10. All of the following contains phrasal verbs EXCEPT ______.

A. The Board winded their meeting up quite early.

B. We look up to him as our role model.
C. Do not lean against the wall.
D. Am I going to round off the number?

GENERAL EDUCATION 11. _____, the contractor would have had no difficulty in finishing the
renovation of the restaurant on time.
ENGLISH A. If the construction strike has not occurred
A REVIEWER FOR LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS B. If the construction strike would have not occurred
C. If it not been that the construction strike had occurred
I. GRAMMAR & CORRECT USAGE D. If the construction strike had not occurred

Directions: Each of the questions or statements below is followed by 12. All political parties promise to turn the economy _____ if elected,
four choices or completions. Encircle the letter of the one that is best but they never do.
in each case. A. over C. in
B. around D. on
1. Either the sister, who is in Canada for a two-week training, or the
brother, who is in Singapore for a one-year M.A. program, does not 13. The following sentences contain linking verbs EXCEPT _____.
agree to _______ idea of spending summer vacation in the A. Winning the election appears unlikely at this point.
Philippines. B. The transferee is quite eloquent.
A. his father’s C. his/her father’s C. The book becomes quite popular.
B. her father’s D. their father’s D. She is working hard for her family.

2. The following questions are prescriptively correct EXCEPT: 14. Which of these is a passive sentence?
A. Whom are you writing to? A. Mike introduced the new manager.
B. For whom did you buy this gift? B. The senior class will collect money for the field trip.
C. Who can we turn to in a time of crisis? C. The butler slowly opened the door.
D. Who sat down at the kitchen table? D. His bizarre behavior was ridiculed.

3. Since early times, psychological studies and other fields of science
_____ that tobacco responds to certain desires and character traits in
smokers.
A. showed C. had shown
B. have shown D. will have shown
4. My friend answers a question as if she ____ an expert in the field
of language teaching and learning.
A. is C. has been
B. was D. were
5. In the Philippines, an increasing number of commuters ______
immune from the perils of city life.
A. that believe their families are
B. believes their families are
C. who believe their families to be
D. believe their families to be
6. Does Pres. Rody Duterte _____ to rule like a “dictator” as what his
critics and rivals accused him off during the campaign?
A. intend C. is intending
B. intends D. will intend
7. Which of the following combination of person, number and case is
shown in the underlined pronoun?
“It is you who should be held accountable.”
A. second person, plural, subjective
B. second person, singular, objective
C. second person, singular, subjective
D. second person, plural, objective
8. The following sentences are grammatically correct EXCEPT:
A. She read it in a book.
B. Did you see the picture of the president in today’s newspaper?
C. I heard a new song on the radio.
D. We found American English resources in the Internet.
9. The following sentences use prepositions correctly EXCEPT:
A. I heard a loud explosion while I was on the bus.
B. My mom will wait in the car.
C. There was commotion on the train
D. There was confusion in the plane.
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15. Had they, my partners for this highly classified investigative work,
_____ the instructions before they kept the mobile phone?
A. write B. writes C. wrote D. written
16. Which of these sentences contains an ambiguous reference?
A. The dog that I bought yesterday bit me today.
B. No one will be expecting you to cook for the party.
C. The writer gives the reader the feeling that he is important.
D. None of the above
17. Which of the following is the correct transformation of this direct
statement into indirect or reported statement?
“Does the government punish avengers of environmental laws?” he
asks.
A. He asks if the government punishes avengers of environmental laws.
B. He asks when the government punishes avengers of environmental laws.
C. He asked if the government punished avengers of environmental laws.
D. He asked whether the government punish avengers of environmental
laws.
(1) The themes of liberty and freedom are central to much of
American literature, particularly the literature produced during the American
Renaissance. (2) As the issues of women’s rights and abolition came to the
forefront of the American consciousness, writers delved deep into an
exploration of the meaning of freedom for the country and for individuals. (3)
Three such writers from this time period who focus on issues of freedom are
Margaret Fuller, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Jacobs. (4) Each of
these writers develop an answer to the question posed by Stowe in Uncle
Tom’s Cabin: “Liberty! – electric world! What is it?”
18. Which of the following sentences should be revised in order to
correct an error?
A. Sentence 1, to correct an error in comma use
B. Sentence 2, to correct an error in apostrophe use
C. Sentence 3, to correct an error in comma use
D. Sentence 4, to correct an error in agreement
19. Former President Noynoy Aquino complained that he was not
given the 100-day honeymoon from carping __________.
A. critiques C. criticism
B. critics D. critically
20. I gave my younger brother _______.
A. classy latest black pure-leather Gibi shoes
B. black pure-leather latest black Gibi shoes
C. Gibi black pure-leather latest classy shoes
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32. Elsa is fast, _____ in her track and field batch on the National
21. Which of the following sentences expresses correct negation? Team.
A. The good leaders rarely don’t need advice. A. if not as faster as anyone
B. We barely recognized no one at the reunion. B. if not faster than anyone else
C. I couldn’t scarcely recognize her after all these years. C. if not faster than anyone
D. The President did not really declare “no classes.” D. if not faster as anyone else

22. Which of the following is the most appropriate yes-no question for
this sentence?
“The President has three to six months to address the problems on
illegal drugs.”
A. Did the President have three to six months to address the
problems on illegal drugs?
B. Does the President have three to six months to address the
problems on illegal drugs?
C. Will the President have three to six months to address the
problems on illegal drugs?
D. Had the President have three to six months to address the
problems on illegal drugs
33. Which of the following uses either as adjective?
A. It won't make much difference either way.
B. I refuse to meet either of them.
C. Either there's a problem or there isn't.
D. I don't want to go either.
34. The politician is benefiting from behavioral _____ to utilize and
new broadcasting methods to experiment with.
A. research, he has new techniques
B. research; he has new techniques for them
C. research; he has new techniques
D. research, there are new techniques for him

23. What is true of the following example? 35. _____ a present to the party.
“My goal, to be independently wealthy by the age of fifty, is looking A. Except for you and I, everyone has brought
increasingly unrealistic.” B. Except for you and I, everyone brought
A. It contains a gerund phrase C. Except for you and me, everyone brought
B. It contains a participial phrase D. Except for you and me, everyone had brought
C. It contains an absolute phrase
D. It contains an appositive phrase 36. The movie ends with two scenes ____ clue of the real cause of
the main character’s failure to amass great wealth.
24. Lumber or boards, which are cut from logs, are used for making A. that contain C. that is containing
buildings and furniture. The sentence has conjoined _____. B. that contains D. that are containing
A. indirect object C. direct object
B. objective complement D. object of the preposition 37. Which of the following is correct?
A. At the conference, he delivered the lecture this morning excellently.
25. Because our supply of fossil fuel like coal has been sadly ____, B. He delivered the lecture at the conference room this morning
we must find ____ sources of energy. excellently.
A. exhausted, efficient D. increased, available C. He delivered the lecture excellently this morning at the conference
B. depleted, alternate E. compensated, significant room.
C. stored, hoarded D. This morning, he delivered the lecture excellently at the conference.

26. For behavioral psychologists in the 1950’s, knowledge of 38. If they _____ “The White Birds”, he might have liked William
linguistic features ____ very necessary for comprehension to take Butler Yeats’ poetry.
place. A. will read C. would read
A. is C. are B. has read D. had read
B. was D. were
39. The circus audience _____ round of applause for the perfectly
27. The following groups of words are content words EXCEPT ____. timed acrobatic stunt.
A. read, recite, review C. fast, quick, brief A. received a well-deserved C. did give a well-deserved
B. who, when, where D. but, or, so B. had given a well-deserved D. received a deserving

28. Because he did not feel well yesterday, they _____ he will not be 40. When the war is over, no nation will _____.
able to attend the meeting this afternoon. A. either be isolated in war or peace
A. imply C. infer B. be either isolated in war or peace
B. understand D. conclude C. be isolated in neither war nor peace
D. be isolated in either war or peace
29. The usual solution proposed for the chronic ____ of affordable
housing in the Philippines is to build new houses, often with 41. The following sentences are prescriptively correct EXCEPT:
government subsidies to ___ the cost to the buyer. A. Yesterday I left my jacket in my locker; now I am freezing on my
A. scarcity, conceal C. shortage, reduce way to school.
B. excess, eliminate D. deterioration, repair B. We drove a sports car last year, but now we drive a sports utility
vehicle.
30. The appropriate verb to complete this sentence is _____. C. We will go to the baseball game tomorrow, but yesterday we went
“If you learn to swim, you _____ on this trip.” to the hockey game.
A. go C. will be going D. Yesterday we had walked to school but later rode the bus home
B. will go D. will have gone
42. To get through an emergency, a person _____.
31. All of the following sentences observe correct subject-verb A. is required to be calm and collected
agreement EXCEPT: B. should maintain calmness and should be collected
A. The red clown together with the blue and yellow clowns looks C. is demanded to maintain calmness and be collected
pathetic. D. should remain calm and collected
B. Sam is the only one of the trainees who has applied.
C. Neither pins nor tape was holding the pieces. 43. A sentence that contains one independent clause and three
D. Ten thousand pesos is very hard to earn nowadays. dependent clauses is best described as _____.
A. Simple sentence C. Complex sentence
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55. Which does NOT observe a consistent point of view?
44. I cannot _____ with this mess anymore. A. The farmers have now realized what the government is trying to
A. put away C. put up with do to help them.
B. put aside D. put off B. I am usually patient and tolerant with obnoxious people but a
person has his limits.
45. Which of the following words is prescriptively correct in the blank C. Once she has agreed to do a job, she should make every effort to
within this sentence? really do it.
“He _____ in bed all day yesterday because he had the flu.” D. The government in its desire to uplift the welfare of its people
A. lay C. laid implements various developmental programs.
B. lie D. lain
56. Which does NOT observe economy in expression?
46. Which can correctly complete this question? A. Two hundred university students joined the rally in Mendiola.
“Did this Period of Imitation which began in 1910 when the B. We had occasion to be the witness of a very interesting incident.
College Folio made its appearance in the University of the C. Finally, the private sector is now cooperating with the government.
Philippines ___ to the conventional forms of literature?” D. If I had much money, I would travel the rest of my life.
A. adhere B. adheres
B. adhered D. has adhered 57. Which does not show variation from normal word order?
A. For me there is no excuse
47. The following underlined words function as pronouns EXCEPT: B. Slowly the men came out of their hiding places
A. Looking up, the boy saw a man inch his way up the skyscraper. C. She dances gracefully.
B. Tina said she would never go to the wilderness. D. One of the paintings he gave to his sister
C. These were all that was left of the model airplane.
D. We will go to the store that advertised a sale. 58. Which is NOT redundant?
A. I read the biography of the life of President Ramon Magsaysay.
48. The incorrectly matched word from this direct speech with the B. A huge black bird circled high up in the air above the poultry farm.
part of speech is _____. C. Mary Smith, the company’s secretary, informed me that my
President Duterte said, “Do not bullshit with me, but do your duty. subscription has not yet arrived.
A. do - verb C. but - conjunction D. The birds flying in the sky made a V-formation.
B. bullshit - adjective D. not - adverb
59. Which type of logical fallacy is demonstrated by this argument?
49. The transferee speaks more fluently than _____. “It is essential that we reject the proposed changes to the company’s
A. me C. mine insurance plan. If we don’t protest against these changes now, we’ll
B. I D. my soon end up with no health coverage at all.”
A. slippery slope C. strawman
50. The President’s speech caused a lot of anger and dissatisfaction B. red herring D. circular reasoning
among women. Many officials wish he ______ that speech.
A. has never made C. never made 1) The couch in my living room is different from any other couch. 2) It
B. would never make D. had never made sits right next to the bay window at the front of the room.3) Sunlight streams
onto the shiny fabric, providing a warm, cozy cocoon designed for my
II. ACADEMIC WRITING relaxation. 4) It’s the perfect getaway after school, too. 5) As soon as I enter
the door at 4 p.m., I drop my book bag, heavily loaded with textbooks, onto
the floor. 6) I quickly hit the couch and fall into it.
Directions: Read carefully each test item, then encircle the letter
of the best answer from the given choices.
60. This paragraph is best described as which type of writing?
A. persuasive C. technical
51. All of the following are discussions of formal writing EXCEPT:
B. descriptive D. expository
A. Simple vocabulary and simple sentence structure are used.
B. It emphasizes the importance of its subject and the exactness of
61. Which of the following would NOT be an effective thesis in a
its information.
persuasive essay?
C. Tone is dignified.
A. The United States has no right to intervene in the internal affairs of
D. It maintains a certain distance between writer and audience.
other nations.
B. Year-round schooling is an ill-conceived and simplistic solution to
52. What type of error is shown in this sentence?
a complicated problem.
“Faster than a speeding bullet, the citizens of Metropolis saw
C. Seventy-five percent of surveyed voters feel the President is doing
Superman flying overhead.”
an adequate job.
A. Faulty Coordination C. Faulty Parallelism
D. Thoreau was right when he said, “The mass of men leads lives of
B. Misplaced Modifier D. Comma Splice
quiet desperation.”
53. Which of the sentences demonstrates effective parallelism?
62. Which of these must NOT be included in a citation for a
A. Popular exercises for men and women include aerobic dancing,
magazine article?
weight lifters, and jogging.
A. volume and page numbers C. date of publication
B. I look forward to hearing from you and to have an opportunity to
B. title of article D. place of publication
tell you more about myself.
C. Computerization has helped industry by not allowing labor costs to
63. All of the following are good topic sentences EXCEPT:
skyrocket, increasing the speed of production.
A. Doing housework can be very boring.
D. Baby food consumption, toy production, and marijuana use are
B. Browsing in a library is an exciting experience.
likely to decline as the Philippine population grows older.
C. My trip to the botanical garden taught me a lot.
D. The Education week is held every first week of December.
54. Which of the sentences would be a good revision of sentence A?
A. She saw the house she built in her mind.
64. What organizational pattern is used in the following paragraph?
B. In her mind, she saw the house she built.
A. chronology C. comparison and contrast
C. The house she saw she built in her mind.
B. classification D. cause and effect
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 General James Oglethorpe established Fort Frederica, now in D. the process of internalizing a grammatical rule.
ruins on St. Simon’s Island (Georgia), in 1736 as a fortified settlement to
guard British North America’s southern frontier. Oglethorpe’s community
drove back invading Spaniards during the Battle of Bloody Marsh in 1742.
Then peace prevailed until the village burned in 1758. Today, the tabby
foundation (made of concrete mixture of water, sand, lime, and oyster shells)
74-76. Paragraph Organization
stands in silhouette against the Frederica River while excavated house Directions: Determine which may be the best order in which the
foundations line the original main street. sentences should be arranged to result in a well-organized
paragraph. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
65. If a child can spell and write his name at home but fails to do so
in front of the teacher, he _____. 74. A. Now, we shall do everything we can to enforce this law.
A. is displaying both spelling competence and performance B. In the struggle against crime, government and people should
B. has spelling competence but does not display spelling join hands.
performance C. Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law, is government’s
C. cannot actually spell response against cruelty and heartlessness.
D. Is showing spelling performance but not competence D. The law’s main objective is not retribution but reform and
rehabilitation of offenders and would-be offenders.
66. Which of the following are stages of writing development? E. All countries in the world are presently siege by violent crime.
I. pictorial III. scribbling a. CEBAD b. EBCDA c. CEDAB d. ACEBD e. CBEDA
II. transitional IV. unconventional
75. A. Indeed, the real test of the pudding is in the eating.
A. I and II only C. I, II, and III only B. Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is the Republic’s 14th
B. I and III D. I, II, III and IV President.
C. Her sincerity is being closely scrutinized in her day-to-day
67. Which of the following are key components of brainstorming? actuations.
I. Organizing ideas D. She emphasized “walang palakasan, kamag-anak, kaibigan,
II. Generating questions to be researched etc.” in running the affairs of the Presidency.
III. Listing examples associated with a given topic E. She spelled out her government policies in her “State of the
IV. Evaluating information Nation Address”.
a. ADECB b. ABECD c. BEDCA d. BCDEA e. BDCEA
A. I and II only C. I, II and III
B. II and III only D. I, II, III, and IV 76. A. How can the new social order, tempered with justice and
reconciliation, short of cronyism and dynasty-building be
68. In English, you can tell whether a word is being used as a noun realized?
or a verb based on its placement in a sentence relative to other word. B. The effective result of bloodless revolution is shown in the
This is a _____. provision for the development of a responsible and law
A. syntax C. morphology abiding citizens.
B. semantics D. phonemes C. This can be achieved by people power which is most often
likened to a newborn baby.
69. Which of the following words have acquired new definitions due D. Having responsible citizens means the end of milestone of
to technological advances and developments in the 20th century? abusive officials who are held responsible for injustice they
I. Mouse II. Surfing III. Cookie IV. Desktop committed in the past.
a. ABCD b. BACD c. BCAD d. ACBD e. DBCA
A. I and III only C. I, II and III only
B. II and IV only D. I, II, III, and IV 77-81. GRAMMAR - Identifying Error
70. Which of the following words consists of a root word and an Directions: If there is an error, encircle the letter of the underlined
inflectional suffix? part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If there is
A. hopping C. assistant no error, encircle letter E.
B. famous D. baker
77. Before the advent of modern surgical techniques, bleeding
71. Which of the following is an example of an authentic writing A
assessment task for English language learners? patients with leeches were considered therapeutically effective
A. composing a response to a letter from a teacher B C D
B. revising errors embedded in a paragraph No error
C. writing a sentence that a teacher dictates E
D. converting a sentence from present tense to past tense 78. The masterpiece which was auctioned so successfully depicts a
A
72. Which of the following should be the primary focus of instruction Biblical scene in which the king is on his throne with his
for English language learners in the prewriting stage of the writing B C
process? counselors respectively standing below. No error
A. helping students generate the vocabulary and structures they D E
need to express their ideas 79. The effort to create appropriate theatrical effects often result in
B. justifying for students the value of and purposes for writing A B
C. providing students with clear guidelines regarding assignment settings that cannot be effective without an imaginative lighting
expectations and grading criteria C D
D. promoting students' use of standard crew. No error
E
73. An English language learner overgeneralized the regular past 80. Mr. Torres’ paper is highly imaginary and very creative but
tense -ed to irregular verbs, such as goed for go, and putted for put. A B C
This student most clearly demonstrated _____. seems to be lacking in cogency. No error
A. the memorization of an incorrect verb form. D E
B. the acquisition of a new vocabulary word. 81. The President together with his department secretaries is in
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 Central Luzon distributing relief good. No error 94. “Excessive consumption of caffeine can lead to high blood
D E pressure; therefore, you should reduce your consumption of cola
82. If they will not start on time, they will be late. No error beverages, coffee, and chocolate.”
A B C D E This argument illustrates which of the following?
A. deductive reasoning C. analogical reasoning
III. SPEECH AND ORAL COMMUNICATION B. an ad hominem reasoning D. abductive reasoning

Directions: Read carefully each test item, then encircle the letter of 95. An informative speech that explains the history of genetic would
the best answer from the given choices. most likely follow which of the following methods of organization?
A. comparison-contrast C. chronological
83. Which sound is not a recognition of the simple past tense? B. cause-effect D. problem-solution
A. /ed/ B. /d/ C. /∂d/ D. /t/
96. Which of the following nonverbal responses from an audience
84. Which of the following shows the correct stress of the given member indicates attention and interest in a speaker?
word? A. Crossed arms and crossed legs
A. céremony B. cerémony C. ceremóny D. ceremonŷ B. Leaning forward
C. Eye contact with other audience members
85. Which of the underlined vowel in the following words is different? D. Leaning backward
A. mental B. fun C. pursue D. hat
97. Which of the following best describes the critical period in
86. Which of the following logically follows this sentence with stole as language development?
the most important word, “I didn’t say he stole the money ____”? A. If a child does not learn to write by a certain age, he or she is likely
A. Someone else said it. to never acquire basic writing skills.
B. That’s not true at all. B. If a child is not exposed to a second language by a certain age, he
C. Maybe he just borrowed it. or she is likely to never fluently read or write a second language.
D. He may have taken some jewelry. C. If a child is not exposed to regular language use by a certain age,
he or she is likely to never fully develop language capabilities.
87. Which of the following follows this syllable pattern “la-la-la”? D. If a child does not learn phonetics by a certain age, he or she is
A.IBM B. orchestra C. analyze D. percentage likely to never acquire basic reading skills.

88. What sound is produced when the letter or sound D is followed
by a word that starts with Y? Did you see it?
A. ch B. j C. sh D. zh
89. Which is pronounced with lips drawn back, and teeth close
together?
A. beat B. boot C. bought D. bat
90. An English language learner has difficulty distinguishing between
the sounds /b/ and /v/ in English words (e.g., bet/vet, boat/vote)
because in the student's first language the sounds /b/ and /v/ are
spoken interchangeably in words. Which of the following provides the
most accurate explanation of this linguistic phenomenon?
A. English is a tonal language in which pitch affects the meaning of a
word, while the student's first language is not a tonal language.
B. The sounds /b/ and /v/ are voiced consonants in English, while
they are voiceless consonants in the student's first language.
C. Consonant-vowel phoneme sequences in the student's first
language are more complex than they are in English.
D. The sounds /b/ and /v/ are distinct phonemes in English, while
they are allophones of the same phoneme in the student's first
language.
dog shed fur
91. In comparing the phonemes in the words above ____.
A. Two have three, and one has four.
B. They each have three.
C. One had one, one has two, and one has three.
D. It cannot be determined unless one hears how each person
pronounces the words.
92. A startling introductory statement is most useful in establishing
contact with which kind of audience?
A. hostile C. attentive
B. apathetic d. homogeneous
93. In debate, prima facie is one that ____.
A. is presented in the second affirmative rebuttal
B. is necessary only when a proposition of fact is being argued
C. is necessary only when a proposition of value is being argued
D. minimally meets the affirmative side’s unattached burden of proof
98. Which of the following examples provides the strongest support
for the nativist notion that all children are born with an innate sense
of universal language principles that can be applied to the acquisition
of any language?
A. A child can produce structurally complex novel utterances at a
very young age.
B. A child creates a new language to speak with an imaginary friend.
C. A child can repeat verbatim the words of songs from favorite
television programs.
D. A child mimics adult speech when playing with other children.
99. An English language learner is extroverted and enjoys interacting
with others. He is not afraid to try to communicate even when he is
uncertain of the accuracy of his speech. These personality traits are
likely to affect this student's English language acquisition in which of
the following ways?
A. facilitating language acquisition by supporting his ability to self-
monitor his language production and to internalize language rules
B. hindering language acquisition by encouraging the fossilization of
nonstandard language forms in his interlanguage development
C. facilitating language acquisition by promoting his willingness to
take risks and his motivation to integrate into the new culture
D. hindering language acquisition by creating social distance
between him and speakers of the target language who do not
share these traits
100. Which of the following factors is likely to have the most
significant impact on the degree to which an English language
learner is able to acquire native-like pronunciation in English?
A. the age at which the student begins learning English
B. the amount and type of second- language instruction the student
receives
C. the grammatical features of the student's first language
D. the extent to which the student desires to maintain his or her first
language
IV. VOCABULARY (Synonym)
Directions: Encircle the letter of the word that is synonymous to the
underlined word in the sentence.
101. His diffidence caused him to miss many opportunities.
A. ignorance C. timidity
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 And hand in hand we’ll go,
102. I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you how much I appreciated the And sleep thegither at the foot.
lovely gift. John Anderson, my Jo.
A. guilty C. ungrateful
B. sorry D. negligent 114. Which of the following is true of the poem below?
A. It uses iambic pentameter.
103. Somebody has to corroborate your evidence; otherwise, it will B. It uses metaphor.
not stand as defense in court. C. It is classified as sonnet.
A. witness C. confirm D. It uses an oxymoron.
B. be credible D. negate
Hope is the thing with feathers
104. Indulgent parents spoil their children by giving in to their whims That perches in the soul
and caprices. And sings the tune without the words
A. loving C. generous And never stops at all.
B. beneficial D. yielding And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
105. Because of the drug’s soporific effect, you should not drive after That could abash the little bird
taking it. That kept so many warm
A. poignant C. sedative I’ve heard it in the chillest land
B. noxious D. poisonous And on the strangest sea,
Yet never, in extremity,
106. He was expelled from the English club because of his nefarious It asked a crumb of me.
activities. - E. Dickinson, Hope is the Thing with Feathers
A. sinister C. questionable
B. unauthorized D. immature 115. The simile in this poem makes love seem _____.
A. dangerous C. delightful
107. The extra dirt was a key buttress to the foundation. B. annoying D. thrilling
A. defense C. opening
B. support D. obstacle Love in my bosom like a bee
Doth suck his sweet;
108. The depravity of the criminal’s behavior shocked us all. Now with his wings he plays with me,
A. harshness C. effects Now with his feet.
B. viciousness D. deprivations Within mine eyes he makes his nest,
His bed amidst my tender breast;
V. VERBAL ANALOGY My kisses are his daily feast,
And yet he robs me of my rest.
Directions: Each test item below consists of related pair of words and Ah, wonton, will ye?
a word without a pair. Encircle the letter of the word that can be -Thomas Lodge, Love in My Bosom
paired with the given word that BEST expresses the relationship
similar to that expressed in the given pair of words. 116. The passage describes a woman who is _____.
A. emotionally disturbed by her illicit affair with a married man
109. open : secretive :: forthright : _____ B. Consumed by regret for the man she has loved secretly
A. spiteful C. masked C. Worried that her change of heart will be discovered
B. honest D. candid D. Consumed by the love she holds in secrecy

110. chairman : gavel :: conductor : _____ She never told her love,
A. orchestra C. bus But let concealment, like a worm I’th’ bud
B. piano D. baton 3 Feed on her damask cheek.
She pined in thought.
111. funds : embezzled :: writings : _____ And with a green and yellow melancholy
A. plagiarized C. copyrighted 6 She sat like patience on a monument,
B. documented D. published Smiling at grief.
Was not this love indeed?
112. taciturn : laconic :: improvised :: _____
A. practice C. prepared 117. Lines of the stanza below are structured as elements of _____.
B. planned D. unrehearsed A. antithesis C. litotes
B. hyperbole D. narrative poem
VI. PHILIPPINE and WORLD LITERATURE
When last I died, and dear, I die
Directions: Read each test item carefully, then, encircle the letter As often as from thee I go,
of the best answer from the given choices. Though it be but an hour ago
And Lovers’ hours be full eternity.
-John Donne’s The Legacy
113. The speaker in the stanza below is most likely __.
A. A young woman addressing her lover RAIN
B. A father addressing his son 1 I want to beat my fists in the dusty
C. An older woman addressing her son 2 Road, a sob in the throat. What if
D. An older woman addressing her beloved 3 it’s our fault? Stripped of the comfort
4 of other droughts, cyclical, caused by
John Anderson, my Jo, John, 5 the world we’re part of, have we
We clamb the hill thegither; 6 brought this one on ourselves? Scorching
And mony a cantie day, John, 7 the earth’s deep green, burning
We’ve had wi ane anither; 8 the sky a risk we took and lost?
Now we maun totter down, John, 9 We did all this and now: there’s nothing

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 10 We can do to make it rain.
-Holly St. John Bergon 125. In this passage, which atmosphere does the author attempt to
create?
118. Which of the following is best exemplified in the poem above? A. pleasant anticipation C. unrelieved despair
A. paradox B. metonymy C. metaphor D. irony B. quiet peace D. vague uncertainty

119. In lines 3 and 4, the poet suggests that the “comfort” of other
droughts is the knowledge that _____.
A. other droughts did no harm
B. people used to welcome the variety in weather
C. people used to prefer dry weather
D. other droughts were part of nature’s pattern
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lighting, and her name
Mother of exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
-Emma Lazarus
Boris got out of the britzka in front of the mighty stone
stairs and walked toward them, feeling for his letter. Nothing stirred in
the house. It was like walking into a cathedral. “And,” he thought, “by
the time that I get into that carriage once more, what will everything
be like to me?
126. From this same passage, which inference can most safely be
drawn?
A. The house was topped by a lofty tower.
B. Boris is tired from his journey.
C. The most imposing feature of the house is the door.
D. Boris intends to stay at the house for only a short time
127. Which of the following is the most accurate classification of the
stanza below?
A. Ballad C. Pastoral
B. Ode D. Dramatic Monologue
Come live with me and be my Love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dale and field,
And all the craggy mountains yield.
The passionate Shepherd to His love, by C. Marlowe

120. The main idea of the poem is that _____. 128. Which of the following poetic devices are used in the same
A. the Greek statue serves as a model for the American statue stanza?
B. the mighty are asked to come to these shores I. Alliteration III. Hyperbole
C. America welcomes all persecuted freedom-lovers II. Iambic pentameter IV. Personification
D. the lamp guides those who come to the golden door A. I and III C. III and IV
B. I and IV D. I, II and III
121. The title of this poem, “The New colossus,” implies _____.
A. similarity to the old 129. What is suggested in the opening line?
B. inferiority to the old June 13, 1986- they came from all over America- 200,000 heroes
C. acceptance of the old strong, with their families.
D. difference from the old A. The writer who is a veteran is admired by his families.
B. The writer who also fought is brave like the veterans.
122. The incorrectly matched phrase from the poem with the figure of C. The writer is a flag-waving patriot who fought hard for the country.
speech or poetic device it demonstrates is _____. D. The writer who did not bravely fight for the country admires the
A. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she – synecdoche veterans.
B. “shall stand a mighty woman” – inversion
C. “world-wide welcome” – alliteration 130. The following lines are characterized by _____.
D. “flame is the imprisoned lightning” – metaphor 1 Fair is my Love, and cruel as she’s fair;
2 Her brow-shades frown, although her eyes are sunny.
123. What figure of speech is used in these lines? 3 Her smiles are lightning, though her pride despair,
4 And her disdains are gall, her favors honey.
Good night, good night!
Parting is such sweet sorrow, A. anticlimax C. antihero
That I shall say good night till it be morrow. B. antithesis D. anti-utopia
-Romeo and Juliet Act 2, scene 2, W. Shakespeare
131. Which lines use personification?
A. simile C. hyperbole
B. personification D. oxymoron 1 Life has loneliness to sell,
2 Music like a curve of gold,
124. The last sentence in the following paragraph suggests that __. 3 Scent of pine trees in the rain,
A. The boy would enjoy great success one day. 4 Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
B. The boy’s days at Oxford were among his happiest 5 And for your spirit’s still delight,
C. The boy’s father loved his son very much 6 Holy thoughts that star the night.
D. Father Roger failed to nurture the boy’s promising talent -Sara Teasdale, Barter
A. 1,2,4,5 C. 1,4,5,6
As he worked, and the rain fell on the tiles, he talked – now B. 2,3,4,5 D. 3,4,5.6
clearly, now muttering, now breaking off to frown or smile at his work.
He told them he was born at Little Lindfens Farm, and his father used 132. Robert Frost wrote the poem “Acquainted with the Night” from
to beat him from drawing things instead of doing things, till an old which this stanza is taken. The poet in the stanza talks of ____.
priest called Father Roger, who drew illuminated letter in rich
people’s books, coaxed the parents to let him take the boy as a sort I have been one acquainted with the night.
of printer’s apprentice. Then he went with father Roger to Oxford, I have walked out in rain-back in rain.
where he cleaned plates and carried cloaks and shoes for the I have outwalked the farthest city light.
scholars of a College called Merton. - Rudyard Kipling’s Puck of Pook’s Hill I have looked down the saddest city lane.
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 I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye.
A. alone and separated from others
B. alone and separated, but happy with his achievements
C. worried but joyful for being able to get out of the house
D. separated but delighted for the blessings brought by the rain
133. The following lines are taken from the poem “maggie and milly
and molly and may.” Which of the following ideas is the author
expressing?
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
It’s always ourselves we find in the sea
A. The sea is important because it is the source of life.
B. The sea represents all of our moods.
C. The sea is the best place for a person to reflect about life.
D. The sea can give people a fresh view on life.
134. The rhymes used contribute to this poem’s _____.
A. serious tone E. sentimental tone
B. comic tone D. simple tone
‘Til a hound heard the sound when Raccoon left the ground.
He was trapped! He was cornered! But he wasn’t forlornered.
The hound saw a flash and his teeth he did gnash
For the prey he had treed just turned tail and fleed.
-L.E. Myers, Pity the Poor Raccoon
135. The author of the passage compares certain readers with
“chocolate addicts” primarily in order to _____.
A. suggest that science fiction is not a serious literary genre
B. indicate the depth of certain readers’ feelings about science fiction
C. explain why some readers consider science fiction to be
dangerous
D. contrast the characteristics of science
Science fiction readers claim to either love it or loathe it;
either way they avoid it like poison or they devour favorite works and
authors like chocolate addicts gulping down fudge truffles.
136. What figure of speech is used in this haiku?
O moon, why must you
Inspire my neighbors to chirp
All night in his flute.
-Koyo
A. apostrophe B. allusion C. hyperbole D. euphemism
137. The night is implied to be _____.
A. quiet and inspiring C. beautiful and romantic
B. bright and beautiful D. happy and exciting
Lyric 17
First, a poem must be magical.
Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold a secret a bird’s flowering.
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
- Jose Garcia Villa
138. “It must be slender as a bell” means that a poem _____.
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B. is clean and lean
C. goes on a diet to get rid of excess words
D. includes only important words
139. The line “and hold a secret a bird’s flowering” means _______.
A. the poem blooms like a flower. It is lovely to look at.
B. the poem flies like a bird. It travels fast.
C. the meaning of the poem is intentionally hidden.
D. the meaning of the poem can be understood instantly.
140. “It must have the wisdom of bows” means that a poem _____.
A. is a weapon in understanding language
B. should touch the heart of the readers
C. must be as good as a bow
D. has its mark like a bow
141. The stanza below from William Cullen Bryant’s poem “To a
Mosquito” includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Fair insect! That, with threadlike legs spread out,
And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing,
Dost murmur, as thou slowly sail’st about,
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.
A. pastoral setting C. apostrophe
B. rhymed couplet D. iambic pentameter
142. The sentence below implies that _____.
“In the cathedral larches the ground-pine crept him, the
thrush sung him, the robin complained him, the cat-bird mewed him,
the anemone vibrated him, the wild apple bloomed him…I beheld the
river, like God’s love, journeying out of the gray past on into the
green future.”
A. God has withdrawn from the world.
B. Nature celebrates humanity.
C. Humanity is blind to the beauties of nature.
D. God pervades all nature.
(1) The people all saw her come because it was sundown.
(2) The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky. (3) It
was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. (4) It was the
time to hear things and talk. (5) These sitters had been tongueless,
earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. (6) Mules and other
brutes had occupied their skins. (7) But now, the sun and the
bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human. (8) They
became lords of sound and lesser things. (9) They passed nations
through their mouths. (10) They sat in judgment.
-Zora Neale, Their Eyes Were Watching God
143. Which of the following is the best way of describing the last
three sentences of the passage (“They became…in judgment”).
A. The sentences emphasize the weariness the sitters feel after a
long day’s work.
B. The sentences are used to paint a picture of the way in which the
sitters wish they spent their evenings.
C. The sentences are a vivid way of describing the ease and
authority the sitters feel during the evening.
D. The sentences highlight the contrast between the feelings of the
sitters and the feelings of the bossman.
I walked towards the falling woods
to teach the trees all that I could
of time and birth, the language of men,
the virtues of hate and loving.
They stood with their fingers flaming,
Listened to me with a serious mien:
I knew the footnotes, all the text,
My words were precise and correct –
I was sure that they were learning –
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To ask why I never changed color.
-Cirilo F. Bautista, Pedagogic

144. The use of effective ____ helps in emphasizing main idea of the
poem.
A. hyperbole C. metaphor
B. irony D. personification

145. What does the phrase “close of day” in this stanza mean?
A. evening C. death
B. disaster D. failures and weaknesses

Do not go gentle into that good night

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

146. What problem is pointed out by Manuel Arguilla in the story

“How My Brother Brought Home a Wife”?
A. How Filipinos live in the province
B. How Filipinos solve family problems
C. How Filipinos are affected by new technology
D. How Filipinos accept a new family member

147. What truth about life was presented in the story “The Wedding
Dance” by Amador Daguio?
A. Some men are not contented with one partner.
B. Man and woman are born equal.
C. Culture goes beyond love.
D. Love conquers all.

148. What is the message of the short story, “The Centipede” by

Rony V. Diaz?
A. Childhood memories are treasures.
B. Teasing or taunting should only be done by adults.
C. Children should be responsible with what trick they do with their
siblings.
D. Childhood relationships between siblings are sometimes painful.

149. What is the conflict in the story “The Mats” by Francisco

Arcellana?
A. Emilia’s indifference
B. siblings’ rivalry
C. Mr. Angeles’ emotionality
D. Hunger in the family

150. The “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez Benitez symbolizes _____.

A. the love of Esperanza for Alfredo
B. the love of Alfredo for Julia
C. the love of Julia for Alfredo
D. the love of Alfredo for Esperanza

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