LET Reviewer -General Education-English Part-3 (50 Items)
ENGLISH (3)
1) The representative of the president had issued a public apology before the victims ________ the case.
a. file
b. filed
c. filing
d. have filed
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
filed
2) According to the report done by the fire department, the explosion was caused by ________ connection.
a. lost
b. lose
c. loose
d. losing
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
loose
3) You ________ finished writing your novel before the winter comes.
a. had
b. will be
c. will have
d. was
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
will have
4) Charlotte Bronte ________ finishing her novel when death arrives.
a. will have
b. will have to be
c. will have been
d. will be having to
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
will have been
5) Technology in the field of medicine ________ tremendously since the beginning of the 21st century.
a. does improve
b. has improved
c. have improved
d. had improved
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
has improved
6) Some of our relatives ________ to visit our great-grandmother in the States.
a. has decided
b. had decided
c. have decided
d. will have decided
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
have decided
7) I have written my report last Monday. What makes this sentence wrong?
a. have
b. last Monday
c. written
d. my
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
have
8) In one of his poems, the Filipino author Zulueta da Acosta said that the Filipinos are like the Molave. What figure of speech was used?
a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Hyperbole
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
Simile
9) Helen of Troy is the face who launched a thousand ships. What figure of speech is used in the given sentence?
a. Ellipsis
b. Synecdoche
c. Alliteration
d. Irony
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
Synecdoche
10) The rustling trees during winter inspired Robert Frost in writing most of his inspirational poems. What figure of speech is used in the given phrase?
a. Metonymy
b. Apostrophe
c. Asyndeton
d. Onomatopoeia
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
Onomatopoeia
11) What figure of speech is used in the given lines that follow: "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming, dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
a. Euphemism
b. Alliteration
c. Personification
d. Oxymoron
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
Alliteration
12) The lines given in item no. 11 are from what canonical and widely read poem?
a. Annabel Lee
b. The Cask of Amontillado
c. The Raven
d. The Mask of the Red Death
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
The Raven
13) The ode "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" is authored by ________.
a. William Shakespeare
b. Robert Frost
c. William Wordsworth
d. Willa Carter
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
William Wordsworth
14) The Greek goddess Aphrodite is an exemplification of feminine PULCHRITUDE in the antiquity. The capitalized word means ________.
a. homeliness
b. loveliness
c. plain
d. ugliness
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
loveliness
15) Emily Dickinson is known for her CANDOR aboit some issues on poetic freedom. The word CANDOR means ________.
a. appeal
b. frankness
c. opinions
d. tact
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
frankness
16) Which of the statements below best describes EPISTOLARY LITERATURE?
a. A story that is created through exchanges of letters.
b. A story that is based on history.
c. A story that is created based on the epistles.
d. A story that exhibits the adventures of the crusades against the Jihads.
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
A story that is created through exchanges of letters.
17) Most experts agree that climate change is an APOCALYPTIC event that must be feared by the inhabitants of this planet. Apocalyptic means ________.
a. encouraging
b. climacteric
c. attractive
d. careless
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
climacteric
18) Agamemnon, the leader of the Acheans has FONDNESS for women. The capitalizedword has the synonym:
a. aversion
b. penchant
c. defiance
d. dislike
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
penchant
19) Edgar Allan Poe feels LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER upon arriving in a foreign land. The capitalized phrase means:
a. One who is outside his usual environment.
b. A fish that was taken out of the sea.
c. One who feels that he/she is not needed.
d. One who feels that he-she is not well appreciated.
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
One who is outside his usual environment.
20) He is a Filipino poet who used punctuation marks extensively in his pieces - most especially "commas".
a. Paz Marquez Benitez
b. Nick Joaquin
c. Jose Garcia Villa
d. Edilberto Tiempo
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
Jose Garcia Villa
21) Charles Dickens wrote the following, EXCEPT:
a. Pickwick Papers
b. A Christmas Carol
c. David Copperfield
d. The Communist Manifesto
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
The Communist Manifesto
22) Your findings are IMPERTINENT to the results of this investigation. The capitalized word means:
a. malicious
b. violent
c. important
d. irrelevant
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
irrelevant
23) Several elements must be TRANSMUTED to see the real implications of this event. The capitalized word means:
a. surpassed
b. estimated
c. changed
d. summed
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
changed
24) You should be ashamed of yourself for having such CARNAL desires. The capitalized word means:
a. spiritual
b. bold
c. worldly
d. guilty
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
worldly
25) The price of these sneakers ________ reasonable.
a. is
b. are
c. seem
d. aren't
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
is
26) Bread and butter ________ our daily food.
a. is
b. are
c. were
d. am
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
is
27) The famous singer and composer ________ arrived.
a. have
b. has
c. will
d. is
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
has
28) Collecting stamps ________ one of his favorite pastimes.
a. are
b. were
c. has
d. is
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
is
29) Neither his father nor his sisters ________ mahjong.
a. play
b. plays
c. are play
d. are plays
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
play
30) Neither parent ________ fond of playing cards.
a. is
b. are
c. am
d. were
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
is
31) Soome of my friends ________ here.
a. are
b. was
c. will
d. am
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
are
32) The pair of scissors ________ on the table.
a.
b. were left
c. was leaving
d. is leaving
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
was left
33) Mathematics ________ the most difficult subject in the board exam.
a. remain
b. remains
c. remaining
d. has remains
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
remains
34) Juan lives ________ Santillan road.
a. in
b. on
c. at
d. to
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
on
35) Catherine will be ready to leave ________ about thirty minutes.
a. in
b. at
c. on
d. where
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
in
36) Since he met his new girlfriend, Miko never seems to be ________ home.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. towards
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
at
37) Jeremy responded to his mother's demands ________ throwing a tantrum.
a. with
b. by
c. from
d. through
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
by
38) I think Carmen spent the entire afternoon ________ the phone.
a. on
b. in
c. at
d. with
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
on
39) The nearest post office is on ________.
a. Twenty-second street
b. Twenty second Street
c. Twenty Second Street
d. Twenty-second Street
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
Twenty-second Street
40) Please read the chapter ________.
a. Filing your Income Tax Returns.
b. Filing Your Income Tax Returns.
c. "Filing your Income Tax Returns."
d. "Filing Your Income Tax Returns."
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
"Filing Your Income Tax Returns."
41) New students at the shop should bring ________.
a. hammers wrenches and screwdrivers
b. hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers
c. hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers
d. hammers wrenches, and screwsrivers
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers
42) The test was hard for Paul and ________.
a. me
b. I
c. myself
d. himself
The Correct Answer is Letter: A
me
43) The suggestions of the employees ________ appropriate.
a. seems
b. seem
c. is
d. is very
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
seem
44) He is the ________ of the two brothers.
a. most tall
b. tallest
c. very tall
d. taller
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
taller
45) After ________ all day, she finally saw the lake.
a. walking
b. had walked
c. having walked
d. have walked
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
having walked
46) I ________ gone with you.
a. have
b. should have
c. had
d. am
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
should have
47) I ________ walked two kilometers by the time you catch up with me.
a. have
b. would have
c. will have
d. had
The Correct Answer is Letter: C
will have
48) If I ________ President, I would live in Malacanang.
a. was
b. am
c. should be
d. were
The Correct Answer is Letter: D
were
49) The means of transportation ________ dramatically since the end of the 20th century.
a. have changed
b. has changed
c. will change
d. will have changed
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
has changed
50) If I ________ the same problems you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you have.
a. should
b. had
c. have
d. would have
The Correct Answer is Letter: B
had
ENGLISH (3) ANSWERS:
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. C
21. D
22. D
23. C
24. C
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. D
29. A
30. A
31. A
32. A
33. B
34. B
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. A
39. D
40. D
41. B
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. C
46. B
47. C
48. D
49. B
50. B
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