ENGLISH The subject we were able to take last
It is raining cats and dogs, May I borrow _____ semester was too difficult for Jenny and
umbrella? I left ____ inside the car. ______
A. Me*******
In the classroom setting, which of the B. Myself
following kind of listening most student use? C. I
a. To escape D. We
b. To be informed****
c. To be inspired She ________ finished writing her novel before
d. To enjoy the publishers arrived.
A. Should
Which of the following speech process deals B. Have********
with the amplification and enrichment of the C. Will have
voice with use of amplifiers like the chest, D. Have been
wind pipe and the nose?
A. Phonation What do we call a poem with 14 lines and
B. Inflection follows a specific rhyme and scheme?
C. Articulation A. Haiku
D. Resonation******** B. Free verse
C. Sonnet*********
Below are the different sources of energy. D. Elegy
Which do you think is the most
disadvantageous because of it possible How do we call a Japanese poem with three
threats of human sources of food? lines (with 17 syllables)?
A. Geothermal******** A. Haiku********
B. Sun B. Free verse
C. Wind C. Sonnet
D. Fauna D. Elegy
In the statement “The moon is the brightness Read the following lines from the
eye of the heaven above” What figure of Shakespearean play: “Hamlet” and decide
speech was used? which following emotion is most reflected?
A. Apostrophe******** “To be or not to be, that is the question.
B. Simile Whether it is nobler in the minds to suffer
C. Metaphor the slings and arrows of the outrageous
D. Onomatopoeia fortune or to take arms against a sea of
trouble, and then opposing and then?
The Philippine Congress must pass a law that A. Sadness
enforces the total ban ___________ of cyanide B. Wrath
in fishing. C. Indecision*******
A. With the use D. Doubt
B. On using
C. On the use********* The invited resource speaker was a lot on his
D. With using mind. He is such a LOQUACIOUS speaker. The
capitalize word means?
If I _______ known her before, I would have A. Reserve
hired her as my personal adviser. B. Lanky
A. Had******* C. Verbose******
B. Have D. Limited
C. Could
D. Will Read the lines below and decide how
“mercy” was described
The quality of mercy is not strained.
If dropped is the gentle rain from the heaven
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Upon the place beneath it is twice blest A. That the gardener must grow plants in
It is blesseth him that give and him that his thumb
takes B. That gardener must be a vegetarian
a. Mercy is only restricted to those who C. That gardener must own a garden
repent D. That gardener must be good in
b. Mercy is an arbitrary thing gardening*******
c. Mercy must be given to
everyone********** Who among the Filipino writers below
d. Mercy is like rain focuses on the belief and tradition during the
Filipino – Spanish Period?
Which figure of speech was used in the A. Nick Joaquin******
second line of the given poem in number 14? B. Bienvinido Santos
A. Simile****** C. N.V.M. Gonzales
B. Metaphor D. F. Shonil Jose
C. Apostrophe
D. Alliteration
The lines below are taken from the poem The
The prodigal son, who is the black sheep of Spouse by Luis Dato. Read the lines and
the family was returned home. What figure of decides which best described the role of the
speech is use in the given statement? wife.
A. Metaphor******** He hold no joy beyond the days tomorrow
B. Simile She fined no world beyond his arms embrace
C. Irony She looks upon the man beyond the furrow
D. Oxymoron Who is her motion, time and space?
A. Working wife********
B. Artist
C. Business woman
The needed budget for classroom renovation D. House wife
_______ with the budget of the university.
A. Is We often times see the phrase “red letter
B. Are Appearing day” on the calendars. The quoted phrase is
C. Appears******** an example of?
D. Is appearing A. Hyperbole
B. Idiom********
In the Shakespearian play “Merchant of C. Onomatopoeia
Venice” the speech of Portia seemed not to D. Alliteration
impertinent to the case being raised by
Shylock. The highlighted word means. The Sushi chef was very careful in handling
A. important knives. She makes it certain not to hurt
B. Over cuppe _______ while preparing the meal.
C. Irrelevant**** A. Himself
D. Superfluous B. Her
C. Herself*******
For one to be a great gardener he she must D. Him
have a GREENTHUMB. Which figure of
speech was used in this statement? The poet admitted that for him to write a
A. Metonymy******** good piece, he must have read more than
B. Alliteration ten books. Indeed the poet is a ____ reader.
C. Synecdoche A. Voracious*********
D. Assonance B. Vehement
C. Industrious
Refer back to item no. 19, what do you think D. Indulgent
is the meaning of the figurative language
used?
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Venus, the Roman goddess of love was
always been the symbol of feminine
pulchritude. The underlined word means.
A. Homeliness
B. Plainness3
C. Beauty*********
D. Grandiosity
What is Jose Rizal’s novel that centers on
Crisostomo Ibarra hose primary wish to
educate the youth?
A. Noli Me tangere*********
B. La liga Filipina
C. El Filibusterismo
D. For the Filipino Youth
An ample amount of water _________ needed
for the city to sustain its community.
a. Is*******
b. Were
c. Are
d. Was
Who is the American writer behind the
naturalistic novel “Red Badge of Courage?”
A. Mark Twain
B. Charles Dikkens
C. Stephen Crane********
D. George Orwell
What is considered as the very first
masterpiece in Philippine Literature in
English?
A. The Small Key
B. Foot Note to You
C. Dead Stars******
D. My Father goes to court
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