SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR ENGLISH – GENERAL EDUCATION

1. Had I studied very well, I _____________ rewarded with vacation in the U.S.
A.Was C. Will be
B.Would have been D. Would be

2. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word in the sentence “Visions of tragic intensity;
next it echoes bubbling, IRREPRESSIBLE laughter.”
A. Difficult C. doubly uttered
B. most expressed D. unstoppable

3. To show pathological awareness skill in ________ , students say the sounds in a word then “say
them fast” while the teacher combines blocks or letters .
A. Manipulating C. segmenting
B. Rhyming D. blending

4. For methods to develop fluency, ___ reading is done by giving the student a passage and a model
of fluent reading that develops fluency with prosody.
A. Repeated C. echo
B. Chunk D. choral

5. Choose the word similar in meaning to the underlines: A basketball player has DEXTERITY.
A. Ability C. Right-handed
B. Speed D. Manual skill

6. The underlined word in the sentence “He finally joined VACC, an ORGANIZATION against
corruption and crime” is ______ in the sentence.
A. Indirect object C. appositive
B. Objective complement D. subjective complement

7. Fill in correct phrase “Why _____ at us?”

A. Are those ladies laughing C. are laughing those ladies
B. Those ladies are laughing D. those are ladies laughing

8. These two words lack correlation:

A. Genial:: cheerful C. Clothes:: garments
B. Cite:: position D. Coarse:: harsh

9. To show phonological awareness skill in ____ students delete, add substitute sounds and syllables.
A. Counting C. segmenting
B. Blending D. manipulating

10. The series of strategies used to teach students the active process of constructing meaning from
the text through assessing previous knowledge, understanding, vocabulary and concepts making
inferences and linking key ideas is known as ____ strategies.
A. Intuition C. Perception
B. Assimilation D. Comprehension