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MABINI COLLEGES
Daet, Camarines Norte
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
English 1
Name: _______________________________________ Date:___________________
Course and Year: _______________________________ Score: __________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the correct answer from the following questions about
PARAGRAPH . If in case you want to change your answer, put an x to the letter of the previous choice and
encircle the new one.

1. Which sentence would not belong in a body paragraph about visiting the beach?
a. During your visit, you will see a variety of animal at the beach.
b. Statistics show that more people are killed by lightning than sharks.
c. You will see people run along the shore during sunrise and sunset.
d. Sunrises and sunsets are a great thing to watch at the beach.

2. Which sentence would be a good CLOSING sentence about the beach activities?
a. Riding bikes is so much fun when visiting the beach.
b. While parasailing, you will see the whole ocean.
c. Will all the outdoor activities at the beach, you are bound to find something that excites you.
d. Kayaking on the sound of sunset is a great activity to try.

3. What is a good TOPIC SENTENCE about food at the beach?


a. If you are a seafood lover, you will enjoy all the different food that is offered at the beach.
b. Fresh caught scallops are perfect at the Sunset Grille.
c. You will find perfectly cooked shrimp at the Roadside grill.
d. Blackened fish sandwiches are delicious at Duck Dei.

4. What is important about the topic sentence?


a. Give details of the topic.
b. Summarizes the paragraph.
c. Gives an overview of the paragraph.
d. It is not important.

5. What does the body of the paragraph do?


a. Give details of the topic.
b. Summarizes the paragraph.
c. Gives an overview of the paragraph.
d. It is not important.

6. What does the closing sentence do?


a. Give details of the topic.
b. Summarizes the paragraph.
c. Gives an overview of the paragraph.
d. It is not important.

7. A paragraph should cover how many topics?


a. Two or Three b. Five or Six c. One d. None

8. There are many different types of paragraphs.


a. True b. False
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9. Transitions are used:
a. Between subjects and verbs b. To relate two sentences or paragraphs c. As little as possible

10. A narrative paragraph:


a. Tell a story b. Gives a critique c. Classifies object

11. The topic of a paragraph should:


a. Be as broad and general as possible.
b. Always be about science.
c. Be something the writer is interested in.

II. Identification. Identify what is being asked in the following questions/statements.

1. It may be a sentence or a group of related sentences about a single topic. ______________________


2. What do you call a main idea in sentence form which may be found at the beginning,
in the middle or at the end of a paragraph? ______________________
3. Other elements of a paragraph which amplify the main idea by
providing explanations. ______________________
4. What do you call those terms which are complex, technical and abstract that
meanings may not easily be explained one a sentence ______________________
5. What is the subject description of English 1? ______________________

III.Passages for Analysis. Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow. Encircle the
letter of your choice. (2 points each)
A.
A star begins to die when the last of the hydrogen fuel at its center succumbs to the star's fusion furnace and the
center collapses into a highly compressed, white-hot core. With the contraction, the core's temperature rises. The
heat becomes so intense that helium, a fusion by-product, begins to burn both within the core and just outside it,
along with hydrogen remaining outside the core. Effects of this heat are felt all the way out to the star's outer layers,
which begin to expand, ballooning the star into a monstrously swollen red giant. The outermost layers of the star are
now slowly cast off in a phenomenon known as stellar wind, until, eventually, comparatively little gas is left around
the core. This remaining gas is heated rapidly and pushed outward at very high speed. Soon it collides with the
slower, cooler gas ahead of it, piling it up into a bright, dense cloud called a planetary nebula. In a brief 10,000 years
or so the core, now left in the middle of a vast cloud of dust and gas, finally begins to cool and fade.
--Jeffrey Winters, Discover

1. A good title for this paragraph would be ____________________.


a. A Lesson in Astronomy."
b. "The Effects of Heat."
c."The Origins of Stars."
d. "The Death of a Star."

2. The pattern of organization is _________________________.


a. deductive b. inductive c. chronological

3. Which of the following is an accurate inference?


a. Stars die from the inside out.
b. Stars die from the outside in.
c. Stars die 10,000 years after they come into existence.
d. Only stars that form a planetary nebula die.
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B. Put a check mark () before the line if it is a topic sentence and a cross (x) if it is only a topic.

1. The dawn breaks into morning ______________


2. When the dawn breaks into morning ______________
3. Writing a paragraph is like building a house ______________
4. Building a house with a strong foundation ______________
5. Note-taking is an important tool in learning ______________
6. Listen before you write down the key points ______________

C. Chronological Order. Arrange the following sentence in chronological order to form an effective
paragraph. Number it from 1 to 5. (From The Bright Side of Darkness)
__________________ I miss school for a month.
____________________ At the age of nine, I underwent eye surgery.
____________________ My family hid from me the truth about the operation.
____________________ All I knew was that my eyes would undergo cleaning.

IV. Matching Type. Match the method of paragraph development from Column A to their corresponding
definition in Column B. Write the letter of yuour choice to the space provided before the number.

Column A Column B
_______1. Analogy a. to represent the appearance of something with the use of words.
_______2. Deduction b. method of recounting an event which may be factual or plotted
_______3. Description c. where the topic sentence is found at the beginning
_______4. Induction d. to come up with a paragraph of something abstract to somewhat concrete.
_______5. Narrative e. topic sentence is found at the end to keep the reader engaged

V. Enumeration. (10 points)

Kinds of Paragraph (According to Purpose) 3 Elements of a Definition


1.______________________________ 1. __________________________________
2. ______________________________ 2. __________________________________
3. ______________________________ 3. __________________________________
4. ______________________________
5. ______________________________

Principles of Paragraph Development


1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________

Bonus Question: (5 points)


What is the full name of your instructor in English 1? (including middle initial)
______________________________________________

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