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Direction: Read the sentences carefully. Find the error/errors in each sentence and rewrite them
with the correct answer/answers.
1.
1. Aren’t you going to use heavy make-up today?
2. That elementary student is quite brilliant.
3. In here, the point is you don’t have a point.
4. Are there any questions?
5. On behalf of the organization, we would like to express our gratitude to all who took part in this
event.
6. The birthday celebrant surprised his guests with his remarkable speech.
7. The debator trained hard for the competition but he lost to a more experienced foe.
8. She is now a matured person as evidenced by how she handles life’s pressure.
9. The books might arrive next next week as promised by the teacher.
10. The jewelries that her mother bought are all fake.
11. Can I have the key of Room 103?
12. The boy was sidesweeped by a speeding car.
13. What kind of perfume did you use this morning?
14. She forgot her TIN number.
15. Form a queue and claim your identification card one by one.
16. To settle the matter, let us go to votation.
17. I prefer a glass of ice tea over milk.
18. After having passed the rigid training, he is now a full-pledged pilot.
19. The doctor’s advices came at an opportune time.
20. I will bring you to the airport.
21. I will sue you to court.
22. The concert will be held at the closed gymnasium.
23. The can goods that she gave me have expired for a long time.
24. Attached herewith are pertinent documents for your perusal.
25. The scavenger was assassinated by an unidentified assailant.
26. There are hundreds of terminologies that I don’t understand.
27. Weaving is her past time.
28. Even before the wedding, he already congratulated the groom and the bride.
29. Some vocabularies have evolved from foreign words.
30. She has to cope up with her lessons to get a high grade in Math.
31. The trainor failed to meet the expectations of the participants.
32. I am clueless why I am allergic to chalks.
33. I was asked to xerox the documents before handing them to the principal.
34. With regards to that defective item, the management is willing to replace it.
35. How many questionnaires did you float to the respondents?
36. I agree with your brilliant idea.
37. I agree to you when you said that nobody is perfect.
38. His plans are in conformity with his brother’s.
39. Upon reaching the gas station, the man got out of the bus then never came back.
40. The speaker emphasized three major causes of Climate Change. Firstly,…
41. Though he speaks fluent English, he was actually raised in the barrio.
42. I extended my condolence to the bereaved family.
43. We would like to thank those who in a way or another contributed to this event.
44. Is there something wrong with the word Acknowledgement?
45. Let us abide with the rules and regulations of the school.
46. I want to follow the footsteps of my sister.
47. The traffic policeman apprehended the driver who didn’t notice the sign, NO PARKING ON
BOTH SIDES.
48. The next part of the program is the induction of newly elected officers.
49. He is the Chair of the Board of Judges.
50. We just celebrated our 15th year wedding anniversary at the Manila Hotel.
ANSWERS:
1. Before the seeds germinated, I did not know what kind of plants they_____.
a. Will be
b. Would be
C. Can be
d. Could beHelium, a new element in the sun, is the ash left ________ atoms of hydrogen
are fused in the furnace of the sun.
a. While
b. Unless
c. When
d. Until c
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5. Dorothy unnecessarily ______ a quarrel with Bryan and left the party immediately.
A. picked on B. picked out C. picked D. picked up
A. at B. in C. on D. from
7. Robert pleaded ____ his teacher to ask and give him a chance.
A. with B. to C. from D. in
8. The child who caught cheating _____ the teacher not to tell his parents about the
incident.
A. several big red B. several red big C. red several big D. big red several
A. on B. in C. upon D. from
13. The cost of a program being implemented is important ______ the feasibility
prioritization of the various concerns for it to be able to promote change.
a. Hence it looks into b. until it looks into c. since it looks into d. because it looks
into.
14. Filipinos are fortunate ____ the country has natural resources.
15. Disaster preparedness and disaster reduction management are slowly being taught
in schools because of the _____ of floods, earthquakes and other natural calamities in
the world.
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
D. would be so tiring
C. and a fresh juice daily but not coffee and carbonated drinks
C. was built by the Incas in the 15th century and it’s boasts of more than
D. a hundred flight of stone step which leads to temples and garden terraces.
B. for patients with problems of the heart but experts recently discovered
D. seemed to be no hope
* A. Thinking like a winner means not always having to defeat someone else
D. to human life
D. than knowledge
READING COMPREHENSION
The Filipino is sustained by his faith and his music. This was the observation made
many years ago by a noted Jesuit.
This I saw, felt and believed when I took a summer vacation in my father’s hometown.
For example, Tata Kandong would work like a horse the whole day as he shuttles
endlessly between his vegetable farm and his modest piggery. In the evenings he
would play his banduria and tell lots of stories between his pieces. Then he would
sound solemn and pious in saying, “God will send us rain for our rice field soon”.
My father’s youngest sister, Tita Cora, was a fine example of wife and mother would
put her young to sleep with her sweet lullabies. Going back to her work as a
seamstress, she would hum lovely kundiman. On one occasion, she paused and with a
glint on her eyes, she hoped her two children would be successful professionals.
My cousin, Josuel, just graduated from high school. He had to walk five kilometres
every day to school as there were no available means of transportation. Some evenings
we would share some praise songs. “I hope”. He wistfully said once, “I can be a lawyer,
so I can help the victims of exploitation in our town.”
Tata Kandong, Tita Cora and Josuel typify the strong and resolute Filipinos. While
life is difficult, hope springs eternal from their hearts, by the power of their faith and
music.
a. Sense of humor
b. Faith in others
a. Doubt
b. Pain
c. Sparkle
d. Sadness
b. To rely on hope
c. There is no more
a. Faith in others
b. Love of family
d. Love of people
1. What is obedience? It consists putting our own will to the will of another. It is a
habit of the following a law or command. It is a virtue necessary for everyone,
especially children and young people. It is the basis of order. Without obedience
life will be a great disorder. It has been said that he who rightly obeys will live
right; he will live sweetly, free from cares and troubles. He cannot grow or
progress if he does not learn to obey. He is not safe and happy if does not obey
orders.
2. But obedience appears unattractive to the eyes of young people. They want to
enjoy their liberty. Admittedly, this is the trend now or what seems to be.
Therefore, it is most necessary that they be wisely advised.
3. Always be obedient. You will find it very difficult at times, when pride or bad
temper wants to dominate. You should learn to bow, that is to obey while you
are still young and you will have done a great deal to promote the happiness of
your future life. Obedience is something not to be ashamed of. You cannot live
without it. Even the president of the country is not exempted from obedience.
He/ She has to obey the laws h/she have helped to make.
4. So obey God, your parents, teachers, superiors, people in authority, laws of
government and customs of society. Obedience must be our law. And what a
happy and world this be if everyone is obedient.
11. What is the main idea of the selection?
12. Which specific paragraph gives suggestions on the gains of being obedient?
A. Paragraph 1 and 2
B. Paragraph 1 and 4
C. Paragraph 2 and 3
D. Paragraph 2 and 4
A. cure
B. value
C. manner
D. tendency
14. Being obedient is different from those who are disobedient because
A. being obedient
B. being naughty
C. being hardheaded
D. being disrespectful
16. What literary technique was used by the writer in presenting his ideas?
A. narration
B. comparing ideas
C. detailed analysis
D. giving suggestions
A. discipline
B. superiority
C. weakness
D. childishness
A. If every Filipino citizen would be obedient, our country will prosper and
progress.
B. If every Filipino citizen would be obedient, our country will never develop.
C. If every Filipino citizen would be obedient, we will all be childish and childlike.
Chopstick were invented in china over thousand years ago, probably evolving from
twigs used to spear food from a cooking pot. Knives took over this function in the West,
but Confucius, who considered knives instruments of aggression, encouraged the use of
chopsticks as part of his teaching of nonviolence. The name in Chinese is kuaizi, which
means “quick little fellows” came from the pidgin English for kuai.
Chopsticks spread throughout the orient, those belonging to the rich made of gold,
silver, ivory, or jade. Most however, were-and are made of bamboo, which was plentiful
and cheap, with no taste or smell that could affect the food. The Japanese made them
from a variety of woods and lacquered them for durability. It was not until the late 19th
century that the disposable bamboo variety became popular.
Chopstick etiquette says you should not gesture with them as you talk, nor should
you use them to pass food. And you’re inviting misfortune if you drop them or place
them crossed on your plate, unless you do it in a restaurant to show the waiter you’re
finished and ready for the check.
19. Another way of expressing the idea “chopsticks spread throughout the
orient” is________________.
20. In the phrase “and lacquered them for durability” the most likely meaning of
lacquered is ______________.
a. Mixed
b. Dipped
C. Coated
D. Sprayed
21. In the passage, Chinese and Japanese chopsticks were described to __________.
22.Using a term that means ”quick little felloes” to refer a pair of chopsticks is an
example of a
__________.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
d. Personification
a. Eating practice
b. Food preparation
d. Cooking traditions
The verb has another aspect, too. It varies according to who or what is performing
the action: sneeze, he sneezes, they sneeze, and so on.
There are plenty of reasons a verb can go astray. The most common is that it doesn’t
match the subject: one is singular and the other plural. For example, Pocholo and I was
sneezing. The next most common reason is that the verb’s timing-its tense-is off.
(Yesterday she sneezes). This makes verb sound daunting, but they’re really not so
bad. Taken one at a time ( which is how you encounter them, after all) problems with
verb can be made to disappear.
24. The most important value of verbs is stated in the passage that says:
25. According to the passage, one reason verbs are not easy to use is because
____________.
d. Expresses action
27. “taken one at a time” problems with verbs can be made to disappear” is the same
as saying that________________.
a. An explanation
b. A narration
c. A description
d. An analysis
30. What does the phrase “the sun is our life source” mean?
32. The largest part of the radiant energy directed towards the earth is ______.
33. All useful energy on the surface of the earth comes from the ______.
a. sun directly
b. sun’s activity
34. The author presented the selection about the sun by_____.
a. enumerating details
b. giving examples
c. describing
d. narrating
(ITEMS 36-40)
A world without pasta seems inconceivable. Macaroni and cheese loving children across
the US would howl in protest; Italy might suffer a heart attack; social unrest could
explode in china where noodles are the main staple.
But if humans want to keep eating pasta, we will have to take much more aggressive
action against global warming. Pasta is made from wheat, and a large growing body of
scientific studies and real world observations suggest what wheat will be hit especially
hard as temperatures rise and storms and drought intensify in the years ahead.
Three grains- wheat, corn and rice account for most of the food that humans consume.
All these are already suffering from climate change, but wheat stands to fare the worst
in the years ahead, for it is the grain most vulnerable to high temperatures. That spells
trouble not only for pasta but also for bread, the most basic food of all.
International agricultural research centers and the private sector have woken up to the
fact that higher temperatures are almost inevitable and they have very little in their
genetic toolbox to deal with them.
36. The meaning of inconceivable in the first sentence of the passage must be
_________.
a. Not imaginable
b. Cannot happen
c. Unable to conceive
d. No possibility
b. China, where noodles are the main staple, could have social unrest
38. This passage entitled Pasta Crisis points out with urgency that ____________.
39. Another way of expressing the idea in the sentence” it is the grain most vulnerable
to high temperatures” is it is the grain ____________.
a. Narration
b. Exposition
c. Description
d. Illustration
(Items 41-45)
In the light of social changes, we come to the question: What qualities should
distinguish the educated Filipino today? I venture to suggest that the educated Filipino
should first be distinguished by the power to do.
We are coming more likely to the conviction that no Filipino has the right to be
considered educated unless he is prepared to take an active and useful part in the
work, life, and progress of our country as well as in the progress of the world.
41. what is the best paraphrase of the last paragraph in the passage?
A. Participation in the work and progress of our country is sought by every Filipino
43. What trait is found in most Orientals but needs to be deepened in Filipino?
A. justice C. hyperactivity
(Items 46-50)
A. hard to possess
B. easy to achieve
C. difficult to lose
D. easy to understand
47. From the ideas presented in the selection we can infer that happiness _____.
48. It can be concluded that the value being given emphasis in the selection is _____.
d. giving to others
49. What is meant by the line “We must get outside and focus on other’s joy or
sorrow”?
50. The idea of the author about happiness conveyed through _____.