3rd Periodical Exam

1.      _______ is a form of writing that is a condensed version of the text’s main point.

• Main Idea

• Summary

• Extract

• Main Point

             is a central thought of the text.

• Main Idea

• Summary

• Extract

• Main Point

             is to obtain information from a text.

• Main Idea

• Summary

• Extract

• Main Point

What are the best characteristics in making a summary?

• Retell a story, uses your own words, and a shorter version.

•   Restate a text, uses synonyms, and use original key terms

•      Use original key terms, retell a story, and a shorter version

•     Retell a text, uses your own words, and use synonyms

   Choose the best summary from this passage. 

The little girl got to pick out new furniture and decorate her room. She really liked the white bed and cabinet. She decided to paint her walls pink and get a pink carpet. She was so excited to be getting a new room!

• She had always had a room to herself.

•    She was excited to redo her room the way she wanted.

• She wanted to paint her room purple.

• Her mother wasn’t happy with her decisions.

   Choose the best summary from this passage. 

Janie’s dog wasn’t feeling well today. He did not want to go out for his walk and did not eat his food. Janie threw his toy across the yard hoping he would run to fetch it, but he just sat there.

•       Janie’s dog is active but today he is sick.

• The dog is sick and tired which is why he is not feeling well.

•      Janie’s dog is sick and he did not go for a walk, eat or play. 

•       Jannie’s dog wasn’t feeling well today.

     Choose the best summary from this passage. 

Exercise is crucial to our lives. Doctors recommend we exercise at least two times a week. Exercise does not weight, but it combats many health conditions and diseases. Another added benefit to exercise is its mood-boosting qualities.

•       Bike riding is good exercise. It is the best exercise to improve weight loss and improve one’s mood.

•       Exercise is crucial to our lives.

•        Exercise can be done anywhere and the doctors recommend to do all the time. You must choose the best exercise for you.

• Exercise is important and doctors recommend doing it at least two times a week. Different forms of exercise can help improve weight control, health, and mood.

     Choose the best summary from this passage. 

Is it an ant, you wonder, or a termite? Ants resemble termites, but they are quite different and can be easily distinguished. In contrast to termites, ants are usually dark in color, hard-bodied, and have constriction between the thorax and abdomen. Termites are light in color and shed their wings. Flying ants do not shed their wings. Also, ants and termites belong to different orders.

•       Ants are dark in color, hard-bodied, and belong to a different order than termites.

•       Ants and termites have the same color that can easily be distinguished.

•       Termites are light in color compared to ants and shed their wings to fly.

•      Ants resemble termites which are usually dark in color, hard-bodied, and have constriction between the thorax and abdomen.

     Choose the best summary from this passage. 

Pedro was moving to another province, Camarines Sur. Along the way as his family drove, they stopped in Laguna, Quezon, and Bicol; none of the provinces they stopped in were like his hometown, and he was excited to be living in a different province.

•      Pedro was moving to Camarines Sur

•       Pedro guessed that his new hometown would not be liked his old hometown but was excited to be moving anyway.

•       Pedro did not want to stop in other provinces along the way.

•        Pedro was moving to Quezon.

     It is a literary tool for comparing two different things to highlight some points of similarities.

• Simile

• Methapor

• Analogy

• Transcoding