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CATALINUHAN 2017 LANGUAGE ANSWER KEY 20. A. pahirin- pahiran
Ang ibig sabihin ng pahirin ay alisin samantalang ang pahiran ay
1. C. ecstacy lagyan
The correct spelling is ecstasy. It is an overwhelming feeling of 21. B. Relationship- person : pen name
great happiness or joyful excitement. 22. C. Relationship- president : vice president
2. B. silhoette 23. D. Relationship- extreme form of verb: lesser intensity
The correct spelling is silhouette. It is the dark shape and outline 24. D. Relationship- work : author
of something or someone visible against a lighter background. 25. C. Relationship- adult form : younger form
3. B. punctillious 26. C. Relationship- samahan : pahayagan
The correct spelling is punctilious. It is an adjective which means 27. A. Relationship- old name : modern name
of showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour. 28. C.
4. A. retisent 29. B.
The correct spelling is reticent. It is an adjective which means of (28&29) The modifier only needs to be closer to the word,
not revealing one’s thoughts or emotions readily. phrase, or clause it modifies. The sentence wanted to emphasize
5. C. strike how much time he spent on studying. We use ‘had’ instead of
Impinge means to have an effect to or to affect, which in this the ‘has’ (in letter D) because the sentence is in the past form.
text, is synonymous to strike. 30. C.
6. A. sodden Parallelism, the use of components in a sentence that are
Sodden means soaking or drenched, which implies that an grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, is
object is wet. observed. Answering phone calls = as well as editing. Present
7. C. Empty progressive.
Vacuous means empty-headed/ empty, from vacuum meaning 31. C.
emptiness. Past tense. Cause-effect relationship
8. B. Admire 32. A. “The jury” is a singular subject. Therefore, it should be
Venerate means to regard with great respect, which is followed by a singular verb.
synonymous to admire. 33. A. “Do not” should be used since it is the verb for the plural
9. A. pang-aalipusta “Korean drama fans”)
Ang kasingkahulugan ng panlilibak ay pang-aalipusta, 34. B. “So” should be removed because there it is always
pananakit. Hindi pwede ang paghihinagpis dahil maaaring accompanied by a “that-phrase.” For example, she is SO
maghinagpis nang walang pang-aalipusta. beautiful THAT her face could launch a thousand ships. If there
10. C. parinig exists no “that-phrase,” the word “very” is used. But again, a
Ang kasingkahulugan ng paringgit ay parinig – pagpapahiwatig stronger form of the verb can be used instead of using very.
sa verbal na paraan, kaya’t mali ang pahiwatig o paramdam. 35. A. Should be “in spite of” or “despite”, not “inspite of”. No such
11. B.wealth. Penury means extreme poverty word as “inspite” exists.
12. A.useful. Bootless means useless. 36. A. Should be “is” instead of “are” ; the linking verb pertains to
13. B.malinis. Ang ibig sabihin ng marusing ay marumi. the words “no room”.
14. B. pagtawa. Ang ibig sabihin ng panangis ay panaghoy, pag- 37. E.
iyak 38. C. Should be “consists” ; the cell is the subject. Disregard the
15. B. advice – advises appositive.
Advice is a noun while advise is a verb. 39. E.
16. A. on; in time. 40. D. “It’s” is the shortened form of it is or it has; “its” is the
The people were waiting on the bench – on is used since they possessive form of it.
waited on top or on the surface of the bench. On time means 41. D. “Meeting up in” instead of “meet up in” to follow the rule of
one is exactly on time for an event. In time implies that there is parallelism.
enough time to spare. In this case, the people were already 42. B. “Kaniyang” imbis na “kanilang” dahil tinutukoy nito si Dr. Jose
sitting on the bench waiting for their friend. Hence, their friend Rizal)
was not on time, but rather, arrived in time. 43. A. “Nakapagpapabagabag” sa halip na “nakakapagpabagabag”.
17. B.piqued 44. C. Sa patinig nagtapos ang salitang “na” kaya dapat “raw” ang
The correct term is piqued. It means to simulate an interest or gamitin at hindi “daw”.
curiosity. Peaked, meaning climaxed, is valid but piqued would 45. D. “sa kaniya” sa halip na“sa kanya”
be the best choice for the scenario. Peeked and picked would 46. C. “tagapagsaliksik” sa halip na “tagapag-saliksik”.
not make sense since spoken word poetry cannot peek or pick. 47. C. “Saan” imbis na “San.
18. B. Shrank 48. E.
Past tense is used for consistency. The correct past tense of the 49. B. Hindi na kailangan ng “mga” dahil plural na ang “masasakit”
word shrink is shrank. There exists no such word as shrinked. 50. B. “Ng” imbis na “nang” dahil pangngalan ang kasunod na salita,
Shrunk is a past participle. Shook is the past tense of shake. lahat.
19. B. nakapagpapabagabag
Ang unang pantig ng salitang ugat ang inuulit, hindi ang unlapi.