Language [15 min] 1 of 6

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Directions: The following paragraphs have some words missing as indicated by the
numbered blanks. Read the paragraphs carefully. Select the best
answer for each number from the options given, then shade the
corresponding oblong on the Answer Sheet.

Sometimes we experience ―unconscious‖ errors, and ___(A manage)___ to say

words we do not mean to express. Dr. Sigmund Freud, a known psychologist, ___(A
called)___ these parapraxes, and believed that these mistakes are significant and have
hidden meanings, revealing forbidden wishes, hostilities, and fears. He ___(C
claimed)___ these parapraxes proved the unconscious mind could control the conscious
mind. For ___(B example)___, a person who repeatedly tries to use his house key to
open his office door, inadvertently displays he‘d rather be home than at his office.

Cass‘ parents saw Shirley as a negative influence on their son. Cass stopped
studying so much all the time— he stopped getting A‘s in all his classes and dropped
from the honor rolls. But they didn‘t ___(B see the whole picture)___. They saw the
decline in his grades, but not the improvement in his health and personal happiness.
From being pale and pasty due to studying in his room all the time, Cass acquired a
healthy ___(B glow)___ as he spent more time outdoors. His migraines stopped nad his
appetite improved. He gaine weight and started to bulk up.
He also started to smile more often, and actually seemed to enjoy going to
school. And while he ___(D had)___ started to go to parties and soirees with Shirley, he
___(B had not neglected)___ his studies. Instead of trying to be good at everything, he
chose to focus on the subjects he was really interested in.

Directions: On the basis of current standard formal usage, the sentences below
contain errors in spelling, grammar, usage, punctuation and mechanics
and/or idiom. Shade the oblong corresponding to the letter of the
underlined part which contains the error.

In earlier times, criminals were hung in the town plaza.

A B C D

The surgeon requested for a scalpel, a piece of sterile glove, and a mask.
A B C D

Either the old or the young is to blame for the changing patterns of
A B C D
family life in the Philippines.
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Directions: Read each item below and select the word or phrase that best completes
the sentence. Shade the corresponding oblong on the Answer Sheet.

__________ is a relatively new sport.

A Rappeling

―Smile, rejoice!‖ – we were __________ sternly – ―This is a happy day!‖

A ordered

Our stationery‘s 25% rag content means that your correspondence will remain
__________ even after ten years in the file cabinet.
C legible

Directions: Determine the best order of the following words, phrases, and sentences
to form a logical, unified, and coherent sentence or paragraph. Shade the
oblong that corresponds to the correct answer.

1 apartment
2 blue
3 the student‘s
4 is
5 painted

B 3-1-4-5–2

1 to understand
2 sentences
3 filled with jargon
4 hard
5 are

B 2-3-5-4–1
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1 Children grow up with an intuitive sense of cause and effect.

2 So could the entire universe simply pop into existence, magically, for no
actual reason at all?
3 Events in the physical world aren‘t supposed to ‗just happen.‘
4 Even when the rabbit appears convincingly from the hat, trickery is
suspected.
5 Something makes them happen.

B 1-3-5-4-2

1 And to my surprise, I was not permitted to pay for any of them.

2 The Filipinos have an interesting custom – if you ask for something they will
present it to you, usually right on the spot.
3 When I suggested to my hostess that I plan to have some gowns designed in
Philippine fashion to wear for my concerts, she sent over her dress designer
to make four beautiful beaded gowns for me.
4 When I mentioned that I liked mangosteen that had been served on the
plane, 500 mangosteens were at our hotel door within half an hour.

C 2-4-3-1

Directions: Choose the best from among the statements given below. Shade the
corresponding oblong on the Answer Sheet.

C I thought that a man made this sculpture.

D He wanted to know if you won the first prize.

D The ten-year old girl assured her brother that she would defeat last year‘s
champion speller.
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Direksiyon: Ang sumusunod na mga talata ay may mga nawawalang salita na
tinutukoy ng mga blangkong may numero. Basahing mabuti ang mga
talata. Piliin ang pinakaangkop na sagot sa bawat bilang mula sa mga
pagpipilian, at itiman ng lapis ang katapat na oblong sa Answer Sheet.

Ang wika ay buhay kaya inaasahang ito ay ___(A magbabago)___ sa

pamamaraang gradwal. Kung babasahin natin ang mga sinulat sa wikang Tagalog
noong 1600 ___(D tiyak)___ mararanasan natin ang kahirapan sa pagbasa at pag-
intindi dahil iba ang ortograpiya ___(B nila)___ noon at may mga salitang hindi na
ginagamit ngayon. Marami ring mga salita na ginagamit ng mga kabataan ngayon na
hindi ___(C naman)___ naiintindindihan ng mga matatanda tulad ng gimik o keri.

Nakatagpo ni Tipaklong ang dalawang grupo ng hayop. Ang ___(B una‘y)___

sina Inahen, Sisiw at Mr. Lawin. Si Mr. Lawin ang nagturo sa kanya na mas mabuting
___(A mangurakot)___ para huwag mabutom. Ang ikalawa‘y binubuo ___(B ng mga
trabahador na langgam)___ at ang kanilang kapatas. Mula sa kanila, natutuhan ni
Tipaklong na mas may biyayang matatamo sa ___(C pagpapatulo)___ ng pawis.

Direksiyon: Suriin ang bawat pangungusap. Piliin ang letra ng bahaging may mali.
Itiman ng lapis ang katapat na oblong sa Answer Sheet.

Bagamat hindi masasabing katutubo ang pelikulang Filipino,

A B
nakaugat pala ito sa buhay natin.
C D

Ang mahalagang kontribusyon sa pag-unlad ng ating kabuhayan at kultura

A B C
ang iba‘t ibang sektor ng lipunan.
D

May paniniwala na pinapaalis ng malas at masasamang espiritu

A B C
ang pag-iingay.
D
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Direksiyon: Suriin ang bawat grupo ng salita at parirala. Piliin ang letra na katapat ng
sunuran na bubuo ng lohikal at maayos na pangungusap.

1 malaki
2 sa pag-uugali
3 ng relihiyon
4 at wika
5 ng ugnayan
6 ng tao
7 ang epekto

C 1-7-5-3-4-2-6

1 na pang-ukit o panlilok ng mga kahoy

2 ang paet o pait
3 upang makalikha ng mga artistikong pigura
4 ang ginagamit ng mga tao

B 2-4-1-3

1 bukas
2 diringgin ang kaso sa mataas na hukuman
3 ang trahedyang nangyari sa mga mamamayan ng Southern Leyte
4 upang pansamantalang mabigyan ng katarungan

B 2-1-4-3

1 ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo

2 sa matagumpay na pakikipaglaban
3 unang ginamit ang watawat ng Filipino
4 noong 28 Mayo 1898

D 2-1-3-4
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Direksiyon: Piliin ang katulad na kahulugan ng salitang nakasalungguhit. Itiman ng
lapis ang katapat na oblong sa Answer Sheet.

Naghihinagpis ang kaniyang kalooban dahil sa pagkamatay ng kanyang mahal

sa buhay.
B labis na nasasaktan

Matayog ang lipad ng imahinasyon ng taong mapagmasid sa paligid.

D malikhaing mag-isip

Kailan pa kaya masasawata ang laganap na korupsiyon sa gobyerno?

A mapipigilan

Direksiyon: Piliin ang pinakaangkop sa mga sumusunod na pangungusap. Itiman

ng lapis ang katapat na oblong sa Answer Sheet.

A Umuwi na ang trabahador sa kani-kanilang mga bahay.

A Ang wastong dami at wastong uri ng pagkain ay nagdudulot ng mabuting

kalusugan.