1.

ANALOGY
democratic : president :: absolute monarchy : ______
a. Spokesperson
b. King
c. Vice-president
d. senator

2. ANALOGY
ecosystem : pond :: _____ : _____

a. chalk : board
b. Philippines : Filipino
c. planet : Earth
d. paper : pencil

3.CONTEXT CLUES
I feared their disapproval, especially my father's, whose stern face was enough to scare me to
death.

a. Strict
b. Firm
c. Hard
d. ugly

4.Which word has the same meaning as the bold-faced word?

cannot fathom the consequences

a. Understand
b. Deny
c. Explain
d. see

5.Identify the error in the sentence below.

Everyone should submit their essays by next week.

a. Submit
b. No Error.
c. Everyone
d. Their
e. by
6.Which word has the opposite meaning as the bold-faced word?
his ineluctable fate

a. Inescapable
b. Preventable
c. Ablated
d. bound

7.Identify the sentence that DOES NOT contain any error in grammar, usage, mechanics, or
diction.

a. Here are painting and embroidery done by my grandmother.

b. Here are a painting an an embroidery done by my grandmother.Here's a painting
c. and an embroidery done by my grandmother.
d. Here is a painting and embroidery don by my grandmother.
e. Here is a painting and an embroidery done by my grandmother.

8.This problem after all can only be ______ through the third-world governments' ______.
a. solved . . . efforts
b. determined . . . leaders
c. halted . . . programs
d. declined . . . actions
e. prosperous . . . consent
9.Identify the sentence that DOES NOT contain any error in grammar, usage, mechanics, or
diction.
a. I cannot turn in my paper due to the fact that I forgot it.
b. I cannot turn in my paper because I forgot it.
c. The matter is that I forgot my paper and I cannot turn it in.
d. The thing of it is that I cannot turn in my paper due to the fact that I forgot it.
e. I cannot turn in my paper being that I forgot it.

10.Which word has the same meaning as the bold-faced word?

use difficult words parsimoniously
a. Hastily
b. Gradually
c. Sparingly
d. Reluctantly
11.CONTEXT CLUES
There used to be a time when I anxiously awaited the arrival of my report card.
a. Nervously
b. Excitedly
c. Enviously
d. angrily
12.As the peso continues to be _____, the urban poor find it more difficult to live decent lives.
a. Non-valued
b. Disvalued
c. Devaluedelocution
d. unvalued
13.We are considered industrious, ______ foreigners often remark on how hardworking we are.
a. But
b. Yet
c. For
d. And
e. So
14.ANALOGY
poet : poem :: minstrel : ______
a. Song
b. Canvass
c. Play
d. speech

15.The judges were amazed by the contestant's ______ and unanimously declared her the winner
of the impromptu speech contest.
a. Elocution
b. Circumlocution
c. Loquaciousness
d. Interlocutor
16.Identify the error in the sentence below.
I really like watching horror movies. Especially the part where ghosts appear.
a. Watching
b. Where
c. Appear
d. No Error
e. Especially
17.Despite the depressing situation ______ our country, there are still shafts of light to which we
can cling for hope.
a. To
b. In
c. At
d. With
e. On
18.Which word has the opposite meaning as the bold-faced word?
his pompous manner

a. Maniacal
b. Humble
c. Egotistical
d. Hilarious
19.The quarreling couple decided that it was time they sat down and tackled the bull by its horns.
a. talked about their problems
b. hid away their problems
c. solved their problems
d. worked on their problems

20.IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
The group was working on a limb as several members left just yesterday.

a. Understaffed
b. Injured
c. Scared
d. rested