English III First Periodic Test Pointers with Sample Items

Hi, studes! Here's what I promised to post and share. God bless you in your preparations for all your tests!

Part I. Grammar

Topics: Sentence and Its Basic Parts

Classifying and Correcting Sentence Fragments

Test Type: Multiple Choice

Sample Items:

1. Which of the following word groups is a complete sentence?

a. The problem that was brought out during the meeting.

b. While a few members of the club were discussing the issue among themselves.

c. At last they all agreed!

d. Minutes later just before power was cut off.

2. How is the underlined part of this sentence used? One of the officers of the club shared his opinion

on the issue.

a. as simple subject

b. as part of the complete subject

c. as simple predicate

d. as part of the compound subject

Part 2. Academic Success Workshops

Topic #1: The Power of Asking Questions

Test Type: True or False

Sample Item:

1. Learning how to learn can be achieved byone's ability to pursue well-defined goals. (True)

Topic #2: The Power of Understanding Your Learning Style:

Global or Analytical Thinking

Test Type: Identification

Sample Item:

1. When Frances decides, she usually considers her feelings. (Global)

Topic #3: Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic Learning

Sample Item:

1. Tommy needs illustrations to follow directions better. (Visual)

Topic #3: The MBTI Profile: Extroversion, Introversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking,

Feeling, Judgment, Perception

Sample Item:

1. Unlike her brother Jonas, Jonalie decides on things too quickly. (Judgment)

Part 3. Reading and Vocabulary Building

Topic #1: On Knowing What Gives Us Pleasure

Test Type: Matching Type Vocabulary

Sample Items:

Column A Column B

__ 1. One can bring no greater reproach A. to provide physical relief,

against a man than to say he does not as from pain

value pleasure. B. a mild criticism

__ 2. He took some mefenamic acid

to alleviate his splitting headache.

Topic #2: The Ideal Citizen

Test Type: Identification/Enumeration

*For obvious reason, I prefer not to give sample item for this sub-test.

Topic #3: SRA

Test Types: Reading Comprehension and Context Clue Vocabulary

*I also prefer not to give sample items for this portion.

Part 4. Writing

Topic #1: Summarizing

Test Type: Summarizing

Topic #2: I Have a Dream

Test Type: Essay

If you have questions, feel free to ask during class next week. I won't entertain questions channeled thru Facebook. Study hard! Win the race against obstacles!

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