MIXED

MAJORSHIP
1. Showing the contrast between vowels
/i/ and /l/, as in heat and hit, is best
presented by using ______.
a. analogous pairs
b. dyadic pairs
c. minimal pairs
d. complementary pairs
2. Many a man ___ to be rich and
famous.
a. Desires
b. Desiring
c. Is desiring
d. Desire
3. Anton’s nipa hut was destroyed ___
by typhoon.
a. Altogether
b. Altogether
c. All together
d. All of the above
4. In a play production, which stage is
casting a part of?
a. Pre-production
b. Production
c. Post-production
d. Prepost production
5. Which of the following wh-questions
elicits clarification?
a. What do you think?
b. Why don’t we meet immediately?
c. How have you been?
d. What does that mean?
6. In the sentence “ My aunt tenderly
MOTHERS her youngest son,” the word
mother is _____?
a. A noun
b. A verb
c. An adjective
d. A possessive
7. Which of the following words contain
a /ð/ sound?
a. Thoughtful
b. Thermometer
c. Thinkers
d. Therefore
8. Comprehensible input in Krashen’s
input Hypothesis is ______?
a. i + 1
b. i + 2
c. i +1/2
d. i + 3
9. The Philippines is considered as ___
nation?
a. ESL
b. EFL
c. English speaking
d. Foreign sounding
10. He devised the plan which caused the
fall of troy and brought victory to his
people.
a. Agamemnon
b. Odysseus
c. Achilles
d. Menelaus
11. “SEX AT NOON TAXES” is an example
of?
a. Tautology
b. Cliché
c. Literary conceit
d. Palindrome
12. This is an affective factor which refers
to the learners’ reason for trying to learn
the target language.
a. Language shock
b. Culture shock
c. Motivations
d. Ego permeability
13. Before presenting a debate video,
Teacher Loi instructed is students to focus
on evaluating the speakers’ arguments
and the value of his ideas. What type of
purposeful listening will his students be
involved in?
a. Appreciative
b. Marginal
c. Comprehensive
d. Critical
14. Which best describes the Old
Testament as literature?
a. An inspirational prose
b. A chronicle of Jewish events
c. A collection of religious anecdotes
d. An anthology of Jewish literature
15. In Amador Daguio’s “The Wedding
Dance”, which type of conflict is shown?
a. Man vs. Man
b. Man vs. Society
c. Man vs. Fate
d. Man vs. Self
16. Which type of news story aims to
entertain more than to inform?
a. News feature
b. Straight news
c. Routine story
d. Soft news
17. The plays “Oedipus Rex” and
“Antigone” were written by the Greek
dramatist:
a. Sophocles
b. Euripides
c. Aeschylus
d. Aristophanes
18. John decided to revise some of the
profanities in his written work to be
sensitive to his young readership. Which
aspect of writing did he mainly consider?
a. Objective
b. Audience
c. Function
d. Marketability
19. The Lit 101 students were asked to
look for specific names of the characters
while watching the film “Pride and
Prejudice”. Which of the following skills
was emphasized?
a. Listening for gist
b. Listening for details
c. Making predictions
d. Drawing inferences
20. Teacher Ladda prepared a reading passage
that talks about a specific discipline. In
selecting words to include in their vocabulary
instruction, she first included the words that
have completely different meanings in other
disciplines. What type of words did Teacher
Ladda consider first?
a. Literary words
b. High utility words
c. Academic words
d. Technical words
21. Which of the following is a gradable
adjective?
a. Unique
b. Round
c. Perfect
d. Healthy
22. If a student has familiarity with sounds of
the language, he/she is said to have:
a. Fluency
b. Vocabulary
c. Phonemic awareness
d. Graphophonemic
23. Which of the following sentences does not
have a linking verb?
a. The tall building appears haunted.
b. The principal is busy observing classes.
c. The ugly bud becomes a beautiful flower
after two days.
d. The class are working on their science
project.
24. The extension part of a traditional stage is
referred to as _____.
a. Apron
b. Acting Area
c. Dimension
d. Proscenium Arch
25. Which of the following is properly
sequenced?
a. An old ugly gray wooden statue
b. A wooden old ugly gray statue
c. An ugly old gray wooden statue
d. A gray wooden old ugly statue
26. The words “Inadequate, disembark,
uneducated, and illegitimate” have prefixes
that are:
a. Neutral
b. Negative
c. Positive
d. Common
27. It is the study of how people use language
in different context?
a. Pragmatics
b. Morphology
c. Phonology
d. Semantics
28. The following sentences: ‘this shoe all wet’,
‘cat drink milk’, ‘daddy go bye bye’ are
sentence structures of lexical words with NO
FUNTIONAL OR GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES.
These sentences are characteristic of what
stage of first language acquisition?
a. Holophrastic stage
b. Babbling stage
c. Cooing stage
d. Telegraphic stage
29. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” inspired which famous Filipino literary
masterpiece?
a. Dekada ‘70
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. Desiderata
d. America is in the Heart
30. What sense image is used in this line from
Latorena’s The Small Key? “There were dark,
newly plowed furrows where in due time
timorous seedlings would rise to sturdy stalks
and golden grain, to a rippling yellow sea in the
wind and sun during harvest time.”
a. Tactile
b. Olfactory
c. Visual
d. Auditory
31. The activities the second language teacher
does in his/her class pertain to ___.
a. Theory
b. Method
c. Techniques
d. All of the above
32. Which of the following is the focus on
Controlled to Free Writing?
a. Accuracy of Writing
b. Quantity of Writing
c. Patterns of Writing
d. All of the above
33. When the scene calls for an intimate,
romantic moment, which part of the stage is
moat appropriate to be used?
a. Center Stage
b. Down Center
c. Down Left
d. Down Right
34. In oral interpretation, which does NOT
belong to the group?
a. Story-telling
b. Readers theatre
c. Monologue
d. Declamation
35. This view emphasizes that native language
comprises habits that a second language
learner must overcome. This is accomplished
by forging new habits through repetition of
pattern drills with accompanying positive
reinforcement.
a. Behaviorist Learning Theory
b. Cognitive Learning Theory
c. Functional Learning Theory
d. Holistic Learning Theory
36. Which hypothesis suggests that there is an
OPTIMAL WINDOW OF TIME during which
anyone can learn a first language or second
language in a normal or native-like level?
a. Monitor hypothesis
b. Critical period hypothesis
c. Natural order hypothesis
d. Affective filter hypothesis
37. A low intensity earthquake was felt. How
should students exit from the college building?
What is heard from the dean?
a. “dismiss your classes.”
b. You better contact your parents now.”
c. Don’t panic! Everything will be fine soon.”
d. Move out of the classroom orderly and
proceed to the open field.”
38. She was considered to be the most
respected Filipino woman fictionist during
prewar days.
a. Estrella Alfon
b. Gilda Cordero-Fernando
c. Lilia Pablo Amansec
d. Azucena Grajo-Urranza
39. Which of the following nouns shows
inflection?
a. Friendship
b. Helplessness
c. Advocacy
d. Librarians
40. The following words: lab, dorm, prof, gym,
prom, and mike result from a word formation
process called ____.
a. Clipping
b. Invention
c. Blending
d. Derivation
41. The judges chose Mawmaw the best dog in
the show. The italicized phrase functions as
______.
a. Object complement
b. Direct object
c. Indirect object
d. Appositive
42. The transcription /talp/ represents the
word ______.
a. Tap
b. Tape
c. Tip
d. Type
43. Who is acclaimed to be the prince of
Ilocano poets?
a. Leon Pichay
b. Claro Caluya
c. Pedro Bukaneg
d. Claro M. Recto
44. It was referred to as the Golden Age of
Chinese civilization.
a. Han dynasty
b. Chou dynasty
c. Shang dynasty
d. Tang dynasty
45. Which pertains to all the elements the
director visualizes and puts in every scene?
a. Balance
b. Focus
c. Picturization
d. Unity
46. Display writing focuses on the development
of the academic writing skills. The following
are examples of display writing, EXCEPT:
a. Short answer exercises
b. Note-taking
c. Research reports
d. Essay examinations
47. This type of novelty lead uses familiar
common expressions or verses.
a. One-word lead
b. Quotation lead
c. Question lead
d. Epigram lead
48. The story’s subordinate headline is called
_____.
a. Hammer
b. Deck
c. Box
d. Kicker
49. What aptly describes “universal grammar”?
a. Language used for communication by
people who speak different first languages
b. Rules applicable to all human languages
c. Language with the same vocabulary,
grammar, and pronunciation
d. Rules of grammar that distinguish one
language from the others
50. When Roland and his compatriots realized
that the enemy really do outnumber them, he
had decided to ask for the help of the King’s
army for relief. How did he get the attention of
the King?
a. He sent Oliver riding a wounded horse
b. He blew a magical horn or olifant
c. He shot an arrow straight to the King’s
room
d. He asked the Archbishop to ask God for
help.
51. Who is the famous world-wide playwright
whose plays were never published during his
lifetime but today are considered
masterpieces?
a. Sophocles
b. Cristopher Marlowe
c. Ben Jonson
d. William Shakespeare
52. The imperative “have an enjoyable
vacation,” is used as _____.
a. A suggestion
b. A wish
c. An advice
d. An invitation
53. Which of the following sentences shows an
error in subject-verb agreement?
a. Measles is contagious.
b. The committee works hard even on
holidays.
c. One hundred pesos are hard to earn in one
day.
d. My pajamas are still wet.
54. The following words are formed by
compounding EXCEPT?
a. Holdup
b. Cosmonaut
c. Brownout
d. Warm-up
55. Which Filipino magazine began to operate
in the 1920s and continued to flourish even
during the Japanese regime?
a. Kenkoy
b. Liwayway
c. Kislap
d. Bulaklak
56. What do you call the type of irony wherein
it involves a situation in a narrative in which
the reader knows something about the present
or future circumstances that the character does
not know?
a. Verbal irony
b. Situational irony
c. Dramatic irony
d. Paradoxical irony
57. Which is not a characteristic of a story of
local color?
a. Mores and traditions of a particular locality
b. Description of the local setting
c. Bias and prejudice of characters
d. Politeness and address makers
58. One of the most powerful countries which
existed several years back is _____ Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics. What article is
missing?
a. A
b. An
c. The
d. None
59. This type of stage has audience seats on
three sides with apron of the stage extended so
acting area is move forward.
a. Arena
b. Traditional
c. Thrust
d. Closed
60. One of the factors that influence learners “listening is
their knowledge in the language system. Which of the
following situations SHOWS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE
LANGUAGE SYSTEM?
a. Lisa cannot understand their lesson on The Great Gatsby
because she hasn’t yet read the novel.
b. Jennie cannot relate to her new friends inside jokes
because she isn’t aware of the story behind the jokes.
c. Jisoo still finds it hard to understand her American friends
after one month of being exposed to their language
d. Rose finds ease in listening to any speakers of the English
language because she’s been studying the language since she
started schooling.
61. Which of the following is an example of
talk as performance?
a. Marlin gives a class report about a school
trip.
b. Grace solicits ideas from Al for her
welcome speech.
c. James congratulates Kieth for a successful
spoken word poetry performance.
d. Brian called Cyan to ask about their sales
presentation.
62. Upon reading the story of the Little
Prince, Arnaldo began to SELF-ASSESS his
idea of what makes someone beautiful.
Which reading comprehension does he
manifest?
a. Literal
b. Inferential
c. Evaluative
d. Figurative
63. Which of the following is NOT a
feature of reading application?
a. Relating lessons to own life
b. Linking lessons to real life
c. Responses thru Multiple Intelligences
d. Communicating insights and ideas
64. In the climax of the story, Kim in Miss
Saigon wants to let the characters feel the
extreme devastation she is feeling. Which
BODY POSITION might the director select
to be best?
a. Full-front
b. Full-back
c. One-quarter turned away
d. One-half turned
65. Which syntactic structure is shown in
the following examples?
“responsible officers, trusted friend.”
a. Predication
b. Complementation
c. Modification
d. Coordination
66. A message was sent by the chief
office. What should the subordinate
answer? Choose the best response.
a. Noted, sir
b. I’ll verify sir
c. Sir, I got it right
d. Sorry, I’m busy sir
67.He is acclaimed as America’s
greatest pamphleteer.
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Natty Bumpo
c. Washington Irving
d. Thomas Paine
68. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story that is about
a boy who was born old and gets younger
everyday.
a. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
b. The Great Gatsby
c. The Innocent Boy
d. Growing Young
69. Teacher Jay ensures that his students
would not commit pronunciation errors in
his class. Which teaching method does the
teacher adhere to?
a. GTM
b. SM
c. ALM
d. CCL
70. If one wanted to find the name of the
paper’s writers, he/she would refer to the
_____.
a. Ears
b. Folio
c. Masthead
d. Nameplate
71. In the sentence, “Before Maria came
to the university, she had served the
DepEd for ten years,” the underlined verb
phrase exemplifies ________ tense-
aspect combination.
a. Simple past
b. Past perfect
c. Past progressive
d. Past perfect progressive
72. When a minimal pair illustrates that
/s/ and /z/ are separate phonemes?
a. Trace-craze
b. Seize-see
c. Lacy-lazy
d. Juice-peace
73. Who among the following linguists
believes that children are biologically
programmed for language?
a. Skinner
b. Piaget
c. Vygotsky
d. Chomsky
74. Anansi the Spider is a famous African
Tale of which kind?
a. Folk Tale
b. Trickster Tale
c. Humor Stories
d. Moral Stories
75. What is the title of novel written by
John Steinbeck which shows the great
depression in America where it traces the
migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bow
family to California and their subsequent
hardships as migrant farm workers?
a. The Kenyon Review
b. The Great Gatsby
c. The Sound and the Fury
d. The Grapes of Wrath
76. A byline is the _______.
a. A vertical line that divides page into
columns
b. The imaginary horizontal line that
divides the newspaper equally into two
parts
c. A line giving the source of story or
illustration
d. The signature of a reporter preceding
a news-feature
77. Which of the following is TRUE about
the free-writing approach?
a. The focus is on the quantity of writing
rather than quality.
b. This aims to reinforce grammar
patterns.
c. The emphasis is on the writing
process.
d. It is concerned with the end result of
the learning process.
78. In the middle of a conversation, Karl
suggested that others speak appropriate
language register to understand every detail of
the meeting. If Karl’s suggestion were to be
observed, which factor in speaking difficulty
could be avoided?
a. Use of reduced forms
b. Use of colloquial language
c. Use of unnecessary performance variables
d. All of the above
79. All of the following are written by
British authors EXCEPT one. Which one is
it?
a. Wuthering Heights
b. Pride and Prejudice
c. To kill a Mockingbird
d. Animal Farm
80. This novel is based on the pilgrimage
of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India
in search of sacred texts.
a. On learning to be an Indian
b. Record of a Journey to the West
c. The Makioka Sisters
d. In the Grove
81. What is NOT true about the present perfect
tense?
a. The action started somewhere in the past
and continued up until present
b. It must bear with it the auxiliary verbs
has/have, plus the past participle form of the
verb
c. The action is still happening at present or
just recently added
d. The action is happening at present and may
still happen in the future
82. Symbolically, what does the sea
represent in literature?
a. Means of livelihood
b. Fatalism
c. Life and death
d. Stoicism
83. Which among the following is an
example of a nameplate?
a. “US elects Biden-Harris as new
leaders”
b. “Washington, USA, November 15,
2020”
c. “The Daily Tribune”
d. “By Erika Reyes”
84. Which type of editorial is used to point
out the good and bad features of a
problem or situation mentioned in the
news and suggests a solution to an end?
a. Editorial of argumentation
b. Editorial of criticism
c. Editorial of information
d. Editorial of interpretation
85. Teacher Maddie gives a SPRING
BOARD ACTIVITY that would allow his
students to connect the subject to the
students’ previous knowledge about the
lesson. What does this manifest?
a. Application
b. Schemata Activation
c. Vocabulary Development
d. Understanding Text Organization
86. How does using colloquial language contribute to
listening difficulty?
a. Most second language learners have initially been
exposed to the full forms of the English language.
b. Most second language learners get distracted by
speaker’s hesitations, false starts, pauses, and
corrections.
c. Most second language earners have been
exposed to standard written English or “textbook”
language.
d. The listener may not always have the opportunity
to stop the speaker.
87. Which of the following sentences
correctly observes subject-verb
agreement?
a. Two-thirds of the buko pie are eaten.
b. A number of chairs is occupied.
c. Twelve months make up a year.
d. A lot of opinions is presented in the
discussion.
88. You can sleep on the beach or in the
woods. The sentence has conjoined
_______.
a. Clauses
b. Predicates
c. Verb phrases
d. Prepositional phrases
89. What symbol is used to link the events
of the three generations in May Day Eve?
a. Guardia sereno
b. Candle
c. Mirror
d. Midnight
90. In which period did Sharespeare’s
works flourish the most?
a. Restoration period
b. Victorian period
c. Elizabethan period
d. Neoclassical period
91. Students in TPR (Total Physical
Response) would most likely become
_____.
a. Directors
b. Actors
c. Readers
d. Translators
92. What conversation maxim seems to
have been VIOLATED in the following
example?
A: How was the LET?
B: well, the proctor is my former college
professor.
a. Maxim of quantity
b. Maxim of quality
c. Maxim of relation
d. Maxim of manner
93. Which among the following statements is TRUE?
a. Second language speakers must prioritize
correctness of grammar rules over communicative
fluency.
b. Second language speakers may be allowed to
commit grammar errors so long they speak in a
smooth, free-flowing way.
c. Second language speakers need to prioritize not
only fluency in the language, but also the correct use
of grammar rules.
d. All of the above
94. Which poem by William Ernest Henley
answers the question: Do humans control
their own lives?
a. Remember
b. Invictus
c. Precious Stones
d. The Alderking
95. The laborers are so happy that ____
now reaping the fruit of _____ efforts.
a. They’re – there
b. There – their
c. Their – their
d. They-re – their
96. The diamond, the mineral form of
carbon, is valued as a precious stone and
also used FOR various industrial
processes. What is the function of the
underline noun?
a. Appositive
b. Objective complement
c. Object of the preposition
d. Direct object
97. This language teaching method uses
classical music to set a relaxed state prior
to the discussion.
a. Grammar Translation
b. Series Method
c. Suggestopedia
d. Silent Way
98. What do we call the beginning of the
news story?
a. Banner
b. Lead
c. Story
d. Introduction
99. The English phonemic symbol that
matches the following articulatory
description: “voice velar nasal” is
_______.
a. /m/
b. /r/
c. /ŋ/
d. /n/
100. Among Filipinos, what
characteristics makes English difficult to
understand?
a. It is a complex language
b. It is a strange language
c. It is a second/third language
d. It is universal language