1. Only 85% of the total number of
applicants ___________ able to pass the entrance test last year.
a. Are
b. Was
c. Is
d. Were
2. Neither Emily nor her sisters
______________ their real names in their writing career.
a. Use
b. Uses
c. Using
d. Has used
3. The man looks _______
a. Strange
b. Strangely
c. Stranger
d. Has strange
4. A number of whale species __________
now extinct because of illegal hunting and alarming change in sea water
temperature.
a. Are
b. Is
c. Were
d. Was
5. The problems that I encountered were
______________ for me to handle
a. So much
b. Too much
c. Very much
d. Too more
6. In Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor
Richard’s Almanac” it was said that “ early to bed, _________ makes a man
healthy.”
a. Early rising
b. Rising early
c. Early to rise
d. Waking up early
7. It surely takes a lifetime for Edgar
Allan Poe to forget his lost love but he
__________ hard to move on amidst tremendous loneliness and despair.
a. Has been trying
b. Has tried
c. Had tried
d. Had been trying
8. What can be most appropriate
follow-up sentence to the given statement below?
“I have been teaching for 45 years”
a. So it is now time to quit
b. And I can’t imagine doing anything
else
c. And I want this to end and right now
d. And my children are now teachers, too
9. Emily Bronte __________ her last
novel when she died.
a. Has written
b. Had been writing
c. Had written
d. Has been writing
10. Which among the sentences below
followed the correct order of adjectives?
a. She drives an expensive black
Japanese sports car.
b. She drives a black Japanese expensive
sports car.
c. She drives a black expensive Japanese sports car.
d. She drives an expensive Japanese
black sports car.
11. Which among these words has the
voiceless /th/ sound?
a. These
b. Mother
c. Think
d. There
12. Which word must have the primary
stress in the sentence below if we want to emphasize possession?
“that is my bag “
a. That
b. Is
c. My
d. Bag
13. What pitch level must be used in a
starting a sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
14. Which among the words below has the
/sh/ sound?
a. Vision
b. Leisure
c. Sure
d. Salient
15. Your father isn’t working anymore,
___________?
a. Is he
b. Isn’t he
c. Has he
d. Hasn’t he
16. This pertains to the pauses or rests
in speech
a. Pitch
b. Juncture
c. Stress
d. Intonation
17. I would not leave you come hell or
high water. Based on the given sentence, we can surmise that:
a. The speaker won’t leave the person no
matter what
b. The speaker warns the person of a
forthcoming disaster
c. The speaker wants the person to give
up
d. The speaker want the person to
continue fighting
18. Her nervousness keeps her on
her toes. The underlined phrases means:
a. She is always alert and cautious
b. She is always ready to fight
c. She is always confident
d. She is always on the go
19. Emily Dickinson was ostracized
by her peers primarily because of
her eccentric principles. The underlined word means:
a. Criticized
b. Condemned
c. Excluded
d. Praised
20. The death of Ninoy Aquino prompted
the conglomeration
of people from different walks of life.
The words below are synonyms of
the underlined word except:
a. Gathering
b. Assembly
c. Accumulation
d. Diffusion
21. For a non-believer, the noise heard
during the street procession would seem cacophonous. The underlined word means:
a. Loud and unpleasant
b. Loud and yet pleasant
c. Soft and yet unpleasant
d. Soft and pleasant
22. Which among the sounds below is a
voiceless sound?
a. /dz/
b. /g/
c. /z/
d. /sh/
23. Which among the words below does not
belong?
a. Conceal
b. Screen
c. Reveal
d. Obscure
24. A paragraph is believed to have
coherence if:
a. The sentences are all about the topic
sentence
b. The sentences are smoothly connected
with each other through transitional devices
c. The sentences are correctly written
in terms of grammar rules
d. The sentences are independent
25. Aside from being a renowned writer,
Carl Sanburg is also believed to have the gift of gab the underlined
word means:
a. The ability to speak clearly
b. The ability to speak persuasively
c. The ability to speak honestly
d. The ability to speak accurately
26. Which among the sounds below does not
belong?
a. /sh/
b. /f/
c. /s/
d. /v/
27. As a historian, Herodotus never missed any salient point in
his creation “The Hiostories” the words below are synonyms of the underlined
word except:
a. Leading
b. Relevant
c. Significant
d. Minor
28. What can be an assumption in the
sentence below?
“ I have been teaching for two years now”
a. And she plans to quit teaching
b. And she plans to stop teaching soon
c. And she hates it
d. And she has no plans of quitting
29. Which among the sounds below is
voiceless?
a. /b/
b. /g/
c. /z/
d. /p/
30. This school of thought states that languages
is learned through imitation, repetition, and reinforcement
a. Behaviourism
b. Cognitivism
c. Structurism
d. Psycholingualism
31. I suggests that he _________ in the
room for one week.
a. Stays
b. Stayed
c. Stay
d. Staying
32. If she ______eating much, she
wouldn’t be that fat.
a. Wasn’t
b. Was
c. Weren’t
d. Were
33. The rice tastes like hell, and so I
__________
a. Will complain
b. Am complain
c. Will be complaining
d. Complain
34. What made the sentence wrong?
“ I had turned off the lights”
a. Had
b. Off
c. Turned
d. No error
35. The man looks __________at the food
on the table.
a. Strange
b. Stranger
c. Strangely
d. Strangest
36. “ Only the heart can see rightly.”
This statement is lifted from what particular novel?
a. The Prince
b. The Right One
c. The Little Prince
d. The Heart
37. The policeman ___________ recited the
Miranda Rights before the arrested the criminal
a. Have
b. Was
c. Had
d. Is
38. The senators have will have been
passing the Reproductive Bill when the session ended. What made this statement
wrong?
a. Ended
b. Have been
c. Will
d. Passing
39. This pertains to the relationship
between the sound and the symbol.
a. Morphology
b. Semantics
c. Graphophonemics
d. Syntax
40. This is the first skill a student
must have before he/she can read
a. Phonics
b. Vocabulary
c. Phonemic awareness
d. Fluency
41. I would not leave you come hell or
high water. Based on the given sentence, we can surmise that:
a. The speaker won’t leave the person no
matter what
b. The speaker warns the person of a
forthcoming disaster
c. The speaker wants the person to give
up
d. The speaker want the person to
continue fighting
Two roads diverged in a yellow
wood
And sorry I cannot travel both
And be one traveller long I stood
To where it bent in the
undergrowth
42. The lines in the poem is entitled:
a. The Road not Taken
b. Fire and Ice
c. Stopping by the Woods
d. If
43. Who is the writer behind the given
poem?
a. Robert Frost
b. T. S Eliot
c. E.E Cummings
d. William Faulkner
44. She comes like a thief in the night!
The statement given uses what figure of speech?
a. Metaphor
b. Oxymoron
c. Simile
d. Paradox
45. It is a collection of religious
poetry written by Rabindranath TAGORE.
A. Gitanjali
B. Mahabharata
C. Bhagavad Gita
D. The Ramayana
46. This novel was inspired by the
execution of the GOMBUURZA
A. Noli Me Tangere
B. Dekada 70
C. Uncle tom’s Cabin
D. Ermita
47. What particular skill a student
exemplifies if he/she used the word “dad” instead of using father?
a. Phonology
b. Semantics
c. Morphology
d. Syntax
48. What best describes vowel sounds?
a. All vowel sounds are voiceless
b. Our mouth is always open in
pronouncing vowel sounds.
c. Our jaw is always tensed in
pronouncing vowel sounds.
d. Our vocal tract is often times open
in pronouncing vowel sounds.
49. Which sound is a voiced affricate?
a. /zh/
b. /ts/
c. /sh/
d. /dz/
50. What makes the difference between
“ice cream” and I scream”?
a. Pitch
b. Stress
c. Juncture
d. Intonation
51. “ that is my last Duchess painted on
the wall” this line is taken from Robert Browning’s poem “ My last Duchess”.
Where should the primary stress be if the speaker wants to emphasize and
separate the painting of the last duchess from other paintings on the wall?
a. That
b. Last
c. Wall
d. Duchess
52. “ the government launched an all out war against the rebels.” What can
be a euphemism used for the underlined
word in a given sentence?
a. Freedom Fighters
b. Peace Maker
c. Terrorists
d. Anti-government forces
There dwelt a miller, hale and bold,
Beside the river Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till night
No lark more blithe than he;
And this the burden of his song
Forever used to be:
“I ENVY NOBODY - no, not I –
And nobody envies me!
“thou’rt wrong, my friend, “SAID GOOD KING Hal,
“As wrong as wrong can be;
For could my heart be light as thine ,
I’d gladly change with thee.
And tell me now, what makes thee sing,
With voice so loud and free,
While I am sad, though I am king,
Beside the river Dee?”
53. The personas in the poem are speaking
with each other through:
a. Conversation
b. Interior Monologue
c. Soliloquy
d. Monologue
54. Between the two characters who
appears to be envious of the other?
a. Miller
b. King
c. Wife
d. Children
55. In the given poem, who claims to be
sad amidst his name and fortune?
a. King
b. Miller
c. Friend
d. Wife
56. “I have ruled my kingdom for years.”
What assumption can be made based on the statement of the king?
a. That the king would give up the crown
soon
b. That the king would continue to reign
c. That the king is tired of his job
d. That the king wants to retain his
power over the kingdom
57. If he _______ the class president, he
would have won the leadership award.
a. Was
b. Is
c. Were
d. Are
58. A basic reading skill that enables
the student to relate a particular symbol to a certain sound.
a. Vocabulary
b. Fluency
c. Phonics
d. Comprehension
59. Jose Rizal’s novels “Noli Me Tangere”
and El Filibusterismo” are inspired by a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowed
titled:
a. Les Miserables
b. War and Peace
c. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
d. Tale of Two Cities
60. A novel by Leo Tolstoy about the
Napoleonic Invasion of Russia, also termed as the greatest novel ever written
a. War and peace
b. God Sees the Truth But Waits
c. Les Miserables
d. Cherry Orchard
61. Victor Hugo’s masterpiece about the
adventures of an ex – convict named Jean Val Jean, a prostitute named Fantine
and her daughter Cossette.
a. Les Miserables
b. Age of Innocence
c. Kublai Khan
d. The picture of Dorian Gray
62. Known for his fables and other
stories that are set in the jungles of British India. His most famous
collection is “ The Jungle Book” which is about Mogly and the wolves.”
a. Oscar Wilde
b. Rudyard Kipling
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. George Orwell
63. It is Edgar Allan Poe’s short story
about revenged and murdered between friends namely Fortunato and Montressor.
a. Fall of the House of Usher
b. God Sees the Truth but Waits
c. The Cask of Amontillado
d. Anabel Lee
64. Jose Garcia Villa’s story that tackls
the problems and disadvantages of marrying at an early age is known as:
a. How my Brother Leon Brought Home a
wife
b. Footnote to Youth
c. Midsummer
d. My Father Goes to Court
65. In reading DRTA means:
a. Directed Reading and Thinking
Activity
b. Directional Reading and Thinking
Assessment
c. Directional Reading and Tallying
Assessment
d. Directed Reading and Tackling
Activity
66. It is a reading chart that concerns
what a reader knows already, what he/she wants to learn, and what he/she
learned after reading.
a. KWL Chart
b. DRTA
c. Sq3r
d. Skimming and Scanning
67. This is a reading technique when a
student identifies and notes certain details from the given paragraph.
a. Skimming
b. Scanning
c. Paraphrasing
d. Summarizing
68. Which verb will fit the sentence:
Camilo ______playing the guitar as a hobby.
a. Has enjoyed
b. Enjoys
c. Will
enjoy
d. Enjoy
All that I love
I fold over once
And once again
And keep in a box
Or a slit in a hollow post
Or in my shoe.
All that I love?
Why, yes, but for the moment
And for all time, both.
Something that folds and keep easy,
Son’s note or dad one gaudy tie;
A roto picture of a queen,
A blue indian shawl, even
A money bill.
It’s utter sublimation,
A feat, this heart’s control
Moment to moment
To scale all love down
To a cupped hand’s size
Till seashells are broken pieces
From God’s own bright teeth,
And life and love are real
Things you can run and
Breathless hand over
To the merest child.
69. What
can be drawn out from the given poem?
a. That
love can be compartmentalized
b. That
love is better if in small servings
c. That
love must be kept
d. That
love must be given to everyone
70. What
is the title of the given poem?
a. Love
in Compartments
b. Bonsai
c. Love
in Pockets
d. Love
in Small Servings
71. Who
is the author of this widely – read canonical poem?
a. Edith
Tiempo
b. Edilberto
Tiempo
c. Angela
Manalang – Gloria
d. Kerima
Polotan Tuvera
72. What
figure of speech is predominantly used in the last stanza of the poem?
a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Hyperbole
73. What
is being described in the second stanza?
a. Mementos
that would remind us of our loved ones
b. Important
and expensive things
c. Our
family member’s favourite things
d. Expensive
souvenirs
74. What
symbolizes compartmentalized love in the third stanza?
a. Cuppedhand
size
b. Sublimation
c. Moment
d. Heart’s
control
The old people had ordered
that the dancing should stop at ten o’clock; but it was almost midnight before
the carriages came lining up to the front door, the servants running to and fro
with torches to light departing guests, while the girls who were staying were
promptly herded upstairs in bedroom…..
“May
Day Eve” Nick Joaquin
75. What
Philippine literary period is used as context of the story?
a. American
period
b. Japanese
period
c. Spanish
period
d. Martial
law
To say “ look what
life has Done” is wrong
People
and things are seldom
Done to. They
mostly do.
76. Which
sentence best expresses the idea of the lines above?
a. Life
is what we make it.
b. Life
is too short to be wasted.
c. People
must be responsible for others.
d. People
seldom do things right.
77. The
idea expressed in the box below belongs to what school of thought?
A poem is not a thought but a
grace.
A poem has no meaning but loveliness
a. Escapist
art
b. Modern
art
c. Art
with social consciousness
d. Art
for art’s sake
78. Which
sounds device is not used in the last stanza of Carlos Angeles’ poem “Dusk”?
Far from the precinct of some
fatuous fire
Streaking across the avenues
like faith
Which reaffirms man’s genius
or desire
And calmly smiles, and moves.
The hour is late.
a. Alliteration
b. Assonance
c. Anaphora
d. Rhyme
79. What
literary device is used in the closing paragraph of “Harvest,” a short story
written by Loreto Paras Sulit?
a. Allusion
b. Foreshadowing
c. Irony
d. Sarcasm
80. “
My love is like a red, red rose”
a. Synecdoche
b. Metaphor
c. Personification
d. Simile
81. “
All eyes were on him”
a. Metonymy
b. Synecdoche
c. Personification
d. Hyperbole
82. The
setting stars weigh down our heads toward sleep”
a. Hyperbole
b. Personification
c. Oxymoron
d. Litotes
83. ‘And
trouble deaf heaven with my booties cries’
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Metonymy
d. Synecdoche
84. “
the terror of it bathes me with sweat even in memory”
a. Personification
b. Oxymoron
c. Litotes
d. Hyperbole
1. Africa,
tell me, Africa
2. Is
this you?
3. This
back that is bent
4. This
back that breaks under the weight the humiliation
5. This
back trembling with red sears
6. And
saying yes to the whip of the midday sun
85. The
tone of the persona is _____________
a. Angry
and bitter
b. Ironic
and sarcastic
c. Envious
and spiteful
d. Cautious
and fearful
86. __________
is the figure of speech used in line 1.
a. Oxymoron
b. Metonymy
c. Apostrophe
d. Litotes
87. The
word “back” in lines 3 – 5 emphasizes and suggested the ________________
a. Hard
life of the black people in working on their land
b. Suffering
of Africa under the hands of colonizers
c. Tragic
consequence of being born black and poor
d. Ignorance
of the Africans about their human rights
88. The
word “back” in the lines 3 – 5 shows the use of the figure speech called
____________
a. Metonymy
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Synecdoche
89. in
Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s short story “The
Virgin Mary” why did Ms. Mijares failed to find
a man to marry?
a. Because
is choosy in a finding a man
b. Because
she took care of her sick mother
c. Because
she is busy with work
d. Because
she is concentrated in her studies
90. A
person with a negative outlook in life cannot ____ with depression.
a. Cope
up
b. Cope
on
c. Cope
in
d. Cope
91. Which
sounds like “fine”?
a. Cry
b. Brine
c. Fry
d. Why
92. The
senator approached the podium with his spiel. His hands were shaking and he was
sweating tremendously. He experienced:
a. Heart
attack
b. Nausea
c. Stage
fright
d. Epilepsy
93. “
He was like a snake in the night”, what figure of speech is present?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Apostrophe
94. The
Rubaiyat has the theme:
a. Always
looking forward to a new day
b. Never
giving in to death easily
c. Grasping
pleasure while you can
d. Creating
your own world and beautify it.
95. What
is true learning as exemplified in this quotation; “only one who burst with
eagerness do I instruct. Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten”
a. Learning
makes human beings a follower of instruction
b. Learning
involves patience and tenacity
c. Learning
has the ability to make a man
d. Learning
is coupled with commitment and passion
96. In
Paz Latorena’s short story “The Small Key” what is inside the chest when the
second wife Soledad opened it using the small key?
a. Old
clothes and other things owned by the first wife
b. Skeletons
c. Land
documents
d. Weapons
used in war by Pedro during the second world war
97. In
Nick Joaquin’s short story ‘My Day Eve” what is the technique used by the
author in developing the plot?
a. Telescoping
b. Foreshadowing
c. Flash
back
d. Stream
of Consciousness
98. If
you drink poison you __________
a. Die
b. Will
die
c. Died
d. Would
die
99. If
the president listened to the wails of the people, he ______________the killings in Mindanao.
a. Stops
b. Would
stop
c. Would
have stopped
d. Will
stop
100. If
the mother weapon is not found inside the bag of AKSIONOV, he
__________imprisonment.
a. Will
not suffer
b. Suffers
c. Would
not have suffered
d. Would
suffer
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