Language Proficiency (review)

May I please request that each of the two groups take an ________ position in the

issue now.

• alternating

• alternative

• alternate

• all of the above

_________ mountains aplenty in the Philippines.

• There is

• There are

• There were

• There was

The student badly needs her teacher's

• advice

• advise

• advising

• advisory

Choose the correct and effective sentence from the set of sentences.

• She only walked fifteen miles when her legs gave out.

• She had only walked for about fifteen miles when her legs gave out.

• She has walked only fifteen miles when her legs gave out.

• She had walked only fifteen miles when her legs gave out.

A thousand pesos __________ not enough compensation and you _________ it.

• are – knows

• are – know

• is – know

• is – knows

If we __________ harder we would have passed the UPCAT.

• study

• had studied

• studied

• have studied

Amicable means the same as –

• friendly

• anxious

• jealous

• patient

___are you deserting me _________you are also taking our supplies.

• neither—nor

• not only—but

• both—and

• either—or

Lolita is going to Switzerland ___________ May next year. Particularly, she would be

leaving ___________ eight o’clock a.m _________ New Year’s Day.

• in – on – on

• at – on – at

• in – at – in

• in – at – on

Choose the correct and effective sentence from the set of sentences.

• Father jogs exuberantly to the park every morning before breakfast to exercise his

  heart.

• Father exuberantly jogs every morning to the park to exercise his heart before

  breakfast.

• Father, to exercise his heart, jogs exuberantly every morning before breakfast to the

  park.

• Father jogs exuberantly every morning before breakfast to the park to exercise his

  heart.