Laguna College of Business and Arts Remedial Instruction in English Name: ________________________ Grade and Section: _____________ I.

Vocabulary: Date: __________ Score: __________

Direction: Read each sentence carefully and not the underlined word only. Figure out the meaning of that word from the four choices given and encircle the letter of your choice. 1. The proficient secretary earns as much as five thousand pesos a month. a. effective c. expert b. versatile d. intelligent 2. The reaction to the announcement was spontaneous; everyone shouted at once. a. all together c. not planned b. one at time d. instantaneous 3. On display at the museum were grinders, club heads, flint axes and knives, and other stone artifacts. a. cutlery c. tool b. material d. antique 4. The insane woman walks the street oblivious of the crowd. a. attentive c. needless b. lacking attention d. amused 5. The philanthropist, who did not like his name to be known, sent in an anonymous large donation to the community Chest Fund Drive. a. silent c. wealthy b. invisible d. unnamed 6. In teaching, the strategies used by the teachers should be congruent with the objectives. a. contrast c. separate b. relevant d. compare 7. Because of the paucity of data, the researchers had to start all over again in order to gather enough information for the study. a. poor quality c. strange b. not thoughtful d. not enough 8. In the three years he spent in prison, he had to contend with the calamity after another. a. famine c. misfortune b. hunger d. loneliness 9. The man talking to Mr. Santos is the curator of the Museum. a. keeper c. owner b. chairman d. leader 10. The MMC should integrate several functions for a more effective administration. a. add c. decrease b. criticize d. unify 11. Pollution of the fuel crisis could herald a new dawn for solar energy. a. demand c. expose b. introduce d. permit 12. The future survival of the bald eagle is still an important American ecological concern. a. migration c. existence b. population d. evolution

13. Motivation is a primary factor of learning. It also mean as the arousal of interest. a. stimuli c. strength b. encouragement d. power 14. All application for teaching position should be supported by authentic documents. a. duplication c. true copy b. Xerox copy d. original documents 15. Pragmatic education utilizes situations that are true to life. a. playful c. idealistic b. realistic d. formal II. Word Recognition

Direction: Underline the misspelled word in each group and write the correct spelling on the space provided after each word. 1. zucchini, subtitle, psychology, sovereignity, 2. mimeograph, rheumatism, improvedent, wasteful 3. snatch, sunguine, hierarchy, malleable 4. neccessary, receive, indispensible, folklorist 5. feminine, temperament, bachelor, plateu 6. bureau, incognito, mississippi, irreparrable 7. slappy, inadequacy, integrity, covertly, 8. irrelevant, pasionnate, possess, edible 9. augmented, atmosphere, beejewelled, transferable 10. misstep, transmissible, transmitable, omission 11. infringement, bussiness, brunch, equivocation 12. conflagration, illumenate, provoke , irrevocable 13. catalogue, courageous, intensifies, vauge 14. andragogy, epistimology, pedagogue, pedagogy 15. decit, porch, irritation, schemata III. Phonemic awareness ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

Direction: A. Stress or Accent. Read the following words and tell whether they are accented on the first second, third, and fourth syllable. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. urchin horizon orator committee cafeteria __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ 6. onomatopoeia 7. extemporaneous 8. operation 9. antecedent 10. kilometer ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Direction: Give the correct sound of the final ed [t] [-d] [Id]. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Lacked Robbed Hunted Grabbed Escaped - __________ - __________ - __________ - __________ - __________ 6. Toasted 7. Pushed 8. Blamed 9. Coughed 10. Wrapped ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

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