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Tel. no. (082) 224-2515 or 222-8732 a. Is b. are
18.That _____ seem correct.
ENGLISH a. don’t b. doesn’t
POST – TEST 19.Either the boys or girls _____ here.
a. is b. are
20.The number of teacher in the school ____ from
Choose the correct meaning of the underline word year to year.
I. Vocabulary: a. vary b. varies
1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of 21.One-third of the classroom_____ under water.
his pupils. a. was b. were
a. Demands c. Identifies 22. She is one of those honor pupils who always
b. Observes d. regulates _____ into confusion.
2. There is a need to renovate the old school building a. get b. gets
to avoid future accidents. 23. Each of the members of the club _____ a duty to
a. repair c. restore perform.
b. repaint d. redecorate a. Have b. Has
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the ball 24.Mrs. Tecson’s creativeness and concern _____ well
game appreciated.
a. Frustrating c. sad a. is b. are
b. happy d. discouraging 25.There ____ many pupils here.
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement a. Is b. are
between the parent and the teacher 26.Many years of his life _____ spent in province
a. embarrassing c. peaceful a. Was b. were
b. humble d. continuing 27.No one ____ at home.
5. There is an altercation going on between the a. is b. are
teacher and principal in the office. 28.My leg and my arm _____ aching.
a. dispute c. settlement a. Is b. are
b. competition d. jealousy 29.She _____ to read novels.
a. like b. likes
6. The English teacher is proficient in her teaching. 30.There _____ eight men in the game.
a. effective c. engrossed a. is b. are
b. expert d. perfect II. Identify the figure of speech in the following
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the statement.
qualified of the officers. 31.Michael shouts like mike does.
a. specify c. fasten a. hyperbole c. metaphor
b. attach d. underline b. simile d. litotes
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas 32.Dona was tired to death after a long day of cooking.
a. remove c. decrease a. simile c. metaphor
b. include into d. criticize b. hyperbole d. personification
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of the 33.She has a Venus beauty
campus. a. simile c. metaphor
a. magnificent c. funny b. hyperbole d. litotes
b. ridiculous d. positive 34.As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily while the
10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were cool breeze touches my lips gently.
deciding on the winner. a. Hyperbole c. metaphor
a. appealing c. restlessly b. litotes d. personification
b. with love d. none of these 35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt.
11. He was deprive of a mother’s love matutum.
a. satisfied c. chosen a. Litotes c. Metaphor
b. debarred d. given b. Hyperbole d. Simile
12. The flagrant pupils came shouting with stones in 36.Chris was a limb in the group during the disco
their hands. party.
a. industrious c. notorious a. simile c. hyperbole
b. group of pupils d. intelligent b. metaphor d. litotes
13.There was a question of fraud among the notorious 37. Her lips are as cold as ice
pupils who took the special examination. a. simile c. personification
a. cheating c. unfairness b. metaphor d. synecdoche
b. injustice d. favoritism 38.James was crushed by the death of Kris.
14. Her answer was explicable in public a. simile c. hyperbole
a. undetermined c. unacceptable b. personification d. metaphor
b. can be explained d. unreasonable 39. Her skin is as white as onion
15. She looked haggard when she came in a. simile c. hyperbole
a. fresh c. gaunt b. metaphor d. litotes
b. at ease d. inspired 40.She has the King Solomon ideas.
I. Subject-Verb Agreement a. Simile c. metaphor
16.Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated b. Hyperbole d. personification
when the candidate did not appear in public. IV. Vocabulary
a. was b. were 41.That coke is delicious
a. looks good c. looks colorful
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 42.I won’t come anymore b. Dear Mrs. Ponce
a. come soon c. already came c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
b. never come d. any of these d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
43.The story is uninteresting 61. “Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man healthy,
a. very interesting wealthy, and wise” means
b. interesting in some part a. sleep early and wake up early so you will
c. not interesting become wealthy
d. some how interesting b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early and
44.She was attracted by the hedge getting
a. stone c. fence c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth
b. low bushes d. none of these d. Sleeping will give you a healthy mind.
45.The memo is compulsory. 62.“Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who
a. must be done c. must be kept you are” means
b. a request d. optional a. You are the judges as to who your peers are.
46.She has to economize. b. Your friends are your everyday companions.
a. earn more money c. put business c. You choose your friends.
b. spend less d. spend more d. Tell me who you to be with.
47.The pond is shallow 63. Which of this word are synonymous with
a. has clear water c. is full of mass settlement?
b. is not deep a. Autonomy c. Accord
48.The oil trickles down the machine b. Breakthrough d. Policy
a. flows rapidly 64.What does it mean by saying “Not all close eyes
b. flows little by little are asleep”.
c. flows in large quantities a. Not all eyes are blind.
49.That pond is full of fry. b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows
a. small fish c. mosquito what’s going on.
b. frogs d. wraps c. When we sleep sometimes we open our eyes.
50.I sneaked out. d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes.
a. went out noisily c. went out easily 65. What is meant by live within your means?
b. went out without attracting a. Grow as your live
51.He hasn’t come yet b. Liking is the means of growing.
a. he’ll come later c. he won’t come c. Spend according to your income.
b. we won’t wait for him d. he will never come d. Growing is the means to live.
52.You will sprinkle the flower once a day 66.“ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my
a. change c. cut soul” was written by
b. water d. throw a. Henley c. Elliot
53.These fish are fresh b. Dickens d. Shelley
a. cooked c. cheap 67.“ A thing of beauty is a joy forever” expressed the
b. newly caught d. rotten philosophy of
54.The light is dim a. Spencer c. Elliot
a. off c. colored b. Keats d. Tennyson
b. not bright d. very bright 68. America’s greatest humorist
55.The ants are motile a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington Irving
a. small c. numerous b. Mark twain d. Samuel Clemens
b. movable d. big 69.A long narrative poem dealing with persons of
heroic proportion and actions of great significance
V. Answer the following correctly. a. Ballad c. Sonnet
56.How do you address a Christmas card where the b. Epic d. Elegy
husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the wife is 70.Considered the father of the modern American
an attorney? Which is the right form? short story
a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe
b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes b. Bacon d. Robert frost
c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes 71.It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables.
d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes a. Niponggo c. Canto
57.Writing to your superior, what complimentary b. Haiku d. Tanaga
wending should be used? 72.A collection of literary pieces
a. truly yours, c. Yours truly, a. Prose c. Anthology
b. very truly yours, d. Truly very your’s b. Biography d. Diary
58.Choose the proper use of everyday. 73.Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
a. You find this headline everyday. a. Epic c. Verse
b. You find this headline everyday in the b. Sonnet d. Prose
newspapers. 74.Longest epic ever written
c. You don’t find the issue clear everyday. a. Invictus c. Mahabharata
d. I read the issue everyday b. Lam-ang d. Lament
59.Which declaration shows determination? 75.Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and are handed
a. What an embarrassing situation! from generation to generation
b. I have good words for you. a. Prose c. Poetry
c. This time, I won’t stop teaching. b. Folktales d. Ballad
d. I will still think about it. 76.These are not tales making use of animals as
60.When you are writing to someone you hardly know, characters
the salutation should be a. Myths c. Fables
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77.Known for his pen name “Dolores Manapat” b. Invictus
a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio Lopez Jaena c. The arrow and the Song
b. Marcelo H. del Pilar d. Andres Bonifacio d. None of these
78.Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and 95.He was the American President who said: “Ask not
published “La Solidaridad” what America will do for you, but what together we
a. Apolinario Mabini c. Jose Rizal can do for the freedom of man.”
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
79.His words were the source of inspiration for the b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
poem “ Like the Molave” 96.The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus; “That
a. Mabini c. Quezon the government of the people, by the people, for
b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – is in
80.A poem lamenting the dead his famous
a. Sonnet c. Elegy a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
b. Ode d. Satire b. Inaugural Address
81. Represent of a thing or ideas of a person c. Address at Gettysburg
a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet d. None of these
b. Allusion d. Personification 97.The figure of speech, which uses exaggerated
82.A speech by a person who reveals his thoughts statement for aesthetic reason.
a. Sonnet c. soliloquy a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
b. Metaphor d. simile b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
83.Figure of speech where two different things are 98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
compared thru the use of “as” and “like” a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
a. simile c. facsimile b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
b. allegory d. epic 99.The famous painting Juan Luna made
84.Author of “ how My Brother Leon Brought Home a a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
Wife” b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez 100. The stature of David was created by
b. Fernando maramag d. None of these a. Sigfried Vandike c. Michelangelo
85.These stories, which reflect the people’s belief, are b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol
handed down from one generation to another by
word of mouth.
a. novels c. prose
b. folktales d. poetry
86. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds ***** THE END *****
and supernatural happenings with local color and
which people sing or chant
a. epic c. verse WORK HARD, DREAM HARDER
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
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his pupils.

English
1 b 51 A
2 a 52 B
3 b 53 B
4 c 54 B
5 a 55 B
6 b 56 D
7 a 57 B
8 b 58 C
9 b 59 C
10 c 60 B
11 b 61 B
12 c 62 A
13 a 63 C
14 b 64 B
15 c 65 C
16 a 66 A
17 b 67 B
18 b 68 B
19 b 69 B
20 b 70 C
21 a 71 B
22 b 72 C
23 b 73 B
24 a 74 C
25 b 75 B
26 b 76 C
27 a 77 B
28 b 78 D
29 b 79 C
30 b 80 C
31 b 81 D
32 b 82 C
33 c 83 A
34 d 84 B
35 a 85 B
36 b 86 A
37 b 87 C
38 c 88 A
39 a 89 C
40 c 90 B
41 b 91 D
42 b 92 D
43 c 93 B
44 b 94 B
45 a 95 D
46 b 96 C
47 b 97 C
48 b 98 B
49 a 99 A
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