SHORT QUIZ

ENGLISH
1. Which is/are a characteristic/s of transactional
listening?
I. One-way Listening
II. Used primarily to communicate information
III. No opportunity for clarification with a speaker

a. I and II
b. I only
c. II only
d. I, II, and III
2. Which of the following does NOT justify the use of
communicative language teaching?

a. Students perform well in class, but they are unable to

perform communicative tasks outside the classroom.
b. Within a social context, people need to perform certain
tasks and functions.
c. Students need to develop communicative competence as
they enhance their linguistic competence.
d. Within a social context, people need to develop their
cognitive abilities through authentic texts and content in
language.
3. Select the sentence that has the modifier
placed correctly.

Emotional intelligence, which emerged a decade ago,

includes the abilities to motivate yourself and persist in the
face of frustrations.
a. Emotional intelligence, which emerged a decade ago, includes
the abilities to motivate yourself and persist in the face of
frustrations.
b. Emotional intelligence, includes the abilities to motivate
yourself and persist in the face of frustration, which emerged a
decade ago.
c. Which emerged a decade ago, emotional intelligence includes
the abilities to motivate yourself and persist in the face of
frustrations.
d. Emotional intelligence includes the abilities to motivate
yourself. which emerged a decade ago, and persist in the face
of frustrations.
4. What attitude needs to be maintained by language
teachers about the findings of linguistics?

a. Knowledge is constantly changing; take them with a

grain of salt.
b. Findings are permanent foundations; memorize them
for future application.
c. Many research findings spring from careless research
procedures; be choosy and selective.
d. Knowledge is in a continuous state of flux; be open to
new developments and give them a try.
5. All the options below EXCEPT ONE are some of the
contributions of applied linguistics to language teaching.
Which is NOT?

a. How to develop the macro-language skills of listening,

speaking, reading, etc.
b. Ideas about learning styles of students and materials
production
c. Learning strategies, principles of test construction, and
conducting classroom research.
d. Relationships between and among sentences in a text.
6. What area of language is NOT a central theme
in describing a process?

a. Passive forms
b. Following Steps
c. Sequencing words
d. Superlative forms
7. Which method of achieving cohesion in a
discourse is used in the line “Would you like a
soda?” “Yes, I’d like one.”

a. Elliptical Cohesion
b. Referential Cohesion
c. Lexical Cohesion
d. Substitutive Cohesion
8. For speaking, emphasis on meaning is on
communicating thought and ideas while emphasis
on accuracy focuses on _________________.

a. Spelling words correctly

b. Recognizing and distinguishing sounds
c. Forming letters properly and neatly
d. Using correct vocabulary, pronunciation, and
grammar
9. Readers find pleasure in the form, technique and style
of writing– a well-constructed plot, vivid characterization,
unusual imagery, expressive language, etc. In other
words, all the elements are combined to create an over-all
order coherence. What does this show about literature?

a. Literature is language.
b. Literature is expressive.
c. Literature is aesthetic.
d. Literature is true.
10. Why is literature said to be expressive?

I. Literature expresses the writer’s personality, emotions and beliefs no

matter how writers may try to reduce their presence as much as
possible.
II. Literature has the ability to create an emotional response in the
reader.
III. Literature imposes order on language, characters, events, and details.

a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. I, II, and III
11. Igor asked his students to choose the letter of
appropriate preposition to complete the
sentence. Igor gave a __________________.

a. criterion-reference test
b. Discrete- point test
c. Norm-referenced test
d. Integrative test
12. Which is the first thing that writers do when
they are about to continue writing?

a. Write his thoughts at once.

b. Ponder and think well.
c. Recall what you have yesterday.
d. Re-read what you have written yesterday.
13. In oral communication, a slash mark is used to
signify pauses for proper communication. What
meaning is conveyed by this line?
“Nadia/says Thelma/ is a liar.”

a. Nadia is the speaker.

b. Thelma is a liar.
c. Thelma is the speaker.
d. Nadia tells something to Thelma.
14. How do cognitivists such as Chomsky perceive the
commission of errors by learners?

a. Contrastive analysis before language teaching

minimizes.
b. Errors are indicators of failure to learn; thus should be
right away eliminated.
c. Errors are welcome in that they indicate what has
been learned and what needs yet to be learned.
d. Errors foster wrong speech habits and should be
stamped out by repeated drills and exercises.
15. The barrio council announced the number
coding scheme. What part of speech is the
underlined word?

a. Noun
b. Adjective
c. Adverb
d. Interjection
16. Which is the best ending for the following
sentence?

a. pupils coming late will be punished

accordingly.
b. pupils have their wrist watches.
c. pupils are intelligent.
d. pupils are supposed to be trained to be
punctual at an early age.