ENGLISH MAJORSHIP d.

Conscious
1. Corruption in far provinces is reported in the radio and TV. I don’t
agree with the report, so I say: 10. In the _________, we could rely on our government officials.
a. No, it is not true. a. Pass
b. Yes, it is true b. Past
c. Yes, it often is. c. Fast
d. Yes, at times it is. d. Passed

2. A platoon leader ordered his troop to proceed. Which reply shows 11. The renaissance_____________ when scientific discoveries
full compliance? started:
a. Sir, yes, Sir! a. Cited
b. Sir, we are about to go b. Flourished
c. Sir, Sir? Yes, Sir! c. Ended
d. Sir, we are on leave. d. Commenced

3. The DepEd Secretary Admits that text messaging keeps parents 12. This theory of language learning and literacy views children
aware of their children’s whereabouts. He registered concern on the capable of relating new information
effects on: to prior knowledge.
a. Spelling of words a. Constructivist
b. Connect communication b. Sociolinguist
c. Structural distortions c. Interactive
d. Vocabulary limitation d. Reader Response

4. After hearing the campaign commercial, a voter remarked, “I am 13. The activists exclaimed, “Join the mass demonstration!” What
used to the same tales.” This was asked of the listeners?
means: a. Sympathy for a cause
a. This is very original b. Willingness to listen
b. There is nothing new in the story c. Pathy for a cause
c. There is a miscommunication d. Avoidance of group action
d. Vocabulary limitation
14. When a president is succeeded by another president, the former is
5. What is the meaning of this statement. “History never cited a referred to as:
leaderless nation.” a. Replaced
a. Nations can survive without leaders b. Elected
b. A leader can fade away, but another will come up c. Deposed
c. Leaders are always born d. Dethroned
d. Leaders are matched with Historical events
15. Venus is an exemplification of feminine pulchritude. Pulchritude
6. Complete the statement using context clues. The flowers ________ means:
in the spring. a. Plain
a. Weaken b. Beauty
b. Die c. Ugliness
c. Bloom d. Homeliness
d. Wither
16. To HERALD primary economic and social innovations brought
7. The Philippine Basketball Team lambasted the Lebanese about by Science, means to:
Basketball Team. This sentence a. End
means: b. Proclaim
a. The Philippine Team welcomed the Lebanese c. Respond to
b. The Philippine Team beat the Lebanese d. Encourage
c. The Lebanese beat the Philippine Team
d. The Philippine Team helped the Lebanese Team 17. Nowadays, mobile phone manufacturers have begun to
AUTOMATE their assembly lines by using the concept of robotics.
8. Traffic was heavy. Evann was afraid of not catching his flight so Automates means:
he ___________ with a taxi cab a. Assemble machines
and jumped at the door. b. Operate through machines
a. Catch-up c. Produce more efficient cars
b. Caught-up d. Operate through human workers
c. Was watching
d. Has caught 18. The President is a LOQUACIOUS speaker. Loquacious means:
a. Taciturn
9. Traffic enforcers wear brightly colored vests for them to be b. Reserved
__________ as possible. c. Reticent
a. Courteous d. Verbose
b. Covert
c. Conspicuous
19. There was a HIATUS of four years before she returned home to 30. Government workers must deal with their clients ____________.
her country. Hiatus means: a. Covertly
a. Length b. Curtly
b. Lapse c. Rudely
c. Continuation d. Courteously
d. Un- interruption
31. Her fondness of reading mystery novels and fairy tales made her
20. The pain of having a fractured bone is EXCRUCIATING. __________.
Excruciating means: a. Superstitious
a. Mild b. Gullible
b. Slight c. Easy-going
c. Unbearable d. Trustworthy
d. Endurable
32. The editor found the news story not so entertaining. He found it
21. Play directors use live music accompaniment to _________ the full of:
dramatic performances of the a. Adjectives
actors on stage. b. Verbs
a. Compliment c. Pronouns
b. Correct d. Adverbs
c. Complement 33. Ebett and Evann were mischievous children. They ______ tricks
d. Contemplate of their teachers which always
got them into a lot of trouble.
22. The suspect on the witness stand seems CULPABLE. The word a. Could have played
culpable means: b. Used to play
a. Guilty c. Could play
b. Blameless d. May have played
c. Innocent
d. Pliable 34. Samantha’s eye are blurred and her hands cried. She _________
at the computer for 6 long
23. The National Heroes Day Celebration reminds us about historical hours. Finally, she took a break.
personalities worth ________. a. was seated
a. Emanating b. has seated
b. Appreciating c. would have seated
c. Studying d. had been seated
d. Emulating
35. “When will Mr. Padilla retire?” “Soon, I think he ______ for a
24. He has a very erratic behavior. ERRATIC means: long time. He will probably retire
a. Inconsistent this year.”
b. Stable a. Have been working
c. Normal b. Had been working
d. Predictable c. Has been working
0 d. Is working

27. Upon seeing anxious and uneasy guests, the master of the house 36. There are great movies that are worth watching once, there are
exclaimed, “What are all some that are worth watching
these HUBHUB about? HUBHUB can be defined as: twice, _________ there are movies that are worth watching over and
a. Stillness over again.
b. Hush a. But
c. Commotion b. Still
d. Serenity c. And
d. Nevertheless
28. The president must be a HIGH- MINDED person. High-minded
means: 37. If I _________ rich, I would travel abroad every year.
a. Unprincipled a. Were
b. Mean b. Am
c. Corrupt c. Should be
d. Honorable d. Was

29. The votes of the poor might seem FRIVOLOUS to you, but most 38. This seatwork is difficult for Paul and ____________.
of the time, they are the ones a. Myself
who change election history. b. I
a. Significant c. Me
b. Vital d. Himself
c. Practical
d. Worthless 39. The candy cane smells ____________.
a. Sweet
b. Sweetly
c. Sweeter 50. The space shuttle is as fast as the wind. This is an example of:
d. More sweet a. Simile
b. Metaphor
40. Whether or not a man likes what he ____________ is the measure c. Personification
of choosing well. d. Antithesis
a. Choose
b. Has chosen 51. ____________ wrote “Without Seeing the Dawn”
c. Chose a. Maximo Ramos
d. Is choosing b. Steven Javellana
c. Paz M. Venitez
41. Which ED end sound is different? d. Magdalena Jalandoni
a. Needed
b. Granted 52. “She is the sun of my world.” This is an example of:
c. Wanted a. Simile
d. Signed b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
42. Which among these words has the ending [d] sound? d. Onomatopoeia
a. Joked
b. Laughed 53. Who is the author of this famous quote: “I die just when the dawn
c. Walked breaks to herald the day.”
d. Played a. Benigno Aquino
b. Manuel L. Quezon
43. Which among these words has the [z] end sound? c. Jose Rizal
a. Maps d. Andres Bonifacio
b. Jokes
c. Laughs 54. This Filipino author wrote about the ill-fated love affair of Jose
d. Buys Rizal and Leonor Rivera.
a. Arturo Rotor
44. Which among these words has the [id] end sound? b. Francisco Icasiano
a. Praised c. Zoilo Galang
b. Mailed d. Nick Joaquin
c. Judged
d. Needed 55. “I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.” Which
word should retain its pitch to
45. Which among these words has the [zh] end sound? show confidence?
a. She a. Am
b. Excursion b. Captain
c. Chips c. Master
d. Fish d. Fate

46. “My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country 56. Read the following lines: “Midnight, not a sound from the
begins.” This quotation is from: pavement.
a. Manuel L. Quezon Has the moon lost its memory, She is smiling alone
b. Carlos P. Garcia In the lamp light the withered leaves, Collect at my feet, And the
c. Manuel A. Roxas wind begins to moan.
d. Ferdinand E. Marcos These lines mean:
a. Confusion
47. “The Filipino is worth dying for.” This quotation by: b. Optimism
a. Benigno Aquino c. Loneliness
b. Carlos P. Garcia
c. Jose Rizal d. Eagerness
d. Fidel V. Ramos
57. “Woe to every backbiter”--- Koran. This is about:
48. “You see things that are and you ask why but I dream that never a. Sorrow for those who oppose other’s opinion
were and ask why not.” b. Punishment for those who say good things
a. Clear thinking c. Anguish for those who defend
b. Immortality d. Misery for those who talks ill of others
c. Curiosity
d. Rich Imagination 58. “The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder...
“Thomas Carlyle. From this line,
49. The song “No man is an Island” mirrors: we can infer that:
a. Individualization a. There should be sufficient energy in one’s life
b. Solitude b. Direction can never come into one’s life
c. Independence c. One’s life doesn’t need to be controlled
d. Brotherhood d. There is a strong driving force in one’s life
 “conspicuously” as an adjective meaning “visible”--- and we all
59. Which among the lines below has the same meaning as this know that brightly colored vests are
statement; “Our commitments can used by those who want to be seen visibly.
develop us or can destroy us, but 10. B- This question is almost a give-away. The obvious answer is B
either way, they will define us.” “past” because the other
a. Flexible commitment is what we need today options are clearly not in any way connected or related to the
b. We must make full commitment to worldly goals statement.
c. Our lives are shaped by what we are committed to 11. D- In this particular question, we can immediately eliminate
d. Our commitments need not to be planned way ahead options A and C. We just have to decide if which among B and D is
the correct answer B “flourished’ could also be the answer, but if
60. “Have a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion” we would think carefully, we should consider the clause “when the
Rousseau is pertaining to: scientific discoveries started” We just have to remember that
a. Security scientific discoveries would have to be one of the reasons for the
b. Family “rebirth” and without those discoveries, the renaissance would not
c. Duty take place. Having said this, the word “flourished” is no longer
d. Investment appropriate.
12. A- Constructivist is the answer because this theory is about
constructing new knowledge based on prior knowledge or schema.
13. A- In this particular question we can immediately eliminate
ENGLISH RATIONALIZATION options C and D. B which “willingness to listen” is not the answer
1. A- Clearly, option A is the answer since that the rest of the options because the statement “join the mass demonstration!”
started with “Yes” which contradicts the statement “I don’t agree does not only call for passive listening, but for active participation, or
with the report”. at least sympathy.
2. A- Option A is the correct answer because it expresses full 14. A- Among the choices, option B “elected” is the most unlikely.
conviction- as proven by the exclamation point. Option C “deposed” means to be ousted or deprived rom office or
3. B- At first glance one might think that the answer is A because the official rank; option D “dethroned’ is considered a synonym of
current issue against text messaging is on spelling but if we look “deposed” which leaves us to option A “replaced”---the most
closely, the question is concerned about the children’s appropriate since that the sentence states that the former president is
whereabouts and totally not spelling. not ousted but succeeded.
4. B- The statement “I am used to the same tales” is a common 15. B- The answer is B because the word “pulchritude” means
idiomatic expression that connotes discontent towards repeated physical beauty and grace. But if ever you have no idea about the
actions or happenings. But if ever this is the first time you heard this dictionary definition of this word, you can use your context clues
statement, you may use the phrase “used to” as a context clue. abilities. The word “Venus” is the most helpful clue. As we all know
5. D- Among the options given, A and C are the most unlikely, so we Venus is the Roman goddess of
will just limit it to options B and D. Option B talks about the never beauty---this fact will help us in determining the right answer.
ending cycle of emerging leaders, while option D mentioned things 16. B- The answer is B because “herald’ means to usher in or to
like “history”, “matched”, and “leaders”---thus, making D the correct proclaim. But if ever you have no
answer. idea about the dictionary definition of this word, just think about one
6. C- This is an easy question to answer. We just have to think about famous Christmas song that
the four seasons---Summer, goes like “hark the HERALD angel sing... “At times our prior
Fall, Winter, and Spring. Normally, flowers start dying during fall, knowledge about words is useful in
and would totally wither during trying to derive meaning from a given word.
winter. Flowers bloom normally during spring. 17. B- The answer is B because the word “automate” means to install
7. C- This question does not call for much thinking. Logic would tell or to convert to automation equipment. Thus “to operate through
us that the answer is indeed machines” is indeed the best answer.
option C because all the other options contradict what the given 18. D- The answer is D because “reticent” (C) means reserved,
sentence tells about. “taciturn” (A) means habitually silent, “reserved” (B) mean self
8. B- This question could also be under the Grammar section because restrained. Options A, B and C are almost synonymous, while D
this concerns consistency or “verbose” means wordy. It is also unlikely for a president to be
tense. The answer is B “caught-up” because clearly, the sentence is in reserved, since that being the head
the past tense and not in of an organizations/ state requires a lot of verbal skills.
the past progressive (was catching)--- because the action is not a 19. B- “Hiatus” means gap, and clearly option B, “lapse” is the
continuing action in the past, nor nearest definition. But if you have
in the present tense (catch-up)--- because the other verbs in the no idea about the dictionary meaning of “hiatus”, you may use your
statement are in the past tense, text clues abilities. By just
and definitely not in the present perfect tense (has caught)---because reading the statement you would have an idea that there is a gap of
the action is no longer four years before the persona
happening at present and at the same time it ended not in the very was able to return to her country.
recent past. 20. C- The word “excruciating” has always been an adjective to
9. C- This question could also be under Vocabulary section because describe extreme pain. Having said
this concerns semantics. By this, options A (mild), B(slight), and D (endurable) are not
using context clues, we can clearly and surely say that the answer is appropriate to be used in the given
C “conspicuously”. The phrase statement about fractured bones.
“brightly colored” greatly helps us in determining the correct answer. 21. C- At first reading, we can already eliminate options B and D. We
Webster defined just have to decide whether
“compliment” or “complement” is the most suitable answer be normally dull.
“Compliment” means an expression of 33. B-“used to” is the answer because this phrase connotes an action
admiration and praise, while “complement” means a thing that would that was done consistently
complete the whole. Clearly, in the past while the other options that used modals such as could and
the answer is indeed option C- “Complement”. may connotes ability and
22. A-“Culpable” means deserving of blame and censure. Given this possibility.
definition, we can say that A “guilty” 34. B-This items concerns tense. The answer “has seated” is in the
is the best answer. But if ever you have no idea about the dictionary present perfect tense and it
definition of the word, truly fits the thought of the sentence. Remember that the present
you may use your context clues abilities and try to consider the word perfect tense connotes actions
“suspect” as your clue. that started in the past and would have two possible outcomes---(1)
23. D- In this particular question, we can immediately eliminate still happening, (2) recently
options C (studying) and A ended. In the sentence “She________ at the computer for 6 long
(emanating). We can just limit our choice to either B (appreciating) hours”, we are not certain if the
or D (emulating). But since the subject is still using the computer. You might confuse this to be
statement is about heroes plus the fact that the word “worth” is under the past perfect tense
present, option D “emulating” because of the sentence that followed. “Finally, she took a break”,
which means to try to equal or surpass is indeed the best answer. remember that if the two
24. A-The word “erratic” means not conforming to standards. It could independent clauses are not separated by a period like “She_______
also mean irregular, thus at the computer for 6 long
making option A “Inconsistent” the best answer. hours before she finally took a break” then we must use the past
25. B-This is a give-away question, but you must read it carefully. perfect tense. But in this item
The answer is B “ductile” there are three separate sentences.
because if a material is ductile, it can be hammered into thin layers 35. C-The answer is “has been working” because the subject is
without being broken into singular, that is why we can’t use
pieces. have. We must not also use had because it is only used in sentences
26. D- “Ersatz” means substitute. Given this definition, we can say in the past perfect or past
that the closest word to perfect progressive tenses.
“substitute” is option D---“artificial” But if ever you don’t have any 36. C-“and” is the answer because we are just merely enumerating
idea about the dictionary things.
definition, you can easily answer this question by choosing the word 37. A-The sentence in this item is an “If clause” and so the tense
that doesn’t go along with the must be consistent. It is also
other options. In this particular item all of the options are quite unlikely for us to use “was” or “am” for it has always been “If I
synonymous except option D. were...”
27. C-Without even knowing what the word “hubhub” means, since 38. C-Remember that “I” is used as the subject or the doer of the
that most of the dictionaries action, while “me” is used as the
don’t have this word on their list, we can use the classification receiver of the action. In the sentence given in this item the pronoun
method in determining the best is the receiver of the action
answer. Among the choices, option C-“commotion” is the only one and that is why “me” is the answer.
not synonymous to the other 39. A-Always remember that verbs of senses may take two forms, (1)
options given, making it the correct and best answer. as a linking verb, or as a (2)
28. D- This question is again a give-away. Even without using the action verb. If it functions as a linking verb, then it must be followed
dictionary, we can easily answer by an adjective. On the other
this particular item by just looking at the set of options. Option D hand, if it functions as an action verb, then it must be followed by an
“honorable” is the answer adverb. In this sentence,
because among the choices given, it is the only one that is positive. since that candy cane is not capable of moving, we can say that
29. D-The word “frivolous” means void of significance and reason. It “smells” functions as a linking
could also mean trivial or verb, so it must be followed by the adjective “sweet”
unimportant. That is why option D “worthless” is the best answer. 40. B-The answer is “has chosen” because the sentence states a
30. D-The answer is “courteously” because among the choices given, condition that’s started in the
this is the only attribute that past and still true at present
is expected from a government employee. 41. D-“signed” is the answer because it only has one syllable and that
31. B- “gullible” is the answer because normally, fairy tales and affected its ending /ed/
mystery novels have plots that are sound.
too fancy to believe in---making readers believe in the impossible and 42. D-“played” is the answer because all other words are with /t/ end
at times in the “illogical” sounds.
32. C-The answer is “pronoun” because all other given options are 43. D-“buys” is the answer because all other given words end with /s/
content words. Content words sounds “b u y s” ends with
are those that carry meaning-nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives are /z/ sound because the sound before the letter “s” is voiced
samples of this. On the 44. D-“needed” is the answer because among the given options it is
other hand functions words are those that don’t have any meaning if the only one with more than
isolated with the content one syllable-that changed the ending /ed/ sound to /id/
words---preposition, conjunctions, and pronouns are samples of this. 45. B-“excursion” is the answer because all the other options have
In addition, function words either /ch/ or /sh/ sounds
are just there to give support to content word , and so, a sentence 46. A-Is the answer because the quotation given is one Manuel L.
filled with function words would Quezon’s most famous.
47. A-is the answer because the quotation given is one of Benigno 4. Venus is an exempli cation of feminine pulchritude. Pulchritude
Aquino’s most famous quotes, plus the fact that this quotation can be means: 
found on our 500 peso bill. A. Plain B. Beauty C. Ugliness D. Homeliness 
48. D-“curiosity” and “rich imagination” would be our two possible Rationalization: Using context clues, one can easily infer that the
answers, but D is better than C because asking “why” is being answer is B “beauty” because “Venus” is the roman goddess of
curious, while asking “why not” is being imaginative. beauty. 
49. D-“Brotherhood” is the answer because all the other options are
its antonyms. 5. Samantha’s eyes are blurred and her hands ached. She
50. A-The answer is simile because the statement compared two _______________ at the computer for 6 long hours. 
objects using the word “as” Finally, she took a break. A. was seated B. has seated C. would have
51. B-Stevan Javellana seated D. had been seated 
52. B-The statement given is a direct comparison, that is why the Rationalization: B – The second sentence is in the present perfect
answer is metaphor tense, and so the auxillary verb must be “ has” plus the “ past
53. C-Jose Rizal participle” from of the verb. 
54. D-Nick Joaquin 6. After 7 depressing years, mitch finally quit the job. She
55. A-“Am” is the answer because being a verb of being not connotes ____________________ along with her superior for a 
a statement of condition. long time before she finally decided to look for a new position. A.
56. C-These lines were taken from the musical “cats” and if we are to didn’t B. isn’t getting C. hasn’t been getting D. hadn’t getting 
read/sing these lines, Rationalization: The sentence with missing parts is in the perfect
loneliness would be the obvious emotion. progressive tense since that there are two past actions where still
57. D-is the best answer because all the other options debunk the happening when the second transpired. Therefore, the auxiliary verb
main statement. must be “ had” plus “been” and the -ing form of the verb. The answer
58. D-is the most appropriate answer because all other options are not is letter D. 
in anyway related to the quotation and some options debunk the
statement. 7. Five years of intensive language study are required for second
59. C-Because option C somewhat states that our commitments language learners. Chun – Li _________________ 
would describe and determine the person that we are. English for three years, but she will need more training to be more
60. Ca. A-“Security” is the answer because all the options given proficient. A. has studied B. will have been studying C. has been
constitute to it. Option A embraces the importance of “family”, studying D. hadn’t been getting 
“duty”, and “investment Rationalization: The second sentence is in the present perfect
progressive tense because the action started somewhere in the past,
still happening at present and will continue to happen in the future.
The auxiliary verb must be “has” plus “been” and the -ing form of the
verb. The answer is letter C. 

1. The editor found the news story not so entertaining. He found it 8. The laborers are so happy that ________ now reaping the fruit
full of:  ____ efforts. 
A. Adjectives B. Verbs C. Pronouns D. Adverbs  A. they’re – their B. they’re – there C. there – their D. their – their 
Rationalization: “They” is a personal pronoun, “Their” is a
Rationalization: The answer is letter C “pronoun” because it possessive pronoun, while “They’re” is a combination of “they” and
considered as a “function” word – meaning it is dependent on the “are”. The correct answer is letter A. 
“content words present in the sentence. In English content words are
the following: prepositions, conjunctions, articles and pronouns.  9. This seatwork is difficult for Paul and _______. 
A. Myself B. I C. Me D. Himself 
2. “ On the street of this position of God’s world I feel neighbor to a Rationalization: Tough choice would be between B and C. the answer
rat, so brother of a worm; Forever chasing  is C “me” because “I” must only be used if you are the subject of the
rainbows a t muddy margins. “ This line on Quemada’s poem is sentence of if you are the doer of the action, while “me” is used is
saying that: you are the object of the sentence or if you are the receiver of the
A. Life is fruitful action. 
B. Life is not worth living
C. Life is empty and meaningless 10. The candy cane smells ______________. 
D. Life is full of challenges  A. Sweet
B. Sweetly
Rationalization: One can easily infer that the answer is letter D C. Sweeter
primarily because one can visualize that the persona is facing D. More sweet 
difficulties in life. 
Rationalization: “ smells “ is a verb of senses – meaning it could be
3. “ The whale has no famous author and whaling no famous either function as an action or linking verb. It is functioning as an
chronicles.” Based on this line from the novel, Moby  action verb if the subject is capable of movement and if there is direct
dick is treated as: A. Whaling is not truly structure. B. Whales are object. It functions as a linking verb if the subject is not capable of
ordinary creatures C. Whales is a wild mammal that haunts mariners. movement. Since that “candy” cannot move, the verb “smells” 
D. Whaling is an Old hobby.  functions as a linking verb. The sentence pattern therefore is S-LV-
PA (Subject, Linking Verb, Predicative Adjective) and so, the answer
Rationalization: The Phrases “ no famous author” and “ no famous is “ sweet”. 
chronicles” would indicate that the answer is letter B. 
11. What is the biggest hindrance in learning a second language? 
A. grammar B. structure of language C. imagery D. cross-cultural pause; end of the paragraph or “triple slashes” means longest pause.
issues  The answer is B. 
Rationalization: The answer is letter D because second language 23. Which word has the C pronounced as /k/?
learning entails learning about culture of the language origin.  A. Century B. Cold C. City D. Censure 
Ans: B 
12. Which among these words has [z] end sound? 
A. Maps B. Jokes C. Laughs D. Buys 24. Which word is accented on the first syllable? 
13. Which among these words has the starting [th] sound?  A. Fifteen B. Outspeak C. Understand D. Heaven 
A. Thank B. These C. Think D. Thing Ans: D 
14. Which among these words has the voiced [th] sound? 
A. Mouth B. Breath C. Teeth D. Health 25. Which word has the C pronounced as /s/? 
15. Which of the words below has the [zh] sound?  A. Censure B. Connote C. Comma D. Collaborate 
A. Ships B. Shore C. She D. Leisure Ans: A 
16. Which among these words has the [id] end sound? 
A. Praised B. Mailed C. Judged D. Needed  26. Loreto Paras Sulit’s Short story that revolves around the theme
Rationalization: A sound is voiced if there are vibrations on the vocal that beauty can be very dangerous titled 
cords, and Voiceless is there is none. 12. D, 13. B, 14. B, 15.D, 16. ___________ A. The Harvest B. The Beautiful Stranger C. Desire D.
D  Beautiful Liar 
Rationalization: The answer is letter A “ The Harvest”. Fidel and
17. Audiolingualism is a new language teaching approach that mainly Vidal are brothers who both got attracted to Miss Francia, and this
focuses on _________  attraction to Miss Francia led to heartaches of both brothers. 
A. Syntax B. Structure C. Reading D. Pronunciation 
Rationalization: The answer is D “pronunciation” because in 27. She is _______ a plane 
Grammar Teaching Approaches, Audiolingualism focuses on A. in B. on C. at D. into 
pronunciation.  Rationalization: The is B “on”. The preposition is used in vehicles
that are huge enough for one to work inside it. 
18. Rubric as a measuring instrument that is best use in assessing 28. Robert Frost’s poems are commonly about ______________. 
_______________  A. Beautiful girls B. Decision making and fate C. God and Faith D.
A. Sentence structure B. Oral recitation C. Multiple choice test D. End of the World 
Dictation test  Rationalization: The answer is letter B. His poems “ Fire and Ice”,
Rationalization: Rubrics are often times used when objectivity might The Road Not Taken”, and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy
be questionable. Often times rubrics are used to steer away from Evening” are mainly about taking the risk, decision making and the
personal biases of the assessor. Multiple choice test, sentence power of choice. 
structure, and dictation tests would have exact answers, while it is
very difficult to assess oral examination – and so, the answer is letter 29. F. Scot Fitzgerald’s Story that is about the boy who was born and
B.  gets younger every day is titled ___________ 
A. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
19. Manuel Arguilla is one of the most important Filipino writers of B. The Greatest Gatsby C. The Innocent Boy D. Growing Young 
all time. He wrote the Juan Tamad series and the short story “ How Rationalization: The answer is letter A. This story was adapted into
my brother Leon brought Home a wife.” He is famous in injecting film and stars Bard Pitt. Bejamin was born old and died young as
themes with ________ in his story. A. Urbanity B. Cosmopolitanism baby. 
C. Local Color D. Ranch life 
Rationalization: C is the answer. Manuel Arguilla’s fiction depicts 30. In the ballet presentation “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky, Who
rural life in the Philippines.  seduced the prince? 
A. Black Swan B. Golden Swan C. Swan Witch D. Ugly Duckling 
20. Who wrote the novel “ The jungle Book”  Rationalization: The Black Swan seduced the prince that is why the
A. Victor Hugo B. Rudyard Kipling C. William March D. K.L White Swan committed suicide in the end. So the answer is letter A. 
Mansfield  31. In Chauser’s Canterbury Tales, Which tale talks about three
Rationalization: Rudyard Kipling wrote “ The Jungle Book”. His friends who killed each other for the chest filled with 
writings are mostly fables and set in the forest in India.  treasures? A. Pardoner’s Tale B. Knight’s Tale C. Merchant’s Tale D.
The Nun Priest’s Tale 
21. This Victor Hugo’s Masterpiece that talks about the French Rationalization: The answer Is letter A. The Canterbury Tales is a
revolution.  collection of stories told by the different pilgrims on their way to
A. Les Miserables B. Hunchback of Notre Dame C. Annakarenina D. Canterbury. 
Fathers and Sons 
Rationalization: Hugo did not write Annakarenina and Fathers and 32. Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “ Innermost One” is taken from the
Sons. Hugo wrote Hunchbak of Notre Dame and les Miserables, the collection of devotional songs titled ________. 
former is about Quasimodo and Esmeralda, while the latter is about A. Gitanjali B. Shakuntala C. Ramayana D. Mahabharata 
Jeanne Val Jeanne Cossette which is set during the French Rationalization: The answer is A. Gitanjali means “ Songs of
Revolution.  Offering” which is a collection of vespers and prayers. 

22. A comma indicates:  33. It determines if a sound is voiced of voiceless 

A. Pause B. Slight pause C. Longer pause D. No pause  A. Uvuka B. Voice Box C. Tongue D. Alveolar Ridge 
Rationalization: There are three types of juncture, a comma or “single Ans: B 
slash” means slight pause; a period or “double slashes” means longer
34. Family of Consonant sounds where the air is held back for a A. Homely Face B. Twisted mind C. Scaly Skin D. Low I.Q 
moment before it is released abruptly.  Rationalization: The answer is A. The main character possesses a
A. Fricative B. Plosive C. Affricate D. Glides  beautify body but an ugly face. The word “homely” is a euphemism
Ans: B  for ugly. 
46. The lines below are taken from Shakespearean play? 
35. Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story about a love triangle amongst “ If you prick us, shall we not bleed? If you tickle us, shall we not
Alfredo, Esperanza, and Julia. What is the title  laugh? If you poison us, shall we not die? And If you wrong us, shall
of this masterpiece? A. Wedding Dance B. Dead Stars C. Desire D. we not seek revenge? A. Romeo and Juliet B. Merchant of Venice C.
Tatsulok  Hamlet D. Macbeth 
Rationalization: B – Dead Star is considered the first Filipino literary Rationalization: The lines above are taken from Shylock Speech. The
masterpiece written in English. It is about Alfredo who loves not love answer is letter B. 
it self but only the idea of it.  47. What is TRUE about the Past Perfect Tense? 
36. What makes the sentence below erroneous?  A. There must be two past actions B. The auxiliary verb must be
“ I have written a letter yesterday.” A. Yesterday B. Have C. A D. “has” C. The main verb must be in the present participial form D.
Letter  The auxiliary verb “had” must not be used 
Rationalization: The answer is letter A “yesterday” because in the Rationalization: The answer is A. In the past perfect tense there must
present perfect tense we are not allowed to put a definite time be two past actions, the first one happened before the second one
marker.  transpired. 
37. What is NOT true about the present perfect tense?  48. Dante Aligieri’s Divine Comedy is Originally titled
A. The action started somewhere in the past and continued up until _____________ 
present B. It must bear with it the auxiliary verb has/have plus the A. Comedia B. Divina Comedia C. Comedia de Divina D. Divina de
past participle form of the verb C. The action is still happening at Covalandia Comedia 
present or just recently ended D. The action is happening at present Rationalization: The answer is A. Divina Comedia is just an Italian
and may still happen in the future.  translation. It was originally titled “Comedia” But the Pope and the
Rationalization: The answer is letter D because it pertains to present King added “Divine” to it because people who have read the novel
perfect progressive.  immediately repented on their sins. 
38. He is considered the father of essay.  49. Divine Comedy is a trilogy, which among the three is the most
A. Michel de Montaigne B. Francis Bacon C. William Shakespeare widely read? 
D. George Eliot  A. Purgatory B. Heaven C. Paradise D. Inferno 
Ans: A  Rationalization: The answer is D Inferno because many became
39. Which work of Leo Tolstoy is about the Napoleonic invasion in interested in reading it because they want to know the punishment of
Russia?  their sins. 
A. War and Peace B. Annakarenina C. God Sees the truth but Waits 50. Who is considered as the master of short story writing? 
D. Father and Sons  A. Edgar Allan Poe B. Leo Tolstoy C. Jose Rizal D. Rudyard
Ans: A  Kipling 
40. The film “ Tatarin” is based on the short story by Nick Joaquin Ans: A 
titled ________  51. The novel Crime Punishment was Written by ____________ 
A. May Day Eve B. Summer Solstice C. Three Generations D. A. Fyodor Dostoyevsky B. Leo Tolstoy C. Anton Checkov D.
Woman with Two Navels  IvanTurgenev 
Ans: B  Ans: A 
41. Read the poem below:  52. This tense connotes actions that are happening at present time,
“ That the wind seraphs of heaven Coveted here and me That is the meaning right now. 
reason, not so long ago In a kingdom by the sea A wind blew out of a A. Present Tense B. Past Tense C. Progressive Tense D. Present
cloud Chillin and Killin my Annabel Lee”  Perfect 
What is the cause of death of Annabel Lee?  Rationalization: The answer is letter C. If the Action is happening
A. Consumption B. Dengue C. HIV D. Hepatitis  right now, it must be in the progressive tense. Example: She is
Rationalization: Letter A is the answer as can be inferred from the singing right now. 
last two lines of the excerpt. Consumption is also known as TB.  53. Filipino as a language Blossomed during the Japanese occupation
42. Who is considered as the father of detective stories?  ___________ 
A. Edgar Allan Poe B. William Shakespare C. Robert Frost D. A. Japanese B. American C. Spanish D. Commonwealth 
Shoguna  Rationalization: The answer is A because during the Japanese
Rationalization: The answer is A Edgar Allan Poe. His story the Cask occupation, they prohibit the use of English and Spanish and required
of Amontillado is one of the examples of his detective stories.  everyone to use the vernacular language. 
43. The velum is also known as the _____________  54. The Thomasites are ______________________ 
A. Hard Palate B. Soft Palate C. Uvula D. Alveolar Ridge  A. teachers from UST B. teachers from America C. American
Ans: B  Soldiers D. Followers of St. Thomas 
44. In Carlos Bulosan’s “ My father Goes to Court” What is the Rationalization: The answer is B. They are called Thomasites
accusation of the rich father?  because they arrived in the Philippine shores in board the ship USS
A. Stealing the Aroma of the food. B. Stealing the kitchen utensils C. Thomas. 
Stealing the gold bars found under the bed of the rich family D. 55. Who is Considered the goddess of Philippine poetry? 
Cheating on his wife  A. Opelia Alcantara Dimalanta B. Teresa Subido C. Aida Rivera
Rationalization: The answer is letter A. In the end of the story, the Ford D. Angela Manalang Gloria 
poor father was able to pay the rich father by letting him hear the Ans: A 
sound of tingling sound of coins.  56. Leo Tolstoy’s short Story about a man falsely judge and accused
45. In Paz latorena’s Story “Desire” , the main character has a sexy of murder is titled _________. 
body but a _______________ 
A. Murder B. God Sees The Truth but Waits C. The Killer and the A. is B. are C. was D. were 
Victim D. The misjudged  Rationalization: The answer is B. In sentences with Neither... nor the
Ans: B  verb agrees with the noun closest to it. 
57. The underline word in the sentence below is an ___________? 68. What is considered the oldest epic in England? 
“She took the early train.” A. Adjective B. Adverb C. Apostrophe D. A. Beowulf B. Neibulgid C. Song of Roland D. El Cid 
Appositive  Ans: A 
Rationalization: The answer is A. The underlined word is an 69. What is the name of the very first library in the world? 
adjective because it modifies the word “train” which is a noun.  A. Beijing Imperial Library B. Ashurbannipal Library C. UST Libray
58. Who wrote the short story “ Magnificence” Which is about the D. Alexandria Library 
girl abused by an older man.  Rationalization: The answer is B. It was founded by King
A. Estrella Alfon B. Kerima Tuvera C. Nick Joaquin D. Appositive  Ashurbannipal in Niniveh. 
Ans: A  70. Who wrote the novel “ The little Prince”? 
For numbers 59 – 63 read the sonnet below: SONNET 29 By William A. Niccolo Machiavelli B. Antoine De Saint Exupery C. Martin
Shakespeare  Luther King D. Rober Frost 
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I alone beweep my Ans: B 
outcast state And trouble heaven with my bootless cries And look 71. Which sound is a voiced bilabial stop? 
upon myself and curse my fate Wishing me like to one more rich in A. /b/ B. /p/ C. /k/ D. /t/ 
hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possess’d, Desiring Rationalization: All of the sounds are stops/plosives, but only /b/
this man’s art and that man’s scope, With what I most enjoy and /p/ are bilabial, and only /b/ is voiced, and so the answer is A. 
contented least; Yet in these thought myself most despising, Haply I 72. The teacher was asked to speak for her students when they won
think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day the speech choir competition, and so she says “ 
arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate; For they _________of my student, I want to thank you.” A. On behalf B. In
sweet love remember’d such wealth brings That then Iscom to change behalf C. Because D. For 
my state with kings.  Rationalization: The answer is A because “ in behalf” must only be
59. What us the rhyme scheme of the sonnet above/  used if the speaker is part of the group he/she is representing. 
A. ABABCDCDEFEFGG B. ABBCDDEFFGGHHI C. 73. Which of the following inspired Rizal’s El Filibusterismo? 
AAABBBCCCDDDDEE D. ABBCDDEFFGGHIJ  A. The execution of GOMBURZA B. The death of Andres Bonifacio
Rationalization: A Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines with ten C. The death of his father D. The imprisonment of his mother 
syllables per line, the answer is A.  Rationalization: The answer is A. Rizal’s Family is closely attached
60. A sonnet has 14 iambic pentameter lines and that means:  to the Filipino priest, that is why the death of Gomez, Burgos and
A. There are 10 syllables in a line B. There are 5 syllables in a line C. Zamora inspired Rizal to write his Novels. 
There are 8 syllables in a line D. There are 11 syllables in a line  74. What is the First American School in the Philippines that is aims
Rationalization: A Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines with ten in teaching the Filipinos how to use the English 
syllables per line, the answer is A.  Language. A. Philippine Normal University B. Far Eastern
61. What do we call the last two lines of the sonnet?  University C. University of Santo Tomas D. University of the
A. Heroic couplet B. Couplet C. Coupled D. Couply  Philippines 
Rationalization: The last two lines is called the Heroic Couplet and it Rationalization: The answer is A . PNU (PNS) is the first school
serves as the synthesis of the entire sonnet. The answer is A.  stablished by the Thomasites in the Philippines. 
62. Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere is inspired by the novel 75. He is the advocate of Art for Art’s sake in the Philippines. 
written by Harriet Beecher Stowe titled  A. Jose Garcia Villa B. Jose Salvador C. Manuel Arguilla D. Arturo
____________ A. Uncle Tom’s Cabin B. Les Miserables C. Tom Rotor 
Sawyer D. War of the Roses  Ans: A 
Rationalization: The answer is A. It is about the liberation of the 76. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing are collectively known
African American Slaves.  as ______________ 
63. The film “ Gone with the Wind” is about the American A. Marco Skills B. Cueing Skills C. Communicative Competence D.
___________________  Micro Skills 
A. Civil War B. Revolution C. Cold War D. War and Peace  Rationalization: The answer is A. In English language teaching, the
Rationalization: The answer is A, Civil War is pioneered by Abraham words listed above are called the MACRO skills. 
Lincoln in an attempt to liberates the slaves.  77. In the epic lliad, who is the most trusted friend of Archilles? 
64. The reality TV show Big Brother is based on the novel by George A. Hector B. Patroclus C. Agamemnon D. Paris 
Orwell titled ______________  Rationalization: The answer is B. In the epic, the death of Patroclus
A. Big Brother B. 1984 C. Brother D. Brother and Sons  caused the greatest heart ache of Achilles. 
Rationalization: The answer is B. George Orwell wrote this novel on 78. Who wrote the epic lliad and Odyssey? 
the year 1948 but he change it to 1984 to make it seem futuristic.  A. Vigil B. Homer C. Chaucer D. Valmiki 
65. The Family _____ together, ___________ together.  Ans: B 
A. prays – stays B. pray – stay C. prayed – stayed D. praying – 79. Who is the Roman goddess of wisdom? 
staying  A. Athena B. Minerva C. Hera D. Venus 
Rationalization: The answer is A. most collective nouns if taken as a Rationalization: Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom because
single entity must take a singular verb.  Athena belongs to Greek Mythology. The answer is B. 
66. One third of the population ______________ poor.  80. DRTA in reading means: 
A. is B. are C. was D. were  A. Directional Reading Toward Attention B. Direction on Reading
Rationalization: The answer is B. In fractions, if the subject is a count To Attain Information C. Directed Reading and Thinking Activity D.
noun then it takes a plural noun. If it is a non count noun, then it takes Direct Reading and Teaching Activity 
a singular noun.  Rationalization: The answer is C. It is a process where in the teacher
67. Neither Jordan nor his brothers _____________ leaving the would read parts of the story and then they would let the students
company  guess what is going happen next. 
81. In developmental reading, this pertains to the familiarity of the A. the reign of Queen Elizabeth B. the reign of Charles II C. the reign
students toward the sounds of the language.  of Victoria D. the reign of Henry VII 
A. Phonemic Awareness B. Phonology C. Syntax D. Semantics  Rationalization: The answer is A. During the rime of Queen
Rationalization: The answer is A. This skill attained if the learner can Elizabeth, writer of different genres surfaced. We have Shakespeare,
distinguish a feature of a particular language upon hearing it.  Jonson, and Marlowe to mention a few. 
82. In development reading, this pertains to the ability of the learner 95. Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice 
to relate the written symbols to its  A. Jane Austen B. Charlotte Bronte C. Ann Bradsheet D. Edith
corresponding sound. A. Phonemic Awareness B. Phonics C. Syntax Wharton 
D. Semantics  Ans: A 
Rationalization: The answer is B. Phonics pertain to the sound and 96. What is the pen name of Samuel Clemens? 
symbols correspondence graphophonemic.  A. Mark Twain B. George Orwell C. D.H Lawrence D. T.S Eliot 
83. Who wrote the short story “ A Rose for Emily”?  Ans: A
A. William Faulkner B. Emily Dickinson C. Virginia Woolf D. Mary 97. The pen name of Mary Ann Evans is _____________ 
Shelley  A. George Eliot B. Emily Watts C. Jane Seymour D. Anne Bradsheet 
Ans. A  Rationalization: The answer is A. She used a male pen name because
84. Who is the Indian counterpart of William Shakespeare?  Queen Victoria prohibits women to write. 
A. Tagore B. Kalidasa C. Valmiki D. Vyasa  98. “ She is a star in the heavens above. “What figure of speech is
Rationalization: The answer is letter B. Kalidasa, like Shakespeare is used? 
a writer of dramas. His famous work is Shakuntala.  A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Hyperbole 
85. English Sonnet: Shakespeare , Italian Sonnet:  Rationalization: The answer is B because “she” is directly compared
A. Alighieri B. Petrarch C. Boccaccio D. Dante  to the stars. Direct comparison is called metaphor. 
Rationalization: Francisco Petrarch is the most famous sonnet writer 99. What figure of speech is used in the sentenced below? 
in Italy  “I can eat a whole cow!” A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D.
86. Who wrote the essay “ Self Reliance” Which mentions that “ Hyperbole 
envy is ignorance while imitation is suicide”?  Rationalization: The answer is D. Hyperbole is exaggeration. 
A. Hendy David Thoreau B. Ralph Waldo Emersion C. Walt 100. Mark Twain’s novel Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are set
Whiteman D. Gertrude Stein  in the ___________ river. 
Rationalization: The answer is B. Emerson, Whiteman, and Thoreau A. Nile B. Mississippi C. Amazon D. Rio Grande 
are friends and they all agree on the power of the individual. Emerson Rationalization: The answer is B. Mark Twain’s novels are set on the
wrote Self Reliance, Thoreau wrote Walden, And Whiteman wrote Mississippi river which is the longest river in America. 
Leaves of Grass. 
87. In reading, IRI means:  ENGLISH
A. Informal Reading Intervention B. Informal Reading Inventory C. A REVIEWER FOR LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR
Informal Reading Innovation D. Informal Reading Integration  TEACHERS
Rationalization: The answer is B. IRI is a system that labels a reader
based on his/her capacity to voice out written symbols in a given 1. Which hypothesis of Krashen’s Monitor Model proposes that when
text.  learners are exposed to grammatical features a little beyond their
88. In the cueing system, this pertains to the structure of grammar.  current (i.e., I + 1), those features are “acquired”. Acquisition results
A. Phonology B. Semantics C. Morphology D. Syntax  from comprehensible input, which is made understandable with the
Ans: D  help provided by the context.
89. In cueing system, this entails to the formation of words.  A. acquisition/learning hypothesis
A. Phonology B. Semantics C. Morphology D. Syntax  B. natural order hypothesis
Ans: C  C. input hypothesis
90. In the cueing system, this is about vocabulary and coming up with D. affective filter hypothesis
the meanings in a context.  RATIO:
A. Phonology B. Semantics C. Morphology D. Syntax  Input hypothesis proposes that when learners are exposed to
Ans: B grammatical features a little beyond their current (i.e., I + 1), those
91. In the cueing system, this pertains to the formation of sounds of features are “acquired”. 
the language.  2. All of the following are implications of Krashen’s Monitor Model
A. Phonology B. Semantics C. Morphology D. Syntax  EXCEPT _____.
Ans: A  A. Teachers should correct errors during the time they are committed
Rationalization: for number 88 – 91: Phonology concerns sound; as error correction is valuable.
syntax concern structure/grammar, morphology concerns word B. Teachers should not insist on learners conversing before they feel
formation; and semantics concerns meanings.  comfortable in doing so. 
92. The poem “The Road Not Taken” which road did not traveler C. Teachers should not expect learners to learn “late structures” such
take?  as third person singular early.
A. Clear road B. Road less travelled C. High way D. Streets  D. Teachers consider grammatical teaching is of limited value.
Rationalization: The traveler chose the road less travelled and for the RATIO:
persona his/her choice made all the difference.  On the spot error-correction may have negative effects in terms of
93. Who wrote the novel “A Christmas Carol” which is about a man anxiety and inhibitions.
who hates Christmas?  3. They view the language as a system of related elements or
A. Charles Dickens B. Oscar Wilde C. H.G Wells D. D.H Lawrence  “building blocks” for the encoding of meaning, the elements being
Ans: A  phonemes (sounds), morphemes (words), tagmemes
94. This is considered the Golden Age of Literacy Production in (phrases/sentences/clauses). 
England.  A. structuralists
B. transformationalists
 C. functionalists RATIO
D. interactionalists Intonation is the rise and fall of pitch which may contrast meanings
RATIO of sentences
Structuralists believe that language is primarily vocal; language is
system of systems, and language is arbitrary.  10. Which of the following is an example derivational morpheme?
4. Which of the following is a view of a interactionalist? A. helpful
A. Language is primarily vocal. B. Language is creative.  B. stays
C. Language emphasizes the meaning and functions rather than the C. eaten
structures D. longest
D. Language is a vehicle for establishing interpersonal relationship.  RATIO
RATIO Ful in helpful is a derivational morpheme which usually changes the
Interactionalists believe that language is a vehicle for establishing form class of the words to which they are attached.
interpersonal relations. 
5. Which theory on language teaching has given birth to the methods 11. The words “gym, mike, and TV” are formed through _____.
that are learner-centered, allowing learners to work in pairs or groups A. clipping
in information gap tasks and problem-solving activities where such B. back formation
communication strategies as information sharing, negotiation of C. root creation
meaning, and interaction are used. D. compounding
A. Structuralism RATIO LETTER A
B. Behaviorism Clipping or clipped form is a shortened form of a pre-existing forms )
C. Cognitivism e.g. gym < gymnasium; mike < microphone, TV < television.
D. Functionalism
RATIO 12. What morphophonemic process is involved in which units that
The functional view of language has resulted in communication- occur in some contexts are “lost” in others such as “l i b a r y” instead
based methods such as Communicative Language of “l i b r a r y”?
Teaching/Communicative Approach, Notional/Functional Approach, A. assimilation
Task-Based Language Teaching.  B. dissimilation
6. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with how words combine to C. epenthesis
form phrases, phrases combine to form clauses, and clauses conjoin D. metathesis
to make sentences.   RATIO LETTER B
A. morphology Dissimilation is a process that results in two sounds becoming less
B. syntax alike in articulatory or acoustic terms; a process in which units which
C. semantics occur in some contexts are “lost” in others; e.g. “l i b a r y” instead of
D. pragmatics “l i b r a r y”
RATIO
Syntax is a branch of linguistics that deals with how words combine 13. Which syntactic structure is shown in the following examples?
to form phrases, phrases combine to form clauses, and clauses responsible officers, trusted friend
conjoin to make sentences.   A. predication
7. What is shown in the systematic variation of /t/ such as /t/ in top is B. complementation
aspirated, /t/ is stop is released, and /t/ in pot is unreleased? C. modification
A. phoneme D. coordination
B. consonant RATIO LETTER C
C. variation Structure of modification has two components; a head word and a
D. allophone modifier.
RATIO
Allophones are variants or other ways of producing a phoneme.  14. What is made use in this example “I told Paul to close the door
8. Which of the following sounds are produced by bringing the and he did so”?
articulators near each other such that the flow of air is impeded but A. homonymy
not completely blocked. The air flow through the narrow opening B. anaphora
creates friction. C. deixis
A. p,b,t,d,k,g D. hyponymy
B. f,v,Ɵ,ð,s,z,š,ẑ,h RATIO: LETTER B
C. m,n,ŋ  Anaphora is a linguistic expression that refers to another linguistic
D. l,r expression (point backwards). The pronoun refers back to its
RATIO antecedent.
These sounds are called fricatives which are produced by bringing the
articulators near each other such that the flow of air is impeded but 15. What category of illocutionary act is demonstrated in the
not completely blocked.  following example? Recession will worsen in Europe in 
the next five years.
9. What is illustrated in following example? In English, the statement A. representative
“Marian is a linguist” ends with a fall in pitch, while as a question, B. commissive
“Marian is a linguist?” the pitch goes up. C. directive
A. stress D. expressive
B. juncture RATIO: LETTER A
C. intonation
D. suprasegmentals
A representative is an utterance used to describe some state of affairs: D. not part of natural progression in acquisition of English
acts of stating, asserting, denying, confessing, admitting, notifying, RATIO: LETTER B
concluding, predicting, and so on. Error and error correction can be valuable when it places the errors
into the students’ focal awareness.
16. What conversation maxim seems to have been violated in the
following example?  21. What aptly describes “universal grammar”?
A: How was the LET? A. language used for communication by people who speak different
B: Well, the proctor is my former college professor. first languages
A. maxim of quantity B. rules applicable to all human languages
B. maxim of quality C. language with the same vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
C. maxim of relation D. rules of grammar that distinguish one language from the others
D. maxim of manner RATIO:
The concept of universal grammar states that all languages are built
RATIO: Ans. C upon a common grammar. 
Maxim of relation – a participant’s contribution should be related to
the subject of the conversation – “Be relevant.” 22. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen
work. The fishermen do not speak the same language, so they
17. This view emphasizes that native language comprises habits that communicate using one that has been invented but only for the
a second language learner must overcome. This is accomplished by purpose of trade. This scenario most accurately describes which of
forging new habits through repetition of pattern drills with the following types of language?
accompanying positive reinforcement. A. a dialect
A. Behaviorist learning theory B. a creole
B. Cognitive learning theory C. a pidgin
C. Functional learning theory D. a regionalism
D. Holistic learning theory RATIO: LETTER C
RATIO: A pidgin is a simplified language that is developed as a means of
Behaviorism is a systematic approach to the understanding of human communication between two or more groups who do not have a
and animal behavior. It assumes that the behavior of a human or language in common.
animal is a consequence of that individual's history, including
especially reinforcement and punishment, and the individual's current 23. If the second language learner “assimilates”, then he _____.
motivational state and controlling stimuli. A. maintains its own life style and values and rejects those of the
target language group
18. Overgeneralization errors such as “goed” and “keeped” are B. adapts to the life style and values of the target language group but
common in children’s speech. Such errors suggest that children maintains its own life style and values for the intragroup use.
_____. C. gives up his own life style and values and adopts those of the
A. are repeating what was said to them, and should take note of them target language group
B. do not know the past tense forms of those verbs, and experience D. maximizes the use of his first language and the target language
difficulty RATIO:
C. induce the rules for the past tense from the language to which they When a language learner assimilates, he considers the
are exposed target language as his own language. 
D. repeat the teacher’s mistakes, and those errors are very hard to
undo 24. The following are the areas of knowledge and skills of
RATIO: communicative competence EXCEPT _____
The term “overgeneralization” is most often used in connection with A. grammatical competence
language acquisition by children. For example, a young child may B. sociolinguistic competence 
say "foots" instead of "feet," overgeneralizing the morphological rule C. discourse competence
for making plural nouns. D. structural competence
RATIO:
19. This type of language is used to describe the kind of language a The following are the areas of communicative competence:
learner uses at a given time, that is, his version of a given language, grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse, and sociolinguistic.
which deviates in certain ways from the language of a mature
speaker. 25. Speaker A’s final remark functions as _____.
A. dialect Speaker A: That’s the telephone.
B. native language Speaker B: I’m in the bath.
C. holophrastic speech Speaker A: OK.
D. interlanguage A. a request to answer the phone 
RATIO: B. an excuse for not complying 
Interlanguage is a type of language (or linguistic system) used by C. acceptance of an excuse
second- and foreign-language learners who are in the process of D. sarcasm 
learning a target language.
26. What is strategy is used by the second language learner in the
20. According to cognitivists, errors in second language learning is following situation”
considered _____. “The student forgot the English term “train station”. He
A. basis for testing used the phrase “the place for trains” instead. 
B. part of learning process A. inference
C. as proofs of unsystematic way of learning B. paraphrase
C. generalization Mr. Angeles travelled to southern Philippines and bought mats for his
D. adaptation wife and children. Each mat had the corresponding name of all his
RATIO: living offspring, even those who already died. When he arrived home
Paraphrasing is a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning from his trip, he presented the mats to his family. As he unfolded one
in another form.  mat after another, he narrated the emotions, longings and beautiful
memories they had had as a family. The sorrow heightened when the
27.  What is the message of the short story, “The Centipede” by Rony last two mats he opened were for his dead children which made his
V. Diaz? wife reacted with grief, and told Mr.Angeles that there was no need
A. Childhood memories are treasures. for him to open those mats for the two were already dead.
B. Teasing or Taunting should only be done by adults.    
C. Children should be responsible with what trick they do with their At that point, Mr. Angeles cried with pain while telling his wife that
siblings.   his children must always be in their memory no matter where they
D. Childhood relationships between siblings were sometimes painful. were.
SUMMARY:
When Eddie saw his sister beating his dog with a stick, he felt hate 30. What truth about life was presented in the story “The Wedding
like a caged, angry beast in his chest. He could not cry to his sister Dance” by Amador Daguio?
because she had a weak heart. He recalled the things his sister did to A. Some men are not contented with one partner.
him. For Eddie, his sister, Delia was the meanest creature he knew. B. Women and men are born equal.
He remembered when he was furiously hit by his sister when she C. Culture goes beyond love.
learned that the leg of her doll was accidentally torn by him.  D. Love conquers all.
SUMMARY:
Nothing Eddie did ever pleased her. Destroying willfully anything he "The Wedding Dance" by Amador Daguio, is a short story about a
liked had become a habit for her. She even told Berto to kill his husband and wife, Awiyao and Lumnay, who had been married for
monkey because it snickered at her one morning, while she was seven years. In spite of being in love with his wife, Awiyao felt the
brushing her teeth. need to marry again in order to have a son. At his second marriage
Eddie did not tell anything when she told Father that she did not like celebration, Awiyao went to check on Lumnay, knowing she was
Eddie's pigeon house because it stank and he had to give away his upset. Awiyao thought the answer to Lumnay's sorrow would be to
pigeons and Berto had to chop the house into kindling wood. He have her join the other women during the wedding dance. Lumnay
learned how to hold himself because he knew they had to put up with went out to join the wedding dance, but decided not to and left. She
her whims to keep her calm and quiet. But when she dumped his could not stand the idea of her husband marrying another woman
butterflies into a waste can and burned them in the backyard, he because she could not give him children.
realized that she was spiting him.
31. The  “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez Benitez symbolizes
___________.
             Eddie got a big centipede that Berto found under the stack he A. the love of Esperanza for Alfredo
chopped. He made sure that it was dead and placed it in a white cloth. B. the love of Alfredo for Julia
He unwrapped and threw it on the lap of his sister whom he hated so C. the love of Julia for Alfredo
much. His sister collapsed. Her voice dragged off into a painstaking D. the love of Alfredo for Esperanza
moan.Eddie was engulfed by a sudden feeling of pity and guilt. He SUMMARY:
cried kneeling before her, telling her that the centipede was dead.. TO A LOST ONE 
Angela Manalang-Gloria 
28. What problem is pointed out by the author in the story “How My
Brother Brought Home a Wife” by Manuel Arguilla? I shall haunt you O my lost one, as the twilight 
A. How Filipinos live in the province Haunts a re-entangled trail, 
B. How Filipinos solve family problems And your dreams will linger strangely with the music 
C. How Filipinos are affected by new technology Of a phantom lover’s tale, 
D. How Filipinos accept or treat a new family member You shall not forget, for I am past forgetting, 
SUMARY: I shall come to you again 
Baldo waited Maria and Leon in a station so that he would bring the With the starlight and the scent of white champacas, 
two in their house. Maria met Baldo at the first time. Leon and Maria And the melody of rain. 
rode in the cart with Baldo and Labang.  You shall not forget. Dust will peer into your 
While they were in their journey, Leon asked Baldo on who told him Window, tragic-eyed and still, 
to meet Maria and Leon in the station. In their journey, Leon and And unbidden, startle you into remembrance 
Maria sang a song “Sky Sown with Stars”. When they reached to With its hand upon the still. 
their home, Leon saw his mother and asked on where was his Father 
Baldo went upstairs to go to his father’s room and told the story to
their journey. And when Leon and Maria came into the father’s room, 32. What is the poem “To a Lost One” about?
his father changed the topic to Labang. A. An appeal to be remembered by a lover
B. A threat to a lover
29. What is the problem or conflict in the story “The Mats” by C. Beautiful memories of a dead person
Francisco Arcellana? D. A ghost that haunts a fastidious lover
   A. Emilia’s indifference
B. siblings’ rivalry 33. What virtue of the writer is depicted in the poem?
C. Mr. Angeles’ emotionality   A. forgiving
D. Hunger in the family B. honest
SUMMARY: C. romantic
D. faithful
41. All of the following are correct descriptions of listening behavior
34. What does this line “I shall come to you again with the starlight, EXCEPT:
and the scent of champacas’? (A) Careful listening can lead to anticipation of a speaker’s actions.
 A. The speaker with champacas will visit his lover at night. (B) People who learn to listen selectively can shut out what is
 B. The speaker wants his lover to keep and cherish their memories in undesirable.
her heart. (C) Listening comprises more than one-half of all communication.
 C. The speaker will rise from death to remind his lover of their sweet (D) The ability to be a good listener comes naturally, and no training
moments. is necessary.
 D. The speaker wants to give his lover fresh champacas. (E) Being an effective communicator means that one must listen to
oneself.
35. This line “You shall not forget, for I am past forgetting” means
__________. RATIO:
A. The speaker wants to be left unforgotten.      Effective listening requires study and practice. 
B. The speaker wants his lover to forget her past.
C. The speaker wants his past not to be discussed. 42. When a group is faced with a problem requiring immediate
D. The speaker wants his past not to be forgotten. action, the most effective leadership style is _____.
(A) authoritarian
36.  The line “I shall haunt you” has a/an __________ tone. (B) democratic
A. begging (C) laissez-faire
B. appealing (D) charismatic
C. romantic (E) permissive
D. commanding
RATIO:
37. “Lost One” may be pertained to _________. Authoritarian style is most often considered appropriate and is in fact
A. lost feeling frequently welcomed by group members due to its ability to get work
B. past lover done more quickly. 
C. abandoned person
D. ghost 43. Schema activation is important to make sense of new information
in light of what students already know, and to make the necessary
38. It is a generally accepted first principle of oral interpretation that connection between the two. The following are good activities for
the reader must be true to schema activation EXCEPT _____.
(A) the performance space A. constructing graphic organizer
(B) the author B. previewing a passage
(C) the method C. brainstorming ideas 
(D) the audience D. evaluating or assessing ideas
(E) his or her training
RATIO:
RATIO: It is NOT a good activity for schema activation. Evaluation and
The interpreter must care about the author’s material and must want assessment of idea can come after schema activation.
to share it with others.
44. The following are concerns of teaching reading EXCEPT _____.
39. Within the communication process, the area that causes the most A. vocabulary development
breakdowns is _____. B. comprehension development
(A) interference C. output development
(B) feedback D. application
(C) the situation
(D) the channel RATIO:
(E) the message C is correct. It is not a concern of teaching reading. 

RATIO: 45. The following are principles for designing effective and
Only interference is a problem in and of itself. interesting reading lessons EXCEPT _____.
A. For reading lessons to be interesting and motivating they must
40. David is preparing a speech about why Hollywood became the focus on simple themes.
center of the motion picture industry and the impact that its B. Instructional activities have a teaching rather than a testing focus.
development as the center had on filmmaking. David’s speech should C. Lessons should be divided into pre-reading, during reading, and
be organized using which of the following methods? post-reading.
(A) Spatial D. The major activity of the reading lesson is students reading texts.
(B) Chronological
(C) Cause-effect RATIO:
(D) Problem-solution Effective reading lesson should require students to do tasks that are
(E) Topical complex.

RATIO: 46. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common

  The speech answering this question could only use the underlying principle that successful language learning occurs when
cause-effect method of organization.
students are presented with target language material in a meaningful, We remain silent.
contextualized form, with the primary focus on _____.
A. understanding the lessons   A. intransitive
B. acquiring information and knowledge B. reflexive
C. making connections between what they learn at school and what C. transitive
they learn outside the school D. ascriptive
D. making meaning from what they learn
RATIO: RATIO
CBI is designed to provide second-language learners instruction in The verbs are called ascriptive verbs because they are followed by a
content and language. noun phrase, adjective phrase, or adverb of place or time (which may
be a prepositional phrase). T
47. It is a vocabulary strategy which involves the process of breaking
up of a word into its meaningful components: the root words, affixes, 52. Which of the following is the true description of an auxiliary
and suffixes.  verb?
A. contextual clues A. It is used to complete the verb phrase in certain constructions such
B. structural analysis as the emphatic, the negative, the 
C. summarizing      passive, or the perfect and progressive aspects.
D. groupings B. It occurs before the main verb, and denotes modification of the
basic meaning of the main verb.
RATIO: C. It belongs to several classifications of verbs. It may take an
Structural analysis is the process of breaking up parts of a word into impersonal it as a subject.
its meaningful components: the root words, affixes, and suffixes.  D. It is followed by noun or noun phrase functioning as its direct
object.
48. Which of the following questions is best for activating students’
prior knowledge to feel that they somehow connected to the topic RATIO:
“snakes” being studied? Auxiliary (or Helping) verbs are used together with a main verb to
A. What do you know about snakes? What snakes are common in show the verb’s tense or to form a negative or question.
your area?
B. What according to the selection are the types of snakes? 53. What preferred tense is used for “stage directions and synopses?
C. What did the writer suggest to the person who was bitten by A. present
snakes to do? B. past
D. What is the importance of animals such as snakes in ecosystem? C. future
D. present perfect
RATIO:
Before discussing a text, discuss the topic that will be covered. Have 54. The word “just” in the sentence below indicates _____.
the students share what they already know about the topic.  “She has just eaten.”
A. an action that was true in the past and is still relevant to the
49. If the students think about the knowledge of their own thoughts present
and the factors that influence their thinking, they are engaged in the B. a recently completed action
process of _____. C. an action which was completed before another past action
A. artistic thinking D. an action continuing at a given point in time
B. metacognition
C. higher-order thinking RATIO:
D. critical thinking   One of the ideas expressed in a present perfect tense verb is
a recently completed action.
RATIO: ANS. B
Metacognition is "thinking about one’s thinking." 55. All of the following contains verbal EXCEPT _____.
A. Satisfied, the producer began paying the artists.
50. Mrs. Torres wants to find out her students’ schema about storm B. Having recovered her voice, the soprano hit her top notes well.
surge. On the board she writes the words “storm surge” and encircles C. Your mom arrived after you had gone. 
them. She, then, asks her students what they know about storm surge, D. To see is to believe.
and helps them cluster the information. What technique does Mrs.
Torres use? RATIO:
A. demonstration Choice C does not use verbal (gerund, infinitive,
B. vocabulary building participle).
C. semantic mapping
D. deductive reasoning 56. What type of mood is indicated in this sentence: “How did you
come to know about that tragic event?”
RATIO: A. indicative
Semantic mapping provides a visual guide for students to clarify B. subjunctive
textual information.  C. imperative
D. directive
51. The underlined verbs in the following sentences are classified as
_____. RATIO ANS. A
The time is now. Indicative mood states the fact or supposition; asks a question.
The world became flesh.
57. The sentence “The child cried when his toy car got broken” 64. Each person’s vocabulary is a continuum. On the one end of the
follows ____ pattern. continuum are words the person knows very well and for which he
A. N InV has a full rich understanding of their various meanings. On the other
B. N LV Adj. end of the continuum are _____.
C. N TrV N A. words he enjoys using regularly
D. N InV Adv. B. new words that he has learned both the spelling and meaning for 
C. words he doesn’t recognize
58. “Mario, my older brother, fathers there good looking and smart D. words he can recognize and figure out the meaning of based on
children.” The underlined word functions as _____. context
A. a noun
B. a verb RATIO
C. an adjective Words at the opposite of the continuum are words a person can
D. a possessive understand with the help of context clues. 

59. Which of the following adjective phrases is syntactically correct? 65. Which of the following does NOT function as a pronoun?
A. the most unique A. I B. we C. you
B. nearly unique D. my
C. the very much unique
D. less unique 66. The President himself promised to stop the war. The underlined
word is ______ pronoun.
RATIO: ANS. B A. an interrogative B. an intensive C. a reflexive
“Unique” is an example of an absolute adjective that do not admit D. a reciprocal
comparative degree. 
RATIO:
60. Which of the following is a gradable adjective? We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to the subject
A. absolute of the sentence or clause. 
B. clear
C. complete 67. The question “Is he coming?” has a _____ intonation.
D. impossible A. falling B. sustained C. rising
D. melodic
RATIO: ANS. B
Gradable adjective is an adjective that can be compared.   RATIO:
Rising Intonation /2, 3/ or ↑ 
61. Which sentence has ditransitive verb? An intonation pattern that begins at /2/, rises to /3/ at the primary
A. Those guys are highly intelligent group of engineers. sentence stress, and stays there to the end of the utterance is a rising
B. Those mean boys tried to throw a rock through our windows. intonation pattern. 
C. Nobody will believe a ruffian like you. 
D. My mother gave me this cardigan for Christmas. 68. Which of the following sentences does NOT observe correct
subject-verb agreement?
RATIO: A. The mayor as well as his brothers is going to prison.
A ditransitive verb requires both direct and an indirect object.  B. Neither of the two traffic lights is working.
C. My assets were wiped out in the depression.
62. “When we arrived, they gave us badges.” Which of the following D. Neither the plates nor the serving bowl go on that shelf.
questions should be asked to find the direct object?
A. What did we do?
B. When did we arrive? RATIO:
C. What did they give us? The verb in an “or, either/or, or neither/nor-sentence” agrees with the
D. Who gave us badges? noun or pronoun closest to it.
RATIO: 69. The pronoun in this sentence is _____.
Direct Object answers the question "What?" or "Whom?"         “When she arrived, Suad was surprised to find her apartment
after an action verb.  door open.
A. cataphoric B. anaphoric C. deitic
63. All of the following contain operator verbs EXCEPT ____. D. coreferential
A. My father approves your marriage proposal.
B. Will your father approve my marriage proposal? RATIO:
C. My father won’t approve your marriage proposal. A cataphoric reference unit refers to another unit that is introduced
D. Your father will approve my marriage proposal, won’t he? later on in the text/speech. 
RATIO:  70. The underlined word in this sentence functions as ______. 
An operator verb has 3 main functions:         “We elected him chairman.”
It precedes the negative; A. direct object B. indirect object C. objective
It is the verb of yes-no question. complement D. predicate nominative
It is also the verb of tag questions.
RATIO:   
An objective complement is a noun, adjective, or pronoun used in the It is essential that we reject the proposed changes to the
predicate as complement to a verb and as qualifier of its direct object. company’s insurance plan. If we don’t protest against these changes
now, we’ll soon end up with no health coverage at all.
71). Which of the following words is derived from a French word? A. slippery slope
A. Armadillo B. red herring
B. Geography C. strawman
C. Poultry D. circular reasoning
D. Laser
RATIO:
RATIO: ANS C The slippery slope argument involves reasoning that
The word “poultry” is derived from the French word because of an initial event, a second event, more extreme event must
“poulet”. inevitable follow. 

72. The style of writing employed in this passage can be best 77. Which of the following works of literature was originally written
described as _____. in Modern English?
A. standard English A. The Decameron
C. jargon B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
                         B. formal English C. War and Peace
D. dialect D. Paradise Lost

The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods RATIO: ANS D
ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about Milton’s Paradise Lost which was published in 1667 in
somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about Modern English. through elimination.
somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper
something to me, and I couldn’t make out what it was, and so it made 78. The line is an example of ____.
the cold shivers run over me. -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I.     apostrophe
by Mark Twain II.    personification
III.   hyperbole
RATIO: IV.   metonymy
“The passage use words in a regional dialect of English.
II only
73. The author’s use of language in this passage helps to demonstrate I and II only
the speaker’s ____ I, II, and IV only
     A. lack of intelligence   C. good- II and IV only
heartedness
    B. lack of education        D. “They tell me you are wicked and I believe 
confusion them, for I have seen your painted women 
under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. 
RATIO:                 Chicago by Carl Sandburg
Huck is uneducated..
RATIO:
74. The author uses imagery in this section to illustrate Huck’s The “You” in this line is Chicago itself. This is a form of
_____. apostrophe and personification.
A. fear and loneliness
B. awareness of his environment 79. This poem is most likely influenced by which of the following?
C. loss of his father A. Industrialization
D. moral dilemma B. Increased immigration
C. Western expansion
RATIO: D. World War II patriotism
The imagery in this selection helps to illustrate Huck’s
isolation and fear. Hog Butcher for the World
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
75. When doing research on the life of an important figure, you Player with Railroads and the Nation’s
would probably give more credence to a biography than you would to Freight Handler;
an autobiography, due to memoirist’s _____. Stormy, husky, brawling,
A. verbosity City of the Big Shoulders:
B. creativity Chicago by Carl Sandburg
C. subjectivity
D. experiences  RATIO:
This poem is written during the early 1990s, a time
Chicago experienced increased industrialization.
The subjectivity of the author in writing his own life-story
can be a problem. 80. The poetry of Walt Whitman is significant in the development of
American literature primarily because he _____.
76. Which type of logical fallacy is demonstrated by this argument? A. used the epic form to tell distinctly American tales
B. developed his own poetic form and style instead of adhering to the 86. Which sentence has error in punctuation? 
traditional poetic forms  A. “You’re a great friend,” Jose said. 
C. commemorated in verse the lives of public leaders like Abraham B. Judith, my best friend went to a concert last Friday.
Lincoln. C. I have a lot of work to do; as such, I left for work a few minutes
D. was heavily influenced by Emerson’s call for a new national poet. early. 
D. According to the radio, surface streets were the best alternative to
RATIO: the congested freeways. 
Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of the Grass” departs from the
metered, traditional poetic forms.  RATIO:
An appositive phrase should be separated from the noun it
81. The following words:  edit from editor, and beg from beggar are renames and other words in the sentence with a comma before and
formed through _____. after it.
A. blending  B. back formation C.
derivation D. clipping 87.  Unprepared for such a strong rebuttal, _____.
     A. the lawyer’s attempt at winning the case failed
RATIO: ANS B      B. the lawyer’s attempt failed to win the case 
Back-formation is the process of forming a new word (a      C. the lawyer failed to win the case 
neologism) by extracting actual or supposed affixes from another      D. the lawyer failed in his attempt to win the case
word.
RATIO:
(1) The themes of liberty and freedom are central to much of Both C and D use active voice, but it is only C that is not
American literature, particularly the literature produced during the redundant.
American Renaissance. (2) As the issues of women’s rights and
abolition came to the forefront of the American consciousness, 88. ______ on the MTRCB to take action. 
writers delved deep into an exploration of the meaning of freedom for A. Whenever television is denounced by viewers for its violence,
the country and for individuals. (3) Three such writers from this time they call
period who focus on issues of freedom are Margaret Fuller, Harriet B. Whenever television is denounced for its violence, viewers call 
Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Jacobs. (4) Each of these writers develop C. Whenever viewers denounce television for its violence, they call 
an answer to the question posed by Stowe in Uncle Tom’s Cabin: D. Whenever a denunciation of television is voiced, they call
“Liberty! – electric world! What is it?”
RATIO:
82 . Which of the following sentences should be revised in order to Only C uses active voice. Regular English sentences mostly
correct an error?  use active voice.
A. Sentence 1, to correct an error in comma use
B. Sentence 2, to correct an error in apostrophe use 89. Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, has been called a
C. Sentence 3, to correct an error in comma use “tragedy of the common man” because it _____.
D. Sentence 4, to correct an error in agreement A. depicts the fall from grace of an important person
B. fits Aristotle formal definition of tragedy
RATIO: C. gives an ordinary salesman’s life weight and meaning
The subject “each” which is an indefinite pronoun singular D. is written in a poetic and serious style
in meaning should take the singular verb “develops”.
RATIO:
83. Which of the following English words is most commonly Miller’s play gave the importance to an ordinary salesman
pronounced with the vowel sound /ə/ (i.e., schwa)?  who was opposite to the character in a traditional play.
A. where           B. who    C. what  
D. why 90. He holds the distinction of being the first Asian to receive the
Nobel Prize for literature.
RATIO: ANS.. C A. Wole Soyinka
“What” has the schwa sound which is identified as central, B. Yasunari Kawabata
neutral and relaxed. C. Po Chu-I
D. Rabindranath Tagore
84. Why do most fathers prefer a son _____ a daughter for his first-
born child?  RATIO:
A. to         B. than           C. from   Tagore won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
D. over
91. Which outline correctly organizes and categorizes information
RATIO: ANS A pertaining to the work of William Shakespeare?
“Prefer to” means to like or want somebody or something
more than somebody or something else. A.    I. Plays
a. Tragedies
85.  I am going to sit and rest _______.     1. King Lear…
A. a little bit        B. a while     C. a little more      b. Histories
D. awhile     1. Richard III…
c. Comedies
RATIO:     1. Twelfth Night…
Awhile (written as one word)  is an adverb.         II. Poems
B.     I. Plays 94. A Marxist interpretation of “Waiting for Godot” would probably
a. Tragedies focus on _____.
    1. Hamlet… A. the poverty and despair of its working-class characters
b. Poems B. the use of archetypes in the portrayals of the characters
    1. My Mistress’ Eyes… C. the power imbalances in the relationships of the characters 
c. Comedies D. the reliance of the two main characters on the eventual arrival of a
    1. All’s Well That Ends Well… “savior”
        II. Histories
RATIO:
C.     I. Plays  Marxist theory is that all relationships are power
a. Tragedies relationships, based on economic class standing. 
    1. Comedies
b. Histories 95. In paragraph below, the characters, Mandy Ringer and Dr.
    1. Henry V… Clevenger, are mentioned in order to emphasize which point about
c. Poems “Sapphira and the Slave Girl”?
    1. Not Marble Nor the Gilded Monuments… A. A number of the characters in the novel are based on people
         II. The Tempest Cather knew in her childhood.
B. The novel displays Cather’s mixed feelings about slavery.
D.      I. Plays C. Cather took four years to complete the novel because she carefully
a. Tragedies researched her characters. 
    1. Hamlet… D. One of Cather’s purposes in writing the novel was to paint a full
b. Histories portrait of life in rural Virginia in the years 
    1. King Lear…      before the Civil War.
c. Comedies E. The characters in the novel are portrayed in a positive light since
    1. Titus Adronicus… Cather was a great admirer of the old South. 
         II. Poems
The following passage analyzes one of Willa Cather’s (1873-1947)
RATIO: novels.
The two broadest categories, labelled I, II, should be plays
and poems.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl was the last novel of Willa
Cather’s illustrious literary career. Begun in the late summer of 1937
But how was I direct myself? I knew that I must travel in a and finally completed in 1941, it is often regarded by critics as one of
southwesterly direction to reach my destination, but the sun was only her most personal works. Although the story takes place in 1856, well
guide. I did not know the names of the towns that I was to pass before her birth, she drew heavily on vivid childhood memories and
through, nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I tales handed down by older relatives to describe life in rural northern
did not despair. From you only could I hope for succor, although Virginia in the middle of the 19th century. She even went on an
towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred. Unfeeling, extended journey to the area to give the story a further ring of
heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and authenticity.
passions and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror
of mankind. But on you only had I any claim for pity and redress, and Of all Cather’s many novels, Sapphira and the Slave Girl is
from you I determined to seek that justice which I vainly attempted to the one most concerned with providing an overall picture of day-to-
gain from any other being that wore the human form. -from day life in a specific era. A number of the novel’s characters, it would
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley seem, are included in the story only because they are representative
92. The narrator of this passage is _____. of the types of people to be found in 19th-century rural Virginia;
A. Victor C. the monster indeed, a few of them play no part whatsoever in the unfolding of the
B. Elizabeth D. the plot. For instance, we are introduced to a poor white woman, Mandy
author Ringer, who is portrayed as intelligent and content, despite the fact
that she has no formal education and must toil constantly in the
RATIO: fields. And we meet Dr. Clevenger, a country doctor who, with his
The clues “you were my father, my creator,” and “then cast me patrician manners, evokes a strong image of the pre-Civil War South.
abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind” indicate that
was the monster who was speaking.  The title, however, accurately suggests that the novel is
mainly about slavery. Cather’s attitude toward this institution may
93. “A part of its orb was at length hid, and I waved my brand; it best be summed up as somewhat ambiguous. On the one hand, she
sank, and with a loud scream I fired the straw, and heath, and bushes, displays almost total indifference to the legal and political aspects of
which I had collected.” -from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley slavery when she misidentifies certain crucial dates in its growth and
Which of the following is a correct restatement of the above? development. Nor does she ever really offer a direct condemnation,
A. When my branding iron sank, I screamed and shot at the bushes. of slavery. Yet, on the other hand, the evil that was slavery gets
B. When the moon set, I screamed and burned the cottage. through to us, albeit in typically subtle ways. Those characters, like
C. When I could not find the orb, I screamed and kicked at the straw Mrs. Blake, who oppose the institution are portrayed in a sympathetic
and the bushes. light. Furthermore, the suffering of the slaves themselves and the
D. I waited until the sun set, then I screamed and set fire to the forest. pretty, nasty, often cruel, behavior of the slaveowners are painted in
stark terms. 
RATIO:
The orb described here is the moon. 
 Although Sapphira and the Slave Girl was certainly not RATIO: Ca. B
meant to be a political tract, the novel is sometimes considered to be In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky, the ruler of the
a denunciation of bygone days. Nothing could be further from the Olympian gods, and spiritual father of gods and mortals. The Roman
truth. In spite of her willingness to acknowledge that particular equivalent is Jupiter.
aspects of the past were far from ideal, Willa Cather was, if anything,
a bit of a romantic. Especially in the final years of her life, an 101. The Titanomachy was a ten-year series of battles fought in
increasing note of anger about the emptiness of the present crept into Thessaly, also known as the War of the Titans, Battle of the Titans,
her writings. Earlier generations, she concluded, had been the real Battle of the Gods, or just the Titan War. Zeus freed his brothers and
heroes, the real creators of all that was good in America. sisters from their father, Cronus. This shows that the Greeks value
_____.
RATIO: I.   bravery
The author mentions two characters who are included II.  respect
mainly to help complete Cather’s portrait of rural Virginia. D is a III. persistence
good match and is the correct answer.  IV. change

96. In context, “a bit of a romantic” suggests that Willa Cather ____. A. 1 and II only B. II and III only C. 1 and
A. condemned the evils of slavery IV only D. II and IV only
B. favored the past over the present
C. disliked writing about life in the 1030s RATIO:
D. denounced certain aspects of the 19th-century life Zeus rescued his brothers and sisters, and then started a war
E. exaggerated the evils of earlier generations against his father, and the Titans. Their winning was greatly
attributed to Zeus. As a sign of respect for Zeus bravery he was
RATIO: considered as the ruler of Mt. Olympus.
The last paragraph refers to Cather as “a bit of a romantic”
who cherished past creativity over the present emptiness.  102. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly
described as a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be
97. The works of Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Upton captured by a virgin. 
Sinclair _______. A. Troll B. Dragon
A. examined 19th-century cultural values C. Kappa D. Unicorns
B. broke with the literary traditions of the past
C. fought against the mistreatment of the working class RATIO:
D. awakened readers to social wrongs In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, unicorn was commonly
described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity
RATIO: and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. 
D is the only choice general enough to apply to all three authors. 
103. He was a fearless warrior & and king who one day saw the
98. The writing style used by Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia emptiness of his life and turned his back on it, becoming a wanderer
Marquez is most often referred to as _______. and sadhu. He refused to return to the world that is why he is often
          A. Stream of Consciousness C. Social alluded to as having refused the responsibility.
Realism A. King Minos B. King Muchukunda
          B. Magical Realism D. C. King Rama D. Jason
Minimalism
RATIO: ANS B
RATIO:       Muchukunda (cited in Mahabarata & Parunas) saw the
Marquez and Rushdie share a writing style which is “Magical emptiness of his life and turned his back on it, becoming a wanderer
Realism and sadhu. He refused to return to the world. 

99. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen 104. The story of Cupid and Psyche depicts undying and devotion.
work. The fishermen do not speak the same language, so they What was Psyche’s mistake that according to Cupid was a betrayal?
communicate using one that has been invented by them for the A. Psyche got infatuated with Zues.
purpose of trade. This scenario above most accurately describes B. Psyche believed her sisters persuasion that her lover was
which of the following types of language? an ugly beast and would kill her.
A. dialect B. creole C. pidgin D. C. Psyche disobeyed her husband when she enlightened his face in
regionalism the middle of the night.
D. Psyche left the house without her husband permission.
RATIO:  
A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means PART of the STORY:
of communication between two or more groups that do not have a Psyche had not yet seen her destined husband, Cupid. He came only
language in common. in the hours of darkness and fled before the dawn of morning, but his
  accents were full of love, and inspired a like passion in her. She often
100. He is known as the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek begged him to stay and let her behold him, but he would not consent.
religion, who ruled as king of the gods and goddesses of Mt. Her sisters who also were curious told her that her husband was a
Olympus monster that was why he would not allow reveal himself. So, one
A. Hephaestus B. Zeus C. Poseidon night when her husband had fallen into his first sleep, she silently
D. Hades rose and uncovering her lamp beheld not a hideous monster, but the
most beautiful and charming of the gods, with his golden ringlets
wandering over his snowy neck and crimson cheek, with two dewy 110. Which of the following is the best description of traditional
wings on his shoulders, whiter than snow, and with shining feathers phonics instruction?
like the tender blossoms of spring. A. Students study lists of high-frequency words in order to increase
reading speed and comprehension.
105. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of a human form, human B. Students are taught individual letter sounds and the rules of
characteristics, or human behaviour to nonhuman things, e.g. deities combining the sounds together to make words
in mythology and animals in children’s stories. What trait is this? C. Students are immersed in written language, and is encourage to
A. Anthropomorphic B. Ethereal decode entire words using context clues.
C. God-like D. D. Students analyze patterns of organization and syntax as a way of
Anthropocentrism learning to recognize common structures.

RATIO: RATIO:
Anthropomorphism is the showing or treating of animals, gods, and B is a typical definition of traditional phonics instruction.
objects as if they are human in appearance, character, or behaviour:
111. A student is conducting a research project and has learned of a
106. Philippine mythology and superstitions are very diverse. It website that may have useful information. The domain extension for
includes a collection of tales and superstitions about magical the site is .org. Which of the following assumptions about the website
creatures and entities like _____ is correct?
A. kapre, aswang, matruculan, duwende, tiyanak, etc. A. All of the information on the site is current.
B. sirena, syokoy, dugong, etc. B. The site has been evaluated for bias and might belong to a profit
C. cherubs, Seraphims, Cherubims, thrones, guardian agency..
angels, etc. C. The site might belong to a nonprofit agency.
D. Malakas at Maganda, Maria Makiling, etc. D. The author of the site is well respected in his or field.

RATIO: Ca. A RATIO:

To this day, Philippine myths still have an active role in the lives of The .org extension means that the site may belong to a nonprofit
rural Filipinos. The countless myths circulating throughout the organization.
Filipino countryside contain a large variety of mythical creatures. 
112. In preparation for a writing unit on short stories, a teacher
107. In Greek mythology, she was the most beautiful woman in the presents students with several examples of short stories and works
world. A daughter of the god Zeus*, she is best known for the part with them to identify defining characteristics of the genre. Which of
she played in causing the Trojan War. Some scholars suggest that she the following best describes this instructional strategy?
was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds.  A. conferencing
A. Penelope, queen of Ithaca B. discipline-based inquiry
B. Persephone, queen of the underworld C. self-regulated strategy development
C. Helen of Troy D. introduction-body-conclusion strategy
D. Hera, queen of Olympus
RATIO:
RATIO: Discipline-based inquiry is the practice of learning about a writing
The mythological background of the Trojan war, Helen was the most form by dissecting it and investigating its parts.
beautiful mortal woman in the world. 
113. In a holistic evaluation of student essays, evaluations are made
108. When Paris abducted Helen to Troy, all the Greek princes were on the basis of the _____
bound by the oath to help Menelaus recover Helen. Athena and Hera A. overall quality of number and variety of errors made by each
who were not chosen by Paris sided with the Greeks who sent one student
thousand ships to Troy to. What does this indicate? B. overall quality of number of sentences, length and complexity
demonstrated in each essay
A. Serious decisions have serious consequences. C. overall ability of each student to communicate in a variety of
B. Paris was wrong in choosing Aphrodite as winner. discourse modes
C. Hera and Athena harboured ill feelings. D. overall quality of each student’s essay in relation to the topic
D. Zeus ordered the goddesses to take side in the war.
RATIO
109. He was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis. He Holistic evaluation is based on the integration of different elements of
was the god of music, and he is often depicted playing a golden lyre. writing. 
He was also known as the Archer, far shooting with a silver bow; the
god of healing, giving the science of medicine to man; the god of 114. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following
light; and the god of truth. passage?
A. Mars B. Neptune A. Feminist Criticism
C. Jupiter D. Apollo B. Psychoanalytic Theory
C. Reader-Response Criticism
RATIO: D. Romantic Theory
Apollo, in Greek and Roman mythology, is the god of prophecy,
sunlight, music, and healing. He was the son of Zeus and Leto, and The difficulties involved in the governess’s effort to create a space
Artemis was his twin sister.  for herself outside of patriarchal boundaries are metaphorically
represented in her struggle for the children. While she believes she is
engaged in a battle with the ghosts for the children’s souls, she is
also, symbolically, involved in overcoming patriarchal definitions of 118. A parent walks into a classroom and sees the children in groups,
womanhood. Rejecting the ineffectual role played by Mrs. Grose, the each gathered around a poster board. The children are writing ideas
respectable matron character, the governess attempts to define herself on the poster board in what looks like graffiti (writing on walls) to
against the sexualized whose figure, Miss Jessel, as she tries, to the parent. When the parent asks the teacher what the children are
supplant the male-authority figure, Peter Quint. Neitherof these roles doing, the teacher is likely to explain that ___.
can help her in her struggle for a subject position, however, as is A. this is playtime, and the children need playtime because recess has
made clear when the governess cannot replace Miss Jessel for Flora, been taken out of the program
or Quint for Miles. B. the children are involved in brainstorming, which is part of the
prewriting stage of the writing process
RATIO: C. invented spelling and graffiti type expression is important to the
Feminist Literary Criticism as shown in the paragraph child’s development 
focuses on the representation of women in literature. D. the children are creating final versions of posters to be displayed
  in the school fair.
115. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following
passage? RATIO:
A. Marxist Literary theory The scenario describes the prewriting activity of brainstorming.
B. Psychoanalytic Theory
C. Postmodern Literary Theory 119. Each of the following is an effective strategy for a teacher who
D. Deconstruction is facilitating a whole-class discussion EXCEPT _____.
A. having the students sit in a circle instead of traditional rows
Not only James’s governess fit the classic profile of the B. breaking the class into smaller discussion groups before
female sexual hysteric, she also experiences the “hysterical fit” concluding the whole-class discussion
observed by turn-of-the-century clinicians. That her first C. pausing and allowing silence to promote student participation
hallucination precipitates a “nervous explosion” of some intensity is D. ensuring that all questions require simple-sentence answers
clear from her own account. Like that of the classic hysteric, her
“mental activity...is split up, and only a part of it is conscious.” Her RATIO:
initial fantasy of her handsome employer is conscious, but his D is the only option that does NOT help a teacher facilitate
transformation into a figure embodying her fear of sexuality is a whole class discussion.
generated by deep-rooted unconscious inhibitions.
120. Which of the following activities will best help a teacher collect
RATIO: data that will inform instruction to meet the individual needs of
Psychoanalytic Theory focuses more about the author’s life students?
than the reader’s life. A. concentric circles
  B. K-W-L chart
116. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following C. book pass
passage? D. reciprocal teaching
A. Deconstruction
B. Psychoanalytic Theory RATIO: Ca. B
C. Reader-Response Criticism The K-W-L chart can be used to document what students
D. Marxist Literary Theory  know, what they want to know, and what they learned. 

What is even more troublesome is disagreement among 121. When doing a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) activity, the teacher
critics about just what standards are to be applied. Two “straight” should _____.
readers, seeing the ghosts as real and the story as an attempt to “turn A. leave the first and the last sentence intact 
the screws” of horror as thrillingly as possible, might flatly disagree B. give students the freedom to make up the first and last sentences
with each other about whether the literary experience of thrilling C. spell words wrong to see if the students can catch them
horror is good or bad for “us,” or for a given immature reader, or for D. always use the first paragraph of the book
a former governess now incarcerated in a mental institution.
Because of all this variety, we have to ask our questions as RATIO:
if we were dealing not with one The Turn of the Screw but many A is correct as it is the first rule of using an interactive cloze activity.
different ones. 
122. The main reason for doing a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) activity
RATIO: with the children before reading a book is for the purpose of
In Reader-Response Criticism, literature has no fixed-single providing a/an _____.
meaning.  A. familiarity and identification of the characters in the book for
comprehension
117 (60 something). If a teacher uses only basal readers for teachings B. setting for the book to serve for the students to want to read the
her students to read, she is most likely believes in _____. book
Primarily a whole language approach C. anticipatory set that will make the children be curious enough to
Primarily a phonics approach want to read the book
A mixture of a whole language and phonics  D. worksheet to grade that shows the students’ vocabulary
Individualized reading instruction  development

RATIO: RATIO:
Most of basal readers are phonics-based. The purpose of a cloze-activity is to get the students interested in the
story and thus want to read.
 126. Using the Romantic Theory, the similitude and dissimilitude in
123. Which of the following best expresses the author’s attitude this poem is _____.
toward Lord Russell’s definition of a proverb? A. beauty in isolation
A. dismissive B. humility in pride
B. sceptical C. abundance in poverty
C. exuberant D. enjoyment in despair
D. favorable
E. Loyal She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
William Wordsworth
Proverbs are hard to define, but one could do worse than the pithy
definition offered by an 18th-century British statesman, Lord John She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Russell. A proverb, Russell is said to have remarked at breakfast, is Beside the springs of Dove,
“one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom.” Proverbs have been A maid whom there were none to praise
identified in all the world’s spoken languages, and – unlike Lord And very few to love:
Russell’s adage – they are almost always anonymous. Interestingly,
similar sayings seem to have developed independently in many parts A violet by a mossy stone
of the world. For example, the English saying, “A bird in the hand is Half hidden from the eye!
worth two in the bush,” has counterparts in Romania, Spain, and Fair as a star, when only one
Iceland. Is shining in the sky.

RATIO: She lived unknown, and few could know

The author cites Russell’s definition because he considers it When Lucy ceased to be;
a good one.  But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!
124.  What type of sonnet is illustrated Milton’s poem “When I
Consider How My Light Is Spent? RATIO:
Lucy was not well-known, she had few friends, but she made a
When I Consider How My Light Is Spent difference in the life of the speaker. The metaphor portrays Lucy’s
beauty that only a few saw. 
When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, 127. The use of the imagination is evident in the poem through the
And that one talent which is death to hide employment simply of _____.
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent A. synecdoche and metonymy
To serve therewith my Maker, and present B. personification and hyperbole
My true account, lest He returning chide; C. allusion and litotes
“Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?” D. simile and metaphor
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need RATIO:
Either man’s work or His own gifts. Who best The second stanza uses simile and metaphor.
Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at His bidding speed, 128. The romantic theorists will like the poem because _____.
And post o’er land and ocean without rest; A. the subject matter is relatively simple, straightforward language
They also serve who only stand and wait.” B. it emphasizes the importance of nature as a whole
C. it illustrates the important lesson in life 
A. Elizabethan D. the use of literary devices in the poem is very interesting
B. Petrarchan
C. English RATIO:
D. Spenserian For Romantic theorist, the subject matter and the language
of a poem should be simple. 
RATIO:
Petrarchan sonnet is form of poetry that has an 8-line stanza with the 129. Based from the poem, a reader can infer that Romantic poets
rhyme scheme abbaabba followed by 6 lines with various rhyme such Wordsworth sees 
schemes, usually cdcdcd or cdede. A. the city is more romantic than the country
B. the city is a place of vice and other worldly things
125. He is the pioneer in serial literature which is a printed format by C. the country is a place of virtue 
which a single larger work, often a work of narrative fiction is D. the country is the most ideal since it is near the nature
published in sequential installments. 
A. Ernest Hemingway RATIO:
B. Arthur Miller 11 The surroundings described in the poem are rural. 
C. Charles Dickens
D. Rudyard Kipling 130. Which stanza implies that Lucy is an interesting woman?
A. 1 
RATIO: B. 2
Charles Dickens pioneered the serial publication. C. 3
D. None of the above
RATIO: 8. Which is the problem of narration evident in the next excerpt?
 The word “springs” is associated with life and purity.  “Mon desperate for a weapon to defend himself and instantly found
the knife resting and tempting.”
ENGLISH Part 1 A. Needles complication
1. Which of the following portmanteau word? B. Sudden comfort
A. Black gold C. Sudden omniscience
B. E-book D. Pogo Stick
C. FAN-ny ANS: B. Sudden comfort
D. Thin and tiny -These two actions which may actually happen in real life.
ANS: C. FAN-ny
-A portmanteau clips two words to third meaning associated with 9. What type of point of view is used in the next excerpt?
combined words “ Michael is a pitiful specimen. Permanent shaving rash, whiny
2. Which criterion in effective diction is met when a writer uses voice. He looks crumpet and pale as a parched mushroom. I used to
Pantene instead of shampoo? have a fantasy about him living his eventless little life in the small
A. Denotation cupboard under my stairs.”
B. Connotation A. Detached Autobiography
C. Concreteness B. Interior Monologue
D. Accuracy C. Dramatic Monologue
ANS: C. Concreteness D. Unreliable
-Concrete means specific. ANS: D. Unreliable
3. What type of diction error is in the next sentence? The dirty, filthy - The opinions
kitchen is the prime suspect for diarrhea among the household 10. What is the poetic problem in the next expert? “Midhoary trees
members. her shadows could be seen” “
A. Over modification A. Anonymous Voice
B. Excessive variation B. Archaic Diction
C. Use of archaic term C. Appealing Abstraction
D. Use of highfalutin word D. For the sake of rhyme
ANS: A. Over modification ANS: B. Archaic Diction
-Dirty and Filthy are synonymous modifiers therefore redundant -The underline terms are old.
4. What pre-requisite to writing did the writers Herman Melville 11. What type of rhyme can be associated with assonance and
(Moby Dick) Juan Crisostomo Soto (Lidia) and Dan Brown do consonance?
(Angels and demons) before writing their stipulated celebrated I. End rhyme
works? II. Internal rhyme
A. Immersion III. Eye rhyme
B. Research A. I only
C. Imagination B. II only
D. Journaling C. III only
ANS: B. Research D. I, II and III
-They researched to substantiate their writing with truth ANS: C. Eye rhyme
5. Which character is created to contradict another character and - Assonance and consonance are religion of sounds in line.
invite audience to rethink? 12. Which type of fiction has distinct themes such as Mark Twains’s
A. Antagonist “The Adventures of Huckberry film and the Adventures of
B. Protagonist Huckleberry Finn and the Adventures of Tom Sawyer?”
C. Foil A. Mainstream
D. Flat B. Category
ANS: C. Foil C. Science fiction
- a foil character may not necessarily be an antagonist D. Modern fiction
6. What type of exposition is used in the excerpt below? ANS: B. Category
“Dr. Jekyll reiterated to Mr. Utterson that his decision was final -This type is intended for a certain group with a definite choice of
regarding the will that nothing could change it. ‘I hope you theme.
understand that I really have great interest in poor Hyde.......’” 13. What is the usual type of a main character according to
A. Flashback description?
B. Foreshadowing A. Round
C. Epiphany B. Flat
D. Scene C. Protagonist
ANS: D. Scene D. Antagonist
-A scene portrays scenario and its unfolding ANS: A. Round
7. Which words in the following excerpt observe the quality -A round character is a stereotype or usual.
verisimilitude.? “ He asked his girlfriend why she is unusually quiet. 14. What kind of characters is a stepmother such that in Cinderella?
She answered, Nothing’” A. Foil
A. Asked and answered B. Stock
B. He and girlfriend C. Dynamic
C. Quiet and nothing D. Static
D. He and She ANS: B. Stock
ANS: A. Asked and answered - A stock character is well described in all aspects
-These two are actions which may actually happen in real life 15. What type of characterization is used in the next excerpt?
Sheryl’s hair was always unkempt. She does not devoted precious C. Adverbs
time to comb the tangled strands busying herself with her reading.” D. Prepositions
A. Direct ANS: A. Coordinating Conjunctions
B. Indirect - Adding coordinating conjunctions clarifies meaning instead of
C. Implied altering it.
D. Understood 3. Which of the following elements of the words of Stephen King,
ANS: B. Indirect Danielle, Steel and John Grisham may NOT be translated into
- The character is not directly described as nerdy. Choices C and D French?
are not types A. Genre
16. What style I in dialogue is evident in the next excerpt? “Italy, ‘ B. Setting
Pablo said while putting together in his head the next consoling C. Characterization
words.” D. Theme
A. Local Color ANS: B. Setting
B. Formality - Setting is usually inseparable from original reference and does not
C. Stating the Obvious need translation.
D. Contraction 4. Which of the following can a translator add to translation to clarify
ANS: A. Local Color through definition and citations?
-The word Italy suggest the origin of the place or the locale. A. Interpretation
17. What problem in dialogue may be encountered when an author B. Comments
uses detailed eulogy in the wake of an accomplished man? C. Version
A. Dialect D. Annotation
B. Long speech ANS: Annotations
C. Swearing -Annotations may present additional information and explanation
D. Lack of verisimilitude 5. Which is NOT an example of visualization before performing
ANS: B. Long speech literary text?
- Eulogy is a speech about a dead person A. Mentally outlining performance
18. Which prerequisites to research did Cornelia Funke do by living B. Mentally reacting to possible threats of performance
with street thieves to write her book “The Thief Lord”? C. Imagining oneself walking stage
A. Documentation D. Imagining oneself finishing the performance
B. Immersion ANS: B. Mentally reacting to possible threats of performance
C. Portfolio -It is an example of fight-or flight mechanism as physiological
D. Interview response.
ANS: B. Immersion 6. Which is NOT an example of “exigence” of literary piece to be
- Funke lived with the target characters to make storytelling realistic staged?
19. Which technique does a writer use when she/he describes A. Autism
something while tapping different senses? B. Child Labor
A. Figures of Speech C. Crush
B. Idiomatic Expression D. Morning Sun
C. Imagery ANS: C. Crush
D. Local color - Exigence is based on audience personal or social need which a
ANS: C. Imagery literary piece must satisfy to prove it
- Imagery means description using all senses for full effect 7. Which is NOT covered by ethical use of literature when cutting
20. Which technique does a writer use when s/he refers to a sight of and adapting?
an ugly picture as “ a blast from the past”? A. Adding scenes
A. Pun B. Eliminating characters
B. Litotes C. Rewriting text
C. Simile D. Shortening of text
D. Metaphor ANS: A. Adding scenes
ANS: D. Metaphor - Only explanatory lines may be added especially when character/s
-Metaphor is comparison without the use of as or like are eliminated because of cutting.
8. Which of the following is an example of metatext?
ENGLISH Part 2 A. The literary allusion in “Anna in the Tropics”
1. Which is the translation of the term “kikay” according to Oxford B. The reviews on “Anna in the Tropics” published online
English Dictionary? C. The translation of “Les Miserables”
A. Vian D. The analysis of stock figures and archeotypes in “Anna Karenina”
B. Flirtatious ANS: B. The reviews on “Anna in the Tropics” published online
C. Seductive -A metatext includes comments and opinions composed by another
D. Fabulous after the publication of text.
ANS: B. Flirtatious 9. Which is an example of a cross of the fourth wall?
- The words is associated to women and their fashion to attract others A. Shakespeare’s characters saying an aside to the audience
with word flirtatious in the definition. B. Hamlet’s soliloquy
2. When translating Derrida’s work writers need to observe abusive C. Narrator being detached from characters
fidelity. Which of the following may be added while maintaining D. Characters doing apostrophe with GOD as addressee
Derrda’s syntax, lexicon and pun? ANS: A. Shakespeare’s characters saying an aside to the audience
A. Coordinating Conjunctions -Fourth wall is the invisible barrier between an actor and audience.
B. Adjectives When an actor and the audience interact, this wall is crossed.
10. Which is NOT an example of cultural story? 18. Which kind of journal did John Steinbeck jeep before publishing
A. Aesop’s fables Grapes of Wrath?
B. Little Red Riding Hood] A. Working
C. The Parable of talents B. Idea
D. The Good Earth ( P. S. Buck) C. Common Place
ANS: D. The Good Earth (P. S. Buck) D. All aspect
- Cultural story is a set of stories that transmits a group beliefs and ANS: A. Working
values -A working journal is a draft
11. Which is an example of spectacle in a stage a play? 19. Which figure of speech does a writer use when s/he describes his
A. The set or her condition as horribly fine?
B. The audience A. Pun
C. The budget B. Oxymoron
D. The twist C. Portmanteau
ANS: A. The set D. Hyperbole
-Spectacle refers to the production and props. ANS: B. Oxymoron
12. Which of the following actors uses emotional memory? -Oxymoron is a combination of words with contrasting meaning
A. An actor who is stereotyped for a dramatic role 20. Which point of view is used in autobiography?
B. An actor who is understudy but performs better A. First person
C. An actor who uses related incident to relive feelings B. Third person
D. An actor who analyze character’s motivates to internalize C. Second person
ANS C. An actor who uses related incident to relive feelings D. Stream of consciousness
-An actor internalized role by associating it with past experiences ANS: A. First person
13. Which of the following ignored in color-blind having an intense -An autobiography is an account of one’s life written by himself.
argument
A. Popularity of non-theater actors ENGLISH Part 3 
B. Talent fees of veteran actors 1. Which is the correct news headline among the following? 
C. Nationality of actors A. Santiago: “I was there” B. Santiago: ‘I was there’ C. I was there
D. Preference of director said Santiago. D. “ I was there, ‘ ‘said Santiago 
ANS: C. Nationality of actors ANS: B. Santiago: ‘I was there’ - -It follows the rule of space
-In color-blind casting, races are set aside especially if a role is not economy in headline writing. 
ethnic-specific. 2. Which among the following is the least important to mention in a
summary lead for sports? 
14. Which scene requires gaze on the part of actors? A. Winner B. Score C. Venue D. Audience 
A. Lovers preparing for a kiss ANS: D. Audience - All other choices are very essential 
B. Witness seeing a crime 3. Which rule is followed is using quotations and paraphrases in
C. Protagonist having an intense argument news? A. Use either B. Alternate them C. Start with paraphrase D.
D. Antagonist delivering monologist Avoid them 
ANS: A. Lovers preparing for a kiss ANS: B. Alternate them - This is the rule. All other choices are not
-A gaze is needed to convey position emotion. necessary. 
15. Which is the study of literature through the oral performance of a 4. Which is NOT true about editorial writing? 
speaker creates and recreates the meaning and mood of the selection? A. It must be short B. It must be based on news C. It must be
A. Declamation opinionated D. It must be written by the editor-in-chief 
B. Oral Interpretation ANS: D. It must be written by the editor-in-chief -The editorial
C. Poetry Interpretation may be written by any of the auditors 
D. Public Speaking no5. Which is beat among the following? 
ANS: B. Oral Interpretation A. Police Station B. 30-word introduction 
-Letter A, and C are examples or Oral Interpretation. Public speaking C. Space economy D. Subhead 
involves a single person, who in a relatively formal tone and manner ANS: A. Police Station -A beat is assigned place or person from
delivers a continuous informative and entertaining speech on a which or whom news data are gathered 
subject of general interest, to a sizeable number of persons. 6. What is the meaning of the underline phrase in the excerpt?” As of
16. Which pleasures in writing may relatives of deceased writers press time, the senator is abroad and has not issued a statement.” 
likely enjoy? A. As of now B. Before the publication C. After the writing of the
A. Popularity article D. As of yesterday 
B. Royalty ANS: B. Before the publication -Right before the publication, news
C. Readership items are updated. 
D. Self-Expression 7. Which is NOT TRUE about quoted statement of people in
ANS: B. Royalty articles? 
-Royalties may give to relatives depending on contract of A. They must be corrected using brackets when there are
republication grammatical error B. There must be insertions for clarification in the
17. Which benefit of writing do bylines provide? event they are unclear C. They must be verbatim D. They must be
A. Popularity paraphrased 
B. Royalty ANS: D. They must be paraphrase - Quotations are preferred to
C. Readership avoid bias and for directness 
D. Self-Expression 8. Which is TRUE about editorial cartoons? 
ANS: A. Popularity
-The bylines is followed by the name of the author.
A. They must contain familiar symbolism B. They must be related to -Style and content are components which must be lost in translation. 
the editorial C. They must not contain words D. They must not 18. Which perspective considers the speaker and his/her background
contain words  when translating text? 
ANS: A. They must contain familiar symbolism - The caption must A. Communicative B. Philological C. Linguistic D. Socio-semiotic 
summarize the content of the picture  ANS: D. Socio-semiotic - Socio-semiotic per perspective
9. Which is a CORRECT photo overrun in journalism?  underscores sincerity and knowledge of speaker among other factors
A. Barrack Obama in black B. Obama shakes hands with APEC such as paranglinguitic and extra linguistic features of a code. 
attendees. C. Obama opens APEC in Malaysia Sunday D. Barrack 19. What technique does a translator utilize when s/she uses generic
Obama delivers his opening remarks last Sunday  terms to culturally sensitive words such as “pasma” and “tampo
ANS: C. Obama opens APEC in Malaysia Sunday - The caption “without direct equivalent? 
must summarize the content of the picture.  A. Closest Equivalence B. Cultural Equivalence C. Idiomatic
10. Which statement/s is/are libelous when no evidence is presented?  Translation D. Generic Corresponding 
I. Funds were released when needed but liquidation documents were ANS: B. Cultural Equivalence -This technique is preferred when
missing II. The recipients denied receiving the supplies and materials greetings, slangs, and idioms of culture are part of text 
III. Bidding procedures were violated with fake signatures  20. Which is the best translation for the verse “For He gave order and
A. I only B. II only C. I, II and III D. II and III  perfection to seven firmaments” (Koran 2:290)? 
ANS: C. I, II and III -All statements are libeleous until evidence are A. Dahil sya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan sa pitong
presented  kalangitan B. Sapagkat Siya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan
11. Which statement is clear distinction between news features?  mula sa pitong kalangitan C. Dahil Siya ang nagbigay kaayusan at
A. Lengths B. Topic C. Events D. Treatments  kagalingan mula sa pitong kalangitan D. Sapagkat Siya ang nagbigay
ANS: D. Treatments -The treatment of the topic is dependent on the kaayusan a perspeksyon mula sa pitong kalangitan 
nature and goals of the article  ANS: A. Dahil sya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan sa
12. If an innaccury is brought to the attention of the paper, it should pitong kalangitan - The words is the closest equivalents considering
immediately publish any of the following EXCEPT meaning and register 
_____________ .  ENGLISH Part 4 
A. rectification B. erratum C. correction D. verification  1. A test pretend to measure pronunciation ability but did not require
ANS: D. verification -Verification precedes the other 3 options, the test taker to speak might be thought to lack of ______. 
which are synonyms.  A. concurrent validity B. content validity C. test-rater reliability D.
13. In Writing the news story, the following are to be avoided test-administration reliability 
EXCEPT __________ .  ANS: B. content validity - Content validity clearly defines the
A. padding B. coloring C. playing up the dominant point D. achievement the test is measuring. A Test has concurrent validity if
editorializing  its result are supported by other concurrent performance. 
ANS: C. playing up the dominant point - The other 3 options are 2. Which of the following explains why research is empirical? 
mo-no’s new story writing. Lengthen a story using more words than A. Research must based on data perceived by the senses. B. Research
necessary is padding. To introduce element bias in a news story is must based on facts C. Research make uses of tools D. Research
coloring. To  insert one’s opinion in the news is editorializing.  make use of tools 
14. The instinct of a reporter to identify or sort out news form an ANS: A. Research must based on data perceived by the senses. -
array of facts is a skill that is called the newsman’s sixth sense and Empirical means concrete 
referred to as _____________ .  3. Which of the following explains why research is systematic? 
A. expertise B. nose for news C. watchdog function A. Research is based on data perceived by the senses. B. Research
D. objective journalism  follows procedures C. Research must be based on facts D. Research
ANS: B. nose for news - “nose for news” is the term used to refer to makes use of tools 
the writer’s expertise of “smelling” what is news and what is not ANS: B. Research follows procedures -Systematic means orderly
usually develop through actual coverage. Objective journalism is the and scientific 
type or reporting events that confines itself to facts and answers to the 4. Which is NOT a research tool? 
5WsH (who, what, when, where, and how)”Watchdog” function A. Questionnaire B. Checklist C. Test D. Grades 
refers to adversarial journalism where the media is referred to as the ANS: D. Grades -Research tools to gather data. 
“Fourth estate” or Brach of government with the role of fiscalizing no5. If researches test the feasibility of using cellphone as vocabulary
the three other branches: executive, legislative and judiciary.  gadget, what purpose of research are they NOT likely to achieve? 
15. Which word is erroneous in the sentence “Who do you choose to A. Discover a substance B. Improve a product C. Validate
lead the nation”?  generalizations D. Verify existing knowledge 
A. Who B. Choose C. Lead D. Nation  ANS: A. Discover a substance - No substance will be discovered as
ANS: A. Who - Whom is the objective case of who. Who functions a result of this problem 
as direct object in the sentence  6. If research want to know if most English majors have English as
16. Which type of error is evident in the sentence “ I came, I saw, I their favorite subject, wha purpose of research are they likely to
conqueres”?  achieve? 
A. Parallelism B. Spelling C. Capitalization D. Punctuation  A. Discover a substance B. Improve a product C. Validate
ANS: D. Punctuation -Semicolon or period may take place of generalizations D. Verify existing knowledge 
commas in the sentence  ANS: C. Validate generalizations -It is a hasty generalization that
17. Which of the following components are required by most all English majors like English 
translation perspectives?  7. Which research problem is clearly direct in nature? 
A. Sensitivity to style and faithfulness to content B. Sensitivity to A. What Topic to Have in the Canteen B. How to improve Services
style and faithfulness to register C. Faithfulness to register and in the Canteen C. Why students Wear Glasses D. Which Sectioning
avoidance of utopia D. Faithfulness to content and avoidance of Scheme to Follow 
domestication  ANS: B. How to improve Services in the Canteen -The possible
ANS: A. Sensitivity to style and faithfulness to content  results may be directly applied 
8. Which research has classroom as its locale?  ANS: B. Fearless. Objective. Impactful - Staccato is characterized
A. Experimental B. Descriptive C. Action D. Analytical  by words or phrases punctuated as if sentence to create an effect. 
ANS: C. Action -Action researches aim to solve classroom-based 20. Which is the correct new headline among the following? 
problems.  A. Reyes, Santos quit SC B. Reyes & Santos quit SC C. Reyes &
9. If research is quantitative, which finding should it focus on?  Santos resigned D. Reyes, Santos resigned 
A. Fifty six percent of students do not pass assignments requiring ANS: A. Reyes, Santos quit SC -It follows the rule of space
reading B. Two out of 69 participants abide by the English Only economy in headline writing. 
Policy C. Teachers slowly tap the shoulder of their students while
consoling them D. An interview said that he usually has nightmares English Part 5 
when he sleeps right after eating  1. Which teaching strategies in K to 12 curriculum addresses the
ANS: A. Fifty six percent of students do not pass assignments issue on irrelevance of instructional materials? 
requiring reading - The result is significant because of its number.  I. Localization II. Authentication III. Contextualization 
10. If researchers want to know why some teachers do not erase A. I only B. II only C. I, II D. I, II and III 
writings on the board to make them eventually erase, what type of ANS: D. I, II and III 
research are they into?  2. Which of the following qualifies does NOT describe a teacher in
A. Propriety B. Pure C. Behavioral D. Communication  the preparation selection, and utilization of instructional materials? 
ANS: C. Behavioral -The problem is centered on a behavior.  A. Creative B. Resourceful C. Fashionable D. Culture-sensitive 
11. Which type of research is likely to lead to the discovery of a new ANS: C. Fashionable - All the other items are required of a teacher
theory?  in preparation of instructional materials. 
A. Experimental B. Phenomenological C. Holistic D. Scholarly  3. The following materials are used to activate students' schema or
ANS: B. Phenomenological -The theory may arise from lived prior knowledge, EXCEPT ____________. a. opinionaire b. story
experiences. Other options have other goals.  impression c. anticipation d. story star 
12. What is the aim of research proposal?  ANS: D. story star 
A. To present an entire research B. To defend findings C. To suggest 4. To illustrate the use of a comprehensible input in language
a planned study D. To find solution to a research problem  teaching input in language teaching to grade 4 students the teacher
ANS: C. To suggest a planned study -This paper is still incomplete  may use the following texts EXCEPT ________. 
13. What are the key term or variables in a research titled “Lived A. recorded song B. video clip C. a written weather report D. a
Experiences of Student Leader – Scholars in Maintaining Grades”?  journal article 
A. Lived and Experiences B. Student Leader-Scholars and Lived ANS: D. a journal article -Letter A, B and C may be
Experiences C. Lived Experience and Grades D. Student Leader- comprehensible as inputs in a language class for grade four. The
Scholars and Grades  language of a journal article is too complex for a grade four pupil. 
ANS: D. Student Leader-Scholars and Grades -“Lived 5. In K to 12 curriculum, which two types of texts are prescribed to
Experience” is the emblem of phenomenological research  facilitate and enriching learning? 
14. Which term refers to approaches and/or principles that explain I. Literary test as primary text II. Informative as parallel text III.
variables in a study?  Literary text as parallel text IV. Informative test 
A. Hypothesis B. Thesis C. Theoretical Basis D. Problem  A. I and III B. II and IV C. I and II D. III and IV 
ANS: C. Theoretical Basis - This serves as foundation of research  ANS: C. I and II -The Department of Education prescribes that
15. Which documentation style does the following example follow?  literary text used as primary text and informative text in the K to 12
Palo, R. (2015). Research designs. Pasay: Lorimar.  language curriculum. 
A. Modern Language Association B. American Psychological 6. One prime consideration of instructional materials use is to link the
Association C. Chicago Style D. International Phonetic Association  materials the _________ . 
ANS: B. American Psychological Association -The style used is A. curriculum B. policies C. current issues D. textbook board 
APA  ANS: A. curriculum --There must be congruence between the
16. Which term proves there is a gap of knowledge about the research instructional materials and the curriculum. 
topic? 7. Which of the following should Teacher Jessica use if she wishes to
A. Blank Spot B. Research Local C. Blind Spot D. Research answer the question “What do the scores tell me about what students
Instrument  have learned? 
ANS: A. Blank Spot - The term refers to something not yet known or A. Test B. Evaluation C. Assessment D. Measurement 
studied.  ANS: D. Measurement - Measurement deals with the questions
17. Which notetaking category is most applicable for a study?  “What do the scores tell us about what students have learned?” or “Is
A. Quoting B. Paraphrasing C. Viewing D. Summarizing  the test or assessment matched to the learning goal? Evaluation
ANS: D. Summarizing -Studies must be presented in condensed includes interviews, examination of the curriculum materials and a
manner.  variety of information on a learner’s language ability or achievement.
18. Which is a news peg among the parts of an editorial below?  A test is an instrument-a set 
A. The SONA is characterized by achievements of the administration of techniques, procedures or items that requires performance on the
B. The SONA delivered on July 27, 2015 is Pnoy’s last C. The part on the test- taker. 
SONA commended lavish cabinet secretaries  8. One of the prerequisites to entry to University A is based on the
D. The SONA subtly endorsed Max Roxas as presidential bet  general knowledge or skills of the applicants. Which of the following
ANS: B. The SONA delivered on July 27, 2015 is Pnoy’s last -The test types should it administer? 
other choices are opinions  A. Diagnostic Test B. Placement Test C. Proficiency Test D.
19. Which is staccato lead among the following?  Achievement Test 
A. The American artist faced allegation following his non-appearance ANS: C. Proficiency Test - Proficiency Test are designed to measure
in a concert B. Fearless. Objective. Impactful C. “I resign for applicants’ ability in a language regardless of any training thy may
delicadesa, said” former CHED Chairman Rose Agapito. D. He was has in that language. 
quiet unit he learned he won jackpot in the lottery 
9. What type of test is based on the amount of learning the students A. wash back B. construct C. auditability D. credibility 
have accomplished with very specific reference to a particular ANS: A. wash back -A test is credible when the way language is
course?  being tested looks like real language use. Audit ability is a term
A. Diagnostic Test B. Placement Test C. Proficiency Test D. drawn from business bookkeeping. It refers to being able to go back
Achievement Test  and check to see if the assessment was correctly made. 
ANS: D. Achievement Test - Achievement Test are directly related 16. Ms. Cruz wants to measure the language abilities of her students
to language courses, their purpose being to establish how successful using direct testing. Which of the following is NOT recommended? 
individual students or the courses themselves have been in achieving A. Writing letters B. Role- play C. Cloze test D. Information gap test 
objectives.  ANS: C. Cloze test - Cloze test – does not measure the way the
10. I f the language teacher aims to group his/her students with language is used in real life. 
similar ability levels so he/she could focus on the problems and 17. The following are examples of discrete point test EXCEPT
learning points appropriate for that level of students, which type of ____________ . 
the test will be appropriate?  A. essay writing B. spelling test C. yes/no answers D. true-false
A. Diagnostic Test B. Placement Test C. Proficiency Test D. answers 
Achievement Test  ANS: A. essay writing - essay writing is an example of integrative
ANS: B. Placement Test -Placement Tests are intended to provide testing as t requires to demonstrate two aspects of language (grammar
information that will help place the students at the stage of the and vocabulary knowledge) as students would in re language use. 
teaching program most appropriate to their abilities.  18. Dr. Tubera uses alternative methods of assessment. Which will he
11. Which type of test is administered at the beginning or middle of NOT likely use? 
the and are aimed at fostering achievement by promoting strengths A. Multiple Choice Test B. Reflective Journal Writing C. Oral
and eliminating the weakness of individual student?  Presentation 
A. Diagnostic Test  D. Developing Portfolios 
B. Placement Test C. Proficiency Test D. Achievement Test  ANS: A. Multiple Choice Test -Letter A, C, D are examples of
ANS: A. Diagnostic Test - Placement test are intended to provide alternative assessments where students are required to perform or
information that will help place the students at the stage of the produce something. 
teaching program most appropriate to their abilities. Proficiency 19. Mrs. David is going to construct a test in English. What must she
Tests are designed to measure people’s ability in language, regardless do first? 
of any training they may have in that language. Achievement tests are A. Write the test items B. List down the test objectives C. Let an
directly related to language courses their purpose being to establish expert validate the test D. Prepare a table of specifications 
how successful individual students or the courses themselves have ANS: B. List down the test objectives - List down the objectives to
been in achieving.  ensure the validity of the test. 
12. Which of the following is NOT an objective of a diagnostic test?  20. Which of the following is an example of a beneficial back wash? 
A. Determine what existing knowledge, skills, attitudes, interest and A. If the skill of writing is tested only by multiple choice items there
needs the student has B. Determine the range of individual is a great pressure to practice such items B. If teachers ignore the
differences C. Determine what program or modification are required subjects and activities which do not contributes directs to passing the
to meet the needs of individuals D. Determine the level of the study exams. C. If test is regarded as important, preparation for it can
that the students would benefit from  dominate teaching activities. D. If what is assessed becomes what is
ANS: D. Determine the level of the study that the students would valued and what is valued becomes what is taught. 
benefit from - “Determine the level of the study that the students ANS: D. If what is assessed becomes what is valued and what is
would benefit from” is a placement decision not a diagnostic valued becomes what is taught. - Back wash refer to the effect
decision.  testing on teaching and learning; options A, B, and C are examples of
13. The following questions all pertain to validity EXCEPT negative backwash. 
_________ . 
A. do all the items seem to be measuring the same thing? B. does the English Part 6
test cover al aspects of what it claims to measures? C. do the test 1. Considering the principle in teaching minimal pair drills, which of
items look like realistic, authentic uses of what is being measured D. the following should
does the test meet the limits of existing resources including time and the teacher AVOID?
test administration  A. Proceed from known sound to the new one, e.g from /p/ to /f/.
ANS: D. does the test meet the limits of existing resources B. Pronounce the word pairs with the same intonation so as not to
including time and test administration - Letter D answers the confuse the students
question on practicality.  with difference other than the sound contrast being illustrated, e.g, pit
14. Who among the following teachers is doing formative vs Fit
assessment?  C. Provide over drill and spend ore time in the production of sound in
A. Ms. Canlas who asked series of questions in the middle of the similar contexts
lecture to determine if students understood the concepts B. Mr. D. Use familiar words if possible and present one pronunciation
Galang who gave a test at the end of the grading period to determine problem at a time, e.g. /
if the goals of the program are met C. Ms. Tubao who gave a test to I/ vs /i/ in bit-beat first ship and sheep.
determine what students know before the unit begins D. Ms. Jaochi ANS: C. Provide over drill and spend more time in the production of
who gave a test at the end of the semester to determine if the course sound in
outcomes are met.  similar contexts
ANS: A. Ms. Canlas who asked series of questions in the middle -The other items are sound principle in teaching minimal pair drills.
of the lecture to determine if students understood the concepts - 2. In using Think-Pair-Share strategy in a speaking class, which
Letter A is correct since the purpose of assessment is to monitor the should the teacher
progress of students’ learning.  AVOID?
15. The effect of testing on teaching and learning is known as I. Initiate the task by posing a question, wait for a single students to
_______________ .  respond, evaluate
and provide feedback 5. Which strategy is for reading literature where the reader responds
II. Pose a question give students time to think or considered the to the literary and cultural impact of the text by identifying image and
question discuss their themes and writers marginal notes
response with partners, and shares their answers with the entire class about them?
III. Use any question of interest that may resemble these ones: “What A. Previewing
do you B. Highlighting
considered as the most effective time of studying you lesson?”, “How C. Annotating
can you challenge D. Reading
students’ apprehension to speak?” “When was the last time you lied?, ANS: C. Annotating
“What makes -The strategy is annotating because it involves the reader’s taking
you laugh or smile ?”, “An eye will make the world blind", etc. down significant meanings and understanding on the margins of the
A. I only text. Highlighting involves underlining the striking parts or key
B. II only features of the text without writing notes on the margins.
C. II and III 6. Literature is language in use; as such language becomes the
D. I and II medium or the tool of literature. Therefore, language is
ANS: I. Initiate the task by posing a question, wait for a single _________________.
student to respond, A. separable form literature
evaluate and provide feedback B. inseparable from literature
- The other items are used in TPR C. beyond literature
3. Games are effective strategies to use in speaking classes. Which of D. the development of more than linguistic ability
the following ANS: B. inseparable from literature and not of language. Letter A is a
principle is VIOLATED in using games? false because language is used by writers in the creation of texts.
A. Game can be great tools for reviewing the lesson and help students -Literature involves more than language, ergo choices c and s speak
recall what they of literature and not of language. Letter A is a false because language
have learned such as vocabulary and grammar rules. is used by the writers in the creation of literary texts
B. Games to be presented must require minimal language use outright 7. Which is an engaging task of recording experience ideas, insights
elimination, or reflection on a regular basis that basis that encourage students to
complicated with elaborate set-up/procedures to stimulate challenge, articulate their minds than merely restating information about a text?
or must be overly A. Role play
simple especially with young adult and older learners. B. Brainstorming
C. Games can provide both rehearsed and extemporaneous, language C. Journal Writing
practice, D. Pantomime
D. Games if done right can increase motivation making the students ANS: C. Journal Writing
enjoy and be - Journal writing involves regular recording on insights on a specific
productive in acquiring and learning the language length of time. The other options may not involve any writing at all;
ANS: B. Games to be presented must require minimal language use the writing itself is not the final product which is the case in journal
outright writing.
elimination, complicated with elaborate set-up/procedures to 8. The reading and teaching of literature must yield not only
stimulate challenge, enjoyment but also
or must be overly simple especially with young adult and older ______________.
learners. A. understanding
- The other items include unsound principle in using games B. knowledge
4. The teacher aims to develop in the students the ability to hear C. information
sounds accurate and D. pleasure
to produce these sounds correctly and automatically. In doing ANS: A. understanding
pronunciation drill in a - The study of literature expands or refines out thinking and our sense
speaking class, which is the correct sequence of activities? of life; therefore we do not only find pleasure nor mere information
I. Let students listen to the teacher/tape for the individual sound of or knowledge but a sleep
sounds and sounds understanding; it is not merely cognitive but also affective.
of words, and in phrases and sentences 9 In teaching literature the task is not just to provide the students with
II. Ask students to produce the sound of contrast in words, phrases, information. Therefore, he/she should NOT do the following
and sentence EXCEPT ___________.
III. Let students listen to the sound of a word in contrast with another A. tell what each piece of literature is about
sound/s words, B. prescribed interpretations: do character studies
phrases and sentences. C. make a synopsis; dictate notes
IV. Ask students to produce the sound of sounds and swords, and in D. enable his/her students to discover for themselves what the work is
phrase and about giving encouragement when and where needed
sentences. ANS: D. enable his/her students to discover for themselves what the
A. I-II-II-IV work is about giving encouragement when and where needed
B. I-IV-II-I - In a student-centered literature class, learners are given more
C. I-IV-III-II opportunities to explore the literary texts and to develop their own
D. II-III-IV-I responses and sensitivities.
ANS: C. I-IV-III-II 10. Which of the following pair of words do NOT rhyme?
-The other items present incorrect sequence of steps.) A. Cry-buy
B. Face-race
C. Write-right
D. Cunning-running Realism – While realism in art is often used in the same contexts as
ANS: C. Write-right naturalism, implying a concern to depict or describe accurately and
-Wright-right do not rhyme because the letter “r” before the accented objectively, it is also suggests a deliberate rejection of conventionally
vowel is the same. beautiful or appropriate subjects in favor of sincerity and a focus on
11. Which is an approach to literature and the other arts that stresses simple and unidealized treatment of contemporary life.
reason balance, clarity, ideal beauty and orderly from imitation of the 17. The curriculum goes through the stages of curriculum planning,
arts of ancient Greece and Rome? curriculum implantation and curriculum evaluation . The production
A. Realism of instructions materials falls under ___________.
B. Classicism A. curriculum planning and implementation
C. Romanticism B. curriculum planning and evaluation
D. Imagism C. curriculum planning
ANS: B. Classicism D. curriculum evaluation
-Realism stress the actual rather than the ideal while Romanticism ANS: C. curriculum planning
stresses imagination emotion and individualism. Imagism was a -production of instructional materials is based on the overall
literary movement specially in poetry where poets led by Erza Pound framework of the curriculum plan.
and Amy Lowell used ordinary language and free verse to create, 18. An important step in ensuring the relevance of the instructional
sharp, exact concentrated pictures. materials to the rest of the curriculum is to keep a list of_________.
12. The play “Oedipus the king” by Sophocles starts with a crises: A. policies issued by Deped
The bans are suffering from a plague caused by the murder of the B. goals and objectives of the curriculum
former king. Oedipus, the present and trusted leader, his search for C. provision in the constitution of the PTA
truth finally found out that he himself was the killer he is looking for. D. vision and mission of the school
What approach to staring a drama is illustrated here? ANS: B. goals and objectives of the curriculum
A. Accretive plot - Content and design of instructional materials must be aligned with
B. Unfolding plot the goals and objectives of the curriculum.
C. Enmedias res 19. Which materials are used to help students organize information
D. Linear plots through the use of a
ANS: B. Unfolding plot combination of shapes, figures, and lines?
-Accretive and linear are sequential; en Media’s res starts in the I. Graphic Organizers
middle action while unfolding plot begins near the climax (crisis), II. Material organizer
conclusion or end. III. Pocket organizer
14. The statement “Once upon a time in a distant land” exemplifies A. I only
the _____________. B. II only
A. setting of the story C. I and II
B. time of the setting D. I, II and III
C. place of the setting ANS: I. Graphic Organizers
D. local color - A graphic is a diagram or illustration of a written or oral statement.
ANS: A. setting of the story Examples include
-Setting both time and place when and where the story happens. matrices, hierarchies and continue. The goal in using graphic
Local color is the use of dialect, customs, apparel, etc. Identifying a organizers is to organize
particular place and time. ideas and examine relationships.
15. Which benefit is derived from literature as we engage ourselves 20. Which of the following qualifies as an authentic material?
in a continuing process of refining our capabilities to use language A. A label of a can good
and our sensibilities to good language use? B. A list of isolated sentences
A. Wisdom C. A paragraph from the book
B. Exploration of a Word view D. A series of vocabulary words
C. Cultural function ANS: A. A label of a can good
D. Language enhancement - Authentic material refers to authentic texts that are not written for
ANS: D. Language enhancement language teaching purposes.
- It is a language use; therefore the benefit is language enhancement. English Part 7
16. Which is an early 20th century movement in literature and the 1. Ms. Roallos, an English teacher, divided the class group and gave a
arts that broke with traditional forms, conversion and expectations, problem-solving entitled “lost in a Desert Island.” She wanted to
challenging accepted notions of the relationship between art and provide her students with an activity that would allow them to signal
everybody life, and experimenting with new techniques and new that one wanted to speak. What specific speech routine used
modes of representing reality? in conversation did Ms. Roallos adhere to?
A. Modernism A. Feedback
B. Postmodernism B. Initiating the task
C. Scientific realism C. Interaction
D. Realism D. Turn-taking
ANS: A. Modernism ANS: B. Initiating the task
-Postmodernism – a value term used to cover a number or cultural -The items are skills used during conversation.
phenomena in the second half of the 20th century. It is specific 2. Which mandates that “for purpose of communication and
reference to literary and an artistic development in the wake of instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino, and
modernism has been overlaid by a more general application until otherwise provided by law, English”?
to the products and attitudes of a hi-tech culture. A. 1987 Philippines Constitution
Scientific realism refers to naturalism. B. Education Act of 1982
C. R.A. 10533
D. R.A. 10157 -The other items are principles that do not match to the given
ANS: A. 1987 Philippine Constitution situation.)
-Article XIV, Sec.7 6. To help the students to get to process information received, which
3. Ms. Comia gave her class a group assignment. The class must of the following expressions should the teacher model?
come up with possible solutions to the growing number of vandalism A. Asking for clarification (What did you say?)
in their school. Each group is B. Asking someone to repeat something (Pardon me, please?)
expected to come up with a proposal. . What kind of assessment task C. Using fillers (uh, I mean, Hmm)
in speaking is she D. Getting someone’s attention (Hey, say, so)
using? ANS: C. Using fillers (uh, I mean, Hmm)
A. Intensive -The other items are concerned with other speaking strategies
B. Responsive 7. Which of the following actions should the teacher do in order to
C. Extensive encourage students
D. Interactive to participate in any speaking activity?
ANS: C. Extensive I. Provide an oral or written text/prompt before engaging the learners
-One of the most difficult aspects of speaking that involves complex in the speaking
relatively lengthy task.
stretches of discourse by doing oral presentation such as a report II. Let the students write reflections about the activity
proposals, sales idea III. Ask the students to share their ideas right away.
new product, retelling a story, etc. that allow the students to use what A. I only
they learned in B. II only
English by culminating everything in one solid presentation.) C. III only
Intensive task – involves cued tasks (picture cue) to elicit oral D. I, II and III
language performance ANS: I. Provide an oral or written text/prompt before engaging the
by producing short stretches of language such as telling a story or learners in the
event or by reading speaking task.
aloud. -Listening, reading, and speaking can reinforce each other. Speaking
or the skill
Responsive task- involve brief interactions which helps the teacher in producing language orally is often initiated through comprehension
realize the students of a
ability to participate in discussions through the use of questions that meaningful input.
are simple and 8. In teaching speaking, particularly when teachers aim to provide
referential and instructions to give more learners more opportunities appropriate feedback
to produce and correction to the learners who make an error because they have
meaningful language responses. not had sufficient
Interactive task – includes task that involve long stretches of knowledge of the language system, the teachers should
interactive discourses of _____________________.
language such as interviews role-plays, discussion, games, speeches, I. not correct the learners but give more models and opportunities to
extender, observe the correct
explanation, and transitions that allows teacher to evaluate students language form
ability in producing II. correct the learners right away and teach the accurate, correct, and
fluid, detailed and in-depth discussions. appropriate
4. Which type of situation in speaking involves face-to-face language form
conversations telephone calls, in which participants are alternately III. let the learners errors remain for they will learn to correct them as
listening and speaking, and in which they have a chance to ask for they grow older
clarification, repetition, or slower speech from their conversation A. I only
partner? B. II only
A. Interactive C. III only
B. Non-interactive D. I, II and III
C. Partially interactive ANS: I. not correct the learners but give more models and
D. Extensively interactive opportunities to
ANS: A. Interactive observe the correct language form
-Partially interactive speaking situation is exemplified when giving a -Implicit correction through modeling helps flood out errors through
speech to a live audience where the convention is that. self-correction.
5. The principle reminded the teacher, “Make sure your tasks have a 9. The teachers lets the students listen to a recorded oral text that
linguistic provides the students
(language-based) objective, and seize the opportunity to help students models on how use “uh-huh, right, ok Hmm” , etc. Which speaking
to perceive and strategy does the
use meaningfully the building blocks of language.” What principle in teacher emphasize and develop?
teaching speaking A. Asking for clarification
will teacher follow? B. Using conversation maintenance cues
A. Focus on both fluency and accuracy C. Getting someone’s attention
B. Give students opportunities to initiate oral communication D. Asking someone to repeat
C. Capitalize on the natural link between speaking and listening ANS: B. Using conversation maintenance cues
D. All of the above - The other items do not match with the language forms presented.
ANS: A. Focus on both fluency and accuracy 10. To illustrate the principle. “Encourage the use of authentic
language.” Which of the
following should teachers AVOID? -The other will not help facilitate effective communicative, rather
A. Provide texts used in a particular discipline such as weather report, language learning only.
news report 15. In teaching speaking, which of the following statements should
B. Design task such as interview for employment purpose, asking the teacher observe demonstrate the principles in teaching pattern
information in a drills?
particular place, advertising a product or place, etc. A. For beginners, introduce stress and intonation by pure intonation
C. Prepare audio-visual aids such as Maps, globe, radio, books, by pure imitation
references, etc. B. Start by letting the students to be on their own in saying polite
D. Use labels of any item, community announcements, speeches etc. expressions like Hello!,
ANS: C. Prepare audio-visual aids such as Maps, globe, radio, books, Good Morning!, Good Afternoon! Etc.
references, C. Ask students to use the expression in meaningful discourse in
etc. chorus or individually
-The other items do not match with the language forms presented D. Illustrates the meaning of the expressions through translation,
11. When focused on accuracy, the teacher lets the students realize direct instructions and dictation
the importance of language form and usage given emphasis in the ANS: A. For beginners, introduce stress and intonation by pure
speaking task by showing two videos: intonation by pure imitation
1). A video featuring a subject who uses the language erroneously -The other items are inappropriate in teaching pattern drills.
and 2). A video showing people who use the language correctly. 16. Which of the following is/are an area/s involved in speaking?
Which act is of what to look for to learn the language? I. Form and Mechanics including pronunciation , grammar, and
A. Error correction vocabulary which are
B. Consciousness raising the components in using the right words in the right order with the
C. Error analysis correct pronunciation
D. Reflective thinking II. Functions such as transaction and interaction which require
ANS: B. Consciousness raising knowing when clarity of
-It’s a term that means to stimulate learners’ awareness of the message is essential (transaction/information exchange)and when
importance of what they precise
learning to achieve their goals. understanding is not required (interaction/relationship building)
12. In teaching speaking for beginners activities whenever possible.” III. Social and Cultural rules and norms including turn-taking, rate of
Which activity speech , length of
should the teacher provide? pauses between speakers, relative roles of participants and
I. Ask the learners to complete the prompt, “On my way to school, I understanding how to take
saw into account who is speaking to whom in what circumstances about
______________. what, and for what
II. Let the learners to read in chorus the list of words on the board reason.
III. Let the learners bring pictures of their family members, trips to A. I only
different places, etc. B. I and III
and ask them to share story about the picture. C. II and III
IV. Let the learners recite the dialogue by rote. D. I, II and III
A. I and II ANS: D. I, II and III
B. II and IV 17. In speaking class, the teacher facilities the lesson by observing
C. II and III this procedure:
D. I and III presenting a (weather report) , taking notes to students response in the
ANS: C. II and III form of content
-The other items are not relevant to learners’ personal experiences and grammar points (Verb Tense), providing exercises individually
13. A student shows unwillingness to participate in any speaking or collaboratively for
activity because when he reported in one subject he was laughed at mastery of what been presented and letting the students perform a
when he mispronounce some words such as “stimulose” for stimulus, task (preparing a
“ipikt” for effect, etc. Which may be the reason of his problem in brochure on what to do during inclement weather conditions. Which
speaking? of the following
A. Has nothing to say describes/s the teacher’s instructional procedure?
B. Naturally shy and timid I. Provides a language input that is both content and form-orientation
C. L 1 interference II. Uses structured output focused on sound and word formation
D. Uneven participation II. Designs a communicate output to complete a task that integrates
ANS: C. L 1 interference language form and
-The learner’s mother tongue or L1 interferes in terms of phonology function
14. Canale ad Swain (1980) proposed that the teaching of speaking A. I and II
must aim at the development of the communicative competence; B. II and IV
hence learners must be able to communicate freely and C. II and III
spontaneously. In this regard, what should speaking classes D. I and III
feature? ANS: A. I and II
A. Must be structured around functional uses of language -The other items present a feature that is inappropriate in facilitating
B. Should emphasize language forms and structures a teaching
C. Must be replete with translations, repetitions of drill using building procedure in speaking.
blocks language 18. Which of the following is NOT true about the language input
D. Should emphasize meaning only used in speaking?
ANS: A. Must be structured around functional uses of language
A. Comes in the form of teacher talk. Listening activities, readings A. biography
passage , and the B. autobiographical writing
language heard and read outside of class C. fiction
B. Gives learners the material they need to begin producing the D. drama
language orally ANS: B. autobiographical writing
C. May be content oriented or form oriented - Memoirs are first person accounts where the writers are either
participants or everywhere
D. Presents the type of discourse/task designed by the teacher for the 4. Ernest Hemingway is noted for a simple prose style. Style includes
students to do at features of a writer’s use of language such as word choice. Word
the end of the teaching session choice is better known as
ANS: D. presents the type of discourse/task designed by the teacher __________.
for the students to do at the end of the teaching session A. description
- The other items are false. B. dialogue
19. In teaching speaking, the teacher should recognize that C. diction
__________. D. vocabulary
A. All communicative output may in turn be a language input; hence, ANS: C. diction
task must be carefully planned - Diction is preparatory to the other three options. Before any
B. All language must be available materials to use description dialogue and vocabulary become part of prose, choice of
C. processing language input must be limited to form; therefore, the words must be done first. Also vocabulary collection of words
teaches must be a good model/ source of language learning. arranged alphabetically and explained which prose writers do not do.
D. all structured output must be done individual basis; hence, group 5. The term thespian was taken from Thespis, a B.C. poet who was
work must be avoided said t have been the founder of Greek drama and the first actor.
ANS: A. All communicative output may in turn be a language input; Thespian means _____________.
hence, task must be carefully planned A. actor
- The other items are all true. B. orator
20. Using information Gap Activity for beginners, the teacher uses C. speaker
prompts such as “Is D. teacher
my dress?, Do I have long hair?, Are there thirty students in the ANS: A. actor
class?, Are we -The dictionary of meaning of thespian is actor
Filipino?”, etc. Which of the following describe/s the teaching 6. A stanza is a group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated
procedure? throughout the poem.
I. The teacher uses referential questions t help students discover A stanza lines is called ____________.
unknown information A. couplet
II. The teacher uses display questions to promote student speaking, or B. octave
to promotes C. quatrain
them remember certain known information. D. sestet
III. The teaches uses both referential and display ANS: D. sestet
IV. The teachers helps the learners know and use the language -Setset is the last six lines of the sonnet.
A. I and III 7. The one through whose eyes we “see” the story is the
B. II and III ____________.
C. II and IV A. author
D. I and IV B. narrator
ANS: B. II and III C. character
-The other items seek to discover information D. reader
English Part 8 ANS: B. narrator
1. Which is a direct address to someone absent, long dead or even to - The narrator takes a particular angle of narration to tell the story
an inanimate object, e.g, “Pack, clouds, away; and welcome, day!” which the author
A. Metonymy determines for the readers to meet the characters.
B. Personification 8. The following make a good idea for essay EXCEPT
C. Metaphor _______________.
D. Apostrophe A. it is true but arguable
ANS: D. Apostrophe B. it is limited enough in scope
-Apostrophe is the only figure of speech that directly talks C. it comes with available
to/addresses even inanimate objects Like clouds and day in the given D. it has a probable setting
example. ANS: D. it has a probable setting
2. A figure of speech uses words having sounds that imitate what -Setting is not an element of essay
they denote, e.g, bang, whoosh, buzz? 9. What is the intention of a drama?
A. Onomatopoeia A. To have a script
B. Allusion B. To be performed before an audience
C. Metaphor C. To transform society
D. Synecdoche D. To present an argumentation
ANS: A. Onomatopoeia ANS: B. to be performed before an audience
- The use of words which sounds resemble their meaning is -Drama is written for its eventual performance on stage. This is the
onomatopoeia. reason why drama
3. Memoirs, which are first-person accounts of personally of has two-fold nature: that of literature and that of theater.
historically significant events, may be classified under ___________.
10. Essay may be provisional in its appraisal of the subject but - Burlesque – comic send-up of a serious literary or artistic genre,
unlimited in point of view. author or work. It can be range from slapstick parody to delicate
Is this true? mock-heroic. In the US, the term came to refer to music-hall variety
A. TRUE acts. Aestheticism – the doctrine that art is its own justification
B. FALSE and owes allegiance to beauty rather than to moral or social concerns.
C. MAYBE Allegory – a work whose surface narrative corresponds to a
D. Cannot tell secondary to meaning- religious, moral, political – that is the real
ANS: B. FALSE point of the story.
- The essay is both a provisional exploration of its subject matter and 17. Which is a figure of speech in which apparently contradicting
limited in point of view since it is the point of view of only the writer. terms appear in conjunction?
11. What difference identifies the eating habits of the typical Filipino A. Oxymoron
of the countryside B. Metonymy
from the more affluent city families? C. Antithesis
A. Characters D. Parody
B. Setting ANS: A. Oxymoron
C. Plot -Metonymy – figures of speech in which something is referred to by
D. Theme one of its attributes, e.g. crown for monarchy. Antithesis –is a figure
ANS: B. Setting of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by
-the divergence is based on difference in the place where Filipinos parallelism of words that are opposites, e.g. “Ask not what your
live: Countryside and country can do; ask what you can do or your country Parody –
city. satirical imitation of the of the style of a particular author work
12. What instructive principle of right conduct can one draw out from literary genre. By exaggerating certain aspects the parodist point up
a story? its potential for absurdity.
A. Characters 18. In which type of novel are real people represented in the guise of
B. Setting fictional characters?
C. Plot A. Picaresque novel
D. Theme B. Epistolary novel
ANS: D. Theme C. Roman a clef
-Theme is subsumed in the lesson a reader gets from a story. D. Deux ex machine
13. For what may the villain be condemned? Point out his ANS: C. Roman a clef
personality, chief traits and -Picaresque novel, is a type of episodic novel, originating in mid-16th
characteristics. century Spain which follows for the career of a knavish (dishonest or
A. Character unscrupulous man) central Spain, central character whose adventures
B. Setting cast a satirical light on contemporary society,.
C. Plot Epistolary novel -is a novel presented in the form of letters written by
D. Theme characters in the story a critical situation in a work of literature.
ANS: A. Character 19. Which of Dante Alighieri narrates his journey through Hell (The
-Character- Description of character can be drawn from the question. inferno) Purgatory and finally, paradise?
14. How has the author structured the selection? Did he use literacy A. Canterbury
device to break the B. Animal farm
normal movement of the story? C. Elegy Writen in a Country Churchyard
A. Character D. Divine Comedy
B. Setting ANS: D. Divine Comedy
C. Plot -Geoffrey Chaucer words “Canterbury Tales” while George Orwell
D. Theme wrote “Animal Farm”
ANS: C. Plot and Thomas Gray wrote “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
-Plot- the story structure is its plot. 20. Which among the four basics types of assessment task in
15. His crowning achievement was the Aenied, an epic poem in 12 speaking requires
books recounting the story of Aeneas. Who is referred to? “parroting” back words phrase, and sentence, which students hear?
A. Euripides A. Imitative
B. Aristophanes B. Extensive
C. Homes C. Interactive
D. Virgil D. Responsive
ANS: D. Virgil ANS: A. Imitative
-Euripides-Younger than Aeschylus or Sophocles, he was the most -The other items achieve other goals; i.e. interactive-to interactive - to
skeptical and innovate of the great classical tragedians. Aristophanes maintain the
– the great of the Greek comic dramatist Homer – the great epic poet speaking task, extensive to elaborate and responsive to give feedback.
credited with authorship of the “lliad” and the “Odyssey” English Part 9
16. What is the novel about the education and development of the Read this stanza, then answer questions no. 1 and 2
young hero? Twilight
A. Burlesque Is a young bird
B. Bildungsroman Seeking refuge
C. Aetheticism Under the soft wings
D. Allegory Of its mother Night
ANS: A. Burlesque By Epifanio T . Ramos
1. Which figure of speech is exemplified in the first three lines?
A. Personification Odysseus-the king of lthaca who relates his wanderings that finally
B. Metaphor take him back to his mother hometown after an absence of 20 years.
C. Apostrophe Androcles – a runaway slave who removed a thorn from the paw of a
D. Allusion lion. Captured and sentence to death in the Roman arena,
ANS: B. Metaphor Androcles was confronted by the same lion. Instead of tearing him
-Metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike terms: twilight apart, it repaid its earlier kindness with a display grateful affection.
and bird. 7. Half-human and half-bull, he/it was confirmed in the labyrinth,
2. The short poem describes the _________. where he/ it received an annual tribute of seven youths and seven
A. onset of night maidens from Athens Which is referred to?
B. rising of sun A. Minotaur
C. high noon B. Pegasus
D. spread of moonlight C. Midas
ANS: A. onset of night D. Medae
-Night time begins with twilight time begins which gradually deepens ANS: A. Minotaur
to become “the mother night “ there is no mention of moonlight in -Pegasus – a winged horse from the blood of medusa when Perseus
the stanza. cut off her head. He created the spring known as Hippocrene, sacred
3. A word that means “a shelter or protection from danger or distress” to the Muses Midas – In recompense for entertaining the satyr
is____________. Silenus, he was granted his wish that everything
A. night he touched should turn to gold. When he discovered that this applied
B. refuge even to his food, he begged for the favor to be withdrawn and was
C. wings ordered to bathe in the River Pactolus, whose sands were thereafter
D. plumes tinged with gold.Medea – She fell in love with Jason and
ANS: B. refuge by her power as a sorceress helped him secure the “golden fleece”
-plumes means feathers. before sailing back with him in the Argo.
4. In mythology, Zeus, the ruler of Olympus had two brothers: one of 8. A king of Corinth Condemned in the Underworld to roll a huge
the ruled the sea and the other who ruled the underworld. The two stone up a hill. Just as he reached the top, the stone would roll down
were ____________. forcing him to begin the task again. Who is referred to?
A. Apollo and Artimes A. Sisyphus
B. Poseidon and Hades B. Sphinx
C. Hermes and Ares C. Spartacus
D. Archilles and Aeschylus D. Stentor
ANS: B Poseidon and Hades ANS: A Sisyphus
- the twins Apollo and Artemis (Diana) deities associated -Sphinx – a monster of Greek legend, usually represented with a
respectively with sun and the moon. Hermes (Mercury) is the human head and the body of a lion. Spartacus – a Thracian gladiator
messenger of the gods while Ares (Mars)is the god of war. Achilles who led a rebellion against Rome from 73 to 71 B.C. He was
was the greatest of the Greek heroes in the Trojan War while eventually defeated and died in the final battle. Stentor – a Greek
Aeschylus was the first of the great Athenian writers of tragedy. warrior mentioned in the “lliad” as having a voice as loud as the
5. Three monstrous sisters with snakes for hair, teeth like tusks of a voices of 50 other men – hence the word “stentorian.”
wild boar, hands of brass and bodies covered with impenetrable 9. Which is the substitution of a considered offensive for one that
scales. They turned t stone all who looked on them. The most famous might bring the reader or listener too close to an uncomfortable
of the three was Medusa. Which is described? reality?
A. Gigantes A. Euphemism
B. Furies B. Imagery
C. Gorgons C. Translation
D. Fates D. Bathos
ANS: C. Gorgons ANS: A. Euphemism
-Gigantes (giants) rebelled against the Olypians and tried to scale the -Bathos – An abrupt descent from the high, serious or sublime to the
heavens by piling Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa – hence the phrase low, trivial or commonplace, producing an effect of absurdity. This is
“to heap Pelion on Ossa. “Meaning to add difficulty to difficulty, sometimes unintentional but can be used as a poetic device. Imagery
trouble to trouble, etc. Furies- Allecto, Megaera and Tisiphone. – Visual descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary
They were the ministers of vengeance of the gods , visiting War and work. Translation – the process of translating words or text from one
pestilence on the Greeks as the “Erinyes” or, in euphemistic language to another.
propitiation the “Eumenides” (“Kindly Ones.”. Fate The three sister 10. Which term is borrowed from art criticism and applied to a kind
goddesses who preside over human destiny. Even the gods of fiction that mixes realism with flights of myths and fantasy. It is
cannot alter their decrees. associated with Latin American writers
6. Son of Zeus and Alemene, he was renowned for his superhuman such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
strength and courage. Sometimes called Alicedes, he is often A. Metaphor
represented with a bow or club wearing a lion skin. Who is referred B. Masque
to? C. Magic realism
A. Oedipus D. In medias res
B. Odyseus ANS: C. Magic realism
C. Androcles -Metaphor – figure of speech in which a comparison or analogy is
D. Hercules or Heracles suggested by describing one thing in terms of another. Masque-
ANS: D. Hercules or Heracles aristocratic, theatrical entertainment with elaborate costumes and
-Oedipus is the king of Thebes who killed his father and married his sets. In which a brief, poetic drama provides the vehicle
own mother.
for music, song and dance. In medeas res – refers to the practice of A. point of view
opening a story in the middle of the action. B. plot
11. Which of the subject in Mythic history potryed in “Musee des C. literacy device
Beaux Arts” painting? D. denounced
A. Daedalus and Icarus ANS: B. plot
B.Iliad and Odessey -The plot involves the way the actions/events are presented in fiction
C. Farewell of Hector and Andromache materials.
D. Encounter with Polyphemous Denouement is part of the plot, while literary device may be
ANS: A. Daedalus and Icarus embedded in the plot. Point
-Daedalus and icarus- painted was a scene of icarus drowning while of view is angle of narration.
all the world was 18. Characterization may be revealed or gleaned by all following
busy doing their own chores, did not even noticed the drowning EXCEPT
young man. ___________.
12.The following are examples of situational irony EXCEPT A. what the characters says, thinks and does
__________. B. what the readers say and think about the character
A. Abduction of Helen C. what the author says about the character
B. Oedipus fled Corinth D. what the other characters says about the characters being
C. Death of Arcissis in the hands of Perseus described
D. The quest to expose Laius’ murderer ANS: B. what the readers say and think about the character
ANS: A. Abduction of Helen -Characterization is done by the looking into the explicit and implicit
- Abduction of Helen – all except “a” had the element of descriptions in the
encountering what character literary text. Characterization is done by the Author, not by the
was initially trying to avoid. readers.
13. Philophic-religious belief in reincarnation is based is based on 19. A great of the oldest literature of which we have written records
which mythical character? is in verse. Which
A. Orpheus genre of literature may well be considered the oldest literary form?
B. Paris A. Fiction
C. Archilles B. Poetry
D. Agamemnon C. Drama
ANS: A. Orpheus D. Essay
- Orpheus- this is the events when he tried in vain to retake Eurydice ANS: B. Poetry
from the underground of Hades. -Poetry is considered the oldest literary genre ever produced since the
14. The following are typical characteristics of an epic hero, earliest
EXCEPT _____________. narratives such as epics were written in verses or stanzas.
A. immortality 20. Which represents the various social overtones, cultural
B. superiority implication or emotional
C. bravery meanings associated with a sign?
D. fame A. Denotation
ANS: A. immortality B. Connotation
-the epic heroes’ immortality comes from their physical death after a C. Syntax
gargantuan task. D. Euphemism
. ANS: B. Connotation
15. A Japanese Folk entitled “ The Story of the Aged Mother speaks -Denotation pertains to literal or dictionary meanings of terms;
about al EXCEPT___________. meanings over and
A. the fate of the common people under a despot is grim beyond the denotative level are connotative.
B. the Daimyo’s unreasonable order is seemingly a boast of his English Part 10
power 1. Which characterized hermeneutics during the middle ages?
C. a citizen’s disobedience towards c cruel mandate ends tragically A. Interpretation became significantly important in the field of
D. it is an exhibit of the saying: with a crown of snow: there cometh religion.
wisdom B. Invention of literary forms gave rise to the science of
ANS: A. the fate of the common people under a despot is grim interpretation is secular texts
-the fate of the people under a despotic ruler may not all that grim C. Meaning became
with honest disposition and respectful actions. D. Philosophical ideas were so abstract that people had to invent the
16. It is significant truth about life and human nature that is exhibited science of
by words, actions and decision of characters. This element of fiction interpretation.
is known as _______________. ANS: A. Interpretation became significantly important in the field of
A. setting religion.
B. point of view - Hermeneutics started in the sphere of religion because religion
C. plot condemned the
D. theme reading of non-sacred texts. Hermeneutics in religion provided a
ANS: D. theme guide interpreting
-Theme is the overall message of a literary text, which is usually a sacred texts aligned with the scriptural of the bible.
general truth about human life. Then said Almitra, speak to us of Love.
17. A mechanism by which a narrative sequence of events (story) is And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell
structured and stillness upon them.
organize is called ___________. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckon to you, follow him, -Meaning and its relevance to life not the primary consideration of a
Though his ways are hard and steep. formalism critical
And when his wings enfold you yield to him theory. Meaning is a part of the form and literariness of literary work.
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you 5. Intertexuality believes that _________________.
And when he speaks to you believed in him A. accurate meaning can be achieved through close reading of the
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays text itself
waste he garden B. heteroglossia or multiple meanings exist, nor can accurate or valid
For even as love crowns you shall he crucify you. Even as he is for interpretation be
your growth so is he possible
for you pruning. C. heteroglossia or multiple meanings exist
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses you tenderest D. meaning is the sole responsibility of the author; therefore,
branches that quiver in interpretation shows be
the sun, aligned with what the author meant the author meant in the text
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. ANS: C. heteroglossia or multiple meanings exist
He threshes you to make you naked -Intertextuality affirms that multiple meanings can exist; therefore the
He sifts you to free you from your husk text can be
He grinds you whiteness regarded as a text informed and influenced by other texts. In
He kneads you until you are pliant; literature, intertextuality is
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you become sacred when a literary selection refers to a literary or social text, including
bread for God’s cultural history
sacred 6. Which of the following is NOT true about signs?
2. Which of the following is a potential meaning from a feminist A. Iconic signs-the significance resembles the signified
literary critic as he/she B. Indexes-signifier indicates the signified
reads the poem? C. Signs-signifier as the concept is represented by the sound image or
A. A woman has selfless dreams o humanity signified
B. The poem justifies the patriarchal idea that a woman is the symbol D. True symbol-signifier is a arbitrarily assigned to refer to signified
of love and ANS: C. Signs-signifier as the concept is represented by the sound
affection and the laws of nature. image or signified
C. The poems presents a universal truth and symbol that a woman -In semiontics, a sign comprises the signifier the sound image or
must learn how to word we percieve the signified and the signified or the object or idea
respect her husband represented by the signifier.
D. The poem presents a woman as the object of love, a martyr for the 7. How does a Marxist Literary critic view literature?
cause of love A. A product of class struggles and economic history
presented as man B. A product of author’s view of society and the world
C. A receptacle of symbol
ANS: D. The poem presents a woman as the object of love, a martyr D. An art which exist for its own sake
for the cause ANS: A. A product of class struggles and economic history
of love presented as man -Marxism utilize literature in order to analyze the economic
-Feminism looks with a critical eye how literature, dominate by men cconditions and the problems of the working class as it struggles to
represents a survive in society dominated by capitalism and its philosophy.
woman and her role reduce something inferior 8. Which of the following represents the philosophical belief of a
3. The following are post-colonial critical approach EXCEPT New Historicism scholar?
________________. A. History exist as the only accurate text of the post-structuralism
A. it analyze how a superior cultures influence an inferior community B. It does not allow internal reading
B. it pushes for the appreciation of the literary creativity of the post- C. It examines how readers are influence by their prejudice or
modern era personal view of the world.
C. it recognize how history shaped the lives and belief of people of a D. There is no history, but a version of the authors view of the
former colony historical facts
D. it studies the impact of colonial culture through literature ANS: D. There is no history, but a version of the authors view of the
ANS: B. it pushes for the appreciation of the literary creativity of the historical
post-modern facts
era -New historian presents who a literary selection is influenced by the
-Post colonialism doe not primarily deal with literary artistry and writer’s milieu. The
style. Post colonialism Online Library of Purdue University reports: “New historics do not
allows intertextuall criticism believe that we can
4. Which of the following is NOT a process or principle of formalist look at history objectively, but rather that we interpret events as
criticism? products of our timeand
A. Close reading non-intertextual interpretation are approaches in the culture and that “...we don’t have clear access to any but themost
study of literary basic facts of
texts. history... our understanding of what such facts means....is....strictly a
B. Defamiliarization creates the literary experience matter of
C. Meaning is the essence of literature interpretation, not facts’
D. The dominant quality and literary device shape the nature and 9. Which of the following relates Psychoanalytic theory in literary
from of literature. criticism?
ANS: C. Meaning is the essence of literature A. Art is decadent, and self-indulging
B. Literary criticism is giving judgment of the behavior and prejudice
of readers during Read the poem, then answer questions no 153.
the reading act.
C. The literary text is the product of the author’s repressed dreams Fog
and fantasies, and The fog comes
literary interpretation or psychoanalysis. On little cat feet
D. The text is a rich symbol of the author’s personal, and Its sits looking
psychological view of the Over harbor and city
world and its people. On silent haunches
ANS: C. The literary text is the product of the author’s repressed And then moves on.
dreams and Carl Sanburg
fantasies, and literary interpretation or psychoanalysis.
-Psychoanalytic theory views literature as a form of manifesting the 13. Among the “sense of mind,” which one is predicted in the poem
repressed whishes above?
and fantasies of the author. “It argues that literary texts like dreams A. Sense of touch
express the secret B. Sense of smell
unconscious desire and anxieties of the author. That a literary work is C. Motion sense
a manifestation of D. Thermal sense
the author own neuroses.” ANS: C. Motion sense
(https://public.wsu.edu/-delahoyd/psycho.crit.html). -The comparison of the fog to the cats appeals to the reader’s motion
10. Which approach to literary criticism highlights how many sense because
meaning, interpretations, the poem shows the movement /coming of the fog as though it were
frameworks, systems and structural belief break apart? the almost
A. Hermeneutics unnoticeable little cat feet moving
B. Post-structuralism 14. The image projected in ”Frog” is _______.
C. Semiotics A. the silent, graceful, hardly noticeable and nonchalant coming of
D. Structuralism the fog
ANS: B. Post-structuralism B. the fogs quit lifting off towards some known direction as it gets
-Post –structure maintains that framework and systems for example dispersed
the structuralist C. the fog’s obvious lifting off towards some known direction as it
systems explained in the Structuralist area, are merely fictitious gets dispersed
constructs and that they D. both A and B
cannot be trusted to develop meaning or to give order. ANS: D. both A and B
11. The idea of the “death of the author” by M. Bakhtin can be -First lines speak of the coming of the fog; the next four lines speak
associated with which of its slow departure
principle of reader-reception theory? as it scatters.
A. Reading is a process of dialogue between the read and the author 15. The figure of speech found in the same poem is
mediated by the ______________.
text. A. personification
B. The reader is the author of the text B. simile
C. There cannot be only one interpretation; However, there can be C. metonymy
many valid and D. hyperbole
competent interpretations ANS: A. personification
D. There is no accurate and meaningful interpretation in a text that -The human attributes of coming, sitting looking being quiet and
can be having haunches were
ascertained by the reader given to inanimate the “fog”
ANS: B. The reader is the author of the text 16. Which character or force in conflict with conflict with a main
-Because the author cannot be questioned during the act of reading character, e.g the
the reader extreme cold in Jack London’s “To build a fire”
assumes the responsibility of creating and reconstructing the meaning A. Protagonist
of the text B. Antagonist
12. Even before the intention of the printed page in the middle of the C. Hero/heroine
15th century oral D. supernatural power
literature oral literature had been in circulation by world-of-mouth for ANS: B. Antagonist
centuries. Epics -In many stories, the conflict between the protagonist and the
myths, legends and fables which were told hundreds of years ago antagonist is the basis for
may be said to fall the plot. The antagonist, in this case is neither a person nor an animal
under what literary genre? but the extreme
A. Essay cold goes against the protagonist the main character.
B. Drama 17. Which is a body of stories, legends, myths, ballads, songs, riddle,
C. Poetry sayings and other
D. fiction works arising out of the oral traditions of people around the world?
ANS: D. Fiction A. Folk literature
-Fiction contains the elements of oral storytelling which became the B. Pop culture
bases for all later C. Epics
narratives. D. Folk pop
ANS: A. Folk literature compromise through horizon merging or finding the common ground.
-Oral tradition is the passing of poems stories and songs from 2. Which of the following may be accepted by Reader-Reception
generation to generation critic?
to generation by word of mouth and collectively known as folk A. All interpretations and meanings are correct
literature. B. Interpretations should ultimately be aligned with the author’s
18. What tone is exemplified by the underlined words in the intention, not the
following lines taken from reader’s perception.
“The Raven”? C. No interpretations can be objective, truth and accurate
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary D. Interpretations are governed by the language and convention of
Over a many quaint and curious volume forgotten lore the text and literary
While a nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, competence of the reader
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. . .” ANS: D. Interpretations are governed by the language and convention
A. rhyme of the text
B. consonance and literary competence of the reader
C. assonance -Not all interpretations can be considered correct or accurate but at
D. alliteration least interpretations
ANS: D. alliteration may considered competent if the reader is aware of the conventions
-Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound (w, q, n) of the text.
in a line of verse.
Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound, e.g. race make. 3. What is common among the following literary criticism theories:
Consonance is the Marxism, Post-
repetition of consonance sound at the ends of the words, e.g. dreary, Colonial, Gender and Feminism, New Historicism?
weary.
19. Which is an all-knowing point of view in which author tells of the A. Literature is a product of an ideology or social constructs
thoughts and B. Literature affects human behavior in a given society
feeling of each character in the story? C. Literature is independent from other texts and factors external to
A. Third person omniscient POV the text
B. Third person limited D. Literature is a creative
C. First person POV ANS: A. Literature is a product of an ideology or social constructs
D. Third person central character POV -All the literary theories in the item suggested that literature is a
ANS: A. Third person omniscient POV product of social
-all knowing is omniscient. ideology and construct
20. The expression, “and they lives happily ever after” is included as 4. Which of the following can be the subject matter of humanism
a segment of the literature?
___________ . A. Faith
A. resolution B. Poverty
B. setting C. Sacred
C. theme D. Salvation
D. plot AN: B. Poverty
ANS: D. plot - The orientation of this period was this period was a shift from a
-The expression is usually the ending of a story which is still a part of broadly “other-worldly”
the plot. disposition to a this worldly” attitude (Habib, 20...).
English Part 11 5. Which is characterized by a re-examination and imitation of the
1. Which of the following id valid in the context of the science of classical models,
interpretation? literary styles and values of the ancient Greek and Roman authors?
A. Every individual’s preconception and prejudice is destructive and A. Neoclassicism
unproductive in the B. Neo-Platonism
reading and analysis of texts. C. Renaissance
B. A person cannot factor out of his prejudice but he can compromise D. Romanticism
and find a ANS: A. Neoclassicism
common ground between his prejudices and the author’s historical - Neoclassicism is a movement which promotes the reading and the
horizon appreciation of
C. Prejudice are productive because they allow rich and valid literary classics and masterpieces during the classical era.
interpretations of the 6. Which movement reacted against the stylistic excess and
significance of literary texts superfluous artistry and
D. Truth is always what readers thinks, and not what the author ornament of Renaissance writers?
attempts to convey in A. Neoclassicism
the text. B. Realism
ANS: B. A person cannot factor out of his prejudice but he can C. Aestheticism
compromise and D. Romanticism
find a common ground between his prejudices and the author’s ANS: A. Neoclassicism
historical horizon - Neoclassicism advocates control and conformity according to the
- Scholars of hermeneutics agree that every person has his own qualities of literary
historical horizon which classics.
might affect his interpretation and bring about prejudice. However, a 7. Which literary movement is characterized by logical thinking and
reader can freedom which are
vital in making choices? A. Animal Farm by George Orwell
A. Enlightenment B. The Grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck
B. Neoclassicism C. The House of spirits by Isabel Allende
C. Renaissance D. The hunger games by Suzanne Collins
D. Romanticism ANS: B. The Grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck
ANS: A. Enlightenment - The grapes of wrath are the only novel in the list which includes
-The period of enlightenment is a movement that advocates logical characters from the
and rational thinking social strata during the period of the Great Depression in the US. All
of the human person as he interacts in the society. the other novels
8. Which was characterized by two broad events: French Revolution use magic realism or fantasy or imaginary characters and events
and the Industrial which do not
revolution? necessarily represents real characters form a given context.
A. Humanism 13. The following characterize realism EXCEPT __________.
B. Modern period A. it considered the human experiences of the present time, and the
C. Post-Modernism topics from
D. Renaissance period contemporary life rather than longing for some idealize past
ANS: Modern period B. it emphasize the social rather than the individual or seeing the
-It is the period of European history from 1760 to 1860, which was individual as a social
dominate by the two being
broad events (Habib,20...) C. it emphasized logical reason, and empiricism in the presentation of
9. In which literary period was poem analysis done within the events and
framework of human characters
subjectivity and its expression of nature? D. it is focused on contemporary life, and not about some classical
A. Naturalism events in the past
B. Neoclassicism ANS: C. it emphasized logical reason, and empiricism in the
C. Realism presentation of
D. Romanticism events and characters
ANS: D. Romanticism -Naturalism is a extreme form of realism; it emphasize logical
- It is a broad intellectual and artistic frame of thinking that arose explanation of things.
toward the end of the 14. Which emphasizes the hereditary psychological components of
eighteenth century and reached its zenith during the early decades of characters and
the nineteenth experimenting the connections between human psychology and
century (Habib, 20...). external environment?
10. “Shall I compare thee to summer’s day?” This sonnet from A. Naturalism
William Shakespeare B. Neoclassicism
may be interpreted may be interpreted in terms of its allusion to the C. Realism
beauty of nature, its D. Romanticism
metaphor, and the feelings that and human nature and human nature ANS: A. Naturalism
evoke upon the -Indeed, Naturalism views literature to include scientific presentation
reader. Which literary movement advocates this critical approach? of characters
A. Empiricism including their psychological motivation and how their disposition
B. Neoclassicism are affected by nature
C. Realism and events in the society
D. Romanticism
ANS: C. Romanticism 15. As an extreme form of Realism, which literary movement
-This literary movement advocates spontaneity human emotions and emphasizes the use of the
imaginations over methods of the physical science and principles of causality, using
reason and logical thinking (Habib, 20...). highly detailed
11. Which literary movement is characterized by the avoidance of methods of description to present the natural occurrence of things in
what fantastical, the literary text?
imaginary, and mythical or supernatural? A. Enlightenment
A. Naturalism B. Magic Realism
B. Neoclassicism C. Naturalism
C. Realism D. Romanticism
D. Romanticism ANS: A. Naturalism
ANS: C. Realism - Naturalism attempts to give a scientific description of the
- Is a literary movement whose philosophy is anchored on reality of motivation of characters and
the present of the causes of the events.
human society and is state of affairs that affect the people. 16. Known as the era of “decadence,” which literary movement was a
12. This movement adheres to the requirements of probability and reaction against
shuns impossible or realism and naturalism, and highly structured poetry?
improbable literary subjects and themes, with characters and A. Aestheticism
incidents from all social B. Classicism
strata, included. Which of the following literary selection can be C. Enlightenment
studied using this critical D. Symbolism
theory of Realism? ANS: D. Symbolism
- Symbolism is a reaction against the notion that language and art spiritual context. Art is for the sake of its beauty and aesthetic appeal.
should be structured The poem of
and scientific and that meaning in literature should be definite and Jose Garcia Villa can be meaningfully analyzed and studied in terms
pre-given based on of how the form
language language sound appearance of the poem contribute to its own identity
17. Which literary movement rejected the idea that language was as a work of art.
referential, or the English Part 12
signifiers automatically refer to their accurate signified? 1. Which is correct description of motif in literary writing?
A. Naturalism A. The main insight, central idea, or universal truth found in a literary
B. Post-Modernism work.
C. Realism B. An image or idea repeated throughout a work or several works of
D. Symbolism literature
ANS: D. Symbolism C. The element of surprise in a work of fiction, such as twist ending
- Symbolism is a reaction against the notion that language and art D. The writing style adopted by the author which is revealed in
should be structured his/her word choice
and scientific and that meaning in literature should be definite and ANS: A. The main insight, central idea, or universal truth found in a
pre-given based on literary work.
language - Motif must be recurring and dominant theme of a literary piece
18. Which literary movement emphasizes a more suggestive allusive 2. Which of the following defines stylistics correctly?
and connotative A. It deals with expensive means which secures the desirable effect
language that would enrich and evoke feelings of awareness and of the utterance
aesthetic experience? B. It is the study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation
A. Naturalism C. It is explicates the message to interpret and evaluate literary
B. Post-Modernism writings as works of art
C. Realism D. It is the study of language structure, sounds, and meaning.
D. Symbolism ANS: B. It is the study of literary discourse from a linguistic
ANS: D. Symbolism orientation
-is a reaction against the notion that language and art should be -Stylistics focuses on various elements of a style such as figures of
structured and speech and diction
scientific and that meaning in literature should be definite and pre- 3. Which of the following best illustrates the figure of speech
given based on “understatement “?
language in addition. It was reacting against not only the reduction of A. “That’s the wrong, Poe.” (Addressing somebody who does not
the world to a know the answer)
material dimension but also the correlative reduction of language to a B. “I think our comments differ slightly.” (“I do not agree with you at
literalness which all.|”
enshrines the possibility of absolute clarity (Habib, 20...) C. “I’m so thirsty I could drink a pail of water.”
19. Which literary movement states that art exist for its own sake, or D. “That’s sound not intriguing.”
for the sake of ANS: B. “I think our comments differ slightly.” (“I do not agree with
beauty, disregarding moral or political consideration and advocating you at all.|”
the freedom of art - The idea is presented with restraint and less force.
didactic educational and moralistic functions? 4. What stylistic device was employed in “And breaths were
A. Aestheticism gathering sure/for that last
B. Humanism onset, when the king/Be witnessed in his power” (Emily Dickinson)?
C. Renaissance A. Paradox
D. Structuralism B. Irony
ANS: A. Aestheticism C. Antithesis
- Aestheticism advocates the independence of art from social moral D. Oxymoron
education or ANS: D. Oxymoron
spiritual context. Art is for the sake of its beauty and aesthetic appeal. -The author used last an onset placed side by side though with
20. Which literary movement would give productive interpretations opposite meanings
and criticism of Jose 5. In stylistics parlance, which term refers to the appropriateness of a
Garcia Villa’s comma or punctuations poems? work to intended
subject, genre, and audience?
“In, my, undream, of death, A. Diction
I, unspoken, the, Word. B. Tone
Since, nobody has dared C. Point of view
With, my, own, breath, D. Oxymoron
I, broke, the, chord, ANS: A. Diction
-Dictions refers to choice of words considering subject, genre and
A. Aesthetic audience
B. Realism 6. Which of the following excerpts is an example of the figure of
C. Structuralism speech “paradox”?
D. Symbolism A. “The child is father of the man.” (Wordsworth)
ANS: A. Aestheticism B. “O hateful love, o loving hate! I burn and freeze like ice!”
-- Aestheticism advocates the independence of art from social moral (Shakespeare)
education or C. “At the drunkard’s funeral, four of his friends carried the bier.”
D. “Don’t we all love peace and hate war?” C. Irony
ANS: A. “The child is father of the man.” (Wordsworth) D. Anticlimax
-The statement is self-contradictory but true and thought provoking ANS: Anticlimax
7. What figure of speech did not Nathaniel Hawthorne use is making -Anticlimax is characterized by a sudden transition from significant
Rev. Dimmesdale to a trivial or
metaphorically dim as the novel progress while making ludicrous idea.
Chillingworth have chilled heart? 13. Which literary can give a meaningful criticism if the following
A. Symbol poem?
B. Charactonym “Hope” is the thing with feathers –
C. Allusion That perches in the soul –
D. Pun And sings the tune without the words –
ANS: D. Pun And never stops – at all –
-The author used play on words exemplified by dims and chilled. And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
8. Which of the following exemplifies the device “allusion”? And sore must be the storm –
A. Shakespeare is a literary titan. That could abash the little Bird –
B. Death, be not proud That kept so many warm –
C. Philippines, O, Pearl of the Orient I’ve heard it in the chilliest land
D. Not yet, Rizal, not yet And on the strangest Sea
ANS: A. Shakespeare is a literary titan. Yet – never – in Extremity,
- Titan is a little associated to older gods myths. It asked a crumb – of me.
A. New criticism
9. What techniques were used in the excerpt “Sea nymphs hourly ring B. Realism
his knell Ding- C. Naturally
dong. Hark! Now I hear them-Dingdong bell”? D. New historicism
ANS: A. New criticism
A. Consonance rhythm -new criticism focuses on literary language coherence and framework
B. Onomatopoeia and rhyme of the text. It also
C. Assonance and rhyme utilize close reading the other three options uses intertextual criticism
D. Onomatopoeia and assonance as they regard
ANS: B. Onomatopoeia and rhyme literature as a product of some social constructs.
- The words Ding-dong resembles natural sound while knell and bell 14. Which of the following is the focus of medieval literary period?
rhyme terminally A. Secular and individualistic
10. What device did Ovid use in the excerpt “And Icarus, his son, B. Aesthetic and social
stood by and watched C. Mundane and symbolic
him/Not knowing he was dealing with his downfall/ Stood by and D. Divine and spiritual
watch and raised his ANS: Divine and spiritual
shiny face/ to boy will, always/ whenever a father tries to get some -Medieval literary period focuses on the sacred divine and spiritual
work done”? subjects because the
A. Flashback disposition was toward other-worldly and spiritual salvation.
B. Foreshadowing 15. Which of the following does NOT characterize deconstructive
C. Frame Story reading of text?
D. Epiphany A. Authorial intention fallacy renders meaning uncertain
ANS: B. Foreshadowing B. Language is fixed system of signs
-This device gives clue or hint as to later development of the plot. C. A text is a combination of multiple shades of contradicting
11. What device did N. V. M. Gonzales use in the excerpt “After meaning
Longos River, the trail D. It is a reading which analyses a text’s critical difference from its
to Mauhaw climbs the hill of the White Cows and for ten kilometers intended meaning
or so wander about ANS: B. Language is fixed system of signs
the rolling cogon country before finally entering the woods. Only - Deconstruction is a reaction against structuralism. It rejects the idea
then may one get that text has
glimpse of the sea, heart-warming pictures framed by palma-bava and solid and definite meaning.
the resin-fragrant 16. Which is an example of the error dues ex machine
winds that strum the buri leaves a though these were guitars.” A. The protagonist saw and talks to God
A. Simile B. The antagonist change and turned to God
B. Local Color C. The conflict is related to religion
C. Allusion D. The plot ended with divine intervention like way
D. Personification ANS: D. The plot ended with divine intervention like way
ANS: Personification - The author must not resolve conflict so easily as God came from a
- The excerpt gives in animate objects such as trail, bay, and wins machine.
human actions 17. Which of the following is not true?
12. What device did Alexander Pope use in the excerpt “here thou, A. Romanticism emphasize human subjectivity and imagination
great Anna, whom B. Post-modernism is highly structural, objective and empiricist
three realms obey/ Dost sometimes counsel takes, and sometimes C. Realism draws from the objective and referential aspect of
tea”? language and art
A. Oxymoron D. The Renaissance movement brought about the other-worldly
B. Paradox disposition in art and
literature 2. In which of the following sentence does the verb “be” (is) function
ANS: B. Post-modernism is highly structural, objective and as the intensive verb or capula?
empiricist A. Don is annoying
-Post-modernism is a celebration of invention and creativity “Post B. Don is fooling
modernism, also C. Don is annoying me
spelled post-modernism in Western Philosophy a late 20th century D. Don is going out of control
movement ANS: A. Don is annoying
characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism or relativism; a - All other items used the verb is as an auxiliary verb
general suspicion of 3. Which of the following are “optional constituents” of this
reason and an acute sensitivity the role of ideology in asserting and sentence? “The kind history teacher surprised us with an
maintain political extraordinary reward.”
and economic power.” A. Kind, history, teacher
(http://www.britannica.com/topic/postmodernism-philospohy) B. Kind, surprised, extraordinary
18. Which of the following is NOT true? C. Kind, teacher, reward
A. Marxism as a literary theory rejects the ideal of ‘art for art’s sake” D. Kind, history, extraordinary
B. Formalism is criticism for meaning ANS: D. Kind, history, extraordinary
C. New Criticism promote close reading and interpretation -Deletion is the basic test for distinguish obligatory from constituents.
D. Psychoanalytic theory in literature attempts to interprets symbol in Optional constituents may be deleted without affecting the
literature grammatically of the sentence.
ANS: B. Formalism is criticism for meaning 4. Which of the following Is the correct definition of a “phrase”?
-Formalism does not entirely rejected meaning. The site, A. A sequence of words that can function as a sentence constituent.
http://www.britannica.com B. A sequence of words that contains only a subject and no predicate.
/topic/Formalism-literary-criticism reports: Allied at one point to the C. A sequence of words that contains only a predicate and no subject.
Russian Futurists D. A sequence words that contains a subject and a predicate
and opposed to sociological criticism, the Formalist placed an ANS: A. A sequence of words that can function as a sentence
“Emphasis on the constituent.
medium” by analyzing the way in which literature especially poetry -The use of “only” made options B and C incorrect. Option D defines
was able to alter the sentence
artistically or “make strange common language so that everyday 5. Which of the following CANNOT function as intensive verbs?
would could be A. Make
“defamliarized.” They stressed the importance of form and technique B. Seem
over content and C. Turn
looked for the specificity of literature as an autonomous verbal art. D. Remain
“Paul H. Fry in his ANS: A. Make the other options functions as intensive verbs
lecture at Open Yale University Course mentions, “Content is a - The other options are functions area verb.
function it coexist with 6. Which of the following statements best qualifies as a “complex”
poetic language. “Further he notes that “.....it must be understood sentence. “Jake dreads wild animals in the zoo”?
generally that A. Obligatory Complement
Formalism is not criticism for meaning.” B. Optional Modifier
19. Which is known as the science of interpretation? C. Indirect Object
A. Hermeneutics D. Optional Complement
B. Textual exegesis ANS: B. Optional Modifier
C. Literary appreciation - Optional constituents may be deleted without affecting the
D. Post-Colonial Criticism grammatically of the sentence
ANS: A. Hermeneutics 7. Which of the following statements best qualifies as a “complex”
- Hermeneutics is defined as the science of interpretations. sentence?
20. Which of the following does NOT allow intertextual reading of A. Don’t make any comment unless you are fully aware of the issue.
literature? B. I didn’t start this dispute and I don’t want to have anything to do
A. Feminism Criticism with it.
B. Marxism Criticism C. You can wallow in your miseries or you can start over and move
C. New Criticism on
D. Post-Colonial Criticism D. Jen likes her new house, but she doesn’t like the front yard
ANS: C. New Criticism ANS: A. Don’t make any comment unless you are fully aware of the
- New Criticism or practical criticism promotes close reading; issue.
therefore it does not -All other options are compound sentences.
suggest intertextual interpretation. Feminism, Marxism and Post- 8. Which of the following sentence structures is “syntactically
Colonialism situate ambiguous”?
literature in the context of ideology and society. A. The mayor invited all city hall employees to his birthday dinner.
English Part 13 B. The columnist writes features articles on antique writing desks
1. Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment? C. The man with a tall hat sits rather uncomfortably at the dinner
A. They fought table
B. A family just moved in D. The valet looks imposing in his purple velvet vest
C. The boy and the girl’ uncle ANS: B. The columnist writes features articles on antique writing
D. Quit it desks
ANS: C. The boy and the girl’ uncle -Is syntactically ambiguous of the occurrence of the phrase “on
- All the other items are sentences. antique writing desk” which a dangling modifier.
9. In Chomsky’s Transformational Grammar, to what does a C. substitution
sentence’s “deep structure” refer? D. genre
A. The version of a sentence that we articulate and hear ANS: D. genre
B. The outward form of a sentence that we articulate and hear - Genre is refers to linguistic variation which is aligned to register.
C. The final stage in the syntactic representation of a sentence 16. What lexical process is exemplified by the following?
D. The abstract representation of a sentence Jo removed dust from the desk. = Jo dusted the desk.
ANS: D. The abstract representation of a sentence A. Compound
-the deep structure gives the semantic of the occurrence of the phrase B. Conversion
”on antique writing desk which a dangling modifier. C. Polysemy
10. Which of the following concepts is NOT a concern of syntax? D. Derivational affixation
A. Lexical categories ANS: B. Conversion
B. Smaller units called constitutes -According to Celce- Murcia and Freeman (2008) Compounding is
C. Structural analysis putting together existing words to form a new lexical unit.
D. Distribution and function Derivational affixes that combine with stem forms to derive new
ANS: A. Lexical categories words. Polysemy occurs when one form with the same part of
- Lexical categories relate to the words or vocabulary of a language speech has a range of meanings.
11. Which of the following statement is True with regard to the use of 17. Which of the following is grammatical?
the present perfect tense? A. The burglar lurked
A. A statement which was true in the past and still relevant to the B. It fascinated the alarm clock
present C. I don’t like this book.
B. A statement which was true in the past but no longer, or not D. Anyone who is a good friend must be trustful
necessarily, true at the ANS: C. I don’t like this book.
moment of speaking -Lurk is a verb that requires an adverb of location-a syntactic
C. A statement which was true, or an action which was completed problem
before another past Fascinate requires an animate object-a semantic problem
action Trustworthy instead of trustful should be used.
D. A statement which became true in the past 18. The following sentence are considered ungrammatical EXCEPT
ANS: A. A statement which was true in the past and still relevant to ___________.
the present A. William has bought it last Sunday
- B and D are uses of the past tense. C is used in the Past Perfect B. I’m believing you
tense. C. Help! I will fall
12. Which of the following types of word does NOT fit into the D. Janice has lived with her parents for ten years
category of determiners. ANS: D. Janice has lived with her parents for ten years
A. Articles - Letter A is incorrect because Present perfect is incompatible with a
B. Possessive specific pas time adverbial like last Sunday which should go with the
C. Preposition past tense
D. Demonstrate -Letter B is incorrect because Stative verb do not normally take the
ANS: C. Preposition progressive
- B and D are special class of words that limit the noun that follow In Letter C the sentence “help”........” sound strange because will
them. expresses future intention at the moment of speaking. In this case, the
- Preposition connect words to other parts of the sentence and have a speaker has no control of the action.
close relationship with the word that follows, which is usually a Noun 19. Which approach to grammar refers to the structure of language as
13. Which of the following sentence/s depict/s a dative case? it is actually used by speakers and writers?
A. Marga gave a donation to charity A. Reference Grammar
B. The charity received a donation from marga B. Pedagogical Grammar
C. The university accepted an award from the accrediting C. Descriptive Grammar
organization D. Prescriptive Grammar
D. Sentence B and C dative ANS: C. Descriptive Grammar
ANS: A. Marga gave a donation to charity - A descriptive Grammar is a set of rules about language based on
- The preposition to mark the dative (“receiver”) Function of charity how it is actually used
letter B and C are in ablative case where the preposition from marks 20. This sentence structure contains a “ditransitive verb group”.
the ablative (“source”) function of Marga and the accrediting A. Max had replied to my letter
organization. B. Max has turned a subtle shade of red
14. The following are basics simple sentence patterns in English C. Max has huge spider
EXCPEPT_______________. D. Max is giving his boss a headache
A. subject + verb ANS: D. Max is giving his boss a headache
B. subject + verb +object - Ditransitive verbs include both a direct object and indirect object
C. subject+ verb+ indirect object +direct object English Part 14
D. subject +object +verb 1. Teacher uses small group games and task; he also asks students to
ANS: D. subject +object +verb actively listen to music songs, or any conversation in the class.
- Sentences A, B and C are basic simple sentence patterns in English Which of the following explains Teacher Peter practices?
15. The following are linguistic mechanism that Halliday and Hasan A. Cognitive code approach
(1976) point in order for texts to have cohesion EXCEPT B. Communicative approach
__________. C. Counseling-learning approach
A. reference D. Task-based English language teaching
B. ellipsis ANS: C. Counseling-learning approach
- Counseling learning or something known as CL or CLL 6. In which class is codeswitching allowed?
(community language learning) is a product of the humanism A. Audio-lingual
movement in language teaching. It focuses on the use of activities B. Communicative classroom
and strategies that highlight the affective domain in language C. Grammar-translation class
learning. D. TBLT
2. Teacher Minnie reads about desuggestopedia. Which of the ANS: B. Communicative classroom
following activities is a practice of desuggestopedia? - In CLT, errors are regarded as natural and are not always corrected.
A. Drills and Substitution drills TBLT also focuses on fluency more than accuracy, but correction
B. Language games and quiz bees also take place in the performance of the task Grammar translation
C. Doing task as writing letters, composing, and watching movies method focuses on language accuracy. An ALM class focuses on
D. Role Play language accuracy.
ANS: D. Role Play 7. In which class is CLIL practiced?
-Only choice D recognize the students ability to combine arts and A. The class visited a museum in order to create a brochure
language in order to engage the students in the task. The other tasks promoting local tourism
are controlled by the teacher. Role Play gives the student to decide on B. The class was divided into small groups in order to brainstorm on
their roles and assume a personality that represents their choices in a topic for process
life. writing.
C. The teacher used an authentic task for group performance
3. Which of the following illustrates “positive transfer” in D. The teacher used graphic organizers to aid comprehension
interlanguage? ANS: D. The teacher used graphic organizers to aid comprehension
A. A Filipino students constructs a sentence in English: Beautiful is - All three classes are based on take place in the language teaching In
Mary.” choice D the students has to work on content and language in
B. A Filipino students pronounces “bag” correctly learning (CLIL)
C. A Filipino students writes sentence: “the book is new” 8. What is an indication of hypothesis testing in language learning?
D. A Filipino student tells “We ate pish (fish) last night” A. Acculturation
ANS: C. A Filipino students writes sentence: “the book is new” B. Error
-Interlanguage is the learner’s current version of the language they C. Input
are learning D. Utterance
(https:// w.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/interlanguage) . It can be ANS: B. Error
influence or interfered by the student’s L1 or first language, Positive -Error is a manifestation of hypothesis testing in language learning.
transfer occurs if L1 can facilitate the correct When learners
acquisition of the target language; negative transfer or error occurs internalize the structure and test the rule they may commit errors
when the student’s L1 is significantly different from L2, therefore, 9. Which of the following is a manifestation of covert grammar
creating the interfere. In this item only choice D reflects the idea: the teaching?
Filipino language structure “Ang aklat ay bago,” can be translated as A. Audio lingual method
“The book is new.” B. Communicative language teaching
4. The teacher considers feelings of anxiety, fear and shame that may C. Task-based language teaching
hinder of second D. Silent way
language acquisition. Which method can help the teacher address this ANS: A. Audio lingual method
concern? -Primarily, ALM teaches structures covertly, through drills
A. CL/CLL repetitions and substitution.
B. Task-based language teaching The activity is hinged on the idea that a learner unconscious grasps
C. Communicative language teaching the structure and
D. CBI eventually builds upon it other possible utterance for communication.
ANS: A. CL/CLL CLT, TBLT and
- A. CL/CLL is a methodology aligned with the principle of silent Way do not focus on grammar. Their primary concern is
addressing affective domain of language learning TBLT, CBI and fluency content and
CLT focus on the use of content, communication strategies, and communicative competence
thinking processes. 10. Which of the following supports English for Specific Purposes?
5. Teacher Eric believes that if the students in school would force A. Competency-based education
their habit of speaking in English in the manner they speak B. Organizational competences
Kapangpangan, including accent and vocabulary, it might lead to C. Peripheral learning
fossils of errors and eventually lead to a linguistic phenomenon D. Scaffolding in language education
known as ANS: A. Competency-based education
_________________. -ESP is aligned with competency based education. Specialism in
A. code mixing English are based on
B. code switching the communication demands of the structure course.
C. depidginization 11. What is the implementation of “mutual intelligible” in teaching
D. pidginization English?
ANS: Pigdinization A. Students cannot distinguished any difference in the different
- Pigdinization is the creation of a unique language system among varieties of the
individual who have assimilated the rules and structures of their first language.
language in using another language for communication. Codes B. Student may still understand different varieties of English
witching and code mixing do not necessarily produce a unique C. Students should not be given different varieties of the English
language variety and fossilization of errors Depigdinization is the language
opposite of pigdinization.
D. Students will not find it hard to understand a different variety of ANS: C. The safety of students while on a school field trip is
the English language. something which
ANS: B. Student may still understand different varieties of English teachers are responsible for.
-Students will still understand a different variety of the language. - Never double the preposition or particles where they are more
Two language are said “natural” following
to be dialects of a language if these dialects are mutually intelligible spoken usage (Malicsi, 2010. P 232.)
that is speakers 16. Which of the following sentence is incorrect?
may still understand each other although they have different varieties A. The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on
of the same September 11, 2001
language. B. The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on 11
12. Based on principle of artist language acquisition, which of the September 2001
following should be C. The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on 11th
taught first students? of September,
A. Plural regular 2001.
B. Possessive D. The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened on 11
C. Present progressive September, 2001.
D. Simple present ANS: B. The infamous attack on the World Trade Center happened
ANS: C. Present progressive on 11
-Parker and Riley (2010) point out the order of acquisition for September 2001
grammatical morpheme -Dates in text may take three forms. All three are correct except
follows this sequence: present progressive prepositions in and on option D. A comma
plural regular past should not be used after the month.
irregular possessive, uncontractible copula (main verb) be, articles a 17. Noun phrases joined by and are plural. This does not apply when
and the past and is followed by
regular third person singular regular third person singular irregular, not. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
uncontractible A. Love and not hate makes the world go round
auxiliary be, contractible auxiliary be, and contractible copula (Main B. Love and hate make the world go around
verb) be. C. People and not policy is the focus of his analysis
13. In first language acquisition, the following are considered D. People and not policy is the focus of his analysis
language developmental ANS: A. Love and not hate makes the world go round
milestone during the pre-linguistic stage, EXCEPT______________. - The noun phrase that follows the negative morpheme does not
A. babbling figure in the agreement
B. Metaphor rule; the verb agrees with the first noun phrase.
C. crying 18. Which of the following quantifiers modify plural nouns?
D. echolalia A. Many
ANS: D. echolalia B. Each
- All items are considered are milestones of pre-linguistic stages. C. Every
Echolalia is a D. Many a
condition in which a child parrots or repeats utterance he hears. ANS: A. Many
14. What semantic change is reflected in the word “queer” ? “A queer - The quantifiers every each and many a modify singular nouns.
case was solved 19. The following statements are TRUE about sentence structure
by Sherlock Holmes. “ “He is such a queer.” EXCEPT
A. Association ___________.
B. Metaphor A. Two words (lexis) that belong to the same category (lexical
C. Pejoration category) can substitute
D. Taboo each other in a sentence.
ANS: D. Taboo B. Each words has a limitless range of possible functions.
-Parker and Riley (2010) list the various types of semantic change: C. There are restrictions on how the words can combined to form
taboo involves grammatical phrases.
stigmatizing a word or phrases; metaphor is extending a word to D. Lexical categories can expand into bigger strings of words called
context outside of its ‘phrasal categories
literal sense association in loves change in the association with ANS: B. Each words has a limitless range of possible functions.
secondary object or - There is a limit in the range of possible functions a word may have.
concept pejoration is lowering the connotation of a word. 20. The words “off” functions as an adverbial particle in which
15. Which of the following sentence is/are incorrect? structure?
A. The safety of a student’s while on a school field trip is something A. their on and off relationship
for which teachers B. We put it off too long
are responds for. C. Off with you!
B. The safety of the students while on a school field trip is something D. You’re off the hook
for which teachers ANS: B. We put it off too long
are responsible. -The particles Off modifies the verb put (put off)
C. The safety of students while on a school field trip is something
which teachers are Download more reviewers
responsible for.
D. Sentence B and C English Part 15
1. What truth relation is exemplified in this pair if sentence: Sentence B. The derivational morpheme is used before the inflectional
A: The fisherman morpheme
caught a fish,” Sentence B: The fisherman caught a milkfish.”? C. Two inflectional morphemes are used in the head noun of the noun
A. Sentence A presupposes B. phrase.
B. Sentence B presupposes Sentence A. D. The inflectional morpheme is used before the derivational
C. Sentence A entails Sentence B. morpheme
D. Sentence B entails Sentence A ANS: C. Two inflectional morphemes are used in the head noun of
ANS: D. Sentence B entails Sentence A the noun
- An entailment is a proposition that follows necessarily from another phrase.
sentence; - The inflectional morphemes [POSS] or possessive is inflected upon
presupposition is a proposition that must b assumed to be true in a noun phrase
order to judge the (Parker and Riley 2010). Therefore a noun phrase that is a
truth or falsity of another sentence (Parker and Riley 2010). Only combination of a noun and a
choice D can be prepositional phrase should be inflected after the prepositional phrase
accepted as logical since catching fish does not automatically validate may be part of
the statement of the noun phrase.
catching a milkfish since a fish caught can be an eel a swordfish etc. 7. Which of the following is CORRECT?
The pair of A. A noun phrase always have an adjective and a prepositional phrase
sentence cannot either of the sentence. A possible preposition of B. A determiner and a noun are obligatory components of a noun
Sentences A or B phrase
“There was a fish” If there wasn’t any fish in the pond or lake or any C. A noun phrase must constitute a determiner, a qualifier or a verb
body of water then phrase before a
either Sentence A or B will be false. head noun
2. What is the classification of the morpheme in each of the following D. A noun in the phrase may have n adjective before it, or a
linguistic data: INVERT, COVERT, REVERT, SUBVERT, determiner, or may be
DIVERT? followed by a prepositional phrase.
A. Grammatical bound morpheme ANS: D. A noun in the phrase may have n adjective before it, or a
B. Lexical free morpheme determiner, or
C. Grammatical free morphine may be followed by a prepositional phrase.
D. Lexical bound morpheme - In syntax the only obligatory component of a noun phrase is the
ANS: D. Lexical bound morpheme noun. The determiner
-The “vert” in the set of words is a morphemes that cannot stand adjective and prepositional phrases may be part of the noun phrase.
alone. It is however a morpheme that carries meaning when inflected 8. In the phrase structure rules, a preposition phrases consist of a
with other derivational morphemes. preposition followed
3. Why does the word “take” when pronounced is different from the by a _______.
words “fake”, “vase” and “thank”? A. noun
A. All the three expressions have initial fricative segment. B. objective
B. All the three expressions have final voiced consonant C. noun phrase
C. All the three expressions have final voiced consonant D. clause
D. All the three expressions have final voiceless stops ANS: C. noun phrase
ANS: A. All the three expressions have initial fricative segment. -A prepositional phrase is composed of a preposition and a noun
-The segment /f/, /v/ and /Ө/ in “fake”, vase” and “thank “ are phrase.
[+fricative], /t/t in “take” is a stop. 9. Which is a sense property in which two words have the same
4. The vowels in the words ”pet”, “but”, “say” and “sew” are sense, or same values for all of their semantic features? Example
___________. “teacher” and “instruction”
A. [+high] A. Hyponymy
B. [+low] B. Deixis
C. [-high] and [-low] C. Anaphora
D. [+tense] D. Synonymy
ANS: C. [-high] and [-low] ANS: D. Synonymy
-All the vowel in the other words are mid vowel in the vowel chart is - Two expressions are synonymous because many or all of their
represented as C. semantic features are the same.
[-high] and [-low]. 10. American: Are you a Filipino?
5. Let’s surviel the place. The morpheme surveil is a example of Filipino: Yes, I am
___________. American: So you must be a nurse.
A. root creation What concept explains the conversation.
B. derivation A. Referent
C. back formation B. Extension
D. clipping C. Prototype
ANS: C. back formation D . Stereotype
- “Surveil” is a back formation of the word “surveillance” ANS: C. Prototype
6. What is the morphological error in the following sentence: ‘The - A prototype is a typical member of the extension of a referring
boys’ in the camp expression. In the same manner when one speaks of a bird a robin a
exercise are held in the morning. “? parrot or a sparrow come to mind. Her when one speaks a Filipino
A. Two derivational morphemes are used in the noun [boy] abroad one thinks of a nurse or other professions common
to foreigners as representative of Filipino abroad.
11. After supper, the wife asked the husband, “Should I get you some reads the selection to check whether the language and vocabulary
ice cream?”. The might be too difficult
husband responded, “Am I diabetic?” What conventional maximum for the students to understand? What theory explains this?
is violated? A. i + 1 hypothesis
A. Manner B. Scaffolding hypothesis
B. Relation C. Readability test
C. Quality D. Emergent literacy
D. Quantity ANS: A. i + 1 hypothesis
ANS: C Quality - Monitor Model propose the input hypothesis which explains that an
- The speaker’s contribution about his not being a diabetic seems to input becomes an
be relevant to the questions intake if its difficulty level is a step higher than the current abilities of
12. What can be said about a polite expression such as, “Can you the students.
give me a glass of water?” 16. A Filipino family to the US. After 5 years, the child’s accent did
A. It is indirect illocutionary act typically Filipino. He
B. It a direct illocutionary act did not learn the accent of the Americans. When his mother was
C. It is an implied locutionary act asked why his son did
D. It is a non-literal locutionary act not acquire the accent and facility to communicate in English, the
ANS: A. It is indirect illocutionary act mother responded,
- Polite expressions particularly directives acts tend to convey the “he didn’t want to mingle with other children in the US. He always at
illocutionary act home.” What
indirectly. A direct illocutionary act of the statement is stated as, explains this phenomenon?
“Give me a glass of water “ Locutionary act is the act of stating A. Accommodation theory
something. It specifically refers the sentence and its proposition. B. Monitor model
13. In second language acquisition, what is the route to pidginization C. Discourse Theory
and fossilization of errors? D. Nativization Model
A. Nativization and assimilation ANS: A. Accommodation theory
B. Nativization and accommodation -Accommodation theory points out the importance of motivation and
C. Denativization and assimilation one’s positive
D. Denativization and accommodation interaction with the target language community. Motivation to
ANS: A. Nativization and assimilation interact and mingle with
-Schuman proposed that pidginization in L2 acquisition results when the target language community will help a child acquire the language
learners fail to of the target
acculturate to the target language group that I when they are unable language community.
or unwilling to 17. Which of the following classes promotes the desired learning
adapt to e new culture (Ellis, 2003). Further according to the environment
Nativization model L2 discussed in the learning-acquisition hypothesis of Monitor Model?
acquisition consist of two general processes: Nativizational learner A. Teacher Judith teaches a substitution drills after discussion on
make the input grammatical structure.
conform to their own internalized view of what constitutes the L2 B. Teacher Michael conducts a speech choir, emphasizing correct
system the results of intonation and
which is pidginization; whereas, in denativization; learners pronunciation.
accommodate to an C. Teacher Ben shows a news clip from CNN and ask students
external norm that is they adjust their interlanguage systems (Ellis questions
1994) D. Teacher Lovely tells the class to write a letter following the
14. Teacher Betty justifies the inclusion of grammar in her lessons. correct format and
According to her it structure.
should be an integral part of the curriculum. What theories of second ANS: C. Teacher Ben shows a news clip from CNN and ask students
language questions
acquisition explain teacher Betty’s justification? -Learning acquisition hypothesis points out that acquisition takes
A. Nativization Model place in a naturalistic
B. Accommodation Theory setting. A tutored setting develops knowledge about the language.
C. Communicative Language Teaching 18. The goals of this language teaching approach are learn grammar,
D. Monitor Model vocabulary and
ANS: D. Monitor Model culture. Teacher is the authority. He/She makes use of translation,
-Monitor hypothesis of the monitor Model of Stephen Krashen points deductive study of
out the importance grammar, memorization of vocabulary. Which approach of language
of knowledge about the language in order to monitor or edit one’s teaching
language culture. described?
Accommodation theory emphasizes the relevance of motivation and A. Grammar-translation approach
the ethnolinguistic B. Natural approach
variables in language acquisition. Communicative language teaching C. Community language learning approach
is approaches D. Direct approach
which emphasize authentic language use. ANS: A. Grammar-translation approach
15. Teacher Judy examines the reading selection that she will discuss 19. When of the following does NOT justify the use of
in her class. She communicative language
teaching?
A. Within a social context, people need to perform certain task and -The other choices are broad statements to serve as basis in
functions. establishing relevance of
B. Students perform well in class, but they are unable to perform instructional materials
communicative task 4. Which type of syllabus is given examples by the following
outside the classroom. activities: writing notes and
C. Within a social context, people need to develop their cognitive memos, reports, agendas, letters to companies, and reply letters?
abilities through A. Situational syllabus
authentic texts and content in language. B. Grammatical syllabus
D. Students need to develop communicative competence as they C. Task-based syllabus
enhance their D. Topical syllabus
linguistic competence. ANS: C. Task-based syllabus
ANS: C. Within a social context, people need to develop their -Situation syllabus uses situations; grammatical syllabus uses
cognitive abilities through grammar points whereas
authentic texts and content in language. topical syllabus uses content topics of an area of discipline.
-The development of cognitive abilities in language teaching is 5. Which is NOT a goal of K to 12 language teaching in secondary
associated with teaching level?
English through content. ESP and CBI focus on the use of authentic A. To link life, literature, and language and to integrate themes, texts
texts content for and tasks
language learning. B. To gain mastery of language forms and rules of usage
20. Teacher Mary learned in her graduate degree class that language C. To home independent study strategies through prescribes tasks.
learning could D. To use differentiated instruction to accommodate varied learners’
also be a result of cognitive processes, or the act of knowing strategies
something. Which of the is ANS: C. To home independent study strategies through prescribes
a result of this principle? tasks.
A. Content –based instruction - Tasks are varied and relative to the needs of the learners
B. Desuggestopedia 6. The primary aim of the second language teaching using the
C. Peripheral learning audiolingual method is
D. Total physical response _________.
ANS: A. Content –based instruction A. reading comprehension
- CBI is a result of the cognitive revolution in language teaching B. vocabulary development
English Part 16 C. literary appreciation
1. Which approach to language teaching anchors on the behaviorist D. oral proficiency
assumption that ANS: D. oral proficiency
language learning is the acquisition of a set of corrects language -ALM emphasize correct pronunciation and repetition of the target
habits and whose goal language
is to use the target language communicatively, overlean it, so as to be 7. Which of the following concepts is/are correctly defined?
able to use it I. A curriculum includes the philosophy, purpose, design and
automatically? implementation of a whole
A. Grammar-Translation Method program.
B. Direct Method II. A course is an integrated series of teaching learning experience,
C. Suggestopedia whose ultimate aim
D. Audio-lingual Method is to lead the learners to a particular state of knowledge.
ANS: D. Audio-lingual Method III. A syllabus is the specification and ordering of content of a course
-GTM-structural; DM communicative, teacher directed; or courses.
Suggestopedia-humanistic) A. I only
2. The curriculum goes through the stages of curriculum planning, B. II only
curriculum C. I, II
implementation and evaluation; the production of instructional D. I, II, III
materials falls under ANS: D. I,,II,III
______________________. - All of the above
A. curriculum planning and implementation 8. A teaching practice which is compatible with Communicative
B. curriculum planning and evaluation Approach is one that
C. curriculum planning ______.
D. curriculum evaluation A. derives and makes explicit the grammatical rules of the language
B. addresses the needs of the target learners
ANS: C. curriculum planning C. follows the listen-speak-read-write sequence of skills
-The other choices are carried out during and after implantation D. gives priority to oral proficiency
3. An important step in ensuring the relevance of the instructional ANS: C. follows the listen-speak-read-write sequence of skills
materials to the rest of - Learners are exposed to comprehensible input, before they acquire
the curriculum is to keep a list of _________________. the language and
A. policies issued by DepEd render it as an output.
B. visions and missions of the school 9. The K to 12 language teaching in secondary school can be
C. goals and objective of the curriculum described as follows
D. curriculum standards EXCEPT it _______________.
ANS: C. goals and objective of the curriculum A. is literature-based and genre-focused
B. uses literary and informative texts
C. uses culminating performance tasks - Affective filter is concerned with the motivational aspect of
D. focuses on common areas of difficulty in grammar language learning; The
ANS: A. is literature-based and genre-focused monitor deals with editing or correction; and the Natural Order deals
-The other choices are features of K to 12 language teaching in with the natural
secondary level sequence of acquired language forms.
10. Newspaper articles, advertisement, radio announcement etc in the 15. Which conventional maximum is violated in this utterance? In the
real world when classroom, the
used in the classroom situations are classified as _______. students are n noisy; the teacher spoke loud, “Class, I really
A. authentic materials appreciate your behaving
B. mass communication materials quietly today. You see we can smoothly and clearly discuss our
C. audio-visual aids lesson.”
D. recycled materials A. Quality
ANS: A. authentic materials B. Quantity
-The other materials are intended for classroom use. C. Relation
11. A plan of what to be achieved through the teaching and learning D. Manner
process which ANS: A. Quality
contains the course description, objectives, the prerequisites the - This item measures understanding of a pragmatic theory. Paul Grice
requirements and the (1975) explained
topics to be taught is the _____. that an utterance can elicit an implicature, which is not part of the
A. course outline utterance and does
B. curriculum guide not follow a necessary consequences, if any of the conventional is
C. course syllabus violated(Parker and
D. lesson plan Riley 2010)> Further the process of violating a conventional maxim
ANS: C. course syllabus as “flouting.”
- The other choices do not contain the same components Conventions according to the cooperative principle by Grice (Parker
12. Which of the following DOES NOT characterized the direct and Riley 2010) are
method language governed by the following maxims: (1) Quantity (The participants
teaching? contribution should be
A. It allows errors and these errors are addressed by self-correction informative); (2) Quality (The participants contribution should be
B. The teacher illustrates and demonstrates meaning true); (3) Relation (the
C. The target language is used as an auxiliary/support language contribution should be clear) in the given item, the teacher flouted the
D. The language is viewed as spoken than written. maxim of quality
ANS: C. The target language is used as an auxiliary/support language because the teacher’s contribution in the conversation s definitely not
- The DM does not allow translation or use of native language (L1) true.
13. The content of the language teaching in this type of syllabus is a 16. The aspect communicative competence that deals with the
collection of appropriate use of
specific abilities that may play part in using language. Which is communication and coping strategies is known as _______
referred to? competence.
A. Skill-based syllabus A. Which discourse
B. Task-based syllabus B. sociolinguistic
C. Content-based syllabus C. grammatical
D. Notional-functional syllabus D. strategic
ANS: A. Skill-based syllabus ANS: D. strategic
-TBS uses holistic and life-like task CBS, uses content/topics of a - Canale and swain (1980) identify grammatical competence (words
discipline and NFS and rules).
uses concepts and functions of language Sociolinguistic competence (appropriateness social context or
14. The teacher uses a contemporary and highly relevant song in situation) discourse
presenting a lesson competence (cohesion and coherence logical organization) and
on conditional clauses. She provides activity sheets in which students strategic competence of
indicated their communication competence.
regretful experience and the possible outcome has they not done a 17. Which generalization in the area of phonology can be drawn from
certain regretful act. the following
Then, the students were assigned in pair to share with a partner what linguistic data: table, attack, can, paper, space, accordion?
they have written. A. A voiceless stop is aspired if it begins a syllable of a stressed
The use of the song the work sheet, the pair to share with a partner vowel
what they have B. A voiceless stop is aspirated if it begins a syllable of a stressed
written. The use of the song, the worksheet, pair group the teacher vowel
and the students talk C. A voiceless stop is aspirated if it is in between a constant and a
are provisions of what which hypothesis in Krashen’s Monitor voiced
model? D. A voiceless stop is aspirated id it is in between a stressed vowel
A. Affective filter and a voiced
B. Monitor output constant.
C. Comprehensible input ANS: A. A voiceless stop is aspired if it begins a syllable of a
D. Natural Order stressed vowel
ANS: C. Comprehensible input -In phonology, voiceless stops [p], [t], [k] can be aspirated
[+aspirated] or [ ] when they h
begin a syllable and are followed by a stressed vowel (Parker and why not?”
Riley 2010). The [t] in Victor: “I think the other kids, you know the animals, didn’t want her
“attack” [k] in “can”, [p] in “paper” and [k] in “accordion” satisfy the to sit with them
generalization. The because she was small and plus the bus driver was mean so she didn’t
[p] in “space” does not begin the syllable. want to sit near
18. Which of the following has a glottal segment? him.”
A. Hot A. Unaided retelling
B. Sad B. Aided retelling
C. Mat C. Half-aided retelling
D. Dam D. Fully-aided retelling
ANS: A. HOT ANS: B Aided retelling
-Glottal refers to the space between the vocal cords in which the -In unaided retelling the teacher praises the reader and ask the
primary constriction is students to tell the story
at the glottis (Parker and Riley, 2010); /s/ is alveolar, /m/ is bilabial in his/her own words.
and /d/ is alveolar. 3. While reading orally, John’s word error range is form 2 to 5 words
19. The study if illocutionary acts is an area of ________________. calling errors per
A. Pragmatics 100 words of text (95% accuracy or better), with at least 80 percent
B. semantics comprehension on
C. morphology a simple recall questions about the story. In what level does his
D. syntax reading ability belong?
ANS: pragmatics A. Independent Reading level
- Pragmatics is the study of how language is affected by the context B. Successful Reading Level
in which occurs an C. Frustration Reading Level
illocutionary act D. Instructional Reading level
20. Mary thinks that she is the only girls who can sing the song. ANS: D. Instructional Reading Level
Obviously, “she” refers to Mary. What concept in referential - Independent Reading level. Easy reading. In oral reading. a child
semantics explains the italicized word? would have one or
A. Deixis less word calling errors in 100 words of text, with 100 percent
B. Anaphora accuracy on
C. Coreference comprehension questions about the story. A student could read it
D. Prototype alone with ease.
ANS: B. Anaphora Frustration Reading Level. This is too hard for the reader. Word
- An anaphora refers to a linguistic expression that must have another errors are over 5 per
linguistic expression to refer to (Parker and Riley 2010) e.g. 100 words of text comprehension questions are below 70 percent
reflective pronouns refers to linguistic expression Mary bought accuracy
herself a book “Here self” refers systematically to two or more 4. Jude, a Grade 4 pupil read saw for was, says a b is a d, skips, omits
distinct entities (e.g. “you” and “I” ma have different referents or adds words when he reads out loud, rites 41 for 14, shows no
depending on who is speaking). Coreference refers to the condition of difference between 1 2 3 and 1 2 3 act and cat,+ X, and between OIL
two expressions of two expressions having the same referent (e.g., P- and 710. What learning difficulty does he suffer from?
Noy” and “President of the Philippines. A. Dyscalcula
English Part 17 B. Dyslexia
1. In miscue analysis, which category of graphic similarity does the C. Dysgraphia
teacher illustrates in D. Reading miscues
this situation? ANS: B Dyslexia
Text: - Dysgraphia-affects the ability to recognize forms in letters, to write
The project encourage the use of imagination letters and words on paper and to understand the relationship between
Child read about: sounds spoken words and written letters
The project encourage the use of inauguration -Dyscalcula type of learning disability that causes students to show
Miscue record: inability to process information using numerical figures and poor
A. High graphic similarity computational and logical-mathematical skills.
B. Some graphic similarity 5. What should teachers avoid in order to help pupils with learning
C. Low graphic similarity difficulties remediate
D. No graphic similarity their challenge?
ANS: B Some graphic similarity A. For a child with difficulty in speaking, allow extra for the child to
- A miscue would be considered having some graphic similarity if respond instead of
one of the three parts hurrying hi to answer, teach vocabulary words clearly, practice
a word is broken into is visually similar to the text printed word when sentence building and
broken into thirds. sequencing introduce “talking partners’ and use speaking frames.
No graphic similarity. A miscue is of NO graphic similarity when the B. For a child who has difficulty in planning, organizing ideas and
text-printed word formulating
and the readers pronunciation of the word do not have any common language, provide sequencing, idea/concept mapping activities, use
letters or number of reading sessions
letters. to explore meaning, cause and effect, and teach and guide pupils how
2. Which type of retelling does the situation exemplify? to use coloured
Teacher: “You told me that Isabelle couldn’t find a seat when she got pens to highlight different sorts of information for note-taking
on the school bus, revision etc.
C. For the child who has difficulty with interaction, use auditory aids Miscue record:
respect an
instruction if requiring an elaboration (‘what do you like to drink?’), The parachute did not seem to be wrong.
than closed
questions indicating a preference (‘Do you want orange or milk?’) A. There is no graphic similarity
D. For a child who has reading difficulty, use imitative, repeated and B. It is syntactically incorrect
impress C. It is semantically correct
methods which are characterized by the use of more than one D. It is syntactically correct
physical sense. ANS: B. It is syntactically incorrect
ANS: C. For the child who has difficulty within interaction use -Miscue analysis focuses specifically on “cueing systems” used by
auditory aids repeat the reader labeled as
an instruction if requested phrases questions carefully and use open- the graphophonic system (visual cues based on graphic similarity),
ended questions the syntactic
requiring an elaboration (what do you like to drink “?) Than closed system (syntax or structures cues sentence the reader might produce
questions indicating a in his/her dialect
preference (Do you want orange or milk?) of the language in which the text appears and semantic system
- For the child who has difficulty within interaction use auditory aids (meaning cues-what the
repeat an student has make sense)
instruction if requested phrases questions carefully and use open- 9. Which of the following characterize a “strategic reader”?
ended questions A. Refers to the dictionary when an unfamiliar word is encountered
requiring an elaboration (what do you like to drink “?) Than closed in the text
questions indicating a B. Choose reading materials that are easier to read
preference (Do you want orange or milk?) C. Previous a selection and rereads difficult passages
6. Fe, Grade 5 pupils has difficulty completing school work, using D. Refrain from taking notes while reading
writing in everyday situations, producing letters, words and sounds, ANS: C Previous a selection and rereads difficult passages
shows weakness in understanding letter sound connections and in -The other term are ordinary things done during reading
fine motor, and in fine motor skills, What learning difficulty does she 10. Which of the following statements accurately describes the
suffers from? bottom-up model of
A. Dyscalcula reading?
B. Dyslexia A. Suggest that the reader constructs meaning from all available
C. Dysgraphia sources
D. Digraph B. The primary focus of instruction should be the reading of whole
ANS: C. Dysgraphia selections
-Dyslexia- type of reading disability that causes students to have the C. Reading is driven by the text, not the reader
confusion and difficulty with the written language particularly D. The emphasis is on comprehension, not decoding
reading and spelling tendency to interchange letters within the words ANS: C. Reading is driven by the text, not the reader
when reading or spelling, confuse letters such as B, D, P and Q and -The other choices describe top-down model
have difficulty grasping sound-letter association in words. 11. Don, a grade three pupil finds it difficult to relate his thoughts
and feelings through speaking and writing. He may find it hard to
Dyscalcula-type of learning disability that causes students to show recall the right word and may try to communicate using gestures and
inability to process causes students to show inability to process sound effects. When he does speak it will often be in short phrases or
information using numerical figures and poor computation and sentence which may show incorrect grammar or tense. After
logical-mathematical skills undergoing diagnosis, Don is found to suffer from
7. Self-monitoring and playing attention belong to which category of _______________.
learning strategies A. expressive disorder
identified by Oxford in 1989? B. receptive disorder
A. Metacognitive C. auditory processing disorder
B. Affective D. phonological difficulty
C. Compensation ANS: A. Expressive disorder
D. Social - Auditory processing disorder materials through difficulty to process
ANS: A. Metacognitive what has been said to make sense of what is heard to distinguish
- Affective learning strategy (e.g. Self encouragement anxiety between syllables word and sentence and may be particularly upset
reduction) by loud or sudden noise or noisy environments. Receptive disorder is
- Social learning strategy (e.g. ask questions become culturally a problem I understanding certain aspects of speech such as
aware) hearing words but not always making sense of them, e.g to confuse
-Compensation learning Strategy – (e.g. guessing meanings using between a bell and a ball; being slow to respond to questions and
synonyms) instructions; may be having difficulties with spatial and temporal
8. Which of the following statements does not describe correctly the relationships.
given illustrations of 12. Which of these words is an example of slang?
miscue analysis? A. Spyware
Text: B. Goalie
The parachute did not seem to be working C. Ammo
Child read aloud: D. Scrub suit
The film did not seem to be working. ANS: C. Ammo
N
-Ammo is clipped form a ammunition. Slang is a type of language 20. Which of the following K to 12 features of English language
that consist of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal teaching in secondary
and are more common in speech than in writing. level is NOT true?
13.Which among the list of activities below should be prioritized or A. Focus on common areas of difficulty in grammar
use in an ESP class? B. Sequential teaching of language forms
A. Simulation C. Common errors included in standard and international English
B. Feasibility studies proficiency tests
C. Case studies D. Use of literary and informative texts
D. Research ANS: B. Sequential teaching of language forms
ANS: A. Simulation - The other choices are all feature of K to 12 English in Secondary
-All other option are activities in an ESP class Level
14. Which item is an example of an ESP needs analysis?
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Material-based Analysis
C. Advocacy Analysis
D. Target Situation Analysis
ANS: D. Target Situation Analysis
- Target Situation Analysis determines the needed in ESP including
necessity wants, lack.
15. The following statements characterize ESP in the context of
English language
teaching. EXCEPT __________.
A. it is designed to meet specified needs of the learner
B. it is related in content to particular disciplines, occupation and
activities
C. it is centered on the language appropriate to those activities in
syntax, lexis,
discourse, semantics, etc, and analysis of this discourse
D. it is in contrast with General English
ANS: C. it is centered on the language appropriate to those activities
in syntax, lexis,
discourse, semantics, etc, and analysis of this discourse
- The rest of the options are characteristics of ESP class.
16. Which is a jargon of academe?
A. Pedagogy
B. Leverage
C. Deficit
D. Bureaucracy
ANS: A. Pedagogy
-Other options are jargons of the other disciples
17. Which is an example of a course for English for Occupational
Purpose (EOP)?
A. English for Counseling
B. English for Classroom Application
C. English for technicians
D. English for Social Advocacy
ANS: C. English for technicians

-The other options are not specific to a particular discipline

18. Slang expressions are any of the following EXCEPT _______ .
A. expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker’s
language or dialect
B. considered acceptable in certain social settings
C. widely used in informal and formal speech and writing
D. very short and momentary expressions
ANS: C. widely used in informal and formal speech and writing
-Slang expression are not inappropriate in formal speech and writing
19. Which of the following written outputs does NOT qualify as a
product of English for
Academic Purposes (EAP)?
A. Annual Reports
B. Financial reports
C. Laboratory reports
D. Thesis abstract
ANS: A. Annual Reports
- Annual reports are outputs of established agencies/offices