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PRELIMINARY EXAM FOR SECOND QUARTER IN ORAL COMMUNICATION 11

SY.2019-2020
Name: __________________________________________________Score:____________
Grade/Section: ____________________________________________Date:____________
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided by
shading the letter corresponds to your answer.

1. It is a type of speech style used between or among participants who have a very personal relationship.
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
2. What speech style is appropriate to use between friends who are chatting about their dance number?
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
3. Which of the following requires an intimate speech style?
A. When communicating to your acquaintances
B. When delivering a Speech
C. When praying the rosary
D. When talking to your partner about your future plans
4. Identify the type of speech style used in this statement:
“Oh well, I s’pose you can’t have ‘em all, yeah?”
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
5. This style is characterized by lack of listener’s participation. Only the speaker is the source of information.
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a consultative style?
A. Used for people who do not have shared experiences or meaning
B. Requires two-way participation
C. Interruptions can occur during the communication
D. The use of slang is common
7. Ms. Aguilar has been invited to be a guest speaker at a graduating ceremony in Mariano University. Which
of the following lines is an appropriate introduction in her commencement speech?
A. Hello Philippines and hello world!
B. Hi there! How are you today?
C. Guests, faculty, parents and graduates, good morning.
D. Good morning friends and enemies.
8. The following are statements that use the frozen speech style Except _.
A. Panunumpa sa Watawat……
B. I, Juan dela Rosa, solemnly swear to do my duty…….
C. What have you done to me, dear?
D. Panatang makabayan….
9. Which of the following statements is true about the frozen speech style?
A. Static, ritualistic, and archaic.
B. Used only for imparting information
C. Non-public speech style that use private vocabulary
 D. Used among people who do not share common experiences
10. President Benigno Aquino III is hosting a state dinner at the Malacañang Palace in honor of the visiting US
President Barack Obama. Which of the following speech styles must be used on the occasion?
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
11. It is a speech act which also known as the effect of the utterance toward the addressee. This involves a c
hange in the addressee’s behavior, attitude, or feelings.
A. Locutionary
B. Illocutionary
C. Perlocutionary
D. Prelocutionary
12. It is a type of illocutionary act that commits a speaker to some future course of action such as offering and
promising.
A. Assertives
B. Directives
C. Commissives
D. Expressive
13. Which of the following utterances is not an example of a directive illocutionary act?
A. Could you please buy me some food?
B. Please let me go.
C. What are you waiting for? Do it now.
D. I’m deeply sorry for what I said to you yesterday.

14-18 Categorize the following utterances into their corresponding category of illocutio
nary act. Choose your answer here.
A. Assertives
B. Directives
C. Commissives
D. Expressive
E. Declaration
14. I am wearing a tangerine blouse today.
15. Please help me here.
16. I will eat a balanced diet starting tomorrow.
17. I’m so grateful you come to my party.
18. I nominate Mr. Go for class President.

19. John was watching TV when his mother arrived from the market. Upon entering the door, she says, “Thes
e bags are so heavy!” What do you think should be the perlocutionary act for the speech act to be success
ful?
A. Let me help you. I’ll be the one to carry them Mom.
B. What are those Mom?
C. Thank you! You arrive safely Mom.
D. Finally, you made it Mom!
20. Speakers who are assigned to control the flow of the conversation are called ________ authorities.
A. Low authorities
B. High authorities
C. With authorities
D. Weak authorities
21. Which of the following situations does not refer to nomination?
A. Interviewer interrogates the applicant about his personal, educational, and professional backgrounds
.
B. Panel discussion
C. Forum
D. Shifting back to the main topic
22. Which of the following should a lower authority practice in a conversation?
A. Use nonverbal cues to initiate that he/she wants to join the conversation.
B. Control the flow of the conversation.
C. Ask questions that will maintain the quality and productivity of communication.
D. Interrupt while the higher authority is still speaking.
23. Sir Ralph is discussing the rock cycle. James, his student, interrupts him by saying something about the va
rious types of rocks. Which of the following is the appropriate way to express an interest in joining or parti
cipating in a discussion?
A. Raise one’s hand in order to be recognized by the teacher.
 B. Stand and tell something about the topic.
C. Talk while the teacher is explaining.
D. Shout so that the teacher can recognize you.
24. Which is true about release-turn?
A. Another participant can take the role of the speaker
B. Speaker must not stop until he fulfills his purpose in a conversation
C. Speaker continues to speak
D. Speaker is finished talking and is ready to yield the floor to another person
25. Which of the following verbal cues does NOT imply that a speaker wants to keep his turn?
A. Additionally
B. Likewise
C. On the contrary
D. That’s all
26. Which of the following statements will be helpful in shifting the topic back to the original flow of the conver
sation?
A. I appreciate your comment.
B. I will respond to that after I have discussed few more slides.
C. Okay, thank you. But, going back to our topic….
D. Can I have the floor, please?
27. It is committed when a speaker is not able to fulfill his or her purpose because he or she was interrupted b
y a participant who wants to take the floor.
A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead Air
28. It is committed when the speaker refuses to yield the floor to another participant who wants to join the dis
cussion.
A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead Air
29. Overlapping is somehow similar to grabbing the floor, except that _.
A. Both of them are talking at the same time
B. A speaker ignores others who try to join the discussion
C. A participant takes over the role of being a speaker
D. No one wants to take the floor.
30. Which of the following situations describe hogging the floor?
A. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody wants to join the discussion but the speaker ignores
him
B. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody takes over his turn
C. While the speaker is talking, someone interrupts him and he is not able to fulfill his purpose
D. While the speaker is talking, he suddenly stops and gives his turn to another participant