SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

FIRST SEMESTER | ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025

QUIZ 1
Student’s Name

Grade and Section Date

Test Instructions:

1. You are given 50 minutes to accomplish the whole quiz.

2. Use the answer sheet to answer the test items.
3. Shade the circle of your corresponding answer.
4. Read the questions carefully and make sure to understand the statement before answering.
5. Write eligibly and AVOID ERASURES.
6. YOU MAY USE THE TEST QUESTIONNAIRE FOR YOUR DRAFT.
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INSTRUCTIONS: This quiz consists of 25 items. 5. What specific discipline do these jargons,
Please read each statement carefully and select the esquisse, façade, floor plan, elevation, and
answer that you believe is correct. Mark your chosen perspectives belong to?
letter on the answer sheet provided. Ensure that your A. Architecture
selections are clear and within the designated spaces. B. Accountancy
C. Business and Ethics
D. Education
6. What is the main purpose of jargons?
A. To create and publish researches and
innovations
B. To create order among people through
understanding
C. To understand culture and other people
D. To allow context of communication be easily
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about grasped and understood within a group of
the nature of a language? profession or setting
A. We use language to create and publish
researches and innovations 7. Which of the following is NOT a group of jargon
B. We use language to create order among that belongs to the Science discipline?
people through the means of understanding A. Photosynthesis, Ecosystem, Condensation
C. We use language as our medium of B. Germination, Habitat, Predator
instruction in schools C. Addend, Minuend, Quotient
D. All of the above D. Molecule, Decomposer, Buoyancy
2. Which of the following examples BEST describes 8. Academic English is “the most probable language
“Casual Language”? used on an everyday setting by certain people of a
A. “The text is not quite engaging for me” certain region.” Is this statement TRUE?
B. “The text can be improved in various ways” A. No, because Academic English is more
C. “Further recommendations may improve the formal in nature utilized in various courses
material” of study
D. “Different strategies may enhance the B. Yes, because we utilize Academic English
comprehension of the readers to understand in a more casual tone
the implication of a text” C. No, because Academic English is connoted
as the language used for Essays
3. Which of the following is a DESCRIPTION of an D. Yes, because we use Academic English in
Academic Text? conversational patterns
A. It is regarded as “the simplest and most
natural form of language” 9. What do we use to make language among
B. It is more casual and conversational professional in various disciplines more precise?
C. It is used solely for social media platforms A. English Language
D. It covers “discipline-specific vocabulary, B. Colloquial Language
grammar and punctation, and applications C. Oral Communication Language
of devices typical for a particular discipline D. Jargons
4. What specific discipline do these jargons, 10. What will happen if there is no common
barangay, bayanihan, Katipunan, lingua franca, and language?
fiesta belong to? A. There would be no understanding among
A. Mathematics groups of people
B. Social Science B. Students at HFA will no longer attend
C. Architecture Oral Communications Course
D. Medicine C. There will be no written academic researches
D. There will be no ENGAPP Course

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11. Why is it important to determine the structure of For items 15-16. Read the paragraph below.
the text?
A. To create an outline of a text First, the Philippines was a collection of independent
tribes and kingdoms. Then, during the 16th century,
B. To justify the stand of the reader
Spanish explorers arrived, marking the beginning of
C. To narrate the text to the listener over 300 years of colonization. Meanwhile, in other
D. To better understand the purpose of the text parts of the archipelago, sultanates such as Sulu and
Maguindanao were maintaining their sovereignty. While
For items 12-14. Read the paragraph below. the Spanish were consolidating their power in Luzon
and the Visayas, the Americans took over in 1898 after
Texting, as an abbreviated form of writing used on
mobile phones and pagers with tiny screens and the Spanish-American War. Finally, after a period of
American occupation and a subsequent invasion by
keyboards, suspends normal conventions of grammar,
Japan during World War II, the Philippines gained full
spelling, and punctuation. It is a hybrid construct,
independence on July 4, 1946.
combining elements of writing with speech forms but its
mixing takes entirely new resonances and
characteristics. Texting appears as though people are
talking when in fact they are writing. Texting resembles 15. The paragraph above is an example of which
speech because of its “ethereal and fleeting” qualities structure of text?
(Young, 1994). Yet it also resembles written text A. Cause and Effect
because the text has physicality in the form of the B. Problem-Solution
words and symbols printed on the screen. C. Comparison and Contrast
D. Narration
—Excerpts from Pertierra, Ugarte, Pingol, Hernandez &
Dacanay (2002). Texting Selves. Cell phones and 16. To support your answer in item 15, what is the
Philippine Modernity, pp. 23-24. Manila: DLSU Press text all about?
A. It considers the effect of the colonization to
12. What is the text all about? the Philippines
A. It expresses a mere details on the B. It recounts a narration on the events of the
appearance and qualities of the people invasions of the Spaniards, Americans and
when texting the Japanese in the Philippines
B. It recounts a sequence of how people use C. It gives details about the similarities and
their phones when texting differences on how the Spaniards, Americans
C. It provides a situation and impact on how and the Japanese troops invaded the islands
bad texting is to the well-being of the people D. It provides information on how Filipinos
D. It defines how texting merges characteristic survived the different colonization periods
of speech and writing into a form of
communication to the people 17. Which of the following statements is an example
of a descriptive text?
13. What specific structure does the text appear in A. The SM Mall of Asia, with its vast, gleaming
the paragraph above? façade, stands as a modern marvel on the
A. Description shores of Manila Bay
B. Narrative B. The problem is the rapid degradation of
C. Problem-Solution natural habitats due to urban expression
D. Definition C. Similarly to the ancient Olympics, the
modern Olympics serve as a stage for athletic
14. In the paragraph above, what are some of the excellence and international camaraderie
cue signals or words used that determine your D. Earth science is divided into several key
answer to item 13? branches that explain our planet’s physical
A. is, as, as though, because characteristics and processes
B. texting, forms, qualities
C. mixing, takes, combining 18. Cause is to “Deforestation has escalated
D. resembles, construct, fact carbon emissions so significantly that global
warming is intensifying at an alarming rate” while
effect is to:
A. This situation is leading to increasingly
severe climate disruptions and
environmental challenges

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B. Extreme weather events are becoming more 21. Read the problem statement below:
frequent and severe around the globe
C. None of the above The problem is the rapid degradation of natural
D. Both A & B habitats due to urban expansion

19. Read the paragraph below: Which of the following solutions answers the
problem stated above?
Unsustainable agricultural practices lead to soil
A. Continuing to build more roads and
degradation. So, when crops are repeatedly planted
without rotating or allowing fields to lie fallow, the soil commercial areas without any consideration
loses its nutrients. Consequently, the land becomes less for the surrounding natural habitats
productive. This situation is an explanation for the B. Ignoring the impact of urban sprawl on local
increasing reliance on chemical fertilizers, which can wildlife and ecosystems by focusing solely on
further degrade soil health. Thus, to combat these economic growth
negative effects, more sustainable farming techniques C. Allowing developers to bypass environmental
are being implemented accordingly, improving soil regulations and zoning laws in favor of faster
fertility and reducing dependency on harmful construction
chemicals.
D. Create green urban spaces that integrate
biodiversity with city planning
How did this paragraph become a cause and effect?
A. Because it provides a certain solution on For items 22-23, read the paragraph below.
various farming techniques
B. Because it narrates the procedure on how Similarly to the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympics
the problem can be further demonstrated serve as a stage for athletic excellence and international
camaraderie. In like manner, athletes compete for their
C. Because it talks about the unsustainable
country’s pride and personal achievements. However,
agricultural practices that lead to soil unlike the ancient games, which were limited to Greek
degradation on how it loses its nutrients male citizens, the modern Olympics include athletes
D. Because it describes a mere depiction of from all over the world, regardless of gender. On the
the characteristics of soil degradation contrary, while the ancient games were predominantly a
religious festival, the modern Olympics are a global
20. Observe the following statements below: spectacle focused on sport and unity, although the
spirit of competition remains central.
I. One major branch is geology, which studies the
solid Earth and the processes by which it is shaped 22. Which of the following statement from the
and changed. paragraph speaks of Comparison?
II. Meteorology, another class of earth sciences, A. Similarly to the ancient Olympics, the
deals with the atmosphere and weather processes. modern Olympics serve as a stage for athletic
excellence and international camaraderie
III. Another kind of branch is oceanography, a group B. However, unlike the ancient games, which
of sciences focusing on the biological and physical were limited to Greek male citizens, the
aspects of the world’s oceans. modern Olympics include athletes from
all over the world, regardless of gender
IV. Earth Science is divided into several key C. Both A & B
branches that explain our planet’s physical D. None of the above
characteristics and processes.
23. Which of the following statement from the
V. These diverse fields help us understand the paragraph presents Contrast?
various components of Earth’s system and their A. On the contrary, while the ancient games
interactions. were predominantly a religious festival, the
How can an individual arrange this classification modern Olympics are a global spectacle
text into its hierarchal order? focused on sport and unity
A. IV, I, III, II, V B. However, unlike the ancient games, which
B. IV, II, I, III, V were limited to Greek male citizens, the
C. V, IV, I, III, II modern Olympics include athletes from
D. V, IV, II, I, III all over the world, regardless of gender
C. None of the above
D. Both A & B

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24. Which of the following cue words can be utilized BONUS ITEM (5 points)
to portray a descriptive text?
A. first Which of the following structure of text can be
B. divided removed or can be deemed not much significant to
C. kind an academic text? Explain your answer in not more
D. mesmerizing than 3 sentences.

25. What is the best VERB that portray comparison You may use the space provided below in this
and contrast? questionnaire for your final answer.
A. identify and provide
B. enumerate and categorize
C. define and describe
D. associate and differentiate

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