Test Code: GE-ENG01

1 -  When a leader is succeeded by another leader, the former is referred to as

__________. Answer: replaced

2 -  Everyone in the field of entertainment ____________ to watch the FAMAS

Awards. Answer: is certainly excited

3 - "A man is known by the company he keeps." This is an example of a ________.

Answer: proverb

4 - "Blessed are _____ sorrowing for _____ shall be comforted." Answer: the-
they

5 - "He is the black sheep in the family", Which figure of speech is used?
Answer: Metaphor

6 - "If I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos rather than one run by
foreigners." Who said this famous statement? Answer: Manuel L. Quezon

7 - "My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins." Who

said this famous quotation Answer: Manuel L. Quezon

8 - "Only the heart can see rightly.” This statement is lifted from what
particular novel? Answer: The Little Prince

9 - A BILINGUAL dictionary is very helpful to students of philology. Answer:

two languages

10 - A bread-and butter sandwich ________ my favorite morning snack. Answer: Is

11 - A bunch of keys ______ been found in one of the guest rooms. Answer: Has

12 - A comma indicates: Answer: Slight pause

13 - A distinctive type of literary composition such as epic, tragedy,

comedy and novel. Answer: genre

14 - A figure of speech which denotes a direct address to an abstract or a

person who passed away. Answer: Apostrophe

15 - A great epic poem whose plot centers around the anger and wrath of Achilles
against Agamemnon, a Greek leader. Answer: The Illiad of Homer

16 - A kind of literary piece which moralizes and was written in letter form
between two sisters dwelling in the city and the other in the province. Answer:
Urbana at Felisa by M. De Castro

17 - A long poem which depicts the adventure of a great hero who reveals
his country’s aspirations. Answer: epic

18 - A narrative technique in non-dramatic fiction intended to render the flow

of visual, auditory, physical and associative impressions of the character in a
story. Answer: Stream-of-consciousness

19 - A number of students _____ for cutting classes since last week. Answer:
Have been reported

20 - A speech made by a person who reveals his thoughts.

Answer: soliloquy
21 - A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds and supernatural
happenings with local color and which people sing or chant Answer: epic

22 - A verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines Answer: sonnet

23 - According to current linguistic theories, which of the following is the

best definition of the meaning of a word? Answer: Its use in a particular
situation

24 - According to the speaker in Sanburg’s "Chicago," how would most others

describe the city?
“They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted
women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.” Answer: Immoral

25 - Adopting the values of _________ colonizer would be tragic and meaningless

independence. Answer: one’s

26 - Adults acquire new words and experience primarily through? Answer: exposure
to their use

27 - After 10 unfruitful years, Nancy finally quit the job. She ____ along with
her boss for a long time. Answer: Hasn’t been getting

28 - 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. Answer: hadn’t getting

29 - After 8 unfruitful years, Antonio finally quit his job. He ____________

along with his immediate boss a long time before he finally decided to look for
a new job Answer: hasn’t been getting

30 - After all has been said, the issue "was a tempest in a teapot."
Answer: boiled down to nothing

Test Code: GE-ENG02

1 - “Quo Vadis” is a historical novel by Henryk Sienkieuricz which means?
Answer: why are you doing this?

2 - “Rome was not built in a day”. Answer: great things require time and effort

3 - “She was a Phantom of delight…… When first she gleaned upon my sight.”
William Wordsworth.
Answer: Metaphor

4 - “The figures must be TRANSMUTED in order to understand the grade.” The

capitalized word means.
Answer: changed

5 - “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” is an expression of one’s ____.

Answer: Total submission to God

6 - “The modern heroes are understandable products of one’s literary heritage

and the present world. Heroes of the present are prototypes of the society in
which they flourish". This means? Answer: Literature has heroes who represent
the people, race and times

7 - “The prodigal son, who is the black sheep of the family, has returned home.”
What figure of speech was used in the given statement? Answer: Metaphor

8 - “There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind.” What
literary device is employed in this line from Magnificence? Answer:
foreshadowing

9 - “Things that are beautiful have a way of hurting. I destroy when I feel
hurt.”
What does Fabian’s thoughts reveal about his character? Answer: bitterness

10 - “Whose wallet is this?” What kind of pronoun was used in the sentence
above? Answer: Relative

11 - “You wouldn’t want to be accused of theft , ______?” Answer: would you

12 - “You ______never been considered for the promotion.” Mr. Alladin confessed
to Ms. Masalunga. Answer: have

13 - “_____,______ have to make do with what we have if we have to accomplish

something.”
] Answer: Well - we’ll

14 - Be sure to fill ______ the form correctly. Answer: in

15 - Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same time as it _______ around
the earth, we see the same side always. Answer: Revolves

16 - Being too __________ will undoubtedly make other men hate you. Answer:
vain

17 - Both Nenita and _____ plan to go. Answer: I

18 - Both Randy and ______ plan to go. Answer: I

19 - Bread and butter sandwich ______ my favorite snack. Answer: is

20 - Bread and butter _____ our daily food. Answer: is

21 - Brida was upset. With such frustration, she _____ all her papers out the
window last night. (throw) Answer: threw

22 - Buddhist : Lama – Catholic :_____ Answer: Priest

23 - Cesar quickly _____ ashore when he saw the big shark that day. (swim)
Answer: swam

24 - Cheaters should be ashamed of ______. Answer: themselves

25 - Civil Engineers _____ blueprints before even starting with construction.

(make) Answer: make

26 - Collecting stamps ____ one of his favorite pastimes. Answer: is

27 - Colonialism was itself violent in ____ natural state. Answer: its

28 - Considered as one of the world’s greatest short stories and it is Edgar

Allan Poe’s story of terror about a hypochondriac living in morbid fear. Answer:
The Fall of the House of Uber

29 - Coward: Brave :: Philanthropist: _____ Answer: Selfish

30 - Daddy was in bed feeling ____ ill. Answer: Extremely

Test Code: GE-ENG03

1 - Danny looked at the _____ to look fir the meaning of words used by the book
in its various chapters. Answer: Glossary

2 - Despite her parent's complaints, she decided to live by_______ in Manila.

Answer: herself

3 - Don Agapito del Villar is an absolute ruler who serves his country well and
thinks well about the welfare of his people. He, then, can sometimes be called
as ___________. Answer: benevolent dictator

4 - Don’t trust him completely; he may try to "put one over you." Answer: to
deceive you

5 - During the Independence Day celebrations, the directive is ____________.

Answer: hang your flags on June 12

6 - Each boy and girl in the class ____ the best education. Answer: Deserves

7 - Each of the investors ________ always willing to attend meetings. Answer: is

8 - Each of these companies had ______ books audited. Answer: Its

9 - Each plan has ____ merits. Answer: its

10 - Each year, the house members always _____ the budget for education. Answer:
Cut

11 - Earlier, Ms. Carson _____ the kids for being noisy. (punish) Answer:
punished

12 - Easy access to credit encourages people to become "spendthrift". Answer:

spender

13 - Either the girls or the teacher needs to be on time. Answer: no error

14 - Elevator: shaft:: Answer: water: conduit

15 - Elody _____ her clothes since she was 15. (sew) Answer: has been sewing

16 - Even when her friends betray her, Becky bears no rancor in her heart
because she is not ____. Answer: Bitter

17 - Every boy and girl ____ given a gift by the dean after the program. Answer:
Was

18 - Every cereal bowl and casserole dish _________ slipped out of Sheila’s
soapy hands and shattered on the hard tile of the kitchen floor. Sheila really
needs to buy a dishwasher. Answer: has

19 - Everybody are determined to finish a post-baccalaureate degree. Answer: are

determined

20 - Everybody _____ to be loved. (want) Answer: wants

21 - Everyone at Wendy's Washateria, even Myra and old Mrs. Webster, __________
that she could afford her own washer and dryer at home. Answer: wishes
22 - Everything _____ beautiful Answer: Is

23 - Father of the English Essay Answer: Francis Bacon

24 - Figure of speech where two different things are compared thru the
use of “as” and “like”. Answer: simile

25 - Firefighters _____ the fire. Answer: Put out

26 - Five kilos of rice _____ enough for ten persons. Answer: Is

27 - 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. Answer: has been studying

28 - Greatest American writer of horror and detective stories Answer: Edgar

Allan Poe

29 - Had I studied very well, I _________ rewarded vacation in the U.S.

Answer: would have been

30 - Harry Potter is a bestseller book authored by Rowling. Answer: bestseller

book

Test Code: GE-ENG04

1 - Divine Comedy is a trilogy, which among the three is the most widely read?
Answer: Inferno

2 - Has everyone eaten except you and ____ ? Answer: me

3 - Have you ever been to my _____? Answer: brother-in-law's repair shop, Gus's
Garage

4 - He has the "dubious" distinction of being the lowest man in his class.
Answer: doubtful

5 - He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is poet and a soldier noted for
his peculiar nose. Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac

6 - He is the author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” which revolves around a
headless horseman’s table. Answer: Washington Irving

7 - He is the ______ of the two brothers. Answer: taller

8 - He is too pragmatic to even believe in myths. Answer: Logical

9 - He preyed upon "gullible" people, who easily believe his stories. Answer:
easily deceived

10 - He ran for the bus and ________ on. Answer: jumped

11 - He was the American President who said “Ask not what America will do for
you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” Answer: John F.
Kennedy

12 - He wrote the famous letter “To The Women of Malolos.” Answer: Jose Rizal

13 - Her dress have been wrinkled and desperately needs ironing Answer: have
been wrinkled

14 - His "parsimonious" nature did not permit him to enjoy any luxury and
relaxation. Answer: stingy

15 - His cravings for food is _____ unique. Answer: Quite

16 - His discussion is excellent and __________ to the case. Answer: connected

17 - His speeches were aimed at the "plebeian" minds and emotions. Answer:
common

18 - Historically therefore, ___________ must be no let up in the pursuit of the

solution. Answer: There

19 - History is the witness that ______ passing of time. Answer: testifies for
the

20 - How would you address a doctor-husband and a lawyer-wife? Answer: Dr.

Morales and Atty. Morales

21 - Hydrology: science:: Answer: fir: tree

22 - I admire his "terse" style of writing; he comes directly to the point.
Answer: concise

23 - I bought an expensive ____ of tools for my father. Answer: set

24 - I can never understand ______ when Rita speaks Spanish with _____. Answer:
her, me

25 - I can safely "vouchsafe" you a fair return for your investments.
Answer: grant

26 - I can't find _____ ballpen. Can I use ____, Tristan? Answer: my, yours

27 - I can't sleep ______ I am surrounded with books. Answer: unless

28 - I could hear the leaves _____ in the wind. Answer: Whistling

29 - I couldn’t UNDERSTAND what was meant by the teacher in her final statement.
Answer: Grasp

30 - I glanced down to see what I had trodden ____. Answer: on

Test Code: GE-ENG05

1 - I guessed Joseph was busy, so I _____ call him last night. (did) Answer:
didn’t

2 - I hurt ____ when I was slicing the onions. Answer: myself

3 - I live in house _____ of the road. Answer: by the side

4 - I must "remonstrate" about the lack of police protection in our area.
Answer: protest

5 - I offered to help him with his school assignments but he ____ me ______.
Answer: turned…down
6 - I read the ________ of that book but I couldn't possibly read the whole
story. Answer: beginning

7 - I saw a nasty_ between two cars this morning. Answer: Accident

8 - I should have returned this book last Tuesday, it is now five days ____.
Answer: Overdue

9 - I suggest that he _____ in the room for one week. Answer: Stay

10 - I think Carmen spent the entire afternoon ____ the phone Answer: on

11 - I think it is impolitic to raise the issue at this time because the public
is too emotional about it. Answer: unwise

12 - I thought the task was heavy for Samantha and _____. Answer: Me

13 - I was filing when he returned but I ____________ the report before that
time. Answer: had been typing

14 - I was in a hurry, so I didn't have time to phone you. I _____ on my own.
(leave) Answer: left

15 - I was speaking to Raquel on the phone when suddenly we were _____. Answer:
Cut off

16 - I was very tired yesterday, so I _____ to bed early. (go) Answer: went

17 - I ____ of my daughter walking home on her own after school. Answer:
Disapprove

18 - I _____ a dress two weeks ago. Answer: Made

19 - I _____ how to love in my younger days. (learn) Answer: have learned

20 - I ______ gone with you. Answer: should have

21 - I _______ walked two kilometers by the time you catch up with me. Answer:
will have

22 - I ________ attentively to the lecture on philosophy but I still didn't

understand much of it. Answer: listened

23 - I ________ speak French without a problem now because I have had many
lessons. Answer: can

24 - I _________ gone with you. Answer: should have

25 - I'm terribly sorry but I________ what you said just now and I wonder if you
could repeat it.
Answer: didn't hear

26 - I've just finished reading a story called Dangerous Game. It's about a man
who ____ his wife because he doesn't want to lose her. Answer: Kills

27 - i. Treasury bills have an interest rate of 6.85% per annum.

ii. Savings accounts have an interest rate of only 2% per annum.
iii. Treasury bills used to have 9 – 10% interest rate per annum. Therefore, it
is better to invest in Treasury bills than just to put your money in regular
savings account.
 Answer: most likely true

28 - Identify the error in the sentence.

The leader of the troop are working hard to boost the their morale. Answer: are

29 - If I could speak English well, I _____ next year studying in the States.
Answer: would spend

30 - If I ____ a horse, I would be running round and round this farm stop.
Answer: Were

Test Code: GE-ENG06

1 - If I ____ known you before, we could have arranged a joint project Answer:
Had

2 - If I ______ President, I would live in Malacanang. Answer: were

3 - If I ______ the same problems with you had as a child, I might not have
succeeded in life as well as you have. Answer: had

4 - If John and ____ get married, we'll have two kids. Answer: I

5 - If we had gone to bed early last night, we ________ rested enough. Answer:
Would have

6 - If you happen to see Adolfo this Friday, please give_______ my warmest
regards. Answer: him

7 - If you need the old records, go find them in the _______. Answer: archives

8 - If you want to ____ your dream of becoming an engineer, you must work very
hard. Answer: Fulfill

9 - Igor's nipa hut was destroyed ______ by typhoon Peping . Answer: altogether

10 - In cueing system, this pertains to the structure. Answer: Syntax

11 - In despair, Judas _____ himself. Answer: Hanged

12 - In English verse, a poetic foot having one stressed syllable followed by
one unstressed syllable. Answer: Trochaic

13 - In epic, iliad and Odyssey, who is the most trusted friend of Achilles?
Answer: Patroculos

14 - In his address, the Regional Director exhorted the teachers to discover and
__ ________ each student’s ___________ talents. Answer: develop: intrinsic

15 - In his despair, Judas ____ himself.

Answer: hanged

16 - In the communication process, any observable response sent by the receiver
of the message to the sender is called ______. Answer: Feedback

17 - Is this the spot _______ you had the accident? Answer: where

18 - Isagani and Paulita is characters in El Filibusterismo. Answer: is

19 - Islet: Small Island || Rivulet: __________ Answer: Small River

20 - It cost twice __________ I thought it would. Answer: as much as

21 - It didn't take long for the children to ________ off the cakes and pastries
that had not been eaten at the party. Answer: finish

22 - It is ________ book that I have ever read.

Answer: the funniest

23 - It is a funny situation, but I bet nobody _____ when I tell them tomorrow.
(laugh) Answer: will be laughing

24 - It is cooler ______ part of the garden. Answer: in the shady

25 - It is essential that harmony prevail __________ the departments. Answer:

among

26 - It is he who ____ guilty. Answer: Is

27 - It is important sometimes to stop and look around you at all the wonderful
things ________. Answer: in nature

28 - It is only Mr. Loyola, not his subordinates, that _____requests in the
office every day. Answer: handles

29 - It is RUDE for a man to ask a woman her age. Answer: impolite

30 - It is the first time that I ________merged with another company. This is a
bold move. Answer: have

Test Code: GE-ENG07

1 - It is the longest epic ever written. Answer: Mahabharata

2 - It is ________ book that I have ever read. Answer: the funniest

3 - It was cold, so I _____ my coat. (wear) Answer: wore

4 - It was hard work carrying the bags. I _____ to rest now. (go) Answer: am
going

5 - It was not the CEO but the company director who ____ on the agenda last
meeting. Answer: decided

6 - It was so quiet that night we could even hear the hinges of the _____
windows every time the wind blows. Answer: Creaking

7 - It’s now three hours past her schedule; the president will not come anymore,
but we’ll still be ready in case she ___________. Answer: does

8 - Jeremy responded to his mother's demands _____ throwing a tantrum. Answer:

By

9 - Joan lives ____ Santillan Road. Answer: on

10 - Joana __ never ___ a bear before she went to vacation in Singapore. (see)
Answer: has seen

11 - Jose does not need a new car, but he traded his old one to "keep up with
the Joneses." Answer: to imitate others in extravagance

12 - Known for his excellence of characterization, swiftness of narrative and

clarity of style. Answer: George Bernard Show

13 - Last night, I ____ on the carpet and fell asleep. Answer: Laid

14 - Less fortunate : poor – opulent : _______ Answer: Wealthy

15 - Litton's family lives _____ Indang Street. Answer: On

16 - Liza is not "a pariah" to be shunned and ostracised. Answer: outcast

17 - Loreto Paras Sulit’s Short story that revolves around the theme that beauty
can be very dangerous titled ___________. Answer: The Harvest

18 - Lubricant: friction:: Answer: muffler: noise

19 - Maggie will be ready to leave ____ about thirty minutes. Answer: in

20 - Many a man _____ to be rich and famous. Answer: desires

21 - Many years of intensive language study are required for immigrant speakers.
Antonio _______ French for 3 years, but he will need more training before he
masters it. Answer: has been studying

22 - Mary Ann Evans is the pen name of _____. Answer: George Eliot

23 - Mathematics ______ the most difficult subject in the board exam. Answer:
remains

24 - May we ask the volunteers to _____. Answer: Come forward

25 - Medical knowledge in ancient Egypt had an excellent reputation, and rulers

of other empires would ask the Egyptian pharaoh to send them their best
physician to treat their loved ones. Egyptians had some knowledge of human
anatomy even though they never dissected the body. For example, in the classic
mummification process, they knew how to insert a long hooked implement through a
nostril, breaking the thin bone of the brain case and remove the brain. Egyptian
physicians also were aware of the importance of the pulse and of a connection
between pulse and heart. They developed their theory of "channels" that carried
air, water, and blood to the body by observing the River Nile. If the Nile
became blocked, crops became unhealthy. They applied this theory to the body -
if a person was unwell, they would use laxatives to unblock the "channels."

Which of the following is an evidence that Egyptian were masters of human

anatomy even if they did not perform dissection of human bodies?
Answer: They knew how to remove brains during mummification.

26 - Medical knowledge in ancient Egypt had an excellent reputation, and rulers

of other empires would ask the Egyptian pharaoh to send them their best
physician to treat their loved ones. Egyptians had some knowledge of human
anatomy even though they never dissected the body. For example, in the classic
mummification process, they knew how to insert a long hooked implement through a
nostril, breaking the thin bone of the brain case and remove the brain. Egyptian
physicians also were aware of the importance of the pulse and of a connection
between pulse and heart. They developed their theory of "channels" that carried
air, water, and blood to the body by observing the River Nile. If the Nile
became blocked, crops became unhealthy. They applied this theory to the body -
if a person was unwell, they would use laxatives to unblock the "channels."

Who did the Egyptians plead to when their loved ones had grave illnesses?
Answer: Pharaoh

27 - Miss Clarita Santos, together with her students ______ waiting for us.
Answer: Is

28 - Mother finally found the time to rest after _______ the whole day. Answer:
Working

29 - Mother finally found the time to rest after __________ the whole day.
Answer: working

30 - Mrs. Gonzales is as "good as her last triumph." Answer: can’t be good all
throughout

Test Code: GE-ENG08

1 - Jose refused to take sleeping pills that might "stupefy" him. Answer: make
numb

2 - Mrs. Lumontod _____ the cakes by then. (bake) Answer: will have baked

3 - Ms. Li ___ recently signed the contract. She made sure to check for fine
prints though. Answer: has

4 - Much ___________ left unproductive by the flooding. Answer: has been

5 - My best friend lives _____ Makar Road. Answer: On

6 - My favorite cousin is taller than ____ Answer: Me

7 - My favorite dish was _____ with carrots and peas. Answer: Garnished

8 - My ideal man should be intelligent, smart, assertive, and have money. Which
part of the sentence is incorrect. Answer: Have money

9 - My sister and I met an acquaintance of _____ on the shopping mall.

Answer: ours

10 - My sisters and me are going on a trip to Boracay in April. Answer: my

sister and me

11 - My teacher said that fifty pesos ______ not enough for lunch. Answer: was

12 - My teacher _______ I was absent last time when she ______ the lesson on
Tirad Pass Answer: Thought, taught

13 - My uncle flew in from Los Angeles. How about you? How did you come here?
Answer: By Taxi

14 - Neither his father nor his sisters _____ mahjong. Answer: play

15 - Neither Jordan nor his brothers ______ leaving the company. Answer: are
16 - Neither of the two incorporators ________ in the board room now. Answer: is

17 - Neither of them ____________ expert on the subject. Answer: is an

18 - Neither of those sharks circling your boogie board __________ hungry enough
to bite. Answer: look

19 - Neither parent _____ fond of playing cards. Answer: is

20 - Neither the president nor his cabinets _____ in the inauguration. Answer:
Has arrived

21 - Neither the teacher nor the students ______ present in the affairs .
Answer: Were

22 - Nene was worried about the children, so she told _____ husband not to
accept the job offer. Answer: her

23 - Nine plus six ____ fifteen. Answer: Equals

24 - Nobody ________ come for the meeting yet. We're still calling for everyone.
Answer: has

25 - Not only fat caterpillars but also my neighbor's rabbits __________ chewed
my poor tomato plants to leafless nubs. Answer: have

26 - Nothing ____ change is permanent in the world. Answer: except

27 - Oath: Promise :: Contract: _____ Answer: Agreement

28 - On our trip to Tagaytay, if you chance upon Arsenio, please give _________
my warm regards.
Answer: him

29 - Once we washed and ironed this dress, it will look as _____ as new. Answer:
Good

30 - One half of the revenue _______ to the orphanage. Answer: Was donated

Test Code: GE-ENG09

1 - Neither the teacher nor the students ___________ present in the affairs.
Answer: were

2 - Nobody ________ finished writing the contract. Answer: has

3 - One hundred and fifty gallons __________ the amount of liquid the average
living room rug can absorb. Rachel discovered this fact after taking a long
shower when the curtain wasn't tucked inside the tub. Answer: is

4 - Only world-class athletes win medals at the Olympic Games. Michael Phelps
won several gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Therefore: Answer: Michael Phelps is world – class athlete and an Olympic

5 - People dislike his sly ways but granted him a certain "vulpine"
intelligence. Answer: cunning

6 - People living in the mountainous and rugged area were advised about the
occurrence of La Niña. This means? Answer: its corresponding idea in the mind

7 - Physics __________ proven to be Jerry's easiest subject this semester. He

brings Carol, the lab assistant, an oatmeal-raisin cookie, and, as his reward,
she finishes his report. Answer: has

8 - Pilar tasted a "dose of her medicine." Answer: suffered the consequences

9 - Please __________ the book with you the next time you come to my office.
Answer: bring

10 - Poem which usually composed fourteen lines which follow specific patterns
of rhyme is called Answer: Sonnet

11 - Professional marketing consultants know their products thoroughly and

___________ . Answer: analyze market trends

12 - Professionals going abroad to seek greener pastures as one type of _______?

Answer: brain drain

13 - Replete:Deplete::Full:______ Answer: Consume

14 - Right now, I _____ because of disgust towards all of this! (leave) Answer:
am leaving

15 - Robert Frost’s poems are commonly about ______________. Answer: Decision

making and fate

16 - Sadly their marriage of 25 years ________ in divorce.

Answer: ended

17 - Samantha’s eyes are blurred and her hands ached. She _______________ at the
computer for 6 long hours. Finally, she took a break. Answer: has seated

18 - Several factors must be assessed to arrive at a sound ________.

Answer: decision

19 - Several factors must be assessed to arrive at a sound ___________________.

Answer: Decision

20 - Several other classmates have also chosen _______ topic. Answer: Their

21 - She claimed she ___________ there. Answer: had never been

22 - She has no conception __________ the performance of her duties. Answer: as

to

23 - She has _______ to get your advice. Answer: come

24 - She ignored the doctor’s recommendation that she ______________ smoking.

Answer: stop

25 - She is one of the candidates who _______ by the mayor. Answer: Is chosen

26 - She is _______ a plane Answer: on

27 - She was much different__________ I expected. Answer: from what

28 - She will not report for work today as she feels "a little bit under the
weather". Answer: Slightly ill

29 - She wrote a "first-rate" report. What does it say about the report? Answer:
Excellent

30 - She _____ the solution to her problems. Answer: has found

Test Code: GE-ENG10

1 - Since he met his new girlfriend, Juannever seems to be _____ home. Answer:
At

2 - Since he met his new girlfriend, Mico never seems to be ____ home. Answer:
at

3 - Some media people are charged of corruption. They are branded as: Answer: ”
Envelopementalists”

4 - Some of my friends ___ here. Answer: are

5 - Some of the employees ________ left the office by the end of the work day.
Answer: have

6 - Someone—perhaps Emmanuel or Paul—__________ the right wine to serve with

earthworm lasagna. Answer: knows

7 - Statistics seems to be a difficult subject. Answer: No Error

8 - Students who bully their classmates should be ashamed of _____. Answer:

Themselves

9 - Suffrage is a privilege in a democracy. Those who are deprived of their

voting rights are normally: Answer: disenfranchised

10 - Surgeons should be meticulous especially when performing operations.

Answer: careful

11 - Susan is the chief ______ will create an exquisite menu for our ten year
reunion. Answer: Who

12 - Teacher Maechelle always tries to help people, but recently she has been
_________ kind and generous. Answer: Especially

13 - Teachers always remind us that time is gold. This means Answer: Time is
precious

14 - Technology ______ dramatically in the twenty first century.

Answer: Has improved

15 - That boy _____ lonely today. (seem) Answer: seems

16 - The ____________ you become, the less time you have for reading. Answer:
busier

17 - The "wizened" old man in the home for the aged was still active and
energetic. Answer: shrivelled

18 - The ancient people made a _____ that the end of the world is near. Answer:
prophecy
19 - The audience grew RESTIVE while in the speaker was delivering his speech.
Answer: Restless

20 - The author of “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife.” Answer: Manuel
Arcilla

21 - The award – winning, world – famous Juan Luna painting Answer: La Spolarium

22 - The banker _____ the stack of cards before giving them to other players who
are participating in the game. Answer: Shuffled

23 - The Barangay chairman said, "I _______ won the elections without the
money." Answer: should have not

24 - The battered wife is seeking _______ separation from her husband. Answer:
judicial

25 - The battery life of this laptop does not GO BEYOND six hours. Answer:
exceed

26 - The best definition of the meaning of a word. Answer: the object to which
it refers

27 - The boy gave a "furtive" look at his classmate’s test paper. Answer:
sneaky

28 - The boy jumped ____ the pool. Answer: Into

29 - The boy likes to slide _______ the banister. Answer: down

30 - The boy _____ to school. (walk) Answer: walks

Test Code: GE-ENG11

1 - "Lost One” may be pertained to _________. Answer: past lover

2 - At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The
fishermen do not speak the same language, so they communicate using one that has
been invented but only for the purpose of trade. This scenario most accurately
describes which of the following types of language? Answer: a pidgin

3 - “Mario, my older brother, fathers there good looking and smart children.”
The underlined word functions as _____. Answer: an adjective

4 - “She is a star in the heavens above. “What figure of speech is used? Answer:
Metaphor

5 - David is preparing a speech about why Hollywood became the center of the
motion picture industry and the impact that its development as the center had on
filmmaking. David’s speech should be organized using which of the following
methods? Answer: Cause-effect

6 - English Sonnet: Shakespeare , Italian Sonnet: Answer: Petrarch

7 - I am going to sit and rest _______. Answer: awhile

8 - If the students think about the knowledge of their own thoughts and the
factors that influence their thinking, they are engaged in the process of _____.
Answer: metacognition
9 - In cueing system, this entails to the formation of words. Answer: Morphology

10 - In development reading, this pertains to the ability of the learner to

relate the written symbols to its corresponding sound. Answer: Phonics

11 - In the cueing system, this is about vocabulary and coming up with the
meanings in a context. Answer: Semantics

12 - In the epic lliad, who is the most trusted friend of Archilles? Answer:
Patroclus

13 - In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as a symbol
of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. Answer: Unicorns

14 - It is a branch of linguistics that deals with how words combine to form
phrases, phrases combine to form clauses, and clauses conjoin to make sentences.
Answer: syntax

15 - It is a generally accepted first principle of oral interpretation that the

reader must be true to Answer: the author

16 - It is a vocabulary strategy which involves the process of breaking up of a

word into its meaningful components: the root words, affixes, and suffixes.
Answer: structural analysis

17 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing are collectively known as

______________ Answer: Macro Skills

18 - Mark Twain’s novel Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are set in the
___________ river. Answer: Mississippi

19 - Mrs. Torres wants to find out her students’ schema about storm surge. On
the board she writes the words “storm surge” and encircles them. She, then, asks
her students what they know about storm surge, and helps them cluster the
information. What technique does Mrs. Torres use? Answer: semantic mapping

20 - Neither Jordan nor his brothers _____________ leaving the company Answer:
are

21 - One third of the population ______________ poor. Answer: are

22 - Schema activation is important to make sense of new information in light of

what students already know, and to make the necessary connection between the
two. The following are good activities for schema activation EXCEPT _____.
Answer: evaluating or assessing ideas

23 - Since Mr. Dela Cruz was elected President of the organization, the members
__________ better socials. Answer: have enjoyed

24 - Speaker A’s final remark functions as _____.

Speaker A: That’s the telephone.
Speaker B: I’m in the bath.
Speaker A: OK. Answer: acceptance of an excuse

25 - The “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez Benitez symbolizes ___________. Answer:

the love of Alfredo for Julia

26 - The Cabinet meeting was __________ on account of the President’s ill

health. Answer: called off

27 - The candidates from the Philippines showed admirable composure in front of

the huge Miss universe audience; her ___________ impressed the judges. Answer:
aplomb

28 - The candy care smells ______________. Answer: Sweet

29 - The captain, with all his crew, _____still missing. Answer: Is

30 - The carpenter finally found the time to rest after _______ the whole day.
Answer: working

Test Code: GE-ENG12

1 - In the cueing system, this pertains to the formation of sounds of the
language. Answer: Phonology

2 - In the cueing system, this pertains to the structure of grammar. Answer:
Syntax

3 - The cause of power interruption was a ___________ connection. Answer: loose

4 - The cause of power outage was a ______ connection. Answer: Loose

5 - The collection of stories of animals which teach moral lessons is

_____________. Answer: Aesop’s Fables

6 - The committee members have gone off, leaving everything at "sixes and
sevens" among themselves. Answer: disagreement

7 - The Congolese refugees painted a _________ picture of their suffering in the

hands of the Chadian rebels. Answer: poignant

8 - The courage of the child who saved his brother from a raging fire is worth
___________.
Answer: emulating

9 - The dead trees and peeling paint, along with the broken windows and flapping
shutters, __________ everyone believe that evil spirits haunt the deserted
Sinclair house. Answer: make

10 - The editor found the news story not so entertaining. He found it full of:
Answer: Pronouns

11 - The enforcers feel that the __________ shown by the judges to first
offenders unfortunately ___________ many youngsters to embark in a life of
crimes Answer: clemency: encourages

12 - The evidence gathered against the racketeers "incriminates" some high

government officials as well. Answer: accuse

13 - The expression of “baduy” connotes:

Answer: awkward looking

14 - The EXTENSIVE use of animals to test new products is no longer being

practiced nowadays. Answer: Widespread

15 - The family that _____together, ______ together. Answer: prays - stays

16 - The famous singer and composer _____ arrived. Answer: has

17 - The figure of speech which uses exaggerated statement for aesthetic reason.
Answer: hyperbole

18 - The film “Gone with the Wind” is about the American ___________________
Answer: Civil War

19 - The final examinations falls ____ last week of March. Answer: at

20 - The first library in the world? Answer: Ashurbannipal Library

21 - The flower smells _______. Answer: sweet

22 - The following are concerns of teaching reading EXCEPT _____. Answer: output
development

23 - The following are the areas of knowledge and skills of communicative

competence EXCEPT _____ Answer: structural competence

24 - The following lines from Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess exemplify what
poetic strategy?
“That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I
call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.
Will't please you sit and look at her?” Answer: Monologue

25 - The food was cooked well. I _____ eat a lot of it. (did) Answer: did

26 - The friendliness ____________ the Philippine Foreign Minister and the

American Secretary of State promoted harmony. Answer: between

27 - The good jewelry Dad gave Sara for graduation __________ more than the
cheap leather wallet that David got as his reward for finishing high school.
Answer: costs

28 - The hawk glided ______ the mountain. Answer: toward

29 - The hijackers ______ the plane after they had taken all the passengers’
belongings on board. Answer: abandoned

30 - The hole was big enough look _____. Answer: Through

Test Code: GE-ENG13

1 - The information clerk stays ______ the phone most of the time. Answer: By

2 - The invention of computer brought a GREAT CHANGE in the work field. Answer:
Development

3 - The laborers are so happy that ____ now reaping the fruit of ____ efforts.
Answer: they're - their

4 - The lawyer objected that the testimony being offered was not germane to the
case on hand. Answer: relevant

5 - The line “I shall haunt you” has a/an __________ tone. Answer: appealing
6 - The little girl has AN INNATE ABILITY to do well in the future. Answer:
Potential

7 - The man gave a RUDE answer when asked about his opinion on the issue.
Answer: Curt

8 - The man is INDIGNANT at the suggestion that he was a secret agent. Answer:
Mad

9 - The man who was ___ of murder was only given a short jail term. Answer:
convicted

10 - The man’s voice is as _____ as a thunder. All of us are afraid of him.

Answer: Loud

11 - The means of transportation ________ dramatically since the end of the 20th
century. Answer: has changed

12 - The measure of choosing well is whether or not man likes what he

____________ . Answer: has chosen

13 - The mobs ____ seen running to different direction at the rally last week.
Answer: Were

14 - The morning air smells _____________ in the garden. Answer: sweet

15 - The Nibelungenlied is a Answer: Medieval German epic

16 - The number of readers continually rise each year. Answer: Rise

17 - The number of students taking pharmacy is increasing every semester.

Answer: No Error

18 - The oldest form of Egyptian writing Answer: hieroglyphics

19 - The overweight boy was ____ for air by the time he reached the top of the
stairs. Answer: Gasping

20 - The pair of scissors _____ on the table. Answer: Was left

21 - The panel has chosen Kyle to represent the company. He is the _______
_______ the two candidates. Answer: Better, between

22 - The panel of judges _____ still in discussion about the winner. Answer: Is

23 - The pen name of Mary Ann Evans is _____________ Answer: George Eliot

24 - The Personnel Manager told the Labor Representative: “We have to reduce our
workforce.” What does this mean? Answer: Workers are warned of possible layoffs.

25 - The Philippine government have three branches of powers: the executive, the
legislative and the judicial. Answer: Have

26 - The play is ____ Saturday ____ noon. Answer: On, at

27 - The politician is a witty speaker but the "beats around the bush" too much.
Answer: avoids the main topic

28 - The poor boy was _____ to be a doctor no matter what anyone thinks. Answer:
determined
29 - The poor ____ our sympathy. Answer: deserve

30 - The President himself promised to stop the war. The underlined word is
______ pronoun. Answer: an intensive

Test Code: GE-ENG14

1 - The price of these sneakers _____ reasonable. Answer: is

2 - The program begins ____ five o’clock in the afternoon. Answer: at

3 - The proposed equipment ______within the budget of the school. Answer: is

4 - The pseudonym of Samuel Clemens Answer: Mark Twain

5 - The question “Is he coming?” has a _____ intonation. Answer: rising

6 - The recent discovery of the short films and the personal diary of the
renowned inventor allow historians to appreciate his genius even more. Answer:
Allow

7 - The referee may not ______ these regulations no matter how much you
complain. Answer: exempt you from

8 - The right form to address an invitation for a lawyer husband and his doctor
wife. Answer: Atty. And Mrs. Josef Novales

9 - The Rizal Day celebration reminds us about heroes worth_____. Answer:

emulating

10 - The school heads as well as the teachers is accompanying the students on an

educational tour. Answer: is accompanying

11 - The secretary SUMMARILY presented the report. Answer: Instantly

12 - The speech of Abraham Lincoln which ends, thus; “That the government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth,” is in
his famous? Answer: Inaugural Address

13 - The statement “I am used to the same tales” means, Answer: there is nothing
new

14 - The student's request to re-set the test ________ reasonable.

Answer: is

15 - The style of writing employed in this passage can be best described as

_____.
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful;
and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a
whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind
was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn’t make out what it was, and
so it made the cold shivers run over me. -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain Answer: dialect

16 - The suggestion of the employees ________ appropriate. Answer: seem

17 - The sum total of traditionally-derived and orally-transmitted literature,

material culture and custom within predominantly literate and technologically
advanced societies is referred to as: Answer: folklore
18 - The supervisor "lost his head"upon seeing a subordinate playing with his
cellphone during the office hour. Answer: Got angry

19 - The surprised teacher asked, “What was all the HUBHUB about?” HUBHUB means
_______. Answer: Commotion

20 - The teacher was asked to speak for her students when they won the speech
choir competition, and so she says “_________of my student, I want to thank
you.” Answer: On behalf

21 - The test was hard for Paul and _____. Answer: me

22 - The total of traditional-derived and orally transmitted literature,

material culture and custom within predominantly literate and technological
advanced societies is referred to as: Answer: Folklore

23 - The traffic flow at the corner was jammed. Manny feared getting late so he
_____ with a bus and leaped at the door. Answer: Caught up

24 - The TURBULENT sea caused fear among the passengers of the cruise. Answer:
Raging

25 - The underline word in the sentence below is an ___________?

“She took the early train.” Answer: Adjective

26 - The union members cannot ___________ the kind of compensation plan they
want. Answer: agree on

27 - The Vice-Governor said, “I ___________ won the election without the backing
of a religious sect. Answer: should have not

28 - The week before, the bed was very uncomfortable. However, I _____ anyway.
(sleep) Answer: slept

29 - The window was open and a bird _____ into the room. (fly) Answer: flew

30 - The witness testified ____________ the defendant’s early life. Answer:

about

Test Code: GE-ENG15

1 - The word indices _____ the plural form for the singular index. Answer: Are

2 - The words “gym, mike, and TV” are formed through _____. Answer: clipping

3 - The words “inappropriate, illegal, irresponsible and unaware” have prefixes

which are classified as: Answer: Negative

4 - The ____from the old building destroyed by fire were scattered along the
riverbank. Answer: Rubble

5 - The _____ of the story is not to count your eggs until they are hatched.
Answer: moral

6 - The _____ of the story is that friendship is sacred. Answer: Moral

7 - The ___________ that, for various reasons, girls spent less time working
with computers than boys. Answer: studies revealed
8 - There was HIATUS of two years before I went back to college. HIATUS means
_______. Answer: Lapse

9 - These scissors __________ so dull that I'm not sure you could slice butter
with them! Answer: are

10 - These stories which reflect the people's beliefs are handed down from
generation to generation by word of mouth: Answer: Folktales

11 - They visited ____ children where ____ pursuing post-baccalaureate degrees.

Answer: their- they’re

12 - They ________ do their homework today because it is a holiday at the

school. Answer: don't have to

13 - This condominium is too expensive for _____. You know we can't pay such a
high monthly rent. Answer: us

14 - This grade on your essay is low. Did your teacher suggest ___________
another? Answer: writing

15 - This is the first accepted masterpiece in Philippine Literature in English.

Answer: Dead Stars

16 - This seatwork is difficult for Paul and _______. Answer: Me

17 - This tense connotes actions that are happening at present time, meaning
right now. Answer: Progressive Tense

18 - This type of language is used to describe the kind of language a learner

uses at a given time, that is, his version of a given language, which deviates
in certain ways from the language of a mature speaker. Answer: interlanguage

19 - This type of literature is most often connected to Aesop. The stories

always share a moral or a lesson to be learned, and the characters are most
often animals. Answer: Fables

20 - This type of reading allows students to choose their own books and read at
their own pace Answer: Independent reading

21 - This view emphasizes that native language comprises habits that a second
language learner must overcome. This is accomplished by forging new habits
through repetition of pattern drills with accompanying positive reinforcement.
Answer: Behaviorist learning theory

22 - Three feet ______ one yard. Answer: Make

23 - Three fourths of the apple ____rotten. Answer: Are

24 - Unless we find a witness to "corroborate" your evidence, it will not stand

courts. Answer: confirm

25 - We admire ________ when Cynthia speaks english fluently with ________.
Answer: her, us

26 - We had the _____ news when he came. Answer: latest

27 - We have described that ___________ is more important than being bright.
Answer: being diligent
28 - We should work for a total ban ____ of pesticides that are harmful to man.
Answer: On the use

29 - We _____ off early on the first day of summer so that we could see the sun
rise. Answer: Started

30 - We _____ to Kate's house last month but she wasn't at home. (go) Answer:
went

Test Code: GE-ENG16

1 - We ________ off early on the first day of summer so that we could see the
sun rise. Answer: started

2 - Weightlifter: Strength:: Answer: marathoner: endurance

3 - What category of illocutionary act is demonstrated in the following example?

Recession will worsen in Europe in
the next five years. Answer: representative

4 - What conversation maxim seems to have been violated in the following

example?
A: How was the LET?
B: Well, the proctor is my former college professor. Answer: maxim of
relation

5 - What does it mean when we say “We have achieved a breakthrough here”?
Answer: that the negotiators or members have begun to agree on certain issues.

6 - What does passage say about life? “Life is but walking shadow, a pun player
that struts and frets...and is heard no more.” Answer: life has its end

7 - What does the speaker like about Chicago as shown in the following lines?
“Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and
coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold
slugger set vivid against the little soft cities” Answer: Its vitality

8 - What does the word “swell’st” in the Holy Sonnet X mean? Answer: boast

9 - What figure of speech is present in this line of the poem “The Brook”? “This
second time, he was like a tiny snake.” Answer: Simile

10 - What is considered the oldest epic in England? Answer: Beowulf

11 - What is illustrated in following example? In English, the statement “Marian

is a linguist” ends with a fall in pitch, while as a question, “Marian is a
linguist?” the pitch goes up. Answer: intonation

12 - What is made use in this example “I told Paul to close the door and he did
so”? Answer: anaphora

13 - What is shown in the systematic variation of /t/ such as /t/ in top is

aspirated, /t/ is stop is released, and /t/ in pot is unreleased? Answer:
allophone

14 - What is strategy is used by the second language learner in the following

situation”
“The student forgot the English term “train station”. He used the phrase
“the place for trains” instead. Answer: paraphrase
15 - What is the biggest hindrance in learning a second language? Answer: cross-
cultural issues

16 - What is the First American School in the Philippines that is aims in

teaching the Filipinos how to use the English Language. Answer: Philippine
Normal University

17 - What is the name of the very first library in the world? Answer:
Ashurbannipal Library

18 - What is the pen name of Samuel Clemens? Answer: Mark Twain

19 - What is the tone of the father’s statement in this line from Florentino’s
The Dancers? “
FATHER (mimicking her): She’s still a baby! I’m telling you, she’s old enough to
have a Baby! Answer: sarcastic

20 - What makes the sentence below erroneous?

“I have written a letter yesterday.” Answer: Yesterday

21 - What morphophonemic process is involved in which units that occur in some

contexts are “lost” in others such as “l i b a r y” instead of “l i b r a r y”?
Answer: dissimilation

22 - What part of the following sentence is incorrect? Answer: Increase

23 - What poetic foot is composed of unaccented and accented syllable? Answer:

Iamb

24 - What preferred tense is used for “stage directions and synopses? Answer:
present

25 - What sense image is used in this line from Latorena’s The Small Key?
“There were dark, newly plowed furrows where in due time timorous seedlings
would rise to sturdy stalks and golden grain, to a rippling yellow sea in the
wind and sun during harvest time.” Answer: visual

26 - What symbol is used to link the events of the three generations in May Day
Eve? Answer: mirror

27 - What type of mood is indicated in this sentence: “How did you come to know
about that tragic event?” Answer: indicative

28 - What utterance show determination? Answer: This time I won’t stop schooling

29 - What virtue of the writer is depicted in the poem? Answer: faithful

30 - When a group is faced with a problem requiring immediate action, the most
effective leadership style is _____. Answer: authoritarian

Test Code: GE-ENG17

1 - When a leader is succeeded by another leader, the former is referred to as
the _____ president. Answer: replaced

2 - When doing research on the life of an important figure, you would probably
give more credence to a biography than you would to an autobiography, due to
memoirist’s _____. Answer: subjectivity
3 - When helping in the kitchen, I am always careful not to hurt ____________.
Answer: myself

4 - When I came home, the children still ____________ dinner. Answer: hadn’t
finished

5 - When I met Liza yesterday, it was the first time I _____ her since
Christmas. Answer: have been seen

6 - When the primary aim of a work of literature is to expound some moral,

political or other precepts. Answer: value-oriented

7 - Where __________ the earrings that I left by the bathroom sink? Oh no! That
stupid cat has swatted them down the drain again! Answer: are

8 - Which among the following is the part of the newspaper where you can see the
opinions of the people? Answer: Editorial section

9 - Which among the sounds below does not belong? Answer: /p/

10 - Which among these is Nick Joaquin's pen name? Answer: Quijano de Manila

11 - Which among these objects is a phallic symbol in literature? Answer: pencil

12 - Which among these words has the starting [th] sound? Answer: These

13 - Which among these words has the voiced [th] sound? Answer: Breath

14 - Which among these words has the [id] end sound? Answer: Needed

15 - Which among these words has [z] end sound? Answer: Buys

16 - Which is very common reading resources used daily with important news,
advertisements and editorials? Answer: Newspaper

17 - Which of the following adjective phrases is syntactically correct? Answer:

nearly unique

18 - Which of the following does NOT function as a pronoun? Answer: my

19 - Which of the following English words is most commonly pronounced with the
vowel sound /ə/ (i.e., schwa)? Answer: what

20 - Which of the following is a gradable adjective? Answer: clear

21 - Which of the following is a simile? Answer: "Holding wonder like a cup"

22 - Which of the following is an example derivational morpheme? Answer: helpful

23 - Which of the following lines is a simile? Answer: “Holding wonder like a

cup”

24 - Which of the following speaks more about “The Count of Montecristo”?

Answer: Love and vengeance

25 - Which of the following words are misspelled?

1. Transgression 2. Transcent 3. Inmunity 4. Percieve
Answer: 2, 3, & 4
26 - Which of the words below has the [zh] sound? Answer: Leisure

27 - Which passage is expressed effectively and without structural error/s?

Answer: I would not want to be he/she

28 - Which sentence is in its correct form? Answer: He has been travelling for
the last 3 years.

29 - Which short narrative poem is intended to be sung? Answer: Ballad

30 - Which sound is a voiced bilabial stop? Answer: /b/

Test Code: GE-ENG18

1 - Which story is a satire? Answer: The Visitation of the Gods

2 - Which syntactic structure is shown in the following examples? responsible

officers, trusted friend Answer: modification

3 - Which TYPE reading is CHORAL READING? Answer: Shared

4 - Which word has the C pronounced as /k/? Answer: Cold

5 - Which word has the C pronounced as /s/? Answer: Censure

6 - Which word is accented on the first syllable? Answer: Heaven

7 - Who has always been called the Morning Star of English literature? Answer:
Geoffrey Chaucer

8 - Who is considered as the master of short story writing? Answer: Edgar Allan
Poe

9 - Who is the author of "Without seeing the dawn"? Answer: Stevan Javellana

10 - Who is the General who said “I shall return” after training troops in
Australia. Answer: Douglas McArthur

11 - Who is the Indian counterpart of William Shakespeare? Answer: Kalidasa

12 - Who is the Roman goddess of wisdom? Answer: Minerva

13 - Who were you in a conversation ____? Answer: With

14 - Who wrote the epic lliad and Odyssey? Answer: Homer

15 - Who wrote the novel "A Christmas Carol" which is about a man who hates
Christmas? Answer: Charles Dickens

16 - Who wrote the novel “The little Prince”? Answer: Antoine De Saint Exupery

17 - Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice Answer: Jane Austen

18 - Who wrote the short story “ A Rose for Emily”? Answer: William Faulkner

19 - Why do most fathers prefer a son _____ a daughter for his first-born child?
Answer: to

20 - Wise people can ________ with frustration. Answer: cope

21 - Within the communication process, the area that causes the most breakdowns
is _____. Answer: interference

22 - Workers in the service sector should be trained to act as ___ as possible.

Answer: courteously

23 - You have too many ____ but few time to prove you’re right. Answer:
Hypotheses

24 - You should be ashamed of yourself for having such carnal desires. Answer:
Worldly

25 - You should be more ______ instead of being _______ in order to avoid

committing mistakes. Answer: cautious………impetuous

26 - You wouldn’t want to be late for the interview, __________? Answer: would
you

27 - You _____ poor patients for free for as long as I can remember. (treat)
Answer: have been treating

28 - Your brother is paying for your plane ticket, _____? Answer: Isn’t he

29 - Your dream house in that plush village will cost you an arm and a leg.
Answer: Very expensive

30 - Your father is paying for your plane ticket, _____? Answer: isn’t he

Test Code: GE-ENG19

1 - Your father isn't working anymore, ______? Answer: is he

2 - Your sister is paying for your tuition fee, _____? Answer: isn't she

3 - _____ wiring is the cause of the sudden blackout. Answer: Loose

4 - _________ not making the most of ________ opportunities. Answer: You're -

your

5 - ___________ to our appeal for reconsideration, the Board of Discipline will

not give us any extension for filling additional evidence. Answer: With regard

6 - ______________ clothing is advised to be worn during summer. Answer: Loose

7 -  No-one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the "black sheep of the
family." Answer: the one with a bad reputation

8 -  What is the lowest form of learning?

Answer: perceiving

9 - " She is a vision of feminine pulchritude." This stand for __________.

Answer: loveliness

10 - "A man is known by the company he keeps." This is an example of a

_________. Answer: proverb

11 - "Blessed are___ sorrowing for ____ shall be comforted." Answer: the-they

12 - "He is the black sheep of the family." Which figure of speech is used?
Answer: Metaphor

13 - "How much money did you bring for shopping?" Which of the following answers
this question? Answer: None, but I have a credit card

14 - "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly." This line means
________. Answer: only the heart can see the beautiful things in life

15 - "She is aversion of feminine pulchritude." This stands for_______. Answer:

loveliness

16 - "The face that could launched a thousand ships". Answer: Helen of Troy

17 - "The life of clouds is parting and a meeting. A tear and a smile". The
author says Answer: Life is combination of tears and laughter

18 - "The wind kisses my cheeks." What figure of speech is used in the given
statement? Answer: Personification

19 - "They tell me you are wicked and I believe

them, for I have seen your painted women
under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
The line is an example of ____.
I. apostrophe
II. personification
III. hyperbole
IV. metonymy Answer: I and II only

20 - "To be or not to be" is the beginning of the soliloquy of ______. Answer:

Hamlet

21 - "You are the sunshine of my life." What figure of speech is used? Answer:
Metaphor

22 - "______, _________ have to make do with what we have if we have to

accomplish something". Answer: Well - we'll

23 - (1) The themes of liberty and freedom are central to much of American
literature, particularly the literature produced during the American
Renaissance. (2) As the issues of women’s rights and abolition came to the
forefront of the American consciousness, writers delved deep into an exploration
of the meaning of freedom for the country and for individuals. (3) Three such
writers from this time period who focus on issues of freedom are Margaret
Fuller, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Jacobs. (4) Each of these writers
develop an answer to the question posed by Stowe in Uncle Tom’s Cabin: “Liberty!
– electric world! What is it?”
Which of the following sentences should be revised in order to correct an error?
Answer: Sentence 4, to correct an error in agreement

24 - A good writer supports his generalizations with _________ examples. Answer:
concrete

25 - A low pressure area was sighted 120km from Basco, Batanes. A depression is
expected to occure in Region 1. This is an example of reading skill is called
_____. Answer: Predicting

26 - A Marxist interpretation of “Waiting for Godot” would probably focus on

_____. Answer: the power imbalances in the relationships of the characters
27 - A parent walks into a classroom and sees the children in groups, each
gathered around a poster board. The children are writing ideas on the poster
board in what looks like graffiti (writing on walls) to the parent. When the
parent asks the teacher what the children are doing, the teacher is likely to
explain that ___. Answer: the children are involved in brainstorming, which is
part of the prewriting stage of the writing process

28 - A sonnet has 14 iambic pentameter lines and that means: Answer: There are
10 syllables in a line

29 - A story put together through an exchange of letter is called __________

literature.
Answer: epistolary

30 - A student is conducting a research project and has learned of a website

that may have useful information. The domain extension for the site is .org.
Which of the following assumptions about the website is correct? Answer: The
site might belong to a nonprofit agency.

Test Code: GE-ENG20

1 - A student is searching for the synonyms of a word. Which should she consult?
Answer: Thesaurus

2 - According to cognitivists, errors in second language learning is considered

_____. Answer: part of learning process

3 - AGILE is related to NIMBLE as FAST is related to __________. Answer: swift

4 - All of the following contain operator verbs EXCEPT ____. Answer: My father
approves your marriage proposal.

5 - All of the following contains verbal EXCEPT _____. Answer: Your mom arrived
after you had gone.

6 - All of the following correctly describes a BALLAD except: Answer: A ballad

often rhymes a b c d

7 - All of the following figures of speech involve sound, except: Answer:

antithesis

8 - AMBIGUOUS is related to CLARITY as TEMPORARY is related to _________.

Answer: permanence

9 - Anthropomorphism is the attribution of a human form, human characteristics,

or human behaviour to nonhuman things, e.g. deities in mythology and animals in
children’s stories. What trait is this? Answer: Anthropomorphic

10 - Anyone of the class members can choose Kate Winslette as his/her topic.
Answer: no error

11 - Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, has been called a “tragedy of

the common man” because it _____. Answer: gives an ordinary salesman’s life
weight and meaning

12 - As head of the family the father is the principal breadwinner. What does it
mean? Answer: He is responsible to support the wife and children

13 - At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The
fishermen do not speak the same language, so they communicate using one that has
been invented by them for the purpose of trade. This scenario above most
accurately describes which of the following types of language? Answer: pidgin

14 - At the Philippine General Hospital, doctors reported on the abandoned

patients. This means: Answer: The patients are left behind by relatives

15 - At Wendy's Washateria, all of the dryers _________ six quarters before
spinning wet clothes dry. Answer: gobble

16 - AUTOMOBILE is related to HIGHWAY as LOCOMOTIVE is related to _________.

Answer: track

17 - “... it droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven” is what figure of speech?

Answer: simile

18 - “A part of its orb was at length hid, and I waved my brand; it sank, and
with a loud scream I fired the straw, and heath, and bushes, which I had
collected.”-from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
Which of the following is a correct restatement of the above? Answer: When the
moon set, I screamed and burned the cottage.

19 - “And far away in the middle of the fields a cow lowed softly in answer.
”What sense image is used in this excerpt from Arguilla’s How My Brother Leon
Brought Home a Wife? Answer: auditory

20 - “Are you good in bed?” The prostitute asked provocatively. Which figures of
speech is used? Answer: metonymy

21 - “Because of the PROFANITY the program was suspended from television.” The
capitalized word means?
Answer: obscenity

22 - “Gonzalo: I attach myself to nothing and to nobody.”

What character trait does Gonzalo reveal in this excerpt from Guerrero’s Three
Rats? Answer: indifference

23 - “His untimely death has left us blinder than we might have been.” This
means? Answer: Those orphans are left to themselves

24 - “How much money did you bring for shopping?” Which of the following answers
this question? Answer: None, but I have a credit card

25 - “I felt all ardor for her gone from me entirely.”

What epiphany does the character experience in N.V.M. Gonzales’ Bread of Salt?
Answer: His love for Aida was but an infatuation.

26 - “I will take the road less travelled by and be condemned if necessary” said
one politician. His decision shows __________? Answer: decisions are made
despite differences from the majority

27 - “It is as if I’ll die laughing.” This statement uses which figurative

language? Answer: hyperbole

28 - “It is only the heart that one can see nightly; what is essential is
invisible to the eye.” From THE LITTLE PRINCE BY ANTOINE DE ST. EXUPERY The
aspiration drawn from quote is that Answer: It is better to see things with the
heart
29 - “It was not quite five, and the bread was not yet ready.”
What does the bread symbolize in N.V.M. Gonzales’ Bread of Salt? Answer: The
differences in the social status between Aida and the boy.

30 - “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I
now recall with fondness and awe. She was a full-time housewife wholly dependent
on my father’s monthly salary. How she made both ends meet, guided us in our
studies and did small acts of charity on the side was beyond me.” Based on the
recount, the mother’s financial resource were ______
Answer: Limited
Test Code: GE-ENG21
1 - “On the street of this position of God’s world I feel neighbor to a rat, so
brother of a worm; Forever chasing rainbows at muddy margins.“ This line on
Quemada’s poem is saying that: Answer: Life is full of challenges

2 - “Once I passed through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use
with its shows, architecture, customs, and traditions. Yet now, of all that city
I remember only a woman I casually met who detained me for love of me.” This
passage is an example of: Answer: Free verse

3 - “Procrastination is like a thief that steals time.” Which figurative speech

is used? Answer: simile

4 - “She did not have the courage to break into the wedding feast.”
What did the ‘wedding feast’ stand for in the relationship of Awiyao and Lumnay
in Daguio’s “Wedding Dance”? Answer: village tradition

5 - “She is a lovely rose” is __________.

Answer: metaphor

6 - “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.” This stands for the following

EXCEPT Answer: Homeliness

7 - “She was deep in the road before she became conscious of her shoes. In
horror, she saw that they were coated with thick, black clay. Gingerly she
pulled off one shoe after the other with the hand still clutching the letter.”
What does the underlined word in this excerpt from Love in the Cornhusks mean?
Answer: carefully

8 - “Soledad nodded. Her eyes followed her husband down the road, noting the
fine set of his head and shoulders, the ease of his stride. A strange ache rose
in her throat.”
Which emotion best describes Soledad’s feelings in this excerpt from Latorena’s
The Small Key? Answer: twinge of sadness

9 - “Sturdy and strong, the Filipinos are like the molave” is __________.

Answer: simile

10 - “The whale has no famous author and whaling no famous chronicles.” Based on
this line from the novel, Moby dick is treated as: Answer: Whales are ordinary
creatures

11 - “They dressed him in purple and linen, in myth and mystery, put him astride
a black stallion, at the wheel of a blue automobile.”
How do the townspeople regard Mr. Reteche in Rotor’s Zita? Answer: They
respected and admired him.
12 - “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”. When restated means:
Answer: You have to value everything in this world

13 - “When we arrived, they gave us badges.” Which of the following questions

should be asked to find the direct object? Answer: What did they give us?

14 - “While attempting to explain the role of imitation in language acquisition,

investigators studied the different aspects of language development.” An
inference which parents will make from this passage is that they should:
Answer: Be concerned when a child imitates their language

15 - “Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.” The meaning of this aphorism

in “Poor Richard’s Almanac” is: Answer: Forget what other people have done to
hurt you

16 - Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same time as it __________
around the earth, we see the same side always. Answer: revolves

17 - Before sleeping time, children are discouraged to watch ____ shows that
cause nightmares Answer: Spectral

18 - BEGGAR is related to POOR as FOX is related to ________. Answer: sly

19 - BOOK is related to CHAPTER as TEMPORARY is related to ___________. Answer:

stanza

20 - Both Randy and ___ plan to go. Answer: I

21 - BREAD is related to BUTTER as POTATOES related to _________. Answer: gravy

22 - Breaking in : burglary – larceny : ______ Answer: Theft

23 - But how was I direct myself? I knew that I must travel in a southwesterly
direction to reach my destination, but the sun was only guide. I did not know
the names of the towns that I was to pass through, nor could I ask information
from a single human being; but I did not despair. From you only could I hope for
succor, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred. Unfeeling,
heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions and then
cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind. But on you only
had I any claim for pity and redress, and from you I determined to seek that
justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other being that wore the
human form.-from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

The narrator of this passage is _____. Answer: the monster

24 - CHEMIST is realted to LABORATORY as ARTIST is related to ______. Answer:

studio

25 - Children who have been exposed too much on TV suffer from unusually short
__________. Answer: attention span

26 - Choose the correct answer. Answer: Albert himself told me it was true.

27 - Choose the correct option. He is an _____ member of the community. Answer:

eminent

28 - Choose the sentence that expresses the thought clearly and that has no
error in structure/spelling. Answer: The farmer plowed, planted and harvested
his corn in record time
29 - Consider these lines from “The Ideal wife”:
FAVOR IS DECEITFULL AND BEAUTY IS VAIN BUT WOMAN THAT FEARETH THE LORD, SHE
SHALL BE PRAISED
Which word infers the moral of the verse? Answer: Feareth

30 - Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common underlying principle

that successful language learning occurs when students are presented with target
language material in a meaningful, contextualized form, with the primary focus
on _____. Answer: acquiring information and knowledge

Test Code: GE-ENG22

1 - Dante Aligieri’s Divine Comedy is Originally titled _____________ Answer:
Comedia

2 - Deforestation has been blamed by lowland settlers as the main cause of

flooding which originate from the nearby hills. Reading skills can be enhanced
when a student can perceived a relationship such as ____ Answer: a cause and
effect

3 - DELICACY is related to GOURMET as INSECT is related to ________. Answer:

frog

4 - Described open-ended or divergent questions. Answer: Broad and may have

multiple answers.

5 - DISTANCE is related to MILE as LIQUID is related to _______. Answer: quart

6 - DRTA in reading means: Answer: Direction on Reading To Attain Information

7 - Each of the boys refused help saying that he would proofread the report on
their own. Answer: their

8 - Each of the following is an effective strategy for a teacher who is

facilitating a whole-class discussion EXCEPT _____. Answer: ensuring that all
questions require simple-sentence answers

9 - Each person’s vocabulary is a continuum. On the one end of the continuum are
words the person knows very well and for which he has a full rich understanding
of their various meanings. On the other end of the continuum are _____. Answer:
words he can recognize and figure out the meaning of based on context

10 - Edgar Allan Poe : Annabel Lee as ______:______ Answer: Shakespeare : Romeo

and Juliet

11 - Either Marielle or Kiara offered their help with proofreading my project.

Answer: their

12 - Everyone is wondering ______ her successor will be. Answer: who

13 - Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for _______ Christmas
than that? Answer: a merrier

14 - Expect for the profanity, I liked the story. What is the story about?
Answer: Obscenities

15 - F. Scot Fitzgerald’s Story that is about the boy who was born and gets
younger every day is titled ___________ Answer: The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button
16 - Family of Consonant sounds where the air is held back for a moment before
it is released abruptly. Answer: Plosive

17 - FELONY is related to MISDEMEANOR as KILL is related to _______. Answer:

maim

18 - Filipino as a language Blossomed during the ___________ occupation Answer:

Japanese

19 - Filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-Spanish cultural

beliefs and traditions. Answer: Nick Joaquin

20 - For the synecdoche figurative expression, “It was a black tie affair”, what
is the equivalent meaning? Answer: Formal gathering

21 - Formulating a statement based on the observation but will still need

further evidence contribute to the development of one's reading skill. Name this
skill. Answer: Inferring

22 - From what perspective is the following story told?

"I could picture it. I have a rotten habit of picturing the bedroom scenes of my
friends. We went out to the Cafe Napolitain to have an aperitif and watch the
evening crowd on the Boulevard."
from The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Answer: First person

23 - GNASH is related to TEETH as LISTEn is related to _________. Answer: ears

24 - Greatest American writer of horror and detective stories. Answer: E.A. Poe

25 - Have you ever been to my _______________. Answer: brother-in-law's repair

shop, Gus's Garage

26 - He has such FAT feet that they cannot fit into ordinary shoes. Answer:
Pudgy

27 - He holds the distinction of being the first Asian to receive the Nobel
Prize for literature. Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

28 - He is an ______ member of the community. Answer: eminent

29 - He is considered the father of essay. Answer: Michel de Montaigne

30 - He is known as the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who ruled
as king of the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus Answer: Zeus

Test Code: GE-ENG23

1 - He is the Father of English essay. Answer: Francis Bacon

2 - He is the pioneer in serial literature which is a printed format by which a

single larger work, often a work of narrative fiction is published in sequential
installments. Answer: Charles Dickens

3 - He prefers a audience that arrives without expectations. Answer: a

4 - He wanted to soothe their pain;_______________ he really felt deeply for the
poor peasants. Answer: indeed

5 - He was a fearless warrior &and king who one day saw the emptiness of his
life and turned his back on it, becoming a wanderer and sadhu. He refused to
return to the world that is why he is often alluded to as having refused the
responsibility. Answer: King Muchukunda

6 - He was as helpless as a child. Classify this statement. Answer: Simile

7 - He was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis. He was the god of
music, and he is often depicted playing a golden lyre. He was also known as the
Archer, far shooting with a silver bow; the god of healing, giving the science
of medicine to man; the god of light; and the god of truth. Answer: Apollo

8 - His apocalyptic views seemed to doom the human race. This is to be taken as
_______. Answer: prophetic

9 - His color and his warmth are so powerful;______________,people find them

really extraordinary. Answer: thus

10 - His _______ reason for resigning were his _________ of right and wrong.
Answer: principal - principle

11 - How does Shelley regard the west wind in the following ode?
From Ode to the West Wind
Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill
(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)
With living hues and odours plain and hill:
Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;
Destroyer and Preserver; hear, oh, hear! Answer: It can both wipe out and
maintain life.

12 - How long is the span of the story May Day Eve? Answer: almost 50 years

13 - Identify the Filipino value and its influence on the Filipino youth as
stated:

Answer: Extreme personalism… Individualism

14 - Identify the play from which lines are taken:

Will thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the
lark The period the fearful hollow of thine ear; Nightly she sings on your
pomegranate tree; Believe me, love, it was the nightingale Answer: Romeo and
Juliet

15 - Identify the play from which the lines are

take:
All that glitters is not gold;
Often you have heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to
behold; Glided tombs do norms enfold. Answer: Merchant of Venice

16 - Identify the poem from which the stanza is take:

Trust no future, howe’er pleasant Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act-act in
the living Present Heart within, and God o’erhead Answer: A Psalm Of Life

17 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: The news panel has
agreed about the news material.

18 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: She was waiting for
the announcement when the president arrived.

19 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: Some people believe in
karma.

20 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: Everybody is required
to wear his or her uniform.

21 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: Neither the secretary
nor his staff was present in the inauguration of the new building yesterday.

22 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: Not the parents but
their son is at fault.

23 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: Having perceived the
worsening situation, he left immediately.

24 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: An investigation was
conducted after reading the crucial report.

25 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: Before he left, he has
completed his assigned task.

26 - IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW FOLLOWS THE RULES OF EFFECTIVE

WRITING. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. Answer: The new policy
effected today.

27 - Idiom is a phrase whose usual meaning do not make sense. Choose the idioms
in following phrase. Answer: Burn the midnight oil.

28 - If a teacher uses only basal readers for teachings her students to read,
she is most likely believes in _____. Answer: Primarily a phonics approach

29 - If you want to be recognized, have a finger in the pie. Answer: Take an
active part in something

Test Code: GE-ENG24

1 - In a holistic evaluation of student essays, evaluations are made on the
basis of the _____ Answer: overall quality of each student’s essay in relation
to the topic

2 - In “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time,”what is the persona’s main message?
Answer: Marry now, or you may never have another chance.

3 - In Carlos Bulosan’s“ My father Goes to Court” What is the accusation of the
rich father? Answer: Stealing the Aroma of the food.

4 - In Chauser’s Canterbury Tales, Which tale talks about three friends who
killed each other for the chest filled with treasures? Answer: Pardoner’s Tale

5 - In context, “a bit of a romantic” suggests that Willa Cather ____. Answer:
favored the past over the present

6 - In developmental reading, this pertains to the familiarity of the students

toward the sounds of the language. Answer: Phonemic Awareness
7 - In Greek mythology, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. A
daughter of the god Zeus*, she is best known for the part she played in causing
the Trojan War.Some scholars suggest that she was also a very ancient goddess
associated with trees and birds. Answer: Helen of Troy

8 - In his despair, Judas ______ himself. Answer: hanged

9 - In Illiad, whom did Zeus appoint to judge who was the most beautiful of the
three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite? Answer: Paris

10 - In paragraph below, the characters, Mandy Ringer and Dr. Clevenger, are
mentioned in order to emphasize which point about “Sapphira and the Slave Girl”?
Answer: One of Cather’s purposes in writing the novel was to paint a full
portrait of life in rural Virginia in the years before the Civil War.

11 - In Paz latorena’s Story “Desire” , the main character has a sexy body but a
_______________ Answer: Homely Face

12 - In preparation for a writing unit on short stories, a teacher presents

students with several examples of short stories and works with them to identify
defining characteristics of the genre. Which of the following best describes
this instructional strategy? Answer: discipline-based inquiry

13 - In Psalm 23 otherwise known as "Psalm of David", what is the closest

meaning to the line: "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me
beside the still water." Answer: He will be provided peace and prosperity

14 - In reading, IRI means: Answer: Informal Reading Inventory

15 - In the ballet presentation “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky, Who seduced the
prince? Answer: Black Swan

16 - In which story does the main character experience epiphany? Answer: Bread
of Salt

17 - It consist of alphabetically arrange words, together with their meanings,

syllabications and pronunciation and other pertinent information. Identify
reference resource. Answer: Dictionary

18 - It determines if a sound is voiced or voiceless Answer: Voice Box

19 - It is a form of Japanese poetry with three lines of five, seven and five
syllables. Answer: Haiku

20 - It is a list of titles discussed in the content, arranged alphabetically,

together with the page location which helps the readers immensely. It is
the_____. Answer: Index

21 - It is a type of figurative language that refers to dead person or

intangible idea. Answer: apostrophe

22 - It may seem FRIVOLOUS to you, but it's important to me. Frivolous means ___
Answer: worthless

23 - It’s plain to see, said she, “there are too many and’s in that sentence.”
Answer: “It’s plain to see,” said she, “there are too many and’s in that
sentence.”

24 - Jen starts filling up the shelves as there are only a few cartons of milk
left on sale. Answer: no error
25 - Jenny’s harsh words only added fuel to the fire. Answer: Making the
situation worse

26 - Jessa is taller than ANY GIRL in her class. Answer: Jessa is the tallest
girl in the class

27 - Jocularity means most nearly Answer: wittiness

28 - Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere is inspired by the novel written by

Harriet Beecher Stowe titled ____________ Answer: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

29 - Karen and I were one of the graduates at USEP. Answer: at

30 - Kimono : Japanese – Kilt : ______ Answer: Scandinavian

Test Code: GE-ENG25

1 - Lenny is a ______ girl. She believes everything you tell her. Answer:
Gullible

2 - Leo Tolstoy’s short Story about a man falsely judge and accused of murder is
titled _________. Answer: God Sees The Truth but Waits

3 - Life, so they is just a game

And they let it slip away
Don't let life slip away
Grasp it while you can
We may never pass this way again

What does the stanza suggest? Answer: Opportunity comes once, grab it.

4 - Listening is defined as constructing meaning by:

I. Predicting
II. Making connections
III. Focusing
IV. Expressing Answer: I, II, and III

5 - Lolo Jorge is really _____ man Answer: a sweet old

6 - Loss of qualified teachers going abroad is one type of _____ Answer: brain
drain

7 - Magdalena and Marilyn grew up in ________ house in Tacloban City. Answer:

a comfortable little

8 - Manuel Arguilla is one of the most important Filipino writers of all time.
He wrote the Juan Tamad series and the short story “How my brother Leon brought
Home a wife.” He is famous in injecting themes with ________ in his story.
Answer: Local Color

9 - Mark Twain's novels Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin are set in the _______
river. Answer: Mississippi

10 - Mary's eyes blurred because she _______ at the computer for five straight.
Answer: had been sitting

11 - Moby Dick: Herman Melville || The Old Man and the Sea: ________ Answer:
Ernest Hemingway

12 - Montano’s Sabina opens with this scene Answer: novena prayers for the dead
13 - Most natural calamities happen in July and August. Students are dismissed
early ___ Answer: To avoid the flash floods

14 - MOVIES is related to PROJECTOR as RECORDS is related to _______. Answer:

phonography

15 - Mrs. James is a/an _____ woman who does everything her husband wants.
Answer: Docile

16 - My brother threw a wet blanket on my plans to start a new website. Answer:
Discouraged me

17 - My friend shouted ‘Break a leg’ when I entered on the stage. Answer: Wished
me good luck

18 - My girlfriend does not care about me. She is looking out for number one.
Answer: Looking for something special

19 - My grandma had some lucid moments before she died. This means ________.
Answer: clear thinking

20 - My teacher wants me to learn the formulas by heart. Answer: Memorize them

21 - New students at the shop should bring __________________. Answer: hammers,

wrenches, and screwdrivers

22 - New travels as fast as the wind. This statement is a/an_____. Answer:

simile

23 - Nobody can claim to be the ONLY ONE responsible for the invention of the
computer. It was invented by many people. Answer: solely

24 - Nora was participating in the play, but she got cold feet. Answer: she is
hesitating

25 - October 10 is a "red letter day" for the Chinese. Classify the quoted
expression. Answer: Idiom

26 - Of epigrams, what is the meaning of “A friend is one who knows all about
you and loves you just the same”? Answer: true friendship

27 - Of the different principles of effective teaching of reading, which is

IMPROPERLY stated? Answer: Effective teachers use the four cueing system to
support students

28 - One proven way to beat an enemy is find his Achilles heel. Answer: Weak
spot

29 - One thousand hands made the pyramid of Egypt. Answer: Synecdoche

30 - Orville and Wilbur Wright built their own wind tunnel to test airfoils and
measure how to lift a flying machine into the sky. They were the first to
discover that a long, narrow wing shape is ideal for flight. They figured out
how to move the vehicle freely, not just across land but up and down on a
cushion of air. They built a moveable part of the tail to control the pitch of
their craft as it tendency to swerve off course. They devised a pulley system
that warped the shape of the wings midflight to turn their wind-tunnel
experiments to design the first effective airplane propellers. When they
discovered that a lightweight gas-powered engine did not exist, they designed
and built their own.
What are airfoils?
Answer: Parts that react against the air

Test Code: GE-ENG26

1 - Our favorite song goes,
No man is an island, No man stands alone
Each man's joy is joy to me
Each man's grief is my own.

What does this song express? Answer: Brotherhood

2 - Our guest of honor was a LOQUACIOUS speaker. This means_________. Answer:

verbose

3 - Our heroes like Rizal and Bonifacio are worth Answer: Emulating

4 - Paradise Lost is considered among the greatest epics in English. Which of

the following was the basis for this epic poem? Answer: sinning of Adam and Eve

5 - Parents admit that text messaging is an easy way of knowing their children’s
whereabouts. However, they are worried about its effect on _______. Answer:
Ability to spell words correctly

6 - Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story about a love triangle amongst Alfredo,
Esperanza, and Julia. What is the title of this masterpiece? Answer: Dead Stars

7 - People who are too _____ are liable to be deceived by unscrupulous

individuals. Answer: credulous

8 - Philippine mythology and superstitions are very diverse. It includes a

collection of tales and superstitions about magical creatures and entities like
_____ Answer: kapre, aswang, matruculan, duwende, tiyanak, etc.

9 - Please read the chapter ______________. Answer: "Filing Your Income Tax
Returns."

10 - PORCINE is related to PIG as BOVINE is related to _______. Answer: cow

11 - PROBLEM is related to SOLUTION as POISON is related to _______. Answer:

antidote

12 - Queen Elizabeth I of England is also known as ______ Answer: The Virgin

Queen

13 - Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “Innermost One” is taken from the collection of

devotional songs titled ________. Answer: Gitanjali

14 - Read the poem below:

“That the wind seraphs of heaven Coveted here and me That is the reason, not so
long ago In a kingdom by the sea A wind blew out of a cloud Chillin and Killin
my Annabel Lee”
What is the cause of death of Annabel Lee? Answer: Consumption

15 - Read the stanza and answer the item that follows.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

Every line in the poem consists of eight beats represented by eight syllables.
This is called _______. Answer: Rhythm

16 - Reports of the death sentence were awaited by the parents. But the
President decides the postponement for a month or in legal terms this means
Answer: Reprieve

17 - Respect and reverence is in these lines. Choose one: Answer: Have faith in
Divine Providence

18 - RETRACT is related to STATEMENT as VOID is related to ________. Answer:

contract

19 - Rousseau advised, “Have a good bank account, a good cook and a good
digestion.” What is being referred to? Answer: Security

20 - Rubric as a measuring instrument that is best use in assessing

_______________ Answer: Oral recitation

21 - Rules of adding prefixes and suffixes are under the level of ________.
Answer: Morphology

22 - SAW is related to CUT as YARDSTICK is related to ____________. Answer:

measure

23 - SCALPEL is related to KNIFE as NURSE is related to ______. Answer: assitant

24 - Select the correct word/phrase

It's now two hours past his schedule; the facilitator may not come anymore, but
we'll still be ready in case he _______. Answer: does

25 - Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no
structural errors. Answer: The examinees need pencils, a calculator and a ball
pen

26 - Senators were accused by activists of washing their hands with the perfumes
of Arabia. This is state commonly known as Answer: Guilty

27 - Several elements must be TRANSMUTED to see the real implications of this

event. Answer: changed

28 - Several other classmates have also chosen his/her topic already. Answer:
his/her

29 - Shakespeare once said, “My honor is my life, both grow as one, take honor
from me and my life is gone.” What is the correct interpretation for this?
Answer: He values honor as much as his life

30 - She has a PENCHANT for red accessories. This indicates__________________.

Answer: fondness

Test Code: GE-ENG27

1 - The cause of power outage was a ______ connection. Answer: Loose

2 - The flower smells ________. Answer: sweet

3 - The hotel wasn't very expensive. So I _____ it. (book) Answer: booked

4 - The laborers are so happy that ________ now reaping the fruit ____ efforts.
Answer: they’re – their

5 - The pair of scissors ______ on the table. Answer: was left

6 - The suggestions of the employee’s _____ appropriate. Answer: seem

7 - The test was hard for Paul and ______. Answer: me

8 - The traffic flow at the corner was jammed. Manny feared getting late so he
_____ with a bus and leaped at the door. Answer: Caught up

9 - The ______ of the story is that friendship is sacred.

Answer: Moral

10 - These stories which reflect the people’s beliefs are handed down from
generation to generation by word of mouth. Answer: folktales

11 - We had the _______ news when he came. Answer: latest

12 - We should work for the total ban ______ of pesticides. Answer: on the use

13 - What figure of speech is used in the following passage? "The truth occurred
to me that Mother Nature fulfills her duty more faithfully than man does his
own." Answer: Personification

14 - What figure of speech is used in the sentenced below?

“I can eat a whole cow!” Answer: Hyperbole

15 - Who is considered as the master of short story writing? Answer: Edgar Allan
Poe

16 - Who is the Roman goddess of wisdom? Answer: Minerva

17 - Who wrote the novel “A Christmas Carol” which is about a man who hates
Christmas? Answer: Charles Dickens

18 - A good writer supports his generalizations with ___________ examples.

Answer: concrete

19 - “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.” This stands for the following

except: Answer: Homeliness

20 - Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same time as it ____________
around the earth, we see the same side always. Answer: revolves

21 - Children who have been exposed too much to TV suffer from unusually short
_______. Answer: attention span

22 - Choose the sentence that expresses the thought clearly and that has no
error in structure/spelling. Answer: You are a professional teacher, aren't
you?

23 - Except for the profanity, I liked story. What is the story about? Answer:
Obscenities

24 - For the synechdoche figurative expression "It was a black tie affair" what
is the equivalent meaning? Answer: Formal gathering
25 - He was as helpless as a child. Classify this statement. Answer: Simile

26 - His apocalyptic views seemed to doom the human race. This is to be taken as
__________. Answer: prophetic

27 - In developmental reading, this pertains to the familiarity of the students

toward the sounds of the language. Answer: Phonemic Awareness

28 - News travels as fast as wind. This statement is a/an ___________. Answer:

Simile

29 - October 10 is a "red letter day" for the Chinese. Classify this expression.
Answer: Idiom

30 - Our guest of honor was loquacious speaker. This means _______. Answer:
verbose

Test Code: GE-ENG28

1 - She is known for the love sonnets she wrote. Answer: Ophelia Dimalanta

2 - She was a "Phantom of Delight" connotes that the woman is _________.

Answer: lovely

3 - She will retire soon because she _______ working hard for so long. Answer:
has been

4 - She wrote a "first rate" report. What does it say about the report? Answer:
Excellent

5 - She _____ the laundry every other day. Answer: does

6 - Space age ____ on October 21, 1957 when Sputnik was launched by the Soviet
Union. Answer: commenced

7 - St. Candida was the foundress of hijas de jesus. Answer: hijas de jesus

8 - STOOPED is related to POSTURE as SLURRED is related to ______. Answer:

diction

9 - Stop SHILLY - SHALLYING and make up your mind. This serves as warning not to
___________. Answer: hesitate

10 - Stop shilly-shallying and make up you mind. This serves as a warning not to
________. Answer: hesitate

11 - Students ___ near the registrar’s office to ask for their schedule. Answer:
congregate

12 - SUGGEST is related to REQUIRED as REQUEST is related to ________. Answer:

demand

13 - Supporting materials in the form of tabulations, charts and diagrams about

the content being presented in the ________. Answer: appendix

14 - Susan _______ in the bed so long that she missed her classes. Answer: lay

15 - TAILOR is related to NEEDLE as MECHANIC is related to ___________. Answer:

screwdriver
16 - Technology _______ dramatically in the twenty-first century. Answer: Has
improved

17 - Thank you for your CANDOR, Mr. Secretary Answer: frankness

18 - That is too much tablespoons of condensed milk. Answer: much

19 - The author uses imagery in this section to illustrate Huck’s _____. Answer:
fear and loneliness

20 - The author’s use of language in this passage helps to demonstrate the

speaker’s ____
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful;
and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a
whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind
was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn’t make out what it was, and
so it made the cold shivers run over me. -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain Answer: lack of education

21 - The “Les Miserables” depicts the time of _____ in Europe. Answer: Civil war

22 - The “Rubaiyat”, a loosely joined series of 280 stanzas, has this general
theme. Which one? Answer: Grasp pleasure while you can

23 - The bakeshop controlled its ___ the percentage of yeast rice is big.
Answer: Dough to make sure

24 - The book tells us about the disease and how it _______ the patient and what
_______ it has on the patient's family. Answer: affects - effect

25 - The boy yelled, “Help!’ and he saw a brave dog quickly run to the rescue.
Answer: no error

26 - The candidate from the Philippines showed admirable composure in front of

the huge Miss Universe audience; her ______ impressed the judges. Answer: Aplomb

27 - The capitalize verbs in the following sentences are classified as _____.

The time IS now.
The world BECAME flesh.
We REMAIN silent.
Answer: ascriptive

28 - The celebrated play of William Shakespeare about two ill-starred who come
from warring families.
Answer: Romeo and Juliet

29 - The children were VERY HAPPY when they were allowed to go out of their
classroom and watch the lantern parade. Answer: Ecstatic

30 - The commander ordered his men to hold on the fort. What was the message?
Answer: Keep on with the fight

Test Code: GE-ENG29

1 - The copyreader found the news story boring. He found it full of _____.
Answer: Pronouns

2 - The daughter sings sweetly as the mother ______. Answer: does

3 - The deal was held in "abeyance" until her arrival from a sales convention.
Answer: suspended

4 - The Family _____ together, ___________ together. Answer: prays – stays

5 - The famous line goes, " A thing of beauty is a ____ forever." Answer: joy

6 - The figure of speech implied in this line from Alfon’s Forever Witches:
“MARING: Bastos! I know what you really wanted to say. Pusa ka din!” Answer: pun

7 - The film “ Tatarin” is based on the short story by Nick Joaquin titled
________ Answer: Summer Solstice

8 - The following words: edit from editor, and beg from beggar are formed
through _____. Answer: back formation

9 - The government is doing a good job. Answer: no error

10 - The hostage victims were heard asking the rescuers to hold on the fort.
What was the message? Answer: Keep on with the fight

11 - The hostages are free. They paid their way. What does this statement tell
us. Answer: After paying ransom they were released

12 - The journalist hit the nail on the head through his powerful statement.
Answer: To say something correct and true

13 - The last two lines of the sonnet is ______? Answer: Heroic Couplet

14 - The line “under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody but un-bowed”
depicts the person’s Answer: Courage

15 - The line from the Koran, "Woe to every backbiter, defamer" talks of _____.
Answer: misery for all who talk ill of others

16 - The line, " Under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody but unbowed"
depicts the person's ________. Answer: courage

17 - The lines below are taken from Shakespearean play?

“If you prick us, shall we not bleed? If you tickle us, shall we not laugh? If
you poison us, shall we not die? And If you wrong us, shall we not seek
revenge?” Answer: Merchant of Venice

18 - The main reason for doing a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) activity with the
children before reading a book is for the purpose of providing a/an _____.
Answer: anticipatory set that will make the children be curious enough to want
to read the book

19 - The manager told his workers, “We have to reduce our workforce.” What did
he mean? Answer: Workers are warned of possible lay off

20 - The Master said: “Only one who bursts with eagerness do I instruct. Only
one who bubbles with excitement do I
enlighten”. The lines give one the idea that true learning:
Answer: comes with commitment and passion

21 - The Mustang used to be _______sportscar. Answer: a fine German

22 - The nearest post office is on ________________. Answer: Twenty-second

Street
23 - The night is dark and has many danger. Answer: many

24 - The novel Crime Punishment was Written by ____________ Answer: Fyodor

Dostoyevsky

25 - The parent remarked, “__________ I come late, just lock the door.” Answer:
In the event

26 - The patient after the surgey hung in the balance for 72 hours. Answer: The
patient was unsure of his recovery.

27 - The pen names of Samuel Clemens is ______. Answer: Mark Twain

28 - The Persian started the first dualistic religion in the world called
Zoroastrianism. They believed that the world called was a struggle between the
forces of truth and goodness represented by Ahura Mazda and the forces of
falsehood and darkness. Who represented the forces of Darkness?
Answer: Ahriman

29 - The poem “The Road Not Taken” which road did not traveler take? Answer:
Road less travelled

30 - The poetry of Walt Whitman is significant in the development of American

literature primarily because he _____. Answer: developed his own poetic form and
style instead of adhering to the traditional poetic forms

Test Code: GE-ENG30

1 - The Potato Eaters showed a different kind of life from that of the
"civilized people;"__________,the painter did not expect everyone to
appreciate it at once. Answer: yet

2 - The president showed great APLOMB while dealing with the reporters. Answer:
composure

3 - The printing of the Bible marked the INCIPIENCE of the reformation in

England. Answer: beginning

4 - The pronoun in this sentence is _____. “When she arrived, Suad was
surprised to find her apartment door open. Answer: cataphoric

5 - The reality TV show Big Brother is based on the novel by George Orwell
titled ______________ Answer: 1984

6 - The referee may not _____ these regulations no matter how much you complain.
Answer: exempt you from

7 - The report from congress registered rejection on the proposed bill. This
means ___ Answer: The majority failed to get the group support

8 - The Rizal Day celebration reminds us about the heroes worth ________.
Answer: emulating

9 - The romantic theorists will like the poem because _____. Answer: the subject
matter is relatively simple, straightforward language

10 - The sentence “The child cried when his toy car got broken” follows ____
pattern. Answer: N InV Adv.
11 - The skies are crying today. Which figures of speech is used? Answer:
personification

12 - The slow traffic ________ me. Answer: irritates

13 - The speech was full of gobbledygook. What does this mean? Answer: Jargon

14 - The spider isn't an insect, ______? Answer: is it

15 - The statement "I am used to the same tales" means, Answer: there is nothing
new

16 - The statement, "She is a rose" is an example of a __________. Answer:

metaphor

17 - The statue was erected in _______ to war heroes. Answer: homage

18 - The story of Cupid and Psyche depicts undying and devotion. What was
Psyche’s mistake that according to Cupid was a betrayal?
PART of the STORY:
Psyche had not yet seen her destined husband, Cupid. He came only in the hours
of darkness and fled before the dawn of morning, but his accents were full of
love, and inspired a like passion in her. She often begged him to stay and let
her behold him, but he would not consent. Her sisters who also were curious told
her that her husband was a monster that was why he would not allow reveal
himself. So, one night when her husband had fallen into his first sleep, she
silently rose and uncovering her lamp beheld not a hideous monster, but the most
beautiful and charming of the gods, with his golden ringlets wandering over his
snowy neck and crimson cheek, with two dewy wings on his shoulders, whiter than
snow, and with shining feathers like the tender blossoms of spring. Answer:
Psyche disobeyed her husband when she enlightened his face in the middle of the
night.

19 - The stranger who climbs the fence is CULPUBLE. This means he is _______.
Answer: Guilty

20 - The Thomasites are the ________. Answer: teacher from America

21 - The Titanomachy was a ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly, also

known as the War of the Titans, Battle of the Titans, Battle of the Gods, or
just the Titan War. Zeus freed his brothers and sisters from their father,
Cronus. This shows that the Greeks value _____.
I. bravery
II. respect
III. persistence
IV. change Answer: I and II only

22 - The transformation from a refined and dignified person to a rude and

violent one when faced with a crisis is reflected in: Answer: The Children of
the City

23 - The underlined word in this sentence functions as ______.

“We elected him chairman.” Answer: objective complement

24 - The use of the imagination is evident in the poem through the employment
simply of _____. Answer: simile and metaphor

25 - The velum is also known as the _____________ Answer: Soft Palate

26 - The victim’s father refused revenge when he said” Answer: “Don’t take the
law into your hands”
27 - The whole family were at the table. Answer: were

28 - The word “just” in the sentence below indicates _____.

“She has just eaten.” Answer: a recently completed action

29 - The word lackadaisical was used to described the student's indifference.

They are called _____. Answer: Synonyms

30 - The words " accentric, anesthesia, atypical" begin with the prefix "a"
which means _______. Answer: not or without

Test Code: GE-ENG31

1 - Select the correct word/phrase

These towels are ______ to use to dry the dishes. Answer: so wet

2 - Select the correct word/phrase

Your sister is paying for your tuition fee, ___________? Answer: isn't she

3 - Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no
structural errors. Answer: The weather service expects temperatures not to rise

4 - She has a penchant for blue dresses. This indicates ___________. Answer:
Fondness

5 - She was a "Phantom of Delight" connotes that the woman is __________.

Answer: lovely

6 - She will retire soon because she ________ working hard so long. Answer: has
been

7 - Space age _______ on October 21, 1957 when Sputnik was launched by the
Soviet Union. Answer: commenced

8 - Stop shilly-shallying and make up you mind. This serves as warning not to
_______. Answer: ambigous

9 - Students _________ near the registrar's office to ask for their schedule.
Answer: congregate

10 - The committee members have gone off, leaving everything at sixes and sevens
among themselves. Answer: disorganized

11 - The hostages are free. They paid their way. What does this statement tell
us. Answer: After paying they were released.

12 - The line, "Under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody but unbowed"
depicts the person's _______. Answer: courage

13 - The slow traffic ________ me. Answer: irritates

14 - The statement, "She is a rose" is an example of a __________. Answer:

metaphor

15 - The statue was erected in _________ to war heroes. Answer: homage

16 - The Thomasites are ______________________ Answer: teachers from America

17 - The words " inappropriate, illegal, irresponsible, unaware" have prefix
which classifies as _______. Answer: negative

18 - The works of Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Upton Sinclair
_______. Answer: awakened readers to social wrongs

19 - The writing style used by Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia Marquez is most
often referred to as _______. Answer: Magical Realism

20 - The _____ man wanted everyone to do things his way. He doesn’t care how
others feel. Answer: Domineering

21 - The ______ man talked badly about his friends behind their back. Answer:
hypocrite

22 - There was an ESOTERIC lecture on holography. Answer: Cryptic

23 - There was so much love he could offer,_____________,nobody was kind enough

to accept him as a friend. Answer: however

24 - These are songs of lamentations or wailing about the death pf a loved one
expressing mourning. Answer: Elegy

25 - They view the language as a system of related elements or “building blocks”

for the encoding of meaning, the elements being phonemes (sounds), morphemes
(words), tagmemes (phrases/sentences/clauses). Answer: structuralists

26 - They visited ____ children where _______are pursuing post-baccalaureate

degrees. Answer: their-they're

27 - This dramatic technique is employed by the Greek dramatists when the main
actor or actresses seems to have no other choice of solving a puzzle or is in a
hopeless situation. Answer: Dues ex machina

28 - This iPod is my sister’s. How about this? Answer: This is his

29 - This is considered the Golden Age of Literacy Production in England.

Answer: the reign of Queen Elizabeth

30 - This line “You shall not forget, for I am past forgetting” means
__________. Answer: The speaker wants his past not to be forgotten.