RETAINED QUESTIONS!!!

1. Which sentence best expresses the idea of the lines below?

To say "Look what Life has done is wrang
People and things are seldom
Done to. They mostly do. - Inside Job (Edith Tiempo)
a. Life is what we make it
b. Life is too short to be wasted
c. People must be responsible for others
d. People seldom do things right
2. Which sound device is NOT used in the stanza of Carlos Angeles poem Dusk?
Far from the precinct of some fatuous fire
Streaking across the avenues like faith
Which reaffirms man's genius or desire
And calmly smiles and moves. The hour is late.
a. Alliteration
b. Assonance
c. Anaphora
d. Rhyme
3. "There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind." What literary
a. Foreshadowing
b. en medias res
c. symbolism
d. flashback
4. Who is known as the ‘old philosopher’ who is credited as the founder of Taoism?
a. Lao Tzu
b. Confucius
c. Chuang Tzu
d. Li Po
5. What rhetorical device is used in this line from the Ramayana?
Dearly, loved, devoted Sital Daughter of a royal line
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Alliteration
c. Assonance
d. Consonance
6. What is a collection of non-speculative hymns representative of the Aryan religious spint often
comparable to the Psalms in the Old Testament.
a. Bhagavad Gita
b. Dhammapada
c. Rigveda
d. Upanishads
7. What does the imagery suggest about how the Hindus regard their religion based on the excerpt from
Rigveda written below?
TO INDRA
Like violent gusts of wind the draughts that I have drunk have lifted me.
Have I not drunk of suma-juice?
The draughts I drank have borne me up,
As Meet-foot horses draw a car
Have I not drunk some juice?
a. Religion is their salvation from the earthly life
 b. With their religion, they are able to escape dificulties in the world
c. Religion dictates their way of we and philosophy
d. The Hindus are intoxicated with religion which defines their existence
8. "The Prophet" is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by a Lebanese artist named
a. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
b. Miguel de Cervantes
c. Kahlil Gibran
d. Paulo Coelho
9. This excerpt from Soyinka's Telephone Conversation indicates the universal issue of
"ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?" Revelation came.
"You mean-like plain or milk chocolate?" Her assent was clinical, crushing its light Impersonality.
Rapidly, wave length adjusted, I chose, "West African sepia."- and as an afterthought, "Down in my
passport."
a. gender discrimination
b. human rights violation
c. colonial mentality
d. racial discrimination
10. This is a story of a learned Brahman named Vishnusarman who used animal fables to instruct the three
dull-witted sons of a king.
a. Gitanjali
b. The Little Clay Cart
c. On Learning to be an Indian
d. Panchatantra
11. What poetic device is exemplified in the following lines from Edward Taylor's "Huswifery"?
Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete,
Thy Holy Word my Distaff make for me.
Make mine affections thy swift flyers neat and
Make my soul thy holy Spool to be.
My Conversation make to be thy Reel
And reel the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheel.
a. Irony of Statement
b. Pathetic Fallacy
c. A Literary Conceit
d. A Paradoxical Line
12. Which novel is based on the pilgrimage of a Buddhist monk Xuangzang to India in search of sacred
texts?
a. The Tale of Genji
b. Dream of the Red
c. Chamber On Learning to be an Indian
d. Record of a Journey to the West
13. Identify the poem from which the following lines are taken:
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with me
Or leave a kiss but in the cup
And I'll not look for wine
a. Song to Cella
b. Crossing the Bar
c. Ode to the West Wind
d. She was a Phantom of Delight
14. Who is alluded to as the Captain in the following lines from Whitman's poem?
O captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won.
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. George Washington
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Thomas Jefferson
15. What does the speaker lament over in the following lines?
"What's in a name? That which we call rose by any other name would smell as sweet." (Romeo and
Juliet, Act II, Scene II)
a. Roses will always be roses despite variety
b. Their names keep Romeo and Juliet apart
c. Romeo and Juliet will always love one another
d. Changing names will help Romeo and Juliet
16. Which of the following classifications of materials do news articles, advertisements, and radio
announcements in the real world falls under when used in classroom situations?
a. Authentic
b. Audio-Visual
c. Mass Com
d. Recycle
17. Which of the following practices is compatible with Communicative Approach to language teaching?
a. Gives priority to oral proficiency
b. Addresses the needs of the target learners
c. Follows the listen-speak-read-write sequence of skills
d. Derives and makes explicit the grammatical rules of language
18. Language teachers must teach spoken English in order to help learners achieve an acceptable speed
along with other attributes of fluency. This deals with the
a. Colloquial language
b. Performance variables
c. Reduced forms
d. Rate of deliver
19. Harry did not eat his breakfast and got hungry, making it difficult for him to listen to the class
discussion. What barrier is he experiencing?
a. Physical noise
b. Psychological noise
c. Physiological noise
d. Semantic noise
20. When recognizing word and clause divisions, what process of listening is observed?
a. Bottom-up
b. Top-down
c. Inductive
d. Deductive
21. Filial piety is a basic tenet of this school of thought
a. Taoism
b. Confucianism
c. Hinduism
d. Buddhism
22. The ____ is a Chines poem sung to the tunes of popular melodies.
a. Shih
 b. Li sao
c. Li-shih
d. Tzu
23. Fine arts and literature flourished during this dynasty which is viewed as the Golden Age of Chinese
civilization.
a. Shang
b. Ch’in
c. Han
d. T’ang
24. “To yield is to be preserved whole.” What figure of speech is used in this line from the Tao Te Cheng?
a. Oxymoron
b. Paradox
c. Metonymy
d. Synecdoche
25. What does the falling of the plums in this excerpt from the Book of Songs mean?
Ripe plums are dropping,
Now there are only seven.
May a fine lover come for me
Now while there is yet time.
a. getting older
b. fewer men
c. overripe fruits
d. lost opportunities
26. The speaker is provide on the spot with topic and he/she will say something about it.

Impromptu

27. This refers to a fully scripted speech where a message has to be delivered in precise words.

Manuscript speaking

28. This is planned and prepared but the speaker uses an outline only as a reference while speaking.
Extemporaneous

29. It refers to the use of two (or more) languages by an individual.

a. Individual Bilingualism
b. Societal Bilingualism
c. Elective Bilingualism
d. Natural Bilingualism
30. Christal speaks French and German fluently, so he is _____.
a. Monolingual
b. Bilingual
c. Trilingual
d. Multilingual
31. Elora speaks, reads, writes and understands English, Spanish, French, and Italian. She is _____.
a. Monolingual
b. Bilingual
c. Trilingual
d. Multilingual
32. The situation in which two languages are learned with no status differences attributed to either of them
and the first language does not suffer any detriment due to the speaker's acquiring the second
language, is referred to as ____

a. Additive bilingualism
b. Balanced bilingualism
c. Subtractive bilingualism
d. Dominant bilingualism
33. What is the term used for situations where the second (majority) language becomes dominant,
even replacing a child's first (minority) language, as with some immigrant families?
a. Semilingual
b. Sequential bilingualism
c. Language loss
d. Subtractive bilingualism
34. The following statements show reasons as to why Second Language Acquisition (SLA) should not
consider the acquisition of languages in all language skills (speaking, writing, reading, and
listening) based on native-like ability levels EXCEPT:
a. One's ability to deal with language should not be determined based on how good
they imitated its source.
b. Individual language-users have a different background, so it is only normal to have
distinctions in using the language under concern.
c. Language has different facets, and for adequate communication to occur, they ought to be
considered.
d. Native-like users are experts with their language, so it is only fair to follow their
communication way.
35. The phrase: "varieties of English or World Englishes in language pedagogy" pertains to:
a. Different English languages from different origins
b. English languages with different meanings
c. Different nationalities speak the English language.
d. The use of the English language in an improper way
36. The study of how socio-cultural norms and contexts shape language use in society is called.
a. Sociolinguistics
b. Speech pathology
c. Phonetics
d. Linguistics
37. The following are factors affecting language use EXCEPT:
a. Age and gender
b. Education
c. Social status
d. linguistic determinism
38. Which of the following is not true about folklore?
a. It refers to the tale of people tell.
b. It is typically passed down by word of mouth.
c. It has well-known authors.
d. It is the result of the emerging culture.
39. Which of the following is not true about legends?
a. A legend is a kind of folklore
b. Legends have exaggerated and distorted truths in them
 c. Robin hood, a very popular English piece, is an example of a legend.
d. Legend as a traditional story is regarded as historical and authenticated.
40. According to a Greek writer, certain gods were originally great humans who were revered for their
kindness to mankind. What philosophy of myth teaches us this?
a. Rationalism
b. Euhemerism
c. Ritualism
d. Evolutionism
41. It is a modern folk literature theory that describes how literature is created to support and explain
religious rituals,
a. Naturalism
b. Diffusionism
c. Ritualism
d. Evolutionism
42. What does Diana represent?
a. The magical function of p[rocreation
b. Physical beauty and grace
c. Intelligence, wit and sex
d. Chastity and childbirth
43. Who of the following Greek characters travelled to the land of the dead in order to find his wife?
a. Orpheus
b. Hades
c. Narcissus
d. Demeter
44. Who is the goddess of grain?
Ceres
45. Citizen journalism is also called:
a. Hard journalism
b. Soft journalism
c. Grassroots journalism
d. Yellow journalism
46. The words printed in large type across the top of a newspaper article are collectively called:
a. Dateline
b. Headline
c. Byline
d. Masthead
47. The words at the beginning of a news article that tell when and where the story was written is the:
a. Headline
b. Heading
c. Blurb
d. Dateline
48. The reporter’s name is found in the:
a. Editorial
b. Masthead
c. Copwriting
d. Byline
49. Technical writing demands ___ use of language.
 a. Figurative
b. Poetic
c. Factual
d. Dramatic
50. Which of these must be avoided in technical writing
a. Facts
b. Grammar
c. Punctuation
d. Personal feelings
51. Which of these terms do not need a definition?
a. Principles
b. Concepts
c. Processes
d. Names
52. Which grammatical categories would affect the translation of the word heiress to a Filipino ter?
a. Gender
b. Person
c. Case
d. Number
53. Which of the following is an ellipsis that answers the question, “Does Remy sing while he walks?”
a. No.
b. Yes, she does.
c. No, but I do.
d. Yes, she does it to irritate is, perhaps.
54. The difference between “don’t expose” and “don’t whimper” lies in their ___.
a. Denotative meaning
b. Sectional proposition
c. Propositional meaning
d. Expressive meaning
55. Which of the following indicates a problem in differences in physical or interpersonal perspective?
a. Emigrate/immigrate
b. Blackness/redness
c. Coup d’ e ‘tat/a la carte
d. Dancing/swimming
56. Which of the following strategies may help students in phonemic awareness?
a. Sound isolation
b. Motor imaging
c. Sight words drill
d. Syllabication
57. Which of the following assessment strategies asks students to read a graded reading passage as
the teacher notes miscues and answer comprehension questions afterwards?
a. Miscue analysis
b. Retelling technique
c. Think aloud procedure
d. Informal reading inventory
58. Mr. reyes plans to develop and ESP course for their school. The first thing he should do is ___.
a. Evaluation
 b. Need analysis
c. Materials development
d. Organization of lessons
59. Which among the following is an example of an ESP needs analysis?
a. Psychoanalysis
b. Structural analysis
c. Material-based analysis
d. Target situation
60. Which among the following should be the least priority of an ESP teacher?
a. Learner’s cognitive development
b. Learner’s emotional involvement
c. Knowledge of the content
d. Teacher talk
61. Which among the list of activities below should be least prioritized or used in an ESP class?
a. Lecture
b. Simulation
c. Case studies
d. Feasibility studies
62. Which of the following is a jargon of academe?
a. Bureaucracy
b. Deficit
c. Leverage
d. Pedagogy
63. Which is an example of a course for English for Occupational Purposes (EOP)?
a. English for Counseling
b. English for Social Advocacy
c. English for Technician
d. English for classroom Application
64. Which of the following classifications of materials do news articles, advertisements, and radio
announcements in the real world fall under when used in classroom situations?
a. Authentic
b. Audio-visual
c. Mass com
d. Recycled
65. Teachers who believe that language is a system of structures consisting of sounds, words, and
sentences will predictably follow a teaching syllabus that revolves around ___.
a. Communicative tasks
b. Functions of language
c. The building blocks of language
d. Elements of functions of language
66. Filipino learners of English who experience difficulty in producing the initial sound of the word
thunder are likely to replace it with ___.
a. /d/
b. /t/
c. /θ/
d. /s/
67. Which of the following words normally ends with a voiceless (-v) sound?
 a. Bang
b. Bid
c. Snack
d. Swim
68. The following words have an initial alveolar sound EXCEPT:
a. Train
b. Zoo
c. Kite
d. Lame
69. The study of illocutionary acts is an area of ___?
a. Morphology
b. Pragmatics
c. Semantics
d. Syntax
70. The doctor told his patient, ‘I advise you to stop drinking,’ what illocutionary act was he performing?
a. Commissive
b. Expressive
c. Representative
d. Directive
71. Dan, an EFL learner, can produce with utterances by not simply mimicking from a model. From his
ability, what view of language learning does this uphold?
a. Behaviourists
b. Cognitivists
c. Functionalists
d. Interactionalists
72. Which of the following words is formed with a derivational morpheme?
a. Acts
b. Active
c. Acted
d. Acting
73. Which of the following is a passive sentence?
a. The choir sang an early folk tune.
b. The box contains a pair of shoes.
c. Bob got excused for his first offense.
d. He has bought a new house by the lake.
74. This theory states that all myths derive from and can be traced to certain words in the language.
a. Allegorical
b. Euhemerism
c. Rationalism
d. Etymological
75. This refers to a recurring thematic element. It is the smallest element in a tale having the power to
persist in tradition. To have this power, it must have something unusual or striking or universal
about it.
a. Character
b. Motif
c. Origin
d. Plot
76. The expression, “and they lived happily ever after” is included as a segment of the ____.
a. Plot
b. Resolution
c. setting
d. Theme
77. Three monstrous sisters with snakes for hair…
a. Fates
b. Furies
c. Gorgons
d. Gigantes
78. What stage of teaching literature is experienced when students draw a scene from the poem, or
the entire poem?
a. Presentation
b. Creation and evaluation
c. Analysis and interpretation
d. Familiarization and understanding
79. Which of the following stages aims to teach literature for appreciation of the piece of art?
a. Presentation
b. Creation and evaluation
c. Analysis and interpretation
d. Familiarization and understanding
80. It is the national epic of England and the most notable example of earliest English poetry, which
blends Christianity and paganism.
Answer: Beowulf

81. Is the great genius of the Elizabethan Age.

Answer: William Shakespeare

82. Which of the following is not a masterpiece of John Milton?

Answer: Paradise Found/Paradise Stolen

83. The Canterbury Tales was written by?

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

84. "Mother, will my brother die?" The little boy from the feast of the Dead asked. What urged him to as
such a question?
Answer: Out of hunger

85. Together with the Coleridge, this prominent author brought out a volume of verse, Lyrical Ballads,
which signaled the beginning of English Romanticism.
Answer: William Wordsworth

86. He was probably the best known and, to many people, the greatest English novelist of the 19th
century.
Answer: Charles Dickens

87. The lines presented above were written by Elizabeth Browning in her poem titled?
 Answer: Sonnet 43

88. What literary genre involves traditional stories about supernatural beings in whuch provide
explanation for something?
Answer: Myths

89. What creature was confined in the labyrinth?

Answer: Minotaur

90. They manage and oversee the production of the publication.

Answer: Editor-in-Chief

91. This is a line at the bottom or the top of the newspaper page where the newspaper name, page number
and publication date are inserted.
Answer: Folio

92. In mythology, the symbol is trident?

Answer: Oceanus (titan)
Poseidon (greek)

93. sa alucard ug hanabi nga part kay:

tribute ug eulogy - dedicating to the author in literary event

farewell speech - janitress retire

94. sa tung kay bruce gud na situation sa questions: basta akong nasabtan

Grammar/ sentence construction - Syntax

Social situations - Pragmatics

Affixes - Morphology

Meanings - Semantics

Production of sounds - Phonetic

Arrangement of sounds – Phonology

95. Katong sa senses sa literary kay ang concept:

Tactile - touch
Olfactory - Smell
Auditory - hear
Visual – see
96. Our language restricts our thought processes – our language shapes our reality. Simply, the language
that we use shapes the way we think and how we see the world. - Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

97. Higher education act of 1994 ( idk sa question)

98. Bilingual education act ( idk sa question)

99. According to CMM (Coordinated Management of Meaning) theory, what is a life-script?

a. the situation in which an interaction takes place
b. the relationship between communicators
c. the way the communicators see themselves
d. the cultural patterns that communicators follow

100. According to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: (Edward Sapir- structure of a language determines a
native speaker's perception and categorization of experience)
a. Language has very little effect on the way we perceive the world.
b. Middle-class speakers see the world more accurately than lower-class speakers.
c. We think through language.
d. Language allows us to lie to one another.

101. Critical theorists believe:

a. The best way to discipline children is to criticize their behavior immediately and often.
b. Language is power; whoever controls language controls thought and action.
c. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn society. People who do not speak "proper"
d. English will not be able to succeed in today's language)

102. Which of the following does NOT use sexist language? (inherently discriminatory
a. Although she is a girl, she is very brave.
b. A gorgeous, fashion-conscious blond, she can nevertheless do a man's job.
c. His brother works as a male nurse.
d. None, all are considered to be sexist
103. Bruce has a very advanced sense of what is socially appropriate. He always knows what to say
in every social context. He has which kind of linguistic competence?
a. Phonemic
b. Semantic
c. Syntactic
d. Pragmatic
104. The situation in which two languages are learned with no status differences attributed to either
of them and the first language does not suffer any detriment due to the speaker's acquiring the second
language, is referred to as
Answer: Infant bilingualism
105. Speaking with names is
a. an indirect way of offering comfort
b. a polite way of speaking in which people use formal terms (like "Sir") to address one another
c. an impolite way of speaking in which people are on a first-name basis with everyone, including
those above them in status
d. a way people threaten one another by calling each other insulting names
106.