Practice Test 2
Practice Test 2
a. Whom c. That
b. Who d. Why
2. “We DO wonder how the economy can make a turn around. What is expressed by the word DO in the sentence?
a. Subjective c. Exaggeration
b. Indicative d. Emphatic Auxiliary
5. Eminent educators have observed that qualified jobs are becoming __________.
a. scarcest c. scarcing
b. more scarce d. scarcer
7. What is the smallest unit of sound of any language that causes a different in meaning called?
a. Morpheme c. Phoneme
b. Allophone d. Allomorph
8. Doing the dishes, making a bed, and saving time are all examples of:
a. Complementation c. Supplementation
b. Predication d. Collocation
11. After basketball brawl, the players were _______ to explain their side.
a. allowed c. allowing
b. allows d. allow
12. My friend is not joining our group ______ he gets approval of his parents.
a. so that c. until
b. by d. as long as
13. In the past, “sneaked” was the past form of sneak while in today's morphological structure, “snuck” is its past form.
If what is right in one generation may not be right in the next, what does it show?
a. Preference c. Grammar
b. Usage d. Context
16. ESP is centered on the language appropriate to various activities that relate well with grammar, lexis, register,
discourse, and ________.
a. genre c. prose
b. poetry d. composition
17. You are following the task-based syllabus. Which learning activities do you apply?
a. exercises following process of writing c. recalling supporting details
b. identifying text types d. writing notes, memos, reports
19. When working with presentation software in a stage production, which do you observe?
a. Read very well from the slides.
b. Use various forms of animation to ensure audience attention.
c. Use blank screens when you need to pause
d. Place the computer where you could be seen by the audience.
20. The last step in the application of Situational Language Teaching is _________.
a. Elicitation c. Correction
b. Question-Answer Drilling d. Substitution Drilling
22. You want to test your students’ language and experiences. What instruction will you apply?
a. Situational approach c. Language Experience Approach
b. Mastery learning d. DRTA
23. Which method does Teacher May use when she instructs her students NOT to use the native language and instead
tell them to figure out the grammar rules for themselves as they are encouraged to speak the target language at all
times?
a. Communicative c. Direct
b. Immersion d. Audio-Lingual
24. Which among the following DOES NOT represent the concept of washback?
a. A test may influence what teachers teach and how they teach their students.
b. The extent to which the introduction and use of a test influence language learners.
c. What is tested does not affect what is taught.
d. It is the connection between testing and learning.
25. In teaching reading, which words is appropriate to use in vocabulary stair steps strategy?
a. Happy, happier, happiest c. Joyful, elated, happy
b. Hungry, starving, famished d. Fearful, afraid, shocked
26. What method is used when students learn how to use words properly; next, they learn to read and write; They
use color charts and rods to help them with the pronunciation sounds; and teacher talking time is minimal?
a. Silent Way c. Suggestopedia
b. Color method d. Community Language Learning
27. The task of the language teacher is to create the best conditions for learning. In addition to this general function, a
teacher plays specific roles in different stages of the learning stages. What are these stages?
29. What is the inaccurate concept of total immersion in English language development?
a. Employs appropriate performance strategies.
b. Natural way of native speaker who learn their home language.
c. Involves strategic use of language.
d. Pertains to drill with focus to grammar.
30. Which is the most appropriate “while listening” activity for a text describing a family tree consisting of three
generations?
a. Writing each generation’s history c. Completing a family tree
b. Writing down names d. Copying a family tree
31. Which process do you teach when you teach students to analyze the title of the story and illustrate to help
them initially grasp the meaning of a text?
a. Foreshadowing c. Previewing
b. Predicting d. Critiquing
32. On levels of reading comprehension, which involves the understanding of information stated directly in the text?
a. Critical c. Interpretative
b. Literal d. Inferential
33. Which type of listening comprehension refers to the ability to listen only to specific parts of the input?
a. listening selectively c. listening attentively
b. listening for gist d. listening for details
35. The goals of English language teaching in the Philippines is to produce learners who:
a. can communicate accurately, fluently and appropriately
b. have mastery of English pronunciation and grammar
c. can use English in proper context
d. can confidently speak in English
36. What is revealed in the following lines taken from the poem, "The Answer," by Bei Dao?
Debasement is the password of the base.
Nobility the epitaph of the noble.
See how the glided sky is covered
With the drifting, twisted shadows of the dead.
37. “Red as roses, burnish'd with gold” from Walt Whitman’s A Passage to India. What figure of speech does the line
belong?
a. Metaphor c. Simile
b. Hyperbole d. Personification
39. The poet can be satirical, expressing himself with wit and force. Interpret:
“Which is the basest creature, man or beast? Birds feed on birds, birds on each other’s prey; but savage man alone does
man betray.”
a. man is just like animal c. man’s inhumanity to his kind
b. man is the most beastly of animals d. man is proven by his actions
40. Literary analysis entails connecting with the readers. Which type of connections is established by the passage
below? “Is the guy Eddie Brown?”
a. questioning c. clarifying
b. predicting d. evaluating
42. What major poetic device is also called an imperfect rhyme or slant rhyme?
a. Temporary rhyme c. Partial rhyme
b. Semi rhyme d. Half rhyme
43. Which approach in studying literature establishes the relationship of the writer's, life with his work?
a. Textual c. Mythic
b. Psychological d. Biographical
45. What is a book-length fictional prose narrative which has many characters and often complex plot?
a. Novel c. Epic
b. Short story d. Drama
46. What is a story told in verse by unknown writers and usually meant to be sung?
a. Sonnet c. Ballad
b. Haiku d. Elegy
48. According to Lincoln in "The Gettysburg Address", from what premise is the war being fought?
a. Depravity and the use of irresponsible power
b. Gender-fairness and sensitivity
c. Government of the people, by the people, for the people
d. Open-mindedness and receptivity to change
49. Which of the following statements best reflects the writing of "The Declaration of Independence"?
a. It is accusatory and subjective. c. It is very structured and orderly
b. It is simple yet moving. d. It is rich with logic and reasons.
50. During the 1800s as reflected in American Literature, the US government expanded it territory by the use of the
items listed below EXCEPT _________.
a. Technology (railroad) c. Invasion (conquest)
b. Force (US army) d. Diplomacy (treaties)
51. Dillard in her piece, Talent, said that "doing something does not require discipline; it creates its own
discipline" which means ________.
a. working hard for the thing you value the most
b. self-control as indication of good education
c. governing the self to act accordingly
d. regimen imposed on the self out of masochism
52. How can the new criticism school in poetry be characterized?
a. Intellectual and metaphysical c. Impressionistic and symbolical
b. Sentimental and didactic d. Emphasis on craft over content
53. What could be the reason why Benjamin Franklin added Humility in the list of 13 virtues?
a. Humility best reflects the strength of character.
b. He believes that conceit spoils even the finest genius.
c. He is reminded of his friend Quaker about how overbearing and insolent he is.
d. Success without humility is worthless.
54. What is the oldest Indian document of Sanskrit literature that consists of 1,028 hymns recited in solemn rituals?
a. Mahabharata c. Upanishads
b. Ramayana d. Rig Veda
55. What traditional Japanese poem consists of three lines totaling only seventeen syllables and treats the world in its
natural setting?
Example: "A bead of water.
Clinging to a willow branch
The first drop of rain.”
a. Tanka c. Sintaishi
b. Haikai d. Haiku
56. To teach a lesson about the author’s personal view about the topic and his/her purpose of illuminating the minds
of the readers as well as providing delight with his/her prose, which expository prose will you choose?
a. Composition c. Essay
b. Discourse d. Selection
57. Someone who can operate his/her linguistic competence and his/her sociolinguistic awareness of the relationship
between language and the context refers to what kind of?
a. Intercultural c. Technical
b. Adapt d. Context-driven
58. When you teach students to use words instead of those with distasteful or offensive effect like the “grim-reaper”
for death or “crossing over” for dying, you are teaching a lesson on ___________.
a. Existentialism c. Euphemism
b. Localization d. Contextualization
59. A study on the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching deals with what allied discipline?
a. Psychology c. Educating
b. Sociology d. Anthropology
60. Of the following options are given attention in K to 12 Secondary English EXCEPT:
a. Thinking strategies c. Reading comprehension on various genres
b. Phonological awareness d. Writing and composition
61. Organizational strategies are at the heart of constructing meaning. These are employed during reading as well as
after reading. Which of the following strategies is an important organizational strategy?
a. Deriving the main idea c. Regulating thinking
b. Setting purpose and goal d. Previewing
62. Which of the following questions belong to the Literal comprehension level?
a. In the story, who is slow?
b. Why is it good to be persistent?
c. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being quick?
d. Do you agree with the tortoise when if said that it is best to be what you are?
63. Which of the following DOES NOT characterize the direct method of language teaching?
a. It allows errors and these errors are addressed by self-correction.
b. The teacher illustrates and demonstrates meaning.
c. The target language is used as an auxiliary/support language.
d. The language is viewed as spoken than written.
64. The linking of structuralism and behaviorism gave birth to the following approaches/methods, EXCEPT:
a. CCL c. Bottom up text processing
b. Oral approach d. ALM
66. When an actor needs to display very strong emotions to an audience, he must position his body _____.
a. One quarter away c. 2 quarters away
b. Full back d. Full front
69. Give the best explanation for the metaphorical line: “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes.”
a. Love of wealth and fame c. Feeling guilty of a crime
b. Physically isolated from home d. Ashamed to face the world
70. It is the first time for your students to read a literary work. What will you focus?
a. Genre of the literary work c. Protagonist of the story
b. Information in the literary work d. Structure of the piece
71. The flamenco dancer ___ appeared on stage before the music sounded.
a. will have c. had
b. have d. has
72. Among news story leads that use the 5 W’s and H, which is applied in the given lead:
“Coral vandalism sparked outrage among divers and environmentalists.”?
a. where c. when
b. what d. how
74. Roniel and Carl who __________ a restaurant in Manila are now the youngest partner entrepreneurs.
a. run c. has run
b. runs d. have run
75. If you want to put emphasis in the structure of language to be taught, what language syllabus will you use?
a. Content-based c. Grammar
b. Functional d. Context-based