SPECIALIZATION - ENGLISH
A Reviewer for Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers
1. Readers find pleasure in the form, technique and style of writing a well - constructed plot,
vivid characterization, unusual imagery, expressive language, etc. In other words, all elements
are combined to create an over-all order or coherence. What does this show about literature?
A. Literature is language
C. Literature is aesthetic
B. Literature is expressive
D. Literature is true
2. Which function is illustrated when aside from its natural gift of pleasure to the reader, it
provides illumination that enables us to see, interpret and transform our world?
A. Literature as a form of escape
B. Literature provides aesthetic satisfaction
C. Literature as a form of pleasure
D. Literature as a form of engagement
3. Why is literature said to be fictional?
I. Literature can be re-ordering of the real world in which people and experience, though drawn
upon from actual life, and re-shaped l, altered, given new psychological insights.
II. The lack of factuality is strengthened by writer's artistic control in the literary work.
III. The writer's artistic control has the effect of stylizing the materials of the work, setting it
apart from the context of the real: nevertheless, making the reader enjoy and contemplate on it,
reject it, even show aesthetic distance.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I, II, III
4. Which theory enlightens the approach used by a literary critic who is mainly concerned with
the background of a literary work - the social conditions, political developments, religious ideas
and practices, and modes of thinking current at the time of its production or the period it
represents.
A. The Work in Relation the Word it Imitates (Mimetic Theory)
B. The Work in Relation to the Author (Expressive Theory)
C. The Work and its Readers (Pragmatic or Affective Theory)
D. The Work as an Entity in Itself
(Objective Theory)
5. Which element of fiction refers to the universal aspects of life as the writer perceives them to
be so that it determines his choice and organization of action, characters, setting and point of
view?
A. Plot
B. Setting
C. Character
D. Theme
6. Which refer to the author's or narrator's predominant attitude towards the subject which
may be happy, tragic, loving, tender, cynical, angry, detached, satirical, apathetic, etc?
A. Setting/atmosphere
C. Tone
B. Point of view
D. Theme
7. Which form of expository prose presents the personal view of its writer on a topic? It is said
to provide light as well as delight for the author tries to charm his reader with his prose as he
discusses his ideas or experiences?
A. Paragraph
B. Discourse
C. Essay
D. Composition
8. Construct Procedure is an interesting technique that teachers can use to help students have
a graphic overview of an essay. Which of the techniques below is used when information such
as title, subtitles, introductory paragraphs, first sentence, summaries, pictures, maps and
diagrams?
A. Survey-reading
C. Scanning
B. Study-type reading
D. Skimming
9. According to Aristotle, plays classified as tragedy produce an effect where our baser emotion
of lust, hatred, jealousy, feat, self-pity, greed, avarice, sloth, etc. are cleansed or purged
because of dread in the tragedy that befall the tragic character would happen to us. In the
process, we counter check ourselves and innobled. How is this cleansing process called?
A. Caveat
B. Kinesis
C. Catharsis
D. Catharrses
10. These are true about the reasons for teaching literature to students EXCEPT one. Which is
the exception?
A. It contributes to the holistic development of an individual
B. It shows value to language experiences
C. It provides an escape from one's reality
D. It develops mostly the analytic the analytic skills of learners
11. Teaching literature is seeking the opportunity for students to relate and respond to the
themes and issues by making a connection to their personal lives. Which model is described?
A. Cultural model
C. Personal growth model
B. Language model
D. Philosophical model
12. Which model views literature as a source of facts or information and the teacher is
transmitter of knowledge and information to the students?
A. Personal growth model
B. Cultural model
C. Philosophical model
D. Language model
13. What is the most innovative way of teaching literature?
A. Students are asked to read a literary piece at home
B. Students memorize the stanzas of a poem
C. Students create a collage of their experiences in relation to the story read in class
D. Students explain difficult words orally
14. How do you make the story of Biag Ni Lam-ang relevant and interesting to the life of
student-centered
learners today?
progressive
A. Let them make a multimedia presentation of the main characteristic of Lam-ang as it is
seen today
B. Allow the learners to translate key events in their own mother tongue
C. Let them discuss the conflicts in the story that they can relate to
D. Let them write their own ending of the story
pertains to creativity and imagination
15. Which is the best way prepare in teaching of literature?
A. Enjoy the literature
B. Choose a literary genre that appeal to the nature of your learners
C. Memorize the essentials of the piece to be read in class
D. Plan for an output that learners can create based on the literary piece
16. Which can be used to teach learners to organize information on the major and minor
characters in a text?
A. Chunking
C. Storyboarding
B. Character charts
D. Note taking
17. If you want to help students in processing dilemmas experienced by characters in a text, the
most appropriate strategy to use is ________.
A. readers theater
C. word tree
Reader’s theater is a strategy for developing reading fluency.
It involves children in oral reading through reading parts in scripts.
B. chunking
D. life road maps
18. Which strategy will help students better understand key life events of historical or literary
figures?
A. Chunking
C. Word tree
B. Readers theater
D. Life road maps
A roadmap helps a person visualize their life
—where they have been and where they want to go.
19. You want you students to keep tract of main ideas and supporting details in a narrative by
letting them illustrate important scenes in a story. What is the most appropriate strategy that
you will employ?
A. Chunking
B. Fishbone diagram
A cause and effect diagram
C. Storyboarding
D. Note taking
20. These are specific modeling techniques in literature-based instruction EXCEPT one. Which is
the exception?
A. Reading aloud
C. Cooperative learning
B. Shared writing
D. Providing scaffolds
21. Which of the following is not suitable in activating prior knowledge of students?
A. Read and sketch
B. Reading several selections
C. Thematic organization of related pieces of literature
D. Self-questioning
22. Which is not true about teaching literary appreciation in the classroom?
A. It develops a sense of self-understanding
B. It helps in reflecting of one's sociopolitical issues in one's culture
C. It facilitates language proficiency
D. It can only be facilitated through classic literature
23. In selecting instructional materials, the following factors need to be considered EXCEPT one.
A. Consider the varied interests, abilities, and maturity of the learners
B. Stimulate growth in factual knowledge, literary appreciation, and aesthetic values
C. Promote faith and confidence in other cultures
D. Represent the many religious and cultural group ----diversity
24. Which does not belong to the group?
A. Textbooks
C. Specimens of real objects
B. Collaborative activities
D. Software
25. Which criterion in choosing instructional materials ensure the consistency and reliability of
the content?
A. Controversial issues represented both sides
B. Authors are competent and qualified in the field
C. It contributes to the promotion of cultural values
D. Topics on human growth and development are represented with dignity and appropriate to
the age of the learners
26. Why do teachers need to use instructional materials in teaching language?
I. They allow students to interact with words, images and ideas in ways that develop their
literacy skills.
II. Learning cannot be facilitated without these materials.
III. All types of students will benefit even from one visual material used by the teacher.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I, II, III
27. In evaluating the impact and effectiveness of an instructional material in the entire
instructional process. The following questions can be asked. Which is an off-tangent question?
A. Did the materials help in reaching the objectives?
B. Could the students use the materials properly?
C. How could the instructional materials be improved?
D. Were all the instructional materials be improved?
28. How can sight and sound be synchronized?
A. Careful scripting will help you avoid confusing your students or audience.
B. Attention naturally gravitates toward the brightest light in a given area
C. Surprising visuals can dramatic emphasis to your presentation
D. Standing in front of the room when it is lighted
29. A relaxed environment has been shown to increase suggestibility, a state conductive to
rapid and effective learning. Which statements contributes to the realization of the
aforementioned statement?
A. Filter strength is increased
C. Attractive materials are used
B. Good humor is present
D. Strong areas are utilized
30. Which statement is NOT true about online learning?
A. It provides up-to-date information
B. It provides a convenient communication through emails
C. It poses difficulty to students due to some age-inappropriate materials
D. It may pose problems to students due to age-inappropriate materials
31. If you were to prepare a visual materials, which color will you use for the letters if the
background color is light blue?
A. dark green
B. light yellow
C. black
D. brown
32. It begins with the total situation, focusing attention on the system first and then on the
internal relationship.
A. Holistic approach
C. Evaluative approach
B. Analytic approach
D. Integrated approach
33. One's genuine interest in the L2 community and motivation to learning how to gain closer
contact with the speech community is a/an
A. Integrative motivation
C. Innate motivation
B. Instrumental motivation
D. Extrinsic motivation
34. In furthering one's goals by learning and using English as a useful tool is a/an
A. Integrative motivation
B. Instrumental motivation
C. Innate motivation
D. Extrinsic motivation
35. The battle is not for the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active - the brave.
A. Patrick Henry
C. Philip Freneau
B. Robert Frost
D. Robert Browning
36. When you walk and wind and wander. What metrical foot is used?
A. Iamb
B. Trochee
C. Anapest
D. Dactylic
37. To Bocobo, this may contribute to uneducation.
A. Generalization
B. Rationalization
C. Realization
D. Specialization
38. _______ is the process when media people control the public's access to news.
A. Gate keeping
B. Correlating
C. Channeling
D. Agenda setting
39. The oldest existing newspaper
A. The Manila Times
C. The Philippine Star
B. The Daily Inquirer
D. The Business World
40. Which type of chart is most suitable use if you show the relationship or chain of command
in a group or department?
A. Classification chart
B. Organizational chart
C. Flow chart
D. Time lines
41. In which part of the lesson may the teacher let students watch the film version of a literary
piece?
A. Motivation
B. Review
C. Enrichment
D. Evaluation
42. Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul as the swift seasons roll.
A. In life, one has to work hard and enjoy the fruits of his labors.
B. One should make the most out of life by gaining prestige and wealth for life is too short
C. One must do acts of kindness and love while he can for life is fleeting
D. All of the above
43. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old Time is still a flying, And this same flower that smiles
today, tomorrow will be dying.
A. Enjoy life's pleasures above everything else or you will regret in the end.
B. Do everything, as much as you can in making yourself worthy and prepared in life for you
can never turn back time.
C. Life is full of challenges so you have to be prepared all the time.
D. All of the above
44. When in disgrace with fortune in men's eyes, I all alone between my outcast state.
A. The persona pities himself for being poor and friendless
B. The persona feels sad over being alone
C. The persona recalls his tragic experiences and laments over them
D. All of the above
45. The line "Rebuild in it the music and the dream" from the poem "The Man With The Hoe"
means:
A. Let hopeless linger in oneself
C. Restore one's ambition and happiness
B. Restore one's pride and dignity
D. All of the above
46. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
A. Worldly joys lead one to his destruction
B. All things, no matter how grand they are, have their end in one's death
C. There is always time for everything
D. All of the above
47. It seeks to give information on facts unknown to the reader. It restates the facts of news
stories or adds other facts with minimum explanation.
A. Informational
C. Argumentation
B. Interpretation
D. Entertainment
48. It explains the significance or meaning of a news event, current idea, condition, or situation,
theory or hypothesis.
A. Interpretation
C. Informational
B. Argumentation
D. Mood Editorial
49. It present a philosophy rather than an argument or an explanation.
A. Mood Editorial
B. Editorial of Criticism
C. Argumentation
D. Special occasion
50. It points the good or the bad features of a problem or situation mentioned in the news. Its
purpose is to influence the reader.
A. Editorial of criticism
B. Editorial of argumentation
C. Editorial of commendation, appreciation or tribute
D. Editorial of information
51. In the headline BANK PEG INTEREST RATES, "PEG" means:
A. Hold at present level
C. Control the increase
B. Keep at a fixed amount
D. Increase gradually
52. This type of research is typically carried out by classroom teachers for purposes of
improving classroom instruction.
A. Translation
C. Ethnography
B. Case study
D. Action research
53. Naturalistic setting pertains to:
A. a contrived environment
C. normal environment
B. experimental environment
D. none of the above
54. Which of the following is not given focus in a case study?
A. An individual
C. A social norm
B. An organization
D. A community
55. A researcher conducting a study on the written composition of second language learners
wants to make sure that the inter-reliability is observable in the study. What measure should be
applied?
A. Inter-rater coding
C. Construction of table of specification
B. Application of two research methods
D. Re-testing
56. Which of the following can be considered a primary source of data?
A. Journals
B. Oral testimonies
C. Grades
D. Laboratory information
the use of multiple methods or data sources in qualitative research to develop a comprehensive
understanding of phenomena
57. Triangulation is an important research strategy to strengthen research findings.
Triangulation can be achieved by________.
A. using one research framework and applying two data gathering tools
B. applying three research gathering tools
C. employing one research method and two investigators
D. having one research investigator and two research frameworks
58. A good research topic for an action research can most likely be drawn from _______.
A. literary texts
C. conversation with teachers
B. research journals
D. classroom interaction
59. Descriptive research is also called a/an ________.
A. experimental research
C. survey research
B. correlational research
D. action research
60. A researcher is interested in determining the significance or non-significance of the mean
scopes of students in reading comprehension and the mean scores on their attitude towards
reading. Which statistical tool should be applied?
a statistical test used to compare
observed results with expected results
A. Chi-square
C. T-test statistical test that is used to compare the means of two groups
B. Factorial analysis
D. ANOVA
a statistical technique that reduces a set of variables by
extracting all their commonalities into a smaller number of factors.
to analyze the difference between the means of more than two groups
61. Which of the following is most likely a research component under methodology?
A. objective
B. framework
C. participants
D. findings
62. Limitations of a study research design and method are discussed in the ________ section of
a thesis or dessertation.
A. Discussion section
C. Implication section
B. Research methods section
D. Introduction section
63. A systematic representation of the correlation between all variables measured in a study is
called a ______.
A. Scattergram
C. Path analysis
displays a relationship between two sets of data.
B. Correlational ratio
two or more casual models are compared.
D. Correlational
matrix
used to summarize data, as an input into a more advanced analysis, and as a diagnostic
that provides an index of the degree
of non-linear relationship between two variables.
for advanced analyses.
64. A pilot study is generally conducted
A. before the submission of a research proposal
B. after the development of the research instruments
C. after the main study has been conducted
D. none of the above
65. This data collection technique allows a learner to verbalize her thought processes as she
completes a task.
A. Completion task
C. Think aloud
B. Stimulated recall
D. Anagram
66. This is a first person account of the experiences in language learning or teaching.
A. Diary
C. Stimulated recall
B. Observation
D. Field notes
67. Which statement conveys an incorrect idea?
A. Writing is a natural communicative activity.
B. People have to be taught how to write.
C. Writing, like speech is displaced in time.
D. Writing is planned and takes time.
68. This theory also called self-discovery, gives primacy to discovery of writing ideas in the
writing process.
A. Romantic
C. Cognitive
B. Social
D. Socio-cognitive
69. When the teaching method emphasizes the writer’s purpose and audience, the reaching
approach employed is _______.
A. grammar syntax
B. communicative
C. controlled
D. process
70. Brainstorming is an activity that can be done in the ________ stage of writing.
A. prewriting
C. post writing
B. during writing
D. after writing
71. What is listening?
A. Listening is a passive process
C. Listening is an active process
B. Listening is a simple process.
D. Listening is a one way process.
72. Examples of voiced consonants are ____________
A. /d/, /p/, /k/, /s/
C. /v/, /z/, /d/, /k/
B. /d/, /g/, /v/, /z/
D. /p/, /t/, /g/, /z/
73.One spends _______ of his/her waking hours on listening.
A. 60%
B. 10% C. 30%
D. 20%
74. The indirect object in the sentence: Vince sent her a beautiful card from Rome. Is ______.
A. her
B. card
C. Rome
D. Vince
75. Promises from politicians usually are paradoxical.
A. unfulfilled
B. granted
C. disorganized
D.answered
76.There was no magical panacea for the company’s troubles.
A. bonus
B. monopoly C. cure-all
D. deception
77. Which description does not correctly describe the linguistic theory of transformational
generative grammar? five major components: the lexicon, the base component, the transformational
component, the phonological component and the semantic component.
A. Speakers are capable of forming and interpreting normal grammatical sentences even those
which they have not heard before.
B. Language learning seems to be an innate capacity
C. Focus of analysis proceeds from meaning to form --- form to meaning
D. TGG can explain sentences ambiguities
78. Which of the following questions deals with the most basic concerns of humankind that a
mythology attempts to answer?
A. Who are we and how was the world made?
B. What is the relationship between inner life and outward appearance?
C. What happens to the individual at the moment of death and after?
D. All of the above
78. What is the most pressing problem of radio and television?
A. The lack of professionalism among news casters
General term
B. The competition of big network over exclusiveness of reporting
C. The profanity, obscenity, and vulgarity of language used
D. The irritating voice-tone used by the reporters
80. For a powerpoint slide, the minimum lettering size is ________.
A. 25 points
B. 36 points
C. 24 points
D. 34 points
81. This school of criticism concentrates on the peculiarities of diction and imagery employed
A. Rhetorical
B. Stylistics
C. Metaphorical
D. Structuralist
82. The flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. This Herrick line tells about:
A. The essence of a flower
C. The passing of time
B. The rigidity of life
D. None of these
83. Richard Lovelace was a _______.
A. Puritan
B. Cavalier
C. Musketeer
D. Romantic
84. Queen Elizabeth I was a _______.
A. Grimaldi
B. Mountbatten
C. Spencer
D. Tudor
85. Queen Elizabeth II was a _______.
A. Grimalde
B. Mountbatten
C. Spencer
D. Tudor
86. Marlowe's mighty lines:
A. blank verse
B. free verse
C. both A&B D. None of A&B
87. When second language learners of English pronounce violet as VILOYET, ask as AKS, they
exhibit a speech behavior that exemplifies a morpophonemic change known as ______.
A. Assimilation
B. Openthesis
C. Dissimilation D. Metathesis
88. Psycholinguistics is the discipline that deals with
A. Language and society
B. Language and the mind
C. Application of linguistics to teaching
D. The study of socio-linguistics in socio-cultural settings
89. Which is not a non-linguistic factor, which influences success in learning a second language?
A. Motivation for learning
C. Opportunities
B. One's linguistic ability
D. Elements of the language
90. What constitute the GRAMMAR OF LANGUAGE?
A. phonemes, morphemes
C. rules of use
B. phonology, syntax, semantics
D. parts of speech
91. Which is the most appropriate description of a linguistician?
A. A linguist
B. Skilled, objective observers rather than participants - consumers of language rather than
producers
C. It refers to someone who speaks a large number of languages
D. Need to be fluent in languages and they must have a wide experience of different types
languages
Trust no future, how'ver pleasant
Let the dead past bury its dead
Act-act in the living present
Heart within and God overhead!
92. The four line stanza is known as:
A. quartet
B. quarto
C. quarantine
D. quatrain
93. Pleasant and present are examples of ______ rhymes.
A. feminine
B. masculine
C. slant D. internal
94. What figure of speech pervades the entire stanza?
A. Paradox
B. Personification
C. Exaggeration
95. What does the second line mean?
A. Bury the dead
C. Forget the pass
B. Let bygones be bygone
D. Let the pass color your life
96. What is the message of this stanza?
D. Understatement
A. Love God always
C. Yesteryears do matter in our life
B. Prepare for the future
D. Do what is supposed to be done now
98. All of the following stages are necessary in ESP course designing, except
A. Evaluation
B. Needs Assessment
C. Determining Goals & Objectives
D. Identifying philosophical underpinnings
99. All of the following class activities are recommended for a Business English course, except
A. Writing reaction papers
C. Presenting a business plan
B. Writing business reports
D. Conducting a feasibility study
100. Which category of ESP does English for Teachers belong?
A. English for Occupational Purposes (EOP)
B. English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
C. English for Vocational Purposes (EVP)
D. English for Business Purposes
101. In the English for Tourist Guides class, Mr. Ramirez distributed a hand-out containing a
"script" that students will use during their "practicum". What principle of ESP methodology
does Mr. Ramirez violate?
A. Discipline Specific
C. Error Tolerance
B. Student-centered
D. Authenticity
102. The approach to teaching writing which is closely associated with the development of
genre analysis as a key approach to text in ESP refers to _________.
A. Social constructivist approach
C. Process approach
B. Product approach
D. Controlled approach
103. You are planning to use a video clip from youtube to test the active listening skills of your
students. What do you need to primarily consider before using it in your class?
A. It should have a clear connection to your educational objectives
B. It should be audible and appealing to the students
C. It should be appropriate to the age of the learners
D. It should have subtitles for better comprehension
104. A teacher who utilizes computer-aided instruction is said to be an advocate of which
philosophy?
A. Pragmatism B. Idealism
C. Behaviorism
D. Realism
105. This is the most compelling reason for deciding to utilize CAI when teaching about the
computer assisted instruction
history of children's literature.
A. Privacy helps the shy and slow learner
B. The teacher can devote more time to individual students
C. Large amount of information can be learned in a shorter time and through a multisensory
approach
D. There is immediate response to the answer's elicited
106. While CAI has many advantages, teachers may not be able to utilize the technology for
which observable and practical reasons?
I. Lack of infrastructure
II. Lack of expertise in integrating CAI
III. Lack of motivation on the part of students
IV. Students are free to experiment on different options
A. I, II, II
B. I & II
C. II, III, IV
D. III & IV
107. Blogs are online journals that are regularly updated by an author posting information that
allows other bloggers to interact with. If you were to integrate the use of this tool in your
literature classes, how will you ensure the maximum participation of learners?
A. Check their attendance through their blogs
B. Let them submit weekly reports
C. Assign a buddy to help motivate students to participate
D. Assess the first technology literacy level of students
108. What would be a relevant objective for the use for the use of blogs in your literature
classes?
A. Let students acquaint themselves with the use of online tools
B. Judge the opinions of others about an issue
C. Students post their opinions about an issue raised in the literary piece
D. Students link as much resources related to the literary piece for further reading
109. Which element should give you a hint in NOT adopting an internet resource for your
literary criticism activities?
A. Authors have contact details
B. More advertisements are posted
C. Links for further reading are linked
D. Contents relate to your set objectives
110. What is not true about the application of Dale's Cone of Experience?
A. It encourages educators to plan experiences that will help students apply their learning to
real-life situations
B. Contrived experiences are those that make the learners act out a role
models, mock ups, specimens, objects, simulations and games.
C. Motion pictures limit the participation of students since it only involves seeing and hearing
D. The more senses used in interaction with a source, the better chances for students to learn
111. When teaching foreign language to students, a video is most useful because of this
technique that help students engage in communicative exercises on some difficult language
points. Which is the technique?
A. Repetition and role-play
B. Active viewing
C. Freeze framing and prediction
D. Silent viewing
112. Why do you need to use a variety of instructional materials in teaching?
A. There are a lot of materials available
B. Students have diverse needs and interests
C. Teachers need to showcase their versatility
D. It continually challenges the innovation of teachers
113. In selecting textbooks to be used in teaching language in a multicultural setting, which
should be given particular attention besides the other important elements?
A. Culture, native language and ethnicity portrayed in the textbook
B. Gender expression and identity
C. Sexual orientation and gender
D. Physical disability
114. Which should be the most probable reason if Myra got 59% on July 28, 2013 on a language
teacher-made test and 77% on July 30, 2013 on a test covering the same material?
A. The tests were not relevant
C. The tests were not reliable
B. The tests were not valid
D. The tests were not representative
115. Mr. Y wants to measure his student’s ability against the learning objectives of a specific
language course. Which of the following tests should he give?
A. Norm-referenced test
C. Discrete-point test
B. Criterion-referenced test
D. Assessment test
116. Which would be the possible reason if the correlations of a language test are generally
significant to the highest level (99%), except for the listening test?
A. The listening test does not differentiate between the most able and the least able takers
B. The listening test is not valid
C. The listening test is not reliable
D. The listening test is not consistent with the other parts of the test
117. Which kind of language test should Mr. X give if he wanted to measure the students ability
in language regardless of any training they may have had in that language?
A. Achievement test
C. Diagnostic test
B. Placement test
D. Proficiency test
118. Ms. M prepared a cloze test that is concerned primarily with meaning and the total
communicative effect of discourse. She made sure that the test involved functional language
but not the use of functional language. Which approach did Ms. M consider in constructing her
test?
A. Communicative approach
C. Structuralist approach
B. Integrative approach
D. Essay-translation approach
119. Which domain of learning as identified in Bloom's Revised Cognitive Taxonomy is
addressed if a teacher prepares a language task that focuses on recognizing the connotative
meaning of words, correctly processing dictation, and making inferences.
A. Comprehension
B. Knowledge
C. Analysis
D. Synthesis
120. The Grade 7 teachers in school A are evaluating the language tests prepared by the Grade
7 teachers in school B. Specifically, the teachers are evaluating the utility, equity and
appropriateness of the assessment techniques used. In which evaluation phase are the teachers?
A. Reflection
B. Preparation
C. Assessment
D. Evaluation
121. Ms. Siagto asked her students to retrace the chronological order in which the enumerated
events took place by assigning numbers. Which task did Ms. Siagto ask her students to do?
A. Matching
C. Multiple response
B. Single response
D. Sequencing
122. These are the common, everyday words that most children enter school knowing already.
Since we don't need to teach these, this is a tier without tears.
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3
D. Tier 4
123. This tier consists of words that are used across the content areas and are important for
students to know and understand. Included here are process words like analyze and evaluate
that students will run into on many standardized tests and that are also used at the university
level, in many careers, and in everyday life. We really want to get these words into students'
long-term memory.
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3
D. Tier 4
124. This tier consists of content-specific vocabulary—the words that are often defined in
textbooks or glossaries. These words are important for imparting ideas during lessons and
helping to build students' background knowledge.
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3
D. Tier 4
125. Learners discuss the sea. The teacher then explains the task, and reads a short text on the
sea to the class, who just listen. The teacher reads the text again, and the learners take notes.
In groups, the learners then reconstruct the text. What is implied in this situation?
A. Inferences
B. Prosecutor
C. Transition
D. Dictogloss
126. This is often regarded as a multiple skills and systems activity. Learners practice listening,
writing and speaking (by working in groups) and use vocabulary, grammar and discourse
systems in order to complete the task.
A. Inferences
B. Prosecutor
C. Transition
D. Dictogloss
127. It consists of the most basic words. These words rarely require direct instruction and
typically do not have multiple meanings. Sight words, nouns, verbs, adjectives and early reading
words occur at this level.
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3
D. Tier 4
128. It consists of high frequency words that occur across the variety of domains. That is, these
words occur often in mature language situations such as adult conversations and literature, and
therefore strongly influence speaking and reading.
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3
D. Tier 4
129. It consists of low frequency words that occur in specific domains. Domains include subjects
in school, hobbies, occupations, geographic regions, technology weather, etc. We usually learn
these words when a specific need arises, such as learning amino acid during chemistry lesson.
A. Tier 1
B. Tier 2
C. Tier 3
D. Tier 4
130. Of the following, which is under of transformationalists?
A. Language is system of systems
C. Language is arbitrary
B. Language is a mental phenomenon
D. Language is innate
131. It is a kind of listening for specific information.
A. Listening for details
C. Listening selectively
B. Listening for gist
D. Making predictions
132. How many inflectional morphemes are there in English language?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
133. Which test task would the students do if they were asked to fill in the blanks with the
correct pronoun?
A. C-cloze
B. Cloze
C. Text numeric
D. Hot spot
134. Why is literature said to be expressive?
I. Literature expresses the writer's personality, emotions, and beliefs no matter how writers
may try to reduce their presence as much as possible.
II. Literature has the ability to create an emotional response in the reader.
III. Literature imposes order on language, characters, events and details.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I, II, III
135. A group of teachers is designing an achievement test. Specifically, they are looking closely
at the test and are deciding which questions will be omitted and which items need further
clarification. Which stage are the teachers in?
A. Writing a draft
C. Evaluating the draft version
B. Collecting testing material
D. Rewriting the draft version
136. Ms. Wakat wants to measure the reorganization skills of her students. Which should she
ask her students to do?
A. Write a two-paragraph summary of the plot of the story
B. Predict what is in store for the protagonist
C. Cite incidents in the story that show the stained relationship between the protagonist and
her husband
D. Draw what is in store for the protagonist
137. Mark aims to make a language test that tends to have the highest reliability. Which type of
exam should he make?
A. Cloze test
B. Multiple choice
C. True or False
D. Matching type
138. John wants to assess Myra's conversational ability in English, so he gave her a list of words
to read. The assessment would yield to _____________.
A. An invalid result
C. A reliable result
B. A valid result
D. An unreliable result
139. Which proficiency assessment interpretation did Mathew use when he remarked that
Aldine got 80 out of 100 and that she is in the top 20%?
A. Criterion-referenced interpretation
C. Selection test interpretation
B. Placement test interpretation
D. Norm-referenced interpretation
140. Shane wants to assess the speaking ability of her students. She first specified the
components of speaking ability she wants to assess. Which of the following did Shane make?
A. Performance criteria
C. Construct definition
B. Profile definition
D. Ability criteria
141. Igor asked his students to choose the letter of appropriate preposition to complete the
sentence. Igor gave a ____________.
A. Criterion-reference test
C. Norm-referenced test
B. Discrete point test
D. Integrative test
Examples of discrete-point test items in language testing include
multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and spelling.
142. Five English teachers assessed literary comprehension one section of students. The
assessment of five teachers yielded fairly close. The assessment is _______.
A. valid
C. convergently valid
B. reliable
D. equally difficult
143. In the test prepared by Mica, Mr. Kin commented that she overemphasized on knowledge
outcomes. What might have Mica forgotten to do?
A. Predictive validity testing
C. Constructive validity testing
B. Table of Specifications
D. Difficulty distribution
144. Teacher Caryll collected samples of classroom tests and writings of her students to
monitor her students' writing performance. Teacher Carylle used ___________ assessment.
A. non-formal
B. summative
C. achievement
D. portfolio
145. Homer assigned number values to the various criteria he listed to assess his students'
reading performance. Which assessment tool did Homer prepare?
A. Checklist
C. Rating scale
B. Rubric
D. Observation sheet
146. Which cognitive level does the instruction "Write the meaning of the underlined words
according to how they are used in the sentence" addressed?
A. Application
B. Analysis
C. Evaluation
D. Synthesis
147. Which among the following is not a criterion of a good test?
A. Reliability
B. Authenticity
C. Relativity
D. Balance
148. Darwin had this test validated and the results indicate that there is high correlation
between the test scores and the test scores in a different test measuring the same construct,
irrespective of method. Which validity does the result satisfy?
A. Criterion-related validity
C. Construct validity
B. Convergent validity
D. Concurrent validity
we want to see a strong relationship between
the two scores on the same construct
Divergent Validity----we want to see
little or no relationship between the
two scores from the two constructs
concurrent validity focuses on the accuracy of criteria
for predicting a specific outcome.
149. Which qualitative analysis should Teacher Arkin use if he wants to examine the test tasks
and to determine the extent to which they are correspondent to the test goal?
A. Conversational Analysis
C. Test Language Analysis
B. Discourse Analysis
D. Task Characteristics
150. Margaux distributed his test among a group of representative end users in the same
settings amd circumstances and the live test. Which task did Margaux do?
A. Formatting
B. Revising
C. Piloting
D. Assessing
151. In language tests, which of the following can merely serve as an indicator of reliability?
A. Descriptive statistics
B. Item reliability
C. Correlation
D. T-test
152. Which approach should Teacher Mina use if she aims to gain insight into the thinking
process and opinions of the test taker?
A. Verbal reports
C. Reflection
B. Diary studies
D. Survey questions
153. Mr. M aims to develop students' abilities to assume more responsibility to identify where
they believe they have been successful and where they believe they need assistance. Which of
the following did Mr. M ask his students to do?
A. Peer Assessment
C. Self - assessment
B. Reflective Assessment
D. Teacher Consultation Assessment
154. Glenda conducted an interview with five of her language students in order to substantiate
her assessment findings. She asked fixed series of questions without deviating from them.
Which type of interview did Glenda conduct?
A. One-on-one
B. Group
C. Structured
D. Semi-structured
155. Which of the following should Lance do if he would like to gather information in order to
gauge and understand a learner's knowledge of the language and his ability to use that
knowledge?
A. Evaluation
B. Assessment
C. Testing
D. Measurement
156. Both Gass and Vygotsky focused on research for second language acquisition. Which of the
statement is TRUE about their contributions?
A. Both are focused on the importance of cognitive ability in learning the language
B. Gass focused on the language learning context while Vygotsky focused on the role of social
environment
C. Gass gave the idea of comprehensible input while Vygotsky gave the idea on the social
environment
D. Both are behaviorist in their emphasis on language research
157. Which of the following statements is TRUE about research on second language acquisition?
A. Methods based on the behaviorist theory of language learning emphasize conversations
B. Methods based on interactionist theory give the learners the opportunity for conversation
that allows meaningful input from teachers and students
C. Methods based on teaching what the learner is ready to learn, are more closely associated to
Krashe
D. Methods recognized a role for instruction and assume that everything has been taught
158. Feedback and interaction are very important elements in language learning and teaching.
What is the best activity to be employed by the teacher to have interaction enhancement?
A. Give many activities for drills and exercises in language
B. Let the students give their reaction to the situation given
C. Let the students identify the mismatch between interlanguage grammar and the target
language
D. Give feedback on the student's lapses in spoken language
159. You want to explore the effective methods used in improving the children's way of using
the language in the classroom. Who will be the best respondents for your study?
A. Parents
B. Teachers
C. Children
D. Administrator
160. Output plays an important part in language research. It is while attempting to produce the
target language that learners may notice that they do not know how to say or write precisely
the meaning intended. Below are some output techniques that the teachers use. Which does
not belong to the group?
A. Negotiating task
C. Consciousness-raising
B. Metatalking
D. Communicative-language teaching
161. Research suggests that an increased focus on form is likely to lead to change in
grammatical knowledge in so far as it is manifested in learner behavior. What suggestion can be
drawn from this result?
A. Destabilizing fossilized form
B. Focus more on grammar
C. Form should not be a priority
D. Form and grammatical be give equal importance
162. One student conducted a research on the communication strategies used by the teachers
in educating students with visual impairment. In order to identify the communication strategies,
the researcher interviewed the teachers educating the students with visual impairment and
also did some actual observation of the classes. What research design was used in the study?
A. Experimental design
C. Quantitative design
B. Descriptive design
D. Qualitative design
163. For language research, several scholars have borrowed from the concepts of ethnography.
is a qualitative method for
Which of the following researches does not use ethnographic method? Ethnography
collecting data often used in the social and
behavioral sciences.
A. Cultural models of personhood: What does it mean to be a good Osage Indian?
B. Communication: How is communication accomplished?
C. Emotional expression: What are the "display rules" of when and how emotion should be
displayed?
D. Methodology: What effective strategy is used to increase participation in classroom?
164. Except for specialized publications and programs that cater to the youth, what could be
the role of the mainstream media?
traditional or established broadcasting or publishing outlets.
A. It cannot be expected to have that kind of slant that is inherently biased for the youth
B. It is expected that the mainstream media shall have that kind of slant
C. It is a must that the mainstream media shall proffer the youth with the kind of slant
D. The mainstream media has the option of whether they will have that kind of slant or not
165. Aside from being the official stand of paper on a relevant development or issue, which of
the following supports the definition of an editorial article?
A. It is written by the editor-in-chief
B. It is a concerned commentary written by any member of the staff
C. It is the opinion of the news paper publisher
D. It is opinion which the public clamor about
166. The editorial article is considered the soul of the newspaper. It is usually written in the
formal language, expressing the stand of the paper on controversial issues of the day. Which is
not a characteristic of an editorial?
A. It entertains and gives happiness to the readers
B. It stirs the conscience of the readers to action
C. It influences and molds public opinion
D. It has no byline
167. Which is the best "alliteration" headline?
A. Zombie seen on the screen
C. Zombie was seen on the screen
B. Zombie is seen on the screen
D. There was a Zombie on the screen
168. The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to _______________.
regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievement, and musical composition.
A. Book
B. Story book
C. Journalism
D. Magazine
169. While a news writer will normally stick to facts and report them as a matter of fact without
embellishment or comments of any kind, the feature writer offers more than bare facts except
_____________.
A. he can add flavor to his story
B. he hires a very good reporter to get the most interesting facts
C. he uses anecdotes, descriptions and humour
D. he uses more factual and imaginative language
170. Berger (1990) distinguishes between mini documentaries and standard documentaries.
How much time will a standard documentary take?
A. Not longer than 15 minutes
Mini documentaries
B. One hour or more
C. Two hours or more
D. Three hours or more
Standard Documentaries
171. Which according to Okoye, is an in-depth and factual write up on a topical issue which
seeks to give comprehensive information in a more captivating and relaxed style?
A. Editorial article
C. Feature story
B. News article
D. Sports story
172. According to Jesus Valensuela in the History of Journalism in the Philippine Islands (1933)
and John Lent in the Philippine Mass Communication (1964), when did the history of campus
journalism in the Philippines start?
A. When the University of Santo Tomas published El Liliputiense in 1890
1st campus paper
B. When the University of the Philippines published The Collegian in 1908
C. When the Araullo High School published The Coconut in 1911
D. When the first High School paper was published in the United States in 1851
173. Which is NOT a step in copyreading?
A. Get an overview of the story
B. Look out for editorializing, biases, and possible grounds for libel
C. Verify the accuracy of facts and determine whether the story contains all essential
information
D. Ensure that opinion, speculations, and statement which are without attribution and
sources are retained
174. Copyreading is correcting the error made by the reporter. It is another word for editing.
How does proofreading differ from copyreading or editing? Proofreading is ____________.
A. correcting error made by the desk man
B. correcting error made by the linotype man
C. correcting error made by the page editor
D. correcting error made by the typesetter or printer
175. In writing a lead, what is disadvantage of a wordy lead?
A. Reduces the effectiveness of an introduction
B. Cannot be understood by the reader
C. Is boring and shaky
D. Reduces the readability of the article
176. Why is that in writing a news story one is advised to make one's paragraph?
A. It is easier to read, the words stand out better and it gives it a dramatic shade
B. It is preferred by the reading public
C. Publishers have realized that it is a space saver
D. It is advised as per style sheet
177. This according to McDougall, is the first among the several "qualifications" a reporter
needs. This means the ability to recognize the new possibilities. Which involves tha ability to
recognize that the information can be made of interest to readers, the ability to recognize clues
which may be very casual but which may lead to the discovery of important news and the
ability to recognize the possibility of other stories. Which is referred to?
A. Big heart for the victims
C. Nose for news
A nose for news refers to a journalist's ability to identify and develop
stories that are newsworthy. It involves having an intuition or sixth sense
about what is important and worth reporting on, even if it is not
immediately obvious.
B. Eagle eye to see information
D. Wide fluffy ears to hear facts
178. It is a feature story which is not presented to the reader in the normal half a page of
newspaper features or the usual magazine feature format of one to several pages. This type of
feature story is serialized because it very long. Sometimes, as long as a short novel. It has the
added advantage of suspense as it whets the appetite of the reader and leaves him guessing
and anxious for the remaining part of the story. Which is described?
A. Adventure and travel
C. Big red
B. Developmental feature
D. What and how to do feature
179. Which is the most difficult type of feature classified under the "invention feature story"
because it really involves the writer's motions which sometimes color the story, in most cases,
negatively? This type involves death and finally the resolution of the conflict either positively or
negatively.
A. Character sketch
C. News-feature
B. Medical story
D. Full-blown feature story
180. In writing a lead the use of action words is rule of thumb. Why is active voice of action
verbs considered more effective and more exciting?
A. It gives life to your lead
B. The action is clearly understood
C. It makes the lead bright and colorful
D. It enhances the description of the information
181. In news writing active tense is preferred particularly in writing headlines. Which headline
gets immediate attention?
I. Oklahoma City Thunder Beat New York Knicks
II. New York Knicks Lost to Oklahoma City Thunder
III. 3 Million Students Entered Public Schools Today
A. I only
B. II only
C. I & II
D. III only
182. Which among the following lead is more engaging?
I. "The Government has decided not to introduce the planned tax increase on petrol and diesel
this summer."
II. "The Government has abandoned plans to raise fuel taxes this summer."
III. The LET was postponed due to inclement weather.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I & II
D. III only
183. Adjectives should not be allowed in newspapers unless they have something to say. An
adjective should not raise questions in the reader's mind, it should answer them. What test
should be applied to all adjectives used in journalistic writing?
A. Do they add relevantly to the information being provided?
B. Do they add color and style?
C. Do they describe the word appropriately?
D. Are they adding to the aesthetic appearance of the article?
184. What kind of grammatical beginning lead is being featured in the following statement?
"With rakes, brooms, and other cleaning equipment, the pupils from The Little Red School
cleaned and roads leading to the school preparation for the coming school year as part of the
annual Brigada Eskwela."
A. Clause lead
C. Infinitive phrase lead
B. Participial phrase lead
D. Prepositional phrase lead
185. Of the kinds of lead used in writing news feature, which kind is being shown by the
following statement:
"The new dean, although only in her mid thirties, is already seasoned. She is so humane and
believes in humility as a guiding principle. She ensures that justice and fairness os served at any
given instance."
A. Background lead
C. Epigram lead
B. Picture lead
D. Descriptive lead
186. In page make up, it is advised that tombstoning should be avoided. What is tombstoning?
A. Breaking stories to the top of columns
B. Keeping long columns of 6-points types
C. Placing two or more headlines on approximately the same level in adjacent columns
D. Making the top half of the page heavy with cuts and big headlines
187. The following are the things to remember in captioning, except one. Which is one?
A. It should be written in short and pithy sentences
B. It must answer the basic questions
C. A gay picture should have a gay caption
D. Some rules in news writing may apply
188. Which is a broken-column carried to the extreme?
the format is similar to that of the contrast and balance makeup.
A. Broken Column makeup
nameplate is usually floated, headlines are flushed up in
C. Streamlined makeup The
cap and lower-case type and large body types are often used.
B. Circus makeup
D. Occult makeup
the page is broken into several units to give
space to many stories.
189. The difference between "Don't oppose" and "Don't whimper" lies in their __________.
A. denotative meaning
C. expressive meaning
B. propositional meaning
D. selectional proposition
190. Which of the following sentences has a predicated theme?
A. It is your love that made me strong
C. Your love made me strong
B. What made me strong is your love
D. I was made strong by your love
191. Which thematic structure is used in the sentence, "Well scrutinized the exam was"?
A. Fronting of time or place adjunct
C. Fronting of object or complement
B. Fronting of predicator
D. Fronting of pronominal
192. Which translation problem is evident in the sentence, "Kumain sya ng mangga" (Eat s/he
mango)?
A. Syntagmatic dislocation
C. Nominalization
B. Linear dislocation
D. Extraposition
193. Marky received his paper with the mark 5 before the sentence "We will reap victory! What
does the teacher want Marky to do?
A. Move 5 spaces to the left
C. Use 5 single spaces
B. Insert 5 spaces
D. Indent 5 spaces
194. Which of the following answers to the question "Does Carmi dance while she cooks? is an
ellipsis,
A. Yes, she does.
C. Yes, she does it to irritate us, perhaps.
B. No, but I do.
D. No.
195. Which strategy is used in translating "I didn't expect Milo to cry crocodile tears to Hindi ko
inasahan na iiyak ng peke si Milo?
A. Translation by omission of play on idiom
B. Translation by paraphrase
C. Using an idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form
D. Using an idiom of similar meaning and form
196. Which could be the reason why "po" and "opo" cannot be directly translated in the English
language?
A. Because the words are considered foreign in the English language
B. Because the words are only true in the Philippines
C. Because the words are culture-specific
D. Because the words are exotic
197. Which one includes a student telling stories, original or taken from a book, in his/her own
words?
A. Sight reading
C. Story reading
B. Reader's theater
D. Creative speech
198. There are four main types of speech delivery - manuscript, memorization, impromptu and
extemporaneous. Which of the following does not belong to memorization?
A. The speaker writes the manuscript as reference during the speech
B. The speaker writes the manuscript for official records
C. Manuscript delivery is reading the text word for word
D. The use of eye contact and facial expression helps bring personality tot this type of delivery
199. Which is a method of speech delivery termed as "making it up on the spot where the
students use natural more delivery and the audience is less critical?
A. impromptu
B. manuscript
C. memorization
D. extemporaneous
200. The characteristics of effective speech based on Cicero's canons of rhetoric include
invention, disposition, elocution, pronunciation and __________.
A. arrangement
B. grammar
C. voice
D. memory
201. Invention: discovering the best arguments; ___________ : delivery, language and speaking
style?
A. Disposition
B. Pronunciation
C. Memory
D. Elocution
202. Which of the following is not an example of a persuasive speech?
A. A politician asking people to vote for him/her
B. A student trying to get a patient to stop smoking
C. A tour guide explaining the floor plan at a larger art museum
D. An environmentalist trying to get people to start thinking about the environment
203. If informative speaking aims to inform, what is the aim of demonstrative speaking?
A. To shift the opinions or behaviors of the audience
B. To entertain the audience
C. To share some facts and opinions
D. To show audience how to perform a task
204. Which speech is delivered during wedding receptions, graduation ceremonies, religious
inductions and other kinds? It strongly suggests that speakers know the background of the
events and assess their audience to determine what information is most appropriate to share.
A. Persuasive speaking
B. Informative speaking
C. Ceremonial speaking
D. Demonstrative speaking
206. Which area is included in the speech discipline that includes the study of symbolic
behavior in dyadic relationships?
A. Group communication
B. Organizational communication
C. Rhetoric
D. Interpersonal communication
207. Which refers to the processes associated with the production and perception of sounds
used in spoken language?
A. Speech
C. Speaking
B. Oral communication
D. Discussing
208. Which characteristic of effective speech refers to the arrangement and organization of
materials?
A. Disposition
B. Pronunciation
C. Invention
D. Elocution
209. Which is one of the first rules to remember in writing?
A. Writers read a lot
C. Writers write
B. Writers are born
D. Writers are made
210. Ideas are all around, but as a general rule where can you find ideas?
A. In a solemn place where one can think well
B. In a place where the scenery is great
C. Anywhere when a number of people gather
D. No particular place or venue
211. Creative writing is any ___________ that goes outside the bounds of normal professional,
journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature. Which word/words can be in the blank
to make the sentence CORRECT?
I. professional
II. journalistic
III. academic
IV. technical
A. I, II, III & IV
B. I & II
C. II, III & IV
D. III & IV
212. One successful Mills and Boon author states that, once she had made up her mind to
become a novelist, she turned one room of her house into a study room and _________.
A. allow everyone to get inside if they wish
B. forbade anyone to enter whilst she was working
C. locked herself until she was done with the manuscript
D. stayed in the room as she wish to avoid disturbance
213. Which is the most common excuse for NOT putting pen to paper?
A. Poor vocabulary
C. Limited resources (financial)
B. Very few materials available
D. Lack of time
214. Which is considered as a major stumbling block for would-be writers?
A. Lack of time
C. Lack of resources
B. Lack of confidence
D. Lack of training
215. Which is the first thing that writers do when they are about to continue writing?
A. Ponder and think well
C. Re-read what you have written yesterday
B. Write his thoughts at once
D. Recall what you have yesterday
216. Watching the world go by in order to get ideas to write means ________.
A. watching the globe turning around closely
B. traveling around the world
C. reading the latest news every day
D. observing how people behave in everyday situations
217. Writers are terrible eavesdroppers and will shamelessly listen in to the most private
conversation. Is this CORRECT?
A. True to all extent
C. Somehow it is correct
B. That's not their natural characteristics
writer
D. That's not becoming of a professional
218. You have a large family, you're too tired, and you have a demanding full time job, etc., are
excuses which may be rolled into one simple explanation. Which is one?
A. You have no inspiration
C. You are indolent
B. Nobody is behind you
D. You don't think you are good enough
219. What makes long descriptive passages vibrant and lively?
A. Appropriate words and phrases
C. Dialogue, action or interaction
B. Nicely chosen adjectives and descriptors
D. Beautifully worded sentences
220. What is the meaning of "write about what you know" as an advice to would be writers?
A. Do not write what you have not read
B. Do not write anything that you have not experienced
C. Write only the things that you know well
D. Write what you know, if not find out
221. Expert knowledge is invaluable. Is this true?
A. Not certain
C. It is not right
B. True
D. That is contradicting
222. Aside from realism, what is considered a vital ingredient in any piece of writing, fact or
fiction?
A. Originality
C. Pleasant experiences
B. Good editing
D. Popular subjects
223. Michael Green, a professional journalist offers an excellent advice, "observe everyday life
with _________.
A. enthusiasm
C. writer's eye
B. patience and perseverance
D. writer's imagination
224. Failure to writes ideas down can result to losing them altogether. How shall it help you
commit it to paper?
A. Helps commit them to memory and stimulate new ideas
B. Helps you to recall what has transpired
C. Motivates a writer to continue writing
D. Motivates the writer to gather some more information that he needs in writing
225. What is taboo in sending letters to the editor?
A. Sending it to several government agency
B. Sending without prior notice
C. Sending it with high expectation
D. Sending to several publications
226. Which is one important gesture to ensure that you will be noticed by a publication?
A. Addressing your letter to the publication's public relation officer
B. Lengthy but straight to the point
C. A brief word of praise for the publication
D. Clear and legible cursive handwriting
227. Reading with a writer's eye, means ________________.
A. focusing on the main idea of what you are reading
B. giving emphasis on the characters of the article you are reading
C. reading as fast as you could so that you will not forget the thought of the story
D. taking time to analyze how an author manages to grab your attention
228. Which is the framework that binds your blog posts together and choosing the right
platform to suit your needs is essential?
A. Blogging platform
B. URLs
C. Website
D. Blog posts
229. Participants may be willing to be interviewed but there should the right ____________
need to be ensured by telling them the nature of specific research.
A. non-coercion
C. privacy
B. informed consent
D. protection from harm
230. Participants not willing to be interviewed for a research should not be subject to
___________ such they become reluctant respondents.
A. coercion
B. harm
C. ignorance
D. public disclosure
231. As a researcher, you employ the inductive approach, which do you do?
A. Generate new theory emerging from data and then test the validity of the theory
B. Test the validity of the theory
C. Generate new theory emerging from the data
D. The validity of the theory then come up with conclusion
232. What is expected of the researcher in the Methods/Procedure part of the research?
I. Describes what s/he did , how s/he did it
II. Give strategies, sample calculations
III. Describes tools and instruments
A. I, II & III
B. I & III
C. II & III
D. I & II
233. What does a teacher do a literature interview?
I. To survey the current state of knowledge and the area of inquiry
II. To identify key authors, articles, theories and findings in the area of research
III. To identify gaps in knowledge in that research area
A. I & III
B. II, & III
C. I, II, & III
D. I & II
234. You would like to research on academic problems met by Indigenous People children in
your school, which sampling will you use?
A. No sampling
C. Purposive sampling
B. Stratified sampling
D. Random sampling of all school children
235. Which statement/s on ethnography is/are true?
I. Ethnography is a holistic approach to the study of cultural systems.
II. Ethnography is the study of the socio-cultural contexts, processes, and meaning within social
cultural systems.
III. Ethnography is an open-ended emergent learning process and not a rigid investigator
controlled experiment.
A. I & III
B. I, II, III
C. I & II
D. II & III
236. Which statement/s on ethnography is/are true?
I. Ethnography is a highly flexible and creative process.
II. Ethnography is an interpretive, reflexive, and constructivist process.
III. Ethnography requires the daily and continuous recording of field notes.
A. II & III
B. I & III
C. I & II
D. I, II & III
237. What kind of data includes descriptive field notes, narration of informants, myths, stories,
songs, and sagas as gathered by anthropologists?
I. Qualitative data
II. Quantitative data
III. Inferential data
A. II only
B. III only
C. I only
D. I, II, III
238. In my research, I use basic classical ethnographic field methods. Which ones do I use?
I. Observations
II. Asking questions
III. Interpretation
IV. Participant observation
A. I, II & III
B. II, III & IV
C. I, II, III, IV
D. I, III, & IV
239. If a design for evaluating Community Support Program is being evaluated for its relevance,
what is the most significant question to consider?
A. Does the range of information to be provided include all the important aspect of the
program?
B. Does the information to be provided adequately serve the evaluation needs of the
intended audiences?
C. Is the information to be provided timely enough to the use of audiences?
D. Does the intended evaluation strictly follow ethical principles?
240. How does one avoid bias when administering a teacher questionnaire to determine the
pulse on a new performance evaluation system?
A. Give priority to those who volunteer to fill out the questionnaire.
B. Make sure the sample of what you'll measure is most likely to represent varied opinions
C. Select sample from those getting high performance ratings.
D. Exclude as respondents teachers who are 60 or over.
241. To ensure reliability of an evaluation instrument, it is important to make sure that
__________.
I. it is designed to get the information needed
II. there is only one way to interpret each item
III. stems with dual elements are eliminated
A. II & III
B. I & II
C. I only
D. I, II & III
242. If you conduct a phenomenological research, what key ingredients do you expect?
I. A research question driven by curiosity informs the design of a study.
II. Participants need to be interested in amd committed to exploring their lived experience to
generate good quality data.
III. An effective analytical framework which can increase the quality of the findings.
A. I & III
B. II & III
C. I & II
D. I, II & III
243. An experimental research might compare accident rates in those who text and drive versus
those who do not text and drive. What would be the independent variable?
A. The outcome (accident or no accident)
B. The behavior of texting and driving
C. Gender of drivers who text and drive
D. Ages of drivers who text and drive
244. Research Z conducted on correlational research on texting while driving and rate of
accidents. Which is a possible finding?
A. Younger drivers have an increased rate of accidents while texting and driving
B. Older drivers have less cell phones
C. Younger drivers are more techno savvy
D. Accidents are caused by texting
245. Which term is used for researchers predisposed to arriving at the same conclusion for a
series of researches on the same topic?
A. Labeling
B. Time dimension
C. Reductionism
D. Echoing
246. Which did researcher Ana conduct on kinds of worship among similar Christian Groups?
A. Trend
B. Cross-sectional
C. Cohort
D. Longitudinal
a group of people with
a shared characteristic.
247. Which type of study and researcher Pete conduct on the popular use among millenial
youths on Facebook accounts?
A. cohort
B. trend
C. cross-sectional
D. longitudinal
248. Inquiry on public sentiment for gays-lesbians from the 1960's to 2000's is a ___________
study.
A. trend
B. cross-sectional
C. longitudinal
D. Cohort
249. Inquiry on legalization of Marijuana getting data from doctors, parents, teachers, churches,
etc. is ___________ study.
A. nomothetic B. ideographic
C. non-spurious
D. complete causation
250. What is the unit of studies about churches, colleges, agencies, army or navy?
A. Social interactions
C. Social artifacts
B. Individuals
D. Organizations
251. A researcher committed _________ fallacy by concluding that young voters due to their
age voted for young candidates.
A. ecological
B. branding
C. time dimension
D. reductionist
252. Participants in a research should not be forced to reveal sensitive personal information,
e.g. sexual behavior because the have the right to ___________.
A. protection from harm
C. privacy
B. informed consent
D. coercion
253. For which of the following issues or concerns would a sociologist likely do an empirical
inquiry?
A. Crowd behavior during rallies
B. Medical effect of contraceptives on health
C. Advantages and disadvantages of democracy as an ideology
D. Church doctrine behind Pope Francis wanting priests to forgive abortion sinners
254. What is the appropriate research method in a field study on a cultural group, e.g way of
life of Badjaos who have settled inland in Zamboanga province?
A. Documentary research
C. Standardized survey
B. Open-ended interviews
D. Ethnographic observation
255. Research leader Edna insisted that student researches appreciate the value of _________
data or evidence for scientific study above mere speculation or opinion?
A. authority
B. empirical
C. tradition
D. logical reasoning
256. Social theories can be arrived at based on ___________ pattern of behavior.
A. diffused
B. separate
C. disperate
D. aggregate
257. What is as simple way of explaining the concept of a social theory?
A. Explaining social realities
B. Ways of looking at society
C. Guiding what societies do
D. Innovating society
258. What should the researcher do in case he/she is not yet familiar with the subject?
A. Set assumptions
C. Chronicle activities
B. Explore the topic
D. Draw up a hypothesis
259. What should the researcher do when he/she is clear about his subject and method and is
ready for the tasks of research?
A. Chronicle activities
C. Set assumptions
B. Explore the topic
D. Draw up a hypothesis
260. Deliberate deception by way of _________ fallacy is used by advertisers who make claim
to unfounded consumption by thousands or millions of a product.
A. bandwagon
C. circular thinking
B. big lie
D. begging the question
261. Generalizing extreme perception about people, places and ideas, e.g. white people are
biased about colored people is untruth or fallacy by _____________.
A. localizing
B. stereotyping
C. standardizing
D. Summarizing
262. Freedom of thought is opposed to ____________.
A. violence
B. slavery
C. compulsion
D. oppression
263. Asserting a more certain avenue to the same truth is __________.
A. simplification
B. syndication
C. revision
D. replication
264. The basic human activity in research is ____________.
A. inquiring
B. thinking
C. calculating
D. measuring
265. What research is done in laboratory?
A. Analysis
B. Experiment
C. Survey
D. Assessment
266. Science requires __________ in order to differentiate it from philosophy.
A. authority
C. empirical evidence
B. logical thinking
D. tradition
267. The use of _________ is useful in reducing inaccuracies in scientific research.
A. measured devices
C. logical reasoning
B. generalization
D. machines
268. There are fundamental ideas that distinguish Social Science from other ways of explaining
social events but _____________ is NOT one of them.
A. data
B. theory
C. belief
D. analysis
269. Which is arrived at by way of a thinking process that puts together several process to form
a complex whole?
A. meaning
B. relationship
C. synthesis
D. deduction
270. There is need to adopt _________ sampling for research on academic problem
encountered by indigeneous children in a school.
A. stratified
B. purposive
C. random
D. trend
271. The appropriate participant in a research on needed outreach activities which the school
can engage is the _______________.
A. teacher
B. students
C. community
D. parents
272. Which data do anthropologists use in descriptive inquiry on the cultural life of an ethnic
community through data drawn from myths, stories, songs, and experiences gathered through
field study?
A. Unobstrusive
B. Quantitative
C. Documentary
D. Qualitative
273. Applying the conflict theory, what element induced Hispanic authorities during the
colonial period not to teach native Filipinos the Spanish Language?
A. Need to secure the dominant status of Spaniards over natives
B. Lack of adequate funding to support Spanish instruction
C. Natives were already pacified even without teaching them the language
D. Friars want evangilical teaching, not language teaching
274. You will study within he population issue on corruption of public officials under the
different regimes. Which study will you engage in?
A. Cross-sectional study
C. Cohort study
B. Trend study
D. Longitudinal study
275. You want to examine specific sub-populations, which as those who played part in the EDSA
revolution with focus on how their attitudes have changed?
Which study will you do?
A. Longitudinal study
C. Cohort study
B. Trend study
D. Cross-sectional study
276. What is not related to ethical conduct of research?
A. Respect for confidentiality
B. Limitation in research scope
C. Voluntary participation by respondents
D. Security of participants
277. What is the systematic explanation of observations on social manifestation patterns of
social life?
A. Truth
B. Belief
C. Theory
D. Opinion
278. What are the studies conducted on social change over a period of time?
A. Trend studies
C. Panel studies
B. Cohort studies
D. Case studies
279. Which is a tentative answer to a research problem?
A. Theoritical framework
C. Conclusion
B. Recommendation
D. Hypothesis
280. In which part of the research do you find the answers to a research problem?
A. Recommendation
C. Hypothesis
B. Conclusion
D. Theoritical framework
281. What is a comprehensive list of important or relevant actions to be completed in a
specified order so that no step is forgotten?
A. Report card
B. Survey
C. Checklist
D. Questionnaire
282. What type of evaluation examines the effects or outcomes of some objects they
summarize it by describing what happens subsequent to delivery of program or technology;
assessing whether the object can be said to have caused the outcome; determining the overall
impact of the causal factor beyond on the immediate target outcomes; and, estimating the
relative costs associated with the object.
A. Summative evaluation
C. Formative evaluation
B. Normative evaluation
D. Complicated evaluation
283. Scientific inquiries conducted in social change over a period of time are ____________.
A. trend studies
B. cohort studies
C. panel studies
D. case studies
284. The two essential dimensions in teaching Social Science are ___________ and __________.
A. observing and inferring
C. searching and imparting
B. seeing and listening
D. knowing and thinking
285. Concentration in thinking which leads to a constant, unbroken line of thought is
__________.
A. infusion
B. focus
C. intention
D. direction
286. A comprehensive list of important or relevant actions to be completed in a specified order
is a ____________.
A. pattern
B. matrix
C. checklist
D. report
287. The type of evaluation which examines outcome and comes up with synthesis that
determines the overall impact and relative costs of an activity or program is ____________.
A. normative evaluation
C. formative evaluation
B. summative evaluation
D. causative evaluation
288. What method of thinking-and-learning draws the general qualities of a person from
particular traits?
A. Problem solving
B. Inductive
C. Deductive
D. Discovery
289. To which group do we belong if we don't accept the truth because we insist on belonging
to a group or resist the risk of being different?
A. Change agents
B. Radicals
C. Anarchists
D. Conformists
290. To ensure the relevance of instructional materials to the curriculum, it is important to:
A. Include test evaluation
B. Consider the grade/year
C. Have a list of goals and objectives
D. Base them on the textbook used
291. If Divine Comedy is characterized by absolute faith in a single truth, what best
characterizes Boccaccio's Decameron?
A. Characteristics of the merchant class
B. An equally devout reference for this truth
C. A complete negation of Christian doctrine
D. A sexual libertinism that seeks to revive the great pleasures of Ancient Rome
292. This is the collection of stories told by the pilgrims while on their way to the chapel of
Cantenbury.
A. The Cantenbury Files
C. The Cantenbury Collection
B. The Cantenbury Saga
D. The Cantenbury Tales
293. The period is considered as the Golden Age of the Filipino Language.
A. American regime
C. Marcos regime
B. Spanish regime
D. Japanese regime
294. In the cuing system, this is about vocabulary and coming up with meanings in a context.
A. Syntax
B. Phonology
C. Semantics
D. Morphology
295. It is the study of general principles of biblical interpretation the primary purpose of which
is to discover the truths and values of the Bible.
A. Hermeneutics
B. Apocalyptic
C. Transcendentalism
295. The teacher's concern toward with linguistic ability is to:
A. Involve him/her in journal writing and other forms of reflection
B. Offer role playing and acting opportunities
C. Lead him/her to visualization activities
D. Interest him/her in debates
296. What is the usual ending of a Comedia?
A. Victory of Muslim
B. Death of the Queen
C. Victory of Christians
D. Death of the Prince
297. The press is referred to as the Fourth Estate because it:
A. Is a powerful political force
B. Is an adversary of government
C. Checks all branches of government
D. Acts as the fourth branches of government
D. Humanism
298. The primary purpose of the Modern Information Centre is to:
A. Put up a library
C. Modernize MIC for users
B. House information
D. Have books for the library
299. Which poem of Walter Scott has stirring narrative in verse, superb description of the wild
and historic places and complete medievalism?
A. Lochinvar
C. Soldier, Rest
B. Boat Song
D. Lay of the Last Minstrel
300. Which of the following is a feature of suggestopedia?
A. Only listening activities are provided
B. Reading and writing are emphasized
C. Learners share their feelings in small group
D. Learners are in a relaxed and reclining position
301. To punish himself of murdering his father and having sexual relations with his mother,
what did Oedipus do?
A. He killed himself
C. He gouged his eyes
B. He castrated himself
D. He ordered his son to murder him
302. When teachers subscribe to the humanistic approach, what language learning materials
are they most likely to use?
A. Completing entries in a grid
B. Vocabulary words for writing
C. Activities for sharing one's values and viewpoint with others
D. Providing background music while reading
303. What is a distinct characteristics of vowels?
A. Friction is present in the vocal tract
B. There is little obstruction in vocal tract
C. Air flows freely through the nasal cavity
D. Vocal chord vibrates
304. Which of the following theories states the mass media should be state-owned to be
served the government?
A. Liberianism
C. Authoritarianism
B. Soviet
D. Social responsibility
305. The three phases of curriculum development are planning, implementation, and
evaluation. Under which phase/s do setting goals and objectives fall?
A. Planning
C. Planning and Implementation
B. Implementation
D. Implementation and Evaluation
306. Which is an INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIT that integrates reading and writing with other
curricular areas like social studies, science, mathematics and values education?
A. Theme study
C. Cluster
B. Learning log
D. Collaborative report
307. What do you call one chair in the classroom which has been designated for student's use
during sharing period?
A. Reader's chair
C. Author's chair
B. Hot seat
D. Speaker's chair
308. What kind of homonyms are these words?
RIGHT and WRITE, SON and SUN
A. Homophones
C. Homographs
B. Homophonic Homographs
D. Homographic Homophones
309. Which assessment tool is used to measure student's reading comprehension?
A. Reading Logs
C. Grand Conversation
B. Running Record
D. Anecdotal Records
310. Which one is an advantage of television over printed media?
A. Motion
B. Proximity and Immediacy
C. Visual
D. Color
311. Which is defined as any form of paid non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas,
goods or services?
A. Advertising
B. Promoting
C. Marketing
D. Publicity
311. Which can a teacher use to teach the idea that there is range of meaning between
opposite words?
A. Matching
B. Context clues
C. Pictures
D. Cline
312. Which reading takes place when TWO STUDENTS READ A TEXT TOGETHER?
A. Buddy
B. Independent
C. Guided
D. Shared
313. Successful implementation of new instructional materials depends on _____________.
A. Form of feedback reports
B. Conduct of teaching demonstration
C. Number of copies printed
D. Adequate in-service training of teachers
314. Which of the following will influence the pronunciation of ICE CREAM and I SCREAM?
A. Stress
B. Pitch
C. Juncture
D. Intonation
315. When a news reporter is accused of invasion of privacy, what other defense can ge give
aside from newsworthiness?
A. Honest reporting
C. Victims consent
B. Victims welfare
D. Impartial reporting
316. Which instructional procedure makes use of CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE and EXPERIENCES?
A. Directed Reading Thinking Activity
B. Language Experience Approach
C. Mastery Learning
D. Individualized Method
317. Which WH-question of a reporter is answered by the phrase:
"For another strain of flu that has downed more than 20 people"
A. Where
B. Why
C. What
D. When
318. In the communication process, any observable response sent by the receiver of the
message to the sender is called __________.
A. signal
B. reaction
C. feedback
D. gesture
319. Who among these writers is famous for using local color in his stories?
A. F. Sionel Jose
C. Manuel Arguilla
B. Carlos Bulusan
D. Juan C. Laya
320. Amanuensis originally meant _____________.
A. A female warrior
B. A slave with secretarial duties
C. Coarse herbs including pigweeds
D. Deterioration of sight
321. Which activity includes the cutting of a certain portion of pictures that are NOT needed?
A. Cropping
B. Retouching
C. Bleeding
D. Line drawing
322. Which activity requires students to do a Quick Write or Quick Draw, then they crumple,
throw and read so that they can stay rooted in one place?
A. Carousel
C. Snowball Toss
B. Quaker Reading
D. Hot seat
323. To throw in towel means ________________.
A. Forget the whole thing
C. Admit defeat
B. Keep the issue hanging
D. Hold in abeyance
324. Who is the most important person of the NEWS TEAM because he/she is the link between
the station and the listener?
A. Script writer
C. Reporter
B. Assignment editor
D. Newsreader
325. Which is media's task of safeguarding public interest?
A. Abuse of the source-base stories
C. Double-checking of facts
B. Shooting from the hip
D. Misquotation
326. The development reporter's attitude toward today's journalism is one of _____________.
A. Incitement to actions
C. Opinion-shaping
B. Commitment
D. Clarification
327. The greatest advantage of the radio over the newspaper is __________.
A. Spoken words everyday speech
C. Immediacy
B. Informal style
D. Use of concrete images
328. Which of the following statements is true,that would most strengthen the media's
advocacy of ideas?
A. The newspaper make their stand on certain issues openly in the editorials
B. Newspapers are careful in giving their stands in issues
C. Issues can come out with out management's interference
D. It is difficult to suppress issues
329. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?
A. Sadi
B. Kalidasa
C. Tagore
D. Khagyam
330. The aspect of the reading program which provides for the development of interest in
literature , literary material appreciation and taste in the selection and enjoyment of reading
matter is:
A. Developmental reading
B. Functional reading
C. Decretory reading
D. Remedial reading
331. Don Quixote, hero of Cervantes Immortal novel, rode forth
A. to see his king and country
B. in quest of the holly grail
C. to see the world and seek a fortune
D. to defend the oppressed and right the wrong
332. Irregular ocular motor as shown by a defective way of turning pages may be caused by
left-handedness. The best remedy for this reading problem is by:
A. Visual difficulties
B. Motor difficulties
C. Speech difficulties
D. Auditory difficulties
333. What conventions of earlier literary and artistic cycle style do both realism amd naturalism
oppose?
A. Neoclassicism
B. Symbolism
C. Romanticism
D. Classicism
334. A simple narrative dealing with supernatural beings that is typically of folk origin and
written or told for the amusement of children is known as:
A. Legend
B. Myth
C. Fable
D. Fairy tale
335. When the primary aim of a work of literature is to expound some moral, political or other
precepts, this is called:
A. Argumentative
B. Value oriented
C. Didactic
D. Aphoristic
336. This method of learning capitalizes on relaxed states of mind or maximum retention of
materials.
A. Translation method
C. Community language learning
B. Suggestopedia
D. None of the above
337. The ability to perceive a particular, relevant item or factor in spite of distractions is called:
A. Learning strategy
C. Field independence
B. Learning style
D. Field dependence
338. When a teacher studies skills covered, sequencing and activities presented in a book,
he/she does ______________.
A. Physical evaluation
C. Content evaluation
B. External evaluation
D. Internal evaluation
339. What social function does a communication medium perform when it focuses the public
reproduction is called ______________.
A. Regulator
B. Instructor
C. Arena
D. Sentinel
340. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone and attitude of the
literature of ancient Greek and Rome?
A. Naturalism
B. Classicism
C. Realism
D. Romanticism
341. Gothic architecture is known for its _____________.
A. Round domes
C. Pointed arches
B. Height
D. Decorated ceilings
342. A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation, especially for one who is dead is called:
A. An Ode
B. A Ballad
C. An Elegy
D. A Parody
343. What process of language learning is characterized by repeated practice of sentence
patterns until they become automatic?
A. Overgeneralization
C. Habit formation
B. Hypothesis testing
D. Language performance
344. What type of evaluation provides the learner with greater responsibilities in the entire
learning process?
A. Group evaluation
C. Pure evaluation
B. Self-evaluation
D. Programmed evaluation
345. The usually short fictions story that illustrates a moral attitude, a doctrine, a standard of
conduct or a religious principle is called
A. myth
B. legend
C. anecdote
D. parable
346. For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel which tells of an American teacher who joined the antifascist Loyalist Army and managed to destroy the bridge was written by:
A. O. Henry
C. Percy Bysche Shelley
B. Ernest Hemingway
D. Edgar Allan Poe
347. Which of the following theories of learning language and literacy emphasizes
comprehension as students read?
A. Sociolinguistic
C. Reader Response
B. Constructivist
D. Interactive
348. In English verse , a poetic foot having one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed
syllable is called:
A. Dactyllic
B. Trochaic
C. Anapestic
D. Iambic
349. What justification can a TV network give when accused of revealing gory shots of a murder
victim?
A. It was done in good taste
B. It has maintained fair play in selecting the content
C. It has used impartial judgment in the public interest
D. It has provided a forum for pertinent comment
350. What is usually the topic of a lyric poetry?
A. Feelings or emotions
B. Nature
C. Religion
D. Women
351. Mrs. G targeted this competency for literature "Distinguish between the language of the
Science and the language of literature". What evidence of learning may be suitable in this case?
A. Contrastive analyses of sample scientific and literary texts
B. Essay about the difference between science and literature
C. Journal on the importance of language in science and literature
D. Discussions about how science and literature differ in nature
352. Mrs. Lyka is choosing a material for her first year students. What will be her first
consideration?
A. Text difficulty
C. Material availability
B. Interesting quality
D. Degree of acceptability
353. Which of the following materials is useful if the teacher does Content-Based Instruction
(CBI)?
A. Authentic texts
B. Basal materials
C. Colorful charts
D. Graphic organizers
354. In conducting literature circles, students form groups to read and discuss a text. Daniel
(1994) recommends roles to be assigned to help readers focus on the text discussion. Which
role is NOT likely included in this strategy?
A. Collector of questions
C. Facilitator of ideas shared
B. Scanner of key passages
D. Assessor of participation
355. After letting the students read the poem, Ms. G told them to analyze the text for structure
and word choices. What is the specific focus of such analysis?
A. Figurative themes
C. Stylistic features
B. Poem elements
D. Rhetoric aspects
356. What step will complete these steps in grammar teaching (Celci-Murca, 1988),
Presentation, Focused Practice, Communication Practice, and _________________?
A. Enrichment Process
B. Independent Practice
C. Feedback and Correction
D. Reteaching and Review
357. Mrs. G teaches grammar deductively. She presents the rule and elaborates it using sample
structures. Later, she asks the students to give their own examples. What approach to grammar
teaching is used here?
A. Covert
B. Descriptive
C. Overt
D. Traditional
358. Sir Roy always makes it sure that he pronounces words correctly. He believes that students
follow his example. What theory relates to the teacher's belief?
A. Behaviorism
B. Cognitivism
C. Interactionism
D. Structuralism
359. The use of drills is regarded as effective by Mrs. H in teaching speech. The repetition will
help the students develop some degree of automaticity in language production. What method
is the teacher using?
A. Audiolingual
C. Communicative
B. Content-Based
D. Whole Language
360. Mr. T believes that language learning is better facilitated if the learners themselves
discover linguistic patterns rather the teacher directly teaching them. Which strategy is aligned
with this teacher's belief?
A. Community Language Learning
B. Silent Way
C. Suggestopedia
D. Total Physical Response
361. Madam G believes that effective language teaching integrates the macro-skills and the
relevant topics in the other areas. Teaching should be also literature-based. What approach is
the teacher using here?
A. Audiolingual approach
B. Community Language Learning
C. Language Experience Approach
D. Whole Language Approach
362. Since Samuel was having difficulty with spelling, you helped him remember better by
letting him say and copy the words repeatedly. You also explained to him what the words
meant. Which psycholinguistic representation did you EXCLUDE in this case?
A. Grammatical
B. Phonological
C. Semantic
D. Orthographic
363. Effective readers think about what and how they are reading. They are able to fix
comprehension problems and change strategies when necessary. What reading strategy is
being applied here?
A. Activating
B. Monitoring
C. Organizing
D. Summarize
364. This is a reading strategy where students read part of the text and predict what is going to
happen next. Readers are also made to explain or defend their predictions.
A. Basal Reader Approach (BRA)
B. Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA)
C. Language Experience Approach (LEA)
D. Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review (SQ3R)
365. Ms. J conducts a pre-listening activity before she lets the students listen to a song. In this
case, the approach activity is ___________.
A. setting the listening purpose
B. reading the song lyrics along
C. asking comprehension questions
D. deciding on the listening type to use
366. To ease oral production in English, Mr, Y, a Korean national, uses conventional and
colloquial speech patterns when conversing with non-Korean friends. What technique did he
use?
A. Discourse Markers
C. Formulaic Expressions
B. Ellipsis
D. Simplification
367. Asking the other person's opinion and indicating understanding by gestures or facial
expressions are examples of _________ as speech routines in conversation.
A. Interaction
B. Feedback
C. Negotiation
D. Turn-taking
368. Modern approach to teaching writing emphasizes the steps one may take in order to
produce a good written output, which may involve drafting, discussing and reworking texts. The
approach here is:
A. Action-based
C. Process-oriented
B. Product-oriented
D. Reflection-based
269. Maria easily remembers the pronunciation of a foreign word because she associates it with
a more familiar word in the first language. Which principle in the interlanguage theory is
reflected in this case?
A. Transfer of training
C. Language transfer
B. Strategies of L2 learning
D. Overgeneralization
270. Which of the sentences has direct illocutionary function?
A. Hand in your project.
C. What a great job!
B. This work is messy.
D. It was already due.
371. One of the rules in lexical phonology is that a tense vowel becomes lax when a short word
is lengthened by adding a suffix, so that the words end up having at least three syllables. Which
of the following words shows this case?
A. Gaiety
B. Nulity
C. Poverty
D. Sanity
372. Over the years, the emphasis in the Philippine language curriculum has shifted from the
focus of developing discrete language skills to their integration via authentic tasks. Which
curriculum component has primarily held sway throughout these developments?
A. Learning objectives
C. Teaching activities
B. Target content
D. Assessment schemes
373. The secondary language curriculum emphasizes the development of communicative
competence (CC) among the learners. Which CC component relates to the learner's ability to
convey messages despite communication barriers and inadequacies?
A. Discourse Competence
C. Sociolinguistic Competence
B. Linguistic Competence
D. Strategic Competence
374. After having known the needs of the entrepreneurs, you started to design an ESP program
for them. Which principle should you in the choice of the learning activities?
A. Importance
B. Novelty
C. Interest
D. Relevance
375. In doing diagnostic teaching, Sir K adjusts his teaching activities during instruction and not
after he has gathered the data about students' learning deficiences. Did Sir K follow the right
process?
A. No. Teaching activities must be planned before diagnosing.
B. No. All pertinent data should be collated first before teaching.
C. Yes. In doing diagnostic teaching, assessment is continuous.
D. Yes. Deficiences are better assessed when diagnosis is done
376. This is the literary theory that concentrates on the characteristics or qualities of literary
works themselves apart from any extra textual material.
A. Formalism
B. Marxism
C. Feminism
D. Reader-response
377. Teacher Q provided a module specifically to her student who needed remediation with
reading. What was Teacher Q's purpose of providing a module?
A. to improve class instruction
B. to maximize effective media use
C. to individualize
D. to enable teachers to analyze the teaching process
378. Mr. Cruz decided to create a WebQuest in order to improve his inquiry-based approach in
teaching viewing skills. Which element of a WebQuest must he consider first?
A. Assessment schemes
B. Goal of the lesson
C. Process description
D. Student roles
379. After reading Matsuo Basho's haiku, Jake complained to Mrs. Y that the poem did not
make sense to him. For Jake to appreciate this type of poetry, what competency must he
acquire first?
A. Point out how choice of imagery contribute to theme
B. Distinguish between the language of science and literature
C. Assess Asian identity as presented in Asian literature
D. Show understanding of the text by paraphrasing passages
380. The defining characteristic of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) is that teaching is based
on the results of a needs analysis. Which of the following questions is not a key concern in ESP?
A. What do students need to do with the English language?
B. Which skills do students need to master and how well?
C. What language structures should the students master?
D. What genres should they master for practical usage?
381. Which of the following competencies reflects the Filipino learner's development of
strategic competence?
A. Identify changes in meaning signaled by stress and intonation
B. Use appropriate turn-taking strategies in extended conversations
C. Communicate thoughts, feelings, and needs in letters, write-ups
D. Paraphrase or translate to repair communication breakdown
382. Ms. Y uses only English in teaching the subject matter. She also requires the students to
speak only English in class. This way, they will "think in English" too. What approach is similar to
this teacher's practices?
A. Audiolingual
C. Language Experience
B. Direct
D. Whole Language
383. Mr. D has specified the communicative learning outcomes to the unit plan she is preparing.
Sha also has set learning objectives sequentially, leading to the accomplishment of the target
product or performance. What approach does this teacher regard?
A. Language-Bases Instruction
C. Task-Based Instruction
B. Language Experience Approach
D. Whole Language Approach
384. To make the conversation sound spontaneous and fluent, the speaker must track new
sentences on to the previous ones using coordinating conjunctions. Which technique applies
here?
A. Circumlocution
B. Ellipsis
C. Transliteration
D. Simplification
385. What will complete this stages in teaching grammar - Elicitation, Explanation, Controlled,
Practice, ____________ Free stage?
A. Enrichment Process
B. Independent Practice
C. Reinforcement Stage
D. Skills Stage
386. Which of the following questions leads to development of a critical stance about a novel
read?
A. Would you still like to read something else by this author?
B. From what point of view is this novel written?
C. What literary techniques are used to achieve impact?
D. Do you relater the plot with any life experiences you have had?
387. What formative assessment will best suit this competency, "Make a write up of an
interview".
A. Asking questions to the interviewee
B. Formulating questions to be asked
C. Setting appointment for interview
D. Writing a report of the interview
388. When a previously learned material or performance disrupts, the performance on a
second task there is:
A. Prior experience
B. Interference
C. Intervention
D. None of the above
389. A new communication techniques where people talk and see each other in a computer is
called:
A. Video conferencing
C. Mini-conferencing
B. Teleconferencing
D. None of the above
390. A mixing of language arising from two or more languages in contact and marked by
simplifying and reducing the forms of language, in contact or eliminating certain grammatical
forms is called:
A. Code Switching
B. Acculturation
C. Codification
D. Piginization
391. Which of the following would spell the difference between English teacher, which means
one who teaches English and English teacher, a teacher from England?
A Intonation
B. Juncture
C. Stress
D. Pitch
392. What diagram is used to determine the social interactions among individuals in a group?
A. Sociomatrix
B. Sociogram
C. Vehmgram
D. Scatter diagram
393. The process whereby media people control the public's access to news is called
____________.
A. Gate keeping
B. Channeling
C. Agenda setting
D. Correlating
394. In preparing the goals and objectives of the curriculum, it is necessary to make a list of
what learners' _____________.
A. Should do as citizens in a democratic country
B. Do in make believe situations
C. Are expected to do in school
D. Are required to do in real world
395. What is the function of the Filipino folk narratives?
A. To explain natural phenomena
C. To ward off evil spirits
B. To teach proper behavior
D. To honor the gods
396. Which learning theory views children as having the ability to relate new information to
prior knowledge?
A. Sociolinguistic
B. Constructive
C. Reader Response
D. Interactive
397. The English essayist, poet and dramatic, who was leading contributor to the guiding spirit
of the periodicals "The Tatler" and the "Spectator" is:
A. Jonathan Swift
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Joseph Addison
D. John Dryden
398. Remedial instruction must be started with materials at a very easy level. Which of the
following statements is contrary to this principle?
A. Confidence is developed through a series of successes.
B. Introduction of many new words create confusion.
C. Acquisition of more advanced skills must be based on simpler ones.
D. Skills come from much reading of more difficult materials.
398. What intonation is used with WH-question?
A. Level
B. Rising
C. Falling
D. Rising-Falling
399. What 19th century entertainment is made up of comedy skills and musical acts which was
influenced by modern TV shows?
A. Zarzuela
B. Comedia
C. Opera
D. Vaudeville
400. Stuttering, lisping, stammering can be classified as,
A. auditory difficulties
C. motor difficulties
B. visual difficulties
D. speech difficulties
401. Among Filipinos, what characteristic makes English difficult to understand?
A. It is a complex language
C. It is a second/third language
B. It is a strange language
D. It is a universal language
402. ESP is centered on the language appropriate to various activities that relate well with
grammar lexis register, discourse and:
A. Genre
B. Poetry
C. Prose
D. Composition
403. An English teacher may administer a performance-based assessment in ESP using a rubric
as a measuring instrument. In which of the following tests is a rubric best applicable?
A. Dictation test
C. Sentence transformation
B. Oral interview
D. Analyzing sentences
404. Use of grade in one approach applied in ESP to teach students with a low level of
knowledge of English. In general these materials refer to
A. Books read by the students from Grade I-VI
B. Multi-graded books received in the different grade levels
C. Different versions of book with simplified grammar and vocabulary
D. Books used by several grade levels
405. An act enhancing the Philippines Basic Education System by strengthening its curriculum
and increasing the number of years for Basic Education , approaching funds therefore and for
other purpose, is known as
A. Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
C. National Education Act
B. Trifocalization Act
D. Kindergarten Education Act of 2012
406. Examples, activities, song, poems, and illustrations, are based on local culture, history, and
reality. This strategy particularly refers to
A. Localization
C. Cultural Adaptibility
B. Contextualization
D. Authenticity
407. The Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) is very significant in the development of
A. Content and performance standards
C. Critical content
B. Learning resources
D. Learning competencies
408. Listening to classical music ______________ one of his preferred leisure activities.
A. Were
B. Are
C. Will
D. Is
409. While there is no absolute way to prevent ankle _______________ exercises such as ankle
lifts can help strengthen the joint.
A. Sprain
B. Sprain's
C. Sprains
D. Sprains'
410. Substituting different sounds for the first sound of familiar song just like the example
below can help in developing ______________.
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
Bow, bow, bow your boat
Bently bown the beam
Berrily, berrily, berrily, berrily
Bife is but a dream
A. Phonological awareness
C. Phonological stress
B. Word recognition
D. Emergent word reading skills
411. After the show, the board members went to another area and ___________ out with
other fans.
A. Hung
B. Hunged
C. Hanged
D. Hang
412. Lila bought coffee for Isabella and ___________.
A. Mine
B. Me
C. Both me and I are correct
D. I
413. Neither you nor your children ______________ the problem.
A. understands
C. is understanding
B. are understanding
D. understand
414. Eminent educators have observed that qualified jobs are becoming _____________.
A. scarcest
B. more scarce
C. scaring
D. scarcer
415. Which statement is correct in structure and form?
A. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island is sweeter.
B. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island is the sweetest.
C. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island, is the sweetest.
D. Of the areas that produce lanzones, the Camiguin Island is the sweeter.
416. Among ASEAN countries, Singapore is known as a ___________ paradise.
A. shopper's
B. shop's
C. Shoppers'
D. shops'
417. An example of a word formation process that changes "kindergarten" to "kinder" and "air
conditioning" to "aircon" is known as ______________.
A. Coining
B. Compounding
C. Blending
D. Clipping
418. The speaker should change the language according to the needs of the listener or based on
the dictate of the situation like the examples below except for ______________.
A. speaking differently in a classroom than on a playground
B. talking differently to a baby than to an adult
C. giving background information to an unfamiliar listener
D. sophisticating the language by using high terminologies for basal learners
419. A semantic study of Philippine English shares how unique meanings are in contrast to its
standard counterpart. An example is the term room for someone who stays in a dormitory or
shared room of a boarding house without meals provided is known as __________.
A. bed pals
B. bed spacer
C. roommate
D. transient
420. Someone who can operate his/her linguistic competence and his/her sociolinguistic
awareness of the relationship between language and the context refers to what kind of speaker?
A. Intercultural
B. Adapt
C. Technical
D. Context-driven
421. The study of ways in which non-native speakers acquire, comprehend, and use linguistic
patterns or speech acts in a second language is known as ____________.
A. Contrastive Rhetoric
C. Jargonized Expression
B. Intra-language Variety
D. Inter-language Pragmatics
422. They are speech sounds made simply by shaping the oral cavity to give the sound a
particular color or "timbre".
A. Vowels
B. Digraphs
C. Consonants
D. Dipthongs
423. Linguistic interference occurs when students ______________.
A. learn another language or dialect
B. learn their mother tongue
C. speak without readiness
D. learn to speak and hide their fear
424. A summary of main points of a text, lecture, or course of study is referred to as
____________.
A. Lesson Exemplar
C. Course Outline
B. Subject Framework
D. Unit Plan
425. Learning for empowerment and better self-image is an example of ______________.
A. genuine motivation
C. extrinsic motivation
B. intrinsic motivation
D. life-long motivation
426. All the bitterness melted out of him suddenly and the world renewed itself out of the
youth and happiness that was all around him, PROFLIGATE as the spring sunshine. The
capitalized word means ___________.
A. superfluous
B. openly
C. over-abundant
D. brightly
427. Which is an example of a bound morpheme ending in -ion that changes a verb into a noun?
A. Action
B. Nation
C. Scion
D. Mention
428. In applying passive voice, which sound should you use on an official sign?
A. Beyond this point, do not permit pedestrian.
B. Do not permit pedestrian, beyond this point.
C. Beyond this point, pedestrian should permit to go.
D. Pedestrians are not permitted beyond this point.
429. EVERYONE met at the contest venue. The capitalized pronoun is an example of a/an
_____________.
A. Indefinite pronoun
C. Demonstrative pronoun
B. Relative pronoun
D. Interrogative pronoun
430. Vince said, "I'm studying English a lot at that moment". The indirect speech is ________.
A. Vince said I was studying English a lot at the moment
B. Vince said he was studying English a lot at the moment
C. Vince said I was studying English a lot at that moment
D. Vince said I were studying English a lot at that moment
431. Roniel and Carl who ________________ a restaurant in Manila are now the youngest
partner entrepreneurs.
A. run
B. has run
C. runs
D. have run
432. The adjective that expresses the supreme value of the noun like the capitalized phrase in
the sentence, "English is the MOST INTERESTING subject for Ryza", is called _____________.
A. Superlative adjective
B. Predicate adjective
C. Demonstrative adjective
D. Possessive adjective
433. Which is not a variable of functional grammar?
A. Term which represents the role of the interlocutors.
B. Tenor is concerned with the nature of the relationship among the people involved.
C. Field which represents the content or topic of the social activity.
D. Mode is the medium and role of language in the situation.
434. When decoding multisyllabic words, what do students need to know?
I. What a syllable is
II. That a syllable contains one vowel sound
III. How to divide the words in parts and read each part
IV. Read the word by combining the parts
A. I, II, III, IV
B. II & III
C. I & II
D. I, III & IV
435. Which is one implication on listening and speaking for language teaching?
A. Link listening and speaking tasks to promote social interaction in specific situations.
B. Link listening and speaking tasks to develop viewing skills in real life situations.
C. Link listening and speaking tasks to improve students' self-confidence.
D. Link listening and speaking tasks to provide opportunities for students to notice how
language is used in different context.
436. To enhance the power of the mind, learners read literary text in the target language and
memorize vocabulary lists translated into the native language. Explicit grammar instruction of
rules and their exceptions is the main focus to master the target language. What is this
approach?
A. Grammar translation
B. Audio-lingual
C. Natural
D. Direct
437. What is the ability of the listener to understand the speaker's intention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Interpretability
C. Acceptability
D. Comprehensibility
438. The THIRD child is the most intelligent. The capitalized word is an example of ___________.
A. descriptive adjective
B. cardinal adjective
C. ordinal adjective
D. limiting adjective
439. Some people feel that his ____________ to the president was unnecessary.
A. delusion
B. convulsion
C. allusion
D. illusion
440. Analogies are comparisons based on relationships between ideas. Finish the analogy below.
Dwindle: increase:: stiffen: ___________
A. relax
B. cringe
C. crawl
D. freeze
441. When the word "consumables" refers to resources such as toner, ink and paper which get
used up, it is regarded as a/an __________.
A. technological jargon
B. multimedia jargon
C. computer jargon
D. ICT jargon
442. In Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking Process, which helps you design activities for the creating
level?
A. Justify, debate, invent
C. Recommend, design, produce
B. Modify, apply, debate
D. Compose, imagine, propose
443. Ted was either qualified to lead the team or he was serious. Which of the following best
restates the boldfaced phrases?
A. Ted was qualified but not serious to lead the team.
B. Either was Ted qualified or was he serious to lead the team.
C. Either qualified or serious was Ted to lead the team.
D. Ted was either qualified or serious to lead the team
444. ______________, but usually 65 percent and in some organisms maybe as high as 95
percent or more of the total substance.
A. The amount of water varies in living cells
B. The number of water varies in living cells
C. The amount of water in living cells varies
D. The amount of water in living cells vary
445. A poignant experience
A. didactic
B. chaotic
C. distressing D. memorable
446. An implacable child
A. hysterical
B. unyielding
C. exhausted
D. depressed
447. An esoteric lecture
A. something outmoded
C. something unnecessary
B. irrefutable proof
D. understandable only by a selected group
448. Which of the following is used as the generic term for the set of words?
A. rhombus
B. square
C. quadrilateral
D. rectangle
449. Which of the following propaganda devices is used in the statement? "Angela Jolie's
gorgeous complexion is due to Nivea Cream Soap".
A. Card stacking
C. Bandwagon
B. Testimonial
D. Glittering generality
450. The statement, "The theater is a lily that inexplicably arises from a jungle of weedy
falsities", uses what figurative language?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor
451. Which of the following uses an idiomatic expression?
A. Her face launched a thousand ships
B. The road was ribbon of moonlight
C. I like to listen to him: he has the gift of the gab
D. The branches of the camachile tree bore the brunt of the typhoon's wrath
452. Veteran : rookie :: journey man __________
A. mentor
B. tenderfoot
C. follower
453. Drain : liquid :: ______________ : ______________
D. guru
A. quell :: secret
C. dessicate :: dehydration
B. blanch :: color
D. void :: emission
454. What technique of analysis is to be used if the researcher wants to determine the
pertinent features of certain materials, like the text-based media?
A. Qualitative
B. Content
C. Discourse
D. Structural
455. Which of the following does not show that language is creative and recursive?
A. We can make verbs from nouns on rules
B. We can communicate with different kinds of animals
C. We can expand sentences by using objects and clauses
D. We can understand and produce sentences never heard before in our native tongue
456. Which of these skills is involved in critical-anytical listening?
A. gathering information from texts
B. appreciating the manner of delivery
C. understanding the mood expressed in the stories
D. identifying the main form the subordinating ideas
457. Judgmental critical listening means making decisions, EXCEPT on:
A. pronunciation points
C. the way both facts have been presented
B. rightness and wrongness
D. harmfulness and harmlessness of facts and ideas
458. What category of listening does distinguishing between facts and opinion/fantasy belong?
A. information
C. critical-analytical
B. appreciative
D. critical judgemental
459. Examples of presenting minimal pairs for better pronunciation and understanding are
shown in:
A. pen-pin, pan-pun
B. ant-bird, cat-cow
C. am-are, an-ant
D. book-ball, bad-dog
460. Which of the following statements below is not a characteristics of a covert grammar
teaching?
A. Teachers openly present explanations
B. New grammar is introduced through an information gap activity
C. Teachers do not draw conscious attention to grammatical facts
D. New grammar is practices but attention is drawn on the text and activity, not on grammar.
460. Which combination is the most effective technique for teaching pronunciation?
A. modeling and imitation
C. comparison and contrast
B. explanation and practice
D. modeling, explanation, comparison and practice
461. Which type of plot device end abruptly so that the main characters are left in a difficult
situation without offering any resolution or conflict?
A. Foil
B. Anti hero
C. Cliffhanger D. Archetype
462. The intensification of the conflict in a story or play is called ______________.
A. exposition
B. conflict
C. rising action
D. complication
463. Which type of paragraph would this topic sentence be considered? "The day I won the
oratorical title changed my self perception."
A. Expository
B. Narrative
C. Descriptive D. Persuasive
464. Sound words like bam, bang, booing are examples of _______________.
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. idiom
465. A type of comedy based on a far-fetched humorous situation often with ridiculous or
stereotyped character is called ____________.
A. sequel
B. simile
C. farce
D. fable
466. "Life is like a roller coaster" is an example of what figure of speech?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
467. Which refers to the use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its
meaning? Examples, "Keeping time, time, time; A sort of runic rhyme, To the titinnabulation
that so musically wells, from the bells, bells, bells."
A. Rhyme
B. Alliteration C. Rhythm
D. Onomatopoeia
468. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the
age of foolishness..." In this opening line of the novel "The Tale of Two Cities", Charles Dickens
uses ___________.
A. didacticism B. ConsonanceC. juxtaposition
469.
D. concession
"The time is out of joint, o cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right."
The two lines above from Shakespeare's Hamlet use what literary device which is
characterized by having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and the same meter to form a
complete thought?
A. Couplet
B. Assonance
C. Free verse
D. Meiosis
470. Which figure of speech uses exaggeration for special effect like: "...where the corn grows
so tall they have to go up on a ladder to pick the ears off."?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Alliteration C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor
471. In analyzing poetry, one must first understand context. Which among the following is NOT
included in a poem's context?
A. Does the poem belong to a particular period or literary movement? Does the poem relate to
imagism, confessional verse, beat movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Era etc.?
B. How long is the poem? The longer the poem is, the more focus is demanded of the readers.
C. Who wrote the poem? Does the poet's life suggest any special point of view such as political
affiliation, religious sect, career interest, musical talent, family or personal problems, travel, etc.?
D. When was the poem written and in what country? Such information will help readers
understand what's in a poem and why?
472. Which among the following options best explains what imagery is?
A. Cartoon shows that makes everyone laugh
B. When an author compares two things
C. The author sends mental images in the reader's mind using words
D. Expressive picture hanging on the wall
473. "My two decades of experience in a journalism teacher, my tireless commitment to the
children in this community, and my willingness to share my pedagogical knowledge make me an
ideal candidate for principalship," is an example of an appeal to ____________.
A. pathos
B. ethos
C. bathos
D. logos
474. In a novel or a short story, this is the point of view assumed by the narrator from which he
is able to tell everything that happens in the story. This is known as ________.
A. eyewitness
C. first person
B. omniscient
D. stream of consciousness
475. Which type of paragraph has the goal of convincing another person to change or think
about changing his/her opinion on something?
A. Descriptive B. Persuasive
C. Expository
D. Narrative
476. A plot device in literature which is usually employed where visions are realized due to the
action of the character who tries to prevent them. An example of this is"Oedipus Rex".
A. Oracle
C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
B. Foresight
D. Insight
476. The ten commandments of a modern story are: it must have compression, unit,
immediateness, momentum, characterization, verisimilitude, style, culmination, soul, and it
must be ____________.
A. Publishing
C. read in one sitting
B. short
D. complete in one reading
477. What is the method of storytelling in which the narrator known's the thoughts and feeling
in all the characters in the story?
A. Third person limited
C. First person point-of-view
B. Second person point-of-view
D. Third person omniscient
478. The stylistic device in which a word or phrase is separated at the end of successive clauses.
A. polypoton
B. epiphora
C. gradatio
D. symploce
479. The most important sentence in any essay is ____________.
A. the first sentence in the body of the paragraph
B. the thesis sentence of the conclusion
C. the first sentence of the introduction
D. the final sentence of the introduction
480. A scene in a short story, a novel, a narrative poem, or a play that interrupts the story to
show an event that happened earlier or in the past is known as _____________.
A. foreshadowing
B. review
C. retreat
D. flashback
481. The glass unicorn in the Glass Menagerie, the rocking horse in the "Rocking-horse Winner,
and the road in Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" are all examples of ___________.
A. fable
B. imagery
C. subject
D. symbolism
482. The resolution of the conflict in a story is known as ____________.
A. denouement
B. codaC. diasporas
D. epilogue
483. In fiction, the transformation of a character from arrogance to humility is referred to as
_____________.
A. catharsis
B. turning point
C. realism
D. mellowing
484. Which of the following is a characteristic of a formalist's criticism?
A. It is dependent on the writer's background.
B. Criticism is focused on the work itself.
C. It is extrinsic in essence.
D. Criticism describes the objective of the author.
485. The person assigned to dictate the actor's line if he forgets is called a/an _______.
A. prompter
B. understudy
C. substitute
D. assistant
486. A poem that tells a tragic story is called ____________.
A. parable
B. epic
C. sonnet
D. ballad
487. What literary device refers to a situation of poetic justice where th good characters are
rewarded and the evil character are punished for their vices?
A. Ambiguity
B. Apocalyptic
C. Nemesis
D. Objectivity
488. "It's no wonder everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Theresa in the making: She
loves to help and care after people everywhere from the streets to her own friends", is an
example of a/an ______________.
A. metaphor
B. irony
C. allusion
D. historical paradox
489. The funeral home was built next to a children's nursery is an example of ________.
A. oxymoron
B. metaphor
C. juxtaposition
D. paradox
490. "Debit card and Bad credit", "The earthquake and the queer shake", are examples of
____________.
A. anagram
B. puns
C. contracts
D. oxymorons
491. Read the stanza and answer the item that follows:
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
" My head is bloody, but unbowed" is an example of which figure of speech?
A. Hyperbole
B. Alliteration
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
492. The words spoken by an actor to the people watching a play that the characters in the play
do not hear is called a/an ___________.
A. lines
B. monologue
C. aside
D. symbolic narrative
493. What figure of speech is: O wild, west wind!
A. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole
C. Irony
D. Metaphor
494. The Trojan War can be seen today as ______________.
A. women's empowerment
B. the war over lands and boundaries
C. men's exhibition of grief
D. the reign of political dynasty
495. The myths of the Greeks reflect ____________.
A. a view of the universe that acknowledges the mystery and beauty of humanity
B. that humans are the center of the universe
C. that humans and gods live alike
D. a less strange and frightening magic than the myths of other ancient civilizations
496. For what act is antigone sentenced to death?
A. She refused to marry the King's son.
B. She killed her own father.
C. She disobeyed her sisters command.
D. She performed the burial rituals for her brother.
497. Si Malakas at Maganda is a famous Filipino ____________.
A. legend
B. folk tale
C. creation myth
D. story
498. What does the presence of these three divinities: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos in Greek
myth symbolize?
A. Immortals play a great part in mortal's life
B. Destiny cannot be controlled by anyone
C. Power of immortals over mortals
D. Mortals fate depends on the gods
499. Maria Makiling is a famous ____________.
A. folk tale
B. legend
C. myth
D. fairy tale
500. Who was the mythical strong man punished by the gods for stealing fire?
A. Prometheus
B. Ulysses
C. Medes
D. Hercules
501. Which of these principles/practices is NOT true with the use of traditional grammar?
A. Parts of speech should be defined from memory.
B. Sentences are sliced and cut into pieces.
C. Sentence parts should be diagrammed on the board.
D. Learners move in a stress-free environment.
502. Of the two sisters, Tina is _________.
A. the more intelligent
C. the most intelligent
B. the least intelligent
D. the more better intelligent
503. The man, ___________ by his wife, became alcoholic.
A. forsakend
C. forsaken
B. forsook
D. forsake
504. Johnmax can't __________ teach well an obstinate child.
A. barely
B. ever
C. never
D. but
506. What happens during assonance?
A. repetition of words
C. repetition of consonant sounds
B. repetition of phrases
D. repetition of vowel sounds
507. What term is used to describe the vocabulary a poet uses?
A. terminology
C. diction
B. language
D. slang
508. In the movie "Cassablanca" you expect the loving couple to stay together, but then the girl
hops off on a plane! "Hey, that's not what I expected!" What type of irony is employed in this
instance?
A. Dramatic irony
C. Verbal irony
C. Irony of the situation
D. Ironic chronicling
509. This is the movement where prose works such as the political essays and Rizal's two
political novels helped usher in Philippine revolution resulting in the downfall of the regime,
and at the same time planted the seeds of national consciousness among Filipinos.
A. La Solidaridad
C. Spanish Colonial Movement
B. EDSA Revolution Movement
D. Propaganda Movement
510. Florante at Laura is written by:
A. Jacinto Kawili
C. Fransico Balagtas
B. Isabelo de los Reyes
D. Leona Florentino
511. In writing his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin stated that he was unable to arrive at
perfection. "Yet, it was by endeavor, a happier and better man I otherwise should have been if I
had not attempted it." Which of the following best describes Franklin's attempt to achieve
perfection?
A. Ambition is its rewards.
B. Time is gold.
C. When nothing is ventured, nothing is gained.
D. Honesty is the best policy.
For numbers 33-35. Read the selection carefully. Then choose the best answers that complete
the statements that follow.
Teacher negotiation is very beneficial. It leads to an amplification of roles for teachers. This
amplification empowers teachers to actively participate in the decision-making process in terms
of working conditions and salary improvements.
Other benefits derived from teacher negotiation are not so tangible as the aforementioned ones,
but they are equally important. Research shows that when teachers have input into their
professional lives, their self-esteem, morale, and accountability are improved.
Both are tangible and intangible benefits derived from teacher negotiation indicate that teacher
negotiation is a worthwhile process.
512. All of the following are NOT true about the passage, EXCEPT:
A. There is no disparity between tangible and intangible benefits.
B. Only tangible benefits are significant.
C. Intangible benefits are equally as important of tangible benefits.
D. The intangible benefits are more significant.
513. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the main idea of the passage?
A. Through negotiation, teachers obtain more authority.
B. Through negotiation, salaries for teachers improve.
C. Through negotiation, teachers sense of worth improves.
D. Through negotiation, conditions for teachers improve.
512. Which of the following best illustrates the overall organization of the passage?
A. A major idea is chronologically summarized.
B. A controversial issue is presented and defended.
C. A problem is stated and the author provides solutions.
D. Several interrelated ideas are presented to support implied ideas.
513. According to Bloomfield and Barnhart (1961), the first task of reading is learning the code
or alphabetic principle by which written marks conventionally represent phonemes. What
model of reading is he implying?
A. Bottom-up
B. Top-down
C. Interactive
D. Integrative
514. The following are phrases that suggest the top-down reading model, except:
A. meaning-driven processes
B. assumptions about the meaning of a text
C. meaning is derived from print
D. comprehension is the basis for decoding skills
515. Mina studied the parts of her speech: introduction, getting into details and statistics, and
call to an action. She then used an outline to help her memorize the speech and be more
effective in its delivery.
A. socially responsible
B. purposeful
C. analytical
D. based on sound method
516. Never setting for mediocrity, Malcolm searched various sources for his anti-alcoholism
campaign speech.
A. purposeful
C. reveals a higly-qualified speaker
B. claims listeners' attention
D. based on the best materials
517. Although shy, Kenneth did not fail to use his voice effectively, with complete gestures,
during his privilege speech.
A. uses good diction, language and style
C. deals with worthwhile subjects
B. makes use of voice and bodily action
D. reveals a higly-qualified speaker
518. You are asked to host a very formal event of a refreshment company. What method of
speech delivery should you apply that will fit the formality of the event?
A. Manuscript
B. Memorized
C. Extemporaneous
D. Impromptu
519. What is the communication type in this situation: presenting the speaker for the seminar?
A. Personal
B. Dual
C. Small group
D. Public speaking
520. The Trojan war commenced because:
A. The Golden Apple of discord was stolen by King Menelaus.
B. Helen of Troy was abducted by Paris with Aphrodite's promising support.
C. King Agamemnon wished to conquer Athens.
D. Athena was not pleased with the Greek's arrogance.
521. Narcissus turned into a narcissus plant because:
A. He admired his reflection in the river until he died.
B. He asked Zeus to confine him in the forest because of malady.
C. He did not respect Demeter, the goddess of harvest, when he was in the forest.
D. He was killed in the battle near the forest of Athens.
522. Which of the following lines from the poem "Vulture" by Chinua Achebe, represents a
miserable or bleak scene?
"In the grayness
And drizzle of one despondent
Dawn unstirred by harbingers
Or sun break a vulture
Perching high on
Broken bones a drad tree..."
A. Dawn unstirred by harbingers
C. In the grayness
B. Of sun break a vulture
D. Broken bones and dead tree
523. Li Qingzhao, the greatest Chinese poetess is NOT known for __________.
A. Employment of figure-ground theory
B. Utilization of foregrounding such as repetition and metaphor
C. Use of imagery to enrich the content
D. Dominance of hyperbole
524. What is revealed in the following lines taken from the poem, "The Answer" by Bei Dao?
Debasement is the password of the base
Nobility the epitaph of the noble
See how the glided sky is covered
With the drifting, twisted shadows of the dead
A. Condemned voices of the suppressed
B. Slavery as a pressing concern in societies
C. Disparity between the rich and the poor
D. High disposition enjoyed by the aristocrats
525. What message is expressed in the first line of the poem by Rabindranath Tagore entitled
"Mind is without fear"?
"Where the mind is without fear
And the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;"
A. Only a fearless mind can hold its head upright
B. There must be unity in diversity
C. Bravery is better than cowardice
D. Liberation is best achieved by force
526. Egyptian literature is identified as ____________ literature.
A. Mediterranean
C. Asian
B. Middle Eastern
D. African
527. The FENCE in the story written by Jose Garcia Villa refers to ____________.
A. free standing structure designed to restrict movement across a boundary
B. represents the distance between two families
C. walls representing hindrances that separate the families
D. protection from intrusion of other people
528. Read the excerpt below, then answer the question.
"Are you insulting my poor father? He gives me a piece of sodden land?
Impossible! Oh if he were to know what sort of son-in-law he was getting,
he would have made a wise decision. But I shall have a better son-in-law
who'll not depend on his wife's dowry." What is revealed in the character of the one who
utters the above lines?
A. She acted as an over-protective mother.
B. She loved her father very much.
C. She wanted a good son-in-law.
D. She regretted marrying her husband.
529. Who popularized Haiku poetry in Japan by creating visual auditory multimedia sensations
with few strokes of his writing brush as given in the lines below?
"Absolute stillness
Piercing into rocks
The voice of the locust."
A. Ikkyu
B. Basho
C. Boncho
D. Gyal
530. "Awake for morning in the bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars of Flight
And to the hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan's Turrent in Noose of light."
The above stanza is taken from the famous poem of
A. Edward Fitzgerald B. Lao-Tze
C. Mao Tze-Tung
D. Nelson Mandela
531. What traditional Japanese poem consists of three lines totalling only seventeen syllables
and treats the world in its natural setting?
Example:
"A bead of water
Clinging to a willow branch
The first drop of rain."
A. Tanka
B. Sintaishi
C. Haikai
D. Haiku
532. What is the oldest Indian documents of Sanskrit literature that consist of 1,028 hymns revoted in solemn rituals?
A. Mahabharata
B. Upanishads
C. Ramayana
D. Rig Veda
533. What does the phrase "mercilles Indian savages" used by Jefferson refer to
A. Asian-American
C. Britons
B. Indian-American
D. Native Americans
534. What could be the reason why Benjamin Franklin added humility in the list of 13 virtues?
A. Humility best reflects the strength of character
B. He believes that conceit spoils even the finest genius
C. He is reminded of his friend Quaker about how overbearing and insolent he is
D. Success without humility is worthless
535. How can the new criticism school in poetry be characterized?
A. Intellectual and metaphysical
B. Sentimental and didactic
C. Impressionistic and symbolical
D. Emphasis on craft over content
536. Dillard in her piece, Talent, said that "doing something does not discipline; it creates its
own discipline" which means
A. Working hard for the thing you value the most
B. Self-control as indication of good education
C. Governing the self to act accordingly
D. Regiment imposed on the self out of masochism
537. What does the forest in Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream symbolize? A place to
_________.
A. to face trials for the characters to pass
C. lose one's memory
B. lose virginity and innocence
D. reach adulthood
538. During the 1800's as reflected in American Literature, the Us government expanded its
territory by the use of the items listed below EXCEPT
A. Technology (railroad)
C. Force (US Army)
B. Invasion (conquest)
D. Diplomacy (treaties)
539. "On the Pulse of the Morning", by Maya Angelou, it is suggested that ____________.
A. each new day gives people new chances
B. each new day is a gift when spent best
C. each new day symbolizes the monotony of tasks
D. each new day signifies a challenge to overcome
540. In "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, the workers sing varied carols to express:
A. Take pride in one's abilities
B. Joys for bountiful blessings
C. Happiness in work and the uniqueness of contribution
D. Contrast in work attitude
541. Which of the following statements best reflects the writing of "The Declaration of
Independence"?
A. It is accusatory amd subjective
B. It is very structured and orderly
C. It is simple yet moving
D. It is rich with logic and reasons
542. According to Lincoln in "The Gettysburg Address", from what premise is the new war being
fought?
A. Depravity and the use of irresponsible power
B. Gender-fairness and sensitivity
C. Government of the people, by the people, for the people
D. Open-mindedness and receptivity to change
543. What is Shakespeare's technique of showing equivocation which is seen in his play
"Mcbeth"?
A. Prediction
B. Mirroring
C. Ambiguity
D. Paradox and irony
544. Which is a colloquial expression that has been overused?
A. Cliche
B. Emotive language C. Informal language D. Tautology
545. A FLUENT reader ___________________.
A. reads quickly and accurately without great effort in decoding
B. sounds out words when reading a text
C. can translate basic text from one language to another
D. pronounces authentic texts properly when reading aloud
546. In which sentence is the word WELL used correctly?
A. Julie and Ellen work well together.
B. The boys are a well team.
C. The flight was not well.
D. The time they had in Palawan was well.
547. What method is used when students learn how to use words properly; they learn read and
write; they use color charts and rods to help them with the pronunciation sounds; and teacher
talking time is minimal?
A. Silent way
C. Color method
B. Suggestopedia
D. Community Language Learning
548. Which of the following is the manifestation of covert grammar teaching?
A. Silent way
B. Audio - lingual method
C. Communicative language teaching
D. Task based language teaching
549. Which of the following K to 12 features of English language teaching in Secondary level is
not true?
A. Common errors included in standard and International English Proficiency tests
B. Focus in common areas of difficulty in grammar
C. Sequential teaching of language forms
D. Use of literary and information texts
550. This sentence structure contains a "ditransitive verb group".
A. Alex hates huge spiders
B. Alex has replied to my letter
C. Alex has turned a subtle shade of red
D. Alex is giving his boss a headache
551. Which of the following is an example of a "sentence fragment"?
A. Quit it
C. A family just move in
B. They fought
D. The boy and the girl's Uncle
552. Which of the following does not allow inter-textual reading of literature?
A. Marxist criticism
C. Post - colonial criticism
B. New criticism
D. Feminine criticism
553. Essay may be provisional in its appraisal of the subject but limited in point of view. Is this
true!
A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. None of the above
554. A stanza is a group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout the poem. A
stanza of six is called _______?
A. Octave
C. Couplet
B. Sestet
D. Quatrain
555. The reading and teaching of literature must yield not only enjoyment but also ______.
A. Knowledge
C. Understanding
B. Pleasure
D. Information
556. To illustrate the use of a comprehensible input in language teaching to grade 4 students,
the teacher may use the following except __________.
A. A video clip
C. Recorded song
B. A journal article
D. A written weather report
557. Literature is language in use as such language becomes the medium for the tool of
literature. Therefore, language is _________.
A. Beyond literature
B. Separable from literature
C. Inseparable from literature
D. The development of more than linguistic ability
558. In which kind of illocutionary act does the speaker express another illocutionary to other
that literally expressed in the utterance by relying on shared background knowledge, principles
of conversation, and convention?
A. Indirect illocution
B. Exclamation
C. Command
D. Complex illocutionary act
559. In a study comparing the effects of studying with music versus no music on reading
comprehension, an investigator administers a comprehension test after a reading study period.
She finds that scores were higher for the group who listened to classical pieces. What is the
independent variable in this study?
A. Reading while studying without music
B. Reading Comprehension Score with music
C. Study Period with no music
D. Presence or absence of music during studying
560. In which sentence does the adverb tell HOW the action is done?
A. Christy had ice cream after she was done.
B. Then Christy came home to wrap the present.
C. Christy went to the store to buy a present.
D. Christy wrapped the present carefully.
561. What is a story told in verse by unknown writers and usually meant to be sung?
A. Sonnet
B. Epic
C. Haiku
D. Elegy
562. What is book-length fictional prose narrative which has many characters and often a
complex plot?
A. Novel
B. Rhythm
C. Rhyme
D. Alliteration
563. What is book-lenght repetition of similar sounds usually consonants in a group of words
like: "Doubting dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Rhythm
C. Rhyme
D. Alliteration
564. Which refers to two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme?
Example: "Rose cheerless over hills of gray;
The sun that brief December day;
A. Sonnet
B. Octave
C. Couplet
D. Sestet
565. Which approach in studying literature establishes the relationship of the writer's life with
his work?
A. Textual
B. Mythic
C. Psychological
D. Biographical
566. A description on a gravestone or a short poem in memory of deceased person is called
a/an _____________.
A. Motto
B. Maxim
C. Epitaph
D. Couplet
567. What major poetic device is also called an imperfect rhyme or slant rhyme?
A. Temporary rhyme
C. Semi rhyme
B. Partial rhyme
D. Half rhyme
568. What term represents the mixture of textual, audio, and visual modes of communication?
A. Multimedia
C. Multi-Modality
B. Media Information Literacy
D. Information and Communication Technology
569. What word refers to the utilization of various instructional techniques that provide
temporary support to help students reach higher levels of comprehension and skills acquisition
that they would not be able to achieve without assistance?
A. Interpretation
B. Unpacking
C. Scaffolding D. Immersion
570. Iconic learning involving instructional audio visual materials refers to
A. Visual images for the real thing
B. Symbols for learning
C. Learning abstract ideas
D. Learning icons or big people and things
571. Which assessment tool refers to the general group where students read the questionnaire
and respond in writing?
A. Diagram
C. Paper and pencil
B. Problem solving
D. Drawing analogies
572. What test technique requires the candidate to perform the skills that the test wishes
measure?
A. Direct
B. Indirect
C. Integrative
D. Discrete
573. Which approach to language testing views language learning as chiefly concerned with
systematic acquisition of set of habits.
A. Structuralist
B. Essay-translation
C. Integrative
D. Pragmatic
574. The function of language test which aims to motivate students pertains to
A. Research
B. Learning
C. Employment
D. Teaching
575. What is the culminating activity of interpreting the information gathered for the purpose
of making decision or judgment about students learning needs?
A. Assessment
B. Evaluation
C. Measurement
D. Testing
576. When a language research deals with motivation for learning the language, what allied
discipline is involved?
A. Educating
B. Sociology
C. Psychology
D. Anthropology
577. When a research is conducted to assess the use of linguistic forms in language
performance, it is after which components?
A. Socio-linguistic
B. Socio-cultural
C. Linguistic
D. Psycho-social
578. A study on the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching deals with what allied
discipline?
A. Psychology
B. Educating
C. Sociology
D. Anthropology
579. Which factor in language research identifies the environment method to the practice of
journalism is called __________________.
A. Language use
B. Type of users
C. Methodology
D. Setting
580. The application of social and behavioral science research method to the practice of
journalism is called _______________.
A. Precision journalism
B. Modern journalism
C. Contemporary journalism
D. New journalism
581. In journalism, copy refers to
A. any piece of material that makes it to print
B. the writer's name as it appears in the story
C. the word for a headline
D. the belief that what someone say is true
582. The date line in a news story refers to the time when the ____________.
A. report was received
C. event happened
B. deadline was set by the editorial
D. story was filed
583. The organization of an editorial in the first Roman numeral?
I. _____________
IV. Argument
II. Argument
V. Argument
III. Argument
VI. Course of action
What should be contained in the first Roman numeral?
A. Lead sentence expressing the facts
B. Topic sentence that states the opinion
C. Position of the newspaper regarding the issue
D. Statement of the newspaper's editorial policy
584. What periodical publication contains accounts of current events, information, articles and
diverse features?
A. Brochure
B. Newspaper
C. Journal
D. Magazine
585. A word can have associated mental images and feeling. Often these cannot be found by
consulting a dictionary. These are referred to as ___________.
A. Co-reference
B. Collocation C. Denotation
D. Connotation
586. Which refers to the capacity for some kind of language to be transferred from one
language to another without undergoing radical change?
A. Transformability
C. Transferability
B. Translatability
D. Transfigurability
587. One way to see if translation communicates what the source text communicates is by
translation checking. The subject of such activity are called ____________.
A. Expert in translation
C. Consultant
B. Academic personnel
D. Speakers with the receptor language
588. Which is the heart of the theater experience?
A. Actor-director relationship
B. Actor-actor relationship
C. Audience-director relationship
D. Actor-audience relationship
589. In stage acts, which do you use to show comparison?
A. Pitch
B. Color
C. Syllabication
D. Sound
590. Which is the audience's ability to remove themselves from the play so that they ca
contemplate and evaluate the performance?
A. Reasonable distance
C. Ideal distance
B. Aesthetic distance
D. Manageable distance
591. The speaker's use of highly jargonized language falls under what kind of of interference?
A. Intrinsic
B. Extrinsic
C. Speaker-created
D. Semantic
592. What technology during the Middle ages greatly advanced literature through a slow flood
of reading materials such as books and other manuscripts?
A. Poetry
B. Movies
C. Accounts
D. Prose
593. Which refers to concepts that include choice of words, elegance, of construction,
punctuation, consideration, and length of entries?
A. Preferences B. Style
C. Subjectivity
D. Strategies
594. In creative non-fiction, what do you use to support fact-based narratives?
A. Commentaries and accounts
C. Essay and memiors
B. Dramatic dialogs
D. Inventive and dramatic techniques
595. What kind of linguistic studies how languages are constructed?
A. Descriptive
B. Theoritical
C. Historical
D. Applied
596. The character who contrasts with another character is a/an ______________.
A. Support
B. Villain
C. Antagonist
D. Foil
597. The function of language test which aims to motivate students pertains to ___________.
A. research
B. learning
C. employment
D. teaching
598. Which of the following is Carlos Bulosan's celebrated autobiography?
A. Footnote to Youth
C. The Laughter of my Father
B. America is in the Heart
D. Falling leaves
599. Which is not included in external evaluation?
A. Introduction
B. Blurbs
C. Activities
D. Table of contents
600. Which of the following is an example of sequencing materials?
A. Bottom to top
C. By stages
B. Top to bottom
D. Whole to parts
601. Which hypothesis of Krashen’s Monitor Model proposes that when learners are exposed to
grammatical features a little beyond their current (i.e., I + 1), those features are “acquired”. Acquisition
results from comprehensible input, which is made understandable with the help provided by the context.
A. acquisition/learning hypothesis
B. natural order hypothesis
C. input hypothesis
D. affective filter hypothesis
RATIO: Input hypothesis proposes that when learners are exposed to grammatical features a little beyond
their current (i.e., I + 1), those features are “acquired”.
602. All of the following are implications of Krashen’s Monitor Model EXCEPT _____.
A. Teachers should correct errors during the time they are committed as error correction is
valuable
B. Teachers should not insist on learners conversing before they feel comfortable in doing so.
C. Teachers should not expect learners to learn “late structures” such as third person singular early.
D. Teachers consider grammatical teaching is of limited value.
RATIO: On the spot error-correction may have negative effects in terms of anxiety and inhibitions.
603. They view the language as a system of related elements or “building blocks” for the encoding of
meaning, the elements being phonemes (sounds), morphemes (words), tagmemes
(phrases/sentences/clauses).
A. Structuralists
B. Transformationalists
C. Functionalists
D. Interactionalists
RATIO: Structuralists believe that language is primarily vocal; language is system of systems, and
language is arbitrary.
604. Which of the following is a view of a interactionalist?
A. Language is primarily vocal.
B. Language is creative.
C. Language emphasizes the meaning and functions rather than the structures
D. Language is a vehicle for establishing interpersonal relationship.
RATIO: Interactionalists believe that language is a vehicle for establishing interpersonal relations.
605. Which theory on language teaching has given birth to the methods that are learner-centered, allowing
learners to work in pairs or groups in information gap tasks and problem-solving activities where such
communication strategies as information sharing, negotiation of meaning, and interaction are used.
A. Structuralism
B. Behaviorism
C. Cognitivism
D. Functionalism
RATIO: The functional view of language has resulted in communication-based methods such as
Communicative Language Teaching/Communicative Approach, Notional/Functional Approach, Task-Based
Language Teaching.
606. It is a branch of linguistics that deals with how words combine to form phrases, phrases combine to
form clauses, and clauses conjoin to make sentences.
A. Morphology
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics
RATIO: Syntax is a branch of linguistics that deals with how words combine to form phrases, phrases
combine to form clauses, and clauses conjoin to make sentences.
607. What is shown in the systematic variation of /t/ such as /t/ in top is aspirated, /t/ is stop is released,
and /t/ in pot is unreleased?
A. Phoneme
B. Consonant
C. Variation
D. Allophone
RATIO: Allophones are variants or other ways of producing a phoneme.
608. Which of the following sounds are produced by bringing the articulators near each other such that the
flow of air is impeded but not completely blocked. The air flow through the narrow opening creates friction.
A. p,b,t,d,k,g
B. f,v,Ɵ,ð,s,z,š,ẑ,h
C. m,n,ŋ
D. l,r
RATIO: These sounds are called fricatives which are produced by bringing the articulators near each other
such that the flow of air is impeded but not completely blocked.
609. What is illustrated in following example? In English, the statement “Marian is a linguist” ends with a fall
in pitch, while as a question, “Marian is a linguist?” the pitch goes up.
A. Stress
B. Juncture
C. Intonation
D. Suprasegmentals
RATIO: Intonation is the rise and fall of pitch which may contrast meanings of sentences
610. Which of the following is an example derivational morpheme?
A. helpful
B. stays
C. eaten
D. longest
RATIO: Ful in helpful is a derivational morpheme which usually changes the form class of the words to
which they are attached.
611. The words “gym, mike, and TV” are formed through _____.
A. clipping
B. back formation
C. root creation D. compounding
RATIO: Clipping or clipped form is a shortened form of a pre-existing forms ) e.g. gym < gymnasium; mike
< microphone, TV < television.
612. What morphophonemic process is involved in which units that occur in some contexts are “lost” in
others such as “l i b a r y” instead of “l i b r a r y”?
A. Assimilation B. Dissimilation
C. Epenthesis D. Metathesis
RATIO: Dissimilation is a process that results in two sounds becoming less alike in articulatory or acoustic
terms; a process in which units which occur in some contexts are “lost” in others; e.g. “l i b a r y” instead of
“l i b r a r y”
613. Which syntactic structure is shown in the following examples? responsible officers, trusted friend.
A. Predication B. Complementation
C. Modification
D. Coordination
RATIO: Structure of modification has two components; a head word and a modifier.
614. What is made use in this example “I told Paul to close the door and he did so”?
A. Homonymy
B. Anaphora
C. Deixis
D. Hyponymy
RATIO: Anaphora is a linguistic expression that refers to another linguistic expression (point backwards).
The pronoun refers back to its antecedent.
615. What category of illocutionary act is demonstrated in the following example? Recession will worsen in
Europe in
the next five years.
A. Representative
B. Commissive C. Directive
D. Expressive
RATIO: A representative is an utterance used to describe some state of affairs: acts of stating, asserting,
denying, confessing, admitting, notifying, concluding, predicting, and so on.
616. What conversation maxim seems to have been violated in the following example?
A: How was the LET?
B: Well, the proctor is my former college professor.
A. maxim of quantity
B. maxim of quality
C. maxim of relation
D. maxim of manner
RATIO: Maxim of relation – a participant’s contribution should be related to the subject of the conversation
– “Be relevant.”
617. This view emphasizes that native language comprises habits that a second language learner must
overcome. This is accomplished by forging new habits through repetition of pattern drills with
accompanying positive reinforcement.
A. Behaviorist learning theory
B. Cognitive learning theory
C. Functional learning theory
D. Holistic learning theory
RATIO: Behaviorism is a systematic approach to the understanding of human and animal behavior. It
assumes that the behavior of a human or animal is a consequence of that individual's history, including
especially reinforcement and punishment, and the individual's current motivational state and controlling
stimuli.
618. Overgeneralization errors such as “goed” and “keeped” are common in children’s speech. Such errors
suggest that children _____.
A. are repeating what was said to them, and should take note of them
B. do not know the past tense forms of those verbs, and experience difficulty
C. induce the rules for the past tense from the language to which they are exposed
D. repeat the teacher’s mistakes, and those errors are very hard to undo
RATIO: The term “overgeneralization” is most often used in connection with language acquisition by
children. For example, a young child may say "foots" instead of "feet," overgeneralizing the morphological
rule for making plural nouns.
619. This type of language is used to describe the kind of language a learner uses at a given time, that is,
his version of a given language, which deviates in certain ways from the language of a mature speaker.
A. Dialect
B. Native language
C. Holophrastic speech
D. Interlanguage
RATIO: Interlanguage is a type of language (or linguistic system) used by second- and foreign-language
learners who are in the process of learning a target language.
620. According to cognitivists, errors in second language learning is considered _____.
A. basis for testing
B. part of learning process
C. as proofs of unsystematic way of learning
D. not part of natural progression in acquisition of English
RATIO: Error and error correction can be valuable when it places the errors into the students’ focal
awareness.
621. What aptly describes “universal grammar”?
A. language used for communication by people who speak different first languages
B. rules applicable to all human languages
C. language with the same vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
D. rules of grammar that distinguish one language from the others
RATIO: The concept of universal grammar states that all languages are built upon a common grammar.
622. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fishermen do not speak the
same language, so they communicate using one that has been invented but only for the purpose of trade.
This scenario most accurately describes which of the following types of language?
A. a dialect
B. a creole
C. a pidgin
D. a regionalism
RATIO: A pidgin is a simplified language that is developed as a means of communication between two or
more groups who do not have a language in common.
623. If the second language learner “assimilates”, then he ___________.
A. Maintains its own life style and values and rejects those of the target language group
B. Adapts to the life style and values of the target language group but maintains its own life style and
values for the intragroup use.
C. Gives up his own life style and values and adopts those of the target language group
D. Maximizes the use of his first language and the target language
RATIO: When a language learner assimilates, he considers the target language as his own language.
624. The following are the areas of knowledge and skills of communicative competence EXCEPT
_________
A. grammatical competence
B. sociolinguistic competence
C. discourse competence
D. structural competence
RATIO: The following are the areas of communicative competence: grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse,
and sociolinguistic.
625. Speaker A’s final remark functions as _____.
Speaker A: That’s the telephone.
Speaker B: I’m in the bath.
Speaker A: OK.
A. a request to answer the phone
B. an excuse for not complying
C. acceptance of an excuse
D. sarcasm
626. What is strategy is used by the second language learner in the following situation”
“The student forgot the English term “train station”. He used the phrase “the place for trains”
instead.
A. Inference
B. Paraphrase C. Generalization
D. Adaptation
RATIO: Paraphrasing is a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form.
627. 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 were sometimes painful.
628. What problem is pointed out by the author in the story “How My Brother Brought Home a Wife” by
Manuel Arguilla?
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 or treat a new family member
629. What is the problem or conflict in the story “The Mats” by Francisco Arcellana?
A. Emilia’s indifference
C. Mr. Angeles' emotionality
B. Siblings’ rivalry
D. Hunger in the family
630. 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. Women and men are born equal.
C. Culture goes beyond love
D. Love conquers all.
631. 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
"TO A LOST ONE "
Angela Manalang-Gloria
I shall haunt you O my lost one, as the twilight
Haunts a re-entangled trail,
And your dreams will linger strangely with the music
Of a phantom lover’s tale,
You shall not forget, for I am past forgetting,
I shall come to you again
With the starlight and the scent of white champacas,
And the melody of rain.
You shall not forget. Dust will peer into your
Window, tragic-eyed and still,
And unbidden, startle you into remembrance
With its hand upon the still.
632. What is the poem “To a Lost One” about?
A. An appeal to be remembered by a lover
B. A threat to a lover
C. Beautiful memories of a dead person
D. A ghost that haunts a fastidious lover
633. What virtue of the writer is depicted in the poem?
A. forgiving
B. honest
C. romantic
D. faithful
634. What does this line “I shall come to you again with the starlight, and the scent of champacas’?
A. The speaker with champacas will visit his lover at night.
B. The speaker wants his lover to keep and cherish their memories in her heart.
C. The speaker will rise from death to remind his lover of their sweet moments.
D. The speaker wants to give his lover fresh champacas.
635. This line “You shall not forget, for I am past forgetting” means __________.
A. The speaker wants to be left unforgotten.
B. The speaker wants his lover to forget her past.
C. The speaker wants his past not to be discussed.
D. The speaker wants his past not to be forgotten.
636. The line “I shall haunt you” has a/an __________ tone.
A. begging
B. appealing
C. romantic
D. commanding
637. “Lost One” may be pertained to _________.
A. lost feeling
C. abandoned person
B. past lover
D. ghost
638. It is a generally accepted first principle of oral interpretation that the reader must be true to.
A. the performance space
C. the method
B. the author
D. the audience
RATIO: The interpreter must care about the author’s material and must want to share it with others.
639. Within the communication process, the area that causes the most breakdowns is _____.
A. interference
B. feedback
C. the situation D. the channel
RATIO: Only interference is a problem in and of itself.
640. David is preparing a speech about why Hollywood became the center of the motion picture industry
and the impact that its development as the center had on filmmaking. David’s speech should be organized
using which of the following methods?
A. Spatial
B. Chronological
C. Cause-effectD. Problem-solution
RATIO: The speech answering this question could only use the cause-effect method of organization.
641. All of the following are correct descriptions of listening behavior EXCEPT:
A. Careful listening can lead to anticipation of a speaker’s actions.
B. People who learn to listen selectively can shut out what is undesirable.
C. Listening comprises more than one-half of all communication.
D. The ability to be a good listener comes naturally, and no training is necessary.
RATIO: Effective listening requires study and practice.
642. When a group is faced with a problem requiring immediate action, the most effective leadership style
is ___________.
A. authoritarian
B. democratic C. laissez-faire D. charismatic
RATIO: Authoritarian style is most often considered appropriate and is in fact frequently welcomed by
group members due to its ability to get work done more quickly.
643. Schema activation is important to make sense of new information in light of what students already
know, and to make the necessary connection between the two. The following are good activities for
schema activation EXCEPT ____________.
A. constructing graphic organizerC. brainstorming ideas
B. previewing a passage
D. evaluating or assessing ideas
RATIO: It is NOT a good activity for schema activation. Evaluation and assessment of idea can come after
schema activation.
644. The following are concerns of teaching reading EXCEPT __________.
A. vocabulary development
C. output development
B. comprehension development
D. application
RATIO: C is correct. It is not a concern of teaching reading.
645. The following are principles for designing effective and interesting reading lessons EXCEPT
______________.
A. For reading lessons to be interesting and motivating they must focus on simple themes
B. Instructional activities have a teaching rather than a testing focus.
C. Lessons should be divided into pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading.
D. The major activity of the reading lesson is students reading texts.
RATIO: Effective reading lesson should require students to do tasks that are complex.
646. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common underlying principle that successful
language learning occurs when students are presented with target language material in a meaningful,
contextualized form, with the primary focus on _____________.
A. understanding the lessons
B. acquiring information and knowledge
C. making connections between what they learn at school and what they learn outside the school
D. making meaning from what they learn
RATIO: CBI is designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language.
647. It is a vocabulary strategy which involves the process of breaking up of a word into its meaningful
components: the root words, affixes, and suffixes.
A. Contextual clues
B. Structural analysis C. Summarizing D. Groupings
RATIO: Structural analysis is the process of breaking up parts of a word into its meaningful components:
the root words, affixes, and suffixes.
648. Which of the following questions is best for activating students’ prior knowledge to feel that they
somehow connected to the topic “snakes” being studied?
A. What do you know about snakes? What snakes are common in your area?
B. What according to the selection are the types of snakes?
C. What did the writer suggest to the person who was bitten by snakes to do?
D. What is the importance of animals such as snakes in ecosystem?
RATIO: Before discussing a text, discuss the topic that will be covered. Have the students share what they
already know about the topic.
649. If the students think about the knowledge of their own thoughts and the factors that influence their
thinking, they are engaged in the process of _____.
A. artistic thinking
B. metacognition
C. higher-order thinking
D. critical thinking
RATIO: Metacognition is "thinking about one’s thinking."
650. Mrs. Torres wants to find out her students’ schema about storm surge. On the board she writes the
words “storm surge” and encircles them. She, then, asks her students what they know about storm surge,
and helps them cluster the information. What technique does Mrs. Torres use?
A. Demonstration
B. Vocabulary building
C. Semantic mapping
D. Deductive reasoning
RATIO: Semantic mapping provides a visual guide for students to clarify textual information.
651. The underlined verbs in the following sentences are classified as ____________.
The time is now.
The world became flesh.
We remain silent.
A. Intransitive
B. Reflexive
C. Transitive
D. Ascriptive
RATIO: The verbs are called ascriptive verbs because they are followed by a noun phrase, adjective
phrase, or adverb of place or time (which may be a prepositional phrase). T
652. Which of the following is the true description of an auxiliary verb?
A. It is used to complete the verb phrase in certain constructions such as the emphatic, the
negative, the passive, or the perfect and progressive aspects.
B. It occurs before the main verb, and denotes modification of the basic meaning of the main verb.
C. It belongs to several classifications of verbs. It may take an impersonal it as a subject.
D. It is followed by noun or noun phrase functioning as its direct object.
RATIO: Auxiliary (or Helping) verbs are used together with a main verb to show the verb’s tense or to form
a negative or question.
653. What preferred tense is used for “stage directions and synopses?
A. Present
B. Past
C. Future
D. Present perfect
654. The word “just” in the sentence below indicates _____.
“She has just eaten.”
A. An action that was true in the past and is still relevant to the present
B. A recently completed action
C. An action which was completed before another past action
D. An action continuing at a given point in time
RATIO: One of the ideas expressed in a present perfect tense verb is a recently completed action.
655. All of the following contains verbal EXCEPT _____.
A. Satisfied, the producer began paying the artists.
B. Having recovered her voice, the soprano hit her top notes well.
C. Your mom arrived after you had gone
D. To see is to believe.
RATIO: Choice C does not use verbal (gerund, infinitive, participle).
656. What type of mood is indicated in this sentence: “How did you come to know about that tragic event?”
A. Indicative
B. Subjunctive
C. Imperative
D. Directive
RATIO: Indicative mood states the fact or supposition; asks a question.
657. The sentence “The child cried when his toy car got broken” follows ____________ pattern.
A. N InV
B. N LV Adj.
C. N TrV N
D. N InV Adv.
658. “Mario, my older brother, fathers there good looking and smart children.” The underlined word
functions as ____________.
A. a noun
B. a verb
C an adjective
D. a possessive
659. Which of the following adjective phrases is syntactically correct?
A. the most unique
C. the very much unique
B. nearly unique
D. less unique
RATIO: “Unique” is an example of an absolute adjective that do not admit comparative degree.
660. Which of the following is a gradable adjective?
A. absolute
B. clear
C. complete
D. impossible
RATIO: Gradable adjective is an adjective that can be compared.
661. Which sentence has ditransitive verb?
A. Those guys are highly intelligent group of engineers.
B. Those mean boys tried to throw a rock through our windows.
C. Nobody will believe a ruffian like you.
D. My mother gave me this cardigan for Christmas.
RATIO: A ditransitive verb requires both direct and an indirect object.
662. “When we arrived, they gave us badges.” Which of the following questions should be asked to find the
direct object?
A. What did we do?
B. When did we arrive?
C. What did they give us?
D. Who gave us badges?
RATIO: Direct Object answers the question "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb.
663. All of the following contain operator verbs EXCEPT ____________.
A. My father approves your marriage proposal.
B. Will your father approve my marriage proposal?
C. My father won’t approve your marriage proposal.
D. Your father will approve my marriage proposal, won’t he?
RATIO: An operator verb has 3 main functions:
It precedes the negative;
It is the verb of yes-no question. It is also the verb of tag questions.
664. Each person’s vocabulary is a continuum. On the one end of the continuum are words the person
knows very well and for which he has a full rich understanding of their various meanings. On the other end
of the continuum are ___________.
A. words he enjoys using regularly
B. new words that he has learned both the spelling and meaning
C. words he doesn’t recognize
D. words he can recognize and figure out the meaning of based on context
RATIO: Words at the opposite of the continuum are words a person can understand with the help of
context clues.
65. Which of the following does NOT function as a pronoun?
A. I
B. We
C. You
D. My
666. The President himself promised to stop the war. The underlined word is ______ pronoun.
A. an interrogative
B. an intensive C. a reflexive
D. a reciprocal
RATIO: We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause.
667. The question “Is he coming?” has a ___________ intonation.
A. falling
B. sustained
C. rising
D. melodic
RATIO: Rising Intonation /2, 3/ or 
An intonation pattern that begins at /2/, rises to /3/ at the primary sentence stress, and stays there
to the end of the utterance is a rising intonation pattern.
668. Which of the following sentences does NOT observe correct subject-verb agreement?
A. The mayor as well as his brothers is going to prison.
B. Neither of the two traffic lights is working.
C. My assets were wiped out in the depression.
D. Neither the plates nor the serving bowl go on that shelf.
RATIO: The verb in an “or, either/or, or neither/nor-sentence” agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it.
669. The pronoun in this sentence is ____________.
“When she arrived, Suad was surprised to find her apartment door open.
A. Cataphoric B. anaphoric
C. deitic D. coreferential
RATIO: A cataphoric reference unit refers to another unit that is introduced later on in the text/speech.
670. The underlined word in this sentence functions as ___________.
“We elected him chairman.”
A. direct object
B. indirect object
C. Objective complement
D. predicate nominative
RATIO: An objective complement is a noun, adjective, or pronoun used in the predicate as complement to
a verb and as qualifier of its direct object.
671. Which of the following words is derived from a French word?
A. Armadillo
B. Geography
C. Poultry
D. Laser
RATIO: The word “poultry” is derived from the French word “poulet”.
672. The style of writing employed in this passage can be best described as _____.
A. standard English
C. jargon
B. formal English
D. Dialect
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl,
away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about
somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn’t make
out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twain
RATIO: “The passage use words in a regional dialect of English.
673. The author’s use of language in this passage helps to demonstrate the speaker’s ____
A. Lack of intelligence
C. Good-heartedness
B. Lack of education
D. Confusion
RATIO: Huck is uneducated..
674. The author uses imagery in this section to illustrate Huck’s _____.
A. Fear and loneliness
C. loss of his father
B. awareness of his environment
D. moral dilemma
RATIO: The imagery in this selection helps to illustrate Huck’s isolation and fear.
675. When doing research on the life of an important figure, you would probably give more credence to a
biography than you would to an autobiography, due to memoirist’s _____.
A. Verbosity
B. Creativity
C. Subjectivity
D. Experiences
RATIO: The subjectivity of the author in writing his own life-story can be a problem.
676. Which type of logical fallacy is demonstrated by this argument?
It is essential that we reject the proposed changes to the company’s insurance plan. If we don’t protest
against these changes now, we’ll soon end up with no health coverage at all.
A. Slippery slope
B. red herring
C. straw man
D. circular reasoning
RATIO:The slippery slope argument involves reasoning that because of an initial event, a second event,
more extreme event must inevitable follow.
677. Which of the following works of literature was originally written in Modern English?
A. The Decameron
B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C. War and Peace
D. Paradise Lost
RATIO: Milton’s Paradise Lost which was published in 1667 in Modern English. through elimination.
678. The line is an example of ____.
I. apostrophe
II. personification
III. hyperbole
IV. metonymy
A. II only
B. I and II only
C. I, II, and IV only
D. II and IV only
“They tell me you are wicked and I believe
them, for I have seen your painted women
under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
RATIO: The “You” in this line is Chicago itself. This is a form of apostrophe and personification.
679. This poem is most likely influenced by which of the following?
A. Industrialization
B. Increased immigration
C. Western expansion
D. World War II patriotism
Hog Butcher for the World
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s
Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:
Chicago by Carl Sandburg
RATIO: This poem is written during the early 1990s, a time Chicago experienced increased industrialization.
680. The poetry of Walt Whitman is significant in the development of American literature primarily because
he __________.
A. used the epic form to tell distinctly American tales
B. developed his own poetic form and style instead of adhering to the traditional poetic forms
C. commemorated in verse the lives of public leaders like Abraham Lincoln.
D. was heavily influenced by Emerson’s call for a new national poet.
RATIO: Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of the Grass” departs from the metered, traditional poetic forms.
681. The following words: edit from editor, and beg from beggar are formed through _____.
A. Blending
B. Back formation
C. Derivation
D. Clipping
RATIO: Back-formation is the process of forming a new word (a neologism) by extracting actual or
supposed affixes from another word.
682. Which of the following English words is most commonly pronounced with the vowel sound /ə/ (i.e.,
schwa)?
A. Where
B. Who
C. What
D. why
RATIO: “What” has the schwa sound which is identified as central, neutral and relaxed.
683. Why do most fathers prefer a son __________ a daughter for his first-born child?
A. to
B. than
C. from
D. over
RATIO: “Prefer to” means to like or want somebody or something more than somebody or something else.
684. I am going to sit and rest _______.
A. a little bit
B. a while
C. a little more
D. awhile
RATIO: Awhile (written as one word) is an adverb.
685. Which sentence has error in punctuation?
A. “You’re a great friend,” Jose said.
B. Judith, my best friend went to a concert last Friday.
C. I have a lot of work to do; as such, I left for work a few minutes early.
D. According to the radio, surface streets were the best alternative to the congested freeways.
RATIO: An appositive phrase should be separated from the noun it renames and other words in the
sentence with a comma before and after it.
686. Unprepared for such a strong rebuttal, _____________.
A. the lawyer’s attempt at winning the case failed
B. the lawyer’s attempt failed to win the case
C. the lawyer failed to win the case
D. the lawyer failed in his attempt to win the case
RATIO: Both C and D use active voice, but it is only C that is not redundant.
687. ______ on the MTRCB to take action.
A. Whenever television is denounced by viewers for its violence, they call
B. Whenever television is denounced for its violence, viewers call
C. Whenever viewers denounce television for its violence, they call
D. Whenever a denunciation of television is voiced, they call
RATIO: Only C uses active voice. Regular English sentences mostly use active voice.
688. Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, has been called a “tragedy of the common man” because it
_________.
A. depicts the fall from grace of an important person
B. fits Aristotle formal definition of tragedy
C. gives an ordinary salesman’s life weight and meaning
D. is written in a poetic and serious style
RATIO: Miller’s play gave the importance to an ordinary salesman who was opposite to the character in a
traditional play.
689. He holds the distinction of being the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize for literature.
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Yasunari Kawabata
C. Po Chu-I
D. Rabindranath Tagore
RATIO: Tagore won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
But how was I direct myself? I knew that I must travel in a southwesterly direction to reach my
destination, but the sun was only guide. I did not know the names of the towns that I was to pass through,
nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I did not despair. From you only could I hope for
succor, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred. Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had
endowed me with perceptions and passions and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of
mankind. But on you only had I any claim for pity and redress, and from you I determined to seek that
justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other being that wore the human form. -from Frankenstein,
by Mary Shelley
690. The narrator of this passage is ___________.
A. Victor
B. Elizabeth
C. the monster
D. the author
RATIO:The clues “you were my father, my creator,” and “then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and
horror of mankind” indicate that was the monster who was speaking.
691. “A part of its orb was at length hid, and I waved my brand; it sank, and with a loud scream I fired the
straw, and heath, and bushes, which I had collected.” -from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
Which of the following is a correct restatement of the above?
A. When my branding iron sank, I screamed and shot at the bushes.
B. When the moon set, I screamed and burned the cottage
C. When I could not find the orb, I screamed and kicked at the straw and the bushes.
D. I waited until the sun set, then I screamed and set fire to the forest.
RATIO: The orb described here is the moon.
692. A Marxist interpretation of “Waiting for Godot” would probably focus on _____.
A. the poverty and despair of its working-class characters
B. the use of archetypes in the portrayals of the characters
C. the power imbalances in the relationships of the characters
D. the reliance of the two main characters on the eventual arrival of a “savior”
RATIO: Marxist theory is that all relationships are power relationships, based on economic class standing.
693. In context, “a bit of a romantic” suggests that Willa Cather ____.
A. condemned the evils of slavery
B. favored the past over the present
C. disliked writing about life in the 1030s
D. denounced certain aspects of the 19th-century life
RATIO: The last paragraph refers to Cather as “a bit of a romantic” who cherished past creativity over the
present emptiness.
694. The works of Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Upton Sinclair _______.
A. examined 19th-century cultural values
B. broke with the literary traditions of the past
C. fought against the mistreatment of the working class
D. awakened readers to social wrongs
RATIO: D is the only choice general enough to apply to all three authors.
695. The writing style used by Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia Marquez is most often referred to as
___________.
A. Stream of Consciousness
C. Social Realism
B. Magical Realism
D. Minimalism
RATIO: Marquez and Rushdie share a writing style which is “Magical Realism
696. At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fishermen do not speak the
same language, so they communicate using one that has been invented by them for the purpose of trade.
This scenario above most accurately describes which of the following types of language?
A. dialect
B. creole
C. pidgin
D. regionalism
RATIO: A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more
groups that do not have a language in common.
697. He is known as the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who ruled as king of the gods and
goddesses of Mt. Olympus
A. Hephaestus
B. Zeus
C. Poseidon
D. Hades
RATIO: In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky, the ruler of the Olympian gods, and spiritual father
of gods and mortals. The Roman equivalent is Jupiter.
698. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as a symbol of purity and grace,
which could only be captured by a virgin.
A. Troll
B. Dragon
C. Kappa
D. Unicorns
RATIO: In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, unicorn was commonly described as an extremely wild
woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin.
699. He was a fearless warrior & and king who one day saw the emptiness of his life and turned his back
on it, becoming a wanderer and sadhu. He refused to return to the world that is why he is often alluded to
as having refused the responsibility.
A. King Minos B. King Muchukunda C. King Rama D. Jason
RATIO: Muchukunda (cited in Mahabarata & Parunas) saw the emptiness of his life and turned his back on
it, becoming a wanderer and sadhu. He refused to return to the world.
700. The story of Cupid and Psyche depicts undying and devotion. What was Psyche’s mistake that
according to Cupid was a betrayal?
A. Psyche got infatuated with Zues.
B. Psyche believed her sisters persuasion that her lover was an ugly beast and would kill her.
C. Psyche disobeyed her husband when she enlightened his face in the middle of the night.
D. Psyche left the house without her husband permission.
701. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of a human form, human characteristics, or human behaviour to
nonhuman things, e.g. deities in mythology and animals in children’s stories. What trait is this?
A. Anthropomorphic
B. Ethereal
C. God-like
D. Anthropocentrism
RATIO: Anthropomorphism is the showing or treating of animals, gods, and objects as if they are human in
appearance, character, or behaviour:
702. Philippine mythology and superstitions are very diverse. It includes a collection of tales and
superstitions about magical creatures and entities like _____
A. kapre, aswang, matruculan, duwende, tiyanak, etc.
B. sirena, syokoy, dugong, etc.
C. cherubs, Seraphims, Cherubims, thrones, guardian angels, etc.
D. Malakas at Maganda, Maria Makiling, etc.
RATIO: To this day, Philippine myths still have an active role in the lives of rural Filipinos. The countless
myths circulating throughout the Filipino countryside contain a large variety of mythical creatures.
703. In Greek mythology, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*, she
is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War. Some scholars suggest that she was also
a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds.
A. Penelope, queen of Ithaca
B. Persephone, queen of the underworld
C. Helen of Troy
D. Hera, queen of Olympus
RATIO: The mythological background of the Trojan war, Helen was the most beautiful mortal woman in the
world.
704. When Paris abducted Helen to Troy, all the Greek princes were bound by the oath to help Menelaus
recover Helen. Athena and Hera who were not chosen by Paris sided with the Greeks who sent one
thousand ships to Troy to. What does this indicate?
A. Serious decisions have serious consequences.
B. Paris was wrong in choosing Aphrodite as winner.
C. Hera and Athena harboured ill feelings.
D. Zeus ordered the goddesses to take side in the war.
705. He was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis. He was the god of music, and he is often
depicted playing a golden lyre. He was also known as the Archer, far shooting with a silver bow; the god of
healing, giving the science of medicine to man; the god of light; and the god of truth.
A. Mars
B. Neptune
C. Jupiter
D. Apollo
RATIO: Apollo, in Greek and Roman mythology, is the god of prophecy, sunlight, music, and healing. He
was the son of Zeus and Leto, and Artemis was his twin sister.
706. Which of the following is the best description of traditional phonics instruction?
A. Students study lists of high-frequency words in order to increase reading speed and comprehension.
B. Students are taught individual letter sounds and the rules of combining the sounds
together to make words
C. Students are immersed in written language, and is encourage to decode entire words using context
clues.
D. Students analyze patterns of organization and syntax as a way of learning to recognize common
structures.
RATIO: B is a typical definition of traditional phonics instruction.
707. A student is conducting a research project and has learned of a website that may have useful
information. The domain extension for the site is .org. Which of the following assumptions about the
website is correct?
A. All of the information on the site is current.
B. The site has been evaluated for bias and might belong to a profit agency..
C. The site might belong to a nonprofit agency.
D. The author of the site is well respected in his or field.
RATIO: The .org extension means that the site may belong to a nonprofit organization.
708. In preparation for a writing unit on short stories, a teacher presents students with several examples of
short stories and works with them to identify defining characteristics of the genre. Which of the following
best describes this instructional strategy?
A. conferencing
C. self-regulated strategy development
B. discipline-based inquiry
D. introduction-body-conclusion strategy
RATIO: Discipline-based inquiry is the practice of learning about a writing form by dissecting it and
investigating its parts.
709. In a holistic evaluation of student essays, evaluations are made on the basis of the _____
A. Overall quality of number and variety of errors made by each student
B. Overall quality of number of sentences, length and complexity demonstrated in each essay
C. Overall ability of each student to communicate in a variety of discourse modes
D. Overall quality of each student’s essay in relation to the topic
RATIO: Holistic evaluation is based on the integration of different elements of writing.
710. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following passage?
A. Feminist Criticism
C. Reader-Response Criticism
B. Psychoanalytic Theory
D. Romantic Theory
The difficulties involved in the governess’s effort to create a space for herself outside of patriarchal
boundaries are metaphorically represented in her struggle for the children. While she believes she is
engaged in a battle with the ghosts for the children’s souls, she is also, symbolically, involved in
overcoming patriarchal definitions of womanhood. Rejecting the ineffectual role played by Mrs. Grose, the
respectable matron character, the governess attempts to define herself against the sexualized whose figure,
Miss Jessel, as she tries, to supplant the male-authority figure, Peter Quint. Neither of these roles can help
her in her struggle for a subject position, however, as is made clear when the governess cannot replace
Miss Jessel for Flora, or Quint for Miles.
RATIO: Feminist Literary Criticism as shown in the paragraph focuses on the representation of women in
literature.
711. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following passage?
A. Marxist Literary theory
C. Postmodern Literary Theory
B. Psychoanalytic Theory
D. Deconstruction
Not only James’s governess fit the classic profile of the female sexual hysteric, she also
experiences the “hysterical fit” observed by turn-of-the-century clinicians. That her first hallucination
precipitates a “nervous explosion” of some intensity is clear from her own account. Like that of the classic
hysteric, her “mental activity...is split up, and only a part of it is conscious.” Her initial fantasy of her
handsome employer is conscious, but his transformation into a figure embodying her fear of sexuality is
generated by deep-rooted unconscious inhibitions.
RATIO: Psychoanalytic Theory focuses more about the author’s life than the reader’s life.
7112. What literary theory or approach is shown in the following passage?
A. Deconstruction
C. Reader-Response Criticism
B. Psychoanalytic Theory
D. Marxist Literary Theory
What is even more troublesome is disagreement among critics about just what standards are to be
applied. Two “straight” readers, seeing the ghosts as real and the story as an attempt to “turn the screws”
of horror as thrillingly as possible, might flatly disagree with each other about whether the literary
experience of thrilling horror is good or bad for “us,” or for a given immature reader, or for a former
governess now incarcerated in a mental institution.
Because of all this variety, we have to ask our questions as if we were dealing not with one The
Turn of the Screw but many different ones.
RATIO: In Reader-Response Criticism, literature has no fixed-single meaning.
713. If a teacher uses only basal readers for teachings her students to read, she is most likely believes in
_____.
A. Primarily a whole language approach
B. Primarily a phonics approach
C. A mixture of a whole language and phonics
D. Individualized reading instruction
RATIO: Most of basal readers are phonics-based.
714. A parent walks into a classroom and sees the children in groups, each gathered around a poster
board. The children are writing ideas on the poster board in what looks like graffiti (writing on walls) to the
parent. When the parent asks the teacher what the children are doing, the teacher is likely to explain that
__________.
A. this is playtime, and the children need playtime because recess has been taken out of the program
B. the children are involved in brainstorming, which is part of the prewriting stage of the writing
process
C. invented spelling and graffiti type expression is important to the child’s development
D. the children are creating final versions of posters to be displayed in the school fair.
RATIO: The scenario describes the prewriting activity of brainstorming.
715. Each of the following is an effective strategy for a teacher who is facilitating a whole-class discussion
EXCEPT _____.
A. having the students sit in a circle instead of traditional rows
B. breaking the class into smaller discussion groups before concluding the whole-class discussion
C. pausing and allowing silence to promote student participation
D. ensuring that all questions require simple-sentence answers
RATIO: D is the only option that does NOT help a teacher facilitate a whole class discussion.
716. Which of the following activities will best help a teacher collect data that will inform instruction to meet
the individual needs of students?
A. concentric circles
C. book pass
B. K-W-L chart
D. reciprocal teaching
RATIO: The K-W-L chart can be used to document what students know, what they want to know, and what
they learned.
717. When doing a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) activity, the teacher should _____.
A. leave the first and the last sentence intact
B. give students the freedom to make up the first and last sentences
C. spell words wrong to see if the students can catch them
D. always use the first paragraph of the book
RATIO: A is correct as it is the first rule of using an interactive cloze activity.
718. The main reason for doing a cloze (fill-in-the-blank) activity with the children before reading a book is
for the purpose of providing a/an ___________.
A. familiarity and identification of the characters in the book for comprehension
B. setting for the book to serve for the students to want to read the book
C. anticipatory set that will make the children be curious enough to want to read the book
D. worksheet to grade that shows the students’ vocabulary development
RATIO: The purpose of a cloze-activity is to get the students interested in the story and thus want to read.
719. Which of the following best expresses the author’s attitude toward Lord Russell’s definition of a
proverb?
A. Dismissive
B. Sceptica
C. Exuberant
D. Favorable
RATIO: The author cites Russell’s definition because he considers it a good one.
720. What type of sonnet is illustrated Milton’s poem “On His Blindness"
“On His Blindness" by John Milton
A. Elizabethan
When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide;
“Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?”
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need
Either man’s work or His own gifts. Who best
Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at His bidding speed,
And post o’er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.”
B. Petrarchan C. English
D. Spenserian
RATIO: Petrarchan sonnet is form of poetry that has an 8-line stanza with the rhyme scheme abbaabba
followed by 6 lines with various rhyme schemes, usually cdcdcd or cdede.
721. He is the pioneer in serial literature which is a printed format by which a single larger work, often a
work of narrative fiction is published in sequential installments.
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. Arthur Miller C. Charkes Dicken
D. Rudyard Kipling
RATIO: Charles Dickens pioneered the serial publication.
722. Using the Romantic Theory, the similitude and dissimilitude in this poem is _____.
A. Beauty in isolation
C. Abundance in poverty
B. Humility in pride
D. Enjoyment in despair
She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
William Wordsworth
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!
RATIO: Lucy was not well-known, she had few friends, but she made a difference in the life of the speaker.
The metaphor portrays Lucy’s beauty that only a few saw.
723. The use of the imagination is evident in the poem through the employment
simply of __________.
A. Synecdoche and metonymy
C. Allusion and litotes
B. Personification and hyperbole
D. Simile and metaphor
RATIO: The second stanza uses simile and metaphor.
724. The romantic theorists will like the poem because __________.
A. the subject matter is relatively simple, straightforward language
B. it emphasizes the importance of nature as a whole
C. it illustrates the important lesson in life
D. the use of literary devices in the poem is very interesting
RATIO: For Romantic theorist, the subject matter and the language of a poem should be simple.
725. Based from the poem, a reader can infer that Romantic poets such Wordsworth sees:
A. the city is more romantic than the country
B. the city is a place of vice and other worldly things
C. the country is a place of virtue
D. the country is the most ideal since it is near the nature
RATIO: The surroundings described in the poem are rural.
726. Which stanza implies that Lucy is an interesting woman?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. None of the above
RATIO: The word “springs” is associated with life and purity.
727. What is the equivalent translation of "YAYA" in English Oxford dictionary?
A. Chambermaid
B. Nursemaid
C. Caretaker
D. Ladyguard
728. What is the equivalent translation of "KIKAY KIT" in English Oxford dictionary?
A. Kitty kit
B. Shoulder bag
C. Cosmetics
D. Pocket
729. What kind of word is "Prithee"?
A. Archaic
B. Classic
C. Slang
D. Colloquial
730. Which of the following words is a palindrome?
A. civic
B. writer
C. color
D. odor
731. All of the words are palindrome, except?
A. redivider
B. level
C. rotor
D. color
For numbers 736-741. Read the poem and choose the best answer to the questions about it.
The West Wind
John Masefield
IT'S a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills.
And April's in the west wind, and daffodils.
It's a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine,
Apple orchards blossom there, and the air's like wine.
There is cool green grass there, where men may lie at rest,
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from the nest.
"Will ye not come home brother? ye have been long away,
It's April, and blossom time, and white is the may;
And bright is the sun brother, and warm is the rain,-Will ye not come home, brother, home to us again?
736. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
A. a-a-a-a-b-b-a-a-c-c-d-d
C. a-b-c-d-a-b-c-d-e-e-f-f
B. a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d-e-e-f-f
D. a-a-b-c-b-c-d-e-d-e-f-f
737. What figure of speech is found in line 6?
A. Synecdoche
C. Personification
B. Simile
D. Metaphor
738. And the thrushes are in song there... What poetic sound device is characterized in this line?
A. Assonance B. Consonance
C. Alliteration D. Onomatopoeia
739. Will ye not come home, brother... What rhyme is characterized in this line?
A. End rhyme B. Internal rhyme
C. Near rhyme D. Blank Verse rhyme
740. Usually, the number of feet in each line (as in line 10), is _______________________.
A. Tentrametrer
B. Pentameter C. Hexameter D. Octometer
741. In the first two lines of the poem, the following senses are enticed, EXCEPT:
A. auditory
B. olfactory
C. tactile
D. visual
742. Which of the following sentences does not contain a sentence modifier?
A. Holy cow! I could not believe it!
B. John, to our astonishment, walked away from a plane crash unhurt.
C. We went to Enchanted Kingdom yet again this May - my husband's worst nightmare!
D. During the summer, the family went to harvest the mangoes in their farm.
743. "Amor con amor se paga" is a Spanish phrase which means?
A. Love begets love
C. Love can hurt everybody's feeling
B. Love is not for everyone
D. Only few are deserved to be loved
744. 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
745. For behavioral psychologists in the 1950's, knowledge of linguistic features
_____________ very necessary for comprehension to take place.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. were
746. The following sentences observe correct subject-verb agreement, EXCEPT:
A. The red clown together with the blue and yellow clowns looks pathetic.
B. Sam is the only one of the trainees who has applied.
C. Neither pins nor tape was holding the pieces.
D. Ten thousand pesos is very hard to earn nowadays.
747. 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 agree to ___________ ideas spending of
summer vacation in the Philippines.
A. his father's
C. his/her father's
B. her father's
D. their father's
748. The following questions are prescriptively correct, EXCEPT:
A. Whom are you writing to?
B. For whom did you buy this gift?
C. Who can we turn to in a time of crisis?
D. Who sat down at the kitchen table?
749. 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
750. He was the first Filipino to be awarded "National Artist of the Philippines" for literature
(1973). He extensively used commas which made him known as the Comma Poet.
A. Nick Joaquin
C. Zoilo Galang
B. Jose Garcia Villa
D. N.V.M Gonzales
751. He is known as the rival of Jose Garcia Villa on issues concerning the purpose of arts. He
posited that art must have substance and that Jose Garcia Villa's adherence to "art for art's
sake" is decadent.
A. Isagani Cruz
C. Salvador Lopez
B. Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero
D. Carlos Bulusan
752. Cinderella written by Charles Perrault is a famous __________.
A. Folk tale
B. Legend
C. Myth
D. Fairy tale
753. It refers to a collection of Indian beast fables originally written in Sanskrit.
A. Mahabharata
C. Panchatantra
B. Ramayana
D. Upanishads
754. What is the indirect object in the sentence, "The teacher asked her a question"?
A. teacher
B. asked
C. her
D. question
755. Which among the sentence has a ditransitive verb?
A. She is mad
C. She gave her mother red rose
B. They chose Nina muse of the team
D. Flowers bloom
756. The term used in haiku which refers to season.
A. peripetea
B. kigo
C. limerick
D. gyai
757. A teacher who gathers assignments from across the curriculum, assesses the purposes and
audience expectations in the assignments, and presents them to class influenced by:
A. Audio-lingual tradition
C. Cognitivism
B. Expressionism
D. Reader centered pedagogy
758. A lesson reflecting this approach allows writers to select their own topic and take more
time to complete writing tasks.
A. Focus on form
B. Focus on the writer
C. Focus on content
D. Focus on the reader
759. When students are asked to identify basic sentence patterns, they can get the cue from
the ________.
A. grammatical subject
C. number of words
B. verb type
D. subject and predicate
760. One important remedial strategy in teaching writing is to:
A. Introduce proper posture and paper positioning
B. Consult a therapist to identify physical handicaps
C. Increase the time allotment for doing written assignments
D. Dictate what is to be written by the students
761. The period of American Renaissance gave birth to:
A. Realism
B. Romanticism
C. Naturalism D. Transcendentalism
762. Organizing the materials so that it is clear to the learners is referred to as:
A. Balancing
B. Structuring C. Elaborating D. Sequencing
763. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore's "Gitanjali".
A. Devotional Songs
C. Songs of Song
B. Song of Offerings
D. Patriotic Hymns
764. The following headline appeared in the July issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
"Army causes rebels of using civilians as "human shield"
A. is newly-coined
C. is not used correctly
B. is important
D. is extraordinary
765. The 17th century's greatest contribution to prose is:
A. The Novel
B. The Biography
C. The Essay
D. The Drama
766. When a teacher wants to emphasize the learner's needs to identify when they are writing
and for whom, he/she can use the _______________.
A. free writing approach
C. process approach
B. controlled writing approach
D. communicative writing approach
767. The death of Ninoy Aquino prompted to CONGLOMERATION of people from different
walks of life. The words below are synonyms of the capitalized word except:
A. Diffusions
B. CondemnedC. Criticized
D. Excluded
768. A paragraph is believed to have coherence if:
A. The sentences are independent
B. The sentences are all about the topic sentence
C. The sentences are correctly written in terms of grammar rules
D. The sentences are smoothly connected with each other through transitional devices
769. As a historian, Herodolus never missed SALIENT point in his creation "The Histories". The
words below are synonyms of the capitalized word except:
A. Relevant
B. Minor
C. Significant
D. Leading
770. Which of the following will provide appropriate encouragement for a learner to learn a
language?
A. explanation of rules
C. learning environment
B. language form
D. self-satisfaction
771. This is the first accepted masterpiece in Philippine Literature in English.
A. Desire
B. Small Key
C. Dead Stars D. My Father Goes to Court
772. If the teacher would like to behavior to occur again and eventually become a habit, it
should be:
A. imitated
B. corrected
C. modeled
D. reinforced
773. A teacher who wants to conduct an intensive and drilling of basic sentence pattern should:
A. do pattern practice
C. assign fair work
B. explain grammar rules
D. demonstrate the lesson
774. Which does not characterized our country's primitive culture?
A. Some were written in not so sturdy materials such as leaves and wood
B. Recognizes the existence of a supreme being
C. Has continued to flourish in the colonial time
D. Mainly in oral tradition
775. Who is considered as the goddess of Philippine Poetry?
A. Teresa Subido
C. Aida Rivera Ford
B. Angela Manalang Gloria
D. Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta
776. Jose Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangerr is inspired by the novel written by Harriet Beacher
Stowe entitled ___________.
A. War and Peace
C. Les Miserables
B. Tom Sawyer
D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
777. In developmental reading, this pertains to the ability of the learner to relate the written
symbol to its corresponding sound.
A. Phonics
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Phonological awareness
778. In developmental reading, this pertains to the familiarity of the students toward the
sounds of the language.
A. Semantics
B. Phonemic awareness
C. Phonology
D. Syntax
779. Mark Twain's novels Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are set in the __________ River.
A. Rio Grande
B. Nile
C. Amazon
D. Mississippi
780. She had ILLUSIVE dreams of instant wealth.
A. Moving swiftly
C. Beyond comprehension
C. Tending to slip away
D. Based on false ideas
781. Astrology is the form of DIVINATION.
A. Sanctification
C. Foretelling future events
B. State of bliss
D. Unfortunate events
782. In reading, IRI means:
A. Informal Reading Inventory
C. Informal Reading Intervention
B. Informal Reading Integration
D. Informal Reading Innovation
783. Trends are heading for ___________ instruction.
A. group
B. general
C. individuals D. all of the above
784. Marcshall McLuhan originated the:
A. Interactive radio
C. Video conferencing
B. Global village
D. All of the above
785. The V-chip technology is intended to:
A. Add fun to silent movies
C. Block out violent television shows
B. Restore canned laughter
D. All of the above
786. The first paragraph is a news story is called ____________.
A. the lead
B. the folio
C. the recap
D. none of the above
787. The first campus paper in the Philippines was __________.
A. El Liliputiense
C. El Felibusterismo
B. El Diarista
D. None of the above
788. The College Editors' Guild was founded in ___________.
A. 1921
B. 1941
C. 1931
D. 1961
789. The Albert Bandura's theory in relation to TV violence is ____________.
A. cultivation theory
C. social learning on modeling theory
B. uses and gratification theory
D. all of the above
790. A verbal deadwood refers to:
A. Verbalized grammar
C. Unnecessary words from phrases
B. Expanded verbs in sentence
D. None of the above
791. A "Cool Media" means that:
A. The individual negates all data given
B. The individual has less need to participate
C. The individual participates by filling in missing data
D. All of the above
791.
Who is considered as the goddess of Philippine Poetry?
A. Teresa Subido
C. Aida Rivera Ford
B. Angela Manalang Gloria
D. Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta792. The law enacted in
1931 to regulate broadcasting industry in the Philippines is __________.
A. broadcasting law
C. telecommunication law
B. radio control law
D. all of the above
793. The government's prohibiting the press from interviewing President Arroyo, constitutes
____________.
A. prior restraint
C. censorship
B. media law
D. gag order
794. A concise epitome or abstract of a book or a brief summary of essential points, statements,
or facts is known as:
A. Paraphrase
B. Gist
C. Synopsis
D. Precis
795. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Caroll describes the escapades of the character that
moves through a mirror into another unreal world of illogical behavior. This is a sequel to:
A. Snow White
B. Rapunzel
C. Little Red Riding Hood
D. Alice's in Wonderland
796. Her writing is compared to the style of Sarah Orne Jewett who is shy, kind a little wistful.
One of her best known works is called "Paul's Case" which is a sensitive story apart from "A Lost
Lady". Who is she?
A. Edna Vincent Millat
B. Sara Teasdale
C. Marianne Moore
D. Willa Cather
797. When the learner resorts to using his/her native language regardless of whether the
hearer knows the native language or not in the hope that the hearer will get the gist of what is
being communicated, the learner is resorting to:
A. Code switching
C. Elaboration
B. Appealing to authority
D. Verbal attention getting
798. The effect of a test has on teaching in the classroom is called _____________.
A. proficiency B. wash back
C. feedback
D. none of the above
799. In "inverted pyramid" news writing, important facts are placed at:
A. the succeeding paragraph
C. the beginning paragraph
B. the last paragraph
D. all of the above
800. The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis claims that principal barrier to second language
acquisition is:
A. Translating from L1 to L2
B. The linguistic contrast between the two languages
C. The interference of the second language system
D. The interference of the first language system
801. A material that provides learners with communicative samples in different context is
___________.
A. textually authentic
C. learner authentic
B. graded text
D. learner centered
802. According to Krashen, what is the function of knowledge of grammatical rules in the
language performance?
A. Output
B. Affect
C. Input
D. Monitor
803. How may a teacher use the information on learning outcome?
A. Making classroom decision and for reporting to stakeholder.
.B. Restructuring the classroom and reporting to the school head.
C. Reporting to the parents and redesigning instructional plan
D. Redesigning the classroom environment.
804. "Our commitments can be developing us or they can destroy us, but either way, they
define us". Choose the line below that has the same meaning.
A. Half hearted commitment is what we need today
B. Our lives are shaped by what we are committed to
C. Our commitments need to be planned wat ahead
D. We must make full commitment to worldly goals
805. A distinctive type of category of literary composition such as the epic, tragedy, comedy,
novel and short story is called:
A. Genre
B. Prose
C. Form
D. Literature
806. She has a PENCHANT of red accessories. This indicates _____________.
A. avoidance
B. strong aversion
C. dislike
D. fondness
807. A figure of speech which denotes a direct address to an abstract or a person who passed
away.
A. Asyndeton B. Comparison C. Apostrophe D. Euphemism
808. A speech made by a person who reveals his thoughts.
A. Metaphor
B. Sonnet
C. Soliloquy
D. Simile
809. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds and supernatural happenings with local
color and which people sing or chant:
A. Poetry
B. Epic
C. Riddles
D. Verse
810. A great epic poem whose plot centers on the anger and wrath of Achilles against
Agamemnon, a Greek leader.
A. The Iliad of Homer
B. The Odyssey
C. Bernardo Carpio
D. Myth
811. A good writer supports his generalizations with __________ examples.
A. convenient B. abstract
C. concrete
D. unfamiliar
812. The word "Gospel" in the old English translation of a Greek word or phrase which means:
A. Good news
B. Holy word
C. Message of the God
D. Law of the Lord
813. Which reading takes place when the readers read each line, then the group repeats it?
A. Small group reading
B. Cumulative reading
C. Echo reading
D. Chorus reading
814. "Gate keeping" in communication refers to:
A. Discussing news in public
B. Allowing news to proliferate
C. Controlling of news to be published
D. All of the above
815. Quo Vadis is a historical novel by Henryk Sienkieuries which means:
A. Where are you going?
B. How is life?
C. Why are you doing this?
D. What are you doing?
816. Shakespeare once said: "But love is blind and lovers cannot see; the pretty follies that they
themselves commit." What does it mean?
A. Nonsense words
C. Amazing acts
B. Beautiful thoughts
D. Careless acts
817. They gave a FURTIVE look at classmate's test paper.
A. abortive
B. sneaky
C. underhanded
D. coy
818. The lawyer objected that the testimony being offered was not GERMANE to the case on
hand.
A. relevant
B. connected
C. assisting
D. original
819. In his address, the regional Director exhorted the teachers to discover and ___________
each student's ___________ talents.
A. redirect : specially
C. justify : gratuitious
B. develop : intrinsic
D. uplift : unrecognized
820. He is the author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" which revolves around a headless
horseman's tale.
A. George Orwelle
C. Walton Shaw
B. Washington Irving
D. Robert Frost
821. Greatest American writer of horror and detective stories.
A. Albert Camus
C. Edgar Allan Poe
B. James Joyce
D. Justin O'Brien
822. The line, "Under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody but unbowed", depicts the
person's _____________.
A. courage
B. determination
C. optimism
D. confidence
823. What is the smallest unit of sound of any language that causes a difference in meaning
called?
A. Morpheme
B. Allophone
C. Phoneme
D. Allomorph
824. The Philippines is considered as a _____________ nation.
A. ESL
B. EFL
C. English speaking
D. Foreign sounding
825. What is the theme of the following quote? "Nothing that happens in this world ever
happens by chance: it is all part of a grand design.
A. Luck
B. Destiny
C. Ambition
D. Dream
826. There should be a CESSATION of inequality in the world.
A. Continuity
B. Stop
C. Movement
D. Patronage
827. English has been the Lingua Franca of the world since America gained its international
power. Linga Franca means:
A. Language of France
C. Language of the Powerful
B. Language of Rich
D. Language of the World
828. Which of the following nonverbal responses from an audience member indicates attention
and interest in a speaker?
A. Crossed arms and crossed legs
B. Learning forward
C. Eye contact with other audience members
D. Learning backward
829. An informative speech that explains the history of genetic would most likely follow which
of the following methods of organization.
A. Comparison-contrast
C. Chronological
B. Cause-effect
D. Problem solution
830. "Excessive consumption of caffeine, can lead to high blood pressure, therefore, you should
reduce your consumption of cola beverages, coffee, and chocolate."
This argument illustrates which of the following?
A. Deductive reasoning
B. An ad hominem reasoning
C. Analogical reasoning
D. Abductive reasoning
831. The sentence structure contains a "ditransitive verb group".
A. Alex hates huge spiders.
B. Alex has turned a subtle shade of red.
C. Alex had replied to my letter.
D. Alex is giving his boss a headache.
832. The following sentences are considered "ungrammatical" except:
A. Nadine has lived with her parents for 10 years.
B. Samuel has bought it last Monday.
C. I'm believing you.
D. Help! I will fall.
833. Which of the following sentence structures is "synthetically ambiguous"?
A. The valet looks imposing in his purple velvet dress.
B. The columnist writes feature articles on antiques writing desk.
C. The mayor invited all the city hall employees to his birthday dinner.
D. The man with a tall hat sits rather uncomfortably at the dinner table.
834. Which of the following statements best qualifies as a "complex" sentence?
A. Len likes her new house, but she doesn't like the front yard.
B. Don't make any comment unless you are fully aware of the issue.
C. You can wallow in your miseries or you can start over and move on.
D. I didn't start this dispute and I don't want to have anything to do with it.
835. Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment?
A. Quit it.
C. A family just move in.
B. They fought.
D. The boy and the girl's uncle.
836. A teaching practice which is compatible with Communicative Approach is one that
_____________.
A. Gives priority to oral proficiency
B. Addresses the needs of the target learners
C. Follow the listen-speak-read-write sequence of skills
D. Derives and makes explicit the grammar rules of the language
837. An important step in ensuring the relevance of the instructional materials to the rest of the
curriculum is to keep a list of ____________.
A. Curriculum standard
B. Policies issued by DEPED
C. Goals and objectives of the curriculum
D. Visions and mission of the school
838. Which of the following exemplifies the device “allusion”?
A. Death,be not proud
C. Philippines,O,Pearl of the Orient
B. Not yet,Rizal,not yet
D. Shakespeare is literary titan
839. A word can have associated mental images and feelings. Often these cannot be found by
consulting dictionary. These are referred to as____________.
A. Denotation B. Collocation
C. Connotation
D. Coreference
840. Which of the following relates Psychoanalytic theory in literary criticism?
A. Art is decadent and self-indulging.
B. Literary criticism is giving judgment of the behaviour and prejudices of the readers.
C. The text is a rich symbol of the author’s personal and psychological view of the world and its
people.
D. The literary text is the products of the author’s repressed dream and fantasies and
literary interpretation is a form of dream interpretation or psychoanalysis.
841. In Greek Mythology, who was the hero who sailed in the long ship of Argo to search for the
Golden Fleece?
A. Paris
B. Achilles
C. Jason
D. Ulysses
842. His crowning achievement was the Aenid, an epic poem in twelve books recounting the
story of Aeneas.Who is referred to?
A. Virgil
B. Homer
C. Kalidasa
D. Euripides
843. Which among the four basic types of assessment task in speaking requires “parroting” back
words, phrases, and sentences, which students hear?
A. responsive
B. imitative
C. extensive
D. interactive
844. Which of the following is the best example of headline?
A. Drilon: Bats for Con-Con
B. Filipino citizens go out to vote for
C. Self-reliance and discipline up at Baguio confab
D. DepEd rolls out Senior High School
845. A teacher wrote in her lesson plan for teaching Oedipus the King this: ‘What qualities make
a good king? Fill up the web below with words that describe an ideal king.’ What is the primary
purpose of this activity?
A. Build the student’s schema
B. Evaluate student’s learning
C. Give students some literary experience
D. Enhance student’s literary competence
847. What element of the plot is manifested in the story The Small Key - when the second wife
found the key in the pocket of her husband?
A. Climax
C. Denouement
B. Crisis
D. Initial conflict
848. In teaching the works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf to 3rd year highs school students,
you need first to orient the students with ____________.
A. the stream of consciousness
C. deus ex machina
B. magic realism
D. retardation of the narrative
849. In a novel or a short story, this is the point of view assumed by the narrator from which he
is able to tell everything that happens in the story. This is known as _____________.
A. eyewitness
C. first person
B. omniscient
D. stream of consciousness
850.The person assigned to dictate the actors’ line if he forgets is called a/an _____________.
A. assistant
B. Prompter
C. substitute
D. understudy
851. What literary device is employed in the line taken from Abraham Lincoln’s The Gettysburg
Address?
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
A. Anaphora
B. Alliteration
C. Epigraph
D. Epistrophe
852. “War is war” is an example of ____________.
A. Paradox
B. Parallelism
C. Tautology
853. Which is an element of drama?
A. Farce
B. Development
D. Tautophony
C. Movement
D. Tragedy
854. Epistolary is a novel told through the medium of ____________.
A. Move
B. Chat
C. Messages
D. Letters
855. Which of the following is a voiced glide?
A. /g/
B. /h/
C. /w/
D. /r/
856. Phonics pertains to ____________.
A. letters language structure
B. meaningful morphological unit
C. relationship of sounds and letters
D. perceptually distinct unit of sounds
857. The teacher collects a variety of samples of her students' work produced for different
assignments and purposes. She uses this collection in assessing her students' writing across time.
What does the teacher employ?
A. Authentic texts
B. Chain stories
C. Portfolios
D. Journal
858. Questionnaires and checklists are examples of _____________.
A. Data
B. Research
C. Variables
D. Tools
859. Histogram shows the ______________.
A. Two variables
C. Sequence of events
B. Symbolic figures
D. Frequency distribution
860. Which of the following is an example of an ESP needs analysis?
A. Psychoanalysis
C. Material-based analysis
B. Structural analysis
D. Target situation analysis
861. Among the following, what is the most objective and standardized assessment?
A. Performance
B. Presentation
C. Portfolio
D. Test
862. After the name of the newspaper, what is the next most important to put on the front page?
A. Banner headline
C. Masthead
B. Hammer headline
D. Nameplate
863. “Evergreen” in journalism means _____________.
A. that it is sensational
C. that it can be published anytime
B. that it is a familiar story
D. that it needs to have follow-up story
864.The study of the meaning of words is called ______________.
A. Phonetics
B. Morphology
C. Semantics
D. Syntax
865. None of the students ___ present in the event yesterday.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
866. What is/are being measured in the K-12 Curriculum?
A. Performance
C. Performance and quarterly
B. Performance and written
D. Performance, written, and quarterly
866.Among Filipinos, what characteristic makes English difficult to understand?
A. It is a strange language.
C. It is a universal language.
B. It is a complex language.
D. It is a second/third language.
867.What word refers to the utilization of various instructional techniques that provide
temporary support to help students reach higher levels of comprehension and skills acquisition
that they would not be able to achieve without assistance?
A. Interpretation
B. Immersion
C. Scaffolding
D. Unpacking
868.Teacher Keith learned in his graduate degree class that language learning could also be a
result of cognitive processes, or the act of knowing something. Which of the following is a result
of this principle?
A. Desuggestopedia
B. Peripheral Learning
C. Total Physical Response
D. Content-based instruction
869.The family were____ in the beach.
A. all together
B. altogether
C. together all D. together
870.Where should teachers base their assessment?
A. Learning content
B. Learning outcome
C. Content-based
D. Context-based
871.The students went to the library and looked into the title, synopses, introduction, first
sentence, and parts of the book. What type of reading is this?
A. Scanning
B. Skimming
C. Interactive
872.Perseverance is the ______ of the story.
A. Morale
B. Moral
C. Morally
D. Survey reading
D. Mores
873.What is the function of the supporting details in a topic sentence?
A. Coherence
B. Unity
C. Support
D. Balance
874. Which of the following is NOT a domain in the Grade 11-12 Language Arts Curriculum?
A. Vocabulary Development
C. Study Strategies
B. Reading Comprehension
D. Writing composition
875. What is the vocal variable that dictates the highness and lowness of your voice?
A. Pitch
B. Volume
C. Rate
D. Loudness
876.Which among the words below has an inflectional morpheme?
A. Action
B. Commencement
C. Candid
D. Commuters
887.Which among the following is an example of a discrete point test?
A. Matching Type
B. Completion type
C. Essay
D. Spelling
888.Which sentence is an example of a prototypical sentence?
A. Let's see what we can do for that.
B. Look at those pictures hanging on the wall.
C. Where do you think the restroom is located?
D. When there is time for love, there is time for peace.
899. One of the cueing systems of language that is concerned with the analysis of affixes in word
formation.
A. Syntax
B. Semantics
C. Morphology
D. Morphophonemic
890.Which of the following best described the Audiolingual Method in Language Teaching?
A. Focus on grammar and vocabulary
B. Pronunciation accuracy
C. Communicative competence
D. Intensive use of the target language.
891.Which among the following is a theory in reading that describes the ways the mind acquires,
categorizes, and organizes knowledge?
A. Top-down
B. Schema
C. Bottom-up D. Interactive
892. Aira received her paper with the mark 4 before the sentence "They will go to Paris next
month." What does the teacher want Aira to do?
A. Move four spaces to the left
C. Indent four spaces
B. Insert four spaces
D. Use four single spaces
893.Which is/are an example/ss of an inflectional morpheme?
A. Comparative
C. Comparative and Superlative
B. Superlative
D. None of the above
893.Which is an engaging task of recording experiences, ideas, insights, or reflections on a
regular basis that encourages students to articulate their minds than merely restating information
about a text?
A. Role play
B. Brainstorming
C. Pantomime D. Journal writing
894. Which type of research is at the instructional level and has classroom as its locale?
A. Descriptive B. Experimental
C. Action
D. Analytical
895.Which of the following indicates a problem in differences in physical or interpersonal
perspective?
A. Swimming and Hiking
C. Coup d' e'tat/ a LA carte
B. Blackness/ redness
D. Emigrate/immigrate
896.Mateo is not yet comfortable about speaking English with his colleagues. He has learned to
insert fillers such as, "uh," "well," when he speaks. What characteristic of spoken language did
Mateo take advantage of?
A. rate of delivery
C. colloquial language
B. reduced forms
D. performance variables
897.Which of the following is a basic consideration in curriculum or syllabus design?
A. Teacher's teaching experience
C. Expectations of parents
D. Availability of instructional materials
B. Needs of the learner
898. At the beginning of every school year, St. Lukes School administers an English test to new
students. The school wants to know how the English program can be adjusted to suit the
language strengths and weaknesses of each student. What test does the school administer?
A. Achievement
B. Proficiency C. Placement
D. Diagnostic
899. Upon learning the past tense of call is called and talk is talked, the child writes singed for
sing. What kind of language error is this?
A. Overgeneralization
B. Nominalization
C. Monitoring D. Habit-formation
900. Which of the following does not concern the teaching of pronunciation?
A. critical sounds of English for Filipino learners
C. intonation contours
B. stress patterns
D. transitional signals
901. Which of the following statements describes English as a subject in the curriculum?
A. It is content subject.
C. It is both a content and skill subject.
B. It is a skill subject.
D. It is a medium of instruction.
902.Which curriculum ideology focuses on the mastery of content of English as a subject?
A. Academic rationalism
C. Social economic efficiency
B. Learner centeredness
D. Social reconstruction
903. Which is NOT a purpose of instructional materials?
A. IM allows transfer of learning.
B. IM provides different strategies for learning.
C. IM facilitates learning.
D. IM explains the lesson.
904. Original: Pia Wurtzbach turns the head of the crowd.
Translation: Pia Wurtzbach brought the house down with her tsunami walk.
A. Adaptation
C. Literal translation
B. Adoption
D. Idiomatic translation
905.The __________ refers to the linguistic context or textual environment provided by the
discourse and which helps in the interpretation of meaning.
A. Co-text
B. Sub-text
C. Hypertext
D. Cross text
906.In an oral interpretation activity, one student delivers a declamation with so much shouting
and crying. These acts are examples of ____________.
A. Histronics
B. Monologue C. Interpretation
D. Technique
907. Mr. Ramos is a teacher in the provincial high school. He prefers to give his students
objective tests. Which of the following can be considered as a traditional form of assessment?
A. portfolios
B. journals
C. Computerized
D. pen-paper tests
908. Which is an example of a learning task having direct authenticity?
A. Role playing
C. Simulation
B. Small group discussion
D. Filling up form
910. Which of the following is the scholar who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for
knowledge?
A. Faustus
B. Romeo
C. Kasionov
D. mitrich
911.In Chomsky’s Transformational Grammar to what does a sentences “deep structure” refer?
A. The actual spoken words
B. The version of a sentence that we articulate and hear
C. The abstract representation of the sentence
D. The underlying meaning of a sentence
812.How many phonemes are there in a word tableau?
A. Five
B. Six
C. Seven
D. Eight
812. Which is the best definition of “collective unconscious”?
A. It refers to the culture and beliefs of the Filipinos
B. It refers to the inherited traits of persons.
C. It refers to the accepted norms of thinking.
D. It refers to the collective aspirations of a particular group of people.
813. Which of the following theories claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical
events?
A. Euhemerism
B. Allegory C. Personification
D. Myth Ritual Theory
814. This is a victorious ten year series of battles of the Olympian Gods against the Titans in
Thessaly?
A. Trojan war
C. Adventure of Odysseus
B. Oedipus Rex
D. Titanomachy
815.Which mythology emphasizes individual’s self-sacrifice in the service of Odin(death and
magic) who brings the reward of unlimited food and drink—and more fighting- in Valhalla?
A. Persian Mythology
C. Norse Mythology
B. Egyptian Mythology
D. Roman Mythology
816.The following periods or era would be necessary in teaching Shakespeare’s plays EXCEPT:
A. English Renaissance
C. Elizabethan Era
B. British Colonial Period
D. Globe Theatre
817. John Bunyan’s Pilgrims Progress is noteworthy for which of the following stylistic
techniques?
A. Liturgy
B. Allegory
C. Fable
D. Realism
818. The following are Romantic poets who wrote frequently of their passionate love of nature
and their belief in the supremacy of the laws of the natural world EXCEPT:
A. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. William Blake
D. James Joyce
819. Alfred Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and T.S Eliot’s “The love song of J.Alfred Prufrock” are
both__________.
A. Pastoral poems
B. Ballads
C. Monologues
D. Odes
820.She was a Victorian era writer who wrote the novel “Aurora Leigh” which criticized
society’s treatment of women.
A. Emily Bronte
C. Charlotte Bronte
B. Elizabeth Browning
D. Doris Lessing
821.The poetry of Walt Whitman is significant in the development of American Literature
primarily because he _________________.
A. Used the epic form to tell distinctly American tales
B. Developed his own poetic form and style instead of adhering to the traditional poetic
forms
C. Commemorated the inverse the lives of public leaders like Abraham Lincoln
D. Was heavily influenced by Emerson’s call for a new national poet
822. This novel about slavery prompted nationwide debate and, say some historians, help
triggered the war.
A. Mark Twain’s The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of the Grass
C. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
D. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
823. This theory involves analysis of nationality, ethnicity and politics.
A. Postcolonial Theory
C. Marxist Theory
B. New Historicism
D. Deconstruction Theory
824. All of the following correctly describes the ballad except.
A. A ballad uses dialogue
B. A ballad uses the rhyme scheme abcd defe
C. A ballad is a narrative poem
D. A ballad often uses learned language
825. In a tragedy, the protagonist recognizes the fundamental error or sin, known as _____.
A. Hamartia
B. Hubris
C. Harambis
D. Faux pas
826. What type of test is most useful to ESP?
A. Diagnostic Test
C. Achievement Test
B. Performance Test
D. Proficiency Test
827.Which is true about Discourse Analysis?
A. A classificatory system
B. Speech variety used by particular group of people
C. Revealing the essential differences between written works
D. Revealing similarities between text
828.The software definition of theatre consists of
A. Script and stage
C. The people and activities of theatre
B. A way to analyze play
D. The inside story of dramatic action
829. The following are the ideal basic pre-reading techniques, except.
A. Brainstorming
C. Constructing graphic organizer
B. Preview passage
D. Portfolio making
830. Content –Based Instruction is the integration of particular content with language teaching
aims.CBI is based on the principle of Whole Language Approach. Which of the following is not
true about Whole Language Approach?
A. is best in small group setting
B. emphasizes meaning and integrates all literacy task
C. immerses pupils in a literature-enriched environment
D. uses authentic literature
831.If an error in a printed work is discovered after printing and is brought to attention of the
paper, it must right away publish ____________.
A. An apology statement
C. A justification
B. An erratum
D. A plea
832.In journalism, “convergence” means ______________.
A. Sharing facilities, news gathering resources, personnel or content
B. Different news media all cover the same story in the same way
C. The content of newspaper is distinguishable from that of any other newspaper
D. News organizations are all striving to put the same ideological slant on news stories
833. A cardinal sin for a journalist is to___________.
A. Misspell a name
B. Disagree with an editor or news director
C. Publish story that angers local officials
D. Reveal how decisions are made about what is newsworthy
834. The problem with phrases like “dead body” and “unexpected surprise” is that they are
___________.
A. short
B. cliché's
C. redundant
D. too descriptive
835.Which of the following sentences expresses negation?
A. The dogs are not well trained.
C. Shan never pray before sleeping.
B. I don’t like you.
D. All of the above
836. In teaching speaking, the language learners should recognize three areas of knowledge that
are inherent in oral communication. Which of the following is not included in these areas.
A. Mechanics
B. Notions
C. Functions
D. Rules and norms
837.All of the following are ways of giving feedback in process approach to writing except.
A. Proofreading
C. Teacher editing
B. Peer-editing
D. Self-editing
838. Which is the best way to correct basic sight word deficit?
A. Have students trace the word on paper
B. Have students write sentences
C. Discuss meaning of words through picture
D. Let the students use context clues
839.Which of the following is a characteristic of meaningful accuracy-based activities in
teaching speaking?
A. Conducting pattern drills
C. Focusing on forms
B. Discussing social use of language
D. Following a native speaker model
840. In a census, which type of interview questions is most likely to be asked?
A. Knowledge question
C. Sensory questions
B. Feelings questions
D. Background/demographic questions
841. Ms. Esponila will analyze the syntactic features of his students’ essay. What research
activity should she perform to meet his goal?
A. Rating
B. Stimulated recall
C. Triangulation
D. Coding
842.Which skill will be most useful for students of English for Mathematics?
A. Listening
B. Reading
C. Writing
D. Speaking
843. Which is not true about African proverb?
A. They contain tonal assonance, repetition and parallel structure
B. They are used to children the philosophy of their people.
C. They are used to settle legal disputes and resolve problems in the community.
D. They demonstrate eloquence of the speaker.
844. Who is the precursor of modern day detective fiction?
A. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Sherlock Homes
D. Jack London
845. In the famous local story “Juan Tamad”,what Filipino attitude is attacked?
A. The tendency to wait for things to come
B. The belief that he can have everything he wants.
C. The intention to be different.
D. The need to depend on other people.
846. Mimeses, catharsis, style, function and censorship are important in the ____________.
A. Historical biographical
B. Classical
C. Archetypal D. Feminist
847. Mr.Nazam is going to teach How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wide by Manuel
Arguila.What is the relevant literary concept that he should emphasize?
A. Point of view
B. Plot
C. Characters D. Local color
848. Which of these literary text could best be dealt with using literary map?
A. The Odyssey
C The Epic of Gilgamesh
B. The Song of Roland
D. Look to this day
849. What is NOT true about testing?
A. Testing measures the learning of the examinees
B. Testing predicts future performance of the examinees
C. Testing identifies the poor performers in group.
D. Testing creates different learning groups.
850. It is an aspect of overall evaluation, which questions how far the materials could be
integrated into a particular syllabus as “core” or supplementary component.
A. Generalizability
B. Flexibility
C. Adaptability
D. Usability
851. Booklet, flashcard ,flipchart, posters, comics, games are examples of _____________
instructional materials.
A. Written
B. Multimedia C. Internet based
D. Modular
852. Which of the following articles do not use the lead?
A. Feature story
B. News bits
C. Straight news
D. Editorial
853. Which means improving the page by printing a picture so that it extends across the margin
or off the edge of the magazine page?
A. Line drawing
B. Cropping
C. Photoshop D. Bleeding
854. Arena staging is sometimes called a__________.
A. Extended staging
C. Thrust stage
B. Acting in the round
D. Proscenium arch
855. The K12 Curriculum envisions____________.
A. Holistically developed learners with 21st century skills
B. A good competition in the financial world
C. 12 years of basic education that meets international standards
D. Equipped language competence
856. The historical approach can be used to analyze Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere if the critic
considers ________________.
A. The travels of Rizal
B. The time that shaped the events in the novel
C. The abuses experience by the Filipino
D. The meaning of the title of the novel.
857. Say it with Flowers by Toshio Mori dominantly talks about how __________.
A. To manage a flower shop business
B. Businessmen fool their clients band customers
C. Flowers can be able to communicate flowers
D. Servants being treated by bosses
858. Which is the heart of reading, be it in the first or second language?
A. Pronunciation
B. Comprehension
C. Spelling D. Grammar
859. Which test task would the students do if they were asked to fill in the blanks with correct
pronoun?
A. C-cloze
B. Cloze
C. Text numeric
D. Hot spot
860. Moises distributed his test among a group of representative end users in the same setting
and circumstances as the live test. Which task did Moises do?
A. Formatting B. Revising
C. Piloting
D. Assessing
561. In page makeup it is advised that tombstoning should be avoided. What is tombstoning?
A. It should be written in short and pithy sentences.
B. It must answer the basic question.
C. A gay picture should have a gay caption.
D. Placing two or more headlines on approximately the same level in adjacent columns.
862. Which characteristics of effective speech refers to the arrangement and organization of
materials?
A. Disposition
B. Pronunciation
C. Invention
D. Elocution
863.Which is the framework that binds you blog posts together and choosing the right platform
to suit your needs is essential?
A. Blogging platform
B. URLs
C. Website
D. Blog spots
864. Reading with a writer’s eye, means_____________.
A. Focusing on the main idea of what you are reading
B. Giving emphasis on the characters of the article you are reading
C. Reading as fast as you could so that you will not forget the thought of the story
D. Taking time to analyze how an author manages to grab your attention
865.Which of the following K12 features of English Language Teaching in secondary level is
NOT true?
A. Focus on common areas of difficulty in grammar
B. Sequential teaching of language forms
C. Common errors included standard and international English Proficiency
D. Use of literary and informative texts
866. Let’s surveil the place. The morpheme surveil is an example of _____________.
A. Root creation
B. Derivation
C. Back formation
D. Clipping
867.Which of the following quantifies modify plural nouns?
A. Many
B. Each
C. Every
D. Many a
868. Which of the following concepts is NOT a concern of syntax?
A. Lexical categories
C. Structural analysis
B. Distribution and functions
D. Constituents
869. Which is known as the science of interpretation?
A. Hermeneutics
C. Textual exegesis
B. Literary appreciation
D. Documentary analysis
870. Which of the following can be the subject matter of humanism literature?
A. Faith
B. Poverty
C. Sacred
D. Salvation
871. What is the novel about the education and development of the young hero?
A. Allegory
B. Aestheticism
C. Burlesque
D. Bildungsroman
872.The effect of testing on teaching and learning is known as ____________.
A. Construct
B. Wash back
C. Auditability
D Credibility
873. Which perspective considers the speaker and his/her background when translating text?
A. Communicative
B. Philosophical
C. Linguistic
D. Socio-semiotic
874. The following shows “fulfilling prophecy” EXCEPT _____.
A. Achilles with so much wrath killed Hector.
B. Oedipus unknowingly killed King Laius.
C. Death of Acrissius in the hands of Perseus.
D. Orestes deliberately killed his mother.
875. Who is the author of this poem "Song to Celia?
“Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I’ll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,
I would not change for thine.”
A. Ben Jonson
B. Robert Frost
C. Edgar Allan Poe
D. Ernest Hemingway
876. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?
"Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks/Within his being sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks/But bears it out even to the edge of doom."
A. Love never wanes even in old age.
B. Love dissipates when lovers live apart.
C. Love does not succumb to temptations.
D. Love adapts to changing circumstances
877. What is the reason behind the creation of the Declaration of Independence?
A. Because of the allied forces
C. Because of the Indian savages
B. Because of the tyrant leaders
D. Because of the native Americans
878. What kind of questions should be asked after presenting a lesson on animal protection and
situations that endanger species?
A. Specific to situations
B. Complex interrelated questions
C. Student feedback on the presentation
D. General queries on animal protection
879. Which of the following is NOT a domain in the Grade 11-12 Language Arts Curriculum?
A. Vocabulary Development
C. Study Strategies
B. Reading Comprehension
D. Writing composition
880. It's raining hard. We have put _____ our work for today.
A. across
B. away
C. out
D. off
881. What type of reference is the pronoun “she” in following sentence?
“When she arrived, Leigh Ann was surprised to find her apartment door open.
A. cataphora
B. anaphora
C. exophora
D. endophora
882. Lycidas’ is a poem that________________.
A. Adapts the heroic legend rom classical mythology to the society that the writer knew best
B. Manages n a short space to record much of English history
C. Mourns the death of the writer’s friends but also reveals personal concern of the writer
D. Uses an important historical event of its day to air the political views of the writer
883. The FENCE was written by ________________.
A. Alberto Florentino
C. F. Sionel Jose
B. Jose Gracia Villa
D. Nick Joaquin
884. Which of the following best defines the term "competency"?
A. The goal or end-product of learning
B. What a learner can do using the knowledge he has gained
C. The objectives defined in a particular lesson
D. What a given curriculum provides
885. Which two components of language are considered productive?
A. reading and listening
C. speaking and writing
B. listening and speaking
D. reading and writing
886. In the English language program for secondary schools, it is recommended that
___________.
A. Philippine literature should be taught both in the first year and second year.
B. Philippine literature should be the focus in the first year, but should be included in other
year levels.
C. Philippine literature should be taught in either English of Filipino.
D. Philippine literature should include original vernacular pieces which the learners understood.
887. Which of the following cannot be readily implemented in an English lesson?
A. Adjust listening strategies in relation to the main purposes of listening
B. Listen to determine steps in a process in an informative text
C. Identify the stand of a speaker based on the explicit statements made
D. Note cause-effect relationships in explanations of specific processes
888. Which of the following types of integration is possible in an English lesson?
A. Skill B. Topic
C. Skill and Topic
D. All of the above
889. In a course design, formative evaluation should be done ___________.
A. at every step of the design process
B. when goals and objectives are being established
C. after teaching the course
D. during the planning stage
890. Which of these is not a literary form?
A. Short story B. Essay
C. Conversation
D. Drama
891. Which of the following is not considered a form of practical writing?
A. Filling out an information sheet
B. Writing a personal letter
C. Writing a letter of application
D. Filling out a registration form
892. Localization of a curriculum means ______________.
A. involving local officials in redesigning a curriculum
B. adapting a centrally-designed to fit local needs and conditions
C. developing a curriculum for every region and school division
D. using local materials for instructional activities
893. A kernel sentence is equivalent to a ______________.
A. simple independent clause
C. sentence in the passive voice
B. transformed sentence
D. a complex sentence
894. Which of the following is a communication strategy to make up for in adequacies in the
use of English?
A. Circumlocution
C. Agreeing to what is said
B. Asking questions
D. Repeating information
895. The behavioristic view is an educational-psychology philosophy that is compatible with the
_____________ view of language.
A. innatist
B. functional
C. structural
D. interactionist
896. Which theory of language learning advocates habit formation?
A. Cognitive
B. Behaviorism
C. Bilingualism D. Immersion
897. Which theory of language assumes sociolinguistic competence is basic?
A. Structuralist
B. Functionalist
C. Interactionalist
D. Innatist
898. Which of the following remediation strategies may help students in phonemic awareness?
A. sound isolation
B. motor imaging
C. sight words drill
D. syllabication
899. Which of the following does not correctly apply syllabication principles?
A. grum-ble
B. swag-ger
C. irre-pa-ra-ble
D. un-touch-a-ble
900. Early intervention for struggling learners may be done through which of the following
strategies?
A. clinical teaching strategies
C. on-going family literacy
B. teacher-student interaction
D. rigorous assessment
901. The basic Education Curriculum in the Philippines was pilot tested nationwide during the
school year ______________.
A. 2000 - 2001 B. 2002 - 2003 C. 2003 - 2004 D. 2004 - 2005
902. Which of the following should be avoided as a statement of a lesson objective?
A. To develop students' readily ability more comprehensively and effectively.
B. To help learners become independent in their approach to getting the meaning of difficult
words.
C. To show appreciation for entertaining texts like anecdotes, jokes, fables and tales.
D. All of the above.
903. In a functional language teaching syllabus, the content is a collection of ___________.
A. complex and purposeful tasks that students need and want to perform
B. specific abilities that may play a part in using language
C. grammatical forms and structures of the language being taught
D. real and imaginary situations in which language occurs
904. A newly developed or revised curriculum is pilot tested to determine its
________________.
A. strengths and shortcomings
B. suitability to intended users
C. familiarity to teachers and school managers
D. effectiveness as an instructional plan
905. Which of the following does serve as the legal basis for the Philippine Basic Education
Curriculum?
A. 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
B. 1982 Education Act
C. 2001 Governance of Basic Education Act
D. 1974 Bilingual Education Policy
906. Which of the following illustrates the transcoding of information?
A. Graph to text
C. Story to play adaptation
B. Story to sypnosis
D. Stanza of poem to paraphrase
907. Which category of reading skills do outlining and summarizing fall under?
A. Literary skill
C. Vocabulary development skill
B. Comprehension skill
D. Study and reference skill
908. Which of the following strategies can be used to get the meaning of unfamiliar and difficult
words?
I. Context clues
II. Structural analysis
III. Phonetic analysis
IV. Synonyms and antonyms
A. I & II
B. III & IV
C. II & III
D. I & IV
909. Which of the following does not characterize the Philippine Basic Education Curriculum?
A. Interdisciplinary
B. Integrative
C. Innovative
D. Empowered
910. A thematic language curriculum draws content from ______________.
A. the grammatical structures of English
B. the different content areas or field of study
C. English itself, Science and Mathematics
D. literary selections being learned
911. In recent years, the term "Evaluation" means the assessment of ______________.
A. concepts students have acquired C. competences students have gained
B. skills students have developed
D. all aspects of a curricular program
912. Which language syllabus employs linear organization?
A. Situation-based
C. Structure-based
B. Function-based
D. Content-based
913. The primary aim defined in the Basic Education Curriculum is _______________.
A. to raise the quality of Filipino learners and to empower them for lifelong learning
B. to equip Filipino learners with the basic competencies for English, Filipino, Science,
Mathematics and Makabayan
C. to equip Filipino learners with the basic education competencies to make them globally
competitive
D. to improve the achievement of Filipino learners in international and national tests like NEAT
and NSAT.
914. Curriculum development includes a number of processes except ___________.
A. to develop and construct achievement tests
B. to determine the needs of a group of learners
C. to develop aims or objectives for a program to address learner needs
D. to determine an appropriate course structure, teaching methods, and materials
915. The language curriculum is based on the belief that ___________.
A. learners should gain mastery of the rules of grammar
B. rules of usage are useless without rules of use
C. literacy is critical to responsible and productive citizenship
D. success in other subject areas is dependent on the learner's English Proficiency
916. The following are true of successful language learners except those who _____________.
A. communicate effectively and with confidence
B. appreciate the cultural impact and aesthetic power of texts
C. understand that language learning is a life-enhancing process
D. can learn any subject area in the curriculum easily and efficiently
917. English in basic education provides competencies necessary to meet _____________.
A. general learner needs
B. specific academic needs
C. specific occupational needs
D. learner's need in Science and Mathematics
918. The following characterize lesson objectives except ____________.
A. describe a learning outcome
B. should be precise
C. should be feasible
D. should be encompassing
919. The following provide a rationale for curriculum change or revision except _____________.
A. national and global development priorities
B. change in educational leadership
C. current developments in the subjects or disciplines
D. inadequacy of the existing curriculum to meet learner's need
920. Which of the following statements describes a syllabus aptly?
A. It is a specification of the content of the course of instruction listing what is to be taught
and testing.
B. It is a list of competencies and skills to be achieved at the end of instruction.
C. It is a plan of what the students will learn and what teachers will teach.
D. It is a program which takes into account the environment in which it is used.
921. A curriculum which revolves around uses to which language is put is ___________ in
orientation.
A. structural
B. situational
C. functional
D. procedural
922. Which of the following unit titles in a language syllabus specification is thematic in
orientation?
A. Learning about adjectives
B. At a birthday party
C. Giving directions in finding a place
D. Saving Mother Earth
923. One of the following readily is not considered a manifestation of communicative
competence?
A. Creativity and literariness
B. Appropriateness of utterances
C. Coherence and cohesion of texts
D. Accuracy of language
924. The poem may be assessed on its political correctness - on its support for workers against
capitalist exploitation. This resides on what school of criticism?
A. Political
B. Sociological
C. Moralist
D. Marxist
925. It refers to the estimation of the value of particular work or body of work on such grounds
as the personal and/or cultural significance of the themes and the uses of language of a text the
insights and impact and the aesthetic production of the text.
A. Literary theory
C. Literary analysis
B. Literary criticism
D. Literary interpretation
926. This school of criticism concentrates on the peculiarities of diction and imagery employed.
A. Rhetorical
B. Metaphorical
C. Stylistics
D. Structuralist
927. This approach to teaching literature represents the traditional kind. It requires the
students to explore and interpret the social, political, literary, and historical context of a specific
text.
A. The Social Model
C. The Cultural Model
B. The Language Model
D. The Traditional Model
928. This refers to the author's attitude toward a subject which may be revealed through his
choice of words and details.
A. Mood
B. Tone
C. Theme
D. Character
929. This is the essence of a story. It creates the plot.
A. Conflict
B. Characters
C. Themes
D. Plot
930. In this point of view, the narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal
thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and as told by other characters. He can't tell the
thoughts of other characters.
A. Third person
C. Omniscient
B. Third person limited
D. First person
931. Literary press conference, a strategy in teaching literature, is helpful in allowing students a
personal and deeper experience with characters of a literary piece for this reason.
A. It gives them an opportunity to be celebrities in class.
B. It makes them internalize the character's thoughts, feelings, characteristics and motivations
and relate with such.
C. It enables them to portray the character and answer questions standing in a particular
character's shoes.
D. It provides them avenues for fun while learning literature in class.
932. All of the following except one are ways of expanding the student's knowledge and
understanding of a particular literary text.
A. By reading other works of the same author
A. By knowing what the cultural values and symbols of the time were
C. By knowing how the author and other writers and readers of that time read texts
D. By employing appropriate literary theories in their interpretation of such text
933. This type of character in a story provides a contrast to the main character of the story.
A. Antagonist B. Protagonist C. Minor character
D. Foil/Extra
934. Flat characters are known to be ______________.
A. Static because they do not change in the course of the story
B. Dynamic because they change as a result of what happened to them
C. The force that opposes the main character
D. None of the above
935. In discussing Shakespeare's Hamlet, the teacher gives some background information about
the author's life, works and writings and the era or period of his lifetime. This gives some
helpful information in understanding certain aspects of the author's work. What school of
criticism is applied in this strategy?
A. New Criticism
B. Metaphorical
C. Traditional
D. Biographical
936. In teaching a sonnet, which of the following procedure should come first?
A. Reading of the poem
C. Discussing the author's background
B. Reading of the poem by the teacher
D. Unlocking of difficult terms
937. To develop the student's love for literature, the following except one may be done by the
teacher.
A. Employ interactive strategies in teaching literature.
B. Explain thoroughly all the essential elements of the literary piece.
C. Let the students play in class.
D. Assign a lot of book reports.
938. Which of the following statement is FALSE?
A. There is no right or wrong answers in literature class.
B. Students are free to make their own valid interpretations of literature.
C. The teacher is not the only source of correct literary interpretations.
D. Discussions in a literature is always initiated by the students.
939. Which of the following is not true about free verse?
A. Free verse is written without regular rhyme, rhythm, and form.
B. Free verse sounds natural just like everyday conversation.
C. Poets use free verse from the constraints of all the other elements of poetry.
D. Free verse is free from the constraints of all the other elements of poetry.
940. In which part of the lesson may the teacher let students watch the film version of a novel
discussed in the class?
A. Motivation
B. Review
C. Enrichment D. Evaluation
941. Which of the following articulates best the benefit of letting students watch the film
version of a literary piece?
A. Students are provided with concrete visual images that depict the important elements of
the story.
B. Students are afforded with opportunity to be entertained.
C. Students get to compare which of the two media (print or film) projects better the work of
the author.
D. Students are given a certain kind of diversion from the tedious work of analyzing a literary.
942. On closer observation, what modern scientific theory best illustrates the beginning of the
universe as depicted in Classical Mythology?
A. The theory of relativity
C. The theory of the human evolution
B. The theory of the big bang
D. All of the above
943. In Classical Mythology, there was originally ___________, out of which Earth and Heaven
arose and gave birth to many children.
A. swirls of color
C. chaos and darkness
B. unexplained silence
D. Order and serenity
944. Classical Greek and Roman gods are characterized as:
A. A mortal and vain
C. Strength and beauty
B. Immortal with undecaying D. All of the above
945. Of the following ideas, what is true with regards to sources of mythology?
A. Literature and art took as raw material, the isolated beliefs and cults of many separate and
hostile communities and produced mythology.
B. Classical mythology comes to us from two main sources: Greece and Rome where Rome
provided the substance, Greece little more than spelling.
C. The Norse myths came from Asian origins and not from Scandinavian countries as widely
believed.
D. All of the above.
946. Of the following statements, what is true of Mythology?
A. It is a body myths describing the life of gods, goddesses and other pagan divinities, their
contacts with each other and their relation to man.
B. It is about demigods legendary human beings in stories which involve supernatural elements.
C. It explains primitive man's idea of the origin of the universe and the mysteries of natural
phenomenon.
D. All of the above.
947. Who among the following characters best exemplify to concept of hubris and its tire
consequences?
A. Oedipus
B. Orestes
C. Hector
D. Odysseus
948. What does the Greek concept of hubris refer to?
A. It points to the inevitability of death and destruction.
B. It refers to the overweening pride of mortals who holds themselves up as equal to the gods.
C. It refers to one of the best traits one can exhibit in the world of ancient Greece.
D. A and C only
949. Which of the following is not directly associated with Hades?
A. Hebe
B. Charon
C. Cerberus
D. River Styx
950. In what practice do the flower myths of Hyacinth and Adonis probably have their roots?
A. Incest
B. CannibalismC. Human sacrifice
D. Homosexuality
951. Of the following Greek heroes, who offers a notable difference from the Archetype?
A. Achilles
B. Odysseus
C. Agamemnon
D. None of the above
952. In one of the myths linked to the idea of cannibalism, what is given to Cronus to eat
instead of his son, Zeus?
A. A bull
C. A wrapped in baby clothes
B. His twin brother
D. His son cooked by his wife
953. Which of the following is the punishment sent by the gods to mankind for the sin of
Prometheus?
A. The gift of Pandora
C. The great flood
B. The riddle of the Sphinx
D. The trojan war
954. What significance lies behind the pervasive presence of the three divinities (Fates), Clotho,
Lachesis, and Atropos in all stories of Greek Myth, whether they be stories of gods, goddesses,
demigods, heroes, or mortals and regardless of exploits recounted?
A. To negate the inevitability of destiny and its workings
B. To illustrate the futility of attempting to alter fate or change prescribed outcomes
C. To show that man is predisposed tp believe that there is nothing wrong with wanting to
prolong the destiny of one's life, regardless of consequences
D. None of the above
955. Which of the following is not what the Greek believed of their gods?
A. It was deity's divine privilege to refuse to grant favors without giving any explanations.
B. The gods lived on Mount Olympus or retired in their favourite shrines.
C. Classical gods were interested in human affairs and interfered with human activities.
D. In ancient times, the gods never walked with people and visited their homes to converse
with them as a sign of their (God's) divinity.
956. What is not true of existing theories related to the revolution of myths?
A. Ancient Greek writer, Euthemerus (300 B.C) wrote that ancient gods were patterned after
heroes who actually lived at one time.
B. Philologists, those who study the growth of language, claimed that myths were created out
of the different interpretations of the stories from their ancestors that men repeated.
C. Anthropologists debunked or rejected the idea that myths try to explain the cause of
natural phenomenon.
D. French sociologists, Emile Durheim, observed that myths came from society as a whole.
957. Where did the written versions of the Norse tales survive?
A. Scandinavia
B. Germany
C. Iceland
958. In a sense, classical gods represent
A. Fate or Destiny
B. The way things are or the way things will have to be
C. A only
Poland
D. A and B
959. What is implied by Paris' final choice after the goddesses offered him "bribes" in exchange
of the golden apple thrown by Eris?
A. He is extremely ambitious
B. He is more romantic than practical
C. He does not like to be burdened by heavy thoughts of wisdom
D. All of the above
960. What universal truth is symbolized by the riddle of the Sphinx?
A. Statement on the nature of man that fate guides his steps from birth to death
B. That man, the moment he is born, is manipulated by the unseen hands of destiny
C. That fate broods over men, however or wherever they wander through life
D. All of the above
961. "For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee".
What metrical foot is used here?
A. Iamb
B. Trochee
C. Anapest
D. Dactylic
962. The first written record of Greece is Iliad which talks about a ___________ year war.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
963. Iliad literally means "the story of ____________".
A. Ilias
B. Iliam
C. Ilium
D. Iliun
964. The story of Iliad opens in ______________ which means "starting from the middle".
A. centro
B. media
C. centro res
D. medias res
C. in black
D. of gentleness
965. Iliad heroes are men:
A. at war
B. of peace
966. Roman Literature boasts of Aneid by _____________.
A. Ovid
B. Plutarch
C. Marcus
D. Virgil
967. Odysseus is _____________ personified.
A. cunning
B. love
C. reality
D. zeal
968. He is abusive of his right as a leige lord.
A. Achilles
B. Agamemnon
C. Hector
D. Paris
969. The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons
A. Beuwulf
C. Paradise Lost
B. Divine Comedy
D. Song of Roland
970. The day of doom
A. Hades
B. Hela
C. Sleipner
D. Ragnarok
971. When did English first become the official medium of instruction for all Philippine public
schools?
A. 1900
B. 1908
C. 1925
D. 1935
972. Who were the the first teachers of English in the Philippines?
A. US Army
B. British Army
C. Thomasites D. Normalites
973. The first Filipino novel in English:
A. A Child of Sorrow
C. Nadia
B. His Native Soil
D. Visions of a Sower
974. The first Filipino novel in English was penned by:
A. Zoilo Galang
C. Jose Garcia Villa
B. Ernest Lopez
D. Francisco Arcellana
975. The first Filipino poem in English:
A. Abracadabra
C. Sarsa Parilla
B. Abakada
D. Sursum Corda
976. The first Filipino poem in English was penned by:
A. Jorge Bocobo
C. R. Zulueta - da Costa
B. Justo Juliano
D. Amador Daguio
977. The first volume of essays in English was published by Zoilo Galang in 1921. The title was:
A. Life and Success
C. My Life
B. Thinking for Ourselves
D. Our Nation
978. Jose Gracia Villa's controversial poem that caused his expulsion from UP in 1929.
A. Life and Success
C. My life
B. Man Song
D. Poems of Doveglion
979. Villa wrote: "Poetry is every word whose aim is sun; whose body is wonder; whose sound
is music."
A. Poetry confuses one's soul
C. Poetry challenges, delights, entertains
B. Poetry exercises one's soul
D. Poetry instructs, amazes, lives on
980. His "Footnote to Youth" shows the ill-effect of:
A. Poverty
C. Indecisiveness
B. Lack of Education
D. Early Marriage
981. The main character of this story is Dodonh whose name suggests:
A. Joy
B. Life
C. Love
D. Youth
982. What does CLIMACTERIC mean?
A. Boiling point
C. Turning point
B. Freezing point
D. Revolving point
983. This is Paz Marquez Benitez' masterpiece which stands out as a model of perfection in
character delineation, local color, plot and message:
A. My Brother
B. My Life
C. Dead Stars
D. Dead Rats
984. Francisco Benitez was a founder of
A. The Modern Teacher
B. English Teaching Forum
C. Philippine Journal of Education
D. Philippine Daily Express
985. R. Zulueta - da Costa's ______________ is very much evident in the poem "Like the
Molave".
A. Patriotism
B. Heroism
C. Cynicism
D. Racism
986. From what essay of Francisco B. Icasiano is this line taken? "When you drop a penny in the
beggar's palm, you are degrading the man and you make it difficult for him to rise with dignity."
A. The Will of the Riven
B. Tha Air of Mystery
C. The World in a Train
D. The World is an Apple
987. Francisco B. Icasiano was one of the finest essayists of the Philippines. What was his
pseudonym?
A. Mang Isko
B. Mang Kiko
C. Mang Iko
D. Mang Franco
988. What lesson in life did Icasiano realize from Sonia's death?
A. Death is like a thief in the light
B. Death is inevitable
C. Pain is beautiful when one can rise from its depressing power
D. Pain is the eternal companion of man; so he must not grieve
989. A symbol of immortality - rising from its ashes
A. Sparrow
B. Dove
C. Phoenix
D. Falcon
990. Jeorge Bocobo once said, "Our College education may uneducate". This line shows:
A. Metonymy
B. Apostrophe C. Paradox
D. Oxymoron
991. To Bocobo, this may contribute to an education.
A. Generalization
B. Rationalization
C. Realization D. Specialization
992. "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife" was awarded the first prize in the
Commonwealth Literary Contest. Who is its author?
A. Manuel Arguilla
B. Francisco Arcellana
C. Arturo Rotor
D. Amador Daguio
993. A Japanese poem composed of 5 lines and 31 syllables.
A. Haiku
B. Tanka
C. Limerick
D. Cinquain
994. Known as the Book-of-the-Five Headings, it passed through six translations before reaching
modern European language:
A. Panchatantra
B. Ramayana
C. Mahabharata
D. Shakuntala
995. "Book-learning people rightly cherish; But gumption's best of all to me." The speaker
prefers:
A. Book learning
C. Memorization
B. Common sense
D. Ideas
996. To Khalil Gibran, work is __________ made visible.
A. life
B. love
C. self
D. hope
997. "He was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found" came from ___________.
A. The Parable of the Good Samaritan
B. The Parable of the Lost Boy
C. The Parable of the Prodigal Son
D. The Parable of the Seeds
998. This means "Pilgrimage"
A. Haj
B. Raj
C. Saj
D. Taj
999. How many stories are there in The Arabian Nights?
A. 356
B. 366
C. 1000
D. 1001
1000. Arabia's greatest contribution to world literature is its:
A. The Arabian Nights
C. The Arabian Peninsula
B. The Arabian Heroes
D. The Arabian Princess
1001. And in keeping yourself with labor you are in truth loving life means that:
A. Hard work with less pay should be accepted wholeheartedly.
B. Working half a day is enough. You should not tire yourself too much.
C. Working is finding purpose to develop the capacity of man.
D. Working from dusk till dawn will make your life miserable.
1002. Which does not belong to Great Britain?
A. England
B. Ireland
C. Scotland
D. Wales
C. Normans
D. Romans
1003. From them, England got its name.
A. Angles
B. Celts
1004. Which among these was not exhibited by Beowulf?
A. Determination
B. Helpfulness C. Self-love
D. Physical courage
1005. Beowulf's setting is in:
A. England and France
C. Finland and Norway
B. Denmark and Sweden
D. None of these
1006. The chief instituiton during the Medieval Age:
A. Church
B. Hospital
C. School
D. Theatre
1007. Anne Bradstreet was lovingly called ______________.
A. America's finest poet
B. The Puritan
C. The tenth muse
D. Ideal Wife
1008. "my love is such that rivers cannot quench, nor ought but love from thee, give
recompense". What figure of speech is present in these lines?
A. Metonymy
B. Paradox
C. Synecdoche
D. Hyperbole
1009. Who among them was called the "First American"?
A. George Washington
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Patrick Henry
1010. Who among these was the orator?
A. George Washington
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Patrick Henry
1011. Who among them was the great soldier?
A. George Washington
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Patrick Henry
1012. If linguistics differs from traditional grammar, which statment does not support the idea?
A. Linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive.
B. Linguisticians are interested in what is said and not what they think ought to be said.
C. Linguists regard the spoken language as primary, not written.
D. The notion of absolute and unchanging "correctness" is the business of linguisticians.
1013. It deals with how speakers use language in ways which cannot be predicted from
linguistic knowledge alone.
A. Analysis
B. Pragmatics
C. Semantics
D. Competence
1014. Hebrew literature has survived and endured because of its _____________ significance.
A. mystical
B. religious
C. solemn
D. timeless
1015. "I'll come to thee by moonlight though hell should bar the way".
A. The persona swears that even if he dies, he'll still come back for his beloved as promised.
B. The persona promises that even if he goes to hell, he'll returm for his beloved.
C. The persona expresses his devotion to his beloved so that he is willing to conquer hell for her.
D. All of the above.
1016. "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar".
A. The persona wishes to meet his God when he dies.
B. The persona wants to meet the pilot when he reaches his destination.
C. The persona long to encounter God in all his trials and tribulations.
D. All of the above.
1017. "The say that time assuages; time never did assuage."
A. The persona believes that the passing of time aggravates pain.
B. The persona believes that the passing of time heals hurts.
C. The persona believes that hurts cannot be healed through the passing of time.
D. All of the above.
1018. "Trust no future howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!"
A. Man should focus on what is here and now.
B. Man must not forget the past for he learns from it and must not ignore the future for it is his
inspiration.
C. Man should let his past direct him to attain a bright future.
D. All of the above
1019. "Ah make the most of what the year may spend, before we, too, in the Dust descend."
A. We have to treat each day as though it were our last and make the most out of it as long as
we live.
B. We have to endure every difficulty in life for it is a reality that can never be altered.
C. We have to face bravely every challenge that comes our way for it is an opportunity to be
alive.
D. All of the above
1020. "While God waits for his temple to be built of love, men bring stones."
A. Men are busy acquiring material wealth instead of nurturing love and brotherhood, which
is what God expects.
B. Men build temples made of concrete, as God wants them to be.
C. Men praise, give thanks to, and carry out God's will.
D. All of the above
1021. What were fluttering and dancing in the breeze as referred to in the poem, "I Wandered
Lonely As A Cloud"?
A. Waves
B. Rhodora
C. Daffodils
D. Cloud
1022. It is the smallest segment of sound that can distinguish meaning.
A. Phoneme
B. Morpheme C. Dipthong
D. Juncture
1023. The ability to connect sentences in stretches of discourse and to form a meaningful whole
out of a series of utterances.
A. Discourse Competence
B. Grammatical Competence
C. Sociolinguistic Competence
D. Strategic Competence
1024. The following are features of linguistics. Which one is inappropriate?
A. In language, the symbols used are arbitrary.
B. Linguistics is a discipline, which describes language in all aspects and formulate theories as to
how it works.
C. Language operations are structure dependent - they depend on an understanding of the
internal structure of a sentence rather than on the number of elements involved.
D. Human language is incapable of communicating about things that are absent as easily as
about things that are present.
1025. Psycholinguistics is the discipline that deals with:
A. Language and society
B. Language and the mind
C. Application of linguistics to teaching
D. The study of socio-linguistics in socio-cultural settings
1026. The following are parts of the scope of linguistics. Which one is not?
A. Pragmatics
B. Analysis
C. Phonetics
D. Pragmatics
1027. The competence, which encompasses "knowledge of lexical items and rules of
morphology, syntax, sentence grammar semantics, and phonology.
A. Discourse Competence
B. Grammatical Competence
C. Sociolinguistic Competence
D. Strategic Competence
1028. The study of language change is historical linguistics while the analysis of language at a
single point in time is synchronic linguistics. When having a research tracing the language
development of a child who is acquiring a second language, which is an appropriate term for
the activity?
A. Longitudinal study
C. Cross-sectional study
B. Qualitative study
D. Case study
1029. What constitute of GRAMMAR OF LANGUAGE?
A. phonemes, morphemes
B. rules of use
C. phonology, syntax, semantics
D. parts of speech
1030. Which is a correct statement about structuralism?
A. Structuralism provides the theory on which audio-lingualism is based.
B. Language learning is viewed as conditioning and the speaker is capable of learning how to
construct forms out of basic language knowledge.
C. Since language is creative activity, students can be given tasks that involves transformations.
D. Errors are considered building blocks to language learning and therefore learners should not
be hindered in their attempts to explore and use language.
1031. Which is a behaviorist approach to second language learning?
A. Language is learned by habit formation.
B. Abstract knowledge of rule is learned through exposure to speech and performance.
C. It is a mentally-oriented approach which stresses the active contribution of the learner to the
learning process.
D. One learning a second language maximizes his or her language acquisition device.
1032. The following may be done to develop meta-cognition. Which one may not be cinsidered
a part of this?
A. Monitor one's comprehension while reading
B. Think about what one already knows
C. Help oneself answer questions by using lookbacks, self-monitoring checklist, answering one's
questions, and so forth
D. Establish criteria for understanding through a rating task
1033. Which item supports the position of the behaviorist framework that states -- Second
language learning consists in overcoming the differences between L1 and L2 systems?
A. Doing a contrastive analysis
B. The differences between L1 and L2 usually hinder language learners
C. There is a "word spurt" among young language learners which hinders their learning together
another language
D. Children learning a second language develop a process of creative construction
1034. Knowledge and ability for languages use is ___________.
A. Competence
C. Communicative Competence
B. Performance
D. Communicative Performance
1035. It refers to the interpretation of individual message elements in terms of their
interconnectednesa and of how meaning is represented in relationship to the entire discourse
or text.
A. Discourse Competence
B. Grammatical Competence
C. Sociolinguistic Competence
D. Strategic Competence
1036. It refers to an understanding of the social context in which communication takes place,
including role-relationships, the shared information of the participants and the communicative
purpose for their interaction.
A. Discourse Competence
B. Grammatical Competence
C. Sociolinguistic Competence
D. Strategic Competence
1037. It refers to the coping strategies that communicators employ to initiate, terminate, repair,
redirect communication.
A. Discourse Competence
C. Sociolinguistic Competence
B. Grammatical Competence
D. Strategic Competence
1038. Which is weak statement?
A. Speaker's knowledge of the linguistic system of a given language is competence.
B. Speaker's actual manifestation of linguistic knowledge or ability of the features and elements
of a language is one's performance.
C. Grammatical competence is also known as linguistic competence.
D. Linguistic competence covers one's knowledge of the rules of grammar focusing on parts of
speech, subject-verb agreement, use of tense and appropriate modifiers and qualifiers.
1039. When a person utters a sequence of words, the speaker is often trying to achieve some
effect with those words. Which is the right concept?
A. Language
B. Speech Act
C. Utterance
D. Language Use
1040. These are conclusions, which can be drawn from the utterance which are not strictly
there in the linguistic meaning.
A. Inferences
B. Conversation
C. Implicatures
D. Pragmatics
1041. Which rule of conversation is observed when one gives the right amount of information
when talking?
A. Maxim of Quality
B. Maxim of Quantity
C. Maxim of Relevance
D. Maxim of Manner
1042. Sonnet XIV from "Sonnet from the Portuguese" speaks about loving a person for:
A. Love's sake
C. Beauty's sake
B. Pity's sake
D. Wealth's sake
1043. A sonnet is a/an _______________.
A. 17 syllable poem
B. 16-line lyric
C. 14-lyric poem
D. 31 syllable poem
1044. John Keats' last sonnet was ______________.
A. Sonnet from the Portuguese
B. Ode on a Grecian Um
C. Destruction of Sennacherib
D. When I have Fears that I may Cease to be
1045. What is known as a body of poetry, which originated from among the common people of
England?
A. Ode
B. Ballad
C. Elegy
D. Lyric poems
1046. In the poem "Lord Randal", what happened to the young man in the end?
A. He died for his lover
C. He poisoned his lover
B. He died of a sick heart
D. He slept because of exhaustion
1047. Snow White: Apple; Persephone: ____________
A. Ares
B. Ambrosia
C. Olives
D. Pomegranate
1048. Prometheus: Forethought; Epimetheus: ____________
A. Desire
B. Stygian thoughts
C. Afterthought
D. Wanderlust
1049. Greco-Roman Myths: Zeus; Norse Myths: _________________
A. Frigg
B. Tyr
C. Odin
C. Thor
1050. He is known as the father of Filipino printing.
A. Felipe Lacorte
C. Evaristo Calderon
B. Tomas Pinpin
D. Graciano Del Pilar
1051. The first Philippine religious newspaper.
A. La Solidaridad
C. El Catolico Filipino
B. El Filibusterismo
D. La Esperanza
1052. The first daily newspaper.
A. Succesos Feliceals
C. Aviso Al Publico
B. La Esperanza
D. La Solidaridad
1053. The basis of all news.
A. Proximity
B. Impact
1054. The oldest existing newspaper.
C. Conflict
D. Facts
A. The Manila Times
C. The Philippine Star
B. The Daily Inquirer
D. The Business World
1055. It is a type of lead that includes the 5W's and 1H.
A. Conventional or summary
C. Direct
B. Novelty
D. Indirect
1056. It is an article that states the newspaper's ideas on an issue.
A. News
B. Feature
C. Sports
D. Editorial
1057. It is the trademark of good journalistic writing.
A. Word economy
C. Quotation
B. Oversimplification
D. Generalization
1058. A prominent news story written like a piece of short fiction.
A. Feature story
B. News story C. Editorial
D. Entertainment
1059. The purpose of news.
A. to entertain B. to inform
C. to persuade D. to interpret an issue
1060. The purpose of features.
A. to entertain
B. to inform
C. to persuade D. to interpret an issue
1061. The structure used in writing a news story.
A. stand on issue
B. suspended interest
C. inverted pyramid
D. pyramid structure
1062. The engraved or printed name of the newspaper.
A. Folio
B. Masthead
C. Nameplate
D. Index
1063. The principal headline bearing the boldest and biggest type.
A. Fold B. Byline
C. Banner
D. Cutline
1064. The press is considered the fourth estate because it ____________.
A. checks all branches of governement
B. is a powerful political force
C. is an adversary of government
D. acts as the fourth branch of government
1065. ____________ is the process when media people control the public's access to news.
A. Gate keeping
B. Correlating C. Channeling D. Agenda Setting
1066. ____________ is shown when the government prohibited the press from interviewing
President Estrada.
A. Media Law B. Censorship C. Prior restraint
D. Gag order
1067. _____________ states that mass media should be state owned to best serve the
government.
A. Social responsibility
C. Libetarianism
B. Soviet
D. Authoritarianism
1068. A TV network released a gory shot of a murder victim an in return the network was
accused of violations. What justification can the network give?
A. It has used impartial judgment in the public interest
B. It has maintained fair play in selecting the content
C. It was done in good taste
D. It has proved a forum for pertinent comment
1069. When communication medium focuses the public attention to issues for the consensus to
be reached, then it performs/functions as _____________.
A. Sentinal
B. Arena
C. Instructor
D. Regulator
1070. What would strengthen mass media's advocacy of ideas?
A. The newspaper make their stand on certain issues openly in the editorials
B. The newspaper is careful in giving their strands on issues
C. Issues can come out without management's interference
D. All of the above
1071. This television action supports the government's effort to achieve progress and stability.
A. Entertains to ease political and economic tension
B. Disseminates government plans and projects
C. Motivates public interest to support government's projects
D. All of the above
1072. ____________ is conducted after prior appointment.
A. Informal interview
C. Formal interview
B. Telephone interview
D. On the spot interview
1073. This best describes development journalism.
A. Writte in inverted pyramid form
B. Interprets the facts to the reader
C. Crowd is taken seriously during reporting so as to add color
D. Aims to bring about the attainment of higher quality of life
1074. The water gate scandal is an example of ______________ journalism.
A. precision
B. yellow
C. investigative
D. paranormal
1075. Which of these should be "minimized" when designing a powerpoint presentation?
A. Eye catching features
C. Animation
B. Use of sound
D. All of the above
1076. Which could be the most appropriate graphic organizer to give students if you want them
to show the intensity of events in a story?
A. Semantic web
C. Plot diagram
B. Word map
D. Cornering the conflict
1077. Which is not a characteristic of a good presentation of a language item/function?
A. clear
B. interactive
C. lively
D. intricate
1078. Which one will you do as a teacher to develop the students' spontaneous use of the
language structure/function?
A. Give them a structured practice exercise
B. Allow them to create a scenario in a and use the language structure/function learned
C. Let them answer a convergent questions
D. Practice writing a set of sentences where the language structure/function is used in context
1079. Miss Valdez would like to show her students the different classes of Nouns and their
examples. Which graphic organizer will you recommend her to use?
A. Heirarchical array
C. Linear array
B. Word bubble
D. Concept map
1080. How will you assist your students in remembering the sequence of events that happened
in the story?
A. Timelines
B. Flow chart
C. Plot diagram
D. Story train
1081. Which graphic organizer is best to use if you want your class to compare and contrast the
characters in the story?
A. Flow chart
C. Venn diagram
B. Herringbone technique
D. Semantic map
1082. After reading a story, the teacher would like to check her students' comprehension as
well as theie knowledge of the story structure. This requires them to use a number of words to
fill in eight blanks about characters, etc. Which strategy will she use to facilitate this?
A. Recipe for a Good Book
C. Story Tree
B. Telling stories with Tangrams
D. Culture kit
1083. From a literary piece read, the student has to choose a particular character and performs
a monologue. Which instructional strategy does the teacher employ?
A. Fitting Character to a T
B. One Person Show
C. Posting Postcards
D. 3 W's Chart
1084. Why is it important to preview the materials before presenting them to the students?
A. For the teacher to enjoy watching them
B. For the teacher to determine whether they are appropriate to the students and the lesson
objectives
C. For the teacher to check if the materials are good visual quality
D. For the teacher to determine what questions about the material
1085. Which is a versatile Microsoft program which allows images, sounds, graphics, and video
to be placed together in a file?
A. Microsoft Word
C. Microsoft Publisher
B. Microsoft Excel
D. Microsoft Moviemaker
1086. Which is not a common source of materials for online learning?
A. Websites
C. CD-ROMs and DVDs
B. Newspapers and magazines
D. Intranets
1087. Why are networks helpful in the teacher's delivery of lessons?
A. It allows students to have access to the same program/file at the same time
B. It allows students to study by themselves
C. It allows students to copy their classmate's work
D. It allows students to work safely
1088. When is a medium considered "instructional"?
A. When it facilitates communication and learning
B. When it is made by the teacher
C. When it is used in the classroom
D. When it is visual
1089. Utilizing materials in the ASSURE procedural model refers to:
A. Selecting, modifying and designing materials
B. Planning how the materials will be used and how much time will be spent using them
C. Requiring learners to practice what they have learned
D. Adopting, constructing or adapting materials
1090. Movements can emphasize important points. How is this possible?
A. Nervous gestures can distract attention from point to be made
B. Pausing and shifting to one position can signal the beginning of a new topic
C. Leaving the open-front position while explaining a point
D. A static scene attracts the eyes of the learners and guides them to focus on the lesson
stressed
1091. The novel by Victor Hugo which serves as the vehicle for his social ideas; Mon are
essentially equal; the poor are crushed by the prejudices of organized society; etc. is
A. The Hunchback of Notredame
C. Les Miserables
B. Songs of the Orient
D. The Count of Monte Cristo
1092. The story written by Washington Irving, which tells of a man who slept for twenty years
while hunting on the Catskill Mountain in
A. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
C. The Cask of Amontillado
B. Rip Van Winkle
D. The Wooden Horse
1093. The Epic of England
A. Le Morte de Arthur
C. Canterburry Tales
B. Beowulf
D. Robin Hood
1094. The Epic of France is a
A. Song of Roland
C. The Count of Monte Cristo
B. Les Miserables
D. Autumn Leaves
1095. The Epic of Spain
A. Song of Roland
C. Don Quixote de la Mancha
B. Beowulf
D. El Cid
1096. The Epic of Rome is
A. Odyssey
C. Iliad
B. Aeneid
D. Divine Comedy
1097. The Epic of Germany
A. The Song of Roland
C. Beowulf
B. Nibelungenlied
D. Mein Kamft
1098. The World’s Longest Epic
A. Ramayana
C. Odyssey
B. Iliad
D. Mahabharata
1099. The epic of the Philippines
A. Aligayon
C. Handiong
B. Biagni Lam-ang
D. Bantugan
1110. The Colombian writer of the Novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” who popularized
magical realism
A. Pablo Neruda
C. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B. Artemio Cruz
D. Cesar Fuentes
1111. A NOVEL ORIGINATED IN Spain; one which present society through the eyes of Rogue and
usually includes biting satire or moral commentary
A. Social novel
C. Picaresque novel
B. Satirical novel
D. Postmodern novel
1112. Dante Alighieri’s most noted work which was an outgrowth of the political strife of his
period and his great love for Beatrice whom he worshipped from a distance.
A. Decameron
C. Divine Comedy
B. Federogo’s Falcon
D. Swiss Family Robinson
1113. Daniel Defoe’s novel about the life of a civilized man’s survival on an island with primitive
resources.
A. Robinson Crusoe
C. Gulliver’s Travels
B. Castaway
D. Swiss Family Robinson
1114. The Bard from avon and England’s greatest dramatist
A. Christopher Marlowe
C. Sir Walter Releigh
B. William Shakespeare
D. Lord Alfred Tennyson
1115. The Epic of Persia
A. Epic of Gilgamesh
C. Arabian Nights
B. Shah Namah
D. Sinbad the Sailor
1116. The Father of Greek Tragedy
A. Euripides
C. Sophocles
B. Aristophanes
D. Aeschylus
1117. The Italian writer who wrote the political treatise “ The Prince”
A. Francesco Petrach
C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Giovanni Boccaccio
D. Dante Alighieri
1118. The Novel of Revenge by Alexander Dumas from which Jose Rizal Patterned his “El
Filibusterismo”
A. The Count of Monte Cristo
C. Les Miserables
B. Hayden Christenson
D. Hans Christian Andersen
1119. The Danish poet, novelist, and dramatist who told fairy tales that fascinated the world
A. Leo Tolstoy
C. Anton Chekov
B. Hayden Christensen
D. Hans Christian Andersen
1120. Leo Tolstoy’s novel that openly defies the established code of marriage and explores the
powers love
A. War and Peace
C. Anna Karenina
B. God sees the truth but waits
D. The Angels among us
1121. The English poet and critic who proposed a literary canon by saying “Literature is the best
that is ever thought of and written”
A. Matthew Arnold
C. Terry Eagleton
B. Wilfred Owen
D. T. S. Elliot
1122. The English Writer who popularized epigrams in his essays
A. Alexander Pope
B. Sir Francis Bacon
C. John Donne
D. Sir Walter Leigh
1123. The Irish Dramatist who popularized the “theatre of the absurd” with his “waiting for
Godot”
A. Eugene O Neill
C. Joseph Conrad
B. Arthur Miller
D. Samuel Beckett
1124. A group of stories written by Chancer, presumably from those told by people on a a
pilgrimage while resting at Tabard Inn
A. General Prologue
C. Canterbury Tales
B. Troilus and Criseyde
D. Romance of the Rose
1125. The following statements are good practices that can ensure effective teaching and
learning. Which is a malpractice?
A. Having eye contact with your learners is extremely helpful in controlling attention.
B. A little sarcasm could be an effective technique to capture learners' attention.
C. The front of the classroom, the stage can be divided into six sections. The front section is
generally the strongest area. Staying there would surely hold attention.
D. Be natural and enthusiastic in class. You "energy level" directly affects your learners
response.
1126. The following are ways of underscoring important concepts written on a chalkboard.
Which is an exception?
A. Use colored chalk
C. Underline the written concept
B. Write in boldface
D. Emphasize the lecture
1127. Which of the following schools of literary criticism can best be applied in the teaching of
novel "The Little Women" by Louisa May?
A. Genre Criticism
C. New Criticism
B. Feminism
D. Reeader-Response Theory
1128. According to the poem "Lochinvar", the protagonist is:
A. a laggard in love
C. dastard in war
B. to wed fair Ellen
D. the lover of Ellen
1129. "I can only sign on his cruel kindness", which literary device is present in this line?
A. Oxymoron
B. Hyperbole
C. Metaphor
D. Paradox
1130. "My handsome classmate is fond of chasing skirts", the literay device used in this line is
_____________.
A. Synecdoche B. Euphemism C. Metonymy
D. Allusion
1131. _____________ are the prosodic properties that from part of the make up of sounds no
matter what their place or manner of articulation is.
A. Suprasegmentals B. Pitch
C. Junctures
D. Intonations
1132. Since linguists describe a language beginning with the phonological level and finishing
with the sentence level, it is assumed that the appropriate sequence of learning is from
________________.
A. sound of sentence
B. sound to word
C. word of sentence
D. sentence to word
1133. The syntactice structure that allows learners to expand basic sentences in English by
conjoining two or more words, phrases or sentence is _____________.
A. predication B. modification
C. complementation D. coordination
1134. It is a listening to distinguish auditory or visual stimuli.
A. Discriminative
B. Comprehensive
C. Therapeutic D. Critical
1135. It is the ability to fill in gaps in the input.
A. Drawing inferences
B. Making predictions
C. Listening selectively
D. Listening for details
1136. It is a listening to evaluate the message.
A. Discriminative
B. Comprehensive
C. Therapeutic D. Critical
1137. Your bestfriend came to your house crying because her boyfriend decided to put an end
to their relationship. What type of purposeful listening will you be involved in?
A. Discriminative
B. Comprehensive
C. TherapeuticD. Critical
1138. In teaching speaking, the language learners should recognize three areas of knowledge
that are inherent in oral communication. Which of the followin is not included in these areas?
A. Mechanics B. Notions
C. Functions
D. Rules and norms
1139. Impromptu monologues wherein students are encouraged to speak about their feelings
about a particular literary work and their perceptions of how the work applies to their belief
system primarily address assessment in which domain?
A. Cognitive
B. Social
C. Psychomotor
D. Affective
1140. Students watch a self-contained video clip from a film divided into several parts. Working
in pairs, they tell each other what they think will happen at each stage. Which one way listening
task do you involve your students in?
A. restoration task
B. reconstruction task
C. prediction task
D. comparison task
1141. Which of the following words can be paired with improvised to express the relationship
similar to that expressed in the given pair of words? tactum :: laconic :: improvised ::
__________________.
A. practiced
B. planned
C. prepared
"Pedagogic by Cirilo F. Bautista"
D. unrehearsed
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—
till one tree spoke, speaking in dolor,
to ask why I never changed color.
1142. What figure of speech is used in the first two lines of the poem?
A. Personification
B. Allusion
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
1143. The primary theme of the poem is emphasized through the use of ____________.
A. Hyperbole
B. Irony
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
1144. Using the Romantic Theory, the similitude and dissimilitude in this poem is ___________.
A. beauty un ugliness
C. knowledge in ignorance
B. humility in pride
D. happiness in sorrow
1144. The Romantic theorists will like the poem because ______________.
A. the subject matter and the language are commonplace
B. it emphasizes love of nature
C. it gives a moral lesson
D. the use of personification for the tress in interesting
1144. Critical reading involves ______________.
A. Elaborating on or modifying what is read
B. Paraphrasing the material for understanding
C. Identifying the accuracy of the information
D. Interpreting the ideas in the text
1145. What is the synonym for the underlined word as it is used in this sentence, "it seems easy for
people to assume a holier-than-thou attitude - an air of superior morality, and judge the Congressman's
wife as an uncaring and irresponsible mother for disowning her only daughter?
A. Unassuming B. Self-righteous
C. Godly
D. Finesse
1146. The type of context clue for holier-than-thou in the sentence above is _____________.
A. Definition
B. Synonym
C. Example
D. Cause-Effect
1147. Which of the following pairs of words contain dichotomy of ideas?
A. arid - dry
B. ameliorate - worsen
C. bravado - boldness
D. maudlin - sentimental
1148. What device or trick that helps the learner remember the words is shown in the example?
"It is an aBOMinable crime."
A. Cliche
C. Mnemonics
B. Jargonized word
D. Etymology
"Lyric 17 by Jose Garcia Villa"
First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a sea-gull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold 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.
1149. The 5th line, "It must be slender as a bell", means that a poem ______________.
A. has shape like of a slender bell
B. is clean and lean
C. goes on a diet to get rid of excess words
D. includes only important words
1150. The 4th line, "And hold secret a bird’s flowering" can be best interpreted as ___________.
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.
1151. The major goal of methods such as SQ3R is to enhance which of the following?
A. Integrating topics in different subject areas
B. Evaluating the quality of a literary work
C. Learning information from content-area materials
D. Identifying the sequence of events in a narrative work
1152. A text includes the word "antidisestablishmentarianism", which is unfamiliar to students. The
teacher will most likely clarify the meaning of the word by _____________.
A. Having the students enter the word in their ongoing list of new vocabulary words, and then look up
its definition independently.
B. Using explicit explanation to describe the meaning of the word to the students before they read the
text.
C. Helping the students apply structural analysis to construct and confirm the word's meaning.
D. Asking the students to paraphrase the sentence that contains the word by substituting a synonym for
the word.
1153. Questions that ask information that has been suggested are called ______________.
A. Inference questions
C. Literal questions
B. Main idea questions
D. Figurative questions
1154. Skimming is likely to be the most effective strategy for accomplishing which of the following
reading tasks?
A. Reading quickly to evaluate the validity of information.
B. Previewing a chapter in a content-area textbook.
C. Synthesizing information from various sources for a research.
D. Studying specific facts for a content-area material.
1155. The following statements are true about "main idea" except:
A. It is the particular point the author is trying to convey
B. It can be stated in one sentence
C. It can be clasified as stated and unstated
D. It develops, explains, and proves the major idea
1156. Which of the following should be the primary focus of instruction for English language learners in
the prewriting stage of the writing process?
A. Helping students generate the vocabulary and structures they need to express their ideas.
B. Justifying for students the value of and purposes for writing.
C. Providing students with clear guidelines regarding assignment expectations and grading criteria.
D. Promoting students' use of standard.
1157. Which of the following are stages of writing development?
I. Pictorial
II. Transitional
III. Scribbling
IV. Unconventional
A. I & II only
C. I, II & III only
B. I & III only
D. I, II, III & IV
1158. Which of the following are key components of brainstorming?
I. Organizing ideas
II. Generating questions to be researched
III. Listing examples associated with a given topic
IV. Evaluating information
A. I & II only
C. I, II & III only
B. II & III only
D. I, II, III & IV
1159. An English language learner overgeneralized the regular past tense -ed to irregular verbs, such as
"goed" for go and "putted" for put. This student most clearly demonstrated ___________.
A. The memorization of an incorrect verb form
B. The acquisition of a new vocabulary word
C. The extension of a known word to a new meaning
D. The process of internalizing a grammatical rule
1160. The following writers were awarded Novel Prize for literature, EXCEPT:
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Yasunari Kawabata
C. William Faukner
D. Allen Ginsberg
1161. The following are lyric poems except:
A. Limerick
B. Sonnet
C. Blank verse
D. Haiku
"The New Collossus by Emma Lazarus"
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 lightning, 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!"
1162. The main idea of the poem is that _______________.
A. The Greek statue serves as a model for the American statue
B. The mighty are asked to come to these shores
C. America welcomes all persecuted freedom-lovers
D. The lamp guides those who come to the golden door
1163. The title of this poem, "The New Collossus", implies _______________.
A. Similarity to the old
C. Acceptance of the old
B. Inferiority to the old
D. Diffrence from the old
1164. The incorrectly matched phrase from the poem with the figure of speech or poetic device it
demonstrates is ______________.
A. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she - synecdoche
B. "shall stand a mighty woman" - inversion
C. "world-wide welcome" - alliteration
D. "flame is the imprisoned lightning" - metaphor
When I died last, and, Dear, I die
As often as from thee I go,
Though it be but an hour ago,
And Lovers' hours be full eternity,
- The Legacy by John Donne
1165. The lines of the stanza are structured as elements of __________.
A. Antithesis
B. Hyperbole
C. Litotes
D. Narrative poem
1166. Alberto Florentino is known for his one-act play _____________.
A. The World is an Apple
C. Three Rats
B. The Love of Leonor Rivera
D. Condemned
"Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson"
"Hope" is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words --
And never stops -- at all -And sweetest -- in the Gale -- is heard -And sore must be the storm -That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -I've heard it in the chillest land -And on the strangest Sea -Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb -- of Me.
1167. Which of the following is true of the poem?
A. It uses iambic pentameter
C. It is classified as sonnet
B. It uses metaphor
D. It uses an oxymoron
1168. The transferee speaks more fluently than _____________.
A. me
B. I
C. mine
D. my
1169. My friend answers a question as if she ___________ an expert in the field of language teaching
and learning.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. were
1170. Former President Noynoy Aquino complained that he was not given the 100 day honeymoon from
carping ____________.
A. critiques
B. critics
C. criticism
D. critically
1171. I ______________ to Mom before Dad came home.
A. talked
C. had talked
B. have talked
D. will have talked
1172. This lectal approach to grouping speakers has a speech style which closely approximates that of
formal general American English and this accepted in educated Filipino circles.
A. Acrolect
B. Mesolect
C. Basilect
D. Recollect
1173. Halliday (1975) stated that there are seven categories of language functions. Which of the
following does not match the function to its examples?
A. imaginative :: storytelling
C. regulatory :: interviews
B. interactioal :: discussion
D. informative :: reports
A feature article has this headline:
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
1174. What is wrong with this headline?
A. It is too long.
B. It is vague.
C. It is a cliche.
D. It is an idiom.
The school paper wanted to point out the good or the bad features of a second problem or
some situation mentioned in the news that concerns and interests readers.
1175. What type of editorial should cover this?
A. Editorial of criticism or persuasion
B. Editorial of appreciation or tribute
C. Interpretative editorial
D. Editorial of entertainment
1176. What contributes to the declining use of the inverted pyramid in school papers?
A. Technological advances
B. School news are known before they get printed
C. School papers are seldom timely
D. Radio and TV affecting news presentation in the dailies
1177. This refers to what Max Jennings called as:
A. "start of data gatherers"
B. "advent of computer age"
C. "age post-modern writers"
D. "age of flexible journalists"
1178. Which of the following is not true about the inverted pyramid?
A. It makes makeup easier
B. It satisfies curiosity in a logical way
C. It delays the reader to get the information
D. It makes the work of the copydesk easier
1179. It describes the publication's editorial purpose and sets the standards for staff members.
A. Publications policy
B. Editorial policy
C. Stylebook
D. Code of ethics
1180. Which of the following is not an advantage of an hourglass style of news writing?
A. The important news is presented high in the story
B. It keeps readers in the story and leads up to a real conclusion
C. It discourages editors from slashing from the bottom
D. It avoids a balance structure, unlike the inverted pyramid
1181. This results when the material cannot be used and reporters must decide whether the
information they could potentially gain under these circumstances is worth it.
A. on the record
C. on deep background
B. off the record
D. on background
1182. Used un sizing pictures, this consists of two circular disks of plastic - one smaller than the
other - to compare the width and depth of photo with the width and depth of the space it will
take up in the newspaper.
A. Digital camera
C. Proportion wheel
B. Halftoning
D. Cropping
1183. This type of interview is considered the most common and the most relaxing for both the
reporter and the source because the toughest and most threatening questions are saved for
near the end. It is called _____________.
A. funnel interview
B. inverted-funnel interview
C. ambush interview
D. telephone interview
1184. Unity is one of the elements of an effective makeup. How can it be achieved?
A. By having like or unlike units balance each other
B. By displaying the news according to importance
C. By seeing to it that the content of every page and of every double page spread blend into
harmonious unit
D. By sizing the picture properly to keep with other shapes on the page and by letting the head
and cut on a page contrast with adjoining materials
1185. It is the greatest service an editorial writer can perform and it is where the prestige and
respect that are reflected through public confidence in and acceptance of the press lie.
A. truth
B. service
C. fairness
D. accuracy
1186. It is considered the highest expression of press freedom in different newspapers in the
Philippines:
A. editorial writing
C. feature writing
B. news writing
D. column writing
1187. The copy reader decides to have the first line of the headline printed flushed left and be
followed by two indented parallel lines. What structure of a headline does the copyreader
follow?
A. dropline or step form
B. hanging indention
C. flush left
D. inverted pyramid
1188. An advance story is one type of sports story that builds up enthusiasm for coming events.
It can be effectively written using various types of writing a story except for:
A. straight news story
B. feature story
C. background story
D. prediction story
1189. A well-made page that produces an agreeable overall pattern that makes text easier to
read can be achieved by:
A. balancing and contrasting the different typographical elements
B. appropriately positioning the half tone color
C. avoiding clashes between editorial and other content displays
D. all of the above
1190. The placement of the story on the front page of newspaper should be determined by:
A. the importance of a news story
B. the recency of a news story
C. the lenght of a news story
D. the proximity of a news story
1191. Which of the following is not the duty if proofreader?
A. Sees to it that the headline is typographically correct and well-written
B. Checks whether erratic compositions like transposed or inverted letters and loose types are
set right
C. Rewrites the story completely if it is poorly written
D. All of the above
1192. Which of the following does not follow the rules for spelling and numerals as applied to
adjectival forms?
A. two-million-member union
C. 40-hour week
B. 3-day trip
D. 3.5 inch wood
1193. When an editor and copyreader cross out offensive or suggestive words, bearing in mind
that their readers include children and person of great sensibility, they adhere to what ethical
standards set by the Philippine press?
A. accuracy, truthfulness, objectivity
B. respect for privacy or for private reputation
C. personal behavior, manners
D. decency, courtesy and good taste
1194. In this type of feature, the reporter is duty bound to make special stress upon the
personal traits, characterisitics, point of view and philosphy, as well as achievements, of a
personality.
A. human-interest sketch
B. personality sketch
C. biographical feature
D. feature interview
1195. In the headline BRITISH RAIL TO SHED 5, 000 JOBS, shed meand:
A. control
B. suspend
C. get rid of
D. create
1196. What is the prime function of the editorial page?
A. provides legitimate place for the expression of opinion and exposure of bias
B. shows leadership, entertainment, variety and interpretation of the daily events
C. declares the newspaper's policies and principles
D. weighs both sides of a controversy with broad perspective and deep understanding
1197. For him, the meaning of editorial is, "It is the expression of the people's conscience ,
cause and convictions". Who said said this line?
A. Joseph Pulitzer
C. A. Gaye Waldrop
B. Arthur Capper
D. Rufus Terral
People could translate into actual life the aspirations, the dreams, of my characters.
For me, the art of creation is indeed the art of becoming truly human. Through reading one
could assume the character of a person different from the self. One has no aspiration other
than to be able to obtain one's conception of that ideal to become an authentic person.
- Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.
1198. What philosophical idea does the author advance?
A. Literature imitates life.
C. Characters live lives of their own.
B. Life imitates literature.
D. Characters fulfill human dreams.
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more. Death, thou shall die.
- John Donne
1199. What is the figure of speech used in the lines above?
A. antithesis
B. litotes
C. oxymoron
D. paradox
Nor is it necessary to portray many main characters. Let two people be the center of
gravity in your story: he and she.
- Anton Chekhov
1200. Aside from stories, this advice works best in a:
A. novel
B. haiku
C. memoir
D. drama
1201. Which of the following is not true about dialogue?
A. Dialogue is used to reveal, admit, incite, accuse, lie, etc.
B. Dialogue is an economical way of defining character
C. Dialogue is often useful for getting across the subtext
D. Dialogue renders the way human beings really speak
The sea has a laugh
And the cliff a frown;
For the laugh of the sea
Is wearing him down.
"The Frowning Cliff" by: Herbert Asquith
1202. The stanza above demonstrates the use of:
A. symbols
B. simile
C. personification
D. metaphor
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God
save us from vague generalizations. Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it
clear from his actions.
- Anton Chekhov
1203. What principle in writing is stressed by Chekhov in the passage?
A. show, don't tell
C. be specific
B. revise, revise, revise
D. dramatize
1204. "Everything in a story, declared novelist P.G. Wodehouse, should be carefully figured out
ahead of time". This means the Wodehouse is using a technique called ___________.
A. anticipating
B. scaffolding
C. editing
D. predicting
1205. One popular archetypal image is color. In the mythological/archetypal approach, green
means ____________.
A. sorrow
B. death
C. decay
D. jealousy
1206. The concepts of affective fallacy and intentional fallacy are associated with
____________.
A. American New Criticism
B. Postcolonial Theory
C. Struturalist Literary Theory
D. Theory of Deconstruction
1207. The concept of aporia is associated with the _____________.
A. American New Criticism
B. Postcolonial Theory
C. Struturalist Literary Theory
D. Theory of Deconstruction
1208. The concepts of actual consciousness and ascribed consciousness are important in the
________________ literary theory approach.
A. psychoanalytical
C. feminist
B. marxist
D. mythological-archetypal
1209. The distinct funtion in a Filipino epic is ______________ which is not present in a
Western epic.
A. the hero dies and resurrects
C. the hero is defeated in battle
B. the hero dies of old age
D. the hero lives abroad
"The lonely Soul by: R.E.G Armattoe"
I met an old woman
A man talks to himself
Talking by herself
If showers of sorrows
Down a lonely road.
Fall down like arrows
Talking to herself,
The lone wayfarer
Laughing all the time,
May talk by himself.
Talking to herself
So an old woman
Down a country road.
On lone country roads,
Child, you cannot know
Laughing all the time,
Why folks talk alone.
May babble to herself
If the road be long
To keep the tears away.
And travellers none,
Woman, you are sad!
‘Tis the same with me
1210. Who does the speaker address as child in line 8?
A. son or daughter
C. persona
B. the author
D. young generation
1211. What might the "showers" in line 13 be?
A. heavy rain
B. problems
C. tears
D. hurtful words
1213. What is the tone of this proverb from Kenya: Gutire muthenya ukiaga ta ungi. (No day
dawns like another.)
A. hopeful
B. bored
C. high-spirited
D. uninterested
1214. What view on women does this proverb from Ghana hold? Mmea se, "Wo ho ye fe," a,
ene ka. (When the women say to you, "You are a handsome fellow,", that means you are
going to run into debt.)
A. Women get their way through flattery
B. Women know how to appreciate beauty
C. Women are spendthrift
D. Women are sincere in dealing with peope
1215. Below is a Tanka.
"The end of my journey by Oshikochi"
The end of my journey
Was still far off,
But in the tree-shade
Of the summer mountain
I stood, my mind floating
What state of mind is suggested by the phrase "my mind floating" in the tanka?
A. contemplation
B. hangover
C. jet lag
1216. Below is a Haiku by Issa.
A morning glory vine
all blossoming, has thatched
this hut of mine.
What is the theme of the Haiku?
A. Human beings are helpless over the wrath of nature.
B. Nature transforms something plain into something beautiful.
C. Human beings are held in awe at the beauty of nature.
D. Nature mirrors human emotion and offers comfort.
1217. Below is a Haiku from Basho.
Old pond:
frog jump-in
D. peace of mind
water-sound
What contrasting images are presented in the Haiku?
A. life and death
C. poverty and richness
B. change and permanence
D. power and weakness
1218. Below is a Tanka.
"I Waited and I by Princess Nukada Mitsuna"
I waited and I
Yearned for you.
My blind
Stirred at the touch
Of the autumn breeze
How does the persona feel?
A. hungry
B. lost
C. sensitive
D. longing
1219. In "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick, what is the persona's main
message?
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.
A. Be wise in marriage to make life more worthwhile.
B. Marry now, or you may never have another chance.
C. Gather the rosebuds now, before the roses bloom.
D. Choose only lovers who, like roses, are of the highest order.
1220. What lesson does the speaker learn Alfred Edward Housman's, "When I Was One-andTwenty?
"The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue."
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
A. The speaker realizes the value of listening to pieces of advice.
B. The speaker learns the foolishness of disobeying his elders.
C. The speaker realizes the folly and pain of youthful love.
D. The speaker learns the stupidity of wasting his youth.
1221. A collection of literary pieces
A. Prose
B. Biography
C. Anthology
D. Diary
1222. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
A. Epic
B. Sonnet
C. Verse
D. Prose
1223. If you send in an order ________________ mail, we recommend that you phone our sales division
directly to confirm the order.
A. near
B. for
C. on
D. by
1224. Cooks must remember that some raw foods are very _____________ and should be refrigerated
or chilled until ready to be eaten or cooked.
A. peripheral
B. perishable
C. periodic
D. permanent
1225. "Accounts receivable" is owed to a company, ____________ "accounts payable" is money owed
by the company to creditors.
A. otherwise
B. whereas
C. such as
D. in order that
1226. One of the most frequent complains among airline passengers is that there is not
_______________ legroom.
A. enough
B. many
C. very
D. plenty
1227. Questions which give a wider scope to the responder, do not bias the content of the response,
and vital for information gathering as they are the least directive are known as ______________.
A. Limited-response
C. Closed-response
B. Probing
D. Open-response
1228. Mr. Robert, a fresh college graduate who works in the Manila city hall as a clerk, filed a complaint
because he worked overtime. The court dismissed the case because ______________.
A. he is a government employee
B. he is a fresh graduate
C. he works as a clerk
D. all of the above
1229. All of the following are characteristics of ESP, except:
A. Goal-oriented
C. Discipline-Specific
B. Teacher-centered
D. Based on students' needs
1230. When preparing a material for an ESP class, the nest step to do after assessing and analyzing the
need is:
A. Test the validity
C. Identify the supplementary texts
B. Establish specifiic objectives D. Organize the lessons, activities, and exercises
1231. All of the following objectives are aligned with the sample text above, except:
A. Get the main idea of the text
B. Summarize the information presented in the text
C. Present a panel discussion on Greenhouse gasses
D. Identify the effects of Greenhouse gasses to the environment
1232. The approach to teaching writing which is closely associated with the development of genre
analysis as a key approach to text in ESP refers to ______________.
A. Social constructivist approach
C. Process approach
B. Product approach
D. Controlled approach
1232. In Ms. Teano's speech class, the students presented a panel discussion. They were graded using a
rubric, which separately scores each criteria. What type of rubric did Ms. Teano use?
A. Subjective
B. Objective
C. Analytic
D. Holistic
1233. The reading component of an ESP requires a balance between skills and language development.
The following are the key skills to be learned except:
A. Selecting what is relevant for the current purpose
B. Identifying organizational patterns
C. Deducing the meaning of vocabulary from the context
D. Skimming for content and meaning
1234. Mr. Santos conducts tests to assess whether students have the requisite language and skills to
undertake a particular academic course or career, and level of their achievement. Mr. Santos performs
as a _______________.
A. Collaborator B. Course designer
C. Researcher
D. Evaluator
1235. Mr. Cruz, an ESP practitioner, decides to use a table of statistics to teach the language of
comparison. Which constitute the carrier content of the lesson?
A. Language comparison
B. Statistics
C. Method used by the teacher
D. Choice of materials to fit the needs of the learner
1236. For practitioners of English for Business Purposes, acquiring knowledge and understanding in the
following areas is necessary EXCEPT:
A. An understanding of the business people's expectations and learning strategies
B. Some knowledge of management theories and practice
C. A knowledge of the communicative functioning of English in business contexts
D. First class training for business people
1237. When an ESP teacher chooses suitable published material, adapts material or even writes meterial
where nothing suitable exists, the teacher plays as:
A. Course designer
B. Researcher
C. Collaborator D. Evaluator
1238. Mr. Reyes handles a proficiency-enhancement program for Criminology students. At the onset of
the program, he conducted a needs assessment to identify their current level of proficiency. Mr. Reyes
focused on what type of needs analysis?
A. Target situation analysis
C. Pedagogic needs analysis
B. Present situation analysis
D. Competency-based analysis
1239. Before designing the English for Flight Attendants Syllabus, Mr. Cruz made a study on the most
frequent and necessary terms that Flight Attendants use. What type of analysis did Mr. Cruz conduct?
A. Pedagogic needs analysis
C. Discourse analysis
B. Target situation analysis
D. Register analysis
1240. The following constitute ESP courses EXCEPT:
A. A course that teaches undergraduate engineering students from various branches to write reports on
design projects.
B. A course design to prepare students for the Test of English as a Foreign language (TOEFL)
C. A course designed to teach social English to a group of business people
D. A course team-taught with a subject-lecturer, that helps post graduates of a particular discipline
understand department lectures
1241. When designing an ESP program, all of the following "needs" should be considered, except:
A. communicative skills required in the workplace
B. weaknesses or "lacks'
C. learning theories
D. learning styles
1242. Which among the following is an example of an ESP needs analysis?
A. Psychoanalysis
C. Material-bases Analysis
B. Structural Analysis
D. Target situation Analysis
1243. The Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA) collaborated with PNU to train the English
proficiency of Baristas who will be employed in Starbuck's Coffee Company in California. Which syllabus
would be the most appropriate to develop?
A. Skills-based syllabus
B. Method-based syllabus
C. Content-based syllabus
D. Knowledge-based syllabus
1244. A group of Korean nationals came to the Philippines to enhance their Basic Interpersonal
Communication Skills in English. What type of syllabus would be the most appropriate in this situation?
A. Skills-based syllabus
B. Method-based syllabus
C. Content-based syllabus
D. Knowledge-based syllabus
1245. "Kill me softly", a recruitment agency that sends butchers to Australia wants to enhance
the English oral communication proficiency of their prospective employees. Which syllabus
would be the most appropriate to develop?
A. Skills-based syllabus
C. Content-based syllabus
B. Method-based syllabus
D. Knowledge-based syllabus
1246. One ethical issue in action research ___________________________.
A. is whether or not to conduct a preliminary study
B. is whether or not to make the students aware of the study being done
C. is concerned with the use of quantitative methods
D. is asking permission from parents or school authorities
1247. The higher the correlation between the pretest amd posttest scores _______________.
A. the lower the reliability of the change scores
B. the higher the reliability of the change scores
C. the more difficult will be the prediction of posttest scores
D. the lower the validity of the posttest scores
1248. Which of the following variables is expirementally manipulative?
A. Students' reading comprehension
B. Teaching strategy
C. Linguistic background students
D. Teaching experience
1249. A thesis dissertation ____________________________________.
A. is similar to research proposal except for the research findings and discussion sections
B. is similar to research proposal except for the review of related literature and studies section
C. has the same parts as a research proposal
D. is as extensive as a research proposal
1250. Replication research is useful for __________________________.
A. determining the new variables that can be used in the study
B. finding out the significance of the study in the community
C. testing the hypothesis
D. purpose of generability
1251. It refers to the Press' duty of imparting events to our society with a view to present them
later on, in decent manner to the society people.
A. Social Responsibility
B. Legal Responsibility
C. Professional Responsibility
D. Reporter's Responsibility
1252. It refers to the responsibility of a journalist to have commitment in his work.
A. Professional Responsibility
B. Legal Responsibility
C. Social Responsibility
D. Reporter's Responsibility
1253. It refers to a journalist's responsibility of not intervening or inflicting to someone's
privacy or confidential matter until it is required to be brought notice to the public.
A. Legal Responsibility
B. Professional Responsbility
C. Social Responsibility
D. Reporter's Responsibility
1254. Marc Aaron has been exposed to a rich language environment because of mature adult
models he interacts with a home. As a result, he has come to have a film grasp of word
meanings in various situation. How would this exposure help him learn to read?
A. His comprehension will not be affected by word knowledge
B. His listening vocabulary is richer than his reading vocabulary
C. The print materials he reads will be different from his listening vocabulary
D. His knowledge of words in listening situations will help him comprehend the print
materials
1255. Teacher Robert includes 4 known words together with 5 new important words in
developing vocabular knowledge among her students. She chooses these 4 words based on
their relationship to the topic and to the new words she is going to introduce. Which of the
following principles of vocabulary instruction is applied by the teacher?
A. Be enthusiastic about content area language.
B. Limit the number of words taught in each unit.
C. Relate new vocabulary words to experiences and concepts that students know.
D. Repeatedly model how to determine a word's meaning in text materials
1256. Ms. Lontoc, an English teacher meets with her students individually to discuss revision
options on a draft, the strategies the students is using to write and revise the work, and the
students' progress as a writer. Ms. Lontoc is doing ________________.
A. Enculturation
C. Conferencing
B. Dialog thinking
D. Collaborative learning
1257. One principle in vocabulary instruction suggests that concepts be taught in semantically
related clusters. How is this nest applied in the classroom?
A. Let students match words in column A with their definitions in column B
B. Present vocabulary advance organizers
C. Conduct semantic feature analysis
D. Use textual context clues
1258. The application part of the lesson provides the students with a chance to respond
affectively to the learning gained in the classroom. The following are commendable lesson
endings EXCEPT:
A. Writing insights on reflection journals
B. Linking lessons to real life context
C. Responding creatively using multiple intelligences
D. Answering questions for convergent thinking
1259. Knowledge of text organization guides the reader's interaction and helps to determine
the important details of a selection. The following are the organizational patterns used in the
exposition EXCEPT:
A. Narration
C. Cause-Effect
B. Comparison-Contrast
D. Time Order
1260. The following are different aspects pf a subject that a writer considers in cubing as a
technique in generating ideas except:
A. Describing
B. Listing
C. Comparing
D. Arguing for or against it
1261. A technique for generating a pool of ideas in order to eventually select the most
appropriate ideas for use in writing or some other creative task.
A. Delayed copying
C. Dictocomp
B. Precis writing
D. Brainstorming
1262. Metacognition is one's awareness about own thinking. Students can be taught the
metacognitive strategies for autonomous learning. Which of the following does not reflect a
metacognitive strategy?
A. Regulating one's thoughts
C. Checking one's understanding
B. Distinguishing fact and opinion
D. Repairing comprehension problems
1263. The construction of meaning and the negotiation of its sense appropriately describe the
pedagogical aims in reading. To accomplish these, students need the following comprehension
strategies, except:
A. Organizational Strategies
C. Elaboration Strategies
B. Preparational Strategies
D. Decoding Strategies
1264. CBI is also based on the principle of Whole Language Approach. Which of the following
does not characterize the Whole Language Approach?
A. It takes place in meaningful contexts.
B. It happens as naturally as learners walk and talk.
C. It starts from language aims taken from the students' textbook.
D. It provides social, meaning-based, purposeful, enjoyable activities.
1265. Writing for a pen-pal reflects this approach to L2 composition
A. Controlled
C. Model
B. Communicative
D. English for Academic Purposes
1266. Effective evaluation should provide the following kinds of information to the writer,
except:
A. To whom is the writer writing for?
B. Does the writer use language accurately and appropriately?
C. Is the content relevant to the task?
D. Is the content clearlt expressed?
1267. The course of action taken when a person follows one step after another in order to
develop a piece of writing, where each step needs to be completed before moving on to the
next step.
A. Recursive writing
C. Rethinking
B. Linear writing
D. Drafting
1268. An approach to teaching writing that involves the teacher and student in working on
strategies for analyzing text, generating ideas, drafting, revising and proofreading.
A. Process-oriented
C. Reader-based
B. Product-oriented
D. Writer based
1269. Important to a writing worskhop are the following except:
A. Books
B. Internet
C. Tutor
D. Paper and pen
1270. The line of reasoning of a written product in terms of its approach and modes used
throughout:
A. Topic sentence
C. Negotiation of meaning
B. Purpose
D. Rhetorical structure
1271. Ms. Cruz collects a variety of samples of her students' work produced for different
assignments and purposes. She uses her collection in assessing her students' writing across
time. Ms. Cruz is using __________________.
A. Authentic texts
C. Topic-based guidelines
B. Chain stories
D. Portfolios
1272. Word knowledge greatly helps the comprehension of writte texts. It is for this reason
that language teachers carefully and deliberately select words to include in thier intentional
vocabulary instruction. Which of the following should not be the basis or word selection for
vocabulary instruction?
A. Year level high frequency words
B. Word difficulty and lenght
C. Content area words
D. High utility words
1273. Teacher Robert plans to integrate Biology in her second year English class. For vocabulary
development, she has prioritized only those words that are very much related to the concepts
about the classification of animals. Which of the following shoul NOT be included in her list?
A. Vertebrate and invertebrate
C. Birds and insects
C. Amphibians and Anthropods
D. Owl and scorpion
1274. Organizational strategies are at the heart of costructing meaning. These are employed
during reading as well as after reading. Which of the following strategies is an important
organizational strateg?
A. Deriving the main idea
B. Setting purpose and goal
C. Regulating thinking
D. Previewing
1275. The following are principles of vocabulary instruction except:
A. Expose students to new words only during the pre-reading stage of the lesson.
B. Allow students enough practice in working with strategies for getting meaning.
C. Concentrate on key concepts only.
D. Use dictionary everyday.
1276. Which of the following is not considered a factor that influences reading in a L2?
A. The L1 and a L2 differences
C. Geographical preferences
B. L1 proficiency
D. Cultural orientations
1277. Ms. Charisma is now on the closure phase of her lesson in English IV. What is the best
activity that she can give during this phase?
A. Do collaborative work in making a poster
B. Recite the major ideas taken from the selection
C. Answer comprehension questions found in the textbook
D. Exchange papers for checking and recording of scores
1278. A language lesson follows a format divided into several phases. In which phase does a
teacher give a preview of the new reading lesson?
A. During the simulation phase
C. During the instruction phase
B. During the perspective phase
D. During the follow-up phase
1279. English for Academic purposes believes that learning to write is part of becoming
socialized to the academic community in finding out what is expected and trying to
approximate it. Ms. Santos who is using EAP in her writing class will most likely ask her students
to ___________.
A. Writing a recipe
B. Arrange jumbled sentences into paragraph order
C. Writing scientific texts
D. Change passive voice to active voice
1280. A teacher who gathers assignments from across the curriculum assesses the purposes
and audience expectations in the assignments, and presents them to class is influenced by:
A. Audio-lingual tradition
C. Cognitivism
B. Expressionism
D. Reader centered pedagogy
1281. A lesson reflecting this approach allows writers to select their own topics and take more
time to complete writing tasks.
A. Focus on form
C. Focus on content
B. Focus on the writer
D. Focus on the reader
1282. Translated into the classroom context, this approach calls for providing a positive
encouraging, and collaborative workshop environment within which students, with ample time
and minimal interference, can work through thier composing processes:
A. Controlled
B. Free
C. Process
D. Product
1283. This term is used for diary-like reflective notebook that students maintain for regular
writing practice, sometimes involving regular feedback from the teacher.
A. Journals
B. Portfolios
C. Memoirs
D. Note cards
1284. An approach which involves the analysis of sample readings and repeated production of
simple drafts of writing.
A. Genre
B. Free writing
C. Process approach
D. Product-oriented
1285. An approach to teaching academic writing which focuses on the relationships between
readers and writers in specific discourse communities and on the texts that are used in creating
or maintaining these relationships.
A. Paragraph pattern B. Genre
C. Controlled
D. Process
1286. Knowing that his students are mosy visual learners, Mr. Reyes instructs his students to jot
words and phrases down on paper in a haphazard order, and then the students start drawing
lines to connect related ideas while continuing to add new ideas. This techniques is known as
________________.
A. Mapping
B. Listing
C. Cloze
D. Delayed copying
1287. Before a reader could read the WORD, he/she must learn to read the WORLD first. What
does this imply?
A. Students or readers must know thr names of the letter first before they will know what the
word means.
B. Readers must know the sounds of the letters first before they will know what the word
means.
C. Words are only representations of the concepts that the child or reader knows before
encountering the print.
D. The text supplies the readers with the necessary knowledge they need to make sense of the
print.
1288. Edward is reading a book and he needs to know the meaning of the word "OBLITERATE".
However, the passage does not give enough clues for him to figure out what the word means.
He decided to use his pocket dictionary so he would know what the word means. Which of the
following strategies should he use so that he would know the meaning of the unfamiliar word?
A. Scanning
C. Close reading
B. Skimming
D. Careful show reading
1289. Ms. Sigua entered entered the classroom and posted images that she has taken from the
story she is about to tell to students. Before she started telling the story to the class, she
grouped and asked them to make a story out of the pictures posted on the board. Which of the
following approaches reflects the practice of the teacher?
A. Explicit Phonics
C. Embedded Phonics
B. Basal Approach
D. Language Experience Approach
1290. Mrs. Dizon entered the classroom and showed a list of word families like cat, mat, fat, rat,
pat amd bat. What approach is described in this situation?
A. Whole-language approach
C. Literature-based approach
B. Language experience approach
D. Phonics approach
1291. Mr. Paolo distributed K-W-L chart to his students so they could fill up the K and W
columns. Which of the following reasons DOES NOT justify such activity?
A. Setting a purpose for reading
B. Activating prior knowledge
C. Confirming, revising or rejecting an earlier assumption about a topic
D. Sharing assumptions related to the topic of the text to be read
1292. Which of the following results of an IRI graded reading passages is used to predict a
learner's functional reading level?
A. Scores in a series of spelling tests
B. Number of words correctly pronounced per minute
C. Percentage of oral reading miscues and sight word recognition scores
D. Percentage of oral reading miscues and percentage of correct answers to comprehension
questions
1293. Mrs. Sabate handles fourth grade English and is currently teaching simile and metaphor
using short stories for children. Which of the following lessons does she want the students to
better understand?
A. Author's use of figurative language
C. Use of text structure
B. Author's point of view
D. Tone and mood
1294. Mr. Salvador notices that his student, Robert, cannot decode sight words that are
supposed to be easy for students of his age. Which of the following activities, then, should Mr.
Salvador provide for Robert?
A. Constructing mental maps and graphic organizers
B. Answering comprehension questions using QAR
C. Phonemic awareness activities
D. Spelling drills and games
1295. Among native speakers of English, students from Grade 7 and up are supposed to be
ready for abstract reading. What does this imply?
A. Learners on this stage are able to grasp informational texts.
B. Learners on this level can construct multiple hypotheses.
C. Learners on this stage can manipulate objects and ideas mentally.
D. Readers on this level judge affectively and personally than by using standard.
1296. All the three reading theories recognize the role of the reader and the text in the
comprehension process. However, only the interactive model accounts for the role of the
reading situation in the meaning-making process. What factor does the interactive model
consider in the reading process?
A. Outcome
B. Task
C. Context
D. Purpose
616. The four-Pronged Approach upholds the holistic and balanced instruction in beginning
reading. Which of the following principles characterizes the most important characteristic of
this approach?
A. The inclusion of critical thinking skills after reading
B. The development of genuine love for reading
C. The integration of whole language, literature, and explicit instruction
D. The heavy emphasis on grammar and oral language development
1297. The reader's prior knowledge plays a vital role in negotiating meaning and transaction
with the text. To enhance the schemata of the learners. Teacher Robert exposes his grade 2
pupils to the pragmatic use of language in their day to day life experiences so that they develop
rich vocabulary. What belief does the teacher manifest in this situation?
A. Word meanings aid textual understanding.
B. Word pronunciation builds comprehension.
C. Word knowledge is learned best in isolation.
D. Word familiarity is gained in the classroom.
1298. In one Grade 6 reading class in public school, Teacher Samantha conducts a regular 10
minute silent reading of an expository text in Science. What is thr best silent reading activity
that Teacher Samantha can give her students?
A. Invite resource person to discuss the content of the material.
B. Prepare reading road maps to guide reader-text interactions.
C. Instruct them to write reflection journals on their notebook.
D. Check understanding by asking post-reading questions.
1299. Mr. Siruet is a Science Teacher in Ilocos. He strongly believes that devoting 10 - 15
minutes for real-time reading in the classroom and guiding the pupils' interaction with Science
materials before or after doing an activity is better than just assigning them to read at home
and make sense of the text on their own. What could be the best explanation for Mr. Siruet's
reading practice?
A. Science is one subject that calls for inquiry and discovery.
B. Science class does not require actual reading time in class.
C. Time can be spent in more meaningful hands-on activities.
D. Experience with print enriches vocabulary and understanding of Science.
1300. Teacher Jeremiah is planning an integration using Social Studies text for his Grade 5
English class. Which of the following is the best thing to do to activate his pupils' background
knowledge?
A. Ask several critical questions
B. Make the pupils prepare an outline
C. Unlock difficulty words by using dictionary
D. Present advance organizer of the topic
1301. Ms. Yelena handles Grade 4 classes in Makabayan. Before conducting any discussion, she
makes use that her pupils have read the text by allotting 7 - 10 minutes of silent reading in the
classroom. Which of the following is NOT be done by Ms. Yelena during the silent reading
activity?
A. Insert questions in selected parts of the text as guide.
B. Make students fill in the blanks of the structured overview.
C. Let students fill in the L column of the KWL chart.
D. Leave students to do what they want in reading silently by themselves.
1302. As a post-reading activity in any content-area reading class, which of the following should
be avoided by the teacher?
A. Have students talk about what they read.
B. Ask questions to score comprehension.
C. Have students prepare make up test on their reading.
D. Go back to the Anticipation Guide for some correction.
1304. Mr. Lilang wants to develop creative thinking in his students even before he asks his
students to silently read the short story for the day's reading lesson. Which of the following
activities should he provide the students so he could achieve his aim?
A. Unlocking of vocabulary words by finding their meaning in the dictionary.
B. Asking the students to write story impressions out of the posted pictures of scenes taken
from the story to be read.
C. Pronouncing the unfamiliar vocabulary words that will be encountered in the story.
D. Asking the students to list down certain experiences they had, which may be related to the
main character in the story to be read.
1305. Reading in the content area aims to help students make sense of the text and negotiate
meaning as readers actively interact with the text. Which of the following activities will best
achieve this goal?
A. Have the reading of the text be done at home.
B. Make them read silently.
C. Allow students to ask questions.
D. Practice oral reading for fluency.
1306. A student asked the teacher to tell him the meaning of the word
"disestablishmentarianism", which is found in the text that the student read. Instead of
explicitly stating the meaning of the word, the teacher asked the student to segment the word
and look for its base word prefix and suffixes so that they may construct the meaning of the
word through these word parts. Which of the following vocabulary strategy did the teacher use
to help the students arrive at the meaning of the unfamiliar word?
A. Semantic feature analysis
C. Structural analysis
B. Semantic mapping
D. Context clues
1307. Eugene is about to buy a book. After taking a book from the display shelf, he looked at
the title, opened it and looked at the table of contents, then the summary found at the back
cover. He realized that when he took from the shelf is not what he needs. Which of the
following strategies do you think did Eugene do to decide why he does not need it?
A. Scanning
C. Close reading
B. Skimming
D. Careful slow reading
1308. Which of the following words BEST lends itself to the teaching of structural analysis as a
strategy to unlock the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
A. Special
B. Preschool
C. Happiness
D. Undesirable
1309. Belinda is having difficulty comprehending the novel, "Florante and Laura", because the
author's narration seems to be different than the actual order of events that have happened in
the story. Which strategy should the teacher model to Belinda so she would be able to
understand the text?
A. Making a Venn diagram
C. Re-reading the text
B. Constructing a timeline
D. Listing the events
1310. Which of the following activities BEST develops creative reading?
A. Sounding out words while reading
B. Giving an alternative ending for a story read
C. Looking at the author's biography
D. Rejecting the premises of the author
1311. Which of the following activities should be last option for a metacognitive reader of he
does not make sense of the expository text he is reading?
A. Sounding out each word while reading the text
B. Questioning a detail that seems confusing
C. Re-reading a part that suggest multiple meanings
D. Constructing a graphic organizer for the text
1312. Mr. Javier has just ended the silent reading activity he provided for his students and he
seems ot necessary to discuss the story. If he wants to model critical reading to his students,
which question should he likely ask himself?
A. Who are the characters in the story?
B. Why did the main character end up not to be successful?
C. Would it be unfair to close a fairy tale with a sad ending after the princess meets the prince?
Why?
D. If I were to write another beginning of this selection, how would I start this story?
1313. Mrs. Corazon wants her students to respond creatively to the story they have just read in
class. Which of the following activities should be provided for the students so that she could
achieve her aim?
A. Writing a summary of the story read
B. Writing a letter to a character in the story
C. Listing down the events that happened in the story
D. Answering comprehension questions about the story
1314. Which of the following activities is NOT appropriate in helping readers develop
organizational comprehension of expository texts?
A. Outlining
B. Creating and using graphic organizers
C. Unlocking vocabulary words through context
D. Identifying the topic, main idea, amd supporting details
1315. When Brylle read the sentence, "The bankruptcy made a run on the bank," he thought
that bankruptcy literally ran on the bank. What explains this phenomenon?
A. The reader lacks auditory perception
B. The reader lacks sight word recognition
C. The reader has inadequate proficiency in listening and speaking
D. There is a mismatch between the reader and the writer's field of experiences
1316. Ms. Jazmin prepared controversial statements, which are taken from the social studies
text that she is about to teach to her students. After this, when she met her class, she made
them agree or disagree to the statements and made them explain their reasons before they
finally read the text. What does the teacher clearly demonstrate in this situation?
A. Reading through elaboration strategies
B. Reading through organizational strategies
C. Reading through preparational strategies
D. Reading through metacognitive strategies
1317. Mr. Manantan's assessment of his students clearly reveals that they lack proficiency in
identifying the structure of different types of expository texts and they have a difficulty plotting
the details of these texts when she asked to convert the ideas into graphical representations.
What should Mr. Manantan teach and model?
A. The use of elaboration strategies
B. The use of organizational strategies
C. The use of preparational strategies
D. The use of metacognitive strategies
1318. What does the line for Confucius mean: "On the day, find the right way, die properly at
night?"
A. We need to live from morning until night time.
B. We have to divide our time from morning until night time.
C. We need to work in the morning so we can die at night.
D. We need to work hard in the morning and rest properly at night.
1319. Gnomic verses are the earliest form of literary expression during pre-colonial period in
Philippine Literature. Which is not an example of Gnomic verse?
A. Fable
B. Legend
C. Riddle
D. Folktale
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