Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
PANGASINAN SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE II
MALICO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Nicolas, Pangasinan
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TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION
S.Y. 2023-2024

ENGLISH GRADE 10 A
Subject Grade Level Section

Number of Number

Key Answer
Teaching of Items
Days Item Placement/Levels of
Cognitive Domain Test
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Competencies Item
R U A A E C

1 A Day in the 2 3 (1) (16) (41) 1. In the story, A DAY IN A COUNTRY, 1. A

Country she is a little beggar-girl, aged 6, who was
looking for the cobbler for help. 16. A

A. Fyokla B. Terenty C. Silanty D. 41. A

Danilka
16. What is the message of the story A DAY
IN THE COUNTRY?
A. The story highlights the main themes of
love for nature, friendship, poverty, and
commune living.
 B. The story portrays bravery, freedom of
expression and fairness/equality in all situation.
C. The story highlights about keen
preparation and survival of the fittest.
D. None of the above
41. How can you say that the author's
attitude toward the story is positive?
A. The author seems to enjoy the
countryside and the simple pleasures of life,
and values family and community.
B. The author adores the culture of the
community on openly showing who they are
and sharing what they have.
C. The author detests on the harshness of
nature and its retributions.
D. The author still shows joy despite the
conflicts and challenges in the culture.
2 Cases of 1 1 (26) 26. Janet, Andy and _____ were guest 26. C
Pronouns speakers of the program.
A. myself B. me C. I
D. my
3 Speech Writing 1 1 (2) 2. Speech written to convince the listeners of 2. B
the validity of the speaker's argument.
A. Informative
B. Persuasive
C. Argumentative
D. Eulogy

4 Distinguishing 1 1 (42) 42. UK companies are complaining that more 42. A

important and more school leavers that apply to them for
points from jobs lack the basics in education. ‘I need
 less important security guards who can write short reports,’
ones said Tina Hutton, personnel manager at
Failsafe Security. ‘When some of them try to
spell, they come up with words that not even a
computer spellchecker would recognise!’
Young people today rely on word processor
programs that autocorrect and cannot even do
simple arithmetic without a calculator to help
them. Many teachers blame this dependency
on modern technology for falling standards
among school leavers. As a result, many firms
are putting potential interviewees through a
series of tests before they even talk to them.
What is the important point from the
paragraph?
A. UK companies are complaining that
more and more school leavers that apply to
them for jobs lack the basics in education.
B. ‘I need security guards who can write
short reports,’ said Tina Hutton, personnel
manager at Failsafe Security.
C. ‘When some of them try to spell, they
come up with words that not even a computer
spellchecker would recognise!’
D. UK companies are complaining.
5 The Story of 2 3 (3) (17) (36) 3. What is the food that saved the lives of the 3. B
Keesh villagers in the village of Keesh from the
extreme cold?
A. Beans B. meat 17. B
C. vegetables D. milk

17. Which among the qualities made Keesh 36. A

gain his power that put him in the pedestal?
 A. wrestling B. hunting C. weaving
D. farming

36. How did he manage to kill the bears?

A. He used his mind.
B. He asked for weapons.
C. He uses his enormous strength.
D. He prayed for his ancestor’s guidance.

6 Pronouns 1 1 (27) 27. Something is an example of __________ 27. C

(Demonstrative, type of pronoun.
Interrogative,
Indefinite and A. Demonstrative B. interrogative C.
Relative) indefinite D. relative
7 Critiquing a 1 1 (18) 18. What could be the guidelines in critiquing a 18. B
short story short story specifically on context?
A. What is the author trying to accomplish
with the story? If the story is meant to be funny
or to be a morality tale, does it pull off?
B. What genre is it? Adventure? Science
fiction? Fantasy? Literary?
C. What are the Figures of speech used in
the story? What are their purposes?
D. What are these literary techniques make
the reading experience more enjoyable or
strengthen the story?

8 Writing Speech 1 1 (4) 4. Goodwill speeches are both __________. 4. A

of Goodwill You seek to persuade your audience to
consider you favorably and who or what you
represent.
A. informative and persuasive B.
informative only C.
persuasive and argumentative D.
persuasive only
9 The Song of 2 3 (5,6) (19) 5. He wrote the poem, Song of the Autumn. 5. B
Autumn A. William Aggeler
B. Charles Baudelaire
C. William Shakespeare 6. A
D. Robert Frost

6. What does the autumn symbolize? 19. B

A. denotes anxiety within the poet and
sensations of being between summer and
winter
B. described as being a chilly and gloomy
season
C. represents happiness and joy for the
poet
D. signals cold and dark times

19. What is the message of the song of

AUTUMN?

A. It is all about the generating of new life,

a time or season of growth or development
which is all about new beginnings and
transformations;
B. It revolves around the concept of
seasons symbolizing life and death- specifically
describing feelings of worry, fear or burden
C. It talks about death and end of
everything in life and things that you have
worked and hoped for.
D. It tells about the falling and drying of
leaves from the trees.

10 Expanded 2 3 (7) (28) (46) 7. It is the distinguishing the characteristics of a 7. A

Definition of certain word, providing extra facts or
information about it, giving examples, and 28. B
Words
saying what cannot be included to describe it. 46. A
A. giving expanded definitions
 B. goodwill speech
C. critiquing a short story
D. argumentative essay writing

28. The ability to laugh and make others

laugh is sense of humor. What pattern/format
of expanding definition is followed in the given
statement?
A. Word/s + class + characteristics
B. class + characteristics + word/term
C. Word/s + characteristics+ class
D. None of the above

46. Give an example of an informal definition.

A. "Freedom, also referred to as liberty or
independence, is a state people reach when
they are free to think and do whatever they
please".
B. "Astronomy (term) is a branch of scientific
study (class) primarily concerned with celestial
objects inside and outside of the earth’s
atmosphere (differentiating characteristics)"
C. "Comic books (term) are sequential and
narrative publications (class) consisting of
illustrations, captions, dialogue balloons, and
often focus on super-powered heroes
(differentiating characteristics)"
D. None of the above

11 Use of 2 3 (8) (29) (37) 8. We use __________ when quoting directly 8. A

Quotations what a speaker has said and to emphasize
ideas in a text.
A. quotation marks B. ellipsis C. period D. 29. A
parenthesis

29. How would you place a question mark if a 37. B

question is in quotation marks?
 A. She asked, “Do you love Mother Earth?''
B. “She asked, Do you love Mother Earth?''
C. She asked, “Do you love Mother Earth''?
D. She asked, Do you love Mother Earth?'

37. Which of the following examples would

best explain the following rule in using
quotation marks: Use single quotation marks
for quotes within quotes.?
A. She asked, “Do you love Mother Earth?''
B. He said, “The tree said, ’Please don't
cut me down. ’ ’’
C. The farmer said, “ I would rather die
then [sic] uproot the trees to build a house. ”
D. The sign changed from “Plant,” to “Don’t
Plant," to “Plant” again within 30 seconds.
12 Pronoun- 5 7 (9, (30) (38) (43) (47, 9. It is a word that comes before a pronoun 9. A
Antecedent 10) 48) which the pronoun refers to.
Agreement A. Antecedent B. noun C. pronoun
D. head 10. C

10. It is a word used to stand for (or take the

place of) a noun. 30. B
A. Antecedent B. noun C. pronoun D.
head

30. Anybody who wants to come is welcome, 38. A

but _______must sign in first
A. they B. he or she C. him or her
D. it 43. D

38. Several of the MPs have voted how they

want. Which of the following is the antecedent 47. B
in the sentence?
A. Several of the MPs B. have C. voted
 D. they

43. Xavier secretly admitted to his 48. D

classmates that Mrs. Walker was his
favorite teacher. What is the antecedent for
his?
A. classmates B. Mrs. Walker C. teacher
D. Xavier

For nos. 47-48: Choose 2 sentences

observing pronoun-antecedent agreement
which you can add to this given opening
sentence:

Mothers are the strongest and most

compassionate persons in the world.
A. You are the modern-day hero of every
family.
B. She can give up everything just to make
sure her children are secured.
C. She must leave everything to the palace
before she starts her journey home.
D. She shows no exhaustion in attending to
many chores waiting at home.
E. You take care of your husband and wife
while working for the family.

13 Roast Speech 1 1 (20) 20. What is the purpose of a roast speech? 20. B
A. To poke fun and mortally wound a bit the
feeling of the guest of honor
B. Affectionately mocking the man or lady of
the hour while providing hilarious
entertainment
C. make it a funny rhyming poem or song, or
organize the speech around one story with a
hysterically funny punchline
D. recollection of quirks, strange habits, and
 hurtful memories the two of you share

14 To Build a Fire 2 3 (11) (21) (31) 11. In the story “To Build A Fire” , the old-timer 11. A
tells the man is it dangerous to travel alone at
__________ temperature.
A. Sixty degrees below zero 21. B
B. Zero degrees Fahrenheit
C. Seventy degrees below zero
D. Ten degrees Fahrenheit 31. C

21. What does the man in the story “To

Build A Fire, plan to do with the dog after his
second fire goes out?
A. Rub his hands against its fur.
B. Kill it and warm his hands inside it.
C. Send it for help.
D. Kill it for food.

31. Which sentence from the text best supports

the theme that “Any careless behavior can
result in disaster”?
A. "The bulge of the earth intervened
between it and Henderson Creek, where the
man walked under a clear sky at noon and cast
no shadow."
B. "Once in a while the though reiterated
itself that it was very cold and that he had
never experienced such cold."
C. "He chuckled at his foolishness, and as
he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping
into the exposed fingers."
D. "He stood and studied the creek-bed
and its banks, and decided that the flow of
water came from the right."
15 How to Write a 3 4 (12) (32) (39) (49) 12. A list of works on a subject or by an author 12. B
Bibliography that were used or consulted to write a research
paper, book or article.
 A. References B. Bibliography C. Book 32. A
D. Research

32. In citing sources in the text, what should be 39. D

used in place of the author's name if there is
no author listed?
A. document title B. subtitle C. 49. B
publication year D. none

39. Why do we need to write a

bibliography?
A. To respect the publishing company
B. To give your teacher a way to double-
check your information
C. To avoid plagiarism
D. A, B, and C

49. Prepare a bibliography for the following

reference: Imagine you have written an essay.
You have used information from a book. The
author is John Smith and he wrote it in 2003.
The title of the book is English for Everybody. It
was published in Bangkok by Lotus Press.

A. Smith, J. (2003). “English for Everybody”

Bangkok: Lotus Press
B. Smith, J. (2003). English for Everybody.
Bangkok: Lotus Press.
C. Smith, J. (2003). English for
Everybody. Bangkok: Lotus Press
D. Smith, J. (2003) English for Everybody.
Bangkok: Lotus Press

16 Structures of 5 7 (13) (33, (40) (44, (50) 13. The grammatical tie that exists, for 13. B
Modification 34) 45) example, between an adjective and its noun, or
a verb and its adverb. 33. A
A. Grammar B. structures of 34. C
modification 40. A
C. antecedent D. part of speech
44. C
33. In the phrase "mountain bike", which is 45. B
the modifier?
A. mountain B. bike 50. B
C. phrase D. in

34. What is the head in the phrase, very

happy boy?
A. Very B. happy C. boy
D. none of these

40. Which of the following has Noun as

Noun Modifier?
A. bus station B. running water
C. inside job D. seldom heard

44. If icy cold is an example for an adjective

as noun modifier, as icy is an adjective,
freezing cold is also an example of
______________ as a Noun Modifier.
A. Noun B. Adjective C. Verb
D. Adverb

45. Which of the following statements has

Adverb as Verb Modifier?
A. He measured a mile. B. He works
successfully. C. The dog went crazy.
D. He spoke about his work.

50. Construct a sentence using Adverb

Modifier.
A. My sister walked in with her new baby
as I was scrubbing the floor.
B. The portrait, priceless to collectors, was
stolen out of the museum last night.
 C. The digital camera was dropped and all
the files were deleted.
D. Mt. Kota Kinabalu is the tallest mountain
in Java.
17 Toast Speech 1 1 (22) 22. The following statements about toast 22. D
speech are TRUE except ___.
A. If your job is to make a speech ending
with a toast, then you could call it a toast
speech.
B. Toasts are short. Don't waffle on but a
few well-directed words.
C. A speech will last longer - but could be
less than a minute long.
D. Drinking is necessarily part of the whole
thing
18 The Voice of 1 1 (23) From the story of THE VOICE OF THE 23. C
the Mountain MOUNTAIN, what could be the real-life
betrayals that humankind do towards nature?
A. Challenges of earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, and typhoons
B. Difficulties experienced during floods
and landslides
C. Deforestation, pollution, overpopulation
and other forms of abuse
D. Tree planting, recycling programs,
reforestations, and living naturally

19 A Grain As Big 1 1 (24) 24. In the story A GRAIN AS BIG AS A 24. A

As A Hen’s Egg HEN’S EGG, how does God show His
appreciation for the responsible stewardship of
humans over nature?
A. He blesses them with better stance and
health.
B. He provides them what they need.
C. He gives them more and greater
produce.
 D. He brings them good luck.

20 How to Write a 1 1 (35) 35. How would you ensure a lasting and 35. D
Speech of empowered impression in a speech of
Dedication dedication?

A. Include a story that is relevant to the

points in your speech.
B. Link your introduction, key points and
conclusion with smooth transitions.
C. Organize the material you want to use in
your speech into main points.
D. Write a conclusion to wrap up your
points and your speech's theme.

21 The Last Leaf 2 3 (14 , (25) 14. What was the disease that spread 14.D
15) through the streets of Greenwich Village in the
story, “The Last Leaf”? 15.B
A. Typhoid B. Cholera C. Influenza D. 25. B
Pneumonia

15. What did Johnsy wish to paint in the

story, “The Last Leaf”?
A. A romantic sunset B. The Bay of
Naples
C. The Mediterranean D. The Last Leaf

25. Which sentence is TRUE about Sue in the

story, “The Last Leaf”?

A. Sue painted pictures and earned a lot of

money.
B. Sue paid for the rent by working as a street
artist.
C. Sue didn't work. She looked after Joanna.
D. Sue drew pictures for children's books to
pay the rent.
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JOVIEJANE T. SEGUNDO JOSEPHINE A. DAQUIGAN

Teacher III Principal I