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Choose the correct meaning of the underline word

I. Vocabulary: 10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were

1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class deciding on the winner.
activities of his pupils. a. appealing c. restlessly
a. Demands c. Identifies b. with love d. none of these
b. Observes d. regulates 11. He was deprive of a mother’s love
2. There is a need to renovate the old school a. satisfied c. chosen
building to avoid future accidents. b. debarred d. given
a. repair c. restore 12. The flagrant pupils came shouting with
b. repaint d. redecorate stones in their hands.
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the a. industrious c. notorious
ball game b. group of pupils d. intelligent
a. Frustrating c. sad 13. There was a question of fraud among the
b. happy d. discouraging notorious pupils who took the special examination.
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement a. cheating c. unfairness
between the parent and the teacher b. injustice d. favoritism
a. embarrassing c. peaceful 14. Her answer was explicable in public
b. humble d. continuing a. undetermined c. unacceptable
5. There is an altercation going on between the b. can be explained d. unreasonable
teacher and principal in the office. 15. She looked haggard when she came in
a. dispute c. settlement a. fresh c. gaunt
b. competition d. jealousy b. at ease d. inspired
II. Subject-Verb Agreement
6. The English teacher is proficient in her 16. Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated
teaching. when the candidate did not appear in public.
a. effective c. engrossed a. was b. were
b. expert d. perfect
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the 17. A bag of candies and a bottle of coke ____ on
qualified of the officers. the table.
a. specify c. fasten a. Is b. are
b. attach d. underline 18. That _____ seem correct.
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas a. don’t b. doesn’t
a. remove c. decrease 19. Either the boys or girls _____ here.
b. include into d. criticize a. is b. are
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of
the campus. 20. The number of teacher in the school ____
a. magnificent c. funny from year to year.
b. ridiculous d. positive a. vary b. varies
21. One-third of the classroom_____ under 36. Chris was a limb in the group during the disco
water. party.
a. was b. were a. simile c. hyperbole
22. She is one of those honor pupils who always b. metaphor d. litotes
_____ into confusion. 37. Her lips are as cold as ice
a. get b. gets a. simile c. personification
23. Each of the members of the club _____ a b. metaphor d. synecdoche
duty to perform. 38. James was crushed by the death of Kris.
a. Have b. Has a. simile c. hyperbole
24. Mrs. Tecson’s creativeness and concern _____ b. personification d. metaphor
well appreciated. 39. Her skin is as white as onion
a. is b. are a. simile c. hyperbole
25. There ____ many pupils here. b. metaphor d. litotes
a. Is b. are 40. She has the King Solomon ideas.
26. Many years of his life _____ spent in province a. Simile c. metaphor
a. Was b. were b. Hyperbole d. personification
27. No one ____ at home. IV. Vocabulary
a. is b. are 41. That coke is delicious
28. My leg and my arm _____ aching. a. looks good c. looks colorful
a. Is b. are b. tastes good d. smells good
29. She _____ to read novels. 42. I won’t come anymore
a. like b. likes a. come soon c. already came
30. There _____ eight men in the game. b. never come d. any of these
a. is b. are 43. The story is uninteresting
III. Identify the figure of speech in the following a. very interesting
statement. b. interesting in some part
31. Michael shouts like mike does. c. not interesting
a. hyperbole c. metaphor d. some how interesting
b. simile d. litotes 44. She was attracted by the hedge
32. Dona was tired to death after a long day of a. stone c. fence
cooking. b. low bushes d. none of these
a. simile c. metaphor 45. The memo is compulsory.
b. hyperbole d. personification a. must be done c. must be kept
33. She has a Venus beauty b. a request d. optional
a. simile c. metaphor 46. She has to economize.
b. hyperbole d. litotes a. earn more money c. put business
34. As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily b. spend less d. spend more
while the cool breeze touches my lips gently. 47. The pond is shallow
a. Hyperbole c. metaphor a. has clear water c. is full of mass
b. litotes d. personification b. is not deep
35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt. 48. The oil trickles down the machine
matutum. a. flows rapidly
a. Litotes c. Metaphor b. flows little by little
b. Hyperbole d. Simile c. flows in large quantities
49. That pond is full of fry. d. I will still think about it.
a. small fish c. mosquito 60. When you are writing to someone you hardly
b. frogs d. wraps know, the salutation should be
50. I sneaked out. a. My dear Mrs. Ponce
a. went out noisily c. went out easily b. Dear Mrs. Ponce
b. went out without attracting c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
51. He hasn’t come yet d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
a. he’ll come later c. he won’t come 61. “Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man
b. we won’t wait for him d. he will never come healthy, wealthy, and wise” means
52. You will sprinkle the flower once a day a. sleep early and wake up early so you will
a. change c. cut become wealthy
b. water d. throw b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early
53. These fish are fresh and getting
a. cooked c. cheap c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth
b. newly caught d. rotten d. Sleeping will give you a healthy mind.
54. The light is dim 62. “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you
a. off c. colored who you are” means
b. not bright d. very bright a. You are the judges as to who your peers are.
55. The ants are motile b. Your friends are your everyday companions.
a. small c. numerous c. You choose your friends.
b. movable d. big d. Tell me who you to be with.
63. Which of this word are synonymous with
V. Answer the following correctly. settlement?
56. How do you address a Christmas card where a. Autonomy c. Accord
the husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the wife is b. Breakthrough d. Policy
an attorney? Which is the right form? 64. What does it mean by saying “Not all close
a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez eyes are asleep”.
b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes a. Not all eyes are blind.
c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows
d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes what’s going on.
57. Writing to your superior, what complimentary c. When we sleep sometimes we open our eyes.
wending should be used? d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes.
a. truly yours, c. Yours truly, 65. What is meant by live within your means?
b. very truly yours, d. Truly very your’s a. Grow as your live
58. Choose the proper use of everyday. b. Liking is the means of growing.
a. You find this headline everyday. c. Spend according to your income.
b. You find this headline everyday in the d. Growing is the means to live.
newspapers. 66. “ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain
c. You don’t find the issue clear everyday. of my soul” was written by
d. I read the issue everyday a. Henley c. Elliot
59. Which declaration shows determination? b. Dickens d. Shelley
a. What an embarrassing situation! 67. “ A thing of beauty is a joy forever” expressed
b. I have good words for you. the philosophy of
c. This time, I won’t stop teaching. a. Spencer c. Elliot
b. Keats d. Tennyson a. Sonnet c. Elegy
68. America’s greatest humorist b. Ode d. Satire
a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington Irving 81. Represent of a thing or ideas of a person
b. Mark twain d. Samuel Clemens a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet
69. A long narrative poem dealing with persons of b. Allusion d. Personification
heroic proportion and actions of great significance 82. A speech by a person who reveals his
a. Ballad c. Sonnet thoughts
b. Epic d. Elegy a. Sonnet c. soliloquy
70. Considered the father of the modern b. Metaphor d. simile
American short story 83. Figure of speech where two different things
a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe are compared thru the use of “as” and “like”
b. Bacon d. Robert frost a. simile c. facsimile
71. It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables. b. allegory d. epic
a. Niponggo c. Canto 84. Author of “ how My Brother Leon Brought
b. Haiku d. Tanaga Home a Wife”
72. A collection of literary pieces a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez
a. Prose c. Anthology b. Fernando maramag d. None of these
b. Biography d. Diary 85. These stories, which reflect the people’s
73. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines belief, are handed down from one generation to
a. Epic c. Verse another by word of mouth.
b. Sonnet d. Prose a. novels c. prose
74. Longest epic ever written b. folktales d. poetry
a. Invictus c. Mahabharata 86. A type of literature which narrates heroic
b. Lam-ang d. Lament deeds and supernatural happenings with local color
75. Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and are and which people sing or chant
handed from generation to generation a. epic c. verse
a. Prose c. Poetry b. poetry d. riddles
b. Folktales d. Ballad 87. He wrote the famous letter “ To the Women
76. These are not tales making use of animals as of Malolos”
characters a. Gregorio del Pilar c. Jose Rizal
a. Myths c. Fables b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto
b. Legends d. Fiction 88. A kind of literary piece which moralizes and
77. Known for his pen name “Dolores Manapat” was written in letter from between two sisters
a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio Lopez Jaena dwelling in the city ad the other in the province.
b. Marcelo H. del Pilar d. Andres Bonifacio a. urbana at Felisa c. Manang Biday
78. Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and b. Pasyon, religious play d. None of these
published “La Solidaridad” 89. How is the author of “The legend of sleepy
a. Apolinario Mabini c. Jose Rizal Hollow” which revolves around a headlines
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar horseman’s tale
79. His words were the source of inspiration for a. George Washington c. Washington Irving
the poem “ Like the Molave” b. Robert Surtess d. Shakespeare
a. Mabini c. Quezon 90. Considered as one of the world’s greatest
b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal short stories and it is Edgar Allan Poe’s story of
80. A poem lamenting the dead terror about a hypochondriac living in morbid fear.
a. Annabel Lee c. Macbeth a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
b. The fall of the house of Usher d. The Raven b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
91. He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character 96. The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus;
who is a poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar “That the government of the people, by the people,
nose. for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – is in
a. Roxanne c. Ichabod his famous
b. Don Quixote d. Cyrano de Bergerac a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
92. “If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its b. Inaugural Address
own excuse for being “- is taken from the poem’ c. Address at Gettysburg
a. The bells c. Don juan d. None of these
b. Sonnet d. Rhodora 97. The figure of speech, which uses exaggerated
93. A great epic poem whose plot centers around statement for aesthetic reason.
the anger and wrath of Achilles against Agamemnon, a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
a geek leader b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
a. Bernardo Carpio c. The Odyssey 98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
b. The Iliad of Homer d. Myth a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
94. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
of my soul”,, is taken room the poem 99. The famous painting Juan Luna made
a. O Captain, my captain a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
b. Invictus b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
c. The arrow and the Song 100. The stature of David was created by
d. None of these a. Sigfried Vandike c. Michelangelo
95. He was the American President who said: b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol
“Ask not what America will do for you, but what
together we can do for the freedom of man.”

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1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of his pupils.

English
1 b 51 A 7 a 57 B 13 a 63 C
2 a 52 B 8 b 58 C 14 b 64 B
3 b 53 B 9 b 59 C 15 c 65 C
4 c 54 B 10 c 60 B 16 a 66 A
5 a 55 B 11 b 61 B 17 b 67 B
6 b 56 D 12 c 62 A 18 b 68 B
19 b 69 B 30 b 80 C 41 b 91 D
20 b 70 C 31 b 81 D 42 b 92 D
21 a 71 B 32 b 82 C 43 c 93 B
22 b 72 C 33 c 83 A 44 b 94 B
23 b 73 B 34 d 84 B 45 a 95 D
24 a 74 C 35 a 85 B 46 b 96 C
25 b 75 B 36 b 86 A 47 b 97 C
26 b 76 C 37 b 87 C 48 b 98 B
27 a 77 B 38 c 88 A 49 a 99 A
28 b 78 D 39 a 89 C 50 b 100 C
29 b 79 C 40 c 90 B