2nd Quarterly Assessment in

Oral Communication

Name:_____________________________ Date:_______________

Year and Section:____________________ Score:______________

Test I
Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. ____ drew the distinction between competence and performance in speech context.
a. Alexander Graham Bell b. Merriam Webster c. Noam Chomsky
2. ____is the type of community where speakers of a certain community share a common language variety.
a. Speech community b. Aeta community c. Communication village
3. A communicator-listener situation is also called a_____.
a. shooter-receiver b. speaker-listener c. speaker-audio
4. Grammatical competence includes sound-letter relationships, word and sentence formation, pronunciation,
and_____.
a. vocabulary b. dictionary c. thesaurus
5. In intrapersonal communication, the talking happens in your____.
a. lips b. head c. ears
6. Silence is also nonverbal communication because it has many____.
a. origins b. consequences c. interpretations
7. Going online in an interaction game is referred to as____.
a. Clash of Clans b. computer-mediated communication c. Red Alert Yuri’s Revenge
8. If synchronous communication is a transaction that occurs in real time, asynchronous communication lacks__.
a. spontaneity b. sincerity c. love
9. Failure communication happens when listeners have a wrong_____.
a. channel b. mood c. interpretation
10. Public communication involves communication_____.
a. among a small group of people b. among a large group of people c. with a private individual
11. The speech style that uses terms of endearment is classified as______.
a. intimate style b. normal style c. personal style.
12. The speech style between a boss and an employee is classified as___.
a. consultative b. intimate c. formal
13. _______is the language style used in official and formal occasions.
a. Conventional style b. Informal style c. Formal style
14. ______is a type of speech act that announces a verdict or warning.
a. Illocution b. Locution c. Perlocution
15. In communicative strategy ____is the process of proposing, nominating, and selecting a topic to
communicative about.
a. restriction b. topic nomination c. turn-taking
16. ______is the speech act that defines or creates an intended or unintended effect of an utterance.
a. Perlocutionary act b. Locutionary act c. Illocutionary act
17. ______is classified as communication with people using sign language.
a. Mass media b. Verbal communication c. Nonverbal communication
18. Verbal communication may be written or delivered_____.
a. orally b. by hand c. by smoke signal
19. ______is the type of speech that is usually related to religion and laws.
a. Consultative style b. Frozen style c. Casual style
20. _____is the type of speech context that can be a helpful tool for rehearsals or mental work as memorization.
a. Public communication b. Interpersonal communication c. Intrapersonal communication
21. _____is refer to human production of speech sounds.
a. articulation b. voice c. fluency
22. Many people are scared of speaking before small or large audiences usually described using idiomatic
expression, having “butterflies in the stomach”.
a. speech b. phobia c. speech phobia
23. ____is refer to the sound produced by human and other vertebrates using lungs and vocal parts.
a. articulation b. voice c. fluency
24. ____generally talks about people, events, processes, places, or things.
a. Informative speech b. Persuasive speech c. Entertainment speech
25. This kind of speech has a lot in common with an informative speech.
a. Informative speech b. Demonstration speech c. Entertainment speech
26. This kind of speech must fall under certain theme, such as Valentine’s Day or an anniversary.
a. Informative speech b. Demonstrative speech c. Entertainment speech
27. ____is the consistent flow of language and speech.
a. articulation b. voice c. fluency
28. _____is commonly understood as the sounds being made when a person speaks.
a. speech b. phobia c. speech phobia
29. This kind of speech aims to persuade or convince the listeners on the validity of the speaker’s argument,
position, belief, or even proposal.
a. Informative speech b. Persuasive speech c. Entertainment speech
30. This is called _____ because the speaker switches from one grammatical version to another.
a. decode b. encode c. code switching

Test II

Direction: Read the question carefully. Write T if the underlined word/s is true. If false, write the word/s that will
make the statement correct.

________________31. Interpersonal communication involves communication exchange between group of people.

________________32. Stylistics is the branch of linguistics that studies and interprets messages based on their tone
and style.
________________33. Repair also refers to the suspension of ongoing talk to deal with problems such as hearing,
production, or understanding.
________________34. Speech situation is commonly defined as a public form of expression.
________________35. The dyad type of communication involves two people.
________________36. Eulogies speech honoring our departed friends or relatives.
________________37. Preaches or homilies speech that affords an oral presentation of literary works.
________________38. Public communication involves mass media and microphone, among others.
________________39. Sociolinguistic competence is the knowledge of the rules of grammar.
________________40. Context is an important concept in communication.
________________41. Communicative strategy is a way exchange of information between a sender and receiver.
________________42. The Bible is an example of a reading materials that uses a frozen style of speech.
________________43. In turn taking as a type of communicative strategy, the speaker and listener take turns in
talking and listening.
________________44. The illocutionary act is the communicative force of an utterance.
________________45. Locution act is defining or creating an intended or unintended effect of utterance.

Test III

Direction: Explain the question briefly. (5 points)

46-50. Do you think talking to yourself is normal? Why?

Renz A. Villalobos
Teacher
Table of Specifications
nd
2 Quarterly Assessment in
Oral Communication

Test Item: 50

Topic Easy (60%) Average (30%) Difficult (10%) Total

Unit III
(Communicative
Competence
Strategies in 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,20 31,35,38,39,40 46,47,48,49,50 18
Various Speech
Situations)
Lesson 10: Speech
Context
Lesson 11: Speech 11,12,13,19 32,42 6
Styles
Lesson 12: Types 14,16 44,45 4
of Speech Act
Lesson 13: Types 3,6,9,15,17,18 33,34,41,43 10
of Communicative
Strategies
Unit IV (Types of
Speech)
Lesson 14: Speech 21,22,23,27,28,30 6
Elements
Lesson 15: The 24,25,26,29 36,37 6
Four Basic Types
of Speech
Total 30 15 5 50

Prepared by:

Mr. Renz A. Villalobos

Teacher

Checked by:
Mr. Francis D. Mahusay
Academic Coordinator

Approved by:

Mr. Vince B. Villaruel

School Principal