PRE-LICENSURE EXAMINATION

FOR TEACHERS
September 30, 2016

SECONDARY
 SPECIALIZATION
ENGLISH
76. Filipinos find it hard to learn tenses because
______________.

A. Tenses cannot be translated to Filipino.

B. English has many tenses.
C. It is not present in Philippine language.
D. The Filipino tense is different from English.
D. The Filipino tense is different from English.
77. It ________ unfair that she should
stay on stage longer.

A. has to C. tends to
B. needs D. seems
D. seems
78. “She transformed the dragon into a
pinworm” is an example of ________.

A. hyperbole C. metaphor
B. metonymy D. alliteration
A. hyperbole
79. This is the smallest unit of sound.

A. allophone C. allomorph
B. morpheme D. phoneme
D. Phoneme
80. Krashen said that the knowledge of grammatical
rules in language performance functions as ______.

A. monitor C. output
B. affect D. input
 A. Monitor

Krashen’s Monitor Model (1981)

1. Acquisition/learning hypothesis
2. Natural order hypothesis
3. Monitor hypothesis
4. Input hypothesis
5. Affective filter hypothesis
81. If a teacher wants to make an intensive drill about
the basic sentence pattern, he/she should
______________.
A. assign pair work C. demonstrate the lesson
B. explain grammar rules D. do pattern practice
D. do pattern practice
82. ____ will provide encouragement for a learner
to learn a language.

A. explanation of rules C. self satisfaction

B. learning environment D. language form
C. self satisfaction
83. A language learner tries out his/her rule of self
language with a competent 2nd language speaker,
he/she is ___________.

A. reviewing C. hypothesis testing

B. generalizing D. practicing
C. hypothesis testing
84. If a teacher adheres to the humanistic
approach, the materials would most likely
be_________.
A. provide background music while reading
B. activities for sharing one’s values and view
point with others
C. vocabulary words for writing
D. completing entries in a grid
B. activities for sharing one’s values and view
point with others
85. If a teacher wants to teach about the range of
meaning between opposite words, he/she may use
_______.

A. cline C. context clues

B. matching D. pictures
C. context clues
86. _____________ is an example of information
transfer.
A. engaging in a small group
B. listening and telling it to somebody
C. completing a grid based on a record talk
D. doing a simulation
A. listening and telling it to somebody
87. If followed by __________, /t/,/p/, /k/ are
aspirated initial sounds.

a. an unstressed syllable
b. two syllables
c. a stressed syllable
d. three syllables
a. a stressed syllable
88. A behavior must be ____________ if the
teacher wants it to occur again and eventually
become a habit.

A. corrected C. reinforced
B. imitated D. modeled
C. reinforced
89. ____ will determine the difference in
pronouncing “ice cream” and “I scream.”

A. juncture C. pitch
B. Intonation D. stress
A. juncture
90. _______ will determine the difference
between “English teacher”-meaning a teacher who
teaches English, and “English teacher”- meaning a
teacher from England.

A. juncture C. pitch
B. stress D. intonation
B. stress
91. Continue the chain; plays, cleans, approves,
bothers, _____.

A. prepares C. links
B. realizes D. collects
A. prepares
92. Wh- questions must have _______ intonation.

A. level C. falling
B. rising D. rising-falling
C. falling
93. A teacher who adheres to the communicative
approach uses authentic material
because___________.
A. they are readily available
B. they are cheap
C. learners are familiar with them
D. communicative activities in real life can be
built around them.
D. communicative activities in real life can be
built around them.
94. In the Philippines, English language teaching at:
A. producing learners who can use English in proper
context
B. producing learners who have mastery of English
pronunciation and grammar
C. producing learners who can confidently speak in
English
D. producing learners who can communicate
accurately, fluently and appropriately
D. producing learners who can communicate
accurately, fluently and appropriately
95. Which is acceptable in English?

A. Gilbert cleaned the table up

B. Tess is eager to talk to
C. that she dances well surprise me
D. He desires that you go
B. Tess is eager to talk to
96. Choral reading is a _______ type of
reading

A. buddy
B. reading aloud to students
C. shared
D. guided
A. guided
97. Which word in the lines below infers the
moral?
“ Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain
But a woman that feareth the lord she shall be
praised”

A. beauty C. praised
B. favor D. feareth
D. feareth
98. ___________ states that children have the
ability to relate new information to prior
knowledge.

A. sociolinguistic C. reader response

B. constructivist D. interactive
B. constructivist
99. ________ makes use of children’s language
and experiences.

A. language experience approach

B. directed reading-thinking activity
C. mastery learning
D. individualized instruction
A. language experience approach
 100. Which theory emphasizes
comprehension as students read?

A. constructivist C. interactive
B. reader Response D. sociolinguistics
B. reader response
101. ____________states that the children
have the ability to organize and integrate
information in schemata.

A. interactive C. reader response

B. constructivist D. sociolinguist
B. constructivist
102. _____ reading takes place when two
students read text together.

A. shared C. guided
B. independent D. buddy
D. buddy
103. _____ it is a technique when the students
crumple, and throw and read these pieces of
paper.

A. snow ball toss C. quaker reading

B. hot seat D. carousel
A. snow ball toss
104. What virtue is shown in the poem below?
It’s the little things we do not say
That make or break the beauty of the
Average passing day
Heart, like doors, will open with ease
To very little keys And don’t forget that two of these
Are “I thank you” and “If you please”

A. encouragement C. friendliness
B. kindness D. confidentially
B. kindness
105.____ reading takes place when the leaders need
each line and then the group repeats it.

A. cumulative reading C. Chorus reading

B. Echo reading D. small group reading
B. Echo reading
106.This is an interdisciplinary unit that
integrates reading and writing with social
studies, science, mathematics, and value
education.

A. Learning log C. cluster

B. Theme study D. Collaborative report
D. Collaborative report
107. __________ is the system students’
use in capitalization and punctuation rules.

A. semantic C. syntactic
B. phonological D. pragmatic
C. syntactic
108. _________________is used to measure
student’s reading comprehension.

A. reading logs C. anecdotal notes

B. grand conversation D. running record
C. anecdotal notes
109. What paragraph development is the
most appropriate in the main idea given
below?

A. cause-effect C. analysis
B. process D. classification
A. cause-effect
110. _____ views the children as having the
ability to relate new information to prior
knowledge.

A. sociolinguist C. reader response

B. constructivist D. interactive
B. constructivist
111.The press is considered the fourth state
because bit __________.

A. checks all branches of the government

B. is a powerful political force
C. is an adversary of government
D. acts as the fourth branch of the government
A. checks all branches of the government
112. What can be implied from the statement
below about mass media?
“The most important effect of mass
communication is its ability to mentally order and
organized the world for us.”

A. Mass media decides the type of program to air

B. Mass media chooses advertisement program
C. Selects production number
D. Determines what will be news and what won’t
D. Determines what will be news and what won’t
113. ____states that mass media should be state
owned to best serve the government.

A. social responsibility C. Libertarianism

B. Soviet D. Authoritarianism
A. social responsibility
114. ________________is the 19 th

century entertainment that is made up of

skits and musical acts that influenced
modern day tv.

A. Zarzuela C. Opera
B. Comedia D. Vaudeville
A. Zarzuela
115. ______________ is also called
the response in the communication
process.

A. reaction C. gesture
B. feedback D. signal
B. feedback
 116. __________ is the process when the
media people control the public’s access to
news.

A. gate keeping C. channeling

B. correlating D. agenda setting
A. gate keeping
117. __________ is shown when the
government prohibited the press from
interviewing President Estrada.

A. Media Law C. Prior restraint

B. Censorship D. gag order
D. gag order
118. What defense can a news reporter give
when he is accused of invasion of privacy?

A. victim’s welfare C. honest reporting

B. victim’s consent D. impartial reporting
D. impartial reporting
119. The article below is an example of________
“Residential customers of the Manila Electric Co.
will see their bills go down by 43 centavos per
kilowatt- hour this month, due to reduction in
generation system loss charges.”

A. Editorial C. obituaries
B. Straight news D. Feature article
B. Straight news
120. The phrase human shield in the given
headline below indicates that the phrase is
__________.
“Army accuses rebels
Of using civilians as human shield

A. Extraordinary C. important
B. not used correctly D. newly coined
D. newly coined
121. What WH-question of a reporter that
was answer by the phrase “for another
strain of flu that drowned more than 20
people”?

A. where C. when
B. why D. what
D. what
122. A TV network refused gory shot of a murder
victim and in turn the network was accused of
violations. What justification can the network give?

A. it has used impartial judgment in the public interest

B. it has maintained fair play in selecting the content
C. it was done I good tats
D. it has approved a forum for pertinent comment
A. it has used impartial judgment in the public
interest
123. The official stand of the newspaper is found
in the _______________.

A. Inside page C. feature section

B. Editorial page D. Front page
B. Editorial page
124. _________ is sound concerted
electronically into numerical system to
achieve better sound reproduction.

A. electronic sound C. digital sound

B. analog sound D. sound blaster
C. digital sound
125. When communication medium focuses
the public attention to issues for the
consensus to be reached, they perform
functions as____________________.

A. sentinel C. instructor
B. arena D. regulator
D. regulator
126. Which is under media language?

A. stage set C. internet

B. headline D. sound effects
D. sound effects
127. The success of the implementation of new
instructional material is dependent on _________.

A. form of feedback repots

B. number of copies printed
C. conduct of teaching demonstrated
D. an adequate in-service training for teachers
D. an adequate in-service training for teachers
128. In preparing for materials, materials must match
with ______________.

A. objectives of the lesson

B. learner’s family background
C. learner’s abilities and prior knowledge
D. type of assessment used
A. objectives of the lesson
129. Everything is included in the Teacher’s
manual except: _____________________.

A. guide for lesson planning

B. Visual overview of the course
C. detailed rationale of the course
D. complete text of the stories found in the lesson
D. complete text of the stories found in the lesson
130. _____________ is an example of a learning
task with direct authenticity.

A. simulation
B. role playing
C. small group discussion
D. filling in a blank application form
D. filling in a blank application form
131. _________ is the process of
organizing materials to make it clear for
the learners.

A. structuring C. sequencing
B. elaborating D. balancing
A. structuring
132. Instructional materials must be connected with
_________.

A. the course guide C. the teaching technique

B. the curriculum D. the level of students
D. the level of students
133. Which is not a reason why it is not important
for a teacher to know how to evaluate instructional
materials?

A. Writing one’s material is time consuming

B. Teachers are able to identify learner’s needs
C. Teachers are able to use the material properly
and effectively
D. Not all books are error free
A. Writing one’s material is time consuming
134. It is important to ________ to ensure the
relevance of instructional materials to the
curriculum.

A. base those on textbook used

B. Include test evaluation
C. consider the grade/year level
D. have a list of goals and objectives
D. have a list of goals and objectives
135. Under which phase/s of curriculum
development do setting of goals and objectives
fall?

A. planning
B. implementation
C. implementation and evaluation
D. planning and implementation
D. planning and implementation
136. Which is not a teacher’s personality factor
that may influence that the production of
instructional materials?

A. financial status C. teaching styles

B. philosophy in life D. beliefs and values
A. financial status
137. A teacher is doing ____________ when he
studies skills covered and activities presented in
the book.
A. internal evaluation
B. content evaluation
C. external evaluation
D. physical evaluation
A. content evaluation
138. Which is not considered in designing
instructional materials?

A. socio economic environment

B. teacher’s creativity
C. students and their schema
D. teacher’s pedagogical principles
A. socio economic environment
139. Materials are considered ___ if they
are brought from the real world to the
classroom to expose learners to language
in real use.

A. authentic C. suitable
B. graded D. appropriate
A. authentic
140. ________ material provides learners with
communicative samples on different contexts.

A. learner-authentic
B. graded text
C. learner-centered
D. textually authentic
A. learner-authentic
141. Which is not under external
evaluation?

A. blurbs C. table of contents

B. activities D. introduction
C. table of contents
142. The communicative approach
emphasizes______________.

A. Student’s interaction in real life situations

B. Student’s sharing of personal experiences
C. Listening and speaking
D. correct pronunciation
A. Student’s interaction in real life situations
143. ________________ is an example of
sequencing materials?

A. whole to parts C. top to bottom

B. by stages D. bottom to top
B. by stages
144. What must be included in
instructional materials?
A. improve learner’s vocabulary
B. promotes interest in language learning
C. interactive in character
D. Not written for teaching
B. promotes interest in language learning
146. This principle in preparing for
instructional materials provides continuous
and cumulative learning

A. pacing C. balancing
B. sequencing D. evaluating
D. evaluating
147. Preparation of instructional materials falls
under what phase/s of curriculum development?

A. planning and implementation

B. implementation and evaluation
C. planning
D. evaluation
A. planning and implementation
148. ____________ is an instructional
material hat a student can do without any help
from the teacher.

A. photograph C .module
B. word paragraph D. video Tape
C .module
149. It is needed to make a list of what learner’s
_______________ in preparing the aims, goals
and objectives of the curriculum.

A. do in make believe situations

B.should do as citizens in a democratic country
C. are expected to do in school
D. are required to do in real world
D. are required to do in real world
150. What is an advantage of using computers in
a writing class?

A. students can easily edit their work

B. students are easy to supervise
C. students will work quietly
D. students will know how to type
A. students can easily edit their work