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1. It is raining cats and dogs, May I

borrow _____ umbrella? I left ____
inside the car.
Answer: your, mine
2. In the classroom setting, which of the
following kind of listening most
student use?
a. Escape
b. To be informed*
c. To be inspired
d. To enjoy

9. She ________ finished writing her novel

before the publishers arrived.
A. Should
B. Have
C. Will have
D. Have been

7. If I _______ know her before, I would

have hired her as my personal adviser.
A. Had
B. Have
C. Could
D. Will

10. What do we call a poem with 14 lines

and follows a specific rhyme and
scheme?
A. Haiku
B. Free verse
C. Sonnet
D. Elegy
11.How do we call a Japanese poem with
three lines (with 17 syllables)?
A. Haiku
B. Free verse
C. Sonnet
D. Elegy
12.Read the following lines from the
Shakespearean play: Hamlet and
decide which following emotion is
most reflected?
To be or not to be, that is the
question. Whether it is nobler in the
minds to suffer the slings and arrows
of the outrageous fortune or to take
arms against a sea of trouble, and
then opposing and then?
A. Sadness
B. Wrath
C. Indecision
D. Doubt
13.The invited resource speaker was a lot
on his mind. He is a such a
LOQUACIOUS speaker. The capitalize
word means?
A. Reserve
B. Lanky
C. Verbose
D. Limited
14.Read the lines below and decide how
was mercy described
The quality of mercy is not
strained.
If dropped is the gentle rain from
the heaven
Upon the place beneath it is twice
blest
It is blesseth him that give and him
that takes
a. Mercy is only restricted to those who
repent
b. Mercy is an arbitrary thing
c. Mercy must be given to everyone
d. Mercy is like rain

8. The subject we were able to take last

semester was too difficult for Jenny
and ______
A. Me
B. Myself
C. I
D. We

15.Which figure of speech was used in

the second line of the given poem in
number 14?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Apostrophe
D. Alliteration

3. Which of the following speech process

deals with the amplification and
enrichment of the voice with use of
amplifiers like the chest, wind pipe
and the nose?
A. Phonation
B. Inflection
C. Articulation
D. Resonation
4. Below are the different sources of
energy. Which do you think is the most
disadvantageous because of it
possible threats of human sources of
food?
A. Geothermal
B. Sun
C. Wind
D. Fauna
5. In the statement The moon is the
brightness eye of the heaven above
What figure of speech was used?
A. Apostrophe
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Onomatopoeia
6. The Philippine Congress must pass a
law that enforces the total ban
___________ of cyanide in fishing.
A. With the use
B. On using
C. On the use
D. With using

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16.The prodigal son, who is the black

sheep of the family was returned
home. What figure of speech is use in
the given statement?
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Irony
D. Oxymoron
17.The needed budget for classroom
renovation _____________ with the
budget of the university.
A. Is
B. Are Appearing
C. Appears
D. Is appearing
18.In the Shakespearian play Merchant
of Venice the speech of Portia
seemed not to impertinent to the
case being raised by Shylock. The
highlighted word means.
A. important
B. Over cupped
C. Irrelevant
D. Superfluous
19.For one to be a great gardener he she
must have a GREENTHUMB. Which
figure of speech was used in this
statement?
A. Metonymy***
B. Alliteration
C. Synecdoche
D. Assonance
20.Refer back to item no. 19, what do you
think is the meaning of the figurative
language used?
A. That the gardener must grow
plants in his thumb
B. That gardener must be a
vegetarian
C. That gardener must own a garden
D. That gardener must be good in
gardening***
21.Who among the Filipino writers below
focuses on the belief and tradition
during the Filipino Spanish Period?
A. Nick Joaquin
B. Bienvinido Santos
C. N.V.M. Gonzales
D. F. Sionil Jose

22.The lines below are taken from the

poem the spouse by Luis Dato. Read
the lines and decides which best
described the role of the wife.

He hold no joy beyond the days

tomorrow
She fined no world beyond his arms
embrace
She looks upon the man beyond the
furrow
Who is her motion, time and space?
A. Working wife
B. Artist
C. Business woman*
D. House wife
23.We often times see the phrase red
letter day on the calendars. The
quted phrase is an example of?
A. Hyperbole
B. Idiom
C. Anomaopia
D. Alliteration
24.The Sushi chef was very careful in
handling knives. She makes it certain
not to hurt _______ while preparing the
meal.
A. Himself
B. Her
C. Herself
D. Him
25.The poet admitted that for him to
write a good piece, he must have read
more than ten books. Indeed the poet
is a ____ reader.
A. Voracious
B. Vehement
C. Industrious***
D. Indulgent
26.Venus, the Roman goddess of love was
always been the symbol of feminine
pulchritude. The underlined word
means.
A. Homeliness
B. Plainness
C. Beauty***
D. Grandiosity
27.What is Jose Rizals 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
28.An ample amount of water _________
needed for the city to sustain its
community.
a. Is***
b. Were
c. Are
d. Was
29.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

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30.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
Filipino
61. Ito ang dinadaanan upang
maipaabot ng tagapagsalita ang
kanyang mensahe.
A. Partisipant
B. Tsanel***
C. Konsteksto
D. Feedback
62. Anong taon ideneklara ng na ang
Wikang Pambansa ay tatawaging
Filipino?
A. 1974
B. 1997
C. 1987***
D. 1988
63. Sa pagbabagong morpoponemiko
ang mga salitang kamo, kako, teka,
san ay nagtataglay ng __________.
A. Asimilasyon
B. Matatesis
C. Pagkaltas***
D. Tono
64. Sa panitikan, ito ay tumutukoy sa
bilang ng pantig sa bawat taludtod ng
isang tula.
A. Diin
B. Tugma
C. Sukat***
D. Talinhaga
65. Anong uri ng morpema ang
nagtataglay ng kahulugan nakapagiisa
at kilala rin bilang salitang ugat.
A. Paglalapi
B. Malayang Morpema***
C. Di - Malayang Morpema
B. Morpemang Leksikal
66. Ito ay tumutukoy sa proseso ng
pagpapalitan ng kaisipan, damdamin,
kuro-kuro at salaysay sa pamamagitan
ng mga sagisag.
A. Pagtuklas
B. Paglalahad
C. Talastasan***
D. Pakikinig
67. Isang barayti ng wika na
tumutukoy sa wikang nililikha batay sa
dimensyong heograpiko. Ito ang
wikang ginagamit sa isang particular
na rehiyon, lalawigan o pook Malaki
man o maliit.

A. Etnolik
B. Ekolek
C. Sosyolek
D. Dayalekto***
68. Sa komunikasyon napasulat, alin
sa mga sumusunod ang nararapat na
isaalalang alang.
A. Lakas Ng Boses
B. Maayos Na Pagpapalugit***
C. Maliksing Mga Mata
D. Pagkibik Ng Balikat
69. Ito ay isang masistemang
balangkas ng salita ng tunog na
pinipili at isinaayos sa paaraang
arbitraryo upang magamit ng mga
taong kabilang sa isang kultura.
A. tunog
B. sining
C. Bukabularyo
D. Wika***
70. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang
itinuturing na sagabal at hadlang sa
pakikinig?
A. Talinhaga
B. Ingay***
C. Okasyon
D. Oras

71. Sa kayarian ng salita ano ang

pinakapayak na anyo ng salitang
walang nakakabit na panlapi.
A. Ponema
B. Laguhan
C. Gitlapi
D. Salitang Ugat
72. Anong bahagi ng pananalita ang
salitang nakasalungguhit sa
pangungusap na nasa ibaba:
Malakas ang boses mo.
A. Pandiwa
B. Pangatnig
C. Panguri***
D. Panghalip
73. Sa kasalukuyan, ang titik na Q ay
binibigkas bilang.
A. Ku
B. Kuya
C. Kuyu
D. Kyu***
74. Sa pananaliksik saang kabanata
matatagpuan ang panimula, ang
suliranin at ang kaligiran nito at
konsepwal framework.
A. Kabanata II***
B. Kabanata I
C. Kabanata IV
D. Kabanata III

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75. Anong bantas ang sumisimbolo ng

sumusunod na tatlong tuldok na
ginagamit para ipakita na may mga
bahagi hindi na sinipi sa talata.
A. sinopsi
B. ellipsis***
C. Abstrak
D. Sintesis
76. Isang uri ng pag lalahat na
tumutukoy sa pahayag na pasaklaw na
nabubugo sa pamamagitan ng
personal na panlasa o pagpilli.
A. Probable generalization
B. Subjective generalization***
C. Analytical generalization
D. Kategoryal generalization
77. Anong dulog pampanitikan na
kilala sa tawag bilang reader response
theory?
A. Antropolohiya
B. Empresiyonista
C. Patalambuhay***
D. Pansikolohiya
78. Sa komunikasyon, ano ang angkop
na layunin ng tagapagsalita na
mayroong sense of humor?
A. Manghikayat
B. Manlibang
C. Magpatibay
D. Magkwento
79. Isa sa mga makrong kasanayan
pang komunikasyon na tumutukoy sa
proseso ng paghahatid ng damdamin,
opinion, at karunungan sa
pamamagitan ng makabuluhang
tunog.
A. Pakikinig
B. Pagbabasa
C. Pagsasalita***
D. Pagatatala
80. Sa pakikinig, ang pakikipag-away
sa tagapagsalita ay isang pakikinig na
__________.
A. Masusi
B. Pasibo***
C. Pagsasalita
D. May lugod
81. Anong tenik ng pagbabasa ang
angkop na gagamitin kung ang akda
ay mahirap unawain?
A. Preview
B. Muling basa
C. Masusi***
D. Kaswal
82. Anong ponema ng supra
segmental ang tumutukoy sa taas
baba ng bigkas ng pantig ng isang

salita upang maging mabisa ang

pakikipagusap?
A. diin
B. Antala
C. Tono***
D. Segmental
83. Ano ang tinataglay ng mga
sumusunod na salita tanaw, aliw,
reyna.
A. diptonggo***
B. pares minimal
C. klaster
d. Ponema
84. Sa bantas ano ang tamang
nilalagay sa pagitan ng panlapi. Ika at
kabilang.
A. Gitling***
B. Kuwit
C. Panaklong
D. Tuldok
85. Ang nalaglag nahulog ay mga
salitang _________.
A. Magkahawig***
B. Magkasalungat
C. Magkapares
D. Idyoma
86. Sa pananaliksik anong disenyo ang
may katangian nagsisiyasat sa
pamamagitan ng palatanungan,
pakikipanayam
A. Survey***
B. Case Study
C. Feasibility Study
D. Etrograpiya
87. Anong ang ibig sabihin ng idyoma
na ginagamit sa pangungusap na nasa
ibaba:
The present program is only a storm in
a tea cup.
A. Bale wala
B. Buong puso
C. May galit***
D. Matagumpay
88. Saan kabanata mahahanap ang
mga lugar at babasahin
mapagkukunan ng mga hugnay na
literature at pag-aaral?
A. Kabanata I
B. Kabanata IV
C. Kabanata II***
D. Kabanata V
89. Anong uri ng pamahayagan na
naguulat ng tunay na pangyayari hindi
batay sa balita kundu dahil batay sa
pag-aaral, pananaliksin o
pakikipanayam at nakasulay sa
paraang kawili-wili.
A. Editoryal***
B. Pangulong tudling

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C. Lathalain
D. Komento
90. Anong uri ng pagsulat na
nagtataglay ng makukulay na
imahenasyon ng manunulat at may
layunin pukawin ang damdamin ng
mambabasa.
A. Malikhain***
B. jornalistik
C. Teknikal
D. Akademiko
91. Ang ibang katawan sa rutang
dinaraanan ng mensahe ibinibigay ng
tagapagsalita para sa tagapakinig
ay______________.
A. konsteksto
B. Tsanel***
C. Participant
D. Feedback

96. The microorganism which is

commonly found in water and can
cause dysentery is
A. Plasmodium Falciparum
B. Tuberde bascilli
C. Enpa Mopba Histolyca***
D. Gorilla Bercngei
97. Which is the following is not
consider as useful function of
bacteria?
A. They act as decomposers of dead
organisms
B. They can synthesis enzymes to
make vitamins***
C. They can clean up oil spill by
digesting hydrocarbon
D. They can be pathogenic

SCIENCE
92. The process used by green plants
to covert energy from sunlight into
chemical energy is called
A. Photosynthesis
B. Respiration
C. Catalectic
D. Diffusion
93. One of the interactions between
two organisms is predation, and this is
shown when.
A. Two spiders are fighting for
survival***
B. A flea is sucking the blood of the
dog
C. A cat is killing and feeding on the
rat
D. A remora attacks itself to undersize
of the shark for a free ride but not
sucking the blood of the shark

94. Amoeba a single celled

organisms, has thin structures
essential for cytokinesis, movement
and changes in its shape. This
structures are called.
A. microfilaments***
B. Pseudofilament
C. Macro filament
D. Nano filament
95. Which of the following organisms
listed below does not belong to the
group?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Dino flagellates
Amoeba
Paramecium
Yeast

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