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1.Among Filipinos, what characteristic makes


English difficult to understand?

A. it is a complex language.
B. It is a strange language.
C. it is a second/third 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
B. poetry
C. prose
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
B. oral interview
C. sentence transformation
D. analyzing sentences
4. Use of grade is 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 grade i-vi
B. multi-graded books received in the
different grade levels
C. different versions of book with simplified
grammar and vocabulary
D. books used by several grade levels
5. An act enhancing the Philippines Basic
Education System by strengthening its
curriculum and increasing the number of years
for Basic Education, appropriating funds
therefore and for other purpose, 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, song , poems, stories,
and illustrations, are based on local culture,
history, and reality. This strategy particularly
refers to .

A. localization
B. contextualization
C. cultural adaptability
D. authenticity
7. The Philippine Qualification 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
B. are
C. will
D. is
9. While there is no absolute way to prevent
ankle exercises such as ankle lifts can
help strengthen the joint.

A. sprain
B. sprain’s
C. sprains
D. sprains’
10. Substituting different sounds for the first sound
of familiar song just like the example below can
help in developing
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily;
Life us but a dream.
Bow bow bow, your boat
Bently bown the beam.
Berrily,berrilyberrily,berrily;
Bife is but a dream.
A. Phonological awareness
B. Word recognition
C. phonological stress
D. emergent word reading skills
11. Lila bought coffee for Isabella and .

A. me
B. mine
C. both me and i are correct
D. i
12. after the show, the board members went to
another area and out with their fans.

A. hung
B. hunged
C. hanged
D. hang
13. neither you nor your children the
problems.

A. understands
B. are understanding
C. is understanding
D. understand
14. eminent educator have observed that
qualified jobs are becoming .

A. scarcest
B. more scarce
C. scaring
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.

A. shopper’s
B. shop’s
C. shoppers’
D. shops’
17. an example of a word formation process that
changes kindergarten to “kinder” and “air
condition” to “aircon” is known as .

A. coining
B. compounding
C. blending
D. clipping
18. the speaker should change the language
according to the needs of the listener of 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 philippines english shares
how unique meaning 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
B. bed spacer
C. roommate
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
B. adapt
C. technical
D. context-driven
21. the study of ways in which non-native
speakers acquire, comprehend, and use
linguistic patters or speech acts in a second
language is known as .

A. contrastive rhetoric
B. intra-language variety
C. jargonized expression
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
B. digraphs
C. consonants
D. diphthongs
23. linguistic interference occurs when students
.

A. learn another language or dialect


B. learn their mother tongue
C. speak without readiness
D. learn to speak and hide their fear
24. a summary of main points of a text , lecture,
or course of study is referred to as ________.

A. lesson exemplar
B. subject framework
C. course outline
D. unit plan
25. learning for main points of a text, lecture, or
course of study is referred to as _______.

A. genuine motivation
B. intrinsic motivation
C. extrinsic motivation
D. life-long motivation
26. “all the bitterness melted out of him suddenly
and the world renewed itself out of the youth
and happiness that was all around him, profligate
as the spring sunshine.” the capitalized word
means .

A. superfluous
B. openly
C. over- abundant
D. brightly
27. which is an example of bound morpheme
ending in-ion that changes a verb into a noun?

A. action
B. nation
C. scion
D. mention
28. in applying passive voice, which should you use
on an official sign?

A. beyond this point, do not permit pedestrian


B. do not permit pedestrian beyond this point
C. beyond this point, pedestrian should permit
to go
D. pedestrians are not permitted beyond this
point
29. everyone met at the contest venue. the
capitalization pronoun is an example of a/an
.

A. indefinite pronoun
B. relative pronoun
C. demonstrative 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 at the
moment
B. vince said he was studying english lot at the
moment
C. vince said he was studying english a lot at that
moment
D. vince said he were studying english a lot at that
moment
31. roniel and carl who a restaurant in
manila are now the youngest partner
entrepreneurs.

A. run
B. has run
C. runs
D. have run
32. the adjective that expresses the supreme value
of the noun like the capitalized phrase in the
sentences, ”english is the most interesting subject
for ryzza,” is called .

A. superlative adjective
B. predicate adjective
C. demonstrative 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 syllable 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
B. ii, and iii
C. i and ii
D. i,iii, 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 task to develop
viewing skills in real life situations.
C. link listening and speaking task to improve
students’ self-confidence.
D. link listening and speaking task 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
B. interpretability
C. natural
D. comprehensibility
37. what is the ability of the listener to
understand the speaker’s intentions?

A. intelligibility
B. interpretability
C. acceptability
D. comprehensibility
38. the third child is the most intelligent. the
capitalized word is an example of .

A. descriptive adjective
B. cardinal adjective
C. ordinal adjective
D. limiting adjective
39. some people feel that his to the
president was unnecessary.

A. delusion
B. convulsion
C. allusion
D. illusion
40. analogies are comparisons based on
relationships between ideas. finish the
analogy below
dwindle:increase∷stiffen:______________

A. relax
B. cringe
C. crawl
D. freeze
41. when the word “consumables” refers to
resources such as toner, ink, and paper which
on use up, it is regarded as a/an .

A. technological jargon
B. multimedia jargon
C. computer 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


B. modify, apply, debate
C. recommended, design produce
D. compose, imagine propose
43. which type of plot device ends abruptly so
that the main character are left in a difficult
situation without offering any resolution of
conflict?

A. foil
B. anti hero
C. cliffhanger
D. archetype
44. the intensification of the conflict in a story or
play is called .

A. exposition
B. conflict
C. rising action
D. complication
45. which type of paragraph would this topic
sentences be considered? the day i won the
orotorial title changed myself perception.

A. expository
B. narrative
C. descriptive
D. complication
46. sound words like bam, bang, booing are
examples of .

A. metaphor
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. idiom
47. a type of comedy based on a far-fetched
humorous situation often with ridiculous or
stereotyped character is called .

A. sequel
B. simile
C. farce
D. fable
48. “life is like a roller coaster.” is an example of
what figure of speech?

A. simile
B. personification
C. metaphor
D. hyperbole
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 wells, from the bells, bell, bells.”

A. rhyme
B. alliteration
C. rhythm
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
B. consonance
C. juxtaposition
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 charactererized
by having two successive rhyming lines in a verse
and the same meter to form a complete though?
A. couplet
B. assonance
C. free verse
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
B. alliteration
C. hyperbole
D. metaphor
53. in analyzing poetry, one must first understand context. which
among the following is not included in a poems 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 problems, 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
explain what imagery is?

A. cartoon show that makes 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 principal ship,” is an example of an appeal to
.

A. pathos
B. ethos
C. bathos
D. logos
56. in a novel or short story, this is the point of
view assumed by the narrator from which is
able to tell everything that happens in the
story. this is known as .

A. eyewitness
B. omniscient
C. first person
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
B. persuasive
C. expository
D. narrative
58. a plot device in literature which is usually
employed where vision are realized due to the
action of the character who tries to prevent
the,. an example of this is “oedipus rex”

A. oracle
B. foresight
C. self-fulfilling prophecy
D.insight
59. the ten commandments of a modern story
are: it must have compression and
immediateness, momentum, characterization,
verisimilitude, style, culmination, soul, and it
must be _________.

A. publishing
B. short
C. read in one sitting
D. complete in one reading
60. what is the method of storytelling in which
the narrator known’s the thoughts and feeling
in all the character story in the story.?

A. third person limited


B. second person point of view
C. first 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
B. epiphora
C. gradatio
D. symploce
62. the most important sentences in any essay is
.

A. the first sentence in the body of the


paragraph
B. the thesis sentence of the conclusion
C. the first sentence of the 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
B. review
C. retreat
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
B. imagery
C. subject
D. symbolism
65. the resolution of the conflict in a story is
known as .

A. denouement
B. coda
C. diasporas
D. epilogue
66. in fiction, the transformation of character
from arrogance to humility is referred to as
______________.

A. catharsis
B. turning point
C. realism
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 forget is called a/an .

A. prompter
B. understudy
C. substitute
D. assistant
69. a poem that tells a tragic story is called
.

A. parable
B. epic
C. sonnet
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
B. apocalyptic
C. nemesis
D. objectivity
71. “it’s no wonder everyone refers to mary as
another mother there’s a 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
B. irony
C. allusion
D. historical paradox
72. the funeral home was built next to a
children’s nursery is an example of
.

A. oxymoron
B. metaphor
C. juxtaposition
D. paradox
73. “debit card and bad credit” “the earthquake
and the queer shake” are examples of
.

A. anagram
B. puns
C. contracts
D. oxymoron’s
74. read then stanza and answer the item that follows
in the fell clutch of circumstance
i have not winced nor cried a load.
under the bludgeoning of chance.
my head is bloody, but unbowed.
“my head is bloody, but unbowed” is an example of
which figure of speech?
A. hyperbole
B. alliteration
C. simile
D. metaphor
75. the words spoken by an actor to the people
watching a play that the character in the play
do not hear is called a/an .

A. lines
B. monologue
C. aside
D. symbolic narrative
76. what figure of speech is: “o wild, wind!”

A. apostrophe
B. hyperbole
C. irony
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
.

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 civilization
79. for what act is antigone sentenced to death?

A. she refuse 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
B. folk tale
C. creation myth
D. story
81. what does the presence of these three
divinities: clotho, lachesis, and atropos in
green myth symbolize?

A. immortals play a great part in mortal’s 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
B. legend
C. myth
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
B. achilles
C. paris
D. jason
84. who was the mythical strong man punished
by the gods for stealing fire?

A. prometheus
B. ulysses
C. medes
D. hercules
85. which of the following lines from the poem “vulture” by
chinua achebe, represent a miserable or bleak scene?
“in the grayness
and drizzles 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


B. of sun break a vulture
C. in the grayness
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
B. middle eastern
C. asian
D. african
90. the fence in the story written by jose garcia
villa refers to ______________.

A. free standing structure designed to restrict


movement across a boundary
B. represents the distance between two families
C. walls representing hindrances that separate the
families
D. protection from 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-protective mother.
B.she loved her father very much.
C.she wanted a good son-in-law
D.she regretted marrying her husband.
92. who popularized haiku poetry in japan by creating
visual auditory multimedia sensation 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
B.basho
C.boncho
D.gyai
93. “ awake for morning in the bowl of night
has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight:
and to 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.Edward FitzGerald
B.lao-tze
C.mao tze-tung
D.confusius
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
B. lao- tze
C. mao tze – tung
D. nelson mandela
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
B. sintaishi
C. haikai
D. haiku
96. what is the oldest indian documents of
sanskrit literature that consist of 1,028 hymns
recited in solemn rituals.

A. mahabharata
B. upanishads
C. ramayana
D. rig veda
97. what does the phrase “ merciless indian
savages” used by jefferson refer to ?

A. asian-american
B. indian-american
C. britons
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 metaphysical


B. sentimental and didactic
C. impressionistic and symbolical
D. emphasis on craft over content
100. Dillard in her piece, talent, said that “ doing
something does not discipline; it creates its
own discipline” which means .

A. to face trials for the characters to pass


B. lose virginity and innocence
C. lose one’s memory
D. reach adulthood
101. Dillar in her place, talent said that “ doing
something does not require discipline; it create
its own discipline” which means
.

A. working hard for the thing you value the


most
B. self-control as indication of good education
C. governing the self to act accordingly
D. regimen imposed on the self out masochism
102. during 1800s as reflected in american
literature, the us government expanded its
territory by the use of the items listed below
except

A. technology(railroad)
B. invasion(conquest)
C. force(us army)
D. diplomasy (treaties)
103. “on the pulse of the morning,” by maya
angelou, it is suggested that
_____________.

A. each new day gives people new chances


B. each new day is gift when spent best
C. each new day symbolizes the monotony of
tasks
D. each new day signifies a challenge to
overcome
104. in “ i america singing” by walt whitman, the
workers sing varied carols to express:

A. take pride in one’s abilities


B. joy for bountiful blessings
C. happiness in work and the uniqueness of
contribution
D. contrast in work attitude
105. which of the following statements best
reflect the writing of “the declaration of
independence”?

A. it is accusatory and subjective


B. it is very structured and orderly
C. it is simple yet moving.
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 irresponsible power


B. gender-fairness and sensitivity
C. government of the people, by the people, for
the people
D. open-mindedness and receptivity to change
107. what is Shakespeare's technique of
showing equivocation which is seen in his play,
“Macbeth”?

A. prediction
B. mirroring
C. ambiguity
D. paradox and irony
108. which is colloquial expression that has been
overused?

A. cliché
B. emotive language
C. informal language
D. tautology
109. a fluent reader .

A. read 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 text properly when
reading a load
110. in which sentence is the word well used
correctly?

A. Julie and Ellen work well together


B. the boys are a well team
C. the flight was not well
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 chart and rods
to help them with the pronunciation sounds;
and teacher talking time is minimal?

A. silent way
B. suggestopedia
C. color method
D. community language learning
112. in which kind of illocutionary act does the
speaker express another illocutionary for other
that literally expressed in the utterance by relying
on shared background knowledge, principles of
convention?

A.indirect illocution
B.exclamation
C.command
D.complex illocutionary act
113. in a study comparing the effect 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 without music


B. reading comprehension score with music
C. study period with no music
D. presence or absence of music during studying
114. in which sentence does the adverb tell how
the action is done?

A. christy had ice cream after she was done.


B. then christy came home to wrap the
present
C. christy went to the store to buy a present
D. christy wrapped the present carefully
115. what is story told in verse by unknown
writers and usually meant to be sung?

A. sonnet
B. epic
C. haiku
D. drama
116. what is book-length fictional prose
narrative which has many characters and
often a complex plot?

A.novel
B.rhythm
C.rhyme
D.alliteration
117. what is book-length repetition of similar
sounds usually consonants in a group of words
like: “ doubting dreaming dreams no mortal
ever dared to dream before.”?

A. onomatopoeia
B. rhythm
C. rhyme
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
B.octave
C.couplet
D.sestet
119. which approach in studying literature
establishes the relationship of the writer’s life
with his work?

A. textual
B. mythic
C. psychological
D. biographical
120. a description on a gravestone or a short
poem in memory of deceased person is called
a/an .

A. motto
B. maxim
C. epitaph
D. couplet
121. what major poetic device is also called an
imperfect rhyme or slant rhyme?

A. temporary rhyme
B. partial rhyme
C. semi rhyme
D. half rhyme
122. what term represents the mixture of
textual, audio, and visual modes of
communication?

A. multimedia
B. media information literacy
C. multi-modality
D. information and communication
technology
123. what word refers to the 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
B. unpacking
C. scaffolding
D. immersion
124. iconic learning involving instructional audio
visual materials refers to .

A. visual images for the real thing


B. symbols for learning
C. learning abstract ideas
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
B. problem solving
C. paper and pencil
D. drawing analogies
126. what test technique requires the candidate
to perform the skill that the test wishes
measure?

A. direct
B. indirect
C. integrative
D. discrete
127. which approach to language testing views
language learning as chiefly concerned with
systematic acquisition of set of habits?

A. structuralist
B. essay-translation
C. integrative
D. pragmatic
128. the function of language test which aims to
motivate students pertains to .

A. research
B. learning
C. employment
D. teaching
129. what is the culminating activity of
interpreting the information gathered for the
purpose of making decision or judgment
about students’ learning need?

A. assessment
B. evaluation
C. measurement
D. testing
130. when a language research deals with
motivation for learning the language, what
allied discipline is involved?

A. educating
B. sociology
C. psychology
D. anthropology
131. when a research is conducted to assess the
use of linguistic forms in language
performance, it is after which components?

A. socio-linguistic
B. socio-cultural
C. linguistic
D. psycho-social
132. a study on the effectiveness of
communicative language teaching deals with
what allied discipline?

A. psychology
B. educating
C. sociology
D. anthropology
133. which factor in language research identifies
the environment method to the practice of
journalism is called .

A. language use
B. type of users
C. methodology
D. setting
134. the application of social and behavioral
science research method to the practice of
journalism is called _____.

A. precision journalism
B. modern journalism
C. contemporary 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 say is true
136. the date line in a news story refers to the
time when the .

A. report was received


B. deadline was set by the editorial
C. event happened
D. story was filed
137. the organization of an editorial follows
more or less the following arrangement
marked by roman numerals:
i. _____________
ii. largument
iii. argument
iv. Argument
v. 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
B. newspaper
C. journal
D. magazine
139. a word can have associated mental images
and feeling. often these cannot be found by
consulting a dictionary. these are referred to
as .

A. co-reference
B. collocation
C. denotation
D. connotation
140. which refers to the capacity for some king
of language to be transferred from one
language to another without undergoing
radical change?

A. transformability
B. transferability
C. translatability
D. transfigurability
141. one way to see if translation communicates
what the source text communicates is by
translation checking. the subject of such
activity are called .

A. expert in translation
B. academic personnel
C. consultant
D. speakers with the receptor language
142. which is the heart of the theater
experience?

A. actor-director relationship
B. actor-actor relationship
C. audience-director relationship
D. actor-audience relationship
143. in stage acts, which do you use to show
comparisons?

A. pitch
B. color
C. syllabication
D. sound
144. which is the audience’s ability to remove
themselves from the play so that they can
contemplate and evaluate the performance?

A. reasonable distance
B. aesthetic distance
C. ideal distance
D. manageable distance
145. the speaker’s use of highly jargonized
language falls under what kind of
interference?

A. intrinsic
B. extrinsic
C. speaker-created
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
B. movies
C. accounts
D. prose
147. which refers to concepts that include
choice of words, elegance of construction,
punctuation consideration, and length of
entries?
148. in creative non-fiction, what do you use to
support fact-based narratives?

A. commentaries and accounts


B. dramatic dialogs
C. essay and memoirs
D. inventive and dramatic techniques
149. what kind of linguistic studies how
languages are constructed?

A. descriptive
B. theoretical
C. historical
D. applied
150. the character who contrasts with another
character is a/an .

A. support
B. villain
C. antagonist
D. foil

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