EASY

1. It refers to the part of a sentence that gives information about the subject.

a. clause

b. verb

c. predicate

d. object

2. It is a group of related words in which the main word is a noun and which functions like a noun in a
sentence or clause.

a. nominal phrases

b. adjective phrases

c. adverb phrases

d. preposition phrases

3. It is a participle that has been misplaced in a sentence.

a. fragment participle

b. dangling participle

c. imperfect participle

d. hanging participle

4. Complete the phrase: a _____ of whales

a. shoal

b. herd

c. school

d. pride

5. In the sentence Mark is a policeman, the words a policeman form the ______ of the sentence.

a. direct object

b. complement
c. clause

d. adjective

6. Odd one out (types of mood)

a. indicative mood

b. perfect mood

c. subjunctive mood

d. imperative mood

7. A sentence with just one main clause is called a/an _________ sentence.

a. ordinary sentence

b. simple sentence

c. normal sentence

d. single-clause sentence

8. These are also sentences that have the structure of questions and end in a question mark.

a. questions by tone of voice

b. alternative questions

c. tag questions

d. rhetorical questions

9. The ____ is used to introduce a list.

a. semicolon

b. period

c. colon

d. comma

10. The absence of both the definite and the indefinite articles is sometimes referred to as _____ article.

a. unknown
b. zero

c. absent

d. imperfect

AVERAGE – Vocabulary

1. What does staunch mean? (steadfast; firm and dependable especially in loyalty)

2. This means “a subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude.” (nuance)

3. What is the antonym of vague? (clear)

4. What is the plural of larva and what is the singular of bacteria? (larvae, bacterium)

5. It refers to a situation in which one is faced with two or more equally undesirable possibilities, as in “I
can’t decide which of the offers to accept.” (dilemma)

6. The modern usage of gay refers to a homosexual. But, it originally meant _____. (merry, light-
hearted)

7. Pope Francis uses the word sourpuss in some of his messages. What does sourpuss mean? (someone
with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression)

8. Felony means a serious _____. (crime)

9. What does purveyor mean? (provider, supplier)

10. What is the antonym of pernicious? (beneficial, harmless)

DIFFICULT – Literature

1. Who is the famous author of the creepy poem entitled “The Raven”? (Edgar Allan Poe)

2. __________ is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries. (post-colonial literature)

3. ___________ is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of
an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule. (satire)

4. Complete this famous line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not ___ ____
____" (in our stars)

5. Who is the Filipino author who wrote the book “The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the
Tropical Gothic”? (Nick Joaquin)

6. Based from Dante’s Inferno, in the Fourth Circle of Hell, Dante and Virgil see the souls of people who
are punished for _______. (greed)

7. The history’s oldest known fictional story is probably the _______, a mythic poem that first appeared
as early as the third millennium B.C. The adventure-filled tale centers on a Sumerian king who is
described as being one-third man and two-thirds god. Over the course of twelve clay tablets’ worth of
text, he goes on a classic hero’s journey that sees him slay monsters, rub elbows with the gods and
search for the key to immortality—all with predictably tragic results. (Epic of Gilgamesh)

8. Who is the father of science-fiction in history? (H.G./ Herbert George Wells)

9. What is the title of the philosophical novel by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wherein he
proclaimed that “God is dead” and introduced his doctrine of the Ubermensch ? (Thus Spoke
Zarathustra)

10. The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by
___________, which tells of the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. (François
Rabelais)