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A. Adjectives
B. Verbs
C. Pronouns
D. Adverbs
2. “ On the street of this position of God’s world I feel neighbor to a rat, so brother of a
worm; Forever chasing rainbows a t muddy margins. “ This line on Quemada’s poem is
saying that:
A. Life is fruitful
Rationalization: One can easily infer that the answer is letter D primarily because one can
visualize that the persona is facing difficulties in life.
3. “ The whale has no famous author and whaling no famous chronicles.” Based on this
line from the novel, Moby dick is treated as:
A. Plain
B. Beauty
C. Ugliness
D. Homeliness
Rationalization: Using context clues, one can easily infer that the answer is B “beauty”
because “Venus” is the roman goddess of beauty.
5. Samantha’s eyes are blurred and her hands ached. She _______________ at the
computer for 6 long hours. Finally, she took a break.
A. was seated
B. has seated
Rationalization: B – The second sentence is in the present perfect tense, and so the
auxillary verb must be “ has” plus the “ past participle” from of the verb.
6. After 7 depressing years, mitch finally quit the job. She ____________________ along
with her superior for a long time before she finally decided to look for a new position.
A. didn’t
B. isn’t getting
Rationalization: The sentence with missing parts is in the perfect progressive tense since
that there are two past actions where still happening when the second transpired.
Therefore, the auxiliary verb must be “ had” plus “been” and the -ing form of the verb.
The answer is letter D.
7. Five years of intensive language study are required for second language learners. Chun
– Li _________________ English for three years, but she will need more training to be
more proficient.
A. has studied
Rationalization: The second sentence is in the present perfect progressive tense because
the action started somewhere in the past, still happening at present and will continue to
happen in the future. The auxiliary verb must be “has” plus “been” and the -ing form of
the verb. The answer is letter C.
8. The laborers are so happy that ________ now reaping the fruit ____ efforts.
A. they’re – their
B. they’re – there
C. there – their
D. their – their
Rationalization: “They” is a personal pronoun, “Their” is a possessive pronoun, while
“They’re” is a combination of “they” and “are”. The correct answer is letter A.
A. Myself
B. I
C. Me
D. Himself
Rationalization: Tough choice would be between B and C. the answer is C “me” because
“I” must only be used if you are the subject of the sentence of if you are the doer of the
action, while “me” is used is you are the object of the sentence or if you are the receiver
of the action.
A. Sweet
B. Sweetly
C. Sweeter
D. More sweet
A. grammar
B. structure of language
C. imagery
D. cross-cultural issues
Rationalization: The answer is letter D because second language learning entails learning
about culture of the language origin.
A. Maps
B. Jokes
C. Laughs
D. Buys
13. Which among these words has the starting [th] sound?
A. Thank
B. These
C. Think
D. Thing
14. Which among these words has the voiced [th] sound?
A. Mouth
B. Breath
C. Teeth
D. Health
A. Ships
B. Shore
C. She
D. Leisure
16. Which among these words has the [id] end sound?
A. Praised
B. Mailed
C. Judged
D. Needed
Rationalization: A sound is voiced if there are vibrations on the vocal cords, and Voiceless
is there is none. 12. D, 13. B, 14. B, 15.D, 16. D
B. Structure
C. Reading
D. Pronounciation
A. Sentence structure
B. Oral recitation
D. Dictation test
Rationalization: Rubrics are often times used when objectivity might be questionable.
Often times rubrics are used to steer away from personal biases of the assessor. Multiple
choice test, sentence structure, and dictation tests would have exact answers, while it is
very difficult to assess oral examination – and so, the answer is letter B.
19. Manuel Arguilla is one of the most important Filipino writers of all time. He wrote the
Juan Tamad series and the short story “ How my brother Leon brought Home a wife.” He
is famous in injecting themes with ________ in his story.
A. Urbanity
B. Cosmopolitanism
C. Local Color
D. Ranch life
Rationalization: C is the answer. Manuel Arguilla’s fiction depicts rural life in the
Philippines.
A. Victor Hugo
B. Rudyard Kipling
C. William March
D. K.L Mansfield
Rationalization: Rudyard Kipling wrote “ The Jungle Book”. His writings are mostly fables
and set in the forest in India.
21. This Victor Hugo’s Masterpiece that talks about the French revolution.
A. Les Miserables
C. Annakarenina
Rationalization: Hugo did not write Annakarenina and Fathers and Sons. Hugo wrote
Hunchbak of Notre Dame and les Miserables, the former is about Quasimodo and
Esmeralda, while the latter is about Jeanne Val Jeanne Cossette which is set during the
French Revolution.
22. A comma indicates:
A. Pause
B. Slight pause
C. Longer pause
D. No pause
Rationalization: There are three types of juncture, a comma or “single slash” means slight
pause; a period or “double slashes” means longer pause; end of the paragraph or “triple
slashes” means longest pause. The answer is B.
A. Century
B. Cold
C. City
D. Censure
Ans: B
A. Fifteen
B. Outspeak
C. Understand
D. Heaven
Ans: D
A. Censure
B. Connote
C. Comma
D. Collaborate
Ans: A
26. Loreto Paras Sulit’s Short story that revolves around the theme that beauty can be
very dangerous titled ___________
A. The Harvest
C. Desire
D. Beautiful Liar
Rationalization: The answer is letter A “ The Harvest”. Fidel and Vidal are brothers who
both got attracted to Miss Francia, and this attraction to Miss Francia led to heartaches
of both brothers.
B. on
C. at
D. into
Rationalization: The is B “on”. The preposition is used in vehicles that are huge enough
for one to work inside it.
A. Beautiful girls
Rationalization: The answer is letter B. His poems “ Fire and Ice”, The Road Not Taken”,
and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” are mainly about taking the risk,
decision making and the power of choice.
29. F. Scot Fitzgerald’s Story that is about the boy who was born and gets younger every
day is titled ___________
D. Growing Young
Rationalization: The answer is letter A. This story was adapted into film and stars Bard
Pitt. Bejamin was born old and died young as baby.
30. In the ballet presentation “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky, Who seduced the prince?
A. Black Swan
B. Golden Swan
C. Swan Witch
D. Ugly Duckling
Rationalization: The Black Swan seduced the prince that is why the White Swan
committed suicide in the end. So the answer is letter A.
31. In Chauser’s Canterbury Tales, Which tale talks about three friends who killed each
other for the chest filled with treasures?
A. Pardoner’s Tale
B. Knight’s Tale
C. Merchant’s Tale
Rationalization: The answer Is letter A. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories told
by the different pilgrims on their way to Canterbury.
32. Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “ Innermost One” is taken from the collection of
devotional songs titled ________.
A. Gitanjali
B. Shakuntala
C. Ramayana
D. Mahabharata
A. Uvuka
B. Voice Box
C. Tongue
D. Alveolar Ridge
Ans: B
34. Family of Consonant sounds where the air is held back for a moment before it is
released abruptly.
A. Fricative
B. Plosive
C. Affricate
D. Glides
Ans: B
35. Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story about a love triangle amongst Alfredo, Esperanza,
and Julia. What is the title of this masterpiece?
A. Wedding Dance
B. Dead Stars
C. Desire
D. Tatsulok
Rationalization: B – Dead Star is considered the first Filipino literary masterpiece written
in English. It is about Alfredo who loves not love it self but only the idea of it.
A. Yesterday
B. Have
C. A
D. Letter
Rationalization: The answer is letter A “yesterday” because in the present perfect tense
we are not allowed to put a definite time marker.
B. It must bear with it the auxiliary verb has/have plus the past participle form of the
verb
D. The action is happening at present and may still happen in the future.
A. Michel de Montaigne
B. Francis Bacon
C. William Shakespeare
D. George Eliot
Ans: A
39. Which work of Leo Tolstoy is about the Napoleonic invasion in Russia?
B. Annakarenina
40. The film “ Tatarin” is based on the short story by Nick Joaquin titled ________
B. Summer Solstice
C. Three Generations
Ans: B
A. Consumption
B. Dengue
C. HIV
D. Hepatitis
Rationalization: Letter A is the answer as can be inferred from the last two lines of the
excerpt. Consumption is also known as TB.
B. William Shakespare
C. Robert Frost
D. Shoguna
Rationalization: The answer is A Edgar Allan Poe. His story the Cask of Amontillado is one
of the examples of his detective stories.
A. Hard Palate
B. Soft Palate
C. Uvula
D. Alveolar Ridge
Ans: B
44. In Carlos Bulosan’s“ My father Goes to Court” What is the accusation of the rich
father?
A. Stealing the Aroma of the food.
C. Stealing the gold bars found under the bed of the rich family
Rationalization: The answer is letter A. In the end of the story, the poor father was able
to pay the rich father by letting him hear the sound of tingling sound of coins.
45. In Paz latorena’s Story “Desire” , the main character has a sexy body but a
_______________
A. Homely Face
B. Twisted mind
C. Scaly Skin
D. Low I.Q
Rationalization: The answer is A. The main character possesses a beautify body but an
ugly face. The word “homely” is a euphemism for ugly.
C. Hamlet
D. Macbeth
Rationalization: The lines above are taken from Shylock Speech. The answer is letter B.
Rationalization: The answer is A. In the past perfect tense there must be two past actions,
the first one happened before the second one transpired.
A. Comedia
B. Divina Comedia
C. Comedia de Divina
D. Divina de CovalandiaComedia
A. Purgatory
B. Heaven
C. Paradise
D. Inferno
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Jose Rizal
D. Rudyard Kipling
Ans: A
1. The editor found the news story not so entertaining. He found it full of:
A. Adjectives
B. Verbs
C. Pronouns
D. Adverbs
2. “ On the street of this position of God’s world I feel neighbor to a rat, so brother of a
worm; Forever chasing rainbows a t muddy margins. “ This line on Quemada’s poem is
saying that:
A. Life is fruitful
B. Life is not worth living
C. Life is empty and meaningless
D. Life is full of challenges
Rationalization: One can easily infer that the answer is letter D primarily because one can
visualize that the persona is facing difficulties in life.
3. “ The whale has no famous author and whaling no famous chronicles.” Based on this
line from the novel, Moby dick is treated as:
A. Plain
B. Beauty
C. Ugliness
D. Homeliness
Rationalization: Using context clues, one can easily infer that the answer is B “beauty”
because “Venus” is the roman goddess of beauty.
5. Samantha’s eyes are blurred and her hands ached. She _______________ at the
computer for 6 long hours. Finally, she took a break.
A. was seated
B. has seated
C. would have seated
D. had been seated
Rationalization: B – The second sentence is in the present perfect tense, and so the
auxillary verb must be “ has” plus the “ past participle” from of the verb.
6. After 7 depressing years, mitch finally quit the job. She ____________________ along
with her superior for a long time before she finally decided to look for a new position.
A. didn’t
B. isn’t getting
C. hasn’t been getting
D. hadn’t getting
Rationalization: The sentence with missing parts is in the perfect progressive tense since
that there are two past actions where still happening when the second transpired.
Therefore, the auxiliary verb must be “ had” plus “been” and the -ing form of the verb.
The answer is letter D.
7. Five years of intensive language study are required for second language learners. Chun
– Li _________________ English for three years, but she will need more training to be
more proficient.
A. has studied
B. will have been studying
C. has been studying
D. hadn’t been getting
Rationalization: The second sentence is in the present perfect progressive tense because
the action started somewhere in the past, still happening at present and will continue to
happen in the future. The auxiliary verb must be “has” plus “been” and the -ing form of
the verb. The answer is letter C.
8. The laborers are so happy that ________ now reaping the fruit ____ efforts.
A. they’re – their
B. they’re – there
C. there – their
D. their – their
A. Myself
B. I
C. Me
D. Himself
Rationalization: Tough choice would be between B and C. the answer is C “me” because
“I” must only be used if you are the subject of the sentence of if you are the doer of the
action, while “me” is used is you are the object of the sentence or if you are the receiver
of the action.
A. Sweet
B. Sweetly
C. Sweeter
D. More sweet
A. grammar
B. structure of language
C. imagery
D. cross-cultural issues
Rationalization: The answer is letter D because second language learning entails learning
about culture of the language origin.
12. Which among these words has [z] end sound?
A. Maps
B. Jokes
C. Laughs
D. Buys
13. Which among these words has the starting [th] sound?
A. Thank
B. These
C. Think
D. Thing
14. Which among these words has the voiced [th] sound?
A. Mouth
B. Breath
C. Teeth
D. Health
A. Ships
B. Shore
C. She
D. Leisure
16. Which among these words has the [id] end sound?
A. Praised
B. Mailed
C. Judged
D. Needed
Rationalization: A sound is voiced if there are vibrations on the vocal cords, and Voiceless
is there is none. 12. D, 13. B, 14. B, 15.D, 16. D
17. Audiolingualism is a new language teaching approach that mainly focuses on
_________
A. Syntax
B. Structure
C. Reading
D. Pronounciation
A. Sentence structure
B. Oral recitation
C. Multiple choice test
D. Dictation test
Rationalization: Rubrics are often times used when objectivity might be questionable.
Often times rubrics are used to steer away from personal biases of the assessor. Multiple
choice test, sentence structure, and dictation tests would have exact answers, while it is
very difficult to assess oral examination – and so, the answer is letter B.
19. Manuel Arguilla is one of the most important Filipino writers of all time. He wrote the
Juan Tamad series and the short story “ How my brother Leon brought Home a wife.” He
is famous in injecting themes with ________ in his story.
A. Urbanity
B. Cosmopolitanism
C. Local Color
D. Ranch life
Rationalization: C is the answer. Manuel Arguilla’s fiction depicts rural life in the
Philippines.
A. Victor Hugo
B. Rudyard Kipling
C. William March
D. K.L Mansfield
Rationalization: Rudyard Kipling wrote “ The Jungle Book”. His writings are mostly fables
and set in the forest in India.
21. This Victor Hugo’s Masterpiece that talks about the French revolution.
A. Les Miserables
B. Hunchback of Notre Dame
C. Annakarenina
D. Fathers and Sons
Rationalization: Hugo did not write Annakarenina and Fathers and Sons. Hugo wrote
Hunchbak of Notre Dame and les Miserables, the former is about Quasimodo and
Esmeralda, while the latter is about Jeanne Val Jeanne Cossette which is set during the
French Revolution.
A. Pause
B. Slight pause
C. Longer pause
D. No pause
Rationalization: There are three types of juncture, a comma or “single slash” means slight
pause; a period or “double slashes” means longer pause; end of the paragraph or “triple
slashes” means longest pause. The answer is B.
A. Century
B. Cold
C. City
D. Censure
Ans: B
Ans: D
A. Censure
B. Connote
C. Comma
D. Collaborate
Ans: A
26. Loreto Paras Sulit’s Short story that revolves around the theme that beauty can be
very dangerous titled ___________
A. The Harvest
B. The Beautiful Stranger
C. Desire
D. Beautiful Liar
Rationalization: The answer is letter A “ The Harvest”. Fidel and Vidal are brothers who
both got attracted to Miss Francia, and this attraction to Miss Francia led to heartaches
of both brothers.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. into
Rationalization: The is B “on”. The preposition is used in vehicles that are huge enough
for one to work inside it.
28. Robert Frost’s poems are commonly about ______________.
A. Beautiful girls
B. Decision making and fate
C. God and Faith
D. End of the World
Rationalization: The answer is letter B. His poems “ Fire and Ice”, The Road Not Taken”,
and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” are mainly about taking the risk,
decision making and the power of choice.
29. F. Scot Fitzgerald’s Story that is about the boy who was born and gets younger every
day is titled ___________
Rationalization: The answer is letter A. This story was adapted into film and stars Bard
Pitt. Bejamin was born old and died young as baby.
30. In the ballet presentation “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky, Who seduced the prince?
A. Black Swan
B. Golden Swan
C. Swan Witch
D. Ugly Duckling
Rationalization: The Black Swan seduced the prince that is why the White Swan
committed suicide in the end. So the answer is letter A.
31. In Chauser’s Canterbury Tales, Which tale talks about three friends who killed each
other for the chest filled with treasures?
A. Pardoner’s Tale
B. Knight’s Tale
C. Merchant’s Tale
D. The Nun Priest’s Tale
Rationalization: The answer Is letter A. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories told
by the different pilgrims on their way to Canterbury.
32. Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “ Innermost One” is taken from the collection of
devotional songs titled ________.
A. Gitanjali
B. Shakuntala
C. Ramayana
D. Mahabharata
A. Uvuka
B. Voice Box
C. Tongue
D. Alveolar Ridge
Ans: B
34. Family of Consonant sounds where the air is held back for a moment before it is
released abruptly.
A. Fricative
B. Plosive
C. Affricate
D. Glides
Ans: B
35. Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story about a love triangle amongst Alfredo, Esperanza,
and Julia. What is the title of this masterpiece?
A. Wedding Dance
B. Dead Stars
C. Desire
D. Tatsulok
Rationalization: B – Dead Star is considered the first Filipino literary masterpiece written
in English. It is about Alfredo who loves not love it self but only the idea of it.
A. Yesterday
B. Have
C. A
D. Letter
Rationalization: The answer is letter A “yesterday” because in the present perfect tense
we are not allowed to put a definite time marker.
A. The action started somewhere in the past and continued up until present
B. It must bear with it the auxiliary verb has/have plus the past participle form of the
verb
C. The action is still happening at present or just recently ended
D. The action is happening at present and may still happen in the future.
A. Michel de Montaigne
B. Francis Bacon
C. William Shakespeare
D. George Eliot
Ans: A
39. Which work of Leo Tolstoy is about the Napoleonic invasion in Russia?
Ans: A
40. The film “ Tatarin” is based on the short story by Nick Joaquin titled ________
Ans: B
A. Consumption
B. Dengue
C. HIV
D. Hepatitis
Rationalization: Letter A is the answer as can be inferred from the last two lines of the
excerpt. Consumption is also known as TB.
Ans: B
44. In Carlos Bulosan’s“ My father Goes to Court” What is the accusation of the rich
father?
Rationalization: The answer is letter A. In the end of the story, the poor father was able
to pay the rich father by letting him hear the sound of tingling sound of coins.
45. In Paz latorena’s Story “Desire” , the main character has a sexy body but a
_______________
A. Homely Face
B. Twisted mind
C. Scaly Skin
D. Low I.Q
Rationalization: The answer is A. The main character possesses a beautify body but an
ugly face. The word “homely” is a euphemism for ugly.
Rationalization: The lines above are taken from Shylock Speech. The answer is letter B.
Rationalization: The answer is A. In the past perfect tense there must be two past actions,
the first one happened before the second one transpired.
A. Comedia
B. Divina Comedia
C. Comedia de Divina
D. Divina de CovalandiaComedia
49. Divine Comedy is a trilogy, which among the three is the most widely read?
A. Purgatory
B. Heaven
C. Paradise
D. Inferno
Ans: A