Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
DON ANTONIO LEE CHI UAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Xevera, Calibutbut, Bacolor Pampanga
PRE-TEST in English 10

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.
1. In presenting oral report, which of the following is included under Verbal Skills?
A. elocution B. eye contact C. knowledge D. poise
2. When delivering oral report, the mechanics should be taken into consideration. Which of the following is
included under the mechanics?
A. grammar B. knowledge C. movement D. poise
3. Which of the following is the right thing to do when delivering an oral report?
A. Do not speak directly to your audience. C. Make an effort not to be articulate.
B. Maintain a relaxed posture. D. Make unreadable visual aids that clarify what you are
saying.
4. In presenting an oral report, which of the following is not included under the Non-verbal Skills?
A. body language B. elocution C. eye contact D. poise
5. In presenting an oral report, which of the following is included under the logical factor?
A. Room set-up B. Movement C. Speech content D. Multi-media presentations
6. Which of the following is the right thing to do to avoid word fillers?
A. Practice your speech louder C. Read your report in front of your audience
B. Practice in front of a mirror D. Say words like “Okay” and “So” to fill in the gap
7. Which of the following pronouns would best complete this sentence? You should buy __________ a new
laptop.
A. herself B. themselves C. himself D. yourself
8. His mother was raising Hilary and his brother __________. What pronoun would best complete the sentence.
A. herself B. myself C. himself D. themselves
9. Which of the following sentences makes use of intensive pronoun?
A. Don’t give yourself a headache over the things that can’t be changed.
B. I gave myself plenty of time to contemplate on my mistakes.
C. Joan is a baby and she is too little to eat by herself.
D. The child accidentally hurt himself with a knife.
10. The powerful Hephaestus himself was actually most famous as a blacksmith. The underlined pronoun is an
example of a/an __________.
A. demonstrative B. interrogative C. intensive D. reflexive
11. He worked as an apprentice to a carpenter at the age of 15. Which of the
following words is NOT a synonym of apprentice?
A. Aide B. assistant C. helper D. veteran
12. He sacrificed his life through a perilous journey through hostile territory. Which
of the following is the meaning of the underlined word?
A. Harmless B. non-hazardous C. risky D. safe
13. Which of the following is the denotative meaning of the underlined word in
this sentence? The President summoned for the generals involved in drugs.
A. Blamed B. called C. ignored D. punished
14. She crouched down, trying to get a closer look at the spider. What is the
synonym of the underlined word?
A. Bended B. faced C. straighten D. stretch
Directions: Read the following passages then answer the questions based on the passage. Choose the letter of
the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.
Linux and Windows are both operating systems.  Computers use them to run programs.  Linux is totally free
and open source, so users can improve or otherwise modify the source code.  Windows is proprietary, so it costs
money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code.

15. If we will compare and contrast Linux and Windows, what is the most appropriate graphic organizer can we
use?
A. Diagram B. flow chart C. tree diagram D. venn diagram
16. Windows is proprietary, so it costs money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code. The
underlined word would likely mean _____________.
A. exclusively owned B. freely used C. legally prohibited D. totally altered
17. The generalization we can derive from the passage is ______________.
A. Linux is better than Windows.
B. Linux like the Windows when it becomes popular will also be proprietary.
C. Linux will be prepared more compared to Windows.
D. Windows is better than Linux.
Here are the three worst things that you can do on a date.  First, you could tell jokes that aren’t funny and
laugh really hard to yourself.  This will make you look bad.  Worse though, you could offend your date.  One bad
“joke” may cause your date to lash out at you, hence ruining the engagement.  But the worst thing that you can do
is to appear slovenly.  By not showering and properly grooming, you may repulse your date, and this is the worst
thing that you can do.
 18. The kind of evidence used by the writer to support his topic sentence is through ____________.
A. Anecdotes B.examples C.statistics D. video
19. According to the passage, what could be the worst thing you can do on a date?
A. Appear properly showered and groomed. C. Laugh really hard to yourself.
B. Appear untidy in personal appearance. D. Tell jokes that aren’t funny.
Read these stories; then, answer the questions that follow and write the letter of the correct answer in your answer

God gave Jonah a job to do. He wanted Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and warn them that God was
planning to discipline all the people there because of their evil behavior. But instead of doing what God asked, Jonah
ran away. He joined some sailors on a boat headed for Tarshish.
God knew where Jonah was and chose to discipline him. When God sent a frightening storm, Jonah realized the
storm was his fault. Jonah told the sailors to throw him overboard to save their own lives.
Instead of letting Jonah drown, God sent a big fish to swallow him. Jonah spent three days and nights the belly
of the fish, which was like having a long “time out” in a very smelly place!
When Jonah was in the fish, he prayed and told God that he was sorry for not obeying. God let Jonah out of the
fish, giving him another chance. This time Jonah was ready to obey God. He went and told the people of Nineveh that
God wanted them to stop doing wrong.

sheet.
20. What did God ask Jonah to do?
A. to join some sailors heading for Tarshish C. to throw himself overboard to save the sailors life
B. to go to the city of Nineveh and warn them D. to spend three days and nights to the belly of fish
21. What did Jonah do instead?
A. He went to the city of Nineveh and warned them. C. He joined some sailors on a boat headed for Tarshish.
B. He threw himself overboard to save the sailors life. D. He spent three days and nights to the belly of fish.
22. What happened to Jonah when he tried to run away from God?
A. God disciplined him. B. God let Jonah drown. C. God became mad at him. D. God gave another chance.
Read these myths; then, answer the questions that follow and write the letter of the correct answer in your answer
sheet.
The Children of the Limokon
Mandaya (Mindanao)
In the very early days before there were any people on the earth, the limokon (a kind of dove ) were very powerful
and could talk like men though they looked like birds. One limokon laid two eggs, one at the mouth of the Mayo River and one
farther up its course. After some time these eggs hatched, and the one at the mouth of the river became a man, while the
other became a woman.
The man lived alone on the bank of the river for a long time, but he was very lonely and wished many times for a
companion. One day when he was crossing the river something was swept against his legs with such force that it nearly
caused him to drown. On examining it, he found that it was a hair, and he determined to go up the river and find whence it
came. He traveled up the stream, looking on both banks, until finally he found the woman, and he was very happy to think
that at last he could have a companion.
They were married and had many children, who are the Mandaya still living along the Mayo River.

23. What kind of creature is the limokon?

A. Ape B. cat C. dove D. man
24. What is the unique characteristic of the limokon although they look like birds?
A. could lay eggs B. could look like man C. could talk like man D. could walk like man
25. What did the man keep on looking for?
A. Banks B. companion C. river D. stream
26. Which of the following should be added to make your introduction in the persuasive essay interesting?
A. Use reasons or examples as support. C. Add interesting question, quotation or an anecdote.
B. Add special expressions or opinion signals. D. Give reasons to help the readers remember your stand.
27. Which the following sentence comes first in revising and polishing the persuasive essay?
A. Clarify the details. C. Delete unnecessary information.
B. Add needed information. D. Write the final copy of your persuasive essay.
28. Which of the following is the first step in Writing Persuasive Essay?
A. Choosing a subject C. Clarifying your purpose
B. Writing the final draft D. Addressing the audience you are trying to persuade
29. Which of the following is included in writing your draft in your persuasive essay?
A. choosing a subject B. clarifying your purpose C. organizing your essay D. using reasons, examples as support
30. Which of the following is the correct order of the Steps in Writing Persuasive Essay?
1. Addressing the audience you are trying to persuade. 2. Choosing a subject. 3. Clarifying your purpose.
A. 1-2-3 B. 2-1-3 C. 3-1-2 D. 3-2-1