English Proficiency Test (EPT) for Teachers – Reviewers

Part 1 – Structure

Directions: This test measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English.

Beneath each sentence, you will see four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the word or phrase that best
completes the sentence.

1. Juan___________ in the library this morning.

A. is study B. studying C. is studying D. are studying

2. Alicia, __________ the windows please. It’s too hot in here.

A. opens B. open C. opened D. will opened

3. The movie was __________ the book.

A. as B. as good C. good as D. as good as

4. Eli’s hobbies include jogging, swimming, and __________.

A. to climb mountains B. climb mountains C. to climb D. climbing mountains

5. Mr. Hawkins requests that someone _________ the data by fax immediately.

A. sent B. sends C. send D. to send

6. The enterprising daughter who ____________ a vast fortune from her super rich and powerful father is going to
Europe to venture into other business deals.

A. Inherit B. inherited C. is inheriting D. was inherited

7. Helium, a new element in the sun, is the ash left ______________ atoms of hydrogen are fused in the furnace of the
sun.

A. while B. unless C. when D. until

8. To everybody’s surprise, the captain, looking _____________, is there ahead of all the rest.

A. his best B. at his best C. in his best D. for his best

9. People _________ Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) damage were not necessarily those who had smoked the longest but
those who began smoking at a young age.

A. of worst B. of worse C. within the worse D. within in the worst

10. The primordial purpose _________ schooling is ultimately to learn how to learn.

A. in B. for C. of D. at

11. Before the seeds germinated, I did not know what kind of plants they _________________.

A. will be B. would be C. can be D. could be

12. In April 1906, an earthquake never before equaled in violence ___________ a part of the United States, particularly
San Francisco, California.

A. striked B. stroke C. strikes D. struck

13. Ballooning revenue collections, mushrooming infrastructures and expanding transportation and communication
facilities conspicuously manifest the _________ of the city.

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A. speedily growing economy B. speedy economic growing

C. speedy growing economic D. growing economic speed

14. The latest addition to the year – round regional cultural showcase is the new, state-of-the-art light and sound
museum which _________ the country’s past and its present.

A. exhibit B. exhibits C. exhibited D. is exhibiting

15. Oral rehydration ________________ attempted to replace lost body fluids in the early stages of fever.

A. is B. would be C. was D. has been

16. It _______ be gleaned from the article that mass media have both positive and negative influence to society.

A. would B. could C. must D. might

17. Of all the sports that _________________ strong bodies, swimming is the best.

A. develops B. developed C. develop D. is developing

18. The legalization of divorce, until such time, has been _____________ in our society.

A. a hotly-contested issues B. the hot contested issue

C. a hotly-contesting issue D. the hot contesting issue

19. A website is limited _____________ you to other websites where you can access for more information and
discoveries.

A. until it is linking B. because it links C. since it linked D. while it link

20. The happy children, ________, paraded in the busy streets in celebration of their school foundation.

A. majestic costumes B. majestically costumes

C. majestic costumed D. majestically costumed

English Proficiency Test (EPT) for Teachers – Reviewers
Part 2 – Written Expression

Directions: Each sentence is divided into four parts mark A, B, C, and D. Identify the one part that must be changed to
make the sentence correct.

1. a. Aren’t you b. going to c. use heavy d. make-up today

2. a. That b. elementary student c. is d. quite brilliant

3. a. I prefer b. a glass c. of ice tea d. over milk

4. a. I will b. sue c. you d. to court

5. a. I was asked b. to xerox the documents c. before handing them d. to the principal

6. a. We just celebrated b. our 15th year c. wedding anniversary d. at the Manila Hotel

7. a. The scissor b. that I bought c. at SM Baguio d. is quite expensive

8. a. Many informations b. have been

c. divulged d. by the secret agent

9. a. His line of business b. is selling c. computer gadgets d. and equipments

10. a. I was been b. the President of the Arts Guild c. when I was d. in high school

11. a. Calcium is b. not only good c. for the bones d. but for the heart

12. a. I was advised b. to cover my PIN c. when withdrawing money d. in an ATM machine

13. a. Despite of b. the oil price increase c. the drivers remained d. hopeful for a better 2012

14. a. I could b. not illicit c. response d. from her

15. a. I will see you b. on February c. for the d. Panagbenga craze

16. a. My father b. and mother c. are supportive d. to my studies

17. a. O left b. a note c. on my d. sister’s pocket

18. a. The fugitive b. was apprehended c. in March 3 d. of 2010

19. a. His gather b. who is a police c. was killed d. in a gun battle

20. a. She was taken b. cared of c. by her d. foster parents

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Part 3 - Reading Comprehension

Directions: In this part, there are several passages. Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Passage A

1. One reason that so many people fail is that they lack confidence in themselves. If you think of yourself as being
unworthy of great achievement, you will never achieve greatness. If, on the other hand, you know yourself and
understand what your abilities are, and if then you are determined to accomplish and gain confidence in yourself. 2. One
of the surest ways to accomplish this is for you to associate with persons who have really achieved greatness. It is
impossible, however, for most people to come frequently into the actual presence of the great. The next best thing,
perhaps, is for you to spend part of your time in reading about great achievers. Biography is a powerful stimulant to
action. 3. But these processes will not work unless you rid yourself of a sense of inferiority and determined to do the
best that you possibly can. One of the great philosophers expressed the idea in a single sentence when he said that each
individual should hitch his wagon to a star.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is the main idea of the selection?

a. Self-confidence is hard to achieve

b. Many people suffer from an inferiority complex

c. Knowing oneself leads to great achievement in life

d. Self-confidence is the key factor in achieving success in life

2. Which paragraph/s gives/give specific suggestions on how to develop confidence in oneself?

a. Paragraph 1

b. Paragraph 2

c. Paragraph 1 and 3

d. Paragraph 2 and 3

3. What word is synonymous or closest in meaning to the word “hitch” as used in the last sentence of the selection?

a. drive

b. fasten

c. detach

d. remove

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4. Successful people are different from those who are not because they

a. Work hard at having faith in their abilities.

b. Persevere to achieve greatness.

c. Hesitate to take risk by themselves.

d. Disregard the opinions of others.

5. What does the saying “Each individual should hitch his wagon to a star” mean?

a. One should try to fulfill all his ambitions in life.

b. A person should emulate his ideal person.

c. A person should aim as high as he could reach.

d. One should wish upon a star to make his dreams come true.

6. What literary technique was used by the writer in presenting his ideas?

a. Narration

b. Detailed analysis

c. Comparing ideas

d. Giving suggestions

7. According to the author, what is one of the surest ways to achieve self-confidence?

a. Read lots of informative books

b. Deal with people who have achieved greatness

c. Be-friend people who are self-sufficient

d. Develop a strong and independent personality

8. Based on the selection, what conclusion may be drawn?

a. Confidence in oneself is crucial in achieving success

b. Associating with well-known individuals is enough to propel one to succeed

c. Reading the biographies of great people is essential for one to become successful

d. Confidence in the ability of others is needed to boost one’s chances of succeeding

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Passage B

1. Asia’s new generation of kids has more than just youth in common. Whether in Manila, Hongkong, Kuala Lumpur,
Singapore, Jakarta or Tokyo, whether rich or poor, urban or rural, delinquent or not, Asia’s youngsters share many
things. They go to schools, sing-along bars, fast food outlets, rock concert and rallies. They are dressed in wild costumes
of screaming colors or black, leather jackets, outsize t-shirts and candycolored sneakers. 2. In Manila, they are
particularly called “bagets”. Their pursuits, though seemingly inane are innocent – singing-along with the gang at the
malls, sharing cheeseburgers and sodas or cruising the commercial center of Cubao and Makati. 3. In Bangkok, they will
wander about the Siam Shopping Center, in Singapore, in the shopping complexes of Orchard Road. They are kids of
Asia’s great cities, avant-garde, rebellious, modernized. They are exposed to imported television that usher in
international values. 4. In Hongkong, the kids have been described as precocious, world-wise, and materialistic,
governed less by teachers and parents than by the omnipresent television. Peer group influence is great. Their
trademarks are smoking, foul language, bizarre and attention-getting appearance, and rude mannerisms. 5. In Japan,
they look like different race to the old generation. There is rising drug abuse, sexual freedom, crime and homosexuality
among the youth. There’s less respect given to parents and to the aged.

QUESTIONS:

9. The passage is about Asia’s

a. lost generation

b. delinquent youth

c. urbanized society

d. new generation of youth

10. It can be inferred from the passage that Asia’s youth

a. have senseless pursuits

b. share many common goals

c. have been influenced by western culture

d. have varied dreams and ambitions

11. What is worth observing and good about the youth beneath the modern image and westernized lifestyle?

a. The youth are still the easy-go-lucky type.

b. Many of them still believe in traditional values.

c. They share a common character as influenced by the media.

d. The values of the new generation have been modified by modernization.

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12. When the author said that Asian youth are avant-garde, it means that they

a. are behind the times

b. have old-fashioned thoughts

c. are promiscuous and stubborn

d. practice new and experimental ideas

13. What conclusion can be drawn out of the passage?

a. Peers are just companions, they don’t influence others.

b. Print and broadcast media have a great influence on the youth.

c. Discipline at home has nothing to do with the character of the youth today.

d. Character is hereditary, the environment has nothing to do with what was become of the youth today.

14. If the youth are exposed to too much western television, they will likely

a. Develop foreign values and forget traditional ones.

b. Become complacent and indifferent.

c. Become aggressive and violent.

d. Develop an independent mind.

15. What literary technique was used by the author in writing the selection?

a. Comparing

b. Describing

c. Making profile

d. Narrating events

Passage C

1. In the year 1799, an officer of the French Army was stationed in a small fortress on the Rosetta River, a mouth of the
Nile, near Alexander, Egypt. He was interested in the ruins of the ancient Egyptian civilization, and had seen the sphinx
and the pyramids, those mysterious structures that were erected by men of another era. 2. One day, as a trench was
being dug, he found a piece of black slate on which letters had been carved. He had studied Greek in school, and knew
this was an inscription written in that language. There were two more lines carved into the stone: one on the Egyptian
characters he had seen on the ruins , the other in completely unfamiliar characters. 3. The officer realized the
importance of such a find, and relinquished it to scholars who had been puzzling over Egyptian inscriptions. 4. In 1802, a
French professor by the name of Champollion began studying the stone in an attempt to decipher the two unknown sets
of characters using the Greek letters as a key. He worked with the stone for over

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twenty years, and in 1823, announced that he had discovered the meaning of the fourteen signs, and in doing so, had
unlocked the secret of ancient Egyptian writing. 5. Some 5000 years after an unknown person had made those three
inscriptions, the Rosetta Stone became a key, unlocking the written records of Egypt and sharing the history of that
civilization with the rest of the world.

QUESTIONS:

16. What is the main idea of the selection?

a. French scholars worked hard in studying ancient history.

b. Ancient Egyptians wrote and preserved their history in stones.

c. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone led to a better understanding of the history of Egypt.

d. A French Army officer studied the Rosetta Stone and the inscriptions carved into it.

17. In which country was the Rosetta Stone found?

a. Egypt

b. Greece

c. France

d. Alexandra

18. What word would best describe ancient Egyptians based on the selection?

a. dedicated

b. resourceful

c. wise

d. gifted

19. What might have happened if the Rosetta Stone were not found?

a. Egyptian civilization would have flourished.

b. Ancient Egypt would have not reached the peak of its glory.

c. Ancient Egyptians would have not known of their cultural heritage.

d. Egyptian civilization would have not been fully understood by the modern world.
20. What does the lone sentence in the third paragraph mean?

a. The owner of the Rosetta Stone tried to sell it to scholars.

b. The Egyptians scholars were puzzled by the inscriptions found in the Rosetta Stone.

c. The founder of the Rosetta Stone knew of its value and turned it over to the proper authorities.

d. The officer did not think the Rosetta Stone had much value and therefore gave it away.

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21. What literary technique was used by the writer in developing the passage?

a. Detailed analysis

b. Comparison and contrast of ideas

c. Narrative chronological order of events

d. Repetition of important points for emphasis

22. What conclusion may be drawn from the passage?

a. Egypt has a rich civilization dating back to the earliest times.

b. Egypt has a mysterious culture which remained unknown.

c. Egypt was an ancient country with no significant history.

d. Egypt’s civilization benefited only those in ancient times.

Passage D

1. The complacent Filipino majority may not have been awakened yet to the reality of a ravaged environment;
nonetheless, the evidence must be overemphasized. Automotive vehicles for one, reportedly contribute 94.6 million
tons of waste released into the air each year, a commuter can only imagine how polluted the air that gets into his
respiratory system is. 2. Pollution experts are inclined to single out man as the culprit of his own destruction. Man,
rightly referred to as a “messy animal,” has helped being about untold environmental decay. 3. Imperiled by the
pollution of air, water and land are not only human lives. The marine species as well as the flora and fauna are just
adversely affected. Mass suicides of fishes and whales have been witnessed along Australian and American shorelines. 4.
The mushrooming of factories and plants along river banks have been largely responsible for the pollution of the
different bodies of water, indiscriminate disposal of industrial waste makes festering sinks of the rivers. Too much
dumping of industrial waste renders to water stagnant. Many of the rivers that used to flow along industrial banks can
use some dredging. And yet what good will dredging of a river do if in no time at all it will serve again as dumping basin?
The initiative has to come from the factory owners. 5. A great number of scientists like or think that new technology can
be called upon to check the impending pollution disaster, others are of the opinion that fewer births and less gadgetry
may yet provide the answer to the devastating dilemma. It cannot be denied, however, that man’s wasteful ways call for
some measure of discipline. 6. Man’s brutality toward his environment will only lead to his unmarking. It is ironical,
indeed, that he who was created to have dominion over every living creature on earth should one day be overpowered
by an environment he has helped to pollute. The catastrophe can hopefully still be averted.

QUESTIONS:
23. What does the selection generally urge man to realize?

a. The threat of environmental pollution to each country

b. The necessity of taking immediate steps to solve the pollution problem

c. The scope of the problem of environmental pollution

d. The steps to take in checking the impending pollution disaster

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24. The phrase “mushrooming of factories” are used in the fourth paragraph of the selection refers to factories which
are

a. built

b. destroyed

c. maintained

d. abandoned

25. In what part of the passage can you read of the ways we can prevent pollution?

a. First paragraph

b. Fourth paragraph

c. Fifth paragraph

d. Last paragraph

26. Who is referred to in the phrase “a messy animal” in the second paragraph of the passage?

a. Fishes and whales

b. Flora and fauna

c. Scientist

d. Man

27. What is implied in the last paragraph of the passage?

a. Man failed to realize the seriousness of the pollution problem.

b. Pollution, if unchecked, can bring about the destruction of man.

c. Man does not deserve to be the master of His creation.

d. There is no need to be alarmed of the pollution problem.

28. What would be the likely outcome if we continue polluting our environment?

a. Man will be destroyed by an environment he had polluted.

b. Less births and less gadgetry will save the world from catastrophe .

c. Technology can help check the problem on environmental pollution.

d. Man’s wasteful ways will contribute more to the pollution of the environment.

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29. Which of the following statements show a cause and effect relationship?

a. Man’s wasteful ways are a perennial problem.

b. Man’s brutality toward his destruction.

c. The marine species and the flora and fauna are adversely affected.

d. Mass suicide of fishes and whales have been seen along coastlines.