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Dilaw na Libro 2019: Hsilgne

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What best describes vowel sound?

a)

All vowel sounds are voiceless

b)

Out mouth is always open in pronouncing vowel sounds

2.

Which sound is a voiceless affricate?

a)

Izh

b)

Idz

3.

What makes the difference between "ice cream and I scream"

a)

Pitch

b)

Juncture

4.

You wouldn't want to be late for the interview, ____________?

a)

Won't you

b)

Would you

5.

After __________ all day, she finally saw the lake.

a)

Walking

b)

Having walked

6.

He is the _________________ of the two brothers.

a)

Very tall

b)

Taller

7.

None of the students _________ present in the event yesterday.

a)

Were

b)

Are

8.

The family were __________ in the beach.

a)

Altogether

b)

All together

9.

A good writer supports his generalization with _____________ examples

a)

Concrete

b)

Convenient

10.

On your trip to Tagaytay, if you chance upon Arsenio, please give __________ my warm regards.

a)

Himself

b)

Him

11.

The cost of the new family house is quite expensive for _________, besides we have more urgent family needs.

a)

Us

b)

Them

12.

I should have returned the books to the library last Monday. They are now three days ___________.

a)

Delayed

b)

Overdue

13.

Choose the word directly opposite the underline word "an abuse motive"

a)

Exalted

b)

Demoted

14.

There was hiatus of two years before I went back to college. Hiatus means ________________.

a)

Lapse

b)

Uninterruption

15.

Which is the BEST synonym for the word ADVOCATE?

a)

Determine

b)

Support

16.

The wounded soldiers were visited by the president who honored them with ___________ for their __________.

a)

medals - valor

b)

money - sacrifice

17.

What is the correct meaning for the word imminent?

a)

Learned

b)

Near

18.

What is meant by the statement: Values are absolute.

a)

Unchanging

b)

Changing

19.

Which of the following words are misspelled?


i. Transgression

ii. Transcent

iii. Inmunity

iv. Percieve

a)

ii, iii, iv

b)

iii, iv

20.

What is the vocal variable that dictates the highness and lowness of your voice?

a)

Volume

b)

Pitch

21.

The driver of the speeding bus is CULPABLE. This means:

a)

Guilty

b)

Innocent

22.

She wrote a "first-rate" report. What does it say about the report?

a)

Excellent

b)

Mediocre

23.

She was a "Phantom of Delight" connotes that the woman is:

a)

Lovely

b)

Real

24.

What does the prefix epi- means in the word "epidermis"

a)

With

b)

Upon

25.

Mario's father is an alcoholic, a chain smoker, and a gambler. But Mario is his contrast because he does not drink, smoke nor gamble. What does this case prove?

a)

One's value system is inherited

b)

One's value system is acquired

26.

The politician is a witty speaker but he beats around the bush too much

a)

Keeps on talking

b)

Avoid the main topic

27.

The copy reader found the news story boring. He found it full of ______________

a)

Verbs

b)

Pronouns

28.

Which of the following sentences contains dangling modifier?

a)

I slipped on the cement running through the parking lot

b)

Many undesirable side effects are experienced using this drug.

29.

An association wherein the name of something is substituted by something that represents it.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Personification

30.

A bread and butter sandwich _____________ my favorite morning snack.

a)

Is

b)

Are

31.

What sound is produced when the letter or sound D is followed by a word that starts with Y? Did you see it?

a)

j

b)

ch

32.

I love playing __________ my cat.

a)

To

b)

With

33.

Many child ________ experiencing hunger and poverty

a)

Is

b)

Are

34.

The _____________ of the story is that friendship is sacred.

a)

Morale

b)

Moral

35.

Which verb will fit the sentence: Carmilo _____________ playing the guitar as hobby.

a)

Has enjoyed

b)

Enjoys

36.

Almost two-thirds of the population today _________ poor

a)

Is

b)

Are

37.

Because the moon rotates on its axis at the time as it ______ around the earth, we see the same side.

a)

Revolves

b)

Has been revolving

38.

The copy reader found the news story boring. He hound it full of _________.

a)

Pronouns

b)

Verbs

39.

I suggest that he ____________ in the room for one week

a)

Stay

b)

Stays

40.

The parent remarked, "__________ I come late, just lock the door."

a)

In the event

b)

In the cause

41.

Adults acquire new words and experience primarily through ____________.

a)

Formal education

b)

Exposure to their use

42.

People who are too ______________ are liable to be deceived by unscrupulous individuals.

a)

Cynical

b)

Credulous

43.

"Did you get the instructions?" What is the appropriate answer?

a)

"Certainly, I did"

b)

"Very well, indeed"

44.

Stop shilly shallying and make up your mind. This serves as a warning not to:

a)

Hesitate

b)

Go ahead

45.

I don't like SONOROUS sounds, I prefer music that is pleasing to the ears.

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

46.

According to the oxford dictionary, what does "yaya" mean?

a)

Nursemaid

b)

Housekeeper

47.

"How much money did you bring for shopping?" which of the following answers this question?

a)

None, but I have a credit card

b)

I have P500.00 inside the envelope in my desk.

48.

The manager told his workers, "We have to reduce our workforce." What did he mean?

a)

Workers are warned for possible lay off

b)

Workers are free to leave

49.

What is the theme of quote "have a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion."

a)

Security

b)

Responsibility

50.

From the following, choose the two words that lack correlation.

a)

Prodigy: offspring

b)

Recipe: formula

51.

From the following, choose the two words that lack correlation.

a)

Species: variety

b)

Troupe: company of actors

52.

Senators were accused by activist of washing their hands with the perfumes of Arabia. This state is commonly known as:

a)

Guilt

b)

Aggression

53.

There were three guests on the stage. They were made up of a parent, the governor and the principal. Who should be acknowledged first by the valedictorian?

a)

The governor

b)

The principal

54.

What is suggested in the opening line? June 13, 1986 - they came from all over America - 200,000 heroes strong, with their families.

a)

The writer holds great admiration for the veterans

b)

The writer is opposed to the Vietnam war

55.

Which of the following words is misspelled?

a)

Accomodate

b)

Accuracy

56.

A readability mismatch happens when the reading levels of books exceed the reading levels of students. In this situation, the students experience frustration and they fall short of the expected or desired output. A student who finds himself/ herself in such a mismatch will likely do which of the following?

a)

Present an argument that the selection or story read was not properly written

b)

Give an intelligent critique of the selection or story read.

57.

What does this mean: Excuses are for losers.... those who take responsibility for their actions are real winners in life. This tells of?

a)

Accountability of one's action tells of bravery

b)

Excuses are needed to justify any failure.

58.

A couple accepted a wedding invitation. They showed pleasure in these remarks:

a)

The ceremonies were very impressive

b)

All guests congratulated the organizers and the couple

59.

What correction should be made to this sentence?


One of the theories is that the first child receives more of the parents' attention than other children so first-borns tend to be more intellectual.

a)

Insert a comma after children

b)

Change parents' to parent's

60.

Which of the following lines is a simile?

a)

Holding a wonder like a cup

b)

Life has loneliness to sell

61.

The statement, "She is a rose" is an example of

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

62.

"The sun was gone, he had left his footprints in the sky." The description of the sun in the sentence contains which of the following literary devices?

a)

Personification

b)

Synecdoche

63.

"And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

64.

Carl Sundburg wrote "Jazz Fantasia" which has for its first stanza:


Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzzmen.


Which words illustrate alliteration

a)

Batter and bajos

b)

Sob and winding

65.

What is the mood of these lines?


Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise

I must think of a new life

And I mustn't give in.

When the dawn comes

tonight will be a memory too

And a new day will begin

a)

Hopeful

b)

Afraid

66.

To what literary genre does the story of Maria Makiling belong?

a)

Legend

b)

Myth

67.

A distinctive type of literary composition such as epic, tragedy, comedy and novel.

a)

Genre

b)

Form

68.

Epistolary is a novel told through the medium of:

a)

Letters

b)

Messages

69.

In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 stresses syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable is _____________.

a)

Trochaic

b)

Iambic

70.

What book is written by Boris Paternak that talks about totalitarianism rule over Russia?

a)

War and Peace

b)

Doctor Zhivago

71.

Who won the nobel prize collection "Gitanjali," which express faith, hope and beauty of the world.

a)

Mashou Basho

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

72.

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1919. What was the title of the poem that he was most know for?

a)

The Stranger

b)

Olympian Spring

73.

A novel by Leo Tolstoy about the Napoleonic Invasion of Russia. Also termed as the greatest novel ever written:

a)

War and Peace

b)

God Sees the Truth but Waits

74.

Which is Chaucer's collection of stories in verse showing his skill as a story teller in giving a vivid picture of English society in the 1300's?

a)

The Canterbury Tales

b)

The Song of Roland

75.

A collection of fables which was used to educate Indian princes into becoming wise kings:

a)

The Great Epics of the World

b)

The Panchatantra

76.

George Eliot is the pen name of whose English writer?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Mary Evans

77.

Who delivers the Gettysburg address to give tribute to the union soldiers of civil war?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

78.

Which of the following is a work of Samuel Langhorne Clemens?

a)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

79.

Which among the following narrative uses talking animals to teach moral lessons?

a)

Grimm's Brother

b)

Aesop's Fables

80.

Victor Hugo's masterpiece about the adventures of an ex-convict named Jean Val Jean, a prostitute named Frantine and her daughter Cosette:

a)

Les Miserables

b)

Age of Inocence

81.

Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?

a)

Tagore

b)

Kalidasa

82.

Known for his fables and other stories that are set in the jungles of British India. His most famous collection is The Jungle Book which is about Mowgli and the wolves.

a)

Rudyard Kipling

b)

Oscar Wilde

83.

It is Edgar Allan Poe's short story about revenge and murder between friends namely Fortunato and Montessor:

a)

Fall of the House of Usher

b)

The Cask of Amontillado

84.

He was the American President who said, "Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

John F. Kenedy

85.

He was the American President who said, "Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

John F. Kennedy

86.

He is the first mythical geographer who was recognized due to his vivid descriptions of lands and people encountered by his/her Odyesseus:

a)

Swift

b)

Homer

87.

Political idealists advocate ideas in politics such as justice and fairness. Political realist have a more realist viewpoint of politics, aptly stated by "Might is right". Who among the following is more of a political realist rather than political idealist?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Martin Luther King

88.

"Only the heart can see rightly." This statement is lifted from what particular novel?

a)

The Little Prince

b)

The Prince and the Pauper

89.

It is a medieval German Epic:

a)

Nibelungenlied

b)

Beowulf

90.

The Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War

a)

Athena

b)

Frige

91.

Every June, Manila has its festival of outstanding Filipino films. This was a project initiated by:

a)

Antonio Villegas

b)

Ramon Bagatsing

92.

She is known for the love sonnets she wrote:

a)

Ophelia Dimalanta

b)

Paz Marquez Benitez

93.

Jose Garcia Villa's story that tackles the problems and disadvantages of marrying at an early age is known as:

a)

How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife

b)

Footnote to Youth

94.

What reading technique is being utilized when a teacher asks his students to read a particular passage, and he marks mispronounced words?

a)

IRI

b)

DRTA

95.

In reading, DRTA means

a)

Directed Reading and Thinking Activity

b)

Directional Reading and Thinking Assessment

96.

This is a reading technique when a student certifies and notes certain details from a given paragraph

a)

Skimming

b)

Scanning