EMA EMITS COLLEGE PHILIPPINES

M. H. Del Pilar Street, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
COMMUNICATION ARTS
NAME:
________________________________________
_________________________
COURSE & YEAR: ______________________________
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DATE:
SCORE:

I. IDENTIFICATION
_______________________1. An organ used in speaking and is used primarily in breathing and eating
_______________________2. The secondary function of an organ used for breathing and eating
_______________________3. A physiological process which involves two processes
_______________________4. The breathing forth or giving off of air
_______________________5. The breathing in of air
_______________________6. Production of sounds by the vocal cords
_______________________7. Sounds produced when there is no vibration occurs when speaking
_______________________8. Sounds produced when there is vibration occurs when speaking
______________________ 9. The process of voice amplification and modification
_______________________10. The pharynx, nose and mouth are called ____________
_______________________11. Refers to the process of the distinct production of sounds through the
use of articulators
_______________________12. An alphabet which consists of twenty-six letters
_______________________13. In pronouncing these, sounds are made by allowing air to pass
through an open throat and mouth passage without any obstruction
_______________________14. A sliding sound produced by the tongue as it moves from one vowel
position to another, thus the two vowels are produced as one syllable or a unit of sound
_______________________15. Refers to the loudness or low volume of voice and depends upon the
speaking situation
_______________________16. The slope of the voice and determines the variety of the voice
_______________________17. The rise and fall of the voice and refers to the variation of tone and
accent, pitch levels and stress
_______________________18. The intonation used in one or two-word imperative sentence and
counting numbers
_______________________19. Questions answerable by yes or no
_______________________20. The intonation used for short requests, short remarks, and commands
II. SPEECH SOUNDS
Directions: Underline the words in the following sentences which contain the sound indicated.
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22.
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30.

/k/
/a/
/o/
/ae/
/U/
//
//
//
/hw/
//

A doctor told Mr. Landicho that he will be examined for tooth cavity.
Swine b
reeding is our business.
Joyce laughs at her friend when the latter fell in to the pool.
The nurse cures the hurt patient.
He looked at me intently as if he wants to say something.
Jack went up the hill to eat his meal.
You can count on the thesaurus to look for the meaning of weather.
Go to the shop where you can buy many chairs.
The way to find the whale will lead you to Brother Wally.
You can just justify your case.

III. PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION

Directions: Match the phonetic transcription with the word on the right.

IV. LABELING THE PARTS

V. FILLING IN THE BLANKS

THE CONGO
By : _________________________
And I hear the boom of a blood last _________________
With a thigh bone beating on a tin pan _________________
Fat black ________________ in a wine-barrel room,
Barrel house kings with __________________unstable
Sagged and ____________________and pounded on a table
Pounded on the table
With the handle of a ___________________
_____________as they were able
Boom, boom, boom!
With a ______________ umbrella
And a handle of a broom
Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay,_______________!

TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, AND TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW IS THE
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ONE WHO KNOWS

PREPARED BY:
MS. IRENE P. BANUELOS
INSTRUCTRESS