20.

The number of teacher in the school ____ from

year to year.
a. vary b. varies
21. One-third of the classroom_____ under water.
a. was b. were
22. She is one of those honor pupils who always
ENGLISH _____ into confusion.
SEPTEMBER 2018 a. get b. gets
Choose the correct meaning of the underline word 23. Each of the members of the club _____ a duty to
I. Vocabulary: perform.
1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of a. Have b. Has
his pupils. 24. Mrs. Tecson’s creativeness and concern _____
a. Demands c. Identifies well appreciated.
b. Observes d. regulates a. is b. are
2. There is a need to renovate the old school building 25. There ____ many pupils here.
to avoid future accidents. a. Is b. are
a. repair c. restore 26. Many years of his life _____ spent in province
b. repaint d. redecorate a. Was b. were
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the ball 27. No one ____ at home.
game a. is b. are
a. Frustrating c. sad 28. My leg and my arm _____ aching.
b. happy d. discouraging a. Is b. are
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement between 29. She _____ to read novels.
the parent and the teacher a. like b. likes
a. embarrassing c. peaceful 30. There _____ eight men in the game.
b. humble d. continuing a. is b. are
5. There is an altercation going on between the II. Identify the figure of speech in the following
teacher and principal in the office. statement.
a. dispute c. settlement 31. Michael shouts like mike does.
b. competition d. jealousy a. hyperbole c. metaphor
6. The English teacher is proficient in her teaching. b. simile d. litotes
a. effective c. engrossed 32. Dona was tired to death after a long day of
b. expert d. perfect cooking.
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the a. simile c. metaphor
qualified of the officers. b. hyperbole d. personification
a. specify c. fasten 33. She has a Venus beauty
b. attach d. underline a. simile c. metaphor
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas b. hyperbole d. litotes
a. remove c. decrease 34. As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily while
b. include into d. criticize the cool breeze touches my lips gently.
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of the a. Hyperbole c. metaphor
campus. b. litotes d. personification
a. magnificent c. funny 35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt.
b. ridiculous d. positive matutum.
10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were a. Litotes c. Metaphor
deciding on the winner. b. Hyperbole d. Simile
a. appealing c. restlessly 36. Chris was a limb in the group during the disco
b. with love d. none of these party.
11. He was deprive of a mother’s love a. simile c. hyperbole
a. satisfied c. chosen b. metaphor d. litotes
b. debarred d. given 37. Her lips are as cold as ice
12. The flagrant pupils came shouting with stones in a. simile c. personification
their hands. b. metaphor d. synecdoche
a. industrious c. notorious 38. James was crushed by the death of Kris.
b. group of pupils d. intelligent a. simile c. hyperbole
13. There was a question of fraud among the b. personification d. metaphor
notorious pupils who took the special examination. 39. Her skin is as white as onion
a. cheating c. unfairness a. simile c. hyperbole
b. injustice d. favoritism b. metaphor d. litotes
14. Her answer was explicable in public 40. She has the King Solomon ideas.
a. undetermined c. unacceptable a. Simile c. metaphor
b. can be explained d. unreasonable b. Hyperbole d. personification
15. She looked haggard when she came in
a. fresh c. gaunt IV. Vocabulary
b. at ease d. inspired 41. That coke is delicious
I. Subject-Verb Agreement a. looks good c. looks colorful
16. Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated b. tastes good d. smells good
when the candidate did not appear in public. 42. I won’t come anymore
a. was b. were a. come soon c. already came
17. A bag of candies and a bottle of coke ____ on the b. never come d. any of these
table. 43. The story is uninteresting
a. Is b. are a. very interesting
18. That _____ seem correct. b. interesting in some part
a. don’t b. doesn’t c. not interesting
19. Either the boys or girls _____ here. d. some how interesting
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a. stone c. fence you are” means
b. low bushes d. none of these a. You are the judges as to who your peers are.
45. The memo is compulsory. b. Your friends are your everyday companions.
a. must be done c. must be kept c. You choose your friends.
b. a request d. optional d. Tell me who you to be with.
46. She has to economize. 63. Which of this word are synonymous with
a. earn more money c. put business settlement?
b. spend less d. spend more a. Autonomy c. Accord
47. The pond is shallow b. Breakthrough d. Policy
a. has clear water c. is full of mass 64. What does it mean by saying “Not all close eyes
b. is not deep are asleep”.
48. The oil trickles down the machine a. Not all eyes are blind.
a. flows rapidly b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows
b. flows little by little what’s going on.
c. flows in large quantities c. When we sleep sometimes we open our eyes.
49. That pond is full of fry. d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes.
a. small fish c. mosquito 65. What is meant by live within your means?
b. frogs d. wraps a. Grow as your live
50. I sneaked out. b. Liking is the means of growing.
a. went out noisily c. went out easily c. Spend according to your income.
b. went out without attracting d. Growing is the means to live.
51. He hasn’t come yet 66. “ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of
a. he’ll come later c. he won’t come my soul” was written by
b. we won’t wait for him d. he will never come a. Henley c. Elliot
52. You will sprinkle the flower once a day b. Dickens d. Shelley
a. change c. cut 67. “ A thing of beauty is a joy forever” expressed
b. water d. throw the philosophy of
53. These fish are fresh a. Spencer c. Elliot
a. cooked c. cheap b. Keats d. Tennyson
b. newly caught d. rotten 68. America’s greatest humorist
54. The light is dim a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington Irving
a. off c. colored b. Mark twain d. Samuel Clemens
b. not bright d. very bright 69. A long narrative poem dealing with persons of
55. The ants are motile heroic proportion and actions of great significance
a. small c. numerous a. Ballad c. Sonnet
b. movable d. big b. Epic d. Elegy
70. Considered the father of the modern American
V. Answer the following correctly. short story
56. How do you address a Christmas card where the a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe
husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the wife is an b. Bacon d. Robert frost
attorney? Which is the right form? 71. It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables.
a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez a. Niponggo c. Canto
b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes b. Haiku d. Tanaga
c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes 72. A collection of literary pieces
d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes a. Prose c. Anthology
57. Writing to your superior, what complimentary b. Biography d. Diary
wending should be used? 73. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
a. truly yours, c. Yours truly, a. Epic c. Verse
b. very truly yours, d. Truly very your’s b. Sonnet d. Prose
58. Choose the proper use of everyday. 74. Longest epic ever written
a. You find this headline everyday. a. Invictus c. Mahabharata
b. You find this headline everyday in the b. Lam-ang d. Lament
newspapers. 75. Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and are
c. You don’t find the issue clear everyday. handed from generation to generation
d. I read the issue everyday a. Prose c. Poetry
59. Which declaration shows determination? b. Folktales d. Ballad
a. What an embarrassing situation! 76. These are not tales making use of animals as
b. I have good words for you. characters
c. This time, I won’t stop teaching. a. Myths c. Fables
d. I will still think about it. b. Legends d. Fiction
60. When you are writing to someone you hardly 77. Known for his pen name “Dolores Manapat”
know, the salutation should be a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio Lopez Jaena
a. My dear Mrs. Ponce b. Marcelo H. del Pilar d. Andres Bonifacio
b. Dear Mrs. Ponce 78. Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and
c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce published “La Solidaridad”
d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce a. Apolinario Mabini c. Jose Rizal
61. “Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man healthy, b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar
wealthy, and wise” means 79. His words were the source of inspiration for the
a. sleep early and wake up early so you will become poem “ Like the Molave”
wealthy a. Mabini c. Quezon
b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early and b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal
getting 80. A poem lamenting the dead
c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth a. Sonnet c. Elegy
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a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet statement for aesthetic reason.
b. Allusion d. Personification a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
82. A speech by a person who reveals his thoughts b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
a. Sonnet c. soliloquy 98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
b. Metaphor d. simile a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
83. Figure of speech where two different things are b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
compared thru the use of “as” and “like” 99. The famous painting Juan Luna made
a. simile c. facsimile a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
b. allegory d. epic b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
84. Author of “ how My Brother Leon Brought Home a 100. The stature of David was created by
Wife” a. Sigfried Vandike c. Michelangelo
a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol
b. Fernando maramag d. None of these
85. These stories, which reflect the people’s belief,
are handed down from one generation to another by “WORK HARD, DREAM HARDER”
word of mouth.
a. novels c. prose
b. folktales d. poetry
86. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds
and supernatural happenings with local color and
which people sing or chant
a. epic c. verse
b. poetry d. riddles
87. He wrote the famous letter “ To the Women of
Malolos”
a. Gregorio del Pilar c. Jose Rizal
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto
88. A kind of literary piece which moralizes and was
written in letter from between two sisters dwelling in
the city ad the other in the province.
a. urbana at Felisa c. Manang Biday
b. Pasyon, religious play d. None of these
89. How is the author of “The legend of sleepy
Hollow” which revolves around a headlines
horseman’s tale
a. George Washington c. Washington Irving
b. Robert Surtess d. Shakespeare
90. Considered as one of the world’s greatest short
stories and it is Edgar Allan Poe’s story of terror
about a hypochondriac living in morbid fear.
a. Annabel Lee c. Macbeth
b. The fall of the house of Usher d. The Raven
91. He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is
a poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar nose.
a. Roxanne c. Ichabod
b. Don Quixote d. Cyrano de Bergerac
92. “If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its
own excuse for being “- is taken from the poem’
a. The bells c. Don juan
b. Sonnet d. Rhodora
93. A great epic poem whose plot centers around the
anger and wrath of Achilles against Agamemnon, a
geek leader
a. Bernardo Carpio c. The Odyssey
b. The Iliad of Homer d. Myth
94. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of
my soul”,, is taken room the poem
a. O Captain, my captain
b. Invictus
c. The arrow and the Song
d. None of these
95. He was the American President who said: “Ask
not what America will do for you, but what together
we can do for the freedom of man.”
a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
96. The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus; “That
the government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.” – is in his
famous
a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
b. Inaugural Address
c. Address at Gettysburg
d. None of these

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2 a 52 b
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