Refresher GenEd English (April 15, 2024) PDF

1. The morning air smells ______ in the garden. a. Sweet A sense verb is a verb that describes one of the five senses: b. Sweeter sight, hearing, smell, touch, and c. Sweetly taste. In English, it is important d. More sweet to use adject...

1. The morning air smells ______ in the garden. a. Sweet A sense verb is a verb that describes one of the five senses: b. Sweeter sight, hearing, smell, touch, and c. Sweetly taste. In English, it is important d. More sweet to use adjectives rather than adverbs with sense verbs. 2. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. The stanza expresses _____. a. Hope b. Loss c. Despair d. Grief 3. The new teacher narrated with ___ how she still can’t believe that she topped the LET. a. Candor candidness, frankness b. Aplomb self-confidence c. Pulchritude beauty d. Rancor bitterness 4. He was the famous author of the novel Scarlet Letter. a. Nathaniel Hawthorne b. Herman Melville c. Walt Whitman d. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Moby Dick (Si Herman ay kumakain ng Moby) O Captain, My Captain! (Captain Whitman sa damuhan) Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha (Ang long na song) 5. “My love is like a red, red rose” is an example of a/an a. Synecdoche b. Metaphor c. Metonymy d. Simile My sin is part of me; my mother is related to me. Synecdoche – part to whole (sails à boats/ships, hands à people) Metonymy – using related words (Malacañang à government) 6. Arthur ______ fifteen kilometers before he realized that he was going north instead of south. a. has driven The past perfect (had + pp) shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. b. drove c. had driven When the police arrived, the thief had escaped. d. was driving They had bought notebooks before they entered the classroom. Daniel realized that he loves Kathryn after she had broken up with him. 7. The continuing professional development seminar on inclusive education for professional teachers will commence ___March. a. during b. in c. at d. on 8. Neither the teacher nor the students ____ present in the affairs yesterday. a. were b. am c. was d. is  9. The phrase "Red Letter Day" is an example of a/an____. a. idiom b. metaphor c. simile d. oxymoron a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,” “deafening silence,” “silent scream,” or “sweet sorrow.” 10. These are tales making use of animals as characters. a. myths a traditional story about supernatural events or beings; ex. aswang, engkanto b. legends a story from the past that is believed by many people c. fables but cannot be proved to be true; ex. Maria Makiling, ng Pinya d. fiction imaginary events 11. What figure of speech is used in this line: Twenty sails came into the Manila harbor today. a. Synecdoche b. Metonymy c. Metaphor d. Simile 12. In Music, what is the meaning of the foreign language borrowed phrase a Capella? a. Solo singing b. Without accompaniment c. Sang by the choir d. Sang by the headmaster 13. Wise people can __ with frustrations. a. cope in b. cope on c. cope up d. cope 14. Every woman, man or child _____ the right to live. a. Have b. Has c. Had d. Do have 15. Jose Rizal’s novels “Noli Me Tangere” and "El Filibusterismo” are inspired by a novel of Harriet Beecher Stowe entitled a. Les Miserables Victor Hugo (Si Hugong miserable) b. War and Peace Leo Tolstoy (Away bati dahil sa toy) c. Uncle Tom’s Cabin may stove sa cabin d. An Allegory a work that conveys a hidden meaning 16. The mailbox waited blissfully. a. synecdoche b. metonymy c. simile d. personification 17. The expression "put your finger in the pie" means the following, except __. a. to participate b. to bake a pie c. to be part of the group d. to join in the activity finger in every pie eat a humble pie 18. She went home early because she felt a little under the weather. The underlined expression means the following, except __. a. feeling sick b. bad weather c. not feeling well d. feeling ill 19. A poem lamenting the dead. a. elegy b. sonnet a fourteen-line love poem c. ode a song or poem of tribute the use of humor to expose someone’s d. satire vices 20. The fisherman uses worms as __ for fish. a. bit b. bite c. bet d. bait 21. The narrative poem "Florante at Laura" which is an allegory of the political realities during the Spanish Regime was written by __________. a. Emilio Mar Antonio Ang Nayon Ko (from Bambang, Bulacan), won in the first b. Iñigo Pascual balagtasan to be aired on radio c. Lope K. Santos Ama ng Balarila, Banaag at Sikat, naging direktor ng Surian ng d. Francisco Balagtas Wikang Pambansa 22. The part of a newspaper or magazine article which gives the name of the writer of the article is called______. a. byline b. headline c. banner line d. deadline 23. Who is the father of debate? a. Aristotle father of ancient taxonomy; Lyceum, eudaimonia b. Protagoras c. Plato father of idealism; Academy, The Republic d. Socrates Socratic method; “Know thyself”. 24. William Sydney Porter was a famous American writer of short stories noted for surprise endings like the Gift of the Magi, Cabbages and Kings, The Last Leaf in which he used the pen name________. a. Mark Twain Samuel Clemens; The Adventures of.. b. George Elliot Mary Ann Evans; Silas Marner c. Longfellow d. O. Henry 25. The researcher found the method useful and so she decided to __ it. a. adopt to take/use as one’s own b. adjust modify for a new purpose c. adapt d. adept skilled 26. Which sentence uses the correct verb tense? a. The students studies their lessons regularly. b. The students does study their lessons regularly. c. The students do studies their lessons regularly. d. The students study their lessons regularly. 27. The branch of linguistics that deals with the meaning of words is _____. a. Phonics sounds b. Semantics c. Vocabulary d. Syntax putting words together to make a sensible sentence 28. Nelson Mandela sacrificed so much in his life- family, friends and a big chunk of his life for things he believed in democratic South Africa, with equal rights and beacon of hope for the rest of the world. Nelson Mandela’s dream for South Africa, which was realized was ____. a. Cooperation b. Democracy c. Unity d. Supremacy 29. On your trip to Tagaytay, if you chance upon Arsenio, please give _____ my warm regards. a. Himself b. Him c. Myself d. Me 30. Airing weekly on television is “Mukha”, which regularly features the plight of common place citizens engaged in honest toil. “Mukha” motivates viewers to appreciate the ______. a. Shameful labor b. Dignity of labor c. Lowly livelihood d. Poverty of people