one (1) hour. Read the direction/s in
each test carefully.

V. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read each item carefully and write the letter of the best answer on the blank
provided. (5 pts)

A. Metaphysics B. Ethics C. Logic

D. Aesthetics E. Epistemology
1. A It deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being,
knowing,
substance, cause, identity, time, and space.
2. B It is generally a study of the nature of moral judgements.
3. C It is the systematic study of rules for the correct use of these supporting reasons, rules we
can use to distinguish good arguments from bad ones.
4. E It comes from the Greek word episteme which means “knowledge”. It studies the
sources, nature, and validity of knowledge.
5. D It concerns with the theory of art and beauty.

VI. THINK UPON

Direction: Discuss the given actions below and write the possible consequences.
(5 pts - 1 point for each realistic consequences)

ACTION CONSEQUENCES
1. A student studying for his or her The student will probably get high
lesson. scores during a quiz or exam.

2. A person observing traffic lights. The person is not prone to vehicular

accidents on the road.

3. Athletes practicing in the gym. The athlete will be able to top the
upcoming events that he or she will join.

4. A person taking illegal drugs. There is a chance of addiction and it will

greatly affect his or her health and
mental state.

5. A student practicing conservation of The student will help save and make the
natural resources. environment healthier.
 VII. REFLECTION
Direction: Look at the picture below. What can you say about it? Describe the picture using
your holistic and partial thinking. (10pts)
Criteria: Content - 5pts, Grammar- 3pts, Neatness- 2pts

The picture shows the releasing of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to prevent the
spread of virus in the jail. This is due to the lack of good facilities in the prison. There are also
detainees who have already died due to the virus while many tested positive. This is alarming
because they cannot practice the health protocols imposed by the authorities most especially
social distancing when they are crowded in one place. There is also poor ventilation and
inadequate sanitation which leads to the spreading of the infectious disease. On the other
side, these persons will be at risk because they are more exposed to people outside and there
is a high chance that they will be getting the virus. In the picture above, the virus is waiting for
them in the real world. It is much better for them to be freed because they have the chance to
prevent and be safe inside their homes.

VIII. Modified True or False

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not. If your answer is
false, underline the word/s that makes it incorrect and change it into correct word/s in the
spaces provided. (5 pts)

TRUE 1. Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre is one of the most important philosophers of all time
most especially in the 20th century.
_____________________________________________________________________

TRUE 2. Humanity can maintain love and respect toward the environment without eliminating
ethical and technological distinctions
_____________________________________________________________________

FALSE 3. Existentialism is a philosophical movement known for its inquiry on human choice.
existence

FALSE 4. Determinism has no direct implication on human actions.

has a direct implication

TRUE 5. Freedom involves choice.

_____________________________________________________________________

IX. ESSAY
Direction: Explain the following questions below. Write your answers on the blanks
provided. (15 points)
Criteria: Content- 3pts Organization-1pt Grammar-1pt

6. In your own words, how do you define Philosophy? (5pts)

 Philosophy is connected to knowledge. It is one’s way of thinking beyond a certain
meaning and understanding the ideas in it. It involves right and wrong reasoning and it
focuses on the value of things.

7. What are your limitations as a person? What are the things that you consider as difficult or
hard for you to accomplish or believe in? (5pts)

My limitations as a person are doing what is not right. We have the freedom to do what
we want but we must make sure that we are not doing any harm to other people or
things. I believe that are no hard or difficult situation to accomplish for as long as you
have the determination and positivity to do it. It also depends on the human person to
cope with it.

8. How can you transcend or go beyond from your current limitations? (5pts)

We make no progress if we stay in our comfort zones. If you want to transcend yourself,
you need to have something to aim for and set realistic goals and targets. Do not limit
yourself with what you only have. Try to explore and go beyond the beauty of your life.
Learn what motivates you the most and embrace the greater things in life. Rise above
what is ordinary and go beyond what you thought is impossible for you to do. Take the
risk and see what’s good is ahead of you.