ENGLISH 12.

The flagrant pupils came shouting with stones in

their hands.
Choose the correct meaning of the underline word a. industrious c. notorious
b. group of pupils d. intelligent
I. Vocabulary:
13. There was a question of fraud among the notorious
1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of pupils who took the special examination.
his pupils. a. cheating c. unfairness
a. Demands c. Identifies b. injustice d. favoritism
b. Observes d. regulates 14. Her answer was explicable in public
a. undetermined c. unacceptable
2. There is a need to renovate the old school building b. can be explained d. unreasonable
to avoid future accidents.
a. repair c. restore 15. She looked haggard when she came in
b. repaint d. redecorate a. fresh c. gaunt
z b. at ease d. inspired
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the ball
game II. Subject-Verb Agreement
a. Frustrating c. sad
b. happy d. discouraging 16. Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated when
the candidate did not appear in public.
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement between a. was b. were
the parent and the teacher 17. A bag of candies and a bottle of coke ____ on the
a. embarrassing c. peaceful table.
b. humble d. continuing a. Is b. are
18. That _____ seem correct.
5. There is an altercation going on between the teacher a. don’t b. doesn’t
and principal in the office. 19. Either the boys or girls _____ here.
a. dispute c. settlement a. is b. are
b. competition d. jealousy 20. The number of teacher in the school ____ from year
to year.
6. The English teacher is proficient in her teaching. a. vary b. varies
a. effective c. engrossed 21. One-third of the classroom_____ under water.
b. expert d. perfect a. was b. were
22. She is one of those honor pupils who always _____
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the into confusion.
qualified of the officers. a. get b. gets
a. specify c. fasten 23. Each of the members of the club _____ a duty to
b. attach d. underline perform.
a. Have b. Has
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas 24. Mrs. Tecson’s creativeness and concern _____ well
a. remove c. decrease appreciated.
b. include into d. criticize a. is b. are
25. There ____ many pupils here.
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of the a. Is b. are
campus. 26. Many years of his life _____ spent in province
a. magnificent c. funny a. Was b. were
b. ridiculous d. positive 27. No one ____ at home.
a. is b. are
10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were deciding 28. My leg and my arm _____ aching.
on the winner. a. Is b. are
a. appealing c. restlessly 29. She _____ to read novels.
b. with love d. none of these a. like b. likes
30. There _____ eight men in the game.
11. He was deprive of a mother’s love
a. satisfied c. chosen a. is b. are
b. debarred d. given
III. Identify the figure of speech in the following b. spend less d. spend more
statement. 47. The pond is shallow
a. has clear water c. is full of mass
31. Michael shouts like mike does. b. is not deep
a. hyperbole c. metaphor 48. The oil trickles down the machine
b. simile d. litotes a. flows rapidly
32. Dona was tired to death after a long day of cooking. b. flows little by little
a. simile c. metaphor c. flows in large quantities
b. hyperbole d. personification 49. That pond is full of fry.
33. She has a Venus beauty a. small fish c. mosquito
a. simile c. metaphor b. frogs d. wraps
b. hyperbole d. litotes 50. I sneaked out.
34. As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily while the a. went out noisily c. went out easily
cool breeze touches my lips gently. b. went out without attracting
a. Hyperbole c. metaphor 51. He hasn’t come yet
b. litotes d. personification a. he’ll come later c. he won’t come
35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt. b. we won’t wait for him d. he will never
matutum. come
a. Litotes c. Metaphor 52. You will sprinkle the flower once a day
b. Hyperbole d. Simile a. change c. cut
36. Chris was a limb in the group during the disco party. b. water d. throw
a. simile c. hyperbole 53. These fish are fresh
b. metaphor d. litotes a. cooked c. cheap
37. Her lips are as cold as ice b. newly caught d. rotten
a. simile c. personification 54. The light is dim
b. metaphor d. synecdoche a. off c. colored
38. James was crushed by the death of Kris. b. not bright d. very bright
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. personification d. metaphor
39. Her skin is as white as onion 55. The ants are motile
a. simile c. hyperbole a. small c. numerous
b. metaphor d. litotes b. movable d. big
40. She has the King Solomon ideas.
a. Simile c. metaphor V. Answer the following correctly.
b. Hyperbole d. personification
56. How do you address a Christmas card where the
IV. Vocabulary husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the wife is an
attorney? Which is the right form?
41. That coke is delicious a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez
a. looks good c. looks colorful b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes
b. tastes good d. smells good c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes
42. I won’t come anymore d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes
a. come soon c. already came 57. Writing to your superior, what complimentary
b. never come d. any of these wending should be used?
43. The story is uninteresting a. truly yours, c. Yours truly,
a. very interesting b. very truly yours, d. Truly very
b. interesting in some part your’s
c. not interesting 58. Choose the proper use of everyday.
d. some how interesting a. You find this headline everyday.
44. She was attracted by the hedge b. You find this headline everyday in the
a. stone c. fence newspapers.
b. low bushes d. none of these c. You don’t find the issue clear everyday.
45. The memo is compulsory., d. I read the issue everyday
a. must be done c. must be kept 59. Which declaration shows determination?
b. a request d. optional a. What an embarrassing situation!
46. She has to economize. b. I have good words for you.
a. earn more money c. put c. This time, I won’t stop teaching.
business d. I will still think about it.
60. When you are writing to someone you hardly know, b. Bacon d. Robert frost
the salutation should be 71. It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables.
a. My dear Mrs. Ponce a. Niponggo c. Canto
b. Dear Mrs. Ponce b. Haiku d. Tanaga
c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce 72. A collection of literary pieces
d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce a. Prose c. Anthology
61. “Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man healthy, b. Biography d. Diary
wealthy, and wise” means 73. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
a. sleep early and wake up early so you will a. Epic c. Verse
become wealthy b. Sonnet d. Prose
b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early 74. Longest epic ever written
and getting a. Invictus c. Mahabharata
c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth b. Lam-ang d. Lament
d. Sleeping will give you a healthy mind. 75. Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and are handed
62. “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who from generation to generation
you are” means a. Prose c. Poetry
a. You are the judges as to who your peers b. Folktales d. Ballad
are. 76. These are not tales making use of animals as
b. Your friends are your everyday companions. characters
c. You choose your friends. a. Myths c. Fables
d. Tell me who you to be with. b. Legends d. Fiction
63. Which of this word are synonymous with 77. Known for his pen name “Dolores Manapat”
settlement? a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio
a. Autonomy c. Accord Lopez Jaena
b. Breakthrough d. Policy b. Marcelo H. delPilar d. Andres
64. What does it mean by saying “Not all close eyes are Bonifacio
asleep”. 78. Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and
a. Not all eyes are blind. published “La Solidaridad”
b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows a. ApolinarioMabini c. Jose Rizal
what’s going on. b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar
c. When we sleep sometimes we open our 79. His words were the source of inspiration for the
eyes. poem “ Like the Molave”
d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes. a. Mabini c. Quezon
65. What is meant by live within your means? b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal
a. Grow as your live 80. A poem lamenting the dead
b. Liking is the means of growing. a. Sonnet c. Elegy
c. Spend according to your income. b. Ode d. Satire
d. Growing is the means to live. 81. Represent of a thing or ideas of a person
66. “ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet
soul” was written by b. Allusion d. Personification
a. Henley c. Elliot 82. A speech by a person who reveals his thoughts
b. Dickens d. Shelley a. Sonnet c. soliloquy
67. “ A thing of beauty is a joy forever” expressed the b. Metaphor d. simile
philosophy of 83. Figure of speech where two different things are
a. Spencer c. Elliot compared thru the use of “as” and “like”
b. Keats d. Tennyson a. simile c. facsimile
68. America’s greatest humorist b. allegory d. epic
a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington 84. Author of “ how My Brother Leon Brought Home a
Irving Wife”
b. Mark twain d. Samuel a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez
Clemens b. Fernando maramag d. None of these
69. A long narrative poem dealing with persons of heroic 85. These stories, which reflect the people’s belief, are
proportion and actions of great significance handed down from one generation to another by word of
a. Ballad c. Sonnet mouth.
b. Epic d. Elegy a. novels c. prose
70. Considered the father of the modern American short b. folktales d. poetry
story
a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe
86. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds and b. The Iliad of Homer d. Myth
supernatural happenings with local color and which people 94. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my
sing or chant soul”,, is taken room the poem
a. epic c. verse a. O Captain, my captain
b. poetry d. riddles b. Invictus
87. He wrote the famous letter “ To the Women of c. The arrow and the Song
Malolos” d. None of these
a. Gregorio delPilar c. Jose Rizal 95. He was the American President who said: “Ask not
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto what America will do for you, but what together we can do
88. A kind of literary piece which moralizes and was for the freedom of man.”
written in letter from between two sisters dwelling in the city a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
ad the other in the province. b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
a. urbana at Felisa c. ManangBiday 96. The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus; “That the
b. Pasyon, religious play d. None of these government of the people, by the people, for the people,
89. How is the author of “The legend of sleepy Hollow” shall not perish from the earth.” – is in his famous
which revolves around a headlines horseman’s tale a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
a. George Washington c. Washington b. Inaugural Address
Irving c. Address at Gettysburg
b. Robert Surtess d. Shakespeare d. None of these
90. Considered as one of the world’s greatest short 97. The figure of speech, which uses exaggerated
stories and it is Edgar Allan Poe’s story of terror statement for aesthetic reason.
about a hypochondriac living in morbid fear. a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
a. Annabel Lee c. b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
Macbeth 98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
b. The fall of the house of Usher d. The a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
Raven b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
91. He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is a 99. The famous painting Juan Luna made
poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar nose. a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
a. Roxanne c. Ichabod b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
b. Don Quixote d. Cyrano de 100. The stature of David was created by
Bergerac a. SigfriedVandike c. Michelangelo
92. “If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol
excuse for being “- is taken from the poem’
a. The bells c. Don juan ***** THE END *****
b. Sonnet d. Rhodora
93. A great epic poem whose plot centers around the WORK HARD, DREAM HARDER
anger and wrath of Achilles against Agamemnon, a geek
leader
a. Bernardo Carpio c. The Odyssey
English

1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of his pupils.

1 b 51 A
2 a 52 B
3 b 53 B
4 c 54 B
5 a 55 B
6 b 56 D
7 a 57 B
8 b 58 D
9 b 59 C
10 c 60 B
11 b 61 B
12 c 62 A
13 a 63 C
14 b 64 B
15 c 65 C
16 a 66 A
17 b 67 B
18 b 68 B
19 b 69 B
20 b 70 C
21 a 71 B
22 b 72 C
23 b 73 B
24 a 74 C
25 b 75 B
26 b 76 C
27 a 77 B
28 b 78 D
29 b 79 C
30 b 80 C
31 b 81 D
32 b 82 C
33 c 83 A
34 d 84 A
35 a 85 B
36 b 86 A
37 b 87 C
38 c 88 A
39 a 89 C
40 c 90 B
41 b 91 D
42 b 92 D
43 c 93 B
44 b 94 B
45 a 95 D
46 b 96 C
47 b 97 C
48 b 98 B
49 a 99 A
50 b 100 C