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LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

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1. Chinese drama can be traced through the song and dances of ______

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A. Chi (wizards) C. Ching (scene)
B. Wu (witches) D. both a and b

2. What does it mean by listening for details?

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A. Listening for specific information C. Listening attentively
B. Listening for main idea D. Listening for entertainment

3. What does it mean by listening selectively?

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A. Listen only to specific parts of the input C. Listening for main idea
B. Listening attentively D. Listening for entertainment

4. To what literary genre does the story of Maria Makiling belong?

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A. Legend B. Fable C. Poem D. Myth

5. Which of the following describes washback effect in assessment?

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A. When what was taught was assessed.
B. When what was assessed was not taught.
C. When what was assessed became what was taught.

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D. When what was
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What sound device is used in “When I’m Dead, my Dearest”?

A. Alliteration C. Consonance
B. Assonance D. Metonymy
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7. What is depicted in Dante’s Divine Comedy?

A. Life after death C. It is a 14th century epic

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B. Adventure to the underworld D. It talks about Dante’s life

8. What does the prefix epi means in the word “epidermis”?

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A. Upon B. with C. back D. apart

9. According to the oxford dictionary, what does kikay kit mean?

A. Cosmetic Pouch C. Leather bag

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B. Make up kit D. Vanity Kit

10. According to the oxford dictionary, what does “yaya” mean?

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A. Chambermaid C. Kitchen maid

B. Nursemaid D. Housekeeper

11. In novels and short stories, what is the role of a trickster?

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A. Mischievous Myth Character C. Foil

B. Protagonist D. A clown

12. Who is the character in Dante’s Divine Comedy?

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A. Virgil C. Thomas Aquinas

B. Dante D. Ciacco

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13. George Eliot is the penname of whose English writer?

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A. Mary Evans C. Emily Bronte
B. Charlotte Bronte D. Jane Austen

14. The Teacher considers feeling of anxiety, fear, and shame that may hinder second language acquisition. Which

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method can help the teacher address this concern?

A. CL/CLL C. Communicative language teaching

B. Task-based language teaching D. CBI

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15. Which is the proper sequence of activities when presenting a lesson involving speaking?

A. Practice, Production, Presentation C. Presentation, Practice, Production

B. Production, Presentation, Practice D. Production, Practice, Presentation

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16. Identify the third step in summarizing a passage.

A. Locate the main idea C. Locate supporting details

B. Write the summary in your own words D. Take notes

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17. Zennials are sometimes hostile ___ ideas or practices which differ ____ their non-traditional views.

A. At, On B. For, On C. At, From D. On, Than

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“When their aspirations has been curtailed by tragedy,” which uses a/an ________.

A. Subordinate B. Sentence C. Principal D. Main Idea

19. Forming of words together to create new words such as waterbed and gutbuster is called _______.
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A. Compounding C. Rejoicing
B. Blending D. Intersecting
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20. What should be the tag question for the sentence: She does not know the children.

A. Does she B. Didn’t she C. Did she D. Doesn’t she

BA

21. Which of the following words shows inflection?

A. Candidacy B. Commuters C. Careless D. Caress

22. Which of the following sentences has an adverb + enough?

E.

A. My cousin wants to join the police when he’s old enough.

B. He wants to join the police when he’s old enough.
C. My friend has enough money to finish his studies.
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D. He’s not working hard enough to pass the exam.

23. What is the thing that a child must know first to know the word?
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A. The use of word in a sentence

B. Word sound and sequencing
C. Identify the use of word in noun or noun phrase
D. ….
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24. Identify the function of “That” in the sentence “That Ronny won the game surprised Shiela”.
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A. Noun Signal C. Subordinate Clause

B. Main Clause D. Independent Clause
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25. Which is the function of the gerund in the sentence “Swimming is a pleasurable exercise”?

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A. Indirect Object C. Appositive
B. Subject D. Adverbial

26. Who is the blind poet who wrote the adventures of Ulysses?

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A. Virgil C. Bernard Evslin
B. Homer D. James Joyce

27. They can ask us the most impertinent or rude questions but, obviously, we cannot ask, hint at or even think about

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anything approaching the same.

A. Paramount C. Significant
B. Irrelevant D. Principal

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28. What kind of word processing was used in the word smog?

A. Blending C. Compounding
B. Clipping D. Acronym

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29. Which among the following is NOT a variable of functional grammar?

A. Field which represents the content of the social activity.

B.
C.
D.
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Mode refers to the medium and role of language.
Term which represents the role of interlocutor.
Tenor refers to the nature of relationship among people involved.

30. The teacher wants to teach her students about defamiliarization. What sentence is she going to use?
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A. This made me reflect upon the fair skins of our English ladies, who appear so beautiful to us, only because
they are of our own size, and their defects not to be seen through a magnifying glass, where we find by
experiment that the smoothest and whitest skins look rough and course, and ill colored.
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B. Winston looks down and realizes that he has written “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” over and over again in his
diary. He has committed thought crime—the most unpardonable crime—and he knows that the Thought
Police will seize him sooner or later. Just then, there is a knock at the door.
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C. Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome. By and by they fetched the niggers
in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed. I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put
it on the table. Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it
wasn’t any use.
D. It is a little remarkable, that—though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside,
E.

and to my personal friends—an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of
me, in addressing the public.

31. These are the phonemes that are absent in other Philippine languages except in Ivatan and Ibanag.
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A. w and z B. h and j C. f and v D. p and b

32. Roland’s eyes moves for left to right to left, his weakness is:
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A. Severe Interfixation B. Moderate Fixation

C. Severe Regression D. Acute return sweeps

33. What is the primary factor that affects language listener’s ability to listen?
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A. Structure B. Context C. Schema D. System

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34. In grammar translation method, what is the role of the teacher?

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A. Model B. Facilitator C. Implementer D. Evaluator

35. What do you mean by the word “Verbatim”?

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A. Word by word C. inaccurately
B. loosely D. Statement by statement

36. What does a teacher do when he/she localizes the curriculum?

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A. Tailors curriculum to local needs and conditions
B. Develops curriculum for every school
C. Relating curriculum to local information and material
D. Integrate examples that are foreign to promote globalization

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37. What do you do to ensure the continuity of curriculum across stages?

A. Introduce a program for localized competency coding.

B. Identify competencies with no available learning materials.
C. Observe the coding competencies made by DepEd.

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D. Apply only language teaching approaches that I know.

38. What is expressed by the poem “And if a rose with thorns thou art, yet on my breast that rose may rest”.

A. Love B. Pain RE C. Sadness D. Rumor

39. You want to optimize the use of produced materials which are still relevant to the topic in K-12 lessons. To which do
you refer?
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A. LRMDS B. MIL C. EFA D. IMCS

40. Which of the following process can make English remedial instruction effective?
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A. Relevant Materials C. Varied Approaches

B. Needs Analysis D. Teacher centered instruction
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41. How was love portrayed in Charlotte Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?

A. Love conquers all. C. Love cause one not to see things clearly
B. Love is destructive D. Love makes someone a better person
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42. What is the main theme of the poem Bonsai by Edith Tiempo?

A. Enjoy little things C. Grasping pleasure while you can

B. Being optimistic D. Being thankful
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43. Fair insect! That, with thread-like legs spread out,

And blood extracting bill and filmy wing
Dost murmur, as thou slowly sail’st about,
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In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing,

And tell how little our large veins would bleed,
Would we but yield them to thy bitter need.

The stanza above from Wlliam Cullen Bryants’s poem “To a Mosquito” includes all of the following except:
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A. Pastoral setting C. Iambic pentameter

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B. Anthropomorphism D. Apostrophe

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44. “Out of the night that covers me,” in W.E Henly’s “Invictus” is a/an _______.

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A. Synecdoche C. Symbol
B. Oxymoron D. Personification

45. You want to give your students a discrete point test. What will you use?

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A. Dicologo C. Spelling test
B. Ye-no question D. Writing letters

46. Which is a news peg among the given editorials?

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A. Talks with Kuwaiti officials a big blunder
B. Talks with Kuwaiti officials unfair
C. Talks with Kuwaiti officials ongoing but doomed
D. Talks with Kuwaiti officials ongoing

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47. The following are things to remember in captioning except:

A. Some rules in news writing may apply C. It should consist of short and pithy sentences
B. It must answer the basic questions. D. A gay picture should have a gay caption.

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48. Clear and organized presentation of lecture/instruction is achieved through:

A.
B.
Powerpoint Presentation
White Board RE C.
D.
Compact Disc
Acetate

49. What words should a teacher teach for vocabulary development?

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A. Tier 1 B. Tier 2 C. Tier 3 D. Tier 4

50. What is a carousel method?

A. C.
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B. D

51. What do you call the big title in front of a newspaper?

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A. Banner headline C. Headline

B. Masthead D. Byline

52. Why the author/narrator did said he could not stop for death?
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A. He is afraid of death C. He does not care about death

B. He is too busy D. He wanted death to chase him
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53. Sarah is the _____ of the twins.

A. Smart B. Smarter C. Smartest D. Smartiest

54. Who is the counterpart of Venus in greek mythology?

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A. Athena B. Hera C. Arachne D. Aphrodite

55. All words have onset.

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A. Agree B. Disagree C. Maybe D. Perhaps

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56. What approach in language teaching is not aligned with the behaviorist view?

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A. ALM C. CLT
B. Oral Language D. Grammar Translation Method

57. What syntactic process was done in the following sentences. “She will buy.” – “Will she buy?”

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A. Placing the modal verb before the noun.
B. Paraphrasing
C. Putting a modal verb at the beginning of the statement

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D. Editing

58. What is manifested in the statements: “Kumain siya ng mangga” – She eat mango?

A. Syntagmatic dislocation C. Nominalization

B. Linear dislocation D. Extraposition

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59. Among ASEAN countries, Singapore is known as a ________ paradise.

A. Shopper’s B. Shoppers’ C. Shop’s D. Shops’

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60. All sentences are clauses, but not all clauses are sentences.

A. Both claims are false. C. The first claim is false but second is correct.

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B. Both claims are true D.
REThe former is correct and the latter is wrong

Which of the following is the MOST strategic way of reading technique?

A. Refers to the dictionary when an unfamiliar word is encountered in the text.

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B. Choose reading materials that are easier to read.

C. Previews a selection and rereads different passages.
D. Refrains from taking notes while reading.

62. Which is an engaging task of recording experiences, ideas, insight, or reflections on a regular basis that encourages
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students to articulate their minds than merely restating information about a text?

A. Role Play C. Pantomime

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B. Brainstorming D. Journal Writing

63. Which of the following is a theory in reading that describes the ways mind acquires, categorizes, and organizes
knowledge?
E.

A. Top down B. Schema C. Bottom up D. Interactive

64. Which activity do a quick write or quick draw the crumple, throw, and read these pieces of paper?
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A. Quaker Reading C. Carousel

B. Snowball Toss D. Hot Seat

65. Which is Chaucer’s collection of stories in verse showing his skill as a story teller in giving a vivid picture of English
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society in the 1300’s?

A. The Divine Comedy C. The Song of Roland

B. The New Life D. The Canterbury Tales
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66. Modern Cosmology is a speculative science which examines the beginning of the universe. Modern cosmology
includes the Big Bang Theory. In Greek mythology, the world is said to have started in chaos. Out of chaos emerged

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Gea, the goddess who represents the earth, Tartarus, representing the land of the dead, and Eros, ho represented
desire. What can be said about the early Greeks regarding their belief about creation?

A. The early Greeks understand the concept of creation

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B. The early Greeks associated creation in weaving stories of mythology.
C. The early Greeks understand the importance of understanding the logic of creation.
D. The early Greeks believe that creation is product of mythology.

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67. All of the following are implications of Krashen’s Monitor Model except ____.

A. Teachers should correct errors during the time they are committed as error correction is valuable.
B. Teachers would not insist on learners conversing before the feel comfortable in doing so.
C. Teachers should not expect learners to learn “late structures” such as third person singular early.

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D. Teachers consider grammatical teaching is of limited value.

68. Which of the following indicates a problem in differences in physical or interpersonal perspective?

A. Swimming and Hiking C. Coup d’ e’tat/ a LA carte

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B. Blackness/ redness D. Emigrate/immigrate

69. It refers to the arrangement of the materials to provide for continuous and cumulative learning where complex

Balancing
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concepts are taken only after prerequisite skills and concepts have been mastered.

A. C. Structuring
B. Sequencing D. Clarifying

70. “On the day of Sicilian July, with Etna Smoking”. What type of allusion is used here?
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A. Cultural allusion C. Geographical Allusion

B. Biblical Allusion D. Political Allusion
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71. Who is alluded to as the Captain in the following lines from Whitman’s poem?

O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,

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The ship has weather’d every rack; the prize we sought is won.

A. Abraham Lincoln C. John F. Kennedy

B. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson

72. Paradise Lost is considered among the greatest epics in English. Which of the following was the basis for this epic
E.

poem?

A. treachery of Judas Iscariot C. fall from God’s grace

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B. the passion of Christ D. sinning of Adam and Eve

73. In Tolstoy’s God Sees the Truth but Waits, Aksenov was imprisoned for _______ years.

A. 24 B. 25 C. 26 D. 27
CA

74. Shakespearean Sonnets also known as the Elizabethan or English sonnets, Shakespearean sonnets are composed
of three quatrains and one heroic couplet with the rhyme scheme:

A. abab-cdcd-efef-gg C. abba-cddc-effe-gg
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B. aabb-ccdd-eeff-gg D. baab-dccd-feef-gg
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75. This theory believes that literature is an organic unity. It is independent of its author or the time when it was
written or the historical context. It is concerned solely with the ‘text in itself’, with its language and organization.

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A. Moral-Philosophical C. Psychoanalytical Theory
B. American New Criticism/New Criticism D. Mythological/Archetypal Approach

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76. Based on the Moral-Philosophical approach, Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” suggests
that:

A. Sin has effects on the human soul.

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B. Duty takes precedence over beauty and pleasure.
C. Grasping pleasure while you can
D. Beauty and pleasure takes precedence over duty

77. It belongs to the classical theories of literature which refers to purgation, purification, clarification, or structural

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kind of emotional cleansing.

A. Mimesis C. Catharsis
B. Style D. Censorship

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78. A huge fire-breathing monster that has the head of a lion, the body of a dragon, and the hind legs of a goat.

A. Jinni B. Hydra C. Chimera D. Fenrir

79.
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. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks/within his being sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks/But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
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A. Love never wanes even in old age. C. Love does not succumb to temptations.
B. Love dissipates when lovers live apart. D. Love adapts to changing circumstances.

80. A collection of fables which was used to educate Indian princes into becoming wise kings.
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A. Aesop’s Fables C. The Panchatantra

B. A Thousand and One Nights D. The Great Epics of the World
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81. It is a type of instructional material that has combine features of the textbooks and workbooks.

A. Teacher’s Book C. Reference Book

B. Workbook D. Work Text
E.

82. Tribble (1996) enumerates the range of knowledge that writers need to know in order to write effectively when
undertaking a specific task. Which of the following does not belong to this range of knowledge?

A. Content Knowledge C. Language System Knowledge

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B. Context Knowledge D. Speaking Process Knowledge

83. This strategy encourages students to build on previous knowledge and think about what might be important
information in the assigned reading.
CA

A. ReQuest C. QARs
B. Anticipation Guide D. Previewing

84. It is a process of decoding unfamiliar words by visually examining the words to discover component parts, which
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may lead to pronunciation and meaning.

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A. Context Clue C. Intensive Reading

B. Structural Analysis D. Extensive Reading
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85. The simulation phase as part of the language lessons five phases refers to:

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A. The phase where the teacher gives a preview of the new reading lesson that he/she will teach.
B. The phase where the teacher poses a question (or questions) to get the student thinking about the coming
activity.
C. The phase where the teacher attempts to get the students’ input regarding what they have learned in the

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lesson that was just presented.
D. The final phase has the teacher using other activities to reinforce the same concepts and introduce new
ones.

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86. Which of the following is not among the basis for choosing words for vocabulary development?

A. High Frequency Words C. Affective Words

B. Academic Words D. Technical Words

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87. On what type of speaking performance do these speaking tasks belong: directed response, read-aloud, sentence/
dialogue completion tasks, oral questionnaires, picture-cued tasks?

A. Imitative Speaking C. Responsive Speaking

B. Intensive Speaking D. Interactive Speaking

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88. Wolvin and Coakley (1992) identified four different kinds of listening. These are:

A. Imitative, Informative, Evaluative, Appreciative

B.
C.
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Comprehensive, Critical, Appreciative, Therapeutic
Imitative, Informative, Empathetic, Appreciative
D. Comprehensive, Evaluative, Imitative, Appreciative

89. It refers to the linguistic context or the textual environment provided by the discourse or text in which a particular
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utterance occurs.

A. Context B. Co text C. Sub text D. Cross text

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90. Which of the following does not belong to the five phases of teaching vocabulary?

A. Imitation B. Disposition C. Repetition D. Integration

BA

91. Knowledge on Sound-Symbol Correspondence is also known as:

A. Alphabetic Knowlegde C. Phonemic Knowledge

B. Graphophonic knowledge D. Sight-word knowledge
E.

92. On which type of syllabus can we find the following activities: seeing the dentist, complaining to the landlord,
buying a book at the bookstore, and meeting a new student?

A. Notional/Functional Syllabus C. Task-based syllabus

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B. Skill-based syllabus D. Situational Syllabus

93. The statement “I’ll meet you at the library at 10:00 a.m.” falls under what category of illocutionary act?
CA

A. Commissive C. Reprentative
B. Declaration D. Directive

94. In the sentence “Mercury is the nearest planet from the sun,” Mercury and the nearest planet from the sun are
called.
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A. Homonym B. Co referential C. Synonym D. Deixis

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95. What generalizations can be made from the following group of words: responsible officers, trusted friend,
impartially conducted?

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A. Structure of Predication C. Structure of Modification
B. Structure of Complementation D. Structure of Coordination

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96. It is the study of chunks of language which are bigger than a single sentence. At this level, inter-sentential links
that form a connected or cohesive text are analyzed.

A. Pragmatics B. Syntax C. Semantics D. Discourse

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97. It suggests that grammatical structures are acquired in a predictable order for both children and adults.

A. Monitor Hypothesis C. Input Hypothesis

B. Natural Order Hypothesis D. Affective Filter Hypothesis

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98. It is the conscious process of knowing about language and being able to talk about it, which occurs in a more formal
situation where the properties or rules of a language are taught.

A. Imitation C. Learning
B. Acquisition D. Reinforcement

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99. What is another term for prolepsis which is a ‘scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the
current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media’?

A.
B.
Flashback
Flashforward
REC.
D.
Foreshadowing
Telescoping

100. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?
TA

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks/Within his being sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks/But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

A. Love never wanes even in old age. C. Love does not succumb to temptations.
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B. Love dissipates when lovers live apart. D. Love adapts to changing circumstances.

101. In the first scene of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the witches said, “Something wicked this way comes.” What
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plot element is employed here?

A. exposition C. plant
B. foreshadowing D. suspense
E.

102. In teaching the works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf to 3rd year high school students, you need first to orient
the students with ____________.

A. the stream of consciousness C. deus ex machine

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B. magic realism D. retardation of the narrative

103. In teaching Without Seeing the Dawn by Stevan Javellana to your fourth year high school class, what period in
Philippine history will you discuss them as background knowledge to the novel?
CA

A. the Spanish era C. American regime

B. the Japanese occupation D. all of the above

104. Which of the following literary selection is an example of satire?.

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A. Askia the Great C. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

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B. Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Zhan D. The Poor Christ of Bombay by Mongo Beti

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105. What view on language teaching believes that language can be described according to the regularities and patterns
or rules in language system?

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A. Behaviorist C. Structuralist
B. Functionalist D. Interactionalist

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106. What is the meaning of the morpheme {-ment} in the words embarrassment, government, and enhancement?

A. Expressing relationship C. Means

B. State/Condition D. Product

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107. Which of the following is the first step in curriculum planning?

A. Formulation of objectives.
B. Selection of content
C. Diagnosis of needs

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D. Determination of what tio evaluate and the means to evaluate.

108. The following correctly defines a curriculum except ________.

A. A list of topics to be covered by an educational program.

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B. A policy statement about a piece of education.
C. An indication of the ways in which all policy is to be realized.
D. The sum of all activities, experiences, and learning opportunities for which an institution takes responsibility.

109. RE
The preposition under denotes a figure at a lower point than the landmark, while the preposition over denotes a
figure that is at a higher point than the landmark. Under and over are referred to as _______.

A. Vertical space preposition C. Foregrounding

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B. Horizontal space preposition D. Background

110. What is the function of noun in the sentence: Anne, how did you find the exam?
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A. Appositives C. Subject
B. Vocatives D. Predicate Nouns
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111. What is the function of the underlined word in the sentence: Her neighbor is my cousin.

A. Predicate adjective C. Object complement

B. Predicate nominative D. Appositive

112. Which of the following does not belong to Grice’s Conversational Maxim?
E.

A. Quality C. Implication
B. Relevance D. Quantity
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113. What is the biggest hindrance in learning a second language?

A. Grammar C. Imagery
B. Structure of language D. Cross-cultural issues
CA

114. Which sentence is incorrectly punctuated?

A. He already left the house that morning but he forgot his project in TLE.
B. The reference configurations are easy to deploy, manage, and upgrade.
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C. Tea lovers may have a hard time sleeping, for the caffeine in tea stimulates the nervous system.
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D. When conducting a lab experiment, make sure that you have the tools, the specimen and the experiment
sheet.

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115. Which of the following sentences contains an appositive?

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A. Lito, the boy who returned the wallet he found, was praised by his teachers.
B. This sentence contains a subject, a verb and a direct object.
C. If you happen to meet her, please tell her the directors are in the conference room.
D. I want to buy that pretty skirt, which is on sale today.

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116. Which of the sentences below contains the correct preposition?

A. His controversial statement will result to a lot of criticism.

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B. Let’s meet at around three o’clock.
C. Can I ask a favor of you?
D. It’s difficult to cope up the situation.

117. Which sentence states the idea clearly and has no structural error?

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A. Red, Gina and I will be going to the party on Sunday.
B. Me and Mila should start working on our thesis.
C. He hadn’t been him self lately.
D. The book which is on the desk is mine.

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My Heart Leaps Up
-William Wordsworth

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky.

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So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
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So be it when I grow old, 5 Or let me die!

The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety
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118. What does the poem celebrate as shown in line 1-2?

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A. sadness in death C. familial bonding

B. reverence for nature D. sense of foreboding

119. What does the persona wish in the last two lines?
E.

A. that he continues to be pious C. that he continues to be connected to nature

B. that he be a child once again D. that he fulfills his duties and responsibilities

120. What figure of speech does Wordsworth use in line 7?

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A. Paradox C. Oxymoron
B. Metonymy D. Allusion

121. Choose the correct pattern for the sentence :

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He is a professor with a lot of experience.

A. SVOA C. SVCA
B. S V IO DO D. SVOCA
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122. Choose the sentence which has no error.

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A. I place great confidence on you C. I place great confidence of you
B. I place great confidence in you D. I place great confidence with you

123. What morphophonemic process is involved in which units that occur in some contexts are “lost” in others such as

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“l i b a r y” instead of “l i b r a r y”?

A. assimilation C. epenthesis
B. dissimilation D. metathesis

CE
124. The underlined verbs in the following sentences are classified as _____.
The time is now.
The world became flesh.
We remain silent.

EW
A. intransitive C. transitive
B. reflexive D. ascriptive

125. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fishermen do not speak the same

VI
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?

A. a dialect C. a pidgin

126.
B. a creole

What is the Cinquian poem pattern?

RED. a regionalism

I. TITLE II. SYNONYM III. ANTONYM

TA

A. I and II B. II and III C. I, II, and III D. I and III

127. What term did Joseph Campbell use to refer to the fundamental structure of all folklore of the olden days?
LI

A. Monomyth B. Plot C. Mythic D. Structure

128. Phonics pertains to ____________.

BA

A. letters language structure C. relationship of sounds and letters

B. meaningful morphological unit D. perceptually distinct unit of sounds

129. Which of the following is a voiced velar?

E.

A. /g/ B. /h/ C. /w/ D. /r/

130. He is the black sheep of the family. What figure of speech is used in the given sentence?
RL

A. Hyperbole B. Metaphor C. Simile D. Paradox

131. What listening-speaking problem occurs when a student finds it hard to distinguish between a word which may be
used as a noun or as a verb in a sentence?
CA

A. Pitch B. Stress C. Juncture D. Diphthong

132. One way to see if translation communicates what the source text communicates is by translation checking. The
subject of such activity is called:
.

A. Consultants C. Speakers with receptive language ability

DR

B. Academic Personnel D. Speakers with expressive language ability

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133. Which is NOT a correct headline structure?

ER
A. Flush B. Wooden C. Dropline D. Hanging

134. Teacher Keith learned in his graduate degree class that language learning could also be a result of cognitive
processes, or the act of knowing something. Which of the following is a result of this principle?

NT
A. Desuggestopedia C. Total Physical Response
B. Peripheral Learning D. Content-based instruction

135. Which of the following sentences DOES NOT contain a phrasal verb?

CE
A. I don’t think our opponent will give up. C. Am I going to round off the numbers?
B. We look up to him as our role model. D. Putting up with them is really a hard job to do.

136. Which of the following characterizes remedial students in general?

EW
A. They have a number of learning disabilities.
B. They failed in two or more subject areas in their level.
C. Their abilities fall several levels below their current level.
D. They have low intelligent quotient and emotional quotient.

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137. One of the strategies to help struggling writers in the secondary level is explicit teaching of the structure of
language features of written genres. Which of the following procedures explicitly teach genres?

A.
B.
Asking students to read different text types. RE
Making the students write specific text type each day.
C. Conducting a text analysis of the specific text types.
D. Asking students to read text types and write about them.
TA

138. Teachers who believe that language is a system of structures consisting of sounds, words, and sentences will
predictably follow a teaching syllabus that revolves around __________.
LI

A. communicative task C. the building blocks of language

B. functions of language D. elements and functions of language
BA

139. Which of the following simple past verb forms is a marked form?

A. Wrote B. Dreams C. Weighed D. Kept

140. Which is/are example/s of an inflectional morpheme?

E.

A. Comparative C. Comparative and Superlative

B. Superlative D. None of the above

141. The first language that has undergone formal study is ______________.
RL

A. Greek B. Hebrew C. Latin D. Sanskrit

142. Which of the following is related to ESP as an approach in language teaching?

CA

A. Task Characteristics Analysis C. Test Language Analysis

B. Conversational Analysis D. Target Situation Analysis

143. Which of the following is NOT an instructional adaptation in remedial instruction?

.

A. scaffolding instructional cues C. levelling and chunking of materials

DR

B. more challenging texts and tasks D. on-going assessment and feedback

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144. English in basic education provides competencies necessary to meet __________.

ER
A. general learner needs C. specific occupational needs
B. specific academic needs D. learner needs in Science and Mathematics

145. The speaker can convey interest in communicating with his audience through __________.

NT
A. dressing up for the occasion C. making overly dramatic gesture
B. lowering the pitch of the voice D. establishing eye contact

146. Which curriculum ideology focuses on the mastery of content of English as a subject?

CE
A. Academic rationalism C. Social economic efficiency
B. Learner centeredness D. Social reconstruction

EW
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm I’th’bud,
Feed on her damask cheek, She pined in thought,
And with a green and yellow melancholy,

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She sat like patience in a monument,
Smiling in grief. Was not this love indeed?

147. The passage describes a woman who is:

A. Experiencing the joy of falling in love

RE
B. Overwhelmed by regret for the man she lost
C. Worried that her change of heart will be discovered
TA

D. Consumed by the love she holds in secrecy

148. Lines 2 and 5 contain examples of:

LI

A. Allusion C. Simile
B. Metaphor D. Alliteration
BA

149. The passage was written by:

A. Christopher Marlowe C. Ben Jonson

B. William Shakespeare D. John Webster

150. Supply the missing verb: The student was sad because he was ________ for his late submission of his school
E.

project.

A. called off C. called back

B. called up D. called down
RL
. CA
DR

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