NAME______________________________________________ CS REVIEW

I. SINGLE WORD ANALOGY: (Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank before each number. If there’s no
answer among the choices, write e.

_____1. Moby Dick : Herman Merville – The Old Man and the Sea : ______

a. Charles Dickens b. Ernest Hemingway c. Charles Perrault d. Robert Frost

_____2. Confucius : China – Mahatma Gandhi : __________________

a. India b. Japan c. Africad. Philippines

_____3. BIR : Taxes – DPWH : ________________

a. Public Roads b. Houses c. Traffic d. Churches

_____4. Barangay : Captain – Provincial Government : __________________

a. Congressman b. Mayor c. Senator d. Governor

_____5. USA : Washington DC – Philippines : _____________

a. Quezon City b. San Juan c. Manila d. Cebu

_____6. Presidential : President – Parliamentary : ____________

a. Prime Minister b. King c. House Speaker d. Cardinal

_____7. Tagbanua : Palawan – Kankanay : _______________

a. Ilocos b. Cavite c. Benguet d. Cebu

_____8. Pyramid : Egypt – Taj Mahal : _________________

a. China b. Japan c. India d. Malaysia

_____9. Tigris and Euphrates : Mesopotamia – Nile River : ______________

a. Egypt b. Greece c. Italy d. Spain

_____10. Mahabharata : India – Gilgamesh : __________________

a. Assyria b. Sumeria c. Chaldea d. Babylon

_____11. Italy : Latin – Greece : _____________

a. Grecian b. French c. Greek d. Greek

_____12. Sistine Madonna : Raphael – Last Supper : _________________

a. Michaelangelo b. Leonardo da Vinci c. Rembrandt d. Van Gosh

_____13, Stalagmite : Floor – Stalactite : _______________

a. wall b. ceiling c. mouth d. window

_____14. Catholic : Priest – Muslim : ____________________

a. Rajah b. Hajji c. Koran d. Imam

_____15. Gionmani Boccacio : Dercameron – Niccolo Machiavelli : __________________

a. The Little Prince b. Utopia c. The Prince d. Wealth of Nations

_____16. Samuel Morose : Telegraph – Alexander Graham Bell : ___________________

a. telescope b. telephone c. teleportation d. doorbell

_____17. Parachute : Andre Jacques Garnerin – Television : _______________

a. John Logie Baird b. William Sony c. John Vincent Crown d. Howard Aiken

_____18. Earth is the Center : Ptolemy – Sun is the Center : _______________

a. Albert Einstein b. Aristotle c. Galileo d. Copernicus

_____19. Pythagorean Theorem : Pythagoras – Cubic Equation : ______________

a. Alfred Nobel b. Isaac Newton c. Tartaglia d. Rene Descartes

_____20. Henry Cavendish : Hydrogen – Henry Priestly : ____________________

a. carbonic acid b. oxygen c. radium d. potassium

_____21. Allied Powers : Russia – Central Powers : ____________________

a. France b. Britain c. Italy d. Austria

_____22. entourage : attendants – cortege : _________________

a. procession of saints b. procession in court c. funeral procession d. floral procession

_____23. islet : small island – rivulet : ___________

a. small river b. small land c. small review d. small river

_____24. conspicuous : obvious – hideous : ______________________

 a. hidden b. ugly c. expert in hiding d. very bad

_____25. nose : nasal – abdomen : _______________

a. abnormal b. abdominal c. abominate d. adenoma

_____26. agnostic : doubts God’s existence – atheist : _______________

a. denies God’s existence b. denies God as a Creator c. affirms God’s existence

d. affirms God as a Creator

_____27. infanticide : killing of infants – genocide : _________________

a. killing of genies b. killing of geniuses c. killing of race or social group d. killing of Geno

_____28. latrine : toilet – lavatory : ______________

a. basin b. tub c. sink d. bathroom

_____29. masticate : chew – eradicate : _____________________

a. collect b. countc. complete d. throw

_____30. sadism : delight in cruelty to others – masochism : __________________

a. delight in building houses b. delight in hurting masons

c. delight in being abused d. delight in going to masses

_____31. mazurka : Polish – fandango : ____________________

a. Russian b. Spanish c. German d. Polish

_____32. nearsighted : myopia – farsighted : _____________________

a. hyperopia b. squint c. double vision d. blink

_____33. dyslexia : reading – aphasia : _________________

a. muscle coordination b. speech c. eye movement d. memory

_____34. maitre d’ : head of the restaurant – busboy : _____________________

a. bus conductor b. bus cleaner c. waiter’s help d. head waiter

_____35. figurine : small figure – heroine : ______________________

a. small hero b. female hero c. small drug d. female drug

_____36. Xerox : photocopier – Adidas : ____________________

 a. athlete’s shoes b. dress shoes c. formal wear d. handsome

_____37. Sayonara : Goodbye – Bonjour : ___________________

a. Good Luck. b. Good day. C. Good night. D. Good evening.

_____38. superfluous : excessive – supersede : ____________________

a. watch over b. full of seeds c. great seed d. take place of

_____39. Nativity : Christmas – Senakulo : ______________________

a. advent b. lent c. Pentecost d. Passover

_____40. Theme : Main idea – moral : _________________

a. value b. a desire c. a piece of advice d. a standard

II. SYNONYMS

_____1. tangent : a. straight line b. sharp smell c. tropical fruit d. temptation

_____2. circumference: a. width b. boundary c. center d. height

_____3. foolscap : a. recycling b. paper c. cartoons d. satire

_____4. genus : a. beginning b. characteristic c. philosophy d. group

_____5. proton : a. seed b. toxin c. particle d. invention

_____6. parse : a. to slice b. debate c. analyze d. read

_____7. integer : a. fraction b. remainder c. whole numberd. prime number

_____8. prose : a. dance b. song c. poem d. story

_____9. tempo : a. pace b. paint c. command d. march

_____10. neuron : a. blood cell b. skin cell c. nerve cell d. stem cell

_____11. omnivore ( eater of ) a. just vegetables b. just meat c. only raw food

d. meat and vegetables

_____12. indigenous : a. foreign b. local c. uprooted d. transplanted

_____13. Precambrian ( an era dating to ) : a. 50 million years ago b. 200 million years ago

c. 400 million years agod. two billion years ago

_____14. refract : a. to bend b. repeat c. split d. reduce

_____15. pedagogy ( relating to ) : a. self – improvement b. discipline c. relaxation

d. education

III. IDENTIFYING ERROR:

_____1. It don’t make any difference to me where we go this summer vacation. NO ERROR.

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_____2. I’m very sure your parents will not approve of you going abroad immediately after

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graduating from college. NO ERROR.

_____3. Perpetrators and victims of hospitality, one of our finest national traits, are the poor who

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lavish all he can on a visitor. NO ERROR.

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_____4. That a great number of Filipinos does not know the Filipino version of our national

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anthem is a disgrace. . NO ERROR.

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_____5. I’m sure that I study as hard as he but he makes better grades than me. . NO ERROR.

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_____6. It is likely that you may be one of the many persons who need to communicate better. .

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NO ERROR.

_____7. “ I must confess,” he said, “ that mathematics is my most difficult subject that I never
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overcome my dislike for it”. . NO ERROR.

_____ 8. Since Emilio is so tired that he cannot hardly go on, let’s rest for another ten minutes

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or so. . NO ERROR.

_____9. Lack of communication is the root cause of misunderstanding and its effects could be

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seen practically everywhere. . NO ERROR.

_____10. The supervisor is not only kind and accommodating but intelligent and open minded. .

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NO ERROR.

_____11. Inspite of the noise and confusion on board the ship, my attention was concentrated

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on a young girl leaning over the rail. . NO ERROR.

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_____12. Sa kanyang pagsisikap at lubos na pagtitiis, si Ana ay nakatapos ng kanyang pag –

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aaral. . WALANG MALI.

_____13. Tila magandang panahon nang madaliang lumakad ang mag – ina. WALANG MALI.

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_____ 14. The board of directors have approved salary increase for all deserving office
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employees. . NO ERROR.

_____15. The poor and unfortunate children have gone home, aren’t they? . NO ERROR.

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_____16. A supervisor should pay more attention to their employees’ welfare than to their

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performance. . NO ERROR.

_____17. All children, whether born of or out of wedlock shall enjoy the same social protection. .

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NO ERROR.

_____18. The President, as well as the Cabinet members, refuse to endorse the Bill. . NO

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ERROR.

_____19. All human beings are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards

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one another with a spirit of brotherhood. . NO ERROR.

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_____20. Because no one were there to show the visitors their rooms, Jade took the green and

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Olive got the pink room. . NO ERROR.

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_____21. During the press conference which was hold at the university, many editors – in –

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chief from different colleges opted to continue the following day. . NO ERROR.

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_____22. The student who desires to excel in all endeavors among his contemporary should be

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patient and diligent. . NO ERROR.

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_____23. The economy went wrong in 1983 but in 1984 the President adopted new practical

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projects and thing improved. . NO ERROR.

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_____24. The necessity to austerity measures in times of economic crisis lessen the difficulties

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one may experience during such period. . NO ERROR.

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_____25. The President announced that he would dismantle government corporation which has

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been losing money in their operations. . NO ERROR.

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_____26. Books inform us, introduce to many friends, and makes our leisure profitable. . NO

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ERROR.

_____27. Despite the headlines many think that only a few policemen and a few enforces are
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abusive. . NO ERROR.

_____28. There is a need to evaluate the school system to find out if the present educational

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priorities are consistent to the country’s development goal. . NO ERROR.

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_____29. Pumanhik siya sa bahay at tuluy – tuloy sa kusina upang humingi ng pagkain

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sa kanyang kapatid. WALANG MALI.

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_____ 30. Isinalansan ng guro ng mga aklat sa isang taguan at ipininid ang pintuan. WALANG

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MALI.

IV. CORRECT USAGE

_____1. Czarmaine ____________ remarkable poems even at her young age.

a. rites b. rights c. writes d. write

_____2. Being too _________ will undoubtedly make other men hate you.

a. vane b. vain c. vein d. vanity

_____3. _______ stepping on my shoes.

a. Your b. You’re c. Yours d. You’d

_____4. Drunk driving was the reason for ___________ accident.

a. their b. they’re c. there d. there are

_____5. May I ___________ your Titanic compact disk?

a. borrow b. lend c. loan d. credit

_____6. Due to bad weather, the airline company decided ______ postpone the flight.

a. two b. to c. too d. then

_____7. _____ the three girls, the eldest is the most diligent.

a. Between b. Among c. In d. By

_____8. Exposure to air pollution will ____________ your asthma.

a. cure b. deteriorate c. aggravate d. annoy