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OAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Oas, Albay

MOCK TEST (ENGLISH PROFICIENCY)

Part I. GenEd (ELEM&SEC) ENGLISH

1. What kind of word is TELECAST? 7. Which of the following is not a

A. Blend weakness of the linear model
B. Acronym communication?
C. Borrowed A. It does not include feedback
D. Clipped B. It does not include noise.
C. It assumes listeners are passive
2. What kind of word is AWOL? and not active participants
A. Borrowed D. It assumes sending and
B. Clipped receiving are separate, not
C. Acronym simultaneous activities.
D. Blend
8. In this type of context, the
3. What is the taxonomic stage of this communicator uses a mechanical device
behavior? MATCH FAMILIAR that multiples messages and takes them
VOCABULARY WORDS IN SENTENCES to a large number of people
WITH CORRECT DEFINITIONS. simultaneously.
A. Mechanical Skills Perception A. Mass communication
B. Communication B. Public communication
Comprehension C. Intrapersonal communication
C. Knowledge Recognition D. Interpersonal communication
D. Transfer Reception
9. Which among these words has [z] end
4. Which of the following discourse sound?
markers should be used when the writer A. Maps
wants to generalize? B. Jokes
A. For instance C. Laughs
B. In most cases D. Buys
C. First of all 10. Which of the words below has the [zh]
D. Actually sound?
A. Ships
5. Which of the following statements B. Shore
means that the person has a good reason C. She
that the action will really happen? D. Leisure
A. Will I see you tomorrow?
B. I’m expecting you to call me at 11. It determines if a sound is voiced of
two. voiceless
C. I’m hoping for his approval. A. Uvula
D. Both B and C. B. Voice Box
C. Tongue
6. All these are spelled correctly except D. Alveolar Ridge
A. deceive
B. chief
C. receipt
D. grief
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12. Identify the author of the poem from 16. What figure of speech does
which the following lines are taken: Wordsworth use in line 7?
O is she rosely loved A. paradox
is she lovely rosed B. metonymy
O is she lovely sung as sea- C. oxymoron
shells? D. allusion and American Lit
A. Fernando M. Maramag
B. Mauro Mendez 17. What figure of speech is exemplified
C. Natividad Marquez below?
D. Jose Garcia Villa “The wind stood up and gave a
shout. He whistled on his two
13. Manuel Arguilla is one of the most fingers.”
important Filipino writers of all time. He A. Allusion
wrote the Juan Tamad series and the short B. Metaphor
story “How my Brother Leon Brought C. Onomatopoeia
Home a Wife.” He is famous for injecting D. Personification
themes with ________ in his story.
A. Urbanity 18. How many were going to St. Ives
B. Cosmopolitanism according to these lines?
C. Local Color As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man
D. Ranch life with seven wives:
Every wife had seven sacks;
14-16. Read the poem below then answer Every sack had seven cats;
the three questions from 14-16 Every cat had seven kits.
My Heart Leaps Up A. One
-William Wordsworth B. Twenty – five
1 My heart leaps up when I behold C. Nine
2 A rainbow in the sky: D. Twenty – three
3 So was it when my life began;
4 So is it now I am a man; 19. Which novel written by Kerima-Tuvera
5 So be it when I shall grow old, tells the story of Emma Mercene who
6 Or let me die! struggles for consummation of purse and
7 The Child is father of the Man; clean love?
8 And I could wish my days to be A. The Barangay
9 Bound each to each by natural B. The Hand of The Enemy
piety. C. A Child of Sorrow
D. The Filipino Rebel
14. What does the poem celebrate as
shown in lines 1-2? 20. The film “ Tatarin” is based on the
A. sadness in death short story by Nick Joaquin titled ________
B. reverence for nature A. May Day Eve
C. familial bonding B. Summer Solstice
D. sense of foreboding C. Three Generations
D. Woman with Two Navels
15. What does the persona wish in the
last two lines? 21. Which is Chaucer’s collection stories
A. that he continues to be pious in verse showing his skill as a story teller
B. that he be a child once again in giving a vivid picture of English society
C. that he continues to be in the 1300’s?
connected to nature A. The Divine Comedy
D. that he fulfills his duties and B. The New Life
responsibilities C. The Song of Roland
D. The Canterbury Tales
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22. This Victor Hugo’s Masterpiece that 26. What is NOT true about the present
talks about the French revolution. perfect tense?
A. Les Misérables A. The action started somewhere
B. Hunchback of Notre Dame in the past and continued up until
C. Anna Karenina present
D. Fathers and Sons B. It must bear with it the auxiliary
verb has/have plus the past
23. Which among the following is a participle form of the verb
Pulitzer-winning novel set in the Great C. The action is still happening at
Depression that tells about a family present or just recently ended
forced out of their home because of D. The action is happening at
extreme economic hardships? present and may still happen in
A. Moby Dick the future.
B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C. Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea 27. This seatwork is difficult for Paul and
D. The Grapes of Wrath _______.
A. myself
24. Which of the following is one of the B. I
oldest and most translated poems in old C. me
English? Its verses can be found in the D. himself
Nowell Codex, one of the oldest
manuscripts in the collection of the 28. Which method of speech delivery is
British Library. termed as 'making it up on the spot?
A. The Legends of Lancelot A. Impromptu
B. The Beowulf B. Manuscript
C. The Canterbury Tales C. Memorized
D. Sir Gawain and the Green D. Extemporaneous
Knight
29. Venus is an exemplification of
25. What makes the sentence below feminine pulchritude. Pulchritude means:
erroneous? “I have written a letter A. Plain
yesterday.” B. Beauty
A. Yesterday C. Ugliness
B. Have D. Homeliness
C. A
D. Letter 30. Which of the following forms of
poetry gives the highest importance to life
in the countryside through its themes and
stories:
A. Free Verse
B. Sonnet
C. Pastoral Poetry
D. Haiku
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Part II. AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

(ENGLISH)
7. Who promoted the idea of natural
1. Which activity do a QUICK WRITE or language acquisition?
QUICK DRAW, then crumple, throw, and A. Hutchinson and Waters
read these pieces of paper? B. Munby
A. Quaker Reading C. Krashen
B. Snowball Toss D. Robinson
C. Carquest 8. What is the biggest hindrance in
D. Hot Seat learning a second language?
A. grammar
2. Which stage of the READING B. structure of language
PROCESS is inferred when students C. imagery
construct projects? D. cross-cultural issues
A. Reading
B. Responding 9. Which errors is usually made by
C. Exploring students when they read STREAKED
D. Extending for STRETCHED?
A. Syntactic
3. Which could be the cause for poor
reading comprehension? B. Pragmatic
A. Limited Knowledge C. Semantic
B. Lack Automaticity D. Graphophonic
C. Limited Vocabulary
D. Insufficient Experiences 10. What is the term used to describe
the study of the meaning of words and
4. Which approach should be used for
teaching reading? phrases?
A. Basal Textbook A. Syntax
B. Language Process B. Semantics
C. Psycholinguistic C. Phonetics
D. Skills Monitoring D. Morphology

5. English for Specific Purposes 11. Five years of intensive language

evolved because there was one study are required for second language
significant discovery on the ways that learners. Chun– Li _________________
spoken and written English vary English for three years, but she will
because of the context. This signifies need more training to be more
the _ proficient.
A. The demands of a brave new A. has studied
world B. will have been studying
B. Revolution of Linguistics C. has been studying
C. Focus on the Learner D. hadn’t been getting
D. None of the above
12. It is the smallest unit of meaning
6. This kind of analysis establish A. Morphemes
learners' preferred learning styles and B. Phonemes
strategies. Which of the following is C. Allomorphs
being referred to? D. Morphology
A. Strategy
B. Means
C. Deficiency 13. It accounts for the building blocks of
D. Study Skills meaning inside words
A. Phonology
B. Graphology
C. Morphology
D. Syntax
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14. It suggests that some parts of text 20. What is the title of the first book in
have more effect on readers than others the "African Trilogy" by Chinua Achebe?
in terms of interpretation A. Arrow of God
A. Deviation B. No Longer at Ease
B. Neologism C. Things Fall Apart
C. Foregrounding D. Anthills of the Savannah
D. Parallelism
21. Audiolingualism is a new language
15. This refers to the opinions and teaching approach that mainly focuses
comments from observers regarding the on _______________.
quality of the elements of a play. A. Syntax
Collectively, they create the overall B. Structure
reception to a theatrical performance. C. Reading
D. Pronunciation
A. Cue
B. Critique 22. Which of the theories of learning,
C. Setting language and literacy views children as
D. Character having the ability to relate new
information to prior knowledge?
16. How does Odysseus escape A. Constructivist
Polyphemus’s cave? B. Interactive
A. A cap of invisibility and C. Reader Response
winged sandals D. Sociolinguistic
B. Wine, a very sharp stick, and
lots of rams 23. Which is an INTERDISCIPLINARY
C. A hollow wooden horse UNIT that integrates reading and writing
D. A winged horse and a magic
with other curricular areas like social
spear
studies, science, mathematics and
17. What famous couple does the story values education?
of Pyramus and Thisbe most closely A. Cluster
resemble? B. Collaborative report
A. Anthony and Cleopatra C. Theme study
B. Pygmalion and Galatea D. Learning log
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. Napoleon and Josephine 24. The following methods are involved
in understanding the meaning of the
18. Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story text, EXCEPT:
about a love triangle amongst Alfredo, A. Analyzing motives behind
Esperanza, and Julia. What is the title of character’s actions
this masterpiece? B. Basing interpretation on
A. Wedding Dance reader’s own understanding
B. Dead Stars C. Determining author’s purpose
C. Desire of writing
D. Tatsulok D. Investigating the influences of
the write
19. Who is the author of "I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings", a memoir about 25. Which instructional writing
growing up in the American South as a procedure makes use of children ‘s
black woman? language and experiences?
A. Alice Walker A. Directed-Reading-Thinking
B. Toni Morrison Activity
C. Maya Angelou B. Language Experience
D. Zora Neale Hurston Approach
C. Mastery Learning
D. Individualized Method
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26. A technique for generating pool of 32. Which of the following is an

ideas in order to eventually select the example of an authentic material for
most appropriate ideas for use in writing language learning?
or some other creative task. A. A grammar worksheet
A. Delayed copying B. A news article from a target
B. Precis writing language newspaper
C. Dictocomp C. A vocabulary quiz
D. Brainstorming D. A fill-in-the-blank exercise

27. Teacher Millice wants to check the 33. What is the purpose of a field test in
students’ schema about global warming. language learning material
She writes the topic at the center of the development?
chalkboard and encircles it. Then, she A. To assess the materials'
asks them to give information that can alignment with learning objectives
be clustered around the main topic. B. To gather feedback from a
Which technique does she employ? group of learners and teachers
A. Venn Diagramming C. To evaluate the effectiveness
B. Demonstration of the materials
C. Semantic mapping D. To compare the materials to
D. Deductive teaching existing materials

28. Which is NOT performing art in 34. Which are cards to which
literature teaching? illustrations and text from a picture book
A. Speech choir are attached.
B. Debate A. Story Boards
C. Play B. Story Quilts
D. Choral singing C. Word Wall
D. Story Maps
29. Which is an oral exercise in
literature reading? 35. Rubric is a measuring instrument
A. Choral reading that is NOT used in assessing
B. Text translation _______________
C. Watching a video clip of a A. Compositions
poem/drama B. Performance
D. Identifying errors in a literary C. Short objective tests
selection D. Oral presentations

30. It is a method of literature teaching 36. At the end of the school year, Mrs.
applicable to poetry lessons. Falcon made her Grade 7 class write a
A. Appreciation method complete paragraph to test if they have
B. Lecture developed the skills she taught them.
C. Recitation What type of test did she use?
D. Discussion A. Proficiency
B. Diagnostic
31. Which of the following is the most C. Placement
important consideration when D. Achievement
developing language learning materials?
A. The teacher's personal 37. Which assessment tool is used to
preferences measure students’ reading
B. The cost of the materials comprehension?
C. The needs and interests of A. Reading Logs
the learners B. Running Record
D. The availability of technology C. Grand Conversation
D. Anecdotal Notes
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38. Which of the following is not a

common research method in language 45. If you were to write a feature article
education? about one person in the community, who
A) Survey Research do you think is the best choice?
B) Experimental Research A. The rich politician
C) Ethnographic Research B. The most handsome guy
D) Meteorological research C. The farmer who has raised
the biggest squash
39. What is the term used to describe D. Your favorite SK official
the study of how language is used in
social contexts? 46. What is the main purpose of editing
a) Sociolinguistics a text?
b) Psycholinguistics A. To improve grammar and
c) Neurolinguistics syntax
d) Computational linguistics B. To change the meaning of text
C. To correct spelling errors
40. What is the term used to describe D. To add more content to text
the process of gradually losing skill in a
second language over time? 47. What is the main difference
A. Language Transfer between translation and editing?
B. Language Attrition A. Translation changes the
C. Language Acquisition language while editing changes
D. Language Interference the content
B. Translation adds more content
41. It is a specialized branch of while editing corrects grammar
publication, the art and science of and syntax
photography combined with written C. Translation corrects spelling
words. errors while editing changes the
A. Photography meaning
B. Photojournalism D. Translation is only for written
C. Graph text while editing can be for
D. Illustrations written or spoken text.

42. “Never use the ideas, words and 48. What should a translator keep in
concepts of others without giving credit mind when translating a text?
to sources”- is one of the Campus A. The target audience
B. The tone of the text
Journalism don’ts. It refers to:
C. The cultural context
A. Plagiarism D. All of the above
B. Bias
C. Sloppy Reporting 49. If someone SHRUGS his/her
D. Context shoulders, which of the following does
he/she manifest?
43. In journalism, the _____________ A. Impatience
is similar in use to the plan or blueprint B. Despair
of a house. C. Puzzlement
A. Dummy D. Indifference
B. Slug sheet
C. Headline Schedule 50. Which scene requires gaze on the
D. Banner part of actors?
A. Lovers preparing for a kiss
44. ______________ is the adjective B. Witnesses seeing a crime
that characterizes a feature story best. C. Protagonists having an intense
A. Informative argument
B. Entertaining D. Antagonist delivering
C. Instructive monologue
D. Advisory
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