WRITTEN EXPRESSION

DIRECTIONS: in items 16 – 40, each sentence xis divided into four parts mark A, B, C, and D. identify
the one part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. Then shade the letter corresponding to
your answer in the Answer Sheet.

1.
A. Marc Chaggall, a painter,
B. was considered a forefather of the art of surrealism
C. an art on how can be characterized by incongruous imagery
D. produced by unnatural juxtapositions and combinations
2.
A. Since the time the World Wide Fund for nature reported
B. that more than 22 species of wild felines have declining
C. different non-government agencies have given their support
D. to the program that would protect the species
3.
A. The threat of deculturation
B. now hangs over many small ethnic minority
C. that are scattered
D. in the depths of many forests.
4.
A. Unclean water and improper disposal of waste
B. can be carried highly communicable diseases
C. because of their injurious effects
D. to human life
5.
A. Language was brought into the spotlight
B. as a crucial factor
C. for Nigeria’s social, economic and the political future
D. because multilingualism inevitably results in communication problems
6.
A. The failure of tree-planting project was due to the inconsistent reforestation program
B. haphazard community tree-planting schemes, and meddling practices of indifference
individuals
C. who reduced the anti-erosion fences
D. just to benefit their pasture land businesses
7.
A. Because of new coffee growers
B. flooding the global market,
C. the official price of a pound of coffee in the United States
D. crashed into $6 in 1977 to 42 cents in 2001.

8.
A. The navy contributes
B. to the protection of the environment and preservation of natural resources
C. by scuttle out cylindrical blocks
D. to serve as artificial reefs.

9.
A. Trinh Xuan Thuan, an astrophysicist from Vietnam
B. wrote The Birth of the Universe: The Big Bang and After, in 1993,
C. a book on how it elucidates
D. the information and evolution of galaxies
10.
A. Susana earned money for her vacation
B. by working in an antique store all summer
C. but the amount was inefficient
D. for all that she needed.
11.
A. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991
B. was one of the many misfortunes
C. to wreak havoc
D. in Central Luzon
12.
A. After participating the fertility rites,
B. the childless woman,
C. who was blessed with a healthy baby
 D. experienced a blissful and contented life.
13.
A. Media produce
B. a sociology phenomenon
C. such as psychological, moral, and academic confusion
D. about the present culture.
14.
A. Concentrating on the physical intricacies
B. of different pose of the body
C. forced one to filter out
D. physiological anxieties
15.
A. Any nation
B. that aspires to elevate morality
C. will have difficulty
D. stamp out prostitution
16.
A. He is living in this country
B. ever since he came
C. but he makes no
D. attempt to speak our language
17.
A. Some doubt about the state of truth of those who do not share their faith,
B. but they leniently tolerate the situation
C. even if they are hinder
D. the motives of others.
18.
A. Human beings
B. have this natural inclination
C. for fending off lonely, exile, and death
D. by dressing up the passing moment as a miracle
19.
A. Costing more than $40 million and grossing $20 million in the first two weeks,
B. Pinocchio is one of the most expensive film
C. Made in Italy
D. To help put Rome back to the filmmakers’ maps
20.
A. Oil prices have shaping the world economy for many years
B. but the emergence of the New Economy and the rise of service industries
C. have supposedly made oil
D. increasingly less vital to economic growth.

21.
A. The movie we have seen
B. is a precision-carved jigsaw puzzle
C. that it took us inside the head
D. of a deeply disturbed, isolated schizophrenic man.
22.
A. The most popular alumnae
B. of a barangay high school
C. is now serving as president
D. of a well-known state university in manila

23.
A. As of January 2003,
B. Okinawa has the highest proportion of centenarians in the word
C. but its ranking of male life expectancy
D. fell into first rank in 1985 to fourth rank in 1995.
24.
A. Any government
B. should implement certain policies
C. which would cater to the economic, political, moral,
D. and the social needs of the nation.
25.
A. The indication
B. of social distinct
C. or the credibility of a piece of information
D. can lead to interesting state of perplexity.