ENGLISH 12.

The flagrant pupils came shouting with stones in

their hands.
Choose the correct meaning of the underline word a. industrious c. notorious
b. group of pupils d. intelligent
I. Vocabulary:
13. There was a question of fraud among the notorious
1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of pupils who took the special examination.
his pupils. a. cheating c. unfairness
a. Demands c. Identifies b. injustice d. favoritism
b. Observes d. regulates 14. Her answer was explicable in public
a. undetermined c. unacceptable
2. There is a need to renovate the old school building b. can be explained d. unreasonable
to avoid future accidents.
a. repair c. restore 15. She looked haggard when she came in
b. repaint d. redecorate a. fresh c. gaunt
z b. at ease d. inspired
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the ball
game II. Subject-Verb Agreement
a. Frustrating c. sad
b. happy d. discouraging 16. Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated when
the candidate did not appear in public.
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement between a. was b. were
the parent and the teacher 17. A bag of candies and a bottle of coke ____ on the
a. embarrassing c. peaceful table.
b. humble d. continuing a. Is b. are
18. That _____ seem correct.
5. There is an altercation going on between the teacher a. don’t b. doesn’t
and principal in the office. 19. Either the boys or girls _____ here.
a. dispute c. settlement a. is b. are
b. competition d. jealousy 20. The number of teacher in the school ____ from year
to year.
6. The English teacher is proficient in her teaching. a. vary b. varies
a. effective c. engrossed 21. One-third of the classroom_____ under water.
b. expert d. perfect a. was b. were
22. She is one of those honor pupils who always _____
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the into confusion.
qualified of the officers. a. get b. gets
a. specify c. fasten 23. Each of the members of the club _____ a duty to
b. attach d. underline perform.
a. Have b. Has
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas 24. Mrs. Tecson’s creativeness and concern _____ well
a. remove c. decrease appreciated.
b. include into d. criticize a. is b. are
25. There ____ many pupils here.
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of the a. Is b. are
campus. 26. Many years of his life _____ spent in province
a. magnificent c. funny a. Was b. were
b. ridiculous d. positive 27. No one ____ at home.
a. is b. are
10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were deciding 28. My leg and my arm _____ aching.
on the winner. a. Is b. are
a. appealing c. restlessly 29. She _____ to read novels.
b. with love d. none of these a. like b. likes
30. There _____ eight men in the game.
11. He was deprive of a mother’s love a. is b. are
a. satisfied c. chosen
b. debarred d. given III. Identify the figure of speech in the following
statement.
31. Michael shouts like mike does. 48. The oil trickles down the machine
a. hyperbole c. metaphor a. flows rapidly
b. simile d. litotes b. flows little by little
32. Dona was tired to death after a long day of cooking. c. flows in large quantities
a. simile c. metaphor 49. That pond is full of fry.
b. hyperbole d. personification a. small fish c. mosquito
33. She has a Venus beauty b. frogs d. wraps
a. simile c. metaphor 50. I sneaked out.
b. hyperbole d. litotes a. went out noisily c. went out easily
34. As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily while the b. went out without attracting
cool breeze touches my lips gently. 51. He hasn’t come yet
a. Hyperbole c. metaphor a. he’ll come later c. he won’t come
b. litotes d. personification b. we won’t wait for him d. he will never
35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt. come
matutum. 52. You will sprinkle the flower once a day
a. Litotes c. Metaphor a. change c. cut
b. Hyperbole d. Simile b. water d. throw
36. Chris was a limb in the group during the disco party. 53. These fish are fresh
a. simile c. hyperbole a. cooked c. cheap
b. metaphor d. litotes b. newly caught d. rotten
37. Her lips are as cold as ice 54. The light is dim
a. simile c. personification a. off c. colored
b. metaphor d. synecdoche b. not bright d. very bright
38. James was crushed by the death of Kris.
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. personification d. metaphor 55. The ants are motile
39. Her skin is as white as onion a. small c. numerous
a. simile c. hyperbole b. movable d. big
b. metaphor d. litotes
40. She has the King Solomon ideas. V. Answer the following correctly.
a. Simile c. metaphor
b. Hyperbole d. personification 56. How do you address a Christmas card where the
husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the wife is an
IV. Vocabulary attorney? Which is the right form?
a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez
41. That coke is delicious b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes
a. looks good c. looks colorful c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes
b. tastes good d. smells good d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes
42. I won’t come anymore 57. Writing to your superior, what complimentary
a. come soon c. already came wending should be used?
b. never come d. any of these a. truly yours, c. Yours truly,
43. The story is uninteresting b. very truly yours, d. Truly very
a. very interesting your’s
b. interesting in some part 58. Choose the proper use of everyday.
c. not interesting a. You find this headline everyday.
d. some how interesting b. You find this headline everyday in the
44. She was attracted by the hedge newspapers.
a. stone c. fence c. You don’t find the issue clear everyday.
b. low bushes d. none of these d. I read the issue everyday
45. The memo is compulsory., 59. Which declaration shows determination?
a. must be done c. must be kept a. What an embarrassing situation!
b. a request d. optional b. I have good words for you.
46. She has to economize. c. This time, I won’t stop teaching.
a. earn more money c. put d. I will still think about it.
business 60. When you are writing to someone you hardly know,
b. spend less d. spend more the salutation should be
47. The pond is shallow a. My dear Mrs. Ponce
a. has clear water c. is full of mass b. Dear Mrs. Ponce
b. is not deep c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
 d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce b. Biography d. Diary
61. “Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man healthy, 73. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
wealthy, and wise” means a. Epic c. Verse
a. sleep early and wake up early so you will b. Sonnet d. Prose
become wealthy 74. Longest epic ever written
b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early a. Invictus c. Mahabharata
and getting b. Lam-ang d. Lament
c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth 75. Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and are handed
d. Sleeping will give you a healthy mind. from generation to generation
62. “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who a. Prose c. Poetry
you are” means b. Folktales d. Ballad
a. You are the judges as to who your peers 76. These are not tales making use of animals as
are. characters
b. Your friends are your everyday companions. a. Myths c. Fables
c. You choose your friends. b. Legends d. Fiction
d. Tell me who you to be with. 77. Known for his pen name “Dolores Manapat”
63. Which of this word are synonymous with a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio
settlement? Lopez Jaena
a. Autonomy c. Accord b. Marcelo H. delPilar d. Andres
b. Breakthrough d. Policy Bonifacio
64. What does it mean by saying “Not all close eyes are 78. Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and
asleep”. published “La Solidaridad”
a. Not all eyes are blind. a. ApolinarioMabini c. Jose Rizal
b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar
what’s going on. 79. His words were the source of inspiration for the
c. When we sleep sometimes we open our poem “ Like the Molave”
eyes. a. Mabini c. Quezon
d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes. b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal
65. What is meant by live within your means? 80. A poem lamenting the dead
a. Grow as your live a. Sonnet c. Elegy
b. Liking is the means of growing. b. Ode d. Satire
c. Spend according to your income. 81. Represent of a thing or ideas of a person
d. Growing is the means to live. a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet
66. “ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my b. Allusion d. Personification
soul” was written by 82. A speech by a person who reveals his thoughts
a. Henley c. Elliot a. Sonnet c. soliloquy
b. Dickens d. Shelley b. Metaphor d. simile
67. “ A thing of beauty is a joy forever” expressed the 83. Figure of speech where two different things are
philosophy of compared thru the use of “as” and “like”
a. Spencer c. Elliot a. simile c. facsimile
b. Keats d. Tennyson b. allegory d. epic
68. America’s greatest humorist 84. Author of “ how My Brother Leon Brought Home a
a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington Wife”
Irving a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez
b. Mark twain d. Samuel b. Fernando maramag d. None of these
Clemens 85. These stories, which reflect the people’s belief, are
69. A long narrative poem dealing with persons of heroic handed down from one generation to another by word of
proportion and actions of great significance mouth.
a. Ballad c. Sonnet a. novels c. prose
b. Epic d. Elegy b. folktales d. poetry
70. Considered the father of the modern American short 86. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds and
story supernatural happenings with local color and which people
a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe sing or chant
b. Bacon d. Robert frost a. epic c. verse
71. It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables. b. poetry d. riddles
a. Niponggo c. Canto 87. He wrote the famous letter “ To the Women of
b. Haiku d. Tanaga Malolos”
72. A collection of literary pieces a. Gregorio delPilar c. Jose Rizal
a. Prose c. Anthology b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto
88. A kind of literary piece which moralizes and was b. Invictus
written in letter from between two sisters dwelling in the city c. The arrow and the Song
ad the other in the province. d. None of these
a. urbana at Felisa c. ManangBiday 95. He was the American President who said: “Ask not
b. Pasyon, religious play d. None of these what America will do for you, but what together we can do
89. How is the author of “The legend of sleepy Hollow” for the freedom of man.”
which revolves around a headlines horseman’s tale a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
a. George Washington c. Washington b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
Irving 96. The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus; “That the
b. Robert Surtess d. Shakespeare government of the people, by the people, for the people,
90. Considered as one of the world’s greatest short shall not perish from the earth.” – is in his famous
stories and it is Edgar Allan Poe’s story of terror a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
about a hypochondriac living in morbid fear. b. Inaugural Address
a. Annabel Lee c. c. Address at Gettysburg
Macbeth d. None of these
b. The fall of the house of Usher d. The 97. The figure of speech, which uses exaggerated
Raven statement for aesthetic reason.
91. He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is a a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar nose. b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
a. Roxanne c. Ichabod 98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
b. Don Quixote d. Cyrano de a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
Bergerac b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
92. “If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own 99. The famous painting Juan Luna made
excuse for being “- is taken from the poem’ a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
a. The bells c. Don juan b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
b. Sonnet d. Rhodora 100. The stature of David was created by
93. A great epic poem whose plot centers around the a. SigfriedVandike c. Michelangelo
anger and wrath of Achilles against Agamemnon, a geek b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol
leader
a. Bernardo Carpio c. The Odyssey ***** THE END *****
b. The Iliad of Homer d. Myth
94. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my WORK HARD, DREAM HARDER
soul”,, is taken room the poem
a. O Captain, my captain

English
1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of his pupils.

1 b 51 A 35 a 85 B
2 a 52 B 36 b 86 A
3 b 53 B 37 b 87 C
4 c 54 B 38 c 88 A
5 a 55 B 39 a 89 C
6 b 56 D 40 c 90 B
7 a 57 B 41 b 91 D
8 b 58 D 42 b 92 D
9 b 59 C 43 c 93 B
10 c 60 B 44 b 94 B
11 b 61 B 45 a 95 D
12 c 62 A 46 b 96 C
13 a 63 C 47 b 97 C
14 b 64 B 48 b 98 B
15 c 65 C 49 a 99 A
16 a 66 A 50 b 100 C
17 b 67 B
18 b 68 B
19 b 69 B
20 b 70 C
21 a 71 B
22 b 72 C
23 b 73 B
24 a 74 C
25 b 75 B
26 b 76 C
27 a 77 B
28 b 78 D
29 b 79 C
30 b 80 C
31 b 81 D
32 b 82 C
33 c 83 A
34 d 84 A