WARNING - Made for Negros Occidental. These tests follow the BCO (Budget Course Outlay) of the DepEd Schools Division of Negros Occidental, and the Table of Specifications is aligned to it. A few items mention Negros Occidental places or events. They are easy to edit in the Word file. Check the competencies listed below, and on the Table of Specifications, against your own curriculum before you buy.

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Two Grade 2 English Term 2 summative tests (Summative Test No. 1 and No. 2), 15 items each, aligned to the BCO of the DepEd Schools Division of Negros Occidental.

• Each test has 15 items with four choices (A–D), a Table of Specifications (one row per BCO objective, with its learning competency, items weighted by the days taught), the test paper and an answer key.
• Simplified Version included: a separate set of both tests for struggling readers, with shorter, simpler wording and three choices (A-C) instead of four. It has the same objectives, items and Table of Specifications, in a “Simplified Version” folder inside the ZIP.
• Every item tests Remember, Understand or Apply only (lower-order skills), because these are young learners. The 15 items are split 5 Remember, 5 Understand and 5 Apply.
• Editable Word files, ready to print. No PDFs. Complete questions with full-sentence choices, written below the grade level. The Term 2 Examination is not included.

What the tests cover

Summative Test No. 1: Sounds, Word Patterns and Kinds of Words (October 7, 2026)

Learning competencies tested (from the BCO, word for word):

• Recognize rhymes in chants, poems, and stories heard.
• Segment onset and rime.
• Identify sight words: Grade 2 level-appropriate (DOLCH Level 2 Sight words) DOLCH Materials
• Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 1. CVC words Short e Short a Short i Short o Short u
• Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 2. CVCe words Long a Long i Long u Long o
• Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 3. CVVC Group AI Group EE Group EA Group
• Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 3. CVVC Group OA Group OO Group OI Group
• Project ALPhA (Addressing Literacy and Phonics Alignment) 1. Recognize, produce and write letter M (Sample Lesson Plans- BEGINNING READING PSA)
• Identify high-frequency words accurately. DOLCH Materials
• Identify high-frequency words accurately- school, community, content-specific topics
• Use content-specific word- Mathematics (basic symbols and terminologies)
• Identify words with different functions.
• Implement Project ALPhA (Addressing Literacy and Phonics Alignment) 2. Recognize, produce and write letter O (Sample Lesson Plans- BEGINNING READING PSA)

Objectives tested (one per row of the Table of Specifications):

1. Recognize rhymes in chants, poems, and stories heard.
2. Segment onset and rime.
3. Identify, read and write sight words: Grade 2 level-appropriate (first 20 DOLCH Level 2 Sight words)
4. Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 1. CVC words Short e Short a Short i Short o Short u
5. Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 2. CVCe words Long a Long i Long u Long o
6. Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 3. CVVC Group AI Group EE Group EA Group
7. Read words accurately and automatically according to word patterns (initial, final, medial). 3. CVVC Group OA Group OO Group OI Group
8. Recognize, produce and write letter M
9. Identify high frequency words (DOLCH Level 2 Sight words- last 21 words)
10. Identify high-frequency words accurately- school, community, content-specific topics
11. Use content-specific word- Mathematics (basic symbols and terminologies)
12. Identify words that label persons, places, things, animals, events, ideas, and emotions (naming words - nouns) a. common and proper nouns b. gender
13. Recognize, produce and write letter O
14. Identify words that label actions (doing words - verbs)

Summative Test No. 2: Describing Words, Sentences and Stories (October 29, 2026)

Learning competencies tested (from the BCO, word for word):

• Identify words with different functions.
• Implement Project ALPhA (Addressing Literacy and Phonics Alignment) 2. Recognize, produce and write letter P (Sample Lesson Plans- BEGINNING READING PSA)
• Read and write words correctly for meaning (based on word patterns).
• Identify roots of high frequency words (nouns, verbs, and adjectives).
• Identify sentences and non-sentences.
• Implement Project ALPhA (Addressing Literacy and Phonics Alignment) 2. Recognize, produce and write letter T (Sample Lesson Plans- BEGINNING READING PSA)
• Use simple sentences to express ideas about oneself, family, school, community, physical environment, regional themes, national themes, and content-specific and use correct capitalization and punctuation for simple sentences. 1. telling sentences (declarative) 2. asking sentences (interrogative) 3. commanding and requesting sentences (imperative) 4. exclamatory sentences
• Sequence words to represent meaning in simple sentences and identify the parts of simple sentences: (who/what, what are they doing, when/where/how). 1. telling sentences (declarative) 2. asking sentences (interrogative) 3. commanding and requesting sentences (imperative) 4. exclamatory sentences and read grade level sentences with appropriate speed, accuracy, and expression, proper intonation (pitch, juncture, rhythm)
• Identify discourse markers for a given text type. 1. time order and procedural 2. description
• Comprehend stories
• Implement Project ALPhA (Addressing Literacy and Phonics Alignment) 2. Recognize, produce and write letter S (Sample Lesson Plans- BEGINNING READING PSA)

Objectives tested (one per row of the Table of Specifications):

1. Identify words that describe persons, places, things, animals, events, ideas, and emotions (describing words - adjectives)
2. Recognize, produce and write letter P
3. Identify words that replace persons, places, things, animals, events, ideas, and emotions 1. personal and interrogative pronouns
4. Read and write words correctly for meaning (based on word patterns).
5. Identify roots of high frequency words (nouns, verbs, and adjectives).
6. Identify sentences and non-sentences.
7. Recognize, produce and write letter T
8. Use simple sentences to express ideas about oneself, family, school, community, physical environment, regional themes, national themes, and content-specific and use correct capitalization and punctuation for simple sentences. 1. telling sentences (declarative) 2. asking sentences (interrogative) 3. commanding and requesting sentences (imperative) 4. exclamatory sentences
9. Sequence words to represent meaning in simple sentences and identify the parts of simple sentences: (who/what, what are they doing, when/where/how). 1. telling sentences (declarative) 2. asking sentences (interrogative) 3. commanding and requesting sentences (imperative) 4. exclamatory sentences read grade level sentences with appropriate speed, accuracy, and expression with proper intonation (pitch, juncture, rhythm)
10. Identify discourse markers for a given text type: time order and procedural, and description
11. Note important elements from stories (characters, setting, events).
12. Recognize, produce and write letter S
13. Sequence at least 3 events and 4 events in stories
14. Identify the problem and solution in stories.