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1.What is meant by AT SIXES AND SEVENS in this sentence? We moved into the house last week, but I'm
afraid everything, is still at sixes and sevens
A. The things have not been shippedB. In a state of confusion C in an orderly manner
2 For the synecdoche figurative expression "My mother has a green thumb. I can't wait to show you her
garden." What is the equivalent meaning?
A. In
B. On
C.at
D. Into
A yours, ours
B. your, mine
5. Which of the following words has an altemate correct spelling as shown in any good dictionary?
A. Aggravate B. Ageless
C. Advertisement
D.Apologized
7. Danny looked at the to look meanings of words used by the book in its various chapters
A Glossary B Index
8. What embodied the practical philosophy of native Filipinos during the pre-Hispanic days?
A. Folk songs
B.Proverbs
C. Legends
D. Folktales
10 What type of language is normally used in ordinary conversation and other informal communication?
eg "What a close shave?"
A. Solecism
B Jargon
C. Trite Expression
D Colloquialism
11 What error is committed in the sentence The bus stopped suddenly I spilled coffee all over my shirt.
A Run-on
C Squinting modities
D Dangling modifie
12 What type of error is shown on the sentence?
Faster than a speeding bullet the citizens of Metropolis saw Superman flying overhead
A Faulty Coordination
B. Misplaced Modifier
C Faulty Parallelism
D Comma Splice
A Indirect object
B Objective complement
C Direct object
D Subjective complement
C Censor try
D Alter vary
the student says the word then say the syllable or sound
A Counting
B. Sementing
C Discriminating
D. Rhyming
16. Which following pair of words is prescriptively corect in the blanks within the sentence:
" I enjoy_____but I would not like___ It all my life."
A. Painting:doing
B. To paint:doing
C. To paint: to do
D. Painting:to do
A.To change
2 Significant power
A 3-2-1-4
B 2-4-1-3
C. 4-1-2-3
D 4-2-1-3
B.Antique future
"As a volunteer,he joined the VACC, an organization against cprruption and crime"
A. Indirect object
B. Subjective Complement
C. Objective compliment
D. Appositive
22. Which of the following pronouns to prescriptively corect in the blank within the sentence "I thought
the task is heavy for Samantha and_______
A Us
B. Her
C. Me D Myself
A. Enough of chairs
B.Chairs enough
C. Much chairs
D. Enough of chairs
A Pharynx
B. Esophagus
C Larynx
D Resonator
25. The branch of Roguistics that deals with the meaning of words is___
A Phonics B Semantics
C. Syntax D Vocabulary
A European
B African
C Mediterranean
D Asian
27: What is the logical fallacy in: " You once sponsored a project of the govermor, therefore you are the
govemer's crony?
A logical conclusion
B. Association fallacy
D. Circular argument
A At
B. To
C. on
D. in
29. In the speech process, which is concemed with amplifying and enriching the voice, using human
amplifiers such as the nose, windpipe and chest?
A Resonation B Infection
C. Phonation D Articulation
30 Which of the folowing speech articulators does must of the work in sounds like d,t, s,z,l,n and th?
A Lips B Tongue
C Teeth
D.Soft Palate
A Borrowed
B. Cliped
C Acronym D. Blend
32 Which among the following is the part of the newspaper where you can see the opinions of people?
A Classified Section
B. Headline
C. Obituary
D Editorial Section
33. What characteristic of poetry is referred to by the line "It must be slender as a bell" in Villa's Sonnet
1?
B. Figurative language
D Imagery
35 What figure of speech is used in these line from Alvero's poem? Could Gods refuse/Such tempting
wine?"
A Apostrophe
B Rhetorical question
C. Allusion
D Metaphor
My Heart Leaps UpMy heart leaps up when behold A rainbow in the sky.
So be it when grow old, 5 Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man
A Sadness in death
C. Famulial bonding
D. Sense of foreboding
A. Paradox
B. Metonomy
C. Oxymoron D. Allusion
38 Paradise Lost is considered among the greatest epics English. Which of the following was the basis for
the epic poem?
40. He is the first mythical geographer who was recognized thue to he vivid descriptions of lands and
people encountered by his hero, Odysseus Vysses( Ulysses in Roman)
A. Shakespear
B. Chaucer
C. Homer
D. Swift
A. 10%
B.20%
C. 70%
D. 50%
47. On levels of reading comprehension, which involves the understanding of information stated directly
in the text?
A. Critical B. Literal
C. Interpretative
D. Inferential
A. grammar
B. Structur of language
C. imagery
D. cross-cultural issues
A. Persuasive B. Expository
C. Explanation D. Informative
50. How do you make the story of Biag ni Lam-Ang relevant and interesting to the life of learners today?
. B. Allow the leamers to translate key events in their own mother tongue.
C. Let them discuss the conflicts in the story that can relate to. they