DCAT REVIEWER

WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR

CRITICAL READING AND REASONING

Class No.: _______ Name: ______________________________________________________

Gr./Sec.: ________ Teacher:______________________________ Date:_________________

I. WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR

GUIDELINE: Please encircle the letter of the best answer.

WORD USE:
1. The Prime Minister reached over his scriptoire and began writing on a
_____________, a letter paper usually accompanied with matching envelopes, to
express his felicitations in celebration of the nation’s 100th year of independence.
a. stationery
b. stationary
c. letterhead
d. manuscript

2. Don’t sound so ________________; what I am saying is absolutely true.

a. incredible
b. incredibly
c. incredulous
d. incredoulus

3. “How much _________ do you want to take the dispute against the farmers?”
“I’ve taken it _________ than I have to already.”
a. farther, father
b. farther, further
c. further, farther
d. further, further

4. In order to avoid political persecution, the disgraced barrister _____________ from

his country and ___________ to Luxembourg.
a. emigrated, emigrated
b. emigrated, immigrated
c. immigrated, emigrated
d. immigrated, immigrated

5. Fr. Glenn Ferriols, SJ is a/an __________ author, having published numerous

religious writings.
a. eminent
b. evident
c. imminent
d. provident

6. The president does not approve __________ of the plans laid by the bidders.
a. any one
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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 b. anyone
c. either
d. neither

7. The audience _________ when the Governor of Massachusets arrived at the

convention hall for the inauguration.
a. raise
b. rise
c. risen
d. rose

8. The students are adapting and doing _________ in the new curriculum, which the
government deems a success.
a. well
b. good
c. both are acceptable
d. neither well nor good

9. If a new employee is not ________ in a particular job skill, he/she must _________ to
the new situation, and ______ the newly skill willingly.
a. adapt, adopt, adept
b. adept, adapt, adopt
c. adept, adopt, adapt
d. adopt, adept, adapt

10. What ________ can’t our seasoned Guidance Counselor give our troubled
teenage students?
a. advice
b. advisory
c. advise
d. advises

FOREIGN WORDS:

1. Leonardo da Vinci has “La Gioconda”, Beethoven has “Fur Elise”, and Leo
Tolstoy has “Anna Karenina” as their magnum opus, a Latin phrase which literally
means “an artist’s ___________.
a. biggest work
b. expensive work
c. greatest work
d. magnificent work

2. You received a formal invitation to a golden wedding anniversary to be held at

Marriott Hotel Manila. At the bottom of the invitation is the sender’s mobile
phone number and a French acronym “R.S.V.P”, which literally means,
"Répondez s'il vous plaît”. What should you do?
a. You have decided not to attend, therefore no reply is necessary.
b. You will send a message to the mobile number to confirm your
attendance.
c. You will send a message to the mobile number to confirm you
attendance or non-attendance to the event.
d. You will confirm the receipt of the invitation.

3. Caveat emptor, is a Latin phrase whose meaning is best shown in which

situation?
a. Grocery shopping at S&R
b. Buying at Tiffany’s or Macy’s of New York
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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 c. Online purchasing of a cellphone at www.ebay.com
d. Haggling in one of the street markets or souq in Dubai

4. Jude Willows is a scholar par excellence at Stanford University, which means he is

a scholar that is _________.
a. Beyond any doubt
b. Beyond excellence
c. Somehow for excellence
d. To a degree of excellence

5. After making undiplomatic remarks regarding the most recent terror attacks in
Barcelona, the Portuguese senator was then declared as a persona non grata
by the Spanish Prime Minister, which means:
a. The Portuguese senator is not anymore welcome in Spain.
b. The Portuguese senator is not grateful to the Spanish Prime Minister.
c. The Portuguese senator has to thank the Spanish Prime Minister in person.
d. The Portuguese senator cannot be thanked enough by the Spanish Prime
Minister

6. According to Queen Elizabeth II, the year 1992 “ is not a year on which I shall
look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic
correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.” This Latin phrase
literally means:
a. horrible year
b. regretful year
c. wonderful year
d. humourous year

7. The Fournier family lives in Quebec, Canada. Mr. Fournier is French while Mrs.
Fournier is Swedish. Their children somehow knows how to speak both
languages, however, they primarily speak English at home. In this multilingual
setting, English is considered the _____________ of the family.
a. first language
b. mother tongue
c. lingua franca
d. lingua materna

8. Force majeure, a French phrase, which means “an event or effect that
cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled” (M erriam-Webster,
2017), is best shown in which situation?
a. Waking up late thus missing the morning bus scheduled at 6:00 a.m.
b. Willingly opting not to celebrate your 18th birthday
c. The medical summit being cancelled due to inclement weather
d. Failing to submit a requirement at school on a particular deadline due to
procrastination

11. The proposal was neither rejected nor approved by the President’s office. They
kept as sample of his work ad referendum, which means:
a. His proposal was kept “as a reminder”
b. His proposal might be used “in refrain”.
c. His proposal was kept “for further consideration”.
d. His proposal will be considered one of the “references”

12. In literature and theater, the Latin word dramatis personae is/are the:
a. drama queen
b. dramatic personality
c. characters of a drama/play
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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 d. members of a dramatic family

GRAMMAR

1. The auditorium will surely be full of attendees, and Estelle and I are going
together —would you like to come along with _________?
a. she and i?
b. her and me?
c. me and she?
d. either b or c

2. Do you still ____ down right after consuming a heavy meal? Medical practioners
discourage it due to possible health risks .
a. lie
b. lay
c. lays
d. lies

3. My grandchildren does not believe that you are older than ___.
a. I
b. Me
c. you
d. Both a and b are accepted

4. What _______ has the new administration’s policies had on investors confidence?
a. affect
b. affects
c. effect
d. effects

5. A feeling of one’s worth is one of the ___________ goals of psychological therapy.

a. principal
b. principle
c. principles
d. principled

6. There is no sense ___ of carrying on that way.

a. in
b. on
c. at
d. by

7. I non-chalantly received a parcel yesterday. Now I cannot remember for ____ it

was.
a. who
b. whose
c. whom
d. who’s

8. Either of these two small cars, if properly maintained _____ sure to give over thirty
miles per gallon in highway driving.
a. is
b. are
c. were
d. was

DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 9. We have just interviewed an applicant _____ the committee believes is best
qualified for the position.
a. who
b. whom
c. who’s
d. whose

10. The chemical solution requires calls for two _________ of sodium borate.
a. cupfuls
b. cupsful
c. cup fulls
d. cups full

11. Your criteria for the research ______ not valid.

a. is
b. are
c. were
d. was

12. As soon as the editor or her secretary _______ in let me know.

a. came
b. come
c. comes
d. coming

13. I am smarter than Pierre, but he is richer than___.

a. am
b. I
c. it
d. me

14. What we need in this country _____ honest politicians.

a. are
b. is
c. were
d. was

15. Our calibrators and compressors cost around $1,000, ____________ our
competitors' brands at least $2,000.
a. and
b. for
c. since
d. while

16. Recent statistics show that __________ restaurant industry in the United Kingdom
employs around 4 million people, mostly immigrants from the South Asia.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. no article needed

17. _________________ with costumers is not easy nowadays.

a. Connecting
b. Connection
c. To connect
d. either a or b

DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 18. He expressed concern about some of the deals currently _________.
a. take place
b. taking place
c. takes place
d. took place

19. These candy bars account ___________ about 70% of our sales.
a. in
b. for
c. on
d. to

20. Please do not send the document _______ the manager approves the proposal!
a. after
b. till
c. unless
d. until

21. We have increased food imports _________________________ 20% in the last three
years.
a. by
b. with
c. either a or d
d. no preposition

II. CRITICAL READING AND REASONING

GUIDELINE: Read the passages and answer the questions that follow by choosing
the best answer.

The Day Language Came into My Life

by Helen Keller

1 The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher,
Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the
immeasurable contrast between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of
March 1887, three months before I was seven years old.
2 On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant. I
guessed vaguely from my mother’s signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house
that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the
steps. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honey-suckle that covered the porch
and fell on my upturned face. My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar
leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring. I did
not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me. Anger and bitterness had
preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this
passionate struggle.
3 Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if tangible white
darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the
shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for
something to happen? I was like that ship before education began, only I was without
compass or sounding-line and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was.
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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
“Light!” Give me light!” was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on
me in that very hour.
4 I felt approaching footsteps. I stretched out my hands as I supposed to my
mother. Someone took it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who
had come to reveal all things to me, and, more than all things else, to love me.
5 The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a
doll. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman had
dressed it; but I did not know this until afterward. When I had played with it a little while,
Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word “d-o-l-l.” I was at once interested in
this finger play and tried to imitate it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters
correctly I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride. Running downstairs to my
mother I held up my hand and made the letters doll. I did not know that I was spelling a
word or even that words existed; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey-like
imitation. In the days that followed I learned to spell in this uncomprehending way a
great many words, among them pin, hat, cup and a few verbs like sit, stand, and walk.
But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything
has a name.
6 One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll
into my lap also, spelled “d-o-l-l” and tried to make me understand that “d-o-l-l”
applied to both. Earlier in the day we had had a tussle over the words “m-u-g” and “w-
a-t-e-r.” Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that “m-u-g” is mug and that “w-a-
t-e-r” is water, but I persisted in confounding the two. In despair she had dropped the
subject for the time, only to renew it at the first opportunity. I became impatient at her
repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor. I was keenly
delighted when I felt the fragments of the broken doll at my feet. Neither sorrow nor
regret followed my passionate outburst. I had not loved the doll. In the still, dark world in
which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness. I felt my teacher sweep the
fragments to one side of the heart, and I had a sense of satisfaction that the cause of
my discomfort was removed. She brought me my hat, and I knew I was going out into
the warm sunshine. This thought, if a wordless sensation may be called a thought, made
me hop and skip with pleasure.
7 We walked down the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the
honeysuckle with which it was covered. Someone was drawing water and my teacher
placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream gushed over one hand she
spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole
attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as
of something forgotten – a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of
language was revealed to me. I knew then that “w-a-t-e-r” meant the wonderful cool
something that was flowing over my hand. The living word awakened my soul, gave it
light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time
be swept away.
8 I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name, and each name
gave birth to a new thought. As we returned to the house every object which I touched
seemed to quiver with life. That was because I saw everything with the strange, new
sight that had come to me. On entering the door I remembered the doll I had broken. I
felt my way to the hearth and picked up the pieces. I tried vainly to put them together.
Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt
repentance and sorrow.

DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
9 I learned a great many new words that day. I do not remember what they all
were; but I do know that mother, father, sister, teacher were among them – words that
were to make the world blossom for me, “like Aaron’s rod, with flowers.” It would have
been difficult to find a happier child than I was as I lay in my crib at the close of that
eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for
a new day to come.

1. Choose the best meaning of the word in bold.

“Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep
languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.”

a. hurt
b. relief
c. weariness
d. resentment

2. Which sentence best states the central idea of the passage?

a. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrast between

the two lives which it connects.

b. The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my
teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me.

c. I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass
or sounding-line and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was.

d. It would have been difficult to find a happier child than I was as I lay in my
crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought
me, and for the first time longed for a new day to come.

3. Which sentence is the best statement of the implied main idea of paragraph 3?

a. Hellen Keller felt unloved

b. Hellen Keller understood the sea.

c. Hellen Keller was afraid of the sea.
d. Hellen Keller couldn’t wait to begin learning.

4. What is the main thought pattern for the overall passage?

a. definition
b. time order
c. description
d. cause and effect

5. “I do not remember what they all were; but I do know that mother, father, sister,
teacher were among them…”

What kind of statement is this sentence in paragraph 9?

a. Fact
b. Opinion

DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 c. Claim of value
d. Claim of policy

6. “As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word
water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the
motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something
forgotten – a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language
was revealed to me.”

What is the tone of these sentences in paragraph 7?

a. excited
b. matter of fact
c. angry and bitter
d. calm and soothing

7. What is the author’s main purpose in “The Day Language Came into My Life”?

a. To inform the readers about Helen Keller’s life.

b. To persuade others about the joy of teaching the blind and deaf.
c. To entertain readers with a lighthearted story that has a happy ending.
d. To inform the readers about the significance of Anne Sullivan’s impact on
Hellen Keller’s life.

8. “The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman
had dressed it; but I did not know this until afterward.”

What type of claim is this sentence?

a. Claim of fact
b. Claim of value
c. Claim of policy
d. Claim of argument

9. “On entering the door I remembered the doll I had broken. I felt my way to the
hearth and picked up the pieces. I tried vainly to put them together. Then my
eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt
repentance and sorrow.”

These details from paragraph 8 best imply that

a. The doll broke Helen’s heart.

b. Helen had never had a doll before.
c. The doll was cheaply made and is easily broken.
d. The doll meant more to Helen once she understood it had a name.

10. The following list of ideas contains a claim and the supports for the claim.
Choose the letter of the claim.

a. Anne Sullivan was a loving and patient teacher to Helen Keller.

b. Helen says that Sullivan “had come to reveal all things to me, and, more than
all things else, to love me”
c. When Helen did not make progress with the words mug and water, Sullivan
dropped the subject for a time, only to renew it at the next opportunity.

DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 d. When Helen broke the doll, Sullivan swept the fragments out of the way and
continued the lesson at the well-house.

Neat People vs. Sloppy People

By Suzanne Britt

1 I’ve finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy people.
The distinction is, as always, moral. Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy
people.

2 Sloppy people, you see, are not really sloppy. Their sloppiness is merely the
unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude. Sloppy people carry in their
mind’s eye a heavenly vision, a precise plan that is so stupendous, so perfect, it can’t
be achieved in this world or the next.

3 Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land. Someday is their métier. Someday they
are planning to alphabetize all their books and set up home catalogues. Someday they
will go through their wardrobes and mark certain items for tentative mending and
certain items for passing on to relatives of similar shape and size. Someday sloppy
people will make family scrapbooks into which they will put newspaper clippings,
postcards, locks of hair, and the fried corsage from their senior prom. Someday they will
file everything on the surface of their desks, including the cash receipts from coffee
purchases at the snack shop. Someday they will sit down and read all the back issues of
The New Yorker.

4 For all these noble reasons and more, sloppy people never get neat. They aim to
high and wide. They save everything, planning someday to file, order, and straighten
out the world. But while these ambitious plans take clearer and clearer shape in their
heads, the books spill from the shelves onto the floor, the clothes pile up in the hamper
and closet, the family mementos accumulate in every drawer, the surface of the desk is
buried under mounds of paper and the unread magazines threaten to reach the
ceiling.

5 Sloppy people can’t bear to part with anything. They give loving attention to
every detail. When sloppy people say they’re going to tackle the surface of the desk,
they really mean it. Not a paper will go unturned; not a rubber band will go unboxed.
Four hours or two weeks into the excavation, the desk looks exactly the same, primarily
because the sloppy person is meticulous creating new piles of papers with new
headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs before he throws
them away. A neat person would just bulldoze the desk.

6 Neat people and bums and clods at heart. They have cavalier attitudes toward
possessions, including family heirlooms. Everything is just another dust-catcher to them. If
anything collects dust, it’s got to go and that’s that. Neat people will toy with the idea
of throwing the children out of the house just to cut down on the clutter.

7 Neat people don’t care about process. They like results. What they want to do is
get the whole thing over with so they can sit down and watch the rasslin’ on TV. Neat
people operate on two unvarying principles: Never handle any item twice, and throw
everything away.

8 The only thing messy in a neat person’s house is the trash can. The minute
something comes to a neat person’s hand, he will look at it, try to decide if it has
immediate use and, finding none, throw it in the trash.

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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
9 Neat people are especially vicious with mail. They never go through their mail
unless they are standing directly over a trash can. It the trash can is beside the mailbox,
even better. All ads, catalogs, pleas for charitable contributions, church bulletins and
money-saving coupons go straight into the trash can without being opened. All letters
from home, postcards from Europe, bills and paychecks are opened, immediately
responded to, and then dropped in the trash can. Neat people keep their receipts only
for tax purposes. That’s it. No sentimental salvaging of birthday cards or the last letter a
dying relative ever wrote. Into the trash it goes.

10 Neat people place neatness above everything, even economics. They are
incredibly wasteful. Neat people throw away several toys every time they walk through
the den. I knew a net person once who threw away perfectly good dish drainer
because it had mold on it. The drainer was too much trouble to wash. And neat people
sell their furniture when they move. They will sell a La-Z-Boy recliner while you are
reclining in it.

11 Neat people are no good to borrow from. Neat people buy everything in
expensive little single portions. They get their flour and sugar in two-pound bags. They
wouldn’t consider clipping a coupon, saving a leftover, reusing plastic non-dairy
whipped cream containers or rinsing off tin foil and draping it over the unmoldy dish
drainer. You can never borrow a neat person’s newspaper to see what’s playing at the
movies. Neat people have the paper all wadded up and in the trash by 7:05 A.M.

12 Neat people cut a clean swath through the organic as well as the inorganic
world. People, animals, and things are all one to them. They are so insensitive. After
they’ve finished with the pantry, the medicine cabinet, and the attic, they will throw out
the red geranium (too many leaves), sell the dog (too many fleas), and send the
children off to boarding school (too many scuffmarks on the hardwood floors).

1. Choose the meaning of the word in bold.

“But while these ambitious plans take clearer and clearer shape in their heads,
the books spill from the shelves onto the floor, the clothes pile up in the hamper
and closet, the family mementos accumulate in every drawer…”

a. Shelves
b. Schedule
c. Keepsakes
d. documents

2. Which sentence is the best statement of the central idea of the passage?

a. The distinction is, as always, moral.

b. Sloppy people, you see, are not really sloppy.
c. Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy people.
d. I’ve finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy
people.

3. Which sentence is the best statement of the main idea of paragraph 3?

a. Someday is their métier.

b. Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land.
c. Someday they are planning to alphabetize all their books and set up home
catalogues.

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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 d. Someday they will go through their wardrobes and mark items for tentative
mending and certain items for passing on to relatives of similar shape and
size.

4. Complete the sentence: “Neat people are bums and clods at heart because
____.”

a. they can’t bear to part with anything.

b. they save everything.
c. everything is a dust catcher to them.
d. they are vicious with the mail.

5. “Four hours or two weeks into the excavation, the desk looks exactly the same,
primarily because the sloppy person is meticulous creating new piles of papers
with new headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs
before he throws them away. A neat person would just bulldoze the desk.”

What is the relationship of ideas between these sentences?

a. contrast
b. time order
c. cause and effect
d. generalization and example

6. What is the main thought pattern for the essay?

a. example
b. time order
c. description
d. comparison and contrast

7. “Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy people.” What type of claim is
implied in this sentence?

a. Claim of fact
b. Claim of value
c. Claim of policy
d. Claim of stature

8. Overall, the ideas in this passage _______.

a. are based on research and statistics.

b. objectively present the views of many people.
c. rely mostly on personal observations and opinions.
d. are based only on the personal experiences of the author.

9. From the details in paragraph 3, we can conclude that _______.

a. Sloppy people are perfectionist.

b. Sloppy people like arts and crafts.
c. Sloppy people give importance to the nitty-gritty of things.
d. Sloppy people attach emotional significance to possessions.

10. The following list contains a claim and supports for the claim. Identify the claim.

a. Neat people sell their furniture when they move.

b. Neat people place neatness above everything, even economics.
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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum
 c. Neat people throw away several toys every time they walk through the den.
d. I knew a neat person once who threw away a perfectly good dish drainer
because it had mold on it.

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DCAT REVIEWER:
WORD USAGE, FOREIGN WORDS, & GRAMMAR; CRITICAL READING AND REASONING
Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, AY 2017 - 2018
Ms. April Rose C. Gonzales/ Ms. Jonalyn F. Nucum