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ENGLISH

Choose the correct meaning of the underline word

Vocabulary:
1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of
his pupils.
a. Demands c. Identifies
b. Observes d. regulates
2. There is a need to renovate the old school building
to avoid future accidents.
a. repair c. restore
b. repaint d. redecorate
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the ball
game
a. Frustrating c. sad
b. happy d. discouraging
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement
between the parent and the teacher
a. embarrassing c. peaceful
b. humble d. continuing
5. There is an altercation going on between the
teacher and principal in the office.
a. dispute c. settlement
b. competition d. jealousy

6. The English teacher is proficient in her teaching.
a. effective c. engrossed
b. expert d. perfect
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the
qualified of the officers.
a. specify c. fasten
b. attach d. underline
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas
a. remove c. decrease
b. include into d. criticize
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of the
campus.
a. magnificent c. funny
b. ridiculous d. positive
10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were
deciding on the winner.
a. appealing c. restlessly
b. with love d. none of these
11. He was deprive of a mothers love
a. satisfied c. chosen
b. debarred d. given
12. The flagrant pupils came shouting with stones in
their hands.
a. industrious c. notorious
b. group of pupils d. intelligent
13. There was a question of fraud among the
notorious pupils who took the special examination.
a. cheating c. unfairness
b. injustice d. favoritism
14. Her answer was explicable in public
a. undetermined c. unacceptable
b. can be explained d. unreasonable
15. She looked haggard when she came in
a. fresh c. gaunt
b. at ease d. inspired
Subject-Verb Agreement
16. Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated
when the candidate did not appear in public.
a. was b. were

17. A bag of candies and a bottle of coke ____ on the
table.
a. Is b. are
18. That _____ seem correct.
a. dont b. doesnt
19. Either the boys or girls _____ here.
a. is b. are
20. The number of teacher in the school ____ from
year to year.
a. vary b. varies
21. One-third of the classroom_____ under water.
a. was b. were
22. She is one of those honor pupils who always
_____ into confusion.
a. get b. gets
23. Each of the members of the club _____ a duty to
perform.
a. Have b. Has
24. Mrs. Tecsons creativeness and concern _____ well
appreciated.
a. is b. are
25. There ____ many pupils here.
a. Is b. are
26. Many years of his life _____ spent in province
a. Was b. were
27. No one ____ at home.
a. is b. are
28. My leg and my arm _____ aching.
a. Is b. are
29. She _____ to read novels.
a. like b. likes
30. There _____ eight men in the game.
a. is b. are
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
31. Michael shouts like mike does.
a. hyperbole c. metaphor
b. simile d. litotes
32. Dona was tired to death after a long day of
cooking.
a. simile c. metaphor
b. hyperbole d. personification
33. She has a Venus beauty
a. simile c. metaphor
b. hyperbole d. litotes
34. As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily while the
cool breeze touches my lips gently.
a. Hyperbole c. metaphor
b. litotes d. personification
35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt.
matutum.
a. Litotes c. Metaphor
b. Hyperbole d. Simile
36. Chris was a limb in the group during the disco
party.
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. metaphor d. litotes
37. Her lips are as cold as ice

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a. simile c. personification
b. metaphor d. synecdoche
38. James was crushed by the death of Kris.
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. personification d. metaphor
39. Her skin is as white as onion
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. metaphor d. litotes
40. She has the King Solomon ideas.
a. Simile c. metaphor
b. Hyperbole d. personification
IV. Vocabulary
41. That coke is delicious
a. looks good c. looks colorful
b. tastes good d. smells good
42. I wont come anymore
a. come soon c. already came
b. never come d. any of these
43. The story is uninteresting
a. very interesting
b. interesting in some part
c. not interesting
d. some how interesting
44. She was attracted by the hedge
a. stone c. fence
b. low bushes d. none of these
45. The memo is compulsory.
a. must be done c. must be kept
b. a request d. optional
46. She has to economize.
a. earn more money c. put business
b. spend less d. spend more
47. The pond is shallow
a. has clear water c. is full of mass
b. is not deep
48. The oil trickles down the machine
a. flows rapidly
b. flows little by little
c. flows in large quantities
49. That pond is full of fry.
a. small fish c. mosquito
b. frogs d. wraps
50. I sneaked out.
a. went out noisily c. went out easily
b. went out without attracting
51. He hasnt come yet
a. hell come later c. he wont come
b. we wont wait for him d. he will never
come
52. You will sprinkle the flower once a day
a. change c. cut
b. water d. throw
53. These fish are fresh
a. cooked c. cheap
b. newly caught d. rotten
54. The light is dim
a. off c. colored
b. not bright d. very bright
55. The ants are motile
a. small c. numerous
b. movable d. big

V. Answer the following correctly.
56. How do you address a Christmas card where the
husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the wife is
an attorney? Which is the right form?
a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez
b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes
c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes
d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes
57. Writing to your superior, what complimentary
wending should be used?
a. truly yours, c. Yours truly,
b. very truly yours, d. Truly very yours
58. Choose the proper use of everyday.
a. You find this headline everyday.
b. You find this headline everyday in the
newspapers.
c. You dont find the issue clear everyday.
d. I read the issue everyday
59. Which declaration shows determination?
a. What an embarrassing situation!
b. I have good words for you.
c. This time, I wont stop teaching.
d. I will still think about it.
60. When you are writing to someone you hardly
know, the salutation should be
a. My dear Mrs. Ponce
b. Dear Mrs. Ponce
c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
61. Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man healthy,
wealthy, and wise means
a. sleep early and wake up early so you will
become wealthy
b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early
and getting
c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth
d. Sleeping will give you a healthy mind.
62. Tell me who your friends are and Ill tell you who
you are means
a. You are the judges as to who your peers are.
b. Your friends are your everyday companions.
c. You choose your friends.
d. Tell me who you to be with.
63. Which of this word are synonymous with
settlement?
a. Autonomy c. Accord
b. Breakthrough d. Policy
64. What does it mean by saying Not all close eyes
are asleep.
a. Not all eyes are blind.
b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows
whats going on.
c. When we sleep sometimes we open our eyes.
d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes.
65. What is meant by live within your means?
a. Grow as your live
b. Liking is the means of growing.
c. Spend according to your income.
d. Growing is the means to live.
66. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of
my soul was written by
a. Henley c. Elliot

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b. Dickens d. Shelley
67. A thing of beauty is a joy forever expressed the
philosophy of
a. Spencer c. Elliot
b. Keats d. Tennyson
68. Americas greatest humorist
a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington Irving
b. Mark twain d. Samuel Clemens
69. A long narrative poem dealing with persons of
heroic proportion and actions of great significance
a. Ballad c. Sonnet
b. Epic d. Elegy
70. Considered the father of the modern American
short story
a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe
b. Bacon d. Robert frost
71. It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables.
a. Niponggo c. Canto
b. Haiku d. Tanaga
72. A collection of literary pieces
a. Prose c. Anthology
b. Biography d. Diary
73. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
a. Epic c. Verse
b. Sonnet d. Prose
74. Longest epic ever written
a. Invictus c. Mahabharata
b. Lam-ang d. Lament
75. Stories that reflect peoples beliefs and are handed
from generation to generation
a. Prose c. Poetry
b. Folktales d. Ballad
76. These are not tales making use of animals as
characters
a. Myths c. Fables
b. Legends d. Fiction
77. Known for his pen name Dolores Manapat
a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio Lopez Jaena
b. Marcelo H. del Pilar d. Andres Bonifacio
78. Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and
published La Solidaridad
a. Apolinario Mabini c. Jose Rizal
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar
79. His words were the source of inspiration for the
poem Like the Molave
a. Mabini c. Quezon
b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal
80. A poem lamenting the dead
a. Sonnet c. Elegy
b. Ode d. Satire
81. Represent of a thing or ideas of a person
a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet
b. Allusion d. Personification
82. A speech by a person who reveals his thoughts
a. Sonnet c. soliloquy
b. Metaphor d. simile
83. Figure of speech where two different things are
compared thru the use of as and like
a. simile c. facsimile
b. allegory d. epic
84. Author of how My Brother Leon Brought Home a
Wife
a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez
b. Fernando maramag d. None of these
85. These stories, which reflect the peoples belief, are
handed down from one generation to another by
word of mouth.
a. novels c. prose
b. folktales d. poetry
86. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds
and supernatural happenings with local color and
which people sing or chant
a. epic c. verse
b. poetry d. riddles
87. He wrote the famous letter To the Women of
Malolos
a. Gregorio del Pilar c. Jose Rizal
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto
88. A kind of literary piece which moralizes and was
written in letter from between two sisters dwelling
in the city ad the other in the province.
a. urbana at Felisa c. Manang Biday
b. Pasyon, religious play d. None of these
89. How is the author of The legend of sleepy
Hollow which revolves around a headlines
horsemans tale
a. George Washington c. Washington Irving
b. Robert Surtess d. Shakespeare
90. Considered as one of the worlds greatest short
stories and it is Edgar Allan Poes story of terror
about a hypochondriac living in morbid fear.
a. Annabel Lee c. Macbeth
b. The fall of the house of Usher d. The Raven
91. He is Edmond Rostands famous character who is a
poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar nose.
a. Roxanne c. Ichabod
b. Don Quixote d. Cyrano de Bergerac
92. If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its
own excuse for being - is taken from the poem
a. The bells c. Don juan
b. Sonnet d. Rhodora
93. A great epic poem whose plot centers around the
anger and wrath of Achilles against Agamemnon, a
geek leader
a. Bernardo Carpio c. The Odyssey
b. The Iliad of Homer d. Myth
94. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of
my soul,, is taken room the poem
a. O Captain, my captain
b. Invictus
c. The arrow and the Song
d. None of these
95. He was the American President who said: Ask not
what America will do for you, but what together
we can do for the freedom of man.
a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
96. The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus; That
the government of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the earth. is in
his famous
a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
b. Inaugural Address
c. Address at Gettysburg

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d. None of these
97. The figure of speech, which uses exaggerated
statement for aesthetic reason.
a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
99. The famous painting Juan Luna made
a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
100. The stature of David was created by
a. Sigfried Vandike c. Michelangelo
b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol


English

1 b 51 A
2 a 52 B
3 b 53 B
4 c 54 B
5 a 55 B
6 b 56 D
7 a 57 B
8 b 58 C
9 b 59 C
10 c 60 B
11 b 61 B
12 c 62 A
13 a 63 C
14 b 64 B
15 c 65 C
16 a 66 A
17 b 67 B
18 b 68 B
19 b 69 B
20 b 70 C
21 a 71 B
22 b 72 C
23 b 73 B
24 a 74 C
25 b 75 B
26 b 76 C
27 a 77 B
28 b 78 D
29 b 79 C
30 b 80 C
31 b 81 D
32 b 82 C
33 c 83 A
34 d 84 B
35 a 85 B
36 b 86 A
37 b 87 C
38 c 88 A
39 a 89 C
40 c 90 B
41 b 91 D
42 b 92 D
43 c 93 B
44 b 94 B
45 a 95 D
46 b 96 C
47 b 97 C
48 b 98 B
49 a 99 A
50 b 100 C