Republic of the Philippines

SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PANGASINAN II

Binalonan

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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Grade 11
DIVISION DIAGNOSTIC TEST
S.Y. 2022-2023
Name: ____________________________________________ Date:
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School: ___________________________________________ Score:
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Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

I. Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the correct answer on the space provided.
________1. Who are the target readers of an academic essay?
A. Artist, players, dancers
B. Parents, workers, teachers
C. Teachers, students, academic community
D. Students, out-of-school youth, government
_______ 2.What are the purposes of doing an academic writing?
A. To defend, to challenge and to question
B. To guess, to hypothesize and to make conclusions
C. To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point
D. To settle, to negotiate and to inform
_______ 3.What are the three main parts of an essay?
A. The hook, the main idea and the conclusion
B. The introduction, the body and the conclusion
C. The topic, the body and the conclusion
D. None of the above
_______ 4.Which of the following does NOT show a good purpose of reading strategies?
A. To critique an argument C. To provide examples
B. To learn something D. To skim to get an overview of the text
_______5.Which of the following does NOT show a good purpose during reading strategy?
A. Take breaks
B. Check your predictions and find answers
C. Annotate and mark sections of the text
D. Summarize the text in your own words
_______ 6. Which of the following statement shows the use summarizing?
A. Get through an article more quickly C. Retell a story
B. Reduce information to essential ideas D.Understand easily
_______ 7.Which of the following is NOT included in summarizing a text?
A. Disregard C. Include
B. Highlight D. Summarize
________8. A thesis statement is defined as___________.
A. A claim .
B. A topic
C. It is the controlling idea of your text
D. It is the overview of what your paper is about
_______ 9.This type of thesis statement is also known as expository thesis statement or
___________.
A. Analytical Thesis Statement C. Explanatory Thesis Statement
B. Argumentative Thesis Statement D. Topic Sentence
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_______ 10.This type of formal outline uses a full sentence and uses correct punctuation in a text it is
called________
A. Formalism C. Topic
B. Sentence outline D. Topic outline
_______ 11.This type of formal outline uses words and phrases to make an outline shorter and
easier
to make, it is referred to as______
A. Formalism C. Topic
B. Sentence outline D. Topic outline
_______ 12.The key to understand a text is through the text itself called____________.
A. Feminist criticism C. Marxist criticism
B. Formalism D. Reader-response criticism
_______ 13.It is concerned with the reviewer’s reaction as an audience of a work.
A. Feminist criticism C. Marxist criticism
B. Formalism D. Reader-response criticism

_______ 14.It refers to the process that starts with posing a question, problematizing a concept,
evaluating, clarifying, and ends in answering a question it is called______________.
A. Academic writing C. Paragraph organization
B. Concept paper D. Reaction paper
_______15.What type of statement is this? “Martial law is not the best solution to address the
problem
of Mindanao’s peace and order.”
A. Concept paper C. Position paper
B. Manifesto D. Reaction paper
_______16.Read the passage and determine what sentence structure is used.
There are two popular sports played at Ramon Guico’s Sports Complex, basketball,
and volleyball. Both take place inside of the gym at Ramon Guico’s Sport Complex. Also,
each sport has two teams of people. In basketball, however, the ball can be played off of the
floor, and in volleyball, the ball cannot touch the floor, or it is out of play. Basketball and
volleyball are popular sports at Ramon Guico’s Sport Complex. What text structure is this?
A. Cause-Effect C.
Chronological/Sequence
B. Compare-Contrast D. Problem-Solution
_______17.Read the passage and determine what sentence structure is used.
Lots of students fail classes. Some students fail because the work is too hard for
them. Other times they may fail because they are lazy, and don’t do any work. Another
reason why students may fail is if they don’t go to school. If you’re not in class, you may miss
a lot. Many students fail classes every quarter. What text structure is this?
A. Cause-Effect C. Chronological/Sequence
B. Compare-Contrast D. Problem-Solution
_______18."This story reminds me of something I heard on the news," is an example of which
strategy?
A. Clarifying C. Summarizing
B. Connection D. Visualizing
_______ 19.Which of the following techniques used in giving a friend the gist of a story?
A. First-Then-Finally C. SAAC Method
B. Give me the gist D. Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then
_______ 20.What type of outline contains the subject of a paragraph in a text?
A. Key points C. Topic Sentence
B. Thesis Statement D. Topic Outline
_______21.What type of thesis statement enables a writer to make a position about the subject of
his/her academic essay or article?
A. Analytical Thesis Statement C. Explanatory Thesis Statement
B. Argumentative Thesis Statement D. Topic Sentence
_______ 22.Which type of thesis statement is also known as expository thesis statement?
A. Analytical Thesis Statement C. Explanatory Thesis Statement
B. Argumentative Thesis Statement D. Topic Sentence
_______ 23. Which of the following best describes the outline in writing a concept paper?
 A. introduction, description, goals/objectives, purpose, methodology
B. introduction, purpose, goals/objectives, methodology, benefits
C. goals/objectives, purpose, description, methodology, benefits
D. purpose, goals/objectives, methodology, benefits, description
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_______24. Which part of formal outline uses words and phrases to make an outline shorter and
easier to make.
A. Formalism C. Topic
B. Sentence outline D. Topic outline
_______ 25. Which question should a writer consider in relating a concept to other concepts?
A. What is being described or described?
B. What other things are used to describe the concept?
C. Are there conflicting definitions or descriptions of the concerns?
D. What examples are used to illustrate the description of the concept?
________ 26.When do you use formal language?
A. In an academic essay. C. When you talk to a
friend.
B. In sending emails. D. When you write a text
message.
________ 27.Which statement do you think is TRUE about the process of summarizing?
A. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
B. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
C. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage
D. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
________28.Which statement do you think is FALSE about the process of summarizing?
A. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
B. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
C. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
D. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
________ 29.What do you think is the best summary of the passage below?
Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat
dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the
Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide.
Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever
decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
A. Jill loves Mexican food.
B. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin
C. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
D. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
______ 30.What do you think is the best summary of the passage below?
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-
herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large
herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the Piney hills of east Texas, and the
emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large Coastal Harbors with
numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with
alligators and other exotic wildlife.
A. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
B. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
C. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
_______ 31.From the choices below, what elements of Thesis Statement comes first?
I. Topic III. Reason
II. Position IV. Concession
A. I, II and III C. I, II, III and IV
B. II, I, III and IV D. I and II only
32-33. Outline the following words and phrases that name the sub-topics under of each main
categories and then decide which which of the following words and phrases fall under sub-topics.
Corn on cob Pig Mosquito
Hawk Snake Pork chop
I. Food
 A. Meats
32. (1)_________________
(2)Tapa
II. Animals
A. Insects
33. (1)_________________ (3)
(2)Beetle
_________34.Determine what type of literary criticism approach that Jack London use in his famous
short story literary work entitled “To Build a Fire”
A. Formalist Criticism C. Reader-Response Criticism
B. Gender Criticism D. Structuralism
_________35.From the following choices below, identify which of the following must be done first
when you are asked to write a reviewwrite a review?
I. Read or watch the material carefully.
II. Come up with a thesis statement.
III. Write down your thoughts while reading or watching.
IV. Compose an outline.
A. I C. III
B. II D. IV
________ 36.What does it mean to write academically?
A. To avoid copy pasting from the Internet
B. To write in order to pass final exams
C. To write paper for scholars
D. To write using proper English language
________ 37.In which part of the essay would you write the thesis statement?
A. Body C. Introduction
B. Conclusion D. Recommendation

_________38.Distinguish the similarities between summarizing and paraphrasing.

A. They both serve to make concepts easier to understand for the reader
through slightly different methods methods.
B. They both mentioned solely the most points of any work in your own words
and is considerably shorter thashorter than the initial Conclusion
C. They both write any content in your own words and is sort of the same in
size or somewhat like the the initial text
D. None of the above
________39.Differentiate the similarities between topic sentence and topic outline?
A. They uses complete sentence
B. They use words and phrases
C. They use correct sentences and punctuations
D. None of the above
________ 40.Which of the following literary criticism approaches determine the style, structure, tone,
imagery used by critics?
A. Formalism Criticism C. Reader-Response
Criticism
B. Gender Criticism D. Marxist Criticism
_______ 41.Which of the following statement is grammatically correct?
A. The affects of the incident were bad. C. They were affected badly
by the incident.
B. The incident effected them badly D. They were effected badly
by the incident
________42.What is the best graphic organizer to use for this text below?
“From 93 million in 2015, the country has a total population of 103.3 million
today. This number is composed of 15% senior citizens, 49.5% youth (14 - 40 years
old), 20.5% other adults (41 - 59 years old), and 15% children (13 years old and
below). These percentages are estimates as they change through mortality and
aging."
A. Bar Graph C. Pie Graph
B. Fish Bone D. Venn Diagram
________43.From the following choices below choose what is the correct format in writing the
Alphanumeric outline;
I. Roman Numeral (I,II...)
II. Capitalized Letters (A,B...)
III. Arabic Numerals (1,2,3...)
IV. Lowercase Letters (a,b,c...)
V. Decimal (1.1,1.2,1.3)
A. I,II,III, and IV C. I,II, and III only
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B. I,II,III,IV and V D. III, IV and V only
________44.Which of the following is NOT a form of reaction paper?
I. Appeal
II. Protest
III. Reflection
IV. Sports Report
A. I C. III
B. II D. IV
________45. What is the best literary criticism approach for the famous line of Charlotte Perkins
Gilman from her famous novel famous novel entitled ”Beautiful” and with a famous quote
“Beauty may or may not be forthcoming; but 'innocence' is 'innocence is the chief charm of
girlhood’’.
A. Formalism Criticism C. Reader-Response
Criticism
B. Feminism Criticism D. Marxist Criticism
________46. When you write a summary, you are to _________.
A. Retell a story C. understand easily
B. Reduce information to essential ideas D. Get through an article
more quickly
________47. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is false?
A. The summary is what the passage is mostly about
B. The summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
C. The summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
D. The summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
________48. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is true?
A. The summary is what the passage is mostly about
B. The summary is a thought that is true but is NOT in the passage.
C. The summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
D. The summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage
________49. Think about what you already know about the text. Find ways to relate the text to
yourself, other texts and the world around you is making a ___________
A. Prediction
B. Visualization
C. Clarification
D. Connection
________50. Making pictures in your mind as you read is an example of __________.
A. Prediction C. Clarification
B. Visualization D. Connection
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