ACTUAL LEPT ITEMS!

Combined March & June

1. What is the most appropriate “while listening” activity for a text describing
a family tree consisting of three generations? Listing/writing names
2. We went like a bat out of hell – metaphorically not morphologically
3. Plane flied fast- flew
4. Which is a policy – making body composed of internal and external
stakeholders with whom school head and teachers relate?--School
Governing Council
5. Tolman’s purposive theory- which referred to purposive and goal
oriented in learning?---State the objectives clearly and specifically
6. Jason – the Argonauts and the search for the Golden Fleece
7. Macbeth &hamlet by Shakespeare – Psychological
Criticism/psychoanalysis
8. Which among the given tools most likely achieve the goal of the
assessment to achieve mastery competencies, desired outcomes and
standard---learning log,
9. What figurative meaning of the capitalized word: The sun is a
MAGICIAN– sorcerer, witch, necromancer, wonder-maker
10. The child’s parent must get the new ID: which modal verb show strong
obligation—MUST, should, might, could
11. Gerund is always singular.
A. True B. Partly false C. False D. Party true
12. Pen name: Laong Laan at Dimas Ilaw
Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo H. Del Pilar , Jose Rizal
13. Emily Bronte “Wuthering hieghts”---love is destructive
14. William Wordsworth---The world is too much for Us
15. Conflict Theory--- Marxist, Karl Marx
16. Lollipop and Roses---idiomatic
17. Sariwa ang isda sa palengke. Translation: fresh fish in the market
 Linear dislocation – subject be rearranged either left or right dislocation
18. Heteronymy, Homonymy,Homophones----does, does
19. Equestrienne----gender-noun
20. Samuel Clemens- Mark Twain
21. Proud and Heavy Drinkers – American Soldiers in “We Filipino are
Mild Drinkers by A.Roces
22. Teacher’s Play as - Devil’s advocate – to open debate, challenge
students belief and opinion
23. Integral part of Chinese Drama - Music
24. audience observe the play’s aesthetic , seating arrangement,
management
25. Best approach to use if you are applying socio-cultural – CLT
26. Communication sometimes lead to misunderstanding. The speaker
must be good at – Expounding
27. Trojan War – Helen of Troy, Ulysses, Odysseus,
28. 3 lines, 17 syllables, does not rhyme - Haiku
29. “Scent of Apples” – Bienvenido Santos
30. “AH Sunflower” – William Blake
31. fondness – penchant
32. meaning of word – semantics
33. student crumple paper and throw, and read - snowball toss
34. response accompanied by physical response – TPR
35. has inflectional morpheme - Candidacy, friendliness, improbable,
commuters (plural form)
36. Mrs. Bennet is so determined to arrange good marriage for her five
daughters----
37. Getting enough sleep in terms of quantity and quality is important.
38. One of the categories of listening strategies – metacognition
39. Story narration that uses props and materials – Puppet Story
40. Communication sometimes lead to misunderstanding. The speaker
must be good at - Expounding
41. To show continuity, which would you say. - The students have been
walking all night
42. If I were to come , ___ I have fun . WOULD 2nd conditional
a. Might c. may
b. would d. Could
43. Present Tense functions:
I. present state
II. Present habit
III. News lead
IV. Action from past relevant to present
a. I b. II & III c. III &IV d. I, II, III
44. Allophone (pin and spin)
45. Glide (w)
46. It shocked the community (embedded clause)
47. Phoneme (smallest unit of sound)
Variable of functional grammar (which represents the role of interlocutors)
48. The study of the ways non-native speakers acquire, comprehend, and
use linguistic patters or speech acts in a second language is known
(INTER-LANGUAGE PRAGMATICS)
49. Epitaph (deceased person)
50. Audio-Lingual Method (repetition)
51. Operator verbs (use as tag question)
52. Besides (in addition to)
53. Blending (smog)
54. Shakespeare English (ABAB-CDCD)
55. Apostrophe (Classmate na word yun e whaha) apostrophe- possession
or pagtawag??
56. PAL (Peer Assisted Learning)
57. Discrete Pointing Testing (Spelling)
58. Cosmetic Pouch (Kikay Kit mean)
59. LRMDS (you refer when producing materials which are still relevant to
the topic in K-12)
60. Function of Nouns (Vocative)
61. The building blocks of language (consisting of sounds, words, and
sentences)
1. When asked to share about her most memorable experience during the
community quarantine, Maureen was able to understand what was asked
from her and naturally talked about her experiences using the English
language. Which of the following content standards did Maureen achieve?
A. Phonological skills
B. grammar awareness and structure
C. vocabulary
D. oral languages in English
2. These are the language arts domains found/stressed from K-12
I. Grammar Awareness and structure
II. Phonological awareness
III. Study strategies
IV. Writing and composition
V. Vocabulary development
a. I,II,V b. II,III,IV c. I, III, IV, V d. I, II,III
3. The k-12 basic education curriculum in English has different language
and literacy domains. Which of the following macro skills should be
integrated to develop GRAMMAR awareness?
I listening
II speaking
III reading
IV. Writing
V. Viewing
a. I, III, IV B. I, II, III, IV C. I, II, III, IV, V
4. This refers to knowledge of verbal and non-verbal strategies to
compensate for breakdown such as self-correction and at the same time to
enhance the effectiveness of communication. Which communicative
competence is this?
a. linguistic competence
b. sociolinguistic competence
c. discourse competence
d. strategic competence
5. One of the four dimensions of communicative competence which refers
to the interpretation of individual message elements in terms of the
interconnectedness.
a. discourse competence
b. strategic competence
c. grammatical competence
d. sociolinguistic competence
6. Given the code EN3WCIIa-j-4, #4 stands for ____
a. School year
b. week
c. days
d. competency
7. These are the language arts domains found/stressed under the K-3
I. Phonological Awareness
II. Book and Print Knowledge
III. Phonic and word recognition
IV. Writing and composition
V. Vocabulary development
a. I,II,V b. II,III,IV c. I, II,III, IV d. I, II,III
Ans Key:
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. D
The method and practice of teaching especially as an academic
subject or theoretical concept
1. Approach – set of assumptions and beliefs
2. Method – overall plan and systematized presentation of language
based upon a selected approach
3. Technique – specific activities in the classroom
Edward Anthony (1965)
•Does not give sufficient attention to the nature of the method itself
•Nothing is said about the roles of teachers and learners
in a method or the instructional materials.
•Need more clarification on method and technique
•So..... Jack Richards and Ted Rodgers suggest rethinking of the
hierarchy
The method and practice of teaching especially as an academic
subject or theoretical concept
1. Methodology – how to teach
2. Approach – theoretical position and beliefs
3. Method – set of specifications
4. Curriculum – design to carry out
 Direct Method
 It requires TL use only while emphasizing correct grammar
and pronunciation and show, don't tell approach.
 Language is learned in a TL-only classroom with an
emphasis on learning vocabulary and grammar in context.
 Oral Situational
 A practical approach that focuses solely on
comprehension of texts, the only need at that time.
 Reading Approach
 The goal of foreign language study is to read its literature
and gain mental discipline and intellectual development.
 Audio Lingual Method
 Form-focused approach that involves a lot of mimicry and
memorization to avoid errors.
 Silent Way
 The teacher keeps quiet so the student does all the talking.
 Suggestopedia
 Relaxed, the learner sits on comfortable chairs as the
teacher reads the text. Light and music help create the
mood.
 Natural Approach
 In learning L2, we should follow the way L1 was learned.
 Communicative Language Teaching
 With communicative competence in mind, one must use
the language to be good at it.
 Community Language Teaching
 In a safe environment, learners collaborate in learning the
language.
 Total Physical Response
 I move, you follow.
Other Q/A
The last step in the application of Situational Language Teaching is
__________________.
A. Elicitation
B. Correction
C. Question-answer drilling
D. Substitution drilling

Ans Key (Other Q/A)

B

 Listening Practice
 Student listen to teacher
 Choral Imitation
 All students copy teacher
 Individual Imitation
 Teacher checks on a few students individually
 Isolation
 Focus on individual sound that causes trouble
 Building up a New Model
 Students use patterns they know to introduce new model
 Elicitation
 Students ask, makes new examples
 Correction
 Students or teacher corrects the error
 Substitution Drill
 Teacher first modelling a word or a sentence and the
learners repeating it. The teacher then substitutes one or
more key words, or changes the prompt, and the learners
say the new structure.
1. A list of words learners readers ought to know.
a. alphabetic knowledge
b. sight-word knowledge
c. basic sight words
d. graphophonic knowledge
2. Words one recognizes instantly
a. alphabetic knowledge
b. sight-word knowledge
c. basic sight words (Dolch 220)
d. graphophonic knowledge
3. Sound-symbol correspondence
a. alphabetic knowledge
b. sight-word knowledge
c. basic sight words (Dolch 220)
d. graphophonic knowledge
4. Understanding that letters represent sound
a. alphabetic knowledge
b. sight-word knowledge
c. basic sight words (Dolch 220)
d. graphophonic knowledge

Ans Key:
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
Tiered Vocabulary Q/A
1. Alliteration
a. Tier 1 b. Tier 2 c. Tier 3
2. Animal
a. Tier 1 b. Tier 2 c. Tier 3
3. Yellow
a. Tier 1 b. Tier 2 c. Tier 3
4. Predict
a. Tier 1 b. Tier 2 c. Tier 3
5. Isotope
a. Tier 1 b. Tier 2 c. Tier 3
6. Contrast
a. Tier 1 b. Tier 2 c. Tier 3

 Tire 1
 Everyday words
 Tire 2
 Found in many content texts
 Tire 3
 Academic vocabulary, domain specific
Ans Key:
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. B
English Literary Period
• Old English – Bede - the Venerable - English monk historian
• Renaissance – Shakespeare – Hamlet, Geoffrey Chaucer, Nicholas
Machiavelli, Miguel Cervantes
• Elizabethan – Shakespearean, Spenser – Fairie queen, C. Marlowe, G.
Chaucer
• Neo classical – satires, such as Pope's The Rape of the Lock or Milton's
Paradise Lost. J. Dryden “the father of English Criticism”.
• Romantic – Lyrical ballad - Wordsworth, W. Blake, Samuel Coleridge –
the rime of ancient mariner
• Victorian Age – C. Dickens (Christmas Carol- elementary, Tale of two
cities- advanced), 3 Bronte- C. Bronte “Jane Eyre, E. Bronte “Wuthering
Heights”
• Modernism – V. Woolf – Mrs Dalloway, TS. Elliot, James Joyce Ulysses
• Post modernism - Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon,
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

American Lit Period

• PURITAN - Anne Bradstreet - 'To My Dear and Loving Husband’.
• ENLIGHTENMENT – Thomas Paine - Thomas Paine publishes his
pamphlet “Common Sense,”
• ROMANTICISM - I Hear America Singing - Walt Whitman, The Children's
Hour- My Lost Youth - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Tell-Tale Heart,
Annabel Lee, The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe.
• REALISM – Father of American Realism - Henrik Ibsen
• MODERNISM - F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
• THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE – Post modernism, Harlem Renaissance
literature encompasses the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction written by Black
American writers during the early twentieth century---Langton Hughes –
Dreams deferred,

1. As discussed by Anthony, which is TRUE among the following

statement?
A. A teacher begins with his/her approach in teaching.
B. The teacher’s overall plan in teaching is his/her method.
C. Specific activities done in the classroom are referred to as techniques.
D. All of the above
2. In today’s terminologies in language teaching, which refers to the design
used to CARRY OUT a particular language in the program
A. Approach
B. Method
C. Curriculum
D. Technique
3. What is one major characteristic of the Grammar translations Method
(GTM)
A. It uses the mother tongue as target of instruction
B. It uses the target language as the medium of instruction
C. Conversational vocabularies are introduced in the class.
D. Mimicry is the focus of classroom
4. What is the focus of teaching in GTM?
A. Situational language
B. Grammar intricacies
C. Pronunciation
D. Context
5. Which among the following is a feature of Direct Method?
A. Classes are taught in the Mother Tongue
B. Complex vocabulary s introduced the class.
C. Grammar is taught inductively
D. All of the above
6. Which is usually done when a teacher uses the Audio-lingual Method in
second language teaching?
A. Real-word conversations
B. Reading classical literature
C. Responding in the target language
D. Repetitive drills
7. Which designer method in teaching the language is affective based?
A. Community Language Learning
B. Suggestopedia
C. Silent Way
D. Natural Approach
8. Which designer method relies on the dramatic/theatrical nature of
language learning?
A. Suggestopedia
B. Silent Way
C. Natural Approach
D. Total Physical Response
9. What could be a downside of using the natural Approach in teaching the
language?
A. It may not foster students to advance (TPR) competence.
B. It may be too harsh for the students and teachers may be too distant
from them
C. It may not be helpful for those students who have speaking impairment
D. It may lead to teachers being to nondirective when teaching
10. As an informed approach, communicative language teaching (CLT)
makes use of key factors of previous language teaching methods, which is
considered the main goal of CLT?
A. Focus on learners’ vocabulary
B. Focus on learners’ fluency
C. Focus on learners’ accuracy
D. All of the above
11. What is the recurring motif of literary texts during the Romantic
Movement in England
A. Voyage
B. Human folly
C. Rural scenery
D. Superstitious
12. What does this except reveal about Vicentes’ character?
The man’s arms tightened suddenly about the little girl until the little girl
squirmed out his arms, and laughed a little breathlessly, disturbed but
innocent, looking at the man with a smiling little question of puzzlement…
from Magnificence by Estrella D. Alfon
a. Concern
b. Goal oriented
c. Persistent
d. malicious
•Ophelia Dimalanta – love poems
•Angela Manalang Gloria – significant body of early poetry in English in
the Philippines
•Leona Florentino – mother of Philippine Women’s Literature
•Estrella Alfon – Most respected Filipino Woman fictionist during prewar
days
13. In William’s Blake Ah Sunflower, what do flower’s symbolize?
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveler’s journey is done
a. Continuous struggles in life
b. Human's outmost care of one’s soul
c. Passage of time
d. Human and their desires for ever lasting life
14. Who is the father of Tagalog short Stories?
A. Alejandro Abodilla
B. Deogracion Rosario
C. Buevenido Lumbera
D. Armado Hernandez

 Alejandro Abadilla – AGA, Father of modern, Tagalog Poetry/

Prose
 Deogracios Rosario
 Buevenido Lumbera – Bagay Poetry in Tagalog Lit
 Armado Hernandez – makata ng manggagawa
15. Who became the first National Artist of the Philippines for literature?
A. Nick Jocquin
B. Armado V. Hernandez
C. NVM Gonzales
D. Jose Garcia Villa
16. The first recorded drama in the Philippines which was a comedia
written by Fr. Vicente Puche was performed in?
A. Manila
B. Batangas
C. Pampanga
D. Cebu
17. Who can be considered as the “ Bret Harte” of the Philippines?
A. Jose Garcia Villa
B. Manuel Arguilla
C. Francisco Balagtas
D. Nick Joaquin
 Jose Garcia Villa – doveglion, COMMA poet, footnote to youth
 Manuel Arguilla – Mark Twain/Bret Harte
 Francisco Balagtas – prinsipe ng manunulang Pilipino
 Nick Joaquin – Quijano de Manila, The Woman Who Had Two Navels
18. Harriet Beecher Stowe “Uncle Tom’s Cabin inspired which famous
Filipino literary masterpiece?
A. Dekada 70
B. El Filibusterismo
C. America is in the Heart
D. Noli Me Tangere
  Dekada 70 – Lualhati Bautista, Marcos Regime – women
empowerment
 El Filibusterismo – 3 martys,POLITICAL, spanish govt
 America is in the Heart – Carlos Bulosan’s Autobioghrapy
 Noli Me Tangere – satirical, fictional novel, friars
19. What is the oldest English extant newspaper in the Philippines?
A. Manila Times
B. Manila Bulletin
C. Philippine Daily Inquirer
D. El Liliputiense
20. Bodabil was introduced in the Philippines during which Philippine
Literary Period?
A. Spanish
B. American
C. New Society
D. Japanese
 Honorata de la Rama-Hernandez - Atang de la Rama, was a singer
and bodabil performer who became the first Filipina film actress
21. Gonzalo “I attached myself to nothing and to nobody” What character
trait does Gonzalo reveal in this excerpt from Guerrero “ Three RATS”
A. Shyness
B. Indifference
C. Pride
D. Boldness

 Nita - Gonzalo – Adrian love triangle 1997, W. Ma. Guerrero was

posthumously distinguished as a National Artist for Philippine Theatre
22. The first novel written by a Filipino after the World War II.
A. The Filipino Rebel
B. Without Seeing the Dawn
C. Literature and Society
D. The Woman who had two navels
23. The 1st Filipino novel written in English.
A. Dead Stars
B. A Child of Sorrow
C. Like the Molave
D. Desire
 Ninay- 1st novel in Spanish Language
24. It is considered to be the first Tagalog novel.
A. Bariaan at Josaphat
B. Urbana at Feliza
C. Pasyon
D. Ang mga Dalit kay Maria
25. In which type of novel are real people represented in the guise of
fictional characters?
A. Picaresque novel
B. Epistolary
C. Roman a chef
D. Duex ex machine
 Picaresque novel- adventures of a roguish, but "appealing hero"
 Epistolary - written as a series of letters
 Roman a chef – Don Quixote
 Duex ex machine - "god out of the machine“ story is suddenly
resolved by an unexpected occurrence
26. If a critic views the story of Alice in Wonderland as a work of many
sexual symbolism, he/she is using?
A. Reader-response
B. Psychoanalysis
C. Deconstruction
D. Feminism
28. Which character is created to contradict another character and invite
audience to rethink?
A. Antagonist
B. Protagonist
C. Foil
D. Flat
29. In classical Greek or Latin poetry, what do you call the poetic foot which
consists of two unaccented syllables
A. Anapestic
B. Dactylic
C. Pyrrhic
D. Spondaic
 Anapestic –de de DUM (untressed, unstressed, stressed)
 Dactylic –DUM de de (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)
 Pyrrhic – de de, in a
 Spondaic –Dum Dum (stressed, stressed)
 Meter - arrangement of poetic feet in a poem
Types of poetic feet
 i-AMb
 TRO-chaic
 a-na-PEST
 DAC-ty-lic
 SPON-DAIC
 pyr-rhic

Other Q/A
Identify the poetic feet of the following:
1. interrupt
a. Anapest
b. Trochaic
c. Pyrric
d. Iambic
e. Spondaic
f. Dactylic
2. speaking
a. Anapest
b. Trochaic
c. Pyrric
d. Iambic
e. Spondaic
f. Dactylic
3. in a
a. Anapest
b. Trochaic
c. Pyrric
d. Iambic
e. Spondaic
f. Dactylic
4. belief
a. Anapest
b. Trochaic
c. Pyrric
 d. Iambic
e. Spondaic
f. Dactylic

5. Out! Out!
a. Anapest
b. Trochaic
c. Pyrric
d. Iambic
e. Spondaic
f. Dactylic
6. happiness
a. Anapest
b. Trochaic
c. Pyrric
d. Iambic
e. Spondaic
f. Dactylic
Ans Key:
1. Anapest 2. Trochaic 3. Pyrric 4. Iambic 5. Spondaic 6. Dactylic

30. Which is Shakespeare’s longest play?

A. Macbeth
B. Romeo and Juliet
C. Julius Ceasar
D. Hamlet
 Macbeth – tragedy, ambition, equivocation, foreshadowing
 Romeo and Juliet – two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths
ultimately unite their feuding families
 Julius Ceasar – Cleopatra, Mark Anthony, Markus Brutus,
 Hamlet – tragedy, indecisiveness, psychoanalysis criticism
31. ‘if’ is a familiar poem by Rudyard Kipling. What value is exhorted in
these lines? “If you can walk with kings and not lose the common touch,
you are a man my son “It’s the value of
A. Purity and charity
B. Gentle manhood and desire
C. Great humility
D. Self-respect and courage
32. Glorious to hold, she wakers the world of men, Riding ahead, Opening
the away Spreading light at the break of dayAncient Mythology “ She” in the
passage refers to:
A. Kali
B. Dawn
C. Night
D. Varuna
33. All of the following are reason why Lope K. Santos is considered as the
Father of Tagalog Grammar, EXCEPT:
A. He wrote the first Talagalog dictionary, “Tagalog Vocabulary”
B. He wrote Banaag at Sikat. Considered as the Bible of the
Filipino Working Class
C. He founded the group TANIW in 1952
D. His last request on his deathbed was to establish Tagalog as the
national language.
34. It is considered as the first bilingual newspaper in the Philippines
A. Kalayaan
B. El Liliputiense
C. La Solidaridad
D. Diariong Tagalog
  Kalayaan – official newspaper of KKK, 1892
 El Liliputiense – 1st campus paper by UST 1890
 La Solidaridad – propaganda movement 1899
 Diariong Tagalog – Spanish-Tagalog newspaper 1882
35. In the judgment of Paris, who among the following did Paris choose as
the fairest of all the three goddesses and be awarded Eris’ apple of
discord?
A. Aphrodite
B. Hera
C. Athena
D. Hestia
 Aphrodite - goddess of sexual love and beauty, Venus,
procreation, Hephaestus
 Hera - goddess of women, marriage, family and women in
childbirth, Zeus
 Athena - goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason
 Hestia - virgin goddess of the hearth
36. Who among the following sided with the Greeks during the Trojan war?
A. Apollo
B. Aphrodite
C. Athena
D. Poseidon
 Apollo - music, poetry, art, prophecy
 Aphrodite - goddess of sexual love and beauty, Venus,
procreation, Hephaestus
 Athena - goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason
 Poseidon - god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses
37. The following options correctly describe Hades EXCEPT:
A. God of the Underworld
B. God of Death
C. Wealthiest god
D. King of the Dead
 Hephaestus – the ugliest god, son of Hera
38. Who is the Father of Romantic Poetry?
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. William Wordsworth
C. William Shakespeare
D. Robert Browning
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Rime of Ancient Mariner, Kubla
 Khan
 William Wordsworth – The World is Too Much With Us
 William Shakespeare – Bard of Avon, Swan of Avon
 Robert Browning – The Pied Piper of Hammerlin , known for dramatic
monologue
 1st poet in English – CAEDMON
 Chaucer – Father of Eng Lit, Morning star
39. Symbolically, what does the sea represent in literature
A. vastness
B. dominion
C. Life and death
D. fatalism
40. How were American soldiers portrayed in the story We Filipinos are
Mild Drinkers by Alejandro R. Roces
A. Ten strong
B. Unmindful of Filipinos
C. Strong and heavy drinkers
D. Proud and heavy drinkers
41. Carla was listening to jot down notes about facts and figures dictated by
the teacher. What listening did Carla apply.
a. appreciative
b. comprehensive
c. informative
d. critical
 Appreciative - listening for enjoyment, extensive
 Comprehensive – interpreting the words and ideas
 Informative - Listening to Learn
 Critical -Listening to Evaluate and Analyse
42. Jeryll and Tina are seriously talking about the possible implementation
of hyflex/hybrid learning at the school where they are currently teaching.
Christine who is sitting beside them tries to formulate her conclusion from
the pieces of information she heard from the two. What listening
comprehension skills is she applying?
a. Drawing inferences
b. Making predictions
c. Informative
d. Critical listening
43. It is how different the phonology of an individual’s speech is from that of
the listener
a. Comprehensibility
b. Intelligibility
c. Pronunciation
d. accent
  Comprehensibility- how easy or difficult the L2
 Intelligibility- utterance understood
 Pronunciation- how individual letters should sound when
spoken
44. This happens when the speaker unconsciously use some linguistics
aspects of his native language to the target he is learning.
a. Language interference
b. Intelligibility
c. Pronunciation
d. Comprehensibility
 Language interference – L1 interference/linguistic interference
 Intelligibility- if utterance understood by listener
 Pronunciation- how certain letters should sound when spoken
 Comprehensibility- how easy or difficult the L2
45. This is the most appropriate “while listening” activity for a text
describing a family tree with three generations .
a. Completing a family tree
b. Writing down names
c. Listening attentively
d. Marginal listening
 Completing a family tree- post
 Writing down names
 Listening attentively – while, pero di activity yan
 Marginal listening -lack of interest, listen half, selective
46. One of categories of listening strategies____________
a. System
b. contextual
c. Schematic
d. metacognition
47. When students judge the missing information heard , which type of
listening is she utilizing?
a. Drawing inferences
b. Making predictions
c. Informative
d. critical
48. It is a sign that elicits the response of the recipient
a. Context
b. Feedback
c. Message
d. Non-verbal
 Context - where communication takes place
 Feedback – permits to analyze the efficacy of sms
 Message
 Non-verbal – body language, gestures
49. All are goals of teaching reading except:
a. Understanding text organization
b. Vocabulary development
c. Reading comprehension
d. Inferential reading
50. Teacher Mel aims to receive responses from her students where they
are able to sequence, rank, categorized items. What one-way listening task
should she employ?
a. Listings
b. Sequence information
c. Sorting
d. diagrams
 Listings – communicative
outcomessimilarities/differences/errors
 Sequence information - communicative outcomes- picture
sequence
 Sorting
 diagrams- - sketches of people, floor plans
51. What communicative outcomes does completing the gaps in a text fall?
a. Restored text
b. Restoration
c. Reconstruction
d. evaluation
 Restored text
 Restoration – include omitted words, phrases
 Reconstruction – create original message with words
heard, noted
 Evaluation – identify inconsistencies
52. After listening to the music played, teacher Mel asked her students to
include omitted words or phrases they did not hear or were muted. In what
one-way listening task does this fall?
a. Restored text
b. Restoration
c. Reconstruction
d. evaluation
53. Mr. Quevedo asked his students to produce different consonant
sounds. First, he told the students to form some sounds by completely
obstructing the stream of air with either their lips or their tongues and then
suddenly releasing it. He taught them to produce.
a. Fricatives
b. Affricates
c. Nasals
d. plosives
 Fricatives -/ f, v, …/ - 2 articulators are brought together
 Affricates – /ch, j/ begins as a stop and releases as
fricative
 Nasals - /m, n, ng/ airflow thru mouth blocked, air tru nose
54. To address listening comprehension problems what must teachers in
the remedial class do?
a. Train students in various types of listening
b. Train students in predicting and inferring strategies
c. Train students by asking them to listen native speakers
d. Train students in distinguishing between British and American English
55. Which of the following is not a writing difficulty addressed in remedial
writing classes?
a. Poor knowledge of word and sentence structure
b. Fragmented and poorly organized topic knowledge
c. Inability to sense sound and letter correspondence
d. Limited vocabulary range and poor word attack skills
56. Schema Theory is about:
I. generalized description of knowledge
II. Conceptual system for understanding
III. Units of knowledge
IV. Ones’ own comprehension
a. I &III
b. III only
c. I, II, III, IV
d. I, II, III
57. I. derivational morphemes are presented as suffixes
II. inflectional morphemes could be prefix, suffix, inflix
a. Statement I – False; statement II - true
b. Statement I – true; statement II - true
c. Statement I – true; statement II – true
d. Statement I – False; statement II - false
58. Stress cannot change the meaning of the sentence.
a. True
b. Sometimes true
c. Depends
d. false
 Word stress is the emphasis we place in a specific syllable of a word
when pronouncing it.
59. a. Outbreak (n), breakout (v) = derivation
b. Beauty (n), beautify (v) = conversion
a. Sample a– correct; sample b – correct
b. Sample a– incorrect; sample b – incorrect
c. Sample a– correct; sample b - incorrect
d. Sample a– incorrect; sample b - correct
 Outbreak (n), breakout (v) = derivation
 Beauty (n), beautify (v) = conversion
  Sample a– correct; sample b – correct
 Sample a– incorrect; sample b – incorrectsample a – incorrect;
conversion NOT derivation – can change category
 WITHOUT changes in form – OUTBREAK- BREAKOUT
 Sample b– incorrect; derivation NOT conversion – changing syntactic
category by addition of derivation affix BEAUTY-BEAUTIFY
 Pero pag inflectional suffix – father to fathered, chopstick to
chopsticked -
ALL THE TYPES OF WORD FORMATION
1. borrowing (croissant, sofa,)
2. derivation, addition process, opposite of backformation (happy-
happiness) – adj to noun
3. back formation - reduction process, opposite of derivation (happiness to
happy, enthusiasm to enthuse, burglar-burgle)
4. clipped form (bra), abbreviation (Doctor – Dr.)
5. compounding (raincoat)
6. category extension/ conversion (chopstick- noun used as verb - She
chopsticked the noodles.) noun to verb
7. blend/ portmanteau/por man tow (liger,spork)
8. root creation/coinage (kodak,xerox)
9. proper name/eponym - hamburger from Hamburg

Other Q/A
IDENTIFY THE WORD FORMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:
Backformation Blend Borrowing Clipped Compounding Conversion
Derivation Eponym Coinage

1. Rainbow
2. Judo
3. Simulcast
4. Weakness
5. Champ
6. Fathered
7. Enthuse
8. Kodak
9. Boycott

Ans Key:
1. Compounding
2. Borrowing
3. Blend
4. Derivation
5. Clipped
6. Conversion
7. Backformation
8. Coinage
9. Eponym (from Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott)
60. The mistress who won the pageant is genius.
= The mistress is genius.
a. Linear dislocation
b. Extraposition
c. Fragment
d. Clause
 Linear dislocation – subject be rearranged in either left or right
 Extraposition – removing the dependent clause / it- extrapose
 Fragment – group of words does not have complete thought
 Clause – group of words with subj and predicate
Syntactic Structures
 left dislocation = Mr. Carl, he’s a nice man.
 right dislocation = He’s a nice man, Mr. Carl.
 extraposition = It’s nice knowing you.
 apposition = Mr. Carl, CBRC CEO, is a great man.
Standard Cases of Extraposition
 a. Someone whom we don't know left a message.
 b. Someone left a message whom we don't know.
o Extraposition of relative clause out of subject
 a. Susan said something that nobody expected more than once.
 b. Susan said something more than once that nobody expected.
o Extraposition of relative clause out of object
61. What translation technique is shown in the following example? “Loyalty
to the country always, Loyalty to the government when it deserves.”
“Katapatan sa bansa lagi, Katapatan sa pamahalaan kailangan karapat-
dapat.”
a. Extraposition
b. Fragment
c. Clause
d. One-to-one correspondence
62. A study of how we use to think our ways of communication for better
communication; could be used in stopping war, decreasing prejudices
a. Syntax
b. Deixis
c. General Pragmatics
d. General semantics
63. Set, ear, mole, are words with many possible meanings, in what forms
of ambiguity do these words fall?
a. Hyponymy
b. Heteronomy
c. Polysemy
d. Polysymous
 Homograph – same spelling, same or diff sound, different meaning
 Homonymy – same spelling, same sound, different meaning
 (FAIR – county event, FAIR – reasonable)
 Heteronomy – same spelling , different sound, diff meaning
 (DOES – an act; DOES - female deer)
 Homophone- same sound; diff spelling (WHICH, WITCH)
64. The statement “Will you go?” has a tendency to be interpreted in
various means? This can be considered as?
a. Explicit performatives
b. Implicit performatives
c. Direct illocutionary
d. Indirect illocutionary
 Explicit performatives – contain performative words (I hereby warn
you.)
 Implicit performatives – without performatives
 Direct illocutionary – same intention, same syntactic form(give me a
cup of water)
 Indirect - diff intention from syntactic form (could you please go?)
65. The statement “I hereby warn you to go out?” contains________?
a. directive word
b. Performative word
c. transitive
d. Intransitive verb
66. I felt the need __________ the need to stop being looked down again.
a. Dash (-)
b. Semi- colon (;)
c. Colon (:)
d. Comma (,)
67. Lollipop and roses
a. Coordination
b. Modification
c. Idiomatic
d. collocation
68. These are the newly added Filipino words in 2016 Oxford English
Dictionary
a. Lechon, pancit, puto, kare kare, suman, balut
b. Lechon, paksiw, puto, kare kare, leche flan, balut
c. Lechon, pancit, puto, kare kare, leche flan, balut
d. Lechon, pancit, puto, kare kare, paksiw, balut
69. What type of sonnet is exemplified in the first four lines of Milton’s
poemwhen I consider how my light is spentere half my days, in this dark
world and wideand that one talent which is death to hide lodged with me
useless, though my soul more bent
a. Elizabethan
b. English
c. Petrarchan
d. spenserian
 Elizabethan- English, Shakespearean
 English – abab, cdcd, efef, gg
 Petrarchan - abba, abba, cdcdcd
 Spenserian – abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee
70. According to speaker in Sandburg’s “Chicago” how would most others
describe the city they tell you are a wicked and I believe them, for I have
seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys
a. Seducing
b. Amusing
c. Vibrant
d. immoral
71. From postcolonial reading of the excerpt, the text is able to establish
difference and signify its defiance of the imperial center by deliberately
a. Showing the vices of the natives as acquired from colonial power
b. Combining the syntax of tribal language to the lexical forms of English
c. Making the characters enjoy themselves and not to minding the boss
d. Depicting the boss as powerless against the waiters and costumers
72. The use of the native language inside the text without any translation
suggests the writers insistence on ________- in the use of English in his
text.
a. Injecting cultural distinctiveness
b. Attempting at being humorous
c. Protesting against the use of English
d. Creating goodwill with his readers
73. From the feminist perspective, the excerpt obviously is ________
a. Apologetic to women
b. Sexist
c. Harsh on women
d. womanist
74. The sentence that supports the answer to
#73 is the______
a. first sentence of the first paragraph
b. last sentence of the first paragraph
c. first sentence of the second paragraph
d. last sentence of the second paragraph
75. The expressions ‘their boss might angry them for nothing’, ‘emptied the
beers into their open throats’, and
‘Our beer presents had already full up their heads’, are examples of the use
of __________and should not be seen as mistakes since they operate
according to a separate linguistic logic.
a. Pidgin
b. Creole
c. Interlanguage
d. All of the above
76. A form of literature or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if
they were fictional or uses real people or events as essential elements in
an otherwise fictional rendition. A literary work or film that is a mix of fact
and fiction.
a. Metafictional
b. Fiction
c. Maximalism
d. faction
77. In news writing, active tense is preferred particularly in writing
headlines. Which headline gets immediate attention?
I. Golden State Warriors Beats Miami Heat
II. New York Knicks Lost to Oklahoma City Thunder
III. 3 Million Students Entered Public School Today
a. III only b. I and II c. II only d. I only
78. In the Philippines, an increasing number of commuters
________immune from the perils of city life.
a. who believe their families to be
b. believes their families are
c. that believe their families are
d. believe their families to be
79. They take pictures_____ the garden.
a. On
b. at
c. by
d. in
80. For two weeks now, our professor in World Literature has untiringly
______ about the importance of submitting subject requirements on time.
a. spoken
b. spoke
c. have been speaking
d. did speak
81. Did the public secondary teachers from NCR
_____ at the hotel for a seminar?
a. have convened
b. convened
c. convene
d. has convened
82. I cannot _____ with this mess anymore.
a. put aside
b. put up
c. put away
d. put off
83. Driving is my past time hobby. The underlined word is what type of
verbal?
a. Subject
b. Gerund
c. Progressive tense
d. infinitive
84. Getting enough sleep in terms of quantity and quality __ important.
a. is
b. is being
c. has been
d. are
85. The ruined resort is still popular to tourists. The underlined word
functions as
a. Gerund
b. Infinitive
c. Participle
d. Past tense
86. Gerund is always singular.
a. True
b. Partly false
c. False
d. Party true
MAJORSHIP- ENGLISH
87. Most versatile as it could be used as noun, adjectives, or adverbs
a. Subject
b. Gerund
c. Progressive tense
d. infinitive
88. “dreamt like Urduja, the fortune-teller” What is the function of the
phrase in the English language?
a. Dépendent Clause
b. Clause
c. Fragment -
d. Sentence
89. The wife is grieving because her husband _____
away
a. Past
b. Passed
c. Has passed
d. Had passed
90. The child’s parent ______ get the new ID: which modal verb show
strong obligation?
a. could
b. should
c. might
d. must
91. Which sentence shows correct combination of tenses of verb?
a. I had just put the washing out when it starts to rain.
b. The train had left when I arrived at the station.
c. Arch had gone out when I had arrived in the office.
d. I had saved my document before the computer crashes.
92. Which sentence is grammatically incorrect?
a. I have watched it the other day
b. The students had gathered at the quadrangle with their placard when the
principal entered.
c. By the time he graduated, his parents will already have left for New
Zealand.
d. He lived in his ancestral home in the countryside during his last year.
93. Which pair of verbs will correctly complete the following sentence? If I
_____ that learning Russian was going to be so difficult, I _____ that
course.
a. knew / will never take
b. knew / would never have taken
c. know / would never take
d. had known / would never have taken
94. In the noun phrase, a sound advice from my grandmother which I got
lately, the head noun is____
a. sound
b. advice
c. grandmother
d. weekend
95. In the sentence “ the red roses given as a birthday gift by my best friend
really smells sweet” Which adjective is predicative?
A. red
B. birthday
C. best
D. sweet
96. In the sentence “the cake given as a birthday gift by my best friend was
sweetly baked” the underlined word functions as?
A. Predicative adjective
B. adjective
C. adverb
D. object complement
97. In the sentence, “The club meeting will be in an hour, “the underlined
phrase functions as?
a. subject complement
b. predicate noun
c. prepositional phrase
d. adverbial
98. Which of the fallowing sentence does not contain a phrasal verb?
a. The board winded their meeting up quite early
b. We look up to him as our role model
c. Do not lean against the wall
d. Am I going to round off the numbers?
99. A three-part type of phrasal verb must be succeeded immediately with
_______.
a. preposition
b. an object
c. an adverb
d. a verb
100. You can sleep on the beach or in the woods. The sentence has
conjoined_______
a. clauses
b. predicates
c. verb phrases
d. prepositional phrases
101. He came by the office in a big hurry. The word by functions as
a. preposition
b. adverb
c. participle
d. particle
Other Q/A
1. The word “off” functions as an adverbial particle in which structure?
A. Their on and off relationship
B. We put it off too long.
C. Off with you!
D. You’re off the hook.

102. The amount which she paid for is a student loan. The underlined word
group is considered _____
a. an independent clauses
b. dependent clauses
c. a fragment
d. a subject complement
103. Which of the fallowing sentence does not have a linking verb?
a. The tall building appears haunted
b. The principal is very busy observing classes.
c. The ugly bud becomes a beautiful flower after two day.
d. The class are working on science project.
 Linking verb/copula/stative + complement
o The drunken tourist is annoying.
 Helping verb/auxillary verb/(modal) + main verb - action word
o The tourist is walking down the street.
104. Which word in the choices does NOT collocate with “party”? “He is
_____ a party on Friday night.”
a. having
b. planning
c. throwing
d. making
105. What type of error is shown in this sentence? They weren't dangerous
criminals they were detectives in disguise.
a. Verbosity/wordy/flowery
b. Run – on
c. Dangling modifier
d. Misplaced modifier
106. Which sentence has a ditransitive verb?
a. He looked at the mountain with binoculars.
b. We were happily chatting under the tree.
c. They cooked food for him.
d. She put a rocking chair on the lawn
107. Noun, verb, adjective, adverb - focuses on content or meaning of the
word
a. Function words
b. Grammatical morpheme
c. Closed class
d. Open class
108. That Dan won the essay contest surprised me. That functions as?
a. Demonstrative pronoun -
b. Relative pronoun
c. Adjective
d. adverb
109. That car is expensive. That functions as?
a. Demonstrative pronoun
b. Demonstrative adjective
c. Adjective
d. Relative pronoun
110. That is my bag? That functions as?
a. Demonstrative pronoun
b. Demonstrative adjective
c. Adjective
d. Relative pronoun
111. To top the exam is my goal.
a. Subject
b. Gerund
c. Progressive tense
d. infinitive
112. Annoying him is my pastime - Participle
The annoying tourist is smiling. - Gerund
a. Sentence 1 false; sentence 2 false
b. Sentence 1 true; sentence 2 true
c. Sentence 1 false; sentence 2 true
d. Sentence 1 true; sentence 2 false
113. Two or three letter consonant combination that represents a new and
different sound, different from its letters
a. onset
b. rime
c. digraphs
d. diphthongs
114. Which of the following simple past verb forms is in unmarked form
a. wrote
b. dreams
c. weighed
d. kept
115. Which of the following plural nouns is an unmarked form?
a. students
b. bacteria
c. women
d. sheep
116. The airplane flies fast, fast functions as?
a. adjective
b. adverb
c. particle
d. participle
117. The fast airplane flies north… fast functions as?
a. adjective
b. adverb
c. particle
d. participle
118. The airplane flied fast.
a. fled
b. flown
c. flew
d. flewn
119. Tenses express time. Which sentence shows that an action happened
at a recent past?
a. Jeff just wrote his poem.
b. Jeff has just written his poem.
c. Jeff had just written his poem
d. Jeff is just writing his poem.
120. Taylor failed to catch the attention of her audience because of her
monotone voice when she delivers her speech. What considerations in
delivering a persuasive speech must she work on to avoid this from
happening again?
a. Correctness in diction
b. Rhythm
c. Analogy
d. Wild extravagance
121. Candice was interrupted by her deep sleep because of a noise coming
from the neighborhood. “The baby is crying” she uttered. What kind of
speech act did she perform?
a. Locutionary act
b. Illocutionary act
c. Perlocutionary act
d. None of the above
122. Romeo enters the household with a weary expression on his face, her
wife Juliet who is on the verge of nagging him noticed it. “I am dead tired.”
Romeo said, Juliet let him rest because of that. What kind of speech act is
present in the situation?
a. Locutionary act
b. Illocutionary act
c. Perlocutionary act
d. None of the above
123. Which delivery method involves giving a speech on a topic with which
a person is familiar, with little tono preparation time?
a. Manuscript
b. Memorization
c. Extemporaneous
d. impromptu
124. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of steps in the pre-
writing phase?
a. Choosing a topic› outlining and organizing information› sourcing the
information› analyzing the audience
b. Choosing a topic› sourcing the information› outlining and organizing the
information› analyzing the audience
c. Choosing a topic› analyzing the audience› sourcing the information›
outlining and organizing the information
d. Choosing a topic› sourcing the information› analyzing the audience›
outlining and organizing the information
125. What does the “desk” refer to?
a. Skillful encoders
b. Corps of editors
c. Language experts
d. Group of publishers
126. The following are commonly used activities in an ESP program
EXCEPT:
a. Brainstorming and debate
b. Project work
c. Role play and simulation
d. Oral presentation
126. Which among the list of activities below should be least prioritized or
used in an ESP Class?
a. simulation
b. feasibility studies
c. case studies
d. research
127. Which type of ESP syllabus would contain the following set of topics:
taking notes; writing essays; study techniques and examinations; improving
reading, etc.
a. Skill-based syllabus
b. Content-based syllabus
c. Method-based syllabus
d. Discourse syllabus
128. Which is not included?
a. Target analysis
b. Present
c. pedagogic
d. materials
129. The K-12 curriculum envisions
a. students equipped with 21st century skills who are able to compete
internationally.
b. 12 years of basic education that meets international standard.
c. holistically developed learners equipped with 21st century skills.
d. a good competition with other countries in the financial world.
130. In the machine of language teaching and language learning, who
appears to be the most important cog?
a. The linguist
b. the teacher
c. the researcher
d. The learner
131. In his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer used a
literary technique which refers to a narrative within a narrative. Which
technique is referred to?
a. Internal story
b. Frame story
c. Embedded story
d. Sequential story
132. What important related background knowledge should a teacher take
up before teaching haiku to Grade VIII students?
a. Shintoism
b. Taoism
c. Buddhism
d. Hinduism
133. This passage is from Oedipus the King: ‘You mock my blindness, do
you?/But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind./You cannot see the
wretchedness of your life.’ What is the objective in teaching students that
the passage uses a figure of speech called paradox?
a. All of the above
b. Literary appreciation
c. Multiple intelligence
d. Literary competence
 Literary appreciation/literary interpretation- explain how the
author uses symbols, themes,
 Literary competence/ literary information- knowledge of terms,
concepts, genre, figure of speech, elements

134. Which of the following is NOT a true description of Rabindranath

Tagore’s Gitanjali: Song Offerings?
a. It uses imagery from nature to express the themes of love and the
internal conflict between spiritual longings and earthly desires.
b. It is Tagore’s best-known works for which he received the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1913.
c. It has many verses of prayers as divinely inspired or “heard” directly from
gods.
d. It was originally published in India in 1910 and its translation followed in
1912.
135. Which domain of learning as identified in Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy
is addressed if a teacher prepared a language task that focuses on
recognizing the connotative meanings of words, correctly processing
dictation, and making inferences.
a. Synthesis
b. Knowledge
c. Comprehension
d. Analysis
136. Which phonetics requires the tools of physics to study the nature of
sound waves produced in human language?
a. Auditory
b. Acoustic
c. Articulatory
d. Aesthetic

137. Using the story “the Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacob, which symbolism
do you highlight?
a. Courage and Power
b. Desire and greed
c. Fantasy and reality
d. Battles and struggles
138. This refers to a morphological process whereby a root morpheme is
replaced by a phonologically unrelated form in order to indicate a
grammatical contrast, such as ‘went’ which is the past tense of ‘go’.
a. suppletion
b. internal change
c. conjugation
d. external change
139. Which outcome in remedial instruction in English is generally
important?
a. Resolution of communication problems
b. Variety of learning experiences
c. Positive experiences in language/ literature learning
d. Participate learning experiences
140. What issue is pointed out in the following sentence? “The movie ends
with two scenes that contains clue of the real cause of the main character’s
failure to amass great wealth.”
a. Subject-verb agreement
b. Determiner-noun agreement
c. Pronoun-antecedent agreement
d. Predeterminer-noun agreement

141. Which is one step not to follow in copy reading?

a. Make sure that the statements which are attribution and sources are
retained.
b. Assume that facts presented are accurate.
c. Look for biases and possible grounds for libel.
d. Determine if gist of the story is necessary.
142. Arthur Miller’s play, “Death of a Salesman”, has been called a “tragedy
of the common man” because it _____.
a. fits Aristotle’s formal definition of tragedy
b. gives an ordinary salesman’s life weight and meaning
c. is written in a poetic and serious style
d. depicts the fall from grace of an important person
143. The underlined word in the following sentence functions as ______.
“For an essay to be unified, it must maintain a consistent level of language
and attitude toward the subject and reader.”
a. direct object/object of preposition
b. indirect object
c. objective complement
d. predicate nominative
144. What is the problem with the following lead? “The school board
adopted new regulations Tuesday that will affect all students and parents.”
a. It lacks attribution.
c. It is too specific and should be more general.
b. It should use present tense verbs.
d. It is too general and lacks specific details.

145. The teacher asks the children to read with expression.

She also reminds them that they don't need to stop between each word;
they should read as quickly as they comfortably can. She cautions them;
however, not to read so quickly that they leave out or misread a word. The
teacher knows the components of reading fluency are ____.
a. speed, accuracy, and comprehension
b. rate-speed, accuracy, and prosody-expression
c. understanding, rate, and accuracy
d. cohesion, rate, and prosody
146. Which is the correct sequence of a reading process?
I. Reading
II. Exploring
III. Preparing to read
IV. Extending
V. Responding
a. III, II, I, IV, and V
b. II, I, III, V, and IV
c. III, I, V, II, and IV
d. I, II, IV, V, and III
147. The sentence below is an example of lead which may be found in the
following EXCEPT: “Aside from police officers, ordinary workers nationwide
may also enjoy a much-needed salary increase before year-end.”
a. straight news
b. feature story
c. editorial
d. news feature
148. “The Poor Christ of Bombay” by African novelist, Mongo Beti, begins
in media res which means a narrative that _____.
a. starts and ends with significant and interesting part
b. starts at the beginning of events and ends at some
important point
c. starts not at the beginning of events but at critical point
d. starts and concludes at some very critical points
149. Which of the following words/syllables have an onset, nucleus, and
coda?
I. cat
II. sand
III. beg
IV. plea
V. fan
VI. Free
a. I, II, III, IV, V and VI
b. I, II, III, and V only
c. II, III, IV, and V only
d. I, III, V, and VI only
150. Which principle in grammar teaching is applicable for ESP context?
a. Using structural syllabus
c. Teaching structures related to language functions
b. Emphasizing on the parts of speech
d. Focusing on forms
151. Which language function is illustrated by the following statements?
“Learning English and using the language is still a must in our country.
Students find delight in being able to express themselves confidently once
language components are mastered. It is confidence anchored on
competence.”
a. Welcoming
b. Valuing
c. Accommodating
d. Invigorating
152. Virtually all languages have contrasts such as singular versus plural,
and past versus non-past. These contrasts are often marked with the help
of
_____.
a. inflection
b. derivation
c. conversion
d. dissimilitude
153. The teacher who plans to teach Carl Sandburg’s and Walt Whitman’s
famous poems should first introduce which of the following form of poetry?
a. ode
b. free verse
c. narrative
d. blank verse
154. The poetry of Walt Whitman is significant in the development of
American literature primarily because he _____.
a. developed his own poetic form and style instead of adhering to the
traditional poetic forms
b. commemorated in verse the lives of public leaders like
Abraham Lincoln.
c. was heavily influenced by Emerson’s call for a new national poet.
d. used the epic form to tell distinctly American tales
155. Which is prescriptively correct in the following sentence? The
transferee speaks more fluently than _____.
a. mine
b. I
c. me
d. my
156. Which of the following is the best example of headline?
a. Drilon: Bats for Con-Con
b. DepEd rolls out Senior High School
c. Self-reliance and discipline up at Baguio confa
d. Filipino citizens go out to vote for
157. How is the relationship in the following words like “lollipops and
roses”,called?
a. partnership
b. Logical link
c. Collocation
d. Idiomatic Phrase
158. You are to prepare an English intervention program for your students.
Which language deficiency do you consider in order to make your program
useful?
a. Lack of appreciation of language
c. Skill in using the language for learning
b. lack of basic understanding of the language
d. Superior language competencies
159. To ensure proper implementation of K-12 curriculum, the following
pedagogical approaches, as stated in section 5 of R. A 10533, should only
be used EXCEPT:
a. progressive
b. reflective
c. constructive
d. integrative
160. What is the major characteristics of a CLL classroom?
a. The teacher must impose English only policy
b. The teacher must let the students learn the language themselves
c. The teacher must first remove the threatening factors to L2 acquisition
d. All of the above
161. The following are activities done in ALM class, except:
a. Teacher Jay focus on students pronunciation
b. Teacher Mel does L2 drills by asking students to repeat after him
c. Teacher Archie wants his students to focus on their real-life
communication skills
d. Teacher Viel aims to have his students erorr-free in speaking the L2
162. Sarah is working on the part of research report where she tries to
present the implication of the study and future research. Which part is she
on?
a. Research findings
b. review of related literature
c. research methodology
d. summary and recommendations
163. Schema activation helps the readers to bridge the gap between the
known and the new. Which of the following is not a good activity for
schema activation?
a. Previewing a passage
b. brainstorming ideas
c. constructing graphic organizer
d. giving direct instruction
MAJORSHIP- ENGLISH
164. Which of the following pairs of words do
NOT rhyme?
a. cry-buy
b. face-race
c. write-right
d. cunning-running
165. The "str" at the beginning of street is an example of:
a. a consonant digraph
b. a consonant blend
c. a consonant sound
d. a coda
166. In language learning, discrimination of sounds can be done through
minimal pairs of words--pair of words in contrast. Which phrase DOESN'T
use minimal pairs?
a. shoes that fit his feet
b. reach the peak
c. to eat it with gusto
d. the rich beyond reach
167. All of the following words contain a schwa sound EXCEPT ____.
a. Messenger
b. Social
c. Text
d. Twitter
168. Which of the following is an example of a complex word?
a. satisfy
b. kempt
c. cranberry
d. tightly
169. Which of the following statement defines COMPLEX word? A WORD
consisting of
a. a base and one or more inflectional elements
b. a base and one or more derivational elements
c. a base and one or more inflectional and/or derivational elements
d. morphophonemic words
170. When asked by Mr Cruz if he understands the problem, Jose said,
“I’m afraid, I don’t understand.’’ Michael utterances employs______
a. informal English
b. formal English
c. colloquial English
d. frozen
171. Tina did not understand when the teacher said that the lady in the
picture is expecting. He asks the teacher, “What is the lady expecting for?”
this connotative meaning is a___ to communication.
a. language barrier
b. psychological barrier
c. physical barrier
d. emotional barrier
172. A student uses subtle dramatization and gesture in presenting a story.
The student is doing a/an______ storytelling?
A. illustrative
B. interpretative
C. creative
D. demonstrative
173. Literal comprehension involves
_____________.
a. Making Inference
b. Evaluating information
c. Reading beyond the lines
d. None of these
174. Leads often omit the names of the people involved in news stories
because _____.
a. their identities are less important than what happened
b. ethical journalists always omit the names of people involved in news
events.
c. the names are best left to the last paragraph of the story
d. no one will care who is involved
175. Aside from being the official stand of the paper on a relevant
development or issue, which of the following supports the definition of an
editorial article?
a. It is an opinion which the public clamor about.
b. It is a concerted commentary written by any member of the staff.
c. It is written by the editor-in-chief
d. It is the opinion of the newspaper publisher
176. Five English teachers assessed literary comprehension in one section
of students. The assessment result of the five teachers yielded the same
results. The assessment is _____.
a. reliable
b. valid
c. practical
d. equally difficult
177. Which language proficiency assessment interpretation did Teacher
Matthew use when he remarked that Luke got 80 out of 100 and that he is
in the top 20 %?
a. Criterion-referenced interpretation
c. Norm-referenced interpretation
b. Selection test interpretation
d. Placement test interpretation
178. Students watch a self-contained video clip from a film divided into
several parts, working in pairs they tell each other what they think will
happen at each stage. What one-way listening task do you involve your
students in?
A. Restoration task
B. Reconstruction task
C. Prediction task
D. Comparison task
179. Mr Gomez is a very innovative teacher. He makes it a point to explore
pedagogical means for “real life” communication in his language classes.
What method does Mr. Gomez use for his classes?
A. Grammar Translation Method
C. Communicative language Teaching
B. Cognitive code learning
D. Audiolingual method
180. Mr. Flores strives to make his adult English classes interactive his
classes will most likely be found______
A. reading difficult classical texts at an early level
B. focusing on formal correctness as a primary goal
C. exclusively using the target language for instructions
D. producing language for genuine, meaningful communication
181. In Impromptu monologues students are encouraged to speak about
their feelings about a particular literary work and their perceptions of how
the work applies to their belief system. This primary addresses assessment
in which domain?
A. cognitive
B. social
C. psychomotor
D. affective
182. Mr. Dizon, the English Department head has observed that it is a
common practice in Miss San Juan’s grade 6 classes to have group
learning activities that are interdependent, socially structured, exchanges of
information among students. What conclusion can be drawn from his
observation of Miss San Juan’s classes________?
A. cooperative
B. collaborative
C. content-based
D. task-based
183. The following provide a rationale for curriculum change or revision
except_____
a. national and global development priorities
b. change I educational leadership
c. current developments in the subject or disciplines
d. inadequacy of the existing curriculum to meet learner needs
184. An ideal school-based remedial session should have________
a. 1-3 learners
b. 3-10 learners
c. 10-30 learners
d. 30-50 learners
185. Mr. Reyes handles a proficiency- enhancement program for
criminology students. At the onset of the program, he conducted a needs
assessment to identify their current level of proficiency Mr. Reyes caused
on what type of needs analysis?
a. Target situation analysis
b. Pedagogic needs analysis
c. Present situation analysis
d. Competency- based analysis
 Target situation analysis – end result why studying the L2
 Pedagogic needs analysis – lack, learning style, means to
learn
 Present situation analysis
 Competency- based analysis – not included