1.
The editor found the news story not so
entertaining. He found it full of:
A. Adjectives
B. Verbs
C. Pronouns
D. Adverbs
Rationalization: The answer is letter C
“pronoun” because it considered as a
“function” word – meaning it is dependent
on the “content words present in the
sentence. In English content words are
the following: prepositions, conjunctions,
articles and pronouns.
2. “ On the street of this position of God’s
world I feel neighbor to a rat, so brother
of a worm; Forever chasing rainbows a t
muddy margins. “ This line on Quemada’s
poem is saying that:
A. Life is fruitful
B. Life is not worth living
C. Life is empty and meaningless
D. Life is full of challenges
Rationalization: One can easily infer that
the answer is letter D primarily because
one can visualize that the persona is
facing difficulties in life.
3. “ The whale has no famous author and
whaling no famous chronicles.” Based on
this line from the novel, Moby dick is
treated as:
A. Whaliing is not truly structure.
B. Whales are ordinary creatures
C. Whales is a wild mammal that haunts
mariners.
D. Whaling is an Old hobby.
Rationalization: The Phrases “ no famous
author” and “ no famous chronicles” would
indicate that the answer is letter B.
4. Venus is an exemplication of feminine
pulchritude. Pulchritude means:
A. Plain
B. Beauty
C. Ugliness
D. Homeliness
Rationalization: Using context clues, one
can easily infer that the answer is B
“beauty” because “Venus” is the roman
goddess of beauty.
5. Samantha’s eyes are blurred and her
hands ached. She _______________ at
the computer for 6 long hours. Finally, she
took a break.
A. was seated
B. has seated
C. would have seated
D. had been seated
Rationalization: B – The second sentence
is in the present perfect tense, and so the
auxillary verb must be “ has” plus the “
past participle” from of the verb.
6. After 7 depressing years, mitch finally
quit the job. She ____________________
along with her superior for a long time
before she finally decided to look for a
new position.
A. didn’t
B. isn’t getting
C. hasn’t been getting
D. hadn’t getting
Rationalization: The sentence with missing
parts is in the perfect progressive tense
since that there are two past actions
where still happening when the second
transpired. Therefore, the auxiliary verb
must be “ had” plus “been” and the -ing
form of the verb. The answer is letter D.
7. Five years of intensive language study
are required for second language learners.
Chun – Li _________________ English
for three years, but she will need more
training to be more proficient.
A. has studied
B. will have been studying
C. has been studying
D. hadn’t been getting
Rationalization: The second sentence is in
the present perfect progressive tense
because the action started somewhere in
the past, still happening at present and
will continue to happen in the future. The
auxiliary verb must be “has” plus “been”
and the -ing form of the verb. The answer
is letter C.
8. The laborers are so happy that
________ now reaping the fruit ____
efforts.
A. they’re – their
B. they’re – there
C. there – their
D. their – their
Rationalization: “They” is a personal
pronoun, “Their” is a possessive pronoun,
while “They’re” is a combination of “they”
and “are”. The correct answer is letter A.
 D. Thing
9. This seatwork is difficult for Paul and
_______. 14. Which among these words has the
voiced [th] sound?
A. Myself
B. I A. Mouth
C. Me B. Breath
D. Himself C. Teeth
D. Health
Rationalization: Tough choice would be
between B and C. the answer is C “me” 15. Which of the words below has the [zh]
because “I” must only be used if you are sound?
the subject of the sentence of if you are
the doer of the action, while “me” is used A. Ships
is you are the object of the sentence or if B. Shore
you are the receiver of the action. C. She
D. Leisure
10. The candy care smells
______________. 16. Which among these words has the [id]
end sound?
A. Sweet
B. Sweetly A. Praised
C. Sweeter B. Mailed
D. More sweet C. Judged
D. Needed
Rationalization: “ smells “ is a verb of
senses – meaning it could be either Rationalization: A sound is voiced if there
function as an action or linking verb. It is are vibrations on the vocal cords, and
functioning as an action verb if the subject Voiceless is there is none. 12. D, 13. B,
is capable of movement and if there is 14. B, 15.D, 16. D
direct object. It functions as a linking verb
if the subject is not capable of movement. 17. Audiolingualism is a new language
Since that “candy” cannot move, the verb teaching approach that mainly focuses on
“smells” functions as a linking verb. The _________
sentence pattern therefore is S-LV-PA
(Subject, Linking Verb, Predicative A. Syntax
Adjective) and so, the answer is “ sweet”. B. Structure
C. Reading
11. What is the biggest hindrance in D. Pronounciation
learning a second language?
Rationalization: The answer is D
A. grammar “pronunciation” because in Grammar
B. structure of language Teaching Approaches, Audiolingualism
C. imagery focuses on pronunciation.
D. cross-cultural issues
18. Rubric as a measuring instrument that
Rationalization: The answer is letter D is best use in assessing
because second language learning entails _______________
learning about culture of the language
origin. A. Sentence structure
B. Oral recitation
12. Which among these words has [z] end C. Multiple choice test
sound? D. Dictation test

A. Maps Rationalization: Rubrics are often times

B. Jokes used when objectivity might be
C. Laughs questionable. Often times rubrics are used
D. Buys to steer away from personal biases of the
assessor. Multiple choice test, sentence
13. Which among these words has the structure, and dictation tests would have
starting [th] sound? exact answers, while it is very difficult to
assess oral examination – and so, the
A. Thank answer is letter B.
B. These
C. Think
19. Manuel Arguilla is one of the most B. Cold
important Filipino writers of all time. He C. City
wrote the Juan Tamad series and the D. Censure
short story “ How my brother Leon
brought Home a wife.” He is famous in Ans: B
injecting themes with ________ in his
story. 24. Which word is accented on the first
syllable?
A. Urbanity
B. Cosmopolitanism A. Fifteen
C. Local Color B. Outspeak
D. Ranch life C. Understand
D. Heaven
Rationalization: C is the answer. Manuel
Arguilla’s fiction depicts rural life in the Ans: D
Philippines.
25. Which word has the C pronounced
20. Who wrote the novel “ The jungle as /s/?
Book”
A. Censure
A. Victor Hugo B. Connote
B. Rudyard Kipling C. Comma
C. William March D. Collaborate
D. K.L Mansfield
Ans: A
Rationalization: Rudyard Kipling wrote “
The Jungle Book”. His writings are mostly 26. Loreto Paras Sulit’s Short story that
fables and set in the forest in India. revolves around the theme that beauty
can be very dangerous titled
___________

21. This Victor Hugo’s Masterpiece that A. The Harvest

talks about the French revolution. B. The Beautiful Stranger
C. Desire
A. Les Miserables D. Beautiful Liar
B. Hunchback of Notre Dame
C. Annakarenina Rationalization: The answer is letter A “
D. Fathers and Sons The Harvest”. Fidel and Vidal are brothers
who both got attracted to Miss Francia,
Rationalization: Hugo did not write and this attraction to Miss Francia led to
Annakarenina and Fathers and Sons. Hugo heartaches of both brothers.
wrote Hunchbak of Notre Dame and les
Miserables, the former is about 27. She is _______ a plane
Quasimodo and Esmeralda, while the
latter is about Jeanne Val Jeanne Cossette A. in
which is set during the French Revolution. B. on
C. at
22. A comma indicates: D. into

A. Pause Rationalization: The is B “on”. The

B. Slight pause
C. Longer pause
D. No pause
Rationalization: There are three types of
juncture, a comma or “single slash”
means slight pause; a period or “double
slashes” means longer pause; end of the
paragraph or “triple slashes” means
longest pause. The answer is B.
preposition is used in vehicles that are
huge enough for one to work inside it.
28. Robert Frost’s poems are commonly
about ______________.
A. Beautiful girls
B. Decision making and fate
C. God and Faith
D. End of the World

23. Which word has the C pronounced Rationalization: The answer is letter B. His
as /k/? poems “ Fire and Ice”, The Road Not
Taken”, and “Stopping by the Woods on a
A. Century Snowy Evening” are mainly about taking
the risk, decision making and the power of D. Alveolar Ridge
choice.
Ans: B
29. F. Scot Fitzgerald’s Story that is about
the boy who was born and gets younger 34. Family of Consonant sounds where the
every day is titled ___________ air is held back for a moment before it is
released abruptly.
A. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
B. The Greatest Gatsby A. Fricative
C. The Innocent Boy B. Plosive
D. Growing Young C. Affricate
D. Glides
Rationalization: The answer is letter A.
This story was adapted into film and stars Ans: B
Bard Pitt. Bejamin was born old and died
young as baby. 35. Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story
about a love triangle amongst Alfredo,
30. In the ballet presentation “Swan Lake” Esperanza, and Julia. What is the title of
by Tchaikovsky, Who seduced the prince? this masterpiece?

A. Black Swan A. Wedding Dance

B. Golden Swan B. Dead Stars
C. Swan Witch C. Desire
D. Ugly Duckling D. Tatsulok

Rationalization: The Black Swan seduced Rationalization: B – Dead Star is

the prince that is why the White Swan
committed suicide in the end. So the
answer is letter A.
31. In Chauser’s Canterbury Tales, Which
tale talks about three friends who killed
each other for the chest filled with
treasures?
A. Pardoner’s Tale
B. Knight’s Tale
C. Merchant’s Tale
D. The Nun Priest’s Tale
Rationalization: The answer Is letter A.
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of
stories told by the different pilgrims on
their way to Canterbury.
32. Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “
Innermost One” is taken from the
collection of devotional songs titled
________.
A. Gitanjali
B. Shakuntala
C. Ramayana
D. Mahabharata
Rationalization: The answer is A. Gitanjali
means “ Songs of Offering” which is a
collection of vespers and prayers.
considered the first Filipino literary
masterpiece written in English. It is about
Alfredo who loves not love it self but only
the idea of it.
36. What makes the sentence below
erroneous?
“ I have written a letter yesterday.”
A. Yesterday
B. Have
C. A
D. Letter
Rationalization: The answer is letter A
“yesterday” because in the present perfect
tense we are not allowed to put a definite
time marker.
37. What is NOT true about the present
perfect tense?
A. The action started somewhere in the
past and continued up until present
B. It must bear with it the auxiliary verb
has/have plus the past participle form of
the verb
C. The action is still happening at present
or just recently ended
D. The action is happening at present and
may still happen in the future.

33. It determines if a sound is voiced of Rationalization: The answer is letter D

voiceless because it pertains to present perfect
progressive.
A. Uvuka
B. Voice Box 38. He is considered the father of essay.
C. Tongue
A. Michel de Montaigne A. Hard Palate
B. Francis Bacon B. Soft Palate
C. William Shakespeare C. Uvula
D. George Eliot D. Alveolar Ridge

Ans: A Ans: B

39. Which work of Leo Tolstoy is about the 44. In Carlos Bulosan’s“ My father Goes to
Napoleonic invasion in Russia? Court” What is the accusation of the rich
father?
A. War and Peace
B. Annakarenina A. Stealing the Aroma of the food.
C. God Sees the truth but Waits B. Stealing the kitchen utensils
D. Father and Sons C. Stealing the gold bars found under the
bed of the rich family
Ans: A D. Cheating on his wife

40. The film “ Tatarin” is based on the Rationalization: The answer is letter A. In
short story by Nick Joaquin titled the end of the story, the poor father was
________ able to pay the rich father by letting him
hear the sound of tingling sound of coins.
A. May Day Eve
B. Summer Solstice 45. In Paz latorena’s Story “Desire” , the
C. Three Generations main character has a sexy body but a
D. Woman with Two Navels _______________

Ans: B A. Homely Face

B. Twisted mind
41. Read the poem below: C. Scaly Skin
D. Low I.Q
“ That the wind seraphs of heaven
Coveted here and me Rationalization: The answer is A. The main
That is the reason, not so long ago character possesses a beautify body but
In a kingdom by the sea an ugly face. The word “homely” is a
A wind blew out of a cloud euphemism for ugly.
Chillin and Killin my Annabel Lee”
46. The lines below are taken from
What is the cause of death of Annabel Shakespearean play?
Lee?
“ If you prick us, shall we not bleed?
A. Consumption If you tickle us, shall we not laugh?
B. Dengue If you poison us, shall we not die?
C. HIV And If you wrong us, shall we not seek
D. Hepatitis revenge?

Rationalization: Letter A is the answer as A. Romeo and Juliet

can be inferred from the last two lines of B. Merchant of Venice
the excerpt. Consumption is also known C. Hamlet
as TB. D. Macbeth

42. Who is considered as the father of Rationalization: The lines above are taken
detective stories? from Shylock Speech. The answer is letter
B.
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. William Shakespare 47. What is TRUE about the Past Perfect
C. Robert Frost Tense?
D. Shoguna
A. There must be two past actions
Rationalization: The answer is A Edgar B. The auxiliary verb must be “has”
Allan Poe. His story the Cask of C. The main verb must be in the present
Amontillado is one of the examples of his participial form
detective stories. D. The auxiliary verb “had” must not be
used
43. The velum is also known as the
_____________
Rationalization: The answer is A. In the
past perfect tense there must be two past
actions, the first one happened before the
second one transpired.

48. Dante Aligieri’s Divine Comedy is

Originally titled _____________

A. Comedia
B. Divina Comedia
C. Comedia de Divina
D. Divina de CovalandiaComedia

Rationalization: The answer is A. Divina

Comedia is just an Italian translation. It
was originally titled “Comedia” But the
Pope and the King added “Divine” to it
because people who have read the novel
immediately repented on their sins.

49. Divine Comedy is a trilogy, which

among the three is the most widely read?

A. Purgatory
B. Heaven
C. Paradise
D. Inferno

Rationalization: The answer is D Inferno

because many became interested in
reading it because they want to know the
punishment of their sins.

50. Who is considered as the master of

short story writing?

A. Edgar Allan Poe

B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Jose Rizal
D. Rudyard Kipling

Ans: A