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1) Becky Sharp, the main character of the novel "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray, ________ to forget about
her first love, but she knows that doing so takes a lifetime.
b. has tried
c. had tried
2) What can be the most appropriate follow-up sentence to the given statement: "I have been searching
for love."
3) Fyodor Dostoyevsky ________ his last novel, Brother Karamazov, when he died.
a. has written
c. had written
4) Which among the sentences below follows the correct order of objectives?
5) Only 35% of the total number of students ________ able to pass the comprehensive exam last year.
a. are
b. was
c. is
d. were
6) Neither F. Scott Fitzgerald nor his contemporaries ________ their real names in their writing career.
a. use
b. uses
c. using
d. has used
a. strange
b. strangely
c. stranger
d. has strange
8) A number of endangered species living underwater ________ now extinct because of illegal hunting
and dynamite fishing.
a. are
b. is
c. were
d. was
9) The tribulations that I faced were ________ for me to overcome.
a. so much
b. too much
c. very much
d. too many
10) In Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac", it was said that : "early to bed, ________ makes a
man healthy."
a. early rising
b. rising early
c. early to rise
d. waking up early
11) Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?
a. this
b. gather
c. think
d. there
12) What pitch level must be used in emphasizing the main idea in a sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
13) Which among the words below has the/sh/ sound?
a. sober
b. leisure
c. shallow
d. salient
a. is he
b. isn't he
c. has he
d. hasn't he
a. Pitch
b. Juncture
c. Stress
d. Intonation
16) I will not leave you come hell or high water. Based on the given sentence, we can surmise that:
b. Summary
c. Synthesis
d. Generalization
18) Complete the statement: "Blessed are ________ poor for ________ shall be welcomed in heaven."
a. the-you
b. the-they
c. you-they
d. they-they
a. was he
b. isn't he
c. wasn't he
d. is he
20) A person with a negative outlook in life cannot ________ with depression.
a. cope up
b. cope on
c. cope in
d. cope
a. crane
b. brine
c. pristine
d. quarantine
22) The senator approached the podium with his spiel. His hands were shaking and he was sweating
trmendously. He experienced:
a. Heart attack
b. Nausea
c. Stage fright
d. Headache
23) "He was like a snake in the night." What figure of speech is present?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Apostrophe
25) What is "true learning" as exemplified in this quotation: "Only one who bursts with eagerness do I
instruct. Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten."
26) In Kerima Polotan Tuvera's short story "The Virgin", why did Ms. Mijares fail to find a man to marry?
27) In Paz Latorena's short story "The Small Key", what is inside the chest when the second wife Soledad
opened it using the small key?
b. Skeletons
c. Land documents
28) In Nick Joaquin's short story "May Day Eve", what is the technique used by the author in developing
the plot?
a. Telescoping
b. Foreshadowing
c. Flash Back
d. Stream of Consciousness
29) In Loreto Paras Sulit's short story "The Bolo", what is being treasured by the main character?
a. die
b. will die
c. died
d. would die
31) If the president listened to the wails of his people, he ________ the killings in Mindanao.
a. stops
b. would stop
d. will stop
a. am
b. would be
c. will be
33) If the murder weapon is not found inside the bag of Aksionov, he ________ imprisonment.
b. suffers
c. would have not suffered
d. would suffer
a. Robert Frost
b. William Blake
c. Emily Dickinson
d. Oscar Wilde
35) What reading technique is being utilized when a teacher asks his student to read a particular
passage, and he marks mispronounced words?
a. DRTA
b. IRI
c. SQ3R
d. KWL Chart
a. EFL
b. English Speaking
c. ESL
d. Foreign Sounding
a. Editor-in-Chief
b. Features Editor
c. Managing Editor
d. News Editor
38) English has been the Lingua Franca of the world since America gained international power. Lingua
Franca means:
a. Language of France
c. None
40) The spectators never fail to admire the great Greek tragedy writer Sophocles whenever ________
narrates his dramas.
a. she
b. him
c. he
d. her
41) If you chance upon the principal on your way out of the campus, please send ________ my best
wishes.
a. him
b. them
c. us
d. it
a. ourselves
b. ours
c. them
d. us
43) Whenever I do things in the kitchen, I make sure not to hurt ________.
a. herself
b. ourselves
c. myself
d. themselves
44) Some scientists and Bible scholars agree with the ________ that the Earth is coming to an end.
a. prophet
b. prophetic
c. prophecy
d. prophesy
45) Fish and fries ________ my cousin's favorite fast food meal.
a. is
b. has
c. are
d. have
46) The members of the congregation are ________ inside the conference room already.
a. altogether
b. together
c. all together
d. together all
47) It is ________ fitting that we organize a literary seminar to pay homage to a great Filipino writer.
a. altogether
b. together
c. all together
d. together all
48) Neither Ralph Waldo Emerson nor his friends ________ present in the meeting last night.
a. were
b. is
c. was
d. are
49) Neither his followeres nor Walt Whitman ________ convinced that the ideas of Emerson are out of
this world.
a. are
b. were
c. was
d. has
50) The audience exhibited enthusiasm for the play, they seem ________.
a. offended
b. disgusted
c. interested
d. mad
ANSWERS:
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. C - Pitch 1: To end a sentence ; Pitch 2: To start a sentence ; Pitch 3: To emphasize or to stress ; Pitch
4: To signify extreme emotions
13. B
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D - "cope with" means "to adapt", while "cope up with" means "to try to follow one's lead."
21. B
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. B
27. A
28. A - Telescoping is when the author narrates an event and then fast forwards to the next.
29. A
30. A
31. C
32. D
33. A
34. B
35. B
37. A
38. C
39. A
40. C
41. A
42. B
43. C
44. C
45. A
46. C
47. A
48. A
49. C
50. C