EMA EMITS COLLEGE PHILIPPINES

M.H. Del Pilar St., Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro

LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHER
__________________________________________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT
ENGLISH
NAME:_______________________________________
DATE: _______________________________________

Direction: Choose the best answer.

1. “ _____________ here! Look! _________ new car is parked ______________”
a. their, there, they’re c. they’re, there. their
b. they’re their, there d. there, their, they’re
2. Behaviourism or cognitivism _____________ a philosophy of education that teachers can adopt.
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
3. Ryan wanted to tell Liza what happened in school today. However, he wanted to tell Lisa to make
her imagine the events as if they were still on-going. What tense will be best for this?
a. Simple past
b. past progressive
c. past perfect
d. past perfect progressive
4. Which among the four is the highest level of language, particularly in terms of the amount of
meaning conveyed?
a. clause
b. sentence
c. word
d. phrase
5. Its flag is very colourful, and each color signifies something. What is the purpose of “its”?
a. to show relationship
b. to show a contraction of “it is”
c. to show cause
d. to show possession
6. This is the kind of verb that adds –d or –ed to create its past form.
a. transitive
b. intransitive
c. regular
d. irregular
7. The defense panel did ____________ all the papers ___________ for the incomplete one.
a. accept, expect c. except, accept
b. accept, except d. expect, accept
8. The convention will gather ___________ from the various publishing companies for a day of
sharing of good practices.
a. editor-in-chief c. editor-in-chieves
b. editor-in-chiefs d. editors-in-chief
9. During the deliberations, it was agreed upon that the honor students ___________ decided by
Friday.
 a. will have
b. should have
c. will have been
d. could have been
10. Four theorists were _____________ the famous behaviourists, while __________ Vygotsky and
Bruner, there was a similar view of cognitivism.
a. among, between
b. between, among
c. within, beside
d. aside from, in the middle of
11. The classes were all in the rooms of the school, and stacks of papers were piled up. What were
the collective nouns in the sentence?
a. Classes, stacks
b. classes, school
c. school, stacks
d. classes, school, stacks
12. “Don’t give the bracelet as a gift! ____________, there’s still that pendant _________ the
dresser.”
a. Beside, beside
b. notwithstanding, away from
c. because, under
d. besides, beside
13. Apart from citing his sources to avoid plagiarism, Hans, tries to edit the words of the author,
infuses his own way of saying it, but stays true to the original intent and essence of the text. In
doing so, he perform this process.
a. editing
b. summarizing
c. paraphrasing
d. citing
14. There are several punctuation marks in the English language. Which of these is used to replace
the coordinating conjunctions like and, but, or, for, yet, and so?
a. comma - ,
b. colon - :
c. period - .
d. semi-colon - ;
15. Complete the sentence with the correct coordination conjunction. “The search was a success
_________ all questions were answered.
a. for
b. so
c. but
d. and
16. Complete the stem. “The steps for the experiment are ____________.”
a. as follow
b. as follows
c. following
d. followed
17. Becky Sharp, the main character of the novel “Vanity Fair” by Thackeray, _________ to forget
about her first love, but she knows that doing so takes a lifetime.
a. has been trying
b. has tried
c. had tried
 d. had been trying
18. Fyodor Dostoyevsky _____________ his last novel, Brother Karamazov, when he died.
a. has written
b. had been writing
c. had written
d. has been writing
19. Which among the sentences below followed the correct order of adjectives?
a. She drives an expensive black Japanese sports car
b. She drives a black Japanese expensive sports car
c. She drives a black, expensive Japanese sports car
d. She drives an expensive Japanese black sports car
20. Only 35% of the total number of student’s ________ able to pass the comprehensive exam last
year.
a. are
b. was
c. is
d. were
21. Neither F. Scott Fitzgerald nor his contemporaries’ ________ their real names in their writing
career.
a. use
b. uses
c. using
d. has used
22. The man in the mirror looks __________
a. strange
b. strangely
c. stranger
d. has strange
23. A number of endangered species living underwater _________ now extinct because of illegal
hunting and dynamite fishing.
a. are
b. is
c. were
d. was
24. The tribulation that I faced were _______ for me to overcome.
a. so much
b. too much
c. very much
d. too more
25. In Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanac” I was said that: “early to bed, _________
makes a man healthy.”
a. early rising
b. rising early
c. early to rise
d. waking up early
26. Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?
a. this
b. gather
c. think
d. there
27. Which word must have the primary stress in the sentence below if we want to emphasize
possession?
a. “That is my boyfriend.”
a. That
b. is
c. my
d. bag
28. Your boss isn’t working anymore, ________?
a. is he
b. isn’t he
c. has he
d. hasn’t he
29. This pertains to the pauses or rests in speech.
a. Pitch
b. Juncture
c. Stress
30. Complete the statement: “Blessed are _____ poor for _______ shall be welcomed in heaven
a. the --- you
b. the ---- they
c. you --- they
d. they --- they
31. Your brother isn’t supporting you, _________?
a. isn’t he
b. is she
c. aren’t he
d. is he
32. A percent with a negative outlook in life cannot ______ with depression.
a. cope up
b. cope on
c. cope in
d. cope
33. Which sounds like “fine”
a. cry
b. brine
c. fry
d. why
34. If you drink poison you _____________
a. die
b. will die
c. died
d. would die
35. If the president listen to the wails of his people, he _________ the killings in Mindanao.
a. stops
b. would stop
c. would have stopped
d. will stop
36. If I had taken my chance on love, I _____ happier
a. am
b. would be
c. will be
d. would have be
37. If the murdered weapon is not found inside the bag of Aksionov, he ______ imprisonment
a. will not suffer
b. suffers
c. would have not suffered
d. would suffer
38. After ___________ all day, she finally saw the lake.
a. having walked
b. walking
c. walked
d. walk
39. None of the students _______ present in the event.
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
40. A bread and butter _____ my favourite morning snack.
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
41. Many a child _____ experiencing hunger and poverty.
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
42. Which verb will fit the sentence: Carmilo _______ playing guitar as a hobby.
a. had enjoyed
b. has enjoyed
c. enjoys
d. enjoy
43. Almost two-thirds of the population today ______ poor.
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
44. The subject we were able to take last semester was too difficult for Jenny and ________.
a. Me c. I
b. Myself d. We.
45. Philippines, America, and Italy are examples of _____________.
a. nouns
b. adjectives
c. adverbs
d. verbs
46. What particular skill a student exemplifies if he/she used the word “dad” intead of using father?
a. Phonology
b. Semantics
c. Syntax
d. Fluency
47. Maggie will be ready _____________ about ten minutes.
a. in
b. on
 c. at
d. during

48. A basic reading skill that enables the student to relate a particular symbol to a certain sound.
a. Phonics
b. Semantics
c. Syntax
d. Fluency
49. The basic reading skill that pertains to the ability to voice-out combined letters to produce
meaningful utterances:
a. Phonology
b. Semantics
c. Syntax
d. Fluency
50. The Board of trustees will be convening ____ ten minutes.
a. on b. at c. in d. beyond