Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela

Poblacion II, Malinta, Valenzuela City PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION

BOARD LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS (2019) SPECIALIZATION -
English

1. Among Filipinos, what characteristic makes English difficult to understand?

A. It is a complex language. C. It is a second/third language.
B. It is a strange language. D. It is a universal language.
2. ESP is centered on the language appropriate to various activities that relate well with grammar,
lexis, register, discourse, and _____________.
A. genre C. prose
B. poetry D. composition
3. An English teacher may administer a performance-based assessment in ESP using a
rubric as a measuring instrument. In which of the following tests is a rubric best
applicable?
A. Dictation test C. Sentence transformation
B. Oral interview D. Analyzing sentences
4. Use of grade readers in one approach applied in ESP to teach students with a low level of
knowledge of English. In general, these materials refer to ____________.
A. books read by the students from Grades I-VI
B. multi-graded books received in the different grade levels
C. different versions of books with simplified grammar and vocabulary
D. books used by several grade levels
5. An Act enhancing the Philippine Basic Education System by strengthening its curriculum
and increasing the number of years for Basic Education, appropriating funds therefor and
for other purposes, is known as _____________.
A. Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
B. Trifocalization Act
C. National Education Act
D. Kindergarten Education Act of 2012
6. Examples, activities, songs, poems, stories, and illustrations, are based on local culture,
history, and reality. This strategy particularly refers to _____________.
A. localization C. cultural adaptability
B. contextualization D. authenticity
7. The Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) is very significant in the development of
______________.
A. content and performance standards
B. learning resources
C. critical content
D. learning competencies
8. Listening to classical music __________ one of his preferred leisure activities.
A. were C. will
B. are D. is
9. While there is no absolute way to prevent ankle __________, exercises such as ankle lifts
can help strengthen the joint.
A. sprain C. sprains
B. sprain’s D. sprains’
10. Substituting different sounds for the first sound of a familiar song just like the example below
can help in developing ____________.

Row, row, row your boat Bow, bow, bow, your boat
Gently down the stream. Bently bown the beam.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily; Berrily, berrily, berrily, berrily;
Life is but a dream. Bife is but a beam.
A. phonological awareness C. phonological stress
B. word recognition D. emergent word reading skills
11. Lila bought coffee for Isabella and _______.
A. me C. both me and I are correct
B. mine D. I
12. After the show, the board members went to another area and ___ out with their fans.
A. hung C. hanged
B. hunged D. hang
13. Neither you nor your children ______ the problem.
A. understands C. is understanding
B. are understanding D. understand
14. Eminent educators have observed that qualified jobs are becoming ____________.
A. scarcest C. scaring
B. more scarce D. scarcer
15. Which statement is correct in structure and form?
A. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island is sweeter.
B. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island is the sweetest.
C. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island, is the sweetest.
D. Of the areas, that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island is the sweeter.
16. Among ASEAN countries, Singapore is known as a _____ paradise.

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A. shopper’s C. shoppers’
B. shop’s D. shops’
17. An example of a word formation process that changes kindergarten to “kinder” and “air
conditioning” to “aircon” is known as ________.
A. coining C. blending
B. compounding D. clipping

18. The speaker should change the language according to the needs of the listener or based
on the dictate of the situation like the examples below except for __________.
A. speaking differently in a classroom than on a playground
B. talking differently to a baby than to an adult
C. giving background information to an unfamiliar listener
D. sophisticating the language by using high terminologies for basal learners
19. A semantic study of Philippine English shares how unique meanings are in contrast to its
standard counterpart. An example is the term room for someone who stays in a dormitory or
shared room of a boarding house without meals provided is known as ________.
A. bed pals C. roommate
B. bed spacer D. transient
20. Someone who can operate his/her linguistic competence and his/her sociolinguistic awareness of
the relationship between language and the context refers to what kind of speaker?
A. Intercultural C. Technical
B. Adapt D. Context-driven
21. The study of ways in which non-native speakers acquire, comprehend, and use linguistic
patterns or speech acts in a second language is known as ____________.
A. Contrastive Rhetoric C. Jargonized Expression
B. Intra-language Variety D. Inter-language Pragmatics
22. They are speech sounds made simply by shaping the oral cavity to give the sound a
particular color or “timbre.”
A. Vowels C. Consonants
B. Digraphs D. Diphthongs
23. Linguistic interference occurs when students ________.
A. learn another language or C. speak without
dialect D. learn to speak and hide their fear
B. learn their mother tongue
24. A summary of main points of a text, lecture, or course of study is referred to as
A. Lessen exemplar C. Course Outline
B. Subject Framework D. Unit plan
25. Learning for empowerment and better self-image is an example of ____________.
A. genuine motivation C. extrinsic motivation
B. intrinsic motivation D. life-long motivation
26. “All the bitterness melted out of him suddenly and the world renewed itself out of youth
and happiness that was all around him, PROFLIGATE as the spring sunshine.” The
capitalized word means _____________.
A. superfluous C. over-abundant
B. openly D. brightly
27. Which is an example of a bound morpheme ending in –ion that changes a verb into a noun?
A. Action C. Scion
B. Nation D. Mention
28. In applying passive voice, which should you use on an official sign?
A. Beyond this point, do not permit C. Beyond this point, pedestrian
pedestrian. should permit to go.
B. Do not permit pedestrian beyond D. Pedestrians are not permitted
this point. beyond this point.
29. EVERYONE met at the contest venue. The capitalized pronoun is an example of a/an
_________.
A. indefinite pronoun C. demonstrative pronoun
B. relative pronoun D. interrogative pronoun
30. Vince said, “I’m studying English a lot at the moment”. The indirect speech is _____.
A. Vince said I was studying English a lot C. Vince said he was studying English a lot
at the moment. at that moment.
B. Vince said he was studying English lot D. Vince said he were studying English a
at the moment. lot at that moment.
31. Roniel and Carl who __________ a restaurant in Manila are now the youngest partner
entrepreneurs.
A. run C. runs
B. has run D. have run
32. The adjective that expresses supreme value of the noun like the capitalized phrase in
the sentence, “English is the MOST INTERESTING subject for Ryza,” is called ________.
A. Superlative adjective C. Demonstrative adjective

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B. Predicative adjective D. Possessive adjective

33. Which is NOT a variable of functional grammar?
A. Term which represents the role of the interlocutors.
B. Tenor is concerned with the nature of the relationship among the people
involved.
C. Field which represents the content or topic of the social activity.
D. Mode is the medium and role of language in the situation.
34. When decoding multisyllabic words, what do students need to know?
I. What a syllabus is
II. That a syllable contains one vowel sound
III. How to divide the words in parts and read each part\
IV. Read the word by combining the parts.
A. I, II, III, and IV C. I and II
B. II and III D. I, II, and IV
35. Which is one implication on listening and speaking for language teaching?
A. Link listening and speaking tasks to promote social interaction in specific situations.
B. Link listening and speaking tasks to develop viewing skills in real life situations.
C. Link listening and speaking tasks to improve students’ self-confidence.
D. Link listening and speaking tasks to provide opportunities for students to notice how
language is used in different contexts.
36. To enhance the power of the mind, learners read literary text in the target language and
memorize vocabulary lists translated into the native language. Explicit grammar
instruction of rules and their exceptions is the main focus to master the target language.
What is this approach?
A. Grammar-translation C. Natural
B. Audio-lingual D. Direct
37. What is the ability of the listener to understand the speaker’s intentions?
A. Intelligibility C. Acceptability
B. Interpretability D. Comprehensibility
38. The THIRD child is most intelligent. The capitalized word is an example of _______.
A. descriptive adjective C. ordinal adjective
B. cardinal adjective D. limiting adjective
39. Some people feel that his _______ to the president was unnecessary.
A. delusion C. allusion
B. convulsion D. illusion
40. Analogies are comparisons based on relationships between ideas. Finish the analogy
below.
Dwindle: increase; stiffen : __________
A. relax C. crawl
B. cringe D. freeze
41. When the word “consumables” refers to resources such as toner, ink, and paper which get
used up, it is regarded as a/an ________.
A. technological jargon C. computer jargon
B. multimedia jargon D. ICT jargon
42. In Bloom’s Taxonomy of Thinking Process, which verbs help you design activities for the
creating level?
A. justify, debate, invent C. recommend, design, produce
B. modify, apply, debate D. compose, imagine, propose
43. Which type of plot device ends abruptly so that the main characters are left in a difficult
situation without offering any resolution or conflict?
A. Foil C. Cliffhanger
B. Anti-hero D. Archetype
44. The intensification of the conflict in a story or play is called ___________.
A. exposition C. rising action
B. conflict D. complication
45. Which type of paragraph would this topic sentence be considered? The day I won the
oratorical title changed my self-perception.
A. Expository C. Descriptive
B. Narrative D. Persuasive
46. Sound words like bam, bang, booing are examples of __________.
A. metaphor C. onomatopoeia
B. simile D. idiom
47. A type of comedy based on a far-fetched humorous situation often with ridiculous or
stereotyped character is called _________.
A. sequel C. farce
B. simile D. fable
48. “Life is like a roller coaster.” is an example of what figure of speech?
A. Simile C. Metaphor
B. Personification D. Hyperbole

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49. Which refers to the use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its
meaning? Example: “Keeping time, time, time; A sort of Runic rhyme, To the
tintinnabulation that so musically well, from the Bells, bells, bells.”
A. Rhyme C. Rhythm
B. Alliteration D. Onomatopoeia
50. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the
age of foolishness…” In this opening line of the novel, The Tale of Two Cities, Charles
Dickens uses __________.
A. didacticism C. juxtaposition
B. consonance D. concession
51. “The time is out of joint, O cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right.”

The two lines above from Shakespeare’s Hamlet use what literary device which is
characterized by having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and the same meter to
form a complete thought?
A. Couplet C. Free verse
B. Assonance D. Meiosis
52. Which figure of speech uses exaggeration for special effect like: “…where the corn
grows so tall they have to go up on a ladder to pick the ears off.”?
A. Onomatopoeia C. Hyperbole
B. Alliteration D. Metaphor
53. In analyzing poetry, one must first understand context. Which among the following is
NOT included in poem’s context?
A. Does the poem belong to a particular period or literary movement? Does the poem
relate to imagism, confessional verse, beat movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the
Civil Rights Era etc.?
B. How long is the poem? The longer the poem is, the more focus is demanded of the readers.
C. Who wrote the poem? Does the poet’s life suggest any special point of view, such as
political affiliation, religious sect, career interest, musical talent, family or personal
problem, travel etc.?
D. When was the poem written and in what country? Such information will help readers
understand what’s in a poem and why?

54. Which among the following options best explains what imagery is?
A. Cartoon shows that make everyone laugh.
B. When an author compares two things.
C. The author sends mental images in the reader’s mind using words
D. Expressive picture hanging on the wall
55. “My two decades of experience as a journalism teacher, my tireless commitment to the
children in this community, and my willingness to share my pedagogical knowledge make me
an ideal candidate for principalship,” is an example of an appeal to ___________.
A. pathos C. bathos
B. ethos D. logos
56. In a novel or a short story, this is the point of view assumed by the narrator from which
he is able to tell everything that happens in the story. This is known as _____.
A. eyewitness C. first person
B. omniscient D. stream of consciousness
57. Which type of paragraph has the goal of convincing another person to change or think about
changing his/her opinion on something?
A. Descriptive C. Expository
B. Persuasive D. Narrative
58. A plot device in literature which is usually employed where visions are realized due to
the action of the character who tries to prevent them. An example of this is “Oedipus
Rex.”
A. Oracle C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
B. Foresight D. Insight
59. The ten commandments of a modern story are: it must have compression, unit,
immediateness, momentum, characterization, verisimilitude, style, culmination, soul,
and it must be ________.
A. publishing C. read in one sitting
B. short D. complete in one reading
60. What is the method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings
of all the characters in the story?
A. Third person limited C. First person point-of-view
B. Second person point-of-view D. Third person omniscient
61. The stylistic device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive
clauses is known as ____________.
A. polyptoton C. gradatio

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B. epiphora D. symploce
62. The most important sentence in any essay is ____________.
A. the first sentence in the body C. the final sentence of the
of the paragraph conclusion
B. the thesis sentence in the D. the first sentence of the
introduction introduction
63. A scene in a short story, a novel, a narrative poem, or a play that interrupts the story to
show an event that happened earlier or in the past is known as ___________.
A. foreshadowing C. retreat
B. review D. flashback
64. The glass unicorn in the Glass Menagerie, the rocking horse in the Rocking-horse
Winner, and the road in Robert Frost’s The Road not Taken are all examples of ___.
A. fable C. subject
B. imagery D. symbolism
65. The resolution of the conflict in a story is known as ______________.
A. denouement C. diasporas
B. coda D. epilogue
66. In fiction, the transformation of a character from arrogance to humility is referred to as
______________.
A. catharsis C. realism
B. turning point D. mellowing
67. Which of the following is a characteristic of a formalist’s criticism?
A. It is dependent on the writer’s background.
B. Criticism is focused on the work itself.
C. It is extrinsic in essence.
D. Criticism describes the objective of the author.
68. The person assigned to dictate the actor’s line if he forgets is called a/an ________.
A. prompter C. substitute
B. understudy D. assistant
69. A poem that tells a tragic story is called _________.
A. parable C. sonnet
B. epic D. ballad
70. What literary device refers to a situation of poetic justice where the good characters are
rewarded and the evil character are punished for their vices?
A. Ambiguity C. Nemesis
B. Apocalyptic D. Objectivity
71. “It’s no wonder everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Theresa in the making; she
loves to help and care after people everywhere from the streets to her own friends”, is
an example of a/an ________.
A. metaphor C. allusion
B. irony D. historical paradox
72. The funeral home was built next to a children’s nursery is an example of _______.
A. oxymoron C. juxtaposition
B. metaphor D. paradox
73. “Debit card and Bad credit,” “The earthquake and the queer shake.” are examples of
_______________.
A. anagrams C. contracts
B. puns D. oxymoron
74. Read the stanza and answer the item that follows:
In the fell clutch of circumstances
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of change
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
“My head is bloody, but unbowed” is an example of which figure of speech?
A. Hyperbole C. Simile
B. Alliteration D. Metaphor
75. The words spoken by an actor to the people watching a play that the characters in the
play do not hear is called a/an________.
A. lines C. aside
B. monologue D. symbolic narrative
76. What figure of speech is: “O wild, west wind!”
A. Apostrophe C. Irony
B. Hyperbole D. Metaphor
77. The Trojan War can be seen today as _______________.
A. women’s empowerment
B. the war over lands and boundaries
C. men’s exhibition of grief
D. the reign of political dynasty
78. The myths of the Greeks reflect ____________________.

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A. a view of the universe that acknowledges the mystery and beauty of humanity
B. that humans are the center of the universe
C. that humans and gods live alike
D. a less strange and frightening magic than the myths of other ancient civilizations
79. For what act is Antigone sentenced to death?
A. She refused to marry the King’s son.
B. She killed her own father.
C. She disobeyed her sister’s command.
D. She performed the burial rituals for her brother.
80. Si Malakas at Maganda is a famous Filipino ______________.
A. legend C. creation myth
B. folk tale D. story
81. What does the presence of these three divinities: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos in Greek
myth symbolize?
A. Immortals play a great part in mortals’ life.
B. Destiny cannot be controlled by anyone.
C. Power of immortals over mortals
D. Mortal’s fate depends on the gods.
82. Maria Makiling is a famous Filipino ___________.
A. folktale C. myth
B. legend D. fairy tale
83. In Greek mythology, who was the hero who sailed in the long ship Argo to search for the
Golden Fleece?
A. Ulysses C. Paris
B. Achilles D. Jason
84. Who was the mythical strong man punished by the gods for stealing fire?
A. Jason C. Medes
B. Ulysses D. Hercules
85. Which of the following lines from the poem “Vulture” by Chinua Achebe, represents a
miserable or bleak scene?
“In the grayness
And drizzle of one despondent
Dawn unstirred by harbingers
Of sun break a vulture
Perching high on
Broken bones a dead tree…”
A. Dawn unstirred by harbingers C. In the grayness
B. Of sun break a virtue D. Broken bones and a dead tree
86. Li Qingzhao, the greatest Chinese poetess is NOT known for ______________.
A. Employment of figure-ground theory
B. Utilization of foregrounding such as repetition and metaphor
C. Use of imagery to enrich the content
D. Dominance of hyperbole

87. What is revealed in the following lines taken from the poem, “The Answer,” by Bei Dao?
Debasement is the password of the base
Nobility the epitaph of the noble
See how the glided sky is covered
With the drifting, twisted shadows of the dead
A. Condemned voices of the suppressed
B. Slavery as a pressing concern in societies
C. Disparity between the rich and the poor
D. High disposition enjoyed by the aristocrats
88. What message is expressed in the first line of the poem by Rabindranath Tagore
entitled, “Mind is Without Fear?”
“Where the mind is without fear
And the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;”
A. Only a fearless mind can hold its head upright
B. There must be unity in diversity
C. Bravery is better than cowardice
D. Liberation is best achieved by force.
89. Egyptian literature is identified as ________________ literature.
A. Mediterranean C. Asian
B. Middle Eastern D. African

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90. The FENCE in the story written by Jose Garcia Villa refers to ____________.
A. free standing structure designed to restrict movement across boundary
B. represents the distance between two families
C. walls representing hindrances that separate the families
D. protection from the intrusion of other people
91. Read the excerpt below, then answer the question.
“Are you insulting my poor father? He gives me a piece of sodden land?
Impossible! Oh if he were to know what sort of son-in-law he was getting,
he would have made a wise decision. But I shall have a better son-in-law
who’ll not depend on his wife’s dowry.” What is revealed in the character of the one
who utters the above lines?
A. She acted as an over- C. She wanted a good son-in-law.
protective mother. D. She regretted marrying her husband.
B. She loved her father very much.
92. Who popularized Haiku poetry in Japan by creating visual auditory multimedia
sensations with few strokes of his writing brush as given in the lines below?
“Absolute stillness
Piercing into rocks
The voice of the locust.”
A. Ikkyu C. Boncho
B. Basho D. Gyai
93. “Awake for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And lo! The Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan’s Turrent in a Noose of Light.”

The above stanza is taken from the famous poem of __________________.

A. Rabindranath Tagore C. Khalil Gibran
B. Omar Khayyam D. Nelson Mandela
94. Who is the Chinese leader whose essays and poems depicted the totalitarian rule in China
and advocated a revolutionary movement?
A. Chou en Lai C. Mao Tze-Tung
B. Lao-Tze D. Confucius
95. What traditional Japanese poem consists of three lines totaling only seventeen syllables
and treats the world in its natural setting?
Example: “A bead of water
Clinging to a willow branch
The first drop of rain.”
A. Tanka C. Haikai
B. Sintaishi D. Haiku
96. What is the oldest indian document of Sanskrit literature that consists of 1,028 hymns
recited in solemn rituals?
A. Mahabharata C. Ramayana
B. Upanishads D. Rig Veda
97. What does the phrase “merciless Indian savages” used by Jefferson refer to?
A. Asian-American C. Britons
B. Indian-Americans D. Native Americans
98. What could be the reason why Benjamin Franklin added Humility in the list of 13 virtues?
A. Humility best reflects the strength of character.
B. He believes that conceit spoils even the finest genius.
C. He is reminded of his friend Quaker about how overbearing and insolent he is.
D. Success without humility is worthless.

99. How can the new criticism school in poetry be characterized?

A. Intellectual and C. Impressionistic and
metaphysical symbolic
B. Sentimental and didactic D. Emphasis on craft over
content
100. What does the forest in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream symbolize? A place
to _____________.
A. to face trials for the characters C. lose one’s memory
to pass D. reach adulthood
B. lose virginity and
innocence
101. Dillard in her piece, Talant, said that “doing something does not require discipline; it creates its
own discipline,” which means ______________.
A. working hard for the thing you B. self-control as indication of
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C. governing the self to act D. regimen imposed on the shelf out

accordingly of masochism
102. During the 1800s as reflected in American Literature, the US government expanded its territory
by the use of the items listed below EXCEPT
A. Technology (railroad) C. Force (US army)
B. Invasion (conquest) D. Diplomacy (treaties)
103. “On the Pulse of the Morning,” by Maya Angelou, it is suggested that ________.
A. each new day gives people C. each new day symbolizes the
new chances monotony of tasks
B. each new day is a gift when D. each new day signifies a challenge
spent best to overcome
104. In “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman, the workers sing varied carols to express:
A. Take pride in one’s C. Happiness in work and the
abilities uniqueness of contribution
B. Joys for bountiful D. Contrast in work attitude
blessings
105. Which of the following statements best reflects the writing of the “The Declaration of
Independence”?
A. It is accusatory and subjective. C. It is simple yet moving.
B. It is very structured and orderly. D. It is rich with logic and reasons
106. According to Lincoln in “The Gettysburg Address,” from what premise is the war being
fought?
A. Depravity and the use of C. Government of the people, by the
irresponsible power people, for the people
B. Gender-fairness and D. Open-mindedness and receptivity
sensitivity to change
107. What is Shakespeare’s technique of showing equivocation, which is seen in his play,
“Macbeth?”
A. Prediction C. Ambiguity
B. Mirroring D. Paradox and Irony
108. Which is a colloquial expression that has been overused?
A. Cliché C. Informal language
B. Emotive language D. Tautology
109. A FLUENT reader ______________.
A. reads quickly and accurately without great effort in decoding
B. sounds out words when reading a text
C. can translate basic text from one language to another
D. pronounces authentic texts properly when reading aloud
110. In which sentence is the word WELL used correctly?
A. Julie and Ellen work well together. C. The flight was not well.
B. The boys are a well team. D. The time they had in Palawan was well.
111. What method is used when students learn how to use words properly; next, they
learn, read and write; they use color charts and rods to help them with the pronunciation
sounds; and teacher talking time is minimal?
A. Silent Way C. Color method
B. Suggestopedia D. Community language learning
112. In which kind of illocutionary act does the speaker express another illocutionary for
other than that literally expressed in the utterance by relying on shared background
knowledge, principles of conversation, and convention?
A. Indirect illocution C. Command
B. Exclamation D. Complex illocutionary act
113. In a study comparing the effects of studying with music versus no music on reading
comprehension, an investigator administers a comprehension test after a reading study
period. She finds that scores were higher for the group who listened to classical pieces.
What is the independent variable in this study?
A. Reading while studying C. Study Period with no music
without music D. Presence or absence of music
B. Reading Comprehension Score during studying
with music
114. In which sentence does the adverb tell HOW the action is done?
A. Christy had ice cream after C. Christy went to the store to
she was done. buy a present.
B. Then Christy came home to D. Christy wrapped the present
wrap the present. carefully.
115. What is a story told in verse by unknown writers and usually meant to be sung?
A. Sonnet C. Haiku
B. Ballad D. Elegy
116. What is a book-length fictional prose narrative which has many characters and often
a complex plot?

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English

A. Novel C. Short Story

B. Epic D. Drama
117. What is the repetition of similar sounds usually consonants in a group of words, like:
“Doubting dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”?
A. Onomatopoeia C. Rhyme
B. Rhythm D. Alliteration
118. Which refers to two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme?
Example: “Rose cheerless over hills of gray;
The sun that brief December day.”
A. Sonnet C. Couplet
B. Octave D. Sestet
119. Which approach in studying literature establishes the relationship of the writer’s
life with his work?
A. Textual C. Psychological
B. Mythic D. Biographical
120. A description on a gravestone or a short poem in memory of a deceased person is
called a/an ______________.
A. motto C. epitaph
B. maxim D. couplet
121. What major poetic device is also called an imperfect rhyme or slant rhyme?
A. Temporary rhyme C. Semi rhyme
B. Partial rhyme D. Half rhyme
122. What term represents the mixture of textual, audio, and visual modes of communication?
A. Multimedia C. Multi-modality
B. Media Information Literacy D. Information and Communication Technology
123. What word refers to utilization of various instructional techniques that provide
temporary support to help students reach higher levels of comprehension and skills
acquisition that they would not be able to achieve without assistance?
A. Interpretation C. Scaffolding
B. Unpacking D. Immersion
124. Iconic learning involving instructional audio visual materials refers to ________.
A. visual images for the real thing C. learning abstract ideas
B. symbols for learning D. learning icons or big people and things
125. Which assessment tool refers to the general group where students read the
questionnaire and respond in writing?
A. Diagram C. Paper and pencil
B. Problem solving D. Drawing analogies
126. What test technique requires the candidate to perform the skill that the test wishes
to measure?
A. Direct C. Integrative
B. Indirect D. Discrete
127. Which approach to language testing views language learning as chiefly concerned with the
systematic acquisition of a set of habits?
A. Structuralist C. Integrative
B. Essay-translation D. Pragmatic
128. The function of language test which aims to motivate students pertains to _____.
A. research C. employment
B. learning D. teaching
129. What is the culminating activity of interpreting the information gathered for the
purpose of making decisions or judgment about students’ learning needs?
A. Assessment C. Measurement
B. Evaluation D. Testing
130. When a language research deals with motivation for learning the language, what
allied discipline is involved?
A. Education C. Psychology
B. Sociology D. Anthropology
131. When a research is conducted to assess the use of linguistic forms in language
performance, it is after which component?
A. Socio-linguistic C. Linguistic
B. Socio-cultural D. Psycho-social
132. A study on the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching deals with what
allied discipline?
A. Psychology C. Sociology
B. Educating D. Anthropology
133. Which factor in language research identifies the environment within which language
is acquired?
A. Language use C. Methodology
B. Type of users D. Setting

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134. The application of social and behavioral science research method to the practice of
journalism is called ___________.
A. precision journalism C. contemporary journalism
B. modern journalism D. new journalism
135. In journalism, copy refers to ____________.
A. any piece of material that makes it to print
B. the writer’s name as it appears in the story
C. the word for a headline
D. the belief that what someone says is true
136. The date line in a news story refers to the time when the __________.
A. report was received C. event happened
B. deadline was set by the editorial D. story was filed
137. The organization of an editorial follows more or less the following arrangement
marked by Roman numerals:
I. _________ IV. Argument
II. Argument V. Argument
III. Argument VI. Course of action
What should be contained in the first Roman numeral?
A. Lead sentence expressing the facts
B. Topic sentence that states the opinion
C. Position of the newspaper regarding the issue
D. Statement of the newspaper’s editorial policy

138. What periodical publication contains accounts of current events, information, articles,
and diverse features?
A. Brochure C. Journal
B. Newspaper D. Magazine
139. A word can have associated mental images and feelings. Often these cannot be
found by consulting a dictionary. These are referred to as _____________.
A. co-reference C. denotation
B. collocation D. connotation
140. Which refers to the capacity for some kind of language to be transferred from one
language to another without undergoing radical change?
A. Transformability C. Translatability
B. Transferability D. Transfigurability
141. One way to see if translation communicates what the source text communicates is by
translation checking. The subjects of such activity are called __________.
A. experts in translation C. consultants
B. academic personnel D. speakers with the receptor Language
142. Which is the heart of the theater experience?
A. actor-director relationship C. audience-director relationship
B. actor-actor relationship D. actor-audience relationship
143. In stage acts, which do you use to show comparisons?
A. Pitch C. Syllabication
B. Color D. Sound
144. Which is the audience’s ability to remove themselves from the play so that they can
contemplate and evaluate performance?
A. Reasonable distance C. Ideal distance
B. Aesthetic distance D. Manageable distance
145. The speaker’s use of highly jargonized language falls under what kind of interference?
A. Intrinsic C. Speaker-created
B. Extrinsic D. Semantic
146. What technology during the Middle Ages greatly advanced literature through a slow
flood of reading materials such as books and other manuscripts?
A. Poetry C. Accounts
B. Movies D. Prose
147. Which refers to concepts that include choice of words, elegance of construction,
punctuation consideration, and length of entries?
A. Preferences C. Subjectivity
B. Style D. Strategies
148. In creative non-fiction, what do you use to support fact-based narratives?
A. Commentaries and accounts C. Essays and memoirs
B. Dramatic dialogs D. Inventive and dramatic techniques
149. What kinds of linguistics studies show how language character is a/an________.
A. Descriptive C. Historical
B. Theoretical D. Applied
150. The character who contrasts with another character is a/an _____________.
A. support C. antagonist
B. villain D. foil

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English

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