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GRAMMAR
1. The residents were told to evacuate their houses immediately _________.
a. when the water was raised
b. when the water began to rise
c. in the time when the water raised
d. at the time when the water began to go up
2. All of the transitional/ cohesive devices below may be used when writing a comparison/contrast essay,
EXCEPT.
a. similarly b. conversely c. nevertheless d. consequently
3. Which does not belong?
a. summary b. assumption c. synthesis d. generalization
4. Stop shilly-shallying and make up your mind. This serves as warning no to:
a. continue b. go ahead c. hesitate d. decide
5. The boy gave a furtive look at his classmate’s test paper.
a. abortive b. sneaky c. underhanded d. coy
6. The president and manager _____ in _____ office at the time of the fire.
a. was, her b. was, his c. were, there d. were, their
7. The president and the manager _____ in _____ office at the time of the fire.
a. was, her b. was, his c. were, there d. were, their
8. Every man, woman and child was required to bring ______ lunch with ______.
a. their, them b. there, them c. his, him d. her, her
9. Let’s have a morning walk, ___________?
a. can we b. shall we c. will we d. could we
10. Anybody who is eager is welcome, __________?
a. were they b. will they c. was they d. isn’t he
11. He used to be a famous doctor, _________?
a. didn’t he b. don’t we c. isn’t he d. is he
12. A student who is lazy cannot accomplish anything, __________?
a. can he b. is he c. will he d. can’t he
13. Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment?
a. They fought c. The boy and the girl’s uncle
b. A family just moved in d. Quit it
14. Which of the following sentences structures is “syntactically ambiguous”?
a. The mayor invited all city hall employees to his birthday dinner.
b. The columnist writers features articles on antique writing desks.
c. The man with a tall hat sits rather uncomfortably at the dinner table.
d. The valet looks imposing in his purple velvet vest.
15. The following are basic simple sentence patterns in English, EXCEPT.
a. Subject + Verb c. Subject+ Verb +Indirect Object+ Direct Object
b. Subject+ Verb+ Object d. Subject+ Object+ Verb
16. This sentence structure contains a “ditransitive verb group”.
a. Max had replied to my letter.
b. Max has turned a subtle shade of red.
c. Max hates huge spiders.
d. Max is giving his boss a headache.
17. He did not expect an odious statement from her.
a. insulting b. polite c. evasive d. humorous
18. She described the surrounding sordid.
a. noisy b. dirty c. gloomy d. deserted
19. They speak of their relentless cynicism.
a. miserable b. unexpected c. continual d. hopeless
20. She has been a complaisant wife.
a. obliging b. unhappy c. unfeeling d. domineering
21. They did not expect his room to be commodious.
a. cramped b. large c. neglected d. disordered
22. He delivered an impassive narration.
a. passionate b. calm c. expressionless d. uninteresting
23. The purpose of his visit was ostensible.
a. apparent b. ridiculous c. perplexing d. hidden
24. It surprised us to hear an impassioned speech from him.
a. heartless b. emotional c. dispassionate d. boring
25. She discovered that what she bought wan an ersatz silk.
a. flimsy b. thick c. imitation d. genuine
26. I knew that what he showed was a factitious eagerness.
a. sincere b. wholehearted c. natural d. feigned
27. Which word has the C pronounced as /k/?
a. cold b. city c. censure d. century
28. Which word has the C pronounced as /s/?
a. comma b. connote c. collaborate d. censure
29. Which minimal pair illustrates that /s/ and /z/ are separated phonemes?
a. seize-see b. craze-trace c. juice-peace d. lacy-lazy
30. The minimal pair that can be used for teaching the contrast between /ɛ/ and /ᴂ/ is _____.
a. bat-bait b. bet-bat c. bet-bit d. bet-bait
31. Learners who cannot accurately produce the final sound of the word clothe is likely to say it with?
a. /d/ b. / g / c. / Ө / d. / t /
32. Filipino learners of English who cannot correctly produce the initial sound of the word thin are likely to
replace it with ________.
a. /d/ b. /t/ c. /Ө/ d. /s/
33. Which of the following choices below illustrate the contrasting sounds of /u/ vs. /U/?
a. pull – pool b. full – fool c. stewed – stood d. wood - wooed
34. The words rat, rain and rug has an initial consonant sound that is _______?
a. fricative, post-alveolar, voiced c. lateral, palatal, voiced
b. lateral, alveolar, voiced d. affricative, post-alveolar, voiced
35. “Thin, thy, those, and that”, are words having the same initial vowel sound, except?
a. thy and those b. that and thin c. thin only d. thy only
36. In the word “vague”, which phonemical sound is a stop, velar and voiced?
a. / v / b. / g / c. / v/ and / g / d. / e /
37. In the cuing system, this is about vocabulary and coming up with meanings in a context.
a. syntax b. phonology c. semantics d. morphology
38. Which language system is focused on vocabulary?
a. semantics b. syntactic c. pragmatic d. phonological
39. What is the smallest unit of sound of any language that cause a difference in meaning called?
a. morpheme b. allophone c. phoneme d. allomorph
40. Which of the following would spell the difference between English teacher which means one who
teaches English and English teacher, a teacher from England?
a. pitch b. intonation c. stress d. juncture
41. The words “inappropriate, illegal, irresponsible and unaware” have prefixes which are classified as
______.
a. Positive b. common c. negative d. neutral
42. Which does not belong?
a. Hypothesis b. surmise c. conclusion d. conjecture
43. Without the new taxes, houses built before World War II _______ lower costs than more modern homes
do.
a. have b. has
44. Some of this book _____ not very entertaining.
a. is b. are
45. Never _____ the weather been so bad in the months of June and July.
a. has b. have
46. Of all the grammar points I have studied in my seven years of English, the most recent unit ___ me the
most for a variety of reasons.
a. confuse b. confuses
47. Common knowledge to anyone who studies science, the earth ___ on its own axis once every twenty-
four hours.
a. revolves b. revolve
48. Despite the bad weather we have had in the past days, there ___ no doubt that the tournament will go
on.
a. is b. are
49. What ___ the impetus behind tonight's meeting with members of the committee?
a. are b. is
50. According to the police, the killer of the boys in both cities ___ probably between the ages of 40 and
50.
 a. is b. are
51. H e w a s q u i t e a m u s i n g w h e n h e h e a r d w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d .
a. Was b. amusing c. heard d. had
52. Tu r n l e f t b y t h e c r o s s r o a d s w h e n y o u r e a c h i t .
a. turn b. by c. when d. it
53. H e h a s b e e n w o r k i n g h e r e f o r s o m e t i m e s .
a. been b. here c. for d. sometimes
54. H e s t o p p e d t o s e e i f h e c o u l d p i c k e d u p t h e t r a i l .
a. stopped b. see c. could d. picked
55. A l t h o u g h h e j u m p e d a s i d e , b u t t h e s t o n e h i t h i m .
a. jumped b. but c. the d. hit
56. I d e c i d e d t o c l i m b e d t o t h e t o p o f t h e h i l l t o g e t a b e t t e r v i e w .
a. decided b. climbed c. get d. view
57. H e j u m p e d d o w n a f t e r s h o u t e d a w a r n i n g t o t h o s e s t a n d i n g b e l o w.
a. jumped b. shouted c. to d. standing
58. A f t e r a f e w m i n u t e s , I l o o k u p a n d s a w t h a t i t w a s g e t t i n g d a r k .
a. few b. look c. saw d. was
59. I s a w t h e b l i n d m a n c r o s s e d t h e b u s y r o a d w i t h o u t a n y h e l p .
a. saw b. crossed c. without d. any
60. T h e r o b b e r g a v e t h e v i c t i m w i t h a h a r d b l o w .
a. gave b. with c. a d. blow
61. The girl sought ______ from the priest.
a. advise b. advice
62. The Dean ______ the teacher against taking a leave of absence.
a. adviced b. advised
63. She bought the _____ in the US.
a. device b. devise
64. Jeffrey ______ a plan to motivate teachers to do more research.
a. deviced b. devised
65. The criminal was ______ in public.
a. hung b. hang c. hanged
66. The entries in the lantern contest were _____ for public viewing.
a. hung b. hang c. hanged
67. She will _______ her cards on the table during her meeting with the staff.
a. lay b. lie c. lies
68. He usually ______ down on the couch before dinner.
a. lay b. lie c. lies
69. They ate _______ at the Japanese restaurant.
a. altogether b. all together
70. The mother felt _________ ecstatic when her son topped the exam.
a. altogether b. all together
71. Writers of academic papers should ________ sources of information.
a. cite b. sight c. site d. sighted
72. The military _______ the fugitive in a remote province.
a. cite b. sight c. site d. sighted
73. The _________ of the fast food restaurant is beside the university.
a. cite b. sight c. site d. sighted
74. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is an ________ person.
a. imminent b. eminent
75. A coup d’ etat is ___________ because of the current political crisis.
a. imminent b. eminent

LITERATURE
SONNET:
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou are lovelier and more temperate
Rough winds to shake t+he darling buds of May
And summer’s least hath all too short a date
76. The sonnet above is an example of a :
a. Italian b. Jacobean c. Shakespearean d. Petrarchan
77. “The whale has no famous author and whaling has no famous chronicles.”
a. Whaling is an old hobby.
 b. Whaling is a wild mammal that haunts mariners.
c. Whales are ordinary creatures.
d. Whaling is not truly creatures.
78. Who is the author behind the lines that follow?
…And I shall be telling this with a sign
Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads on the woods and I
And that has made all the difference.
a. Walt Whitman c. Rudyard Kipling
b. Oscar Wilde d. Robert Frost
79. “Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me
And may these be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea.
Who is the speaker of the poem?
a. a traveler b. a dying man c. a fisherman d. a captain of the ship
80. “If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.” Is taken from what poem?
a. The Bells b. Sonnets c. Don Juan d. The Rhodora
81. Da Costa’s poem goes this way: “Not yet Rizal, not yet… there are many bridges to be crossed…”
These lines reflect:
a. Goals to be aimed at the reached.
b. Goals identified in Rizal’s writing have not been reached.
c. Goals completed by Rizal.
d. Goals dreamt by Rizal.
82. In Shakespeare’s “Anthony and Cleopatra” the writer said – “ The crown of the earth does not melt. My
lord, o withered is the garland of the war, the soldier pale is fall in, young boys and girls are level now
with men, the odd is gone.” It says:
a. death makes everyone equal
b. death can come to anyone
c. death honors great men
d. death gives distinction to rank and age
83. Get the philosophy in Sara Teasdale’s poem:
“I saw him sitting in his door. His eyes had seen there times my years…
Tell me how you have kept the joy still burning in your eyes”
…impressing he rose: “I make the most of all that comes, the least
Of all that goes.”
a. Maximize the best of what life can give
b. Live a complete life
c. Enjoy life as it is
d. Enjoy living on trivial things
84. Literary criticism has a different definitions of poetry, Shelly says: “A poem is the image of life
expressed in the eternal truth”. So to Shelly, poetry:
a. Are corrections of inventions
b. Shows harmony between truth and fiction
c. Pictures the working of man and nature
d. Tells on facts
85. Gibran has collections of Aphorism. Here he says:
“Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see the truth through it but it divides from the truth.”
It means that:
a. Truth is dependent on one’s outlook in life.
b. Truth prevails in whatever form.
c. Truth to man is relative to his value.
d. Truth cannot be absolute.
86. Shakespeare once said: “But love is blind and lovers cannot see, the petty foolish things that lovers do.”
What does it mean?
a. nonsense words c. amazing acts
b. beautiful thoughts d. careless acts
87. Perhaps she was just bored. a. frustration
Bored with the man b. discontent
Of the missing rib c. loneliness
Who was beginning to repeat
Himself, having run out names
For the rest of the world.
88. She squats on high noon, a. uneasiness
a burnt mascot in her open lair b. enduring
I swear there is smoke c. comforting
rising from her naked nape.
89. It’s fine with me, Nay a. consoling
if you don’t have b. hoping
money to give c. conscienticizing
for my needs in school
it’s okay, Nay
I’ll sell the panties and
bra that I most cherish.
90. All that I love, a. belittling
I fold over once b. suffocating
And once again c. treasuring
And keep in a box
Or a slit in a hollow post
Or in my shoe.
91. Speak howling wind, blow the dead leaves the branches
Send heavy clouds in these dry days
And we will drink in the cool of night
a. apostrophe, personification c. metaphor, simile
b. hyperbole, paradox d. irony, oxymoron
92. The Sampaguita flowers smell sweet
on the young, brown palms
that beat the everyday threat to survive.
a. metaphor c. paradox
b. simile d. hyperbole
93. Which of the following is Carlos Bulosan’s celebrated autobiography?
a. Footnote to Youth c. The laughter of my Father
b. America is in the Heart d. Falling Leaves
94. “To be or not to be, that’s the question” this line is taken from what particular Shakespearean play?
a. The Ghost b. Hamlet c. Romeo and Juliet d. Macbeth
95. Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere is inspired by the novel written by Harriet Beacher Stowe titled
______.
a. War and Peace b. Tom Sawyer c. Les Miserables d. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
96. Who wrote the novel “A Christmas Carol” which talks about a man who hates Christmas?
a. H.G. Wells b. Charles Dickens c. Oscar Wilde d. D.H. Lawrence
97. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?
a. Sadi b. Kalidasa c. Khagyam d. Tagore
98. Which two groups are at war in the “Iliad”?
a. Trojans and Maceanians c. Trojans and Achaeans
b. Trojans and Minoans d. Trojans and Macedonains
99. He is the author of “The Legend of the Sleepy Hollows” which revolves around a headless horseman’s
tale:
a. George Orewelle c. Walton Shaw
b. Washington Irving d. Robert Frost
100. Greatest American writer of horror and detective stories:
a. Albert Camus b. James Joyce c. Edgar Allan Poe d. Justin O’Brien
101. Who said this: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
a. Richard Nixon c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. Lyndon B. Johnson d. John F. Kennedy
102. Which of the following is the story of a scholar who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for
knowledge?
a. Faust b. Lucinde c. Candide d. Sorrows of the Young Werther
103. Who of the following Romans was never Emperor?
a. Julius Caesar b. Caligula c. Catullus d. Claudius
104. The Tale of Genji was written by:
a. Kawabata Syaonari c. Lady Murasaka
b. Akutagawa Rynosuki d. Mady Murasoki Shikibu
105. Who is not a romantic poet?
a. John Keats c. Robert Burns
b. John Milton d. William Blake
106. The celebrated god in ancient Greek drama.
a. Dram b. Dionysus c. Devo
107. A poem that expresses mourning and la mentation of the dead.
a. Eulogy b. Ode c. Elegy
108. An Egyptian deity believed as the “god of the dead”
a. Ra b. Osiris c. Horus
109. The first formal writing introduced by Sumerian scribes was;
a. pictographs b. cuneiform c. paintings
110.A Greek poet known as “Father of Literature”
a. Aeschylus b. Ennius c. Alighieri
111.The father of Italian literature is;
a. Aeschylus b. Ennius c. Alighieri
112.The father of English novel is;
a. Henry Fielding b. Noah Webster c. Edgar Allan Poe
113.The father of Essay and the Shakespeare of France.
a. Michael de Montaigne b. Alexander Pushkin c. John Gotenbury
114.The father of English poetry is.
a. William Shakespeare b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Francesco Petrach
115.A greek traditional hero exalted in the Odyssey.
a. Odysseus b. Achilles c. Paris
116.A sorceress in Ulysses’ story who bewitched sailors and transformed them into hogs.
a. Sybil of Cumae b. Circe c. Ino of slim ankles
117.A tournament among knights considered as a form of entertainment in Medieval Europe.
a. boxing b. wrestling c. jousting
118.A latin derivative word of literature.
a. litera b. letter c. alphabet
119.Nothingness in greek myth referred as
a. chaos b. chamber c. charybdis
120. Pan, one of the earth gods means
a. Pandora b. Panic c. Passion
121. In Greece, the festivals of Bacchus were held at
a. Athens b. Florence c. Italy
122. A literary category which is used to indicate the place of origin of metrical romances.
a. Matters b. Metric c. Pentameter
123.A collection of stories mostly Arabic, Indian or Persian origin written between 14th and 16th century
translated by Antoine Gallad in French.
a. Quasedab. The Arabian Nights c. Mora
124. The father of the Tagalog race according to its myth is
a. Maykapal b. Bathala c. Kabunian
125. A series of hymns praising the twelve Olympians is collectively called
a. Theogony b. Works & Days c. Homeric Hymns
126. Uranus and Geae’s first children were
a. hundred headed monsters b. cyclops c. titans
127. The German folklorists who first compile and print oral traditions.
a. Victor Hugob. Grimm Brothers c. Hans Christian Anderson
128. A field in Greek myth that refers to Paradise
a. Erebus b. Elysian c. Limbo
129. A literary type that consists of expression written the common flow of conversation.
a. prose b. play c. pantomime
130. A coinage which literally means “Popular Antiquities”.
a. non-fiction b. fiction c. folklore
131. A literary masterpiece by Sir Thomas More that espoused about the ideal world for the ideal
society.
a. Utopia b. Don Quixote c. Inferno
132. A long majestic poem that narrates the exploits of a traditional hero and the development of a
nation.
a. Metrical Romance b. Epic c. Ballad
133. The basic division of play is
a. act b. scene c. plot
134. Poet of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana.
a. Valmiki b. Volsung c. Odin
135. An irony in fiction which the reader expects something to happen, but is contrary to expectation.
 a. Verbal Irony b. Dramatic Irony c. Irony of Situation
136. A collection of narratives about a particular city or family such as Troy, Thebes and their ruling
dynasties are called
a. Sagas b. Ballads c. Traditions
137. A Sumero – Babylonian epic that depicts their version of the Creation and an account of Marduk is
entitled;
a. On Cessation of Oracles b. Metamorphoses of the Gods c. Enuma Elish
138. The Golden Age of Sanskrit literature is from 400 to
a. 800 BC b. 850 BC c. 750 BC

139. He was as brave as a lion.

A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
140. "All the world' s a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and
their entrances;" William Shakespeare: As you like it
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
141. “Death lays its icy hands on kings.”
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
142. “My luv is like a red, red rose... "
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
143. “Death! Where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory? "
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
144. He is a lion.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
145. The chug-a, chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill, while a cloud of smoke rose up to the
western sky.
A. Simile B. Euphemism C. Onomatopoeia
146. Substituting the word "euthanasia" for "mercy killing" or "killing the terminally ill".
A. Euphemism B. Hyperbole C. Apostrophe
147. I had so much homework last night that I need to pick up trucks to carry all my books home!
A. Synecdoche B. Onomatopoeia C. Hyperbole
148. "The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet, At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk."
A. Simile B. Metonymy C. Personification
149. Pitching pennies with the Pittsburg Pirates in a pitter-patter of rain outside the Pitti Palace.
A. Alliteration B. Onomatopoeia C. Oxymoron
150. What figure of speech is they had to have it [the book] in their libraries as a monument of
antiquity, like those old rusty coins which can't be used in real trade?
a. Metonymy b. similec. personificationmetaphor