ENGLISH PPT NCBTS.pptx

ENGLISH SUBJECT
SAMPLE GEN.ED QUESTIONS
Prepared By:
Pamaclawan, Julie Pearl
Dungog, Sharmae
Garson, Welsie
Villar, Karla Alyanna
Quilay, Gwendolyn
Tigas, Nesslee Jane
Sullano, Weldon
Ortiz, Gay Marir
Daluraya, Ariel
Laguisma, Eloise

ENGLISH 1-
STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS
1.1 The use of language
correctly and appropriately
For numbers 1-10, select the letter of the pronoun
which best completes each sentence.

1. Despite her parents’ complaints, she
decided to live by ______ in Manila.
A. her
C. oneself
B. herself
D. himself

2. If you happen to see Adolfo this
Friday, please give ______ my
warmest regards.
A. her
C. it
B. him
D. them

3. I can never understand ______ when
Rita speaks Spanish with ______.
A. her, me
C. her, them
B. him, me
D. him, her

4. Cheaters should be ashamed of
_______________.
A. himself
C. themselves
B. him
D. them

5. Nene was worried about the children,
so she told ______ husband not to
accept the job offer.
A. his
C. their
B. her
D. my

6. Anna and I met a friend of
______ at Robinson’s yesterday.
A. ours
C. ourselves
B. us
D. them

7. I can’t find ______ ballpen. Can I
use ______, Tristan?
A. my, yours
C. your, yours
B. mine, your
D. yours, mine

8. I hurt ______ when I was slicing
the onions.
A. me
C. you
B. myself
D. my

9. This condominium is too expensive
for _____. You know we can’t pay
such a high monthly rent.
A. us
C. them
B. we
D. we

10. Each plan has ______ merit
A. it
C. it’s
B. its
D. their

For numbers 11-15, select the most appropriate word
to complete each sentence.
11. Igor’s nipa hut was destroyed
______ by the typhoon Peping.
A. altogether
C. altogether
B. all together
D. at all

12. The battered wife is seeking
_____ separation from her
husband.
A. judiciary
C. judicious
B. judicial
D. jurisdical

13. The ______ of the story is not to
count your eggs until they are
hatched.
A. moral
C. moralism
B. morale
D. morality

14. The ancient people made a
______ that the end of the
world is near.
A. prophecy
C. prophet
B. prophesy
D. prophetic

15. ______ wiring is the cause
of the sudden blackout.
A. Lose
C. Losing
B. Lost
D. Loose

For numbers 16-20, select the word which
means the SAME as the underlined word in the
sentence.
16. Your findings are impertinent to the
results of this investigation.
A. malicious
C. important
B. violent
D.irrelevant

17. Several elements must be transmuted
to see the real implications of this event.
A. surpassed
C. changed
B. estimated
D. summed

18. You should be ashamed of yourself
for having such carnal desires.
A. spiritual
C. worldly
B. bold
D. guilty

19. The president showed great aplomb
while dealing with the reporters.
A. agitation
C. composure
B. nervousness
D. perturbation

20. Thank you for your candor,
Mr. Secretary.
A. honesty
C. shyness
B. frankness
D. courage

For numbers 21-30, select the most appropriate form of
the verb to complete the sentence. Be guided by the
rules for subject-verb agreement.
21. The price of these sneakers _____
reasonable.
A. is
C. seem
B. are
D. aren’t

22. Bread and butter ______ our
daily food.
A. is
C. were
B. are
D. am

23. The famous singer and composer
_______ arrived.
A. have
C. will
B. has
D. is

24. Collecting stamps ______ one
of his favourite pastimes.
A. are
C. has
B. were
D. is

25. Neither his father nor his
sisters _______ mahjong.
A. play
C. are play
B. plays
D. are plays

26. Neither parent _______ fond of
playing cards.
A. is
C. am
B. are
D. were

27. Some of my friends ______ here.
A. are
C. will
B. was
D. am

28. Many a man ______ to be rich and
famous.
A. desire
C. is desiring
B. desires
D. desiring

29. The pair of scissors ______ on the
table.
A. was left
C. was leaving
B. were left
D. is leaving

30. Mathematics ______ the most
difficult subject in the board exam.
A. remain
C. remaining
B. remains
D. has remains

For numbers 31-35, select the best preposition to
complete each sentence.
31. Joan lives _______ Santillan Road.
A. in
C. at
B. on
D. to

32. Maggie will be ready to leave
______ about thirty minutes.
A. in
C. on
B. at
D. where

33. Since he met his new girlfriend, Mico
never seems to be _______ home.
A. on
C. in
B. at
D. towards

34. Jeremy responded to his mother’s
demands _______ throwing a tantrum.
A. With
C. from
B. By
D. through

35. I think Carmen spent the entire
afternoon _______ the phone.
A. on
C. at
B. in
D. with

36. The nearest post office is on
_____________.
A. Twenty-second street
B. Twenty second Street
C. Twenty Second Street
D. Twenty-second Street

37. Have you ever been to my ___________.
A. brothers-in-law’s repair shop, Gus’s
Garage
B. brother-in-laws repair, Gus’ Garage
C. brother’s-in-law repair shop, Gus’ Garage
D. brother-in-law’s repair, Gus’s Garage

38. Please read the chapter
_________________.
A. Filing your Income Tax Returns.
B. Filing Your Income Tax Returns.
C.“Filing your Income Tax Returns.”
D. “Filing Your Income Tax returns.”

39. New students at the shop should bring
______________________________.
A. hammers wrenches and screwdrivers
B. hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers
C. hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers
D. hammers wrenches, and screwdrivers

40. Mrs. Navarro said that _______________.
.
A. “The Chemistry II exam will be next
wednesday.”
. B. the Chemistry II exam will be next
Wednesday
C. the chemistry II exam will be next
Wednesday.
D. “The chemistry II exam will be next
Wednesday.”

41. The test was hard for Paul and
___________.
A. me
C. myself
B. I
D. himself

42. The flower smells _______________.
A. sweetly
C. sweeter
B. sweet
D. more sweet

43. The suggestions of the employees
_________ appropriate.
A. seems
C. is
B. seem
D. is very

44. He is the ______ of the two brothers.
A. most tall
C. very tall
B. tallest
D. taller

45. After ______ all day, she finally saw the lake.
A. walking
C. having walked
B. had walked
D. have walked

46. We had the _______ news when
he came.
A. latest
C. very last
B. last
D. last of all

47. I ______ gone with you.
A. have
C. had
B. should have
D. am

48. I ______ walked two kilometres
by the time you catch up with me.
A. have
C. will have
B. would have
D. had

49. If I _________ President,
I would live in Malacanang.
A. was
C. should be
B. am
D.were
.

50. The means of transportation__________
dramatically since the end of the 20th
century.
A. have changed
C. will change
B. has changed
D. will have changed

51. If I ______ the same problems you had
as a child, I might not have succeeded
in life as well as you have.
A. should
C. have
B. had
D. would have

52. If I could speak English well, I ______
next year studying in the States.
A. has spend
C. would spend
B. would have spent
D. will spent

53. We should work for the total ban
__________ of pesticides.
A. with
C. on the use
B. on using
D. by the use

54. The Rizal Day celebration reminds us
about heroes worth _________.
A. appreciating
B. reading about
C. emulating
D. studying

TEXT A Read the selection below. Select the letter of the best answer to questions # 55-59.
Medical knowledge in ancient Egypt had an excellent reputation,
and rulers of other empires would ask the Egyptian pharaoh to send
them their best physician to treat their love ones. Egyptians had some
knowledge of human anatomy, even though they never dissected the
body. For example, in the classic mummification process, they knew
how to insert a long hooked implement through a nostril, breaking the
thin bone of the brain case and remove the brain. Egyptian physicians
also were aware of the importance of the pulse and of a connection
between pulse and heart. They developed their theory of “channels” that
carried air, water, and blood to the body by observing the River Nile. If
the Nile became blocked, crops became unhealthy. They applied their
theory to the body- if a person was unwell, they would use laxatives to
unblock the “channels.”

55. What is the main idea of this selection?
A. Ancient Egyptian physicians
B. Medical knowledge in ancient Egypt
C. The Nile river in Egyptian medical
knowledge
D. Infection in ancient Egypt

56. What would happen if the Nile river
was blocked?
A. Egyptians would have problems
washing their clothes.
B. Fermentation and molds became a
big problem.
C. The diet of Egyptians would
drastically change.
D. Crops would wither and die.

57. Why did Egyptians practice brain
removal?
A. To aid in mummification
B. To unblock “channels” in the body
C. To purge the body of infection
D. To free the dead of the burdens of
the human mind

58. Which of the following is an evidence that Egyptians
were masters of human anatomy even if they did not
perform dissection of human bodies?
A. They have detailed drawings of the anatomy of the
human body.
B. They knew how to remove brains during
mummification.
C. Egyptian physicians prescribed laxatives to
cleanse the body of infections.
D. They correlated to human body with the behaviour
of the Nile river..

59. Who did the Egyptians plead to
when their loved ones had grave
illness?
A. Best Egyptian physicians
B. Prime Minister
C. Moses
D. Pharaoh

TEXT B Read the selection below. Select the letter of the best answer to questions # 60-64.
Orville and Wilbur Wright built their own wind tunnel to test
airfoils and measure how to lift a flying machine into the sky. They were
the first to discover that a long, narrow wing shape is ideal for flight. They
figured out how to move the vehicle freely, not just across land but up
and down on a cushion of air. They built a moveable part of the tail to
control the pitch of their craft as it nosed up and down. They fashioned a
pair of twin rudders in back to control its tendency to swerve off course.
They devised a pulley system that warped the shape of the wings in mid-
flight to turn the plane and to stop it from rolling side-to-side. They used
the data from their wind-tunnel experiments to design the first effective
airplane propellers. When they discovered that a lightweight gas-
powered engine did not exist, they designed and built their own.

60. What is the main of this text?
A. Wright brothers and the first
airplane
B. How the Wright brothers thought
C. Wright brothers’ knowledge
D. The genius of the Wright brothers

61. What does pitch mean in the context
of this article?
A. Plunge forward
B. Move abruptly
C. Deviation from the horizontal
D. Throw or toss horizontally

62. What are airfoils?
A. The surfaces of an airplane
B. The force of air on an airplane
C. Blades that turn
D. Parts that react against the air

63. A major problem that the article
mentions is an airplane’s tendency
to __________________.
A. be unsteady
B. lack power
C. be too heavy
A. D. break apart

64. Which of these terms best describes
the best shape for an airplane?
A. long, curved
B. short, narrow
C. long, narrow
D. long, circular

TEXT C
Read the text carefully then choose the correct answer for questions #-65-67.
Many factors play a role in determining a student’s learning style. Among those
most often cited in the research literature on learning style are environmental, emotional,
sociological, physiological, and psychological factors. Environmental factors include
students’ reactions to search stimuli as sound, light, temperature, and room design.
Emotional factors include motivation, persistence, responsibility, and structure.
Some students are motivated intrinsically; they undertake and complete tasks because
they see the value in doing so. Sociological factors include whether or not students are
social learners-preferring to work in pairs or in groups-or whether they are independent
learners-preferring to work alone.
Physiological factors include student’s preferences for food or drink, what time
of day they learn best, and their mobility needs.
Physiological factors include identifying students’ perceptual strengths like
learning modalities such as whether they are visual, auditory, tactile, or kinaesthetic
learners.

65. What factor is involved in a learning
situation when students prefer indirect
lighting than bright?
A. Physiological
B. Psychological
C. Emotional
D. Environmental

66. When students are observed to be
non-conforming and doing the
unexpected, what factor is involved?
A. Psychological
B. Sociological
C. Physiological
D. Emotional

67. Some students learn best by seeing,
hearing or doing. When they perform
a task well on what they have read,
what is their perceptual strength?
A.Tactile
B. Auditory
C. Visual
D. Kinesthetic

TEXT D Read the text then answer questions # 68-69.
Measures of learning outcomes have a special significance as
indicators of quality in education, as a basis for setting targets for
improvement, and in monitoring progress towards educational goals. From
the point of view of classroom teachers, systematically-collected information
on student learning can be useful both for classroom decision making and
for wider reporting purposes.
All teachers, especially beginning teachers, are capable of
benefiting from reliable information about what is being expected of, and
achieved by students of a given age. When teachers have access to explicit
frame of reference in the form of achievement targets at particular grade
levels, and receive feedbacks on how their classes are performing in
comparison with students in other schools, they have a powerful basis for
structuring and evaluating individual and classroom learning.

68. What is the importance of measuring learning
outcomes?
A. As factor for planning future programs and
projects
B. As reference for the implementation of
programs and projects
C. As basis for defining the vision, mission,
and objectives set
D. As basis for setting targets for
improvement and monitoring progress of
goal set

69. How may a teacher use the information
on learning outcomes?
A. Reporting to the parents and
redesigning instructional plan.
B. Restructuring the classroom and
reporting to the school head.
C. Redesigning the classroom
environment.
D. Making classroom decision and for
reporting to stakeholders.

TEXT E Read the text then answer questions # 70-73.
An international education initiative, known as global
competence, was first noted in 1988 in a report published by the Council
on International Education Exchange.
Higher education institutions were enjoined to send students on
exchange programs to universities abroad where Americans are not the
majority population and where English is not the dominant language.
Educational scholars have proposed definitions for the term
global competence and postulates regarding the required knowledge,
skills, attitudes, and experience necessary to become globally competent.
Cross-cultural awareness and interaction, familiarity with an environment,
intercultural facility, effective two-way communication, interconnectedness
of people and systems, acceptance of people and their different cultural
values and attitudes are integral components of global competence.

70. Which published a pioneer report on
the concept of global competence?
A. Council of International Scholars
Exchange
B. Council of International Educators
C. Council of International
Educationists
D. Council of International Education
Exchange

71. Are all Overseas Filipino Workers
globally competent?
A.Yes
B. No,
C. NO partially.
D. Yes, partially.

72. What are the integral concepts/components
of global competence?
A. Communication knowledge skills,
experiences and cultural awareness.
B. Two-way communication, intercultural facility,
cross cultural awareness, and
interconnectedness of peoples and systems.
C. Cultural values, interconnectedness with
people, cultural awareness and systems.
D. Acceptance of people’s values, attitudes,
language, culture and environment.

73. Which country pioneered in
conducting research on global
competence?
A. United Arab Emirate
B. United States of America
C. United Kingdom
D. United Republic

TEXT F Read the text then answer questions # 74-79.
The most important source of sediment is earth and rock material carried to the sea by
rivers and streams; the same materials may also have been transported by glaciers and winds. Other
sources are volcanic ash ad lava, shells and skeletons of organisms, chemical precipitates formed in
seawater, and particles from outer space.
Water is a most unusual substance because it exists on the surface of the earth in its three physical
states: ice, water, and water vapour. There are other substances that might exist in a solid and liquid or gaseous
state at temperatures normally found at the earth’s surface, but there are no other substances which occur in all
three states.
Water is odourless, tasteless, and colorless. It is the only substance known to exist in a natural state as
a solid, liquid, or gas on the surface of the earth. It is a universal solvent. Water does not corrode, rust, burn, or
separate into its components easily. It is chemically indestructible. It can corrode almost any metal and erode the
most solid rock. A unique property of water is that it expands and floats on water when frozen or in the solid state.
Water has freezing point of 0°C and boiling point of 100°C. Water has the capacity for absorbing great quantities of
heat with relatively little increase in temperature. When distilled, water is poor conductor of electricity but when salt
is added, it is a good conductor of electricity.
Sunlight is the source of energy for temperature change, evaporation, and current for the water
movement through the atmosphere. Sunlight controls the rate of photosynthesis for all marine plants, which are
directly or indirectly the source of food for all marine animals. Migration, breeding, and other behaviours of marine
animals are affected by light.
Water, as the ocean or sea, is blue because of the molecular scattering of the sunlight. Blue light, being
of short wavelength, is scattered more effectively than light of longer wavelengths. Variations of color maybe
because by particle suspended in the water, water depth, cloud cover, temperature, and other variable factors.
Heavy concentrations of dissolved materials cause a yellowish hue, which algae will cause the water to look green.
Heavy populations of plant and animal materials will cause the water to look brown.

74. Which of the topics best organizes the
information in the text?
A. Properties of water, photosynthesis,
oceans and seas
B. Water as substance, water and plants
C. State of water as vapor, ice, solid
D. Properties of water, its physical states,
effects of the sun on water

75. According to the passage, what is
the most unique property of water?
A. Water is poor conductor of electricity.
B. Water is odourless, tasteless, and
colorless.
C. Water exists on the surface of the
earth in three physical states.
D. Water is chemically indestructible.

76. Which of the following best defines
the word distilled as it is used in the
last sentence of the third paragraph?
A. dehydrated soil
B. free of salt content
C. free of electrical energy
D. containing wine

77. The writer’s main purpose in this
selection is to _______________.
A. define the properties of water
B. explain the colors of water
C. examine the effects of sun water
D. describe the physical state of liquids

78. Which of the following statements
summarizes best the text?
A. Water is too unpredictable for most
scientists.
B. Water may be used to serve many
different functions.
C. Water should not be consumed in its
most natural state.
D. Water may be found in most other
liquids in this planet.

A.It is odorless and colorless.
B.It expands and floats in solid state.
C.It is chemically indestructible.
D.It can absorb great quantities of heat.

In building an institution, not just one individual is
involved. An institution is perceived in terms of the people who
infuse it with life and ideas. In fact, an institution is the product of
an evolutionary process, shaped and transformed in complex
and subtle ways by the collaboration of several minds working
under a common vision.
Those who are very much involved in building and
institution, like true binding fathers, understand too well the pains
of birth. They create a foundation that so much for themselves
but for the generations who will follow them.
It takes a tremendous amount of dedication, patience and
energy to build an institution. It is bigger than any person or
group of individuals. Like an edifice, it created brick by brick, day
after day. Persons come and go. But the institution, for the sake
of the greater good, must remain.

A.underscore the life span of an institution.
B.emphasize that an institution is the
product of a common vision.
C.lay the foundation of a structure
D.perpetuate an institution

A.instant change
B.revolutionary process
C.abrupt decision
D.serious study

A.For the sake of the donors
B.For the sake of the founders
C.For the sake of the greater good
and benefits.
D.For the sake of progress

A.Industrial
B.Educational
C.Entrepreneurial
D.Political

A.It takes a tremendous amount of dedication,
patience and energy to build institution.
B.It is created brick by brick, day after day.
C.It is not created not so much for themselves but for
the generations who will follow them.
D.It is perceived in terms of the people who infuse it
with life and ideals.

A.Just look at the flowers when you tempted to hurry
up the development of a child.
B.Games will help develop children naturally.
C.Avoid comparing s child with other children.
D.Provide children with developmentally appropriate
practices.

I. Meet the child where the child is.
II. Allow the child to develop according to his/her pace.
III.Compare a child to another in order to motivate
him/her to “hurry up” to catch up with other children’s
development.
A.I and II
B. I and II
C.I, II and III
D.II and III

A. Each child is unique and vastly different from one another.
B. We can’t make the child learn an abstract concept by pulling
them along to complete the right test.
C.It is the early childhood educator who has the responsibility of
creating the learning environment that will intrigue and stimulate
the whole child.
D.A teacher’s moment-by-moment actions and interactions with
children are the most powerful determinant of learning outcomes
and development.

A.Direct and symbolic experiences are important for
life-long learning.
B.Concrete and abstract experiences are necessary
for life-long learning.
C.Do away with concrete experience because it is a
stumbling block to the development of
generalization skill.
D.There is such a thing as learning that lasts for life.

A.the use of educational technology in the
classroom
B.symbols and their meaning
C.developing the skills of drawing a
generalization
D.the importance of lifelong education.

A.“both-or”
B.“either-or”
C.“neither-nor”
D.“and/or”

School-based Management (SBM) is in line with the
spirit of decentralization. It aims to: 1) empower the school
heads to lead their teachers, students and members of the
community in a continuous school improvement process
leading to higher learning outcomes and improved health and
nutrition status of the students; 2) bring resources within the
control of the schools to support the delivery of quality
educational services in the spirit of transparency; 3) strengthen
school partnerships with the communities, local government
units to encourage them to invest time, money and other
resources in providing a better school learning environment;
and 4) institutionalize participatory and data-based school
improvement process.

A. School head
B. Supervisor
C. Teachers
D. Parent leaders

A.Transparency
B.Partnership
C.Authoritarian leadership
D.Continuous improvement

I. Data-driven
II. Continuous
III.Participatory
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. II and III
D. I and III

A.important things are invisible to the heart.
B.only the heart can see the beautiful things in life.
C.the heart is always correct about everything.
D.the heart is visible if one is kind.

No man is an island, no man stands alone,
Each man’s joy is joy to me
Each man’s grief is my own.
What does this song express?
A.Solitude
B.Independence
C.Brotherhood
D.Individualization

A. Love is offered not waiting for love in return
B. If you offer love, you will be loved in return
C. Don’t expect love, though you love others
D. Love is not freely expected from everyone.

• For numbers 97-100, read the selection below. For
each numbered blank, select the word or group of words
that best completes the sentence. Select your answer from
the options provided.
• Fingerprinting (1) a significant role in investigative work
ever since the late nineteenth century, when Sir Francis
Galton, a British anthropologist, determined that (2) identical
fingerprints. Building on the research of Galton, Juan
Vucetich of Argentina and Sir Edward R. Henry of Great
Britain (3) fingerprint classification systems during the
1890s. Fingerprints are one of the (4) identification because
of person’s fingerprints are unlikely to change during (5)
lifetime.

A. Has played
B. Played
C. Plays
D. Had played

A.No two people never have
B.Two people don’t have
C.No two people don’t have
D.No two people have

A. Introduced his
B. Introduced their
C. Have introduced their
D. Have introduced their

A.More useful types
B.Less useful types
C.More useful types
D.Useful types

A.His or her
B.His
C.There
D.Their

For numbers 101-107, read the
complaint letter below. Pay close
attention to the numbered items.
Choose the answer that shows the
correct capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling of the numbered parts.

2665 Pateros Street
Sta. Cruz, Manila 1007
(6) January 15 2011
Mail-Order Sales Manager
Direct Electronics, Inc.
214-C Roxas Boulevard
Malate, Manila 1004
Dear Sales Manager,
The modem that I ordered from your company arrived today in (8) __________. The package was
(9)_______, ________ not to have been sealed properly. In addition, I have not received the
computer game that I also ordered. Please send me a new (10) _________ broken modem is
enclosed.
Thank you!
Sincerely yours,
Benny Villar

A. January 15, 2011
B. January, 15 2011
C. January 15th 2011
D. 15 January, 2011

A.Dear sales manager,
B.Dear sales manager:
C.Dear Sales Manager:
D.My dear Sales Manager:

A.pieces
B.piece’s
C.piece.
D.pcs.

A. open and appeared
B. appeared open
C. appeared
D. open-appeared

105. The proper form for [10] is _________.
A. modem, the
B. modem; The
C. modem; the
D. modem. The

For numbers 106-110, select the most appropriate
form of the adjective each sentence.
106. Those are probably the _______
blankets in the store.
A. least fancy
B. fanciest
C. most fanciest
D. most fancy

107. Lolo Jorge is really ______ man.
A. an old sweet
B. a sweet, old
C. a sweet old
D. a sweety oldy

108. The Mustang used to be _____
sportscar.
A. a fine German
B. a German, fine
C. a fine, German
D. fine German

109. Everyone was home for the holidays.
What could make for______
Christmas than that?
A. a merry
B. the merriest
C. a merrier
D. a merriest

110. Magdalena and Marilyn grew up in
_____ house in Tacloban City.
A. a comfortable, little
B. a little, comfortable
C. a comfortable little
D. comfortable a little

For # 111-115. select the choice which
corresponds to the proper usage of adverbs.
111. In which sentence is the word well
used correctly?
A. The airplane trip was not well.
B. The time they had in Florida was well.
C. Aecee and Ekee are a well team.
D. D. Julia and Elenita work well together.

112. In which sentence is the word good
used correctly?
A. Melissa ran good to the car.
B. Melissa planned good for her wedding.
C. The chocolate cake tasted good.
D. Melissa danced good with the groom.

113. In which sentence does the adverb tell
how the action is done?
A. Christine wrapped the present carefully.
B. Then Christine came home to wrap the present.
C. Christine went to the store yesterday
D. Christine ate ice cream after she was done.

114. Today we practiced _____ than we did
last Friday.
A. hardest
B. harder
C. more hard
D. most hard

115. The kittens play with each other
happily. Which word in the sentence is
an adverb?
A. kittens
C. play
B. each
D. happily

For # 116-125, select the sentence that clearly and
effectively states the idea and has no structural
error.
116. A. Teaching is my career first.
B. Teaching is my first choice as a
career.
C. Teaching is my ambition.
D. Teaching is my ambition as a
career.

117. A. I lacked the ways and means for my room and
board so I depended on my parents for money
and support in college.
B. I depended on my parents for financial
support in college.
C. I lacked the ways and means to support
myself in college so my parents provided me
financial support.
D. I depended on the means for board and
lodging on my parents for financial support.

118. A. I visited the Teacher’s Camp in Baguio
during my vacation.
B. I had the occasion to visit the Teacher’s
Camp when I was vacationing in Baguio.
C. In my vacation , I visited the Teacher’s
Camp in Baguio.
D. I had the occasion to visit the Teacher’s
Camp while I was on vacation in Baguio.

119. A. The job fair is filled with talented
highly motivated and well educated
young people.
B. The job fair is flooded with talented,
highly motivated, and well-educated
young people.
C. The job fair is crowded with talented,
young people.
D. The job fair entertains only talented,
young people.

120. A. The examinees need pencils, a
calculator and a ball pen.
B. The examinees need double pencils
simply a calculator and ball pen.
C. The examinees need two pencils a
simple calculators, and a ball pen.
D. The examinees need two sharpened
pencils, calculator and ball pen.

121. A. The weather service expects
temperatures not to rise.
B. The weather service expects
temperatures to not rise.
C. The weather service expects
temperature not to increase.
D. The weather service expects
temperature to not increase.

122. The teacher instructed the pupils,
A. “Open your books to page 8.”
B. “Open your books on page 8”.
C. “Open your books in page 8.”
D. ‘Open your books page 8”.

123. A. I learned the distance of the sun from
the earth was 90 million miles.
B. I learned that the sun was 90 million
miles from the earth.
C. I learned that the sun is 90 million
miles from the earth.
D. I learned that the earth and the sun
are 90 million miles apart.

124. A. The interest at a loan company is
higher than a bank.
B. The interest of a loan company is
higher than with a bank.
C. The interest of a loan company is
higher than in a bank.
D. The interest at a loan company is
higher than at a bank.

125. A. The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage
Score (MPS) in English of high school students was
much lower than it had been in previous years.
B. The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage
Score (MPS) of high school students in English
was much lower than the previous years.
C. The teachers explained that the Mean Percentage
was much lower than it has been in previous years.
D. The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage
was lowest than the previous years.

For #126-135, Which passage is expressed effectively
and has no structural error?
126. A. Kind words can be short and easy to Speak, but
their echoes are truly endless.
B. Kind words can be easily said, but their
meanings are real endless.
C. Kind words are easily spoken but their echoes
are reverberate.
D. Kind words are brief and easy but their
meanings are really endless

127. A .You make a living by what you get, but
you make a life by what you give.
B. You make a living by working, but you
make a life by what you do.
C. You make a living by earning, but you
make a life by doing the best.
D. You make a living by getting your wage,
but you make a life by giving.

128. A. The only way to make sense out of
change is to plunge with it, move
with it, and join the dance.
B. The only way to cope with change is to
get involved and join the dance.
C. The only way to understand change is
to participate actively in the dance
movement.
D. The only way to dance with change is
to understand and move with it dancing.

129. A. Good teachers possess a capacity for
connectedness; not in method but in their
hearts – a place where intellect, emotion,
spirit, and will converge in the human self.
B. Good teachers possess a capacity for
cooperation; not in the method but in their
hearts where they knowledge, spirit and
emotion converge.
C. Good teacher are capable to promote
interrelationship among learners, parents,
school heads, and community.
D. Good teachers have a capacity to develop
interpersonal relationship among the factors in
the learning environment.

130. A. Luciano Pavarotti was one of the great natural
operatic talents of 20th century. He boasted a bright,
Ringing tone with high notes that could sound with
effortless clarity, and there was a sensual beauty to his
singing that penetrated the heart.
B. Luciano Pavarotti was one of the great opera singers
of the 20th century. He had a bright, ringing voice with
high notes and there was beauty in his songs
appealing to the heart
C. Luciano Pavarotti was talented as a great operatic
singer. He had a clear effortless voice and sang with
high notes appealing to the heart.
D. Luciano Pavarotti was a natural operatic singer and
talent. He had a singing voice with high notes which
appealed to the heart.

131. A. The students could not understand the
pronoun reference handout, which
annoyed them.
B. The students, because they could not
understand the handout on pronoun
reference, were annoyed.
C. The students were annoyed because
they could not understand the pronoun
reference handout.
D. The students got annoyed because the
pronounce reference handout could not
be understood.

132. A .The fans thought the best player
to be him.
B. The fans thought the best player
to be himself.
C. The fans thought the best player
to be he.
D. The fans thought the best player
to be his.

133. A. I would not want to be he/she.
B. I would not want to be
himself/herself.
C. I would not want to be themselves.
D. I would not want to theirselves.

134. A. Having called the other students
and ourselves, the secretary went
home.
B. Having called the other students
and we, the secretary.
C. Having called the other students
and they, the secretary went home.
D. Having called the other students
and us, the secretary went home.

135. A. A strange car kept blinking the
lights at us as he followed closely.
B. A strange car followed closely, and
he kept blinking his lights at us.
C. A strange car followed us closely,
and its driver kept blinking his
lights at us.
D. A strange car, blinking the lights at
us, followed closely

136._________ are activities which a heart patient
must forego.
A. Heavy smoking and overeating
B. Smoking heavily and to overeat
C. To smoke heavily and overeating
D. Smoking heavy and to overeat

A. one can quickly walk
B. where one can quickly walk
C. where one can quickly walk,
D. one can, quickly

A. to demand that employers must meet quotas.
B. to demand quotas to be met by employers.
C. that employers be demanded to meet quotas.
D. that demanding employees to meet quotas.

A. Unwell
C. Foolish
B. Thin
D. Weak

A. Appreciative
C. Scornful
B.Angry
D. Deep in thought

A. Unnatural
B. Evident
C. Unlikely
D. Certain

142. It’s now two hours past his schedule;
the facilitator may not come anymore,
but we’ll still be ready in case he ___.
A. does
C. may
B.will come
D. is coming

A. aren’t you
C. is she
B. isn’t it
D. isn’t she

A. very wet
C. too wet
B. so wet
D. very dry

A. You’re – your
C. You – your
B. You’re – you’re
D. You’re

A. principal – principle
B. principle principal
C. principles -principle
D. principals – principles

A. affects – affect
C. affects – effects
B. effects – affect
D. effect – effects

148. A. The farmer did plow, plant harvest his corn in
second time.
B. The farmer plowed, has planted and has harvested
his corn in second time.
C. The farmer has plowed, planted and harvested his
corn in second time.
D. The farmer plowed,planted, and harvested his corn
in second time.

149. A. Because repairs were being made
on potholes for a kilometer, traffic was
stalled for a kilometer.
B. Traffic was stalled for a kilometre.
Because repairs were being made on
potholes.
C. Traffic was stalled for a kilometre
because repairs were being made on
potholes.
D. Because repairs were being made on
potholes for a kilometre, traffic was stalled.

150. A. While taking a shower,
the doorbell rang.
B. While I was taking a shower, the
doorbell rang.
C. While taking a shower, someone
rang the doorbell.
D. While I was showering, the
doorbell rang.

151. A. Everyone agreed that she had either
the voice or/nor the skill to be a
speaker.
B. Everyone agreed that she had either
the voice nor the skill to be a speaker.
C. Everyone agreed that she had neither
the voice or the skill to be a speaker.
D. Everyone agreed that she had neither
the voice nor the skill to be a speaker.

152. A. It is a privilege to be a member of the
prestigious organization.
B. It is a priviledge to be a member of the
C. It is a privilege to be a member of the
D. It is a privilege to be a member of the

153. A. One of the examinees were not
registered.
B. One of the examinees was not
registered.
C. One of the examinees were not in
the registry list.
D. One of the examinees have not
been in the registry list.

154. A. You are a professional teacher,
isn’t it?
B. You are a professional teacher
aren’t you?
C. You are a professional teacher,
ain’t you?
D. You are a professional teacher,
weren’t you?

155. A. The criteria was finalized for
judging the candidate.
B. The criteria for judging the
candidate has been finalized.
C. The criteria has been finalized for
judging the candidate.
D. The criteria for judging the
candidates have been finalized.

156. A. Many gases are invisible and they
have no odor and taste.
B. Many gases are invisible,
odourless, and have no taste.
C. Many gases are invisible,
odourless, and they have no taste.
D. Many gases are invisible,
odourless, and tasteless.

157. A. The teacher education institution, as well as the
Department of Education, collaborates in teacher
education and training.
B. The teacher education institutions, as well as the
Department of Education and training.
C. The teacher education institutions, as well as the
Department of Education, coordinates in teacher
D. The teacher education institution as well as the
Department of Education, coordinates in teacher

Choose the correct option.
158. He is an ______ member of
the community.
A. immanent
C. eminent
B. imminent
D. eminent

159. Which is the correct sequence of the sentence in the
text below?
(1) It cannot guarantee financial security.
(2) These are then moments I teach for.
(3) Teaching may not be a lucrative position.
(4) Sometimes it means disappointments, heartaches and
pains.
(5) But touching the hearts of people and opening the minds
of children can give you joy and contentment which
money could not buy.
A. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
C. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
B. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
D. 3, 2, 5, 4, 1

160. Which is the correct sequence of the
sentence in the text below?
The image of a good teacher is one who constantly reflecting
about how best to help different types of learners learn. (2) The National
Competency- Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS) defines a new paradigm
of teaching where the teacher is viewed as a knowledge professional who
is responsible for facilitating learning. (3) Good teaching is defined in
terms of those practices that help students learn better. (4) Competency-
based means that the standards or criteria for characterizing good
teaching are defined in terms of what the teacher is competent to do. (5)
The NCBTS can be used as a self-assessment tool for professional
development.
A.2, 4, 3, 1, 5
C. 3, 4, 5, 1, 2
B. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
D. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2

161. Choose the correct answer.
A. The number of tourists to Boracay
increases every year.
B. The number of tourists to Boracay
increase every year.
C. The number of tourists to Boracay
have increased every year.
D. The number of tourists to Boracay
are increasing every year.

162. Susan ______ in bed so long
that she missed her classes.
A. lays
C. lied
B. lay
D. laid

163. Everyone is wondering _____ her
successor will be.
A. whom
C. who
B. whose
D. who’ll

164. Both Randy and ______ plan
to go.
A. my
C. myself
B. me
D. I

165. Choose the correct answer.
A. Albert himself told me it was true.
B. Albert, himself, told me it was true.
C. Albert told me it was true himself.
D. Albert told me himself it was true.

166. The spider isn’t an insect, ______?
A. does it
C. is it
B. isn’t it
D. ‘no

167. The daughter sings sweetly as
the mother ______________.
A. is
C. does
B. can
D. do

168. She ______ the laundry every
other day.
A. is doing
C. will do
B. does
D. is going to do

169. Wise people can ______ with
frustrations.
A. cope in
C. cope
B. cope up
D. cope on

170. Which sounds like “when”?
A. pin
C. while
B. whine
D. pet

171. They visited ______ children
where ______ are pursuing post-
baccalaureate degrees.
A.their-there
C. their-they’re
B. there-their
D. there-they’re

172. “Blessed are ______ sorrowing
for ______ shall be comforted.”
A.you-they
C. they-they
B. the-they
D. the-you

173. In his despair, Judas _______ himself.
A. hang
C. hunged
B. hung
D. hanged

174.“______, ______ have to make do
with what we have if we have to
accomplish something.”
A. We’ll - well
C. We’ll - well
B. Well - we’ll
D. Will – will

175. The words “accentric, anesthesia,
atypical” begin with the prefix “a”
which means _______.
A. not or without
C. feeling
B. with
D. common

176. The words “inappropriate, illegal,
irresponsible and unaware” have
prefixes which are classified as
_____.
A. neutral
C. negative
B. positive
D. common

177. A good writer supports his
generalizations with ______
examples.
A. unfamiliar
C. abstract
B. convenient
D. concrete

178. Students ______ near the
registrar’s office to ask for their
schedule.
A. crowd
C. stay idling
B. congregate
D. disperse

179. She will retire soon because she
______ working hard so long.
A. has been
C. have been
B. had been
D. was

180. “He is the black sheep in the
family.” Which figure of speech is
used?
A. synonym
C. metaphor
B. simile
D. hyperbole

181. The hostages are free. They paid
their way. What does this statement
tell us?
A. They escaped after paying.
B. After paying ransom they were released.
C. They negotiated peacefully.
D. They were freed without ransom.

182. October 10 is a “red letter day” for
the Chinese. Classify the quoted
expression.
A. idiom
C. metaphor
B. simile
D. synonyms

183. Space age _________ on October 21,
1957 when Sputnik was launched by
the Soviet Union.
A. commenced
C. ended
B. cited
D. flourished

184.The slow traffic _________ me.
A. aggravates
C. worsens
B. irritates
D. maddens

185. He was as helpless as a child.
Classify this statement.
A. Simile
C. Synonym
B. Idioms
D. Metaphor

186. The statement, “She is a rose” is an
example of a __________.
A. Idiom
C. Simile
B. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole

187. Because the moon rotates on its axis
at the same time as it ______ around
the earth, we see the side always.
A. revolve
C. has been revolving
B. is revolving
D. revolves

188. Children who have been exposed too
much to TV suffer from unusually
short_____________.
A. learning
C. concentration
B. understanding
D. attention span

189. People who are too _______are liable
to be deceived by unscrupulous
individuals
A. demanding
C. cynical
B. credulous
D. wary

190. News travels as fast as the wind, This
statement is a/an___________.
A. Simile
C. Idiom
B. Metaphor
D. Synonym

191. She wrote a “first-rate” report. What
does it say about the report?
A. Ordinary
C. Mediocre
B. Excellent
D. Run-of-the-mill

192. “A man is known by the company he
keeps.” This is an example of a
__________.
A. report
C. poem
B. rule
D. proverb

193. His apocalyptic views seemed to
doom the human race. This is to be
taken as______.
A. apathetic
C. prophetic
B. lethargic
D. spiritless

194. Our guest of honor was loquacious
speaker. This means________.
A. reserved
C. reticent
B. verbose
D. spiritless

195. Except for the profanity, I liked the
story. What is the story about?
A. Shamelessness
C. Worldliness
B. Kinds words
D. Obscenities

196. She has a penchant for red accessories.
This indicates ________.
A. strong aversion
C. fondness
B. dislike
D. avoidance

197. Stop shilly- shallying and make up
your mind. This serves as a warning
not to_______.
A. go ahead
C. decide
B. hesitate
D. continue

198. “I prefer a government run like hell by
Filipinos rather than one run by
foreigners.” Who said this famous
statement?
A. Manuel L. Quezon
B. Jose Rizal
C. Apolinario Mabini
D. Emilio Aguinaldo

199. Who said, “The Filipino is worth dyingfor.”?
A. Benigno Aquino Jr.
B. Jose Rizal
C. Andres Bonifacio
D. Carlos P. Garcia

200. “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.”
This stands for_________-
A. homeliness
C. plain
B. loveliness
D. simple

201. The statue was erected in _________
to war heroes.
A. protection
C. irreverence
B. defense
D. homage

202. She was a “Phantom of Delight”
connotes that the woman
is___________.
A. real
C. an illusion
B. lovely
D. virtuo

203. The line, “Under the bludgeoning of
chance, My head is bloody but unbowed”
depicts the person’s _________.
A. determination
C. confidence
B. courage
D. optimism

Read the excerpt below. Select the letter that corresponds to the best answer to questions #204-208
(Excerpt from Like the Molave)
Not you alone, Rizal. O souls
And spirits of the martyred brave, arise!
Arise and scour the land! Shed once again
Your willing blood! Infuse the vibrant red
Into our thin anemic veins; until
We pick up your Promethean tools and, strong,
Out of the depthness matrix of your faith
In us, and on the silent cliffs of freedom
We carve for all time your marmoreal dream!
Until our people,seeing, are become
Like the molave, firm, resilient, staunch,
Rising on the hillside, unafraid,
Strong in its own fibre, yes,like the molave!
-Rafael Zulueta Da Acosta

204. Which of the following best describes
the form of literature employed in the
excerpt?
A. Poem
C. Sonnet
B. Essay
D. Cinquain

205.What literary device is employed in
the underlined portion of the excerpt?
A. Chekhov’s gun
B. Aphorism
C. Poetic justice
D. Poetic license

206. Which of the following describes the
figure of speech utilized in the last line
of the excerpt?
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Simile

207. What figure of speech is employed
when the author states, “O souls and
spirits of the martyred brave, arise?”
A. Metaphor
B. Apostrophe
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Metonymy

208. Which of the following best describes the true
meaning that the author wants to convey in this
literary piece?
A. Filipinos should learn from the lessons of Jose Rizal.
B. Filipinos should pray to God in times of trial and
tribulations.
C. Filipinos have forgotten the true meaning of bravery
D. Filipinos should stop illegal logging and plant more
molave trees.

Tree
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is priest
Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
-Joyce Kilmer

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

A. Defamiliarization
B. Dramatic visualization
C. Stream of consciousness
D. Parody

A. Roots
B. Stems
C Leaves
D. Fruits

A. Trees are the best creations among all of God’s
creation.
B. Trees ae the most religious and most prayerful
among God’s creation.
C. Man should highly regard the dedication and
devotion of trees.
D. Man cannot create things as wonderful as those
made by God.

A. To celebrate the common beauty of God’s
natural creation
B. To dissuade illegal loggers from cutting down more and
more trees
C. To remind man of his status as custodian of God’s
creation
D. To inscribe in the minds of man the importance of trees

A. Wonderful
B. Enjoyment
C. Mystery
D. Discovery

A. His life is determined by his honor.
B. He values honor as much as his life.
C. He prefers honor instead of life.
D. He values life before honor.

Excerpt from I am Looking for a Pilipino
Is it so hard to believe that we can remain Filipinos and still
march on ward, ever onward to our national destiny? And our mind
so narrow, is our intelligence so limited that we cannot realize this
truth? Can we not see that we can adopt the foreign ways and yet
retain the enduring, the admirable qualities that can make the Filipino
great? Have we been so westernized that we find the Filipino way
alien to our mode of living?
The Filipino way is our legacy. It is found in the determination
and fortitude, the determination that made it possible for our brothers
in the mountains to build the breath-taking rice terraces. It is found in
our courage, in the courage that sustained us at Mactan,at Trad
Pass, in Bataan. It is found in our simplicity and modesty, in the
beauty of Angelus at twilight, and in the sincerity of our devotion to
our God and our country

These qualities are still in us – in our minds and in our
hearts. We can still dig them out if we would only forget about our
obsessions with brown Americanism. We can still dig them out if
would only dig hard enough.
I am looking for a Filipino I cannot find him among those who
shout self-righteously about nationalism and nationalization. I cannot
see him among those who preach about Filipinism but whose
preaching are empty and meaningless.
Will my search be long and vain? It will be I am afraid unless
we wake in time. It will never end unless we realize the sacredness
of our heritage, unless we see the richness and the beauty, the glory
and the wonder, the promise and the fulfillment of the Filipino vision.
-
Prof. Felix Bautista

A. Cebu
C. Cordillera
B. Bataan
D. Isabela

A. Utang na loob
B. Nationalism
C. Honesty
D. Hospitality

A. Ignorance
B. Sacrilege
C. Hypocrisy
D. Moral absolutism

A. Poetic justice
B. Rhetorical question
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Hyperbole

A. Dramatic monologue
B. Declamation
C. Extemporaneous speech
D. Debate

Read the excerpt below. Select the letter that corresponds to the best answer
questions # 221 – 225.
In our veins, pulses blood with races of Chinese and Spanish and
American, but it does not stop, being a Filipino, because of these.
Our culture, is tinged with foreign influences, but it has become rich
thereby.
This mingling, in fact could speed us on the road, to national greatness.
Look at America, it is a great country, and yet it is melting pot of Italian, and
German, British, and French, or Irish and Swedish.
Filipinism, after all, is in the heart.
If the heart beats faster, because the Philippines is making progress, If it
fills, with compassion because its people are suffering, then it belongs to a true
Filipino, And if it throbs, with pride in our past, if it pulses with awareness of the
present, if it beats with a faith in the future, then we could ask, for nothing more, all
other things are unimportant.
I have an American first name.
And I have a Chinese last name.
And I am proud, very proud, because underneath these names beats a
Filipino heart.

A. Pedro Sandoval
B. Chona Shih
C. China Anderson
D. Pamela Go

A. Philippines
B. America
C. Germany
D. France

Read the excerpt below. Select the letter that corresponds to the best answer to questions
# 223- 237.
Excerpt from the Cask of Amontillado
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could,
but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You who so
well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that
gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged, this was
a point definitely, settled – but the very definitiveness with which it
was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but
punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution
overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredresssed when the
avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him while has done
the wrong.
It must be understood that neither by word or deed had I given
Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my
wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile
now was at the thought of his immolation.

He had a weak point – this Fortunato – although in
other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared.
He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Few,
Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part of their
enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and the opportunity, to
practice imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires.
In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was
a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this
respect I did not refer him materially, --I was skillful in the
Italian vintage myself, and bought largely whenever I could.
-
Edgar Allan Poe

A. Chinese
B. Spanish
C. America
D. Japanese

A. Oration
B. Dramatic monologue
C. Stage play
D. Speech choir

A. Where The Filipino Heart Should Be
B. What True Filipinism Means
C. The Multicultural Heritage Of Filipinos
D. The Anatomy of a Filipino

A. wrong decisions
B. righteousness
C. temptation
D. faith

A. there should be a sufficient energy in one’s life.
B. one’s life doesn’t need to be controlled.
C. direction can never come into one’s life.
D. there should be a strong driving force in one’s life.

A. Plan well what you say and do.
B. You can determine your own time.
C. Your time is yours and nobody else.
D. Say and do things anytime.

A. Our lives are shaped by what we are committed to.
B. Our commitments need not deep land way ahead.
C. We must make full commitment to worldly goals.
D. Half – hearted commitment is what we need today.

A. Spring
B. Winter
C. Autumn
D. Summer

A. Anguish for those who defend on righteousness
B. Misery for those who talk ill of others
C. Punishment for those who say good things
D. Sorrow for those who oppose other’s opinion

A. love for self
B. poverty
C. blind ignorance
D. total Submission to God

A. Good will never triumph over evil.
B. The ends must justify the means.
C. Getting even only counts if you get away with it.
D. Revenge drives human being to great lengths.

A. From the murderer’s
B. From the victim’s
C. From a third party
D. From an unknown narrator’s

235. What did the narrator use to bait
Fortunato into his plan for retribution?
A. Expensive European jewelry
B. Rare Italian vintage drugs
C. Millions of British and Australian money
D. A pipe of a rare old wine

Excerpt from The Divine Comedy
And lo! almost where the ascent began
A panther light and swift exceedingly,
Which with a spotted skin was covered o’er!
And never moved she from before my face,
Nay, rather did impede so much my way,
That many times I to return had turned.

238. Who do you think is the main
character of this literary piece?
A. Dante
B. Virgil
C. panter
D. she-wolf

239. Which of the following wild beast
blocked the main character’s
ascent to the top of the hill?
A. Leopard
B. Panther
C. Lion
D. She-wolf

240. Where in the world did the events of
this excerpt probably take place?
A. Heaven
B. Purgatory
C. Hell
D. Earth

241. What is the main character’s
predicament in this selection?
A. Wild beasts are going to eat him.
B. He cannot find his loved ones.
C. He is running out of time.
D. He does not know where to go.

242. What is the allegorical meaning of “The
Divine Comedy”?
A. Good people go to heaven while evil people
go to hell.
B. Man’s soul must undergo a long journey
towards God.
C. God sees the truth but waits before helping
man.
D. Heaven, hell and purgatory do not exist.

Read the excerpt below then answer questions # 243-248.
The Brook
First time I passed by the brook, it filled my eye.
The second time, it was a tiny snake.
The next few times, I only heard a cry.
Behind me and I was afraid for my own snake.
G. Bruce Bunao

243. The first line tells us that the brook
_________.
A. has gotten into the speaker’s eyes
B. has delighted the speaker
C. has much water
D. has less water

244. The second line tells us that the
brook _______.
A. has a tiny snake
B. is dangerous
C. has much water
D. has almost no water

245. The third line tells us that the brook
_________.
A. has no more water
B. glides on
C. has less water
D. cries in pain

246. What figure of speech is present in
the second line?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Apostrophe

247. What figure of speech is present in
the third line?
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Apostrophe

248. Which among these ideas may best fit
in “The Brook”?
A. Love the Brook
B. Take Care of Our Water Forms
C. Conserve Your Money
D. Kill the Snake in the Brook

249. In Psalms 23 otherwise known as Psalms of
David, which meaning is closest to the line,
“He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures: he leadeth me besides still
waters”.
A. He will be provided peace and prosperity.
B. He will be given riches and mercy.
C. He will be known throughout the land.
D. He will always obey his master for His glory.

250. The line from the Koran. “Woe to every
backbiter, defamer” talks ________.
A. anguish for those who defend
unrighteousness
B. misery for all who talk ill of others
C. punishment for those who give unsolicited
advice
D. sorrow for those who oppose the opinion of
their fellow

251. Herodotus, a Greek historian wrote: “All
Egypt is the gift of Nile.” He talks _______.
A. geographically, the Nile gives abundance to
Egypt
B. the Nile is the capital of Egypt geographically
C. the Nile gives abundant water to Egypt
D. Egypt and Nile are one and the same.

252. Shakespeare once said: But love is
blind and lovers cannot see; the pretty
that they themselves commit. What
do the underlined words mean?
A. Beautiful thoughts
B. Amazing facts
C. Careless acts
D. Nonsense words

253. What figures of speech is used in the
line “I wondered lonely as a cloud…”?
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Metaphor

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