LET Reviewer for General Education: English Part c.

The Right One

1 d. The Pearl

1. Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted with the 7. He was the American President who said, “Ask not
Night from which the stanza is taken: what America will do for you, but what together we
can do for the freedom of man.”
I have been one acquainted with the night. a. Gerald Ford
I have walked out in rain-back in rain. b. Franklin Roosevelt
I have out walked the farthest city light c. Henry Truman
The poet in the stanza talks of? d. John F. Kennedy
a. isolation and loneliness
b. joy getting out of the house 8. History is the witness that ______ passing of time.
c. youthful delight playing in the rain a. testifies
b. will testify
d. happiness in having been acquainted with the
c. testifies for
night d. testifies for the

2. Which is the BEST WAY to write the underlined 9. When I met Liza yesterday, it was the first time I
portion of this sentence? Researchers also speculate _____ her since Christmas.
that some teachers might have given boys more a. saw
computer time because parents and b. had seen
c. have seen
teachers expected boys to need computers for future d. have been seen
careers.
a. expected 10. The commander ordered his men to hold on the
b. expecting fort. What was the message?
c. will expect a. Surrender in arms
d. will have expected b. Keep on with the fight
c. Disregard the peace negotiation
d. Rescue the hostage victims fast and early
3. The wounded soldiers were visited by the
president who honoured them with ____ for their 11. “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.” This
_____. stands for the following EXCEPT
a. medals – valor a. Loveliness
b. gun salute – bravery b. Comeliness
c. appointments – dedication c. Homeliness
d. Physical beauty
d. money – sacrifice
12. The Nibelungenlied is a
4. Every June, Manila has its festival of outstanding a. Latin Myth
Filipino films. This was a project initiated by b. Chinese legend
a. Arsenio Lacson c. Russian folk song
b. German Moreno d. Medieval German epic
c. Antonio Villegas
13. An association wherein the name of something is
d. Ramon Bagatsing substituted by something that represents it.
a. Metonymy
5. Which among the sounds below is voiceless? b. Comparison
a. /b/ c. Euphemism
b. /z/ d. Personification
c. /g/
14. Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same
d. /p/
time as it ______ around the earth, we see the same
side
6. “Only the heart can see rightly.” This statement is a. Revolve
lifted from what particular novel? b. Revolves
a. The Prince and the Pauper c. Is revolving
b. The Little Prince d. Has been revolving

15. In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 stressed

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syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable is ______. heroes strong, with their families.
a. Trochaic a. The writer holds great admiration for the veterans
b. Iambic b. The writer is opposed to the Vietnam War
c. Dactylic c. The writer was a veteran of the war
d. Anapaestic d. The writer is a flag-waving patriot

16. Senators were accused by activists of washing 24. A readability mismatch happens when the
their hands with the perfumes of Arabia. This state is reading levels of books exceed the reading levels of
commonly known as the students. In this situation, the students
a. Guilt experience frustration and they fall short of the
b. Triumph expected or desired output. A student who finds
c. Indecision himself/ herself in such a mismatch will likely do
d. Aggression which of the following?
a. Give an intelligent critique of the selection or story
17. It is a collection of religious poetry written by read
Rabindranath Tagore. b. Write a comprehensive reaction paper regarding
a. Mahabharata the selection or story read
b. Gitanjali c. Present an argument that the selection or story
c. The Ramayana read was not properly written
d. Bhagavad Gita d. Manifest an expected and commensurate
emotional reaction to the selection or story read
18. I suggest that he _____ in the room for one week.
a. Stay 25. What does this mean: Excuses are for losers…
b. Stayed those who take responsibility for their actions are
c. Staying real winners in life. This tells of?
d. Stays a. losers often fail because they find reasons for
losing
19. The manager told his workers, “We have to b. a winner can also be a quitter
reduce our workforce.” What did he mean? c. accountability of one’s action tells of bravery
Workers are free to leave d. excuses are needed to justify any failure
Workers are warned of possible lay off
Workers have to double time on their jobs 26. A couple accepted a wedding invitation. They
Workers should submit themselves to a reducing showed pleasure in these remarks
gym a. All guests congratulated the organizers and the
couple
20. The parent remarked, “__________ I come late, just b. Guests came in and out of the ceremonies
lock the door.” c. The ceremonies were very impressive
a. In the absence d. The couple felt uneasy with the priest
b. In the process
c. In the event 27. What correction should be made to this sentence?
d. In the case One of the theories is that the first child receives
more of the parents' attention than other children so
21. The copyreader found the news story boring. He first-borns tend to be more intellectual.
found it full of _____. a. Change is to are
a. Adjectives b. Insert a comma after children
b. Verbs c. Change parents' to parent's
c. Pronouns d. Change theories to theory's
d. Adverbs
28. Carl Sundburg wrote "Jazz Fantasia" which has
22. There were three guests on the stage. They were for its first stanza:
made up of a parent, the governor and the principal.
Who should be acknowledged first by the Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the
valedictorian? long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzmen.
a. The classmates Which words illustrate alliteration?
b. The principal a. Batter and banjos
c. The governor b. Sob and winding
d. The parent c. Long and cool
d. To and it
23. What is suggested in the opening line? June 13,
1986 - they came from all over America - 200,000
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29. What is meant by AT SIXES AND SEVENS in this
sentence?
We moved into the house last week, but I'm afraid
everything, is still at sixes and sevens.
a. The things have not been shipped.
b. In a state of confusion
c. In an orderly manner
d. The boxes are still intact

30. What is the mood of these lines?

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise

I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes
tonight will be a memory, too
And a new day will begin.
a. Afraid
b. Sarcastic
c. Depressed
d. Hopeful

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Answers:

1. A

2. D

3. A

4. C

5. D

6. B

7. D

8. D

9. C

10. B

11. C

12. D

13. A

14. B

15. A

16. A

17. B

18. A

19. B

20. C

21. C

22. C

23. A

24. C

25. C

26. C

27. B

28. A

29. B

30. D

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