LET Reviewer -General Education-English Part-5 (50 Items)
ENGLISH (5)
1) Filial piety is a basic tenet of this school of thought.
a. Taoism
b. Confucianism
c. Hinduism
d. Buddhism
2) This is the plot development of the Ramayana.
a. Circular
b. Linear
c. En medias res
d. Pyramid
3) The indigenous literature of this country features the light entertainment of oral story telling.
a. India
b. Japan
c. China
d. Africa
4) The pseudonym of Samuel Clemens.
a. The Barrettes
b. Ulysses
c. Mark Twain
d. Abe Lincoln
5) Vocabulary knowledge is manifested when students:
a. relate key words to concepts conveyed in the context of the text
b. personalize the meaning of key words in the text
c. think of the absolute meaning of words even when there is no context
d. decode automatically the printed symbol
6) Comprehension occurs when readers:
a. answer questions after reading
b. do a one-to-one sound symbol matching in reading
c. translate the printed symbols into familiar meanings
d. integrate information across texts
7) A strategy that allows students to tell back what they have read is called?
a. introspection
b. think-aloud
c. retelling
d. free-writing
8) Reading house as home in a sentence, “God bless our home” the student clearly made ______. a.
a reversal
b. an error
c. a substitution
d. a mispronunciation
9) The word with an inflectional morpheme is _______.
a. clarify
b. clarifying
c. clarity
d. clarification
10) In teaching pronunciation, showing the contrast between /i/ and /I/ is best accomplished by using
a. analogous pairs
b. dyadic pairs
c. minimal pairs
d. complementary pairs
11) How long is the span of the story May Day Eve?
a. one month
b. almost 50 years
c. overnight
d. 3 years
12) According to this religion human beings are bound to the wheel of life which is a continual cycle of birth, death, and suffering.
a. Hinduism
b. Buddhism
c. Shintoism
d. Taoism
13) TELECAST is what kind of word?
a. Blend
b. Acronym
c. Borrowed
d. Clipped
14) What Filipino trait can be inferred in the speech of Raul S. Manglapus? “I have done this against the advice of a friend. He felt that since I would speak on the Filipino movies, I should instead begin by making you cry.”
a. Palakasan and pataasan culture
b. Utang na loob
c. Hiya
d. Kanya-kanya syndrome
15) ________ is Geoffrey Chaucer’s collection of stories about the English society in the 1300’s.
a. The Divine Comedy
b. The Song of Roland
c. The New Life
d. The Canterbury Tales
16) What pom of William Ernest Henley is about human beings having total control of their lives?
a. Invictus
b. Remember
c. Precious Stones
d. The Alderking
17) Who is considered the Indian counterpart of Shakespeare?
a. Kalidasa
b. Khagyam
c. Tagore
d. Aligaynon
18) How long will the respondents _______ the questionnaires?
a. answered
b. answer
c. will answer
d. answers
19) Bamboo in the Wind is a novel written by:
a. Azucena Grajo Urranza
b. Lilia Pablo Amansec
c. Elsa Martinez Coscolluela
d. Gilda Cordero Fernando
20) The writer who was charged and convicted of pornography for her short story.
a. Angela Manalang Gloria
b. Paz Latorena
c. Loreto Paras Sulit
d. Estrella Alfon
21) Which statement conveys an incorrect idea?
a. Writing is a natural communicative activity.
b. People have to be taught how to write.
c. Writing, like speech is displaced in time.
d. Writing is planned and takes time.
22) Brainstorming is an activity that can be done in the ________ stage of writing.
a. prewriting
b. post writing
c. during writing
d. after writing
23) What is listening?
a. Listening is a passive process.
b. Listening is an active process.
c. Listening is a simple process.
d. Listening is a one way process.
24) Examples of voiced consonants are ________.
a. /d/, /p/, /k/, /s/
b. /v/, /z/, /d/, /k/
c. /d/, /g/, /v/, /z/
d. /p/, /t/, /g/, /z/
25) One spends ________ of his/her waking hours on listening.
a. 60%
b. 30%
c. 10%
d. 20%
26) Promises from politicians usually are PARADOXICAL.
a. unfulfilled
b. disorganized
c. granted
d. answered
27) There was no magical PANACEA for the company’s troubles.
a. bonus
b. cure-all
c. monopoly
d. deception
28) The CONCIERGE in the hotel is very polite.
a. head waiter
b. doorkeeper
c. wine specialist
d. busboy
29) The NASCENT markets in Taguig City is mushroom development.
a. beginning to form
b. beginning to leave
c. in economic degree
d. simultaneous selling
30) _______ is Carlos Bulosan’s most famous autobiography.
a. Falling Leaves
b. The Laughter of My Father
c. America is in the Heart
d. Footnote to Youth
31) ______ died at the end of Iliad.
a. Achilles
b. Menelaus
c. Agamemnon
d. Hector
32) This Filipino writer is known for using local color in his works.
a. Manuel Arguilla
b. F. Sionil Jose
c. Carlos Bulosan
d. Juan C. Laya
33) This narrative poem is about the adventures of great heroes.
a. Romance
b. Ballad
c. Epic
d. Lyric
34) This is the smallest unit of sound.
a. Allophone
b. Allomorph
c. Morpheme
d. Phoneme
35) In the Philippines, English language teachng is aimed 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.
36) “Cross her mind” means:
a. Occured to her
b. After a careful analysis
c. Her intuition told her so
d. Somebody must have told her
37) This is the lowest level of comprehension:
a. Critical comprehension
b. Critical evaluation
c. Literal comprehension
d. Integration
38) “To get cold feet” means:
a. delirious
b. hesitant
c. cautious
d. neglectful
39) How to read the refrain of a poem properly?
a. Put force on the refrain.
b. Use normal tone
c. Sing the refrain portion
d. Read in a softer voice than the verse
40) Solve the riddle below: The man who made it did not want it. The man who bought it did not want to use it. The man who used it did not know it.
a. Poison
b. Gun
c. Coffin
d. Bomb
41) Who wrote TO LUCASTA?
a. Robert Herrick
b. Richard Lovelace
c. Thomas Carew
d. John Sucking
42) A platoon leader ordered his troop to proceed. Which reply shows full compliance?
a. Sir, yes Sir!
b. Sir, we are about to go.
c. Sir, Sir? Yes, Sir!
d. Sir, we are on leave.
43) Which of the following terms refers to the reasons, grounds, or justification that explain the principles behind decisions made in educational processes?
a. schemata
b. rationale
c. objectives
d. framework
44) Which one of these selection is a frame story?
a. Panchatantra
b. The Tale of Genji
c. Record of a Journey to the West
d. The Rain Came
45) A speech made by a person who reveals his thoughts.
a. sonnet
b. metaphor
c. soliloquy
d. simile
46) He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar noise.
a. Roxanne
b. Don Quixote
c. Ichabod
d. Cyrano de Bergerac
47) Unless we find a witness to CORROBORATE your evidence, it will not stand courts.
a. collaborate
b. negate
c. interpret
d. confirm
48) The deal was held in ABEYANCE until her arrival from a sales conference.
a. obedience
b. absence
c. suspended
d. compromise
49) The committee members have gone off, leaving everything at SIXES AND SEVENS among themselves.
a. harmony
b. unfazed
c. agreement
d. disagreement
50) Select the error in the sentence: Take note of the immediate affect this drug has on the behavior of the hamster in the cage.
a. Take note
b. affect
c. this
d. No error
ENGLISH (5) ANSWERS:
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. D
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. A
32. A
33. C
34. D
35. D
36. A
37. C
38. B
39. A
40. C
41. B
42. A
43. B
44. A
45. C
46. D
47. D
48. C
49. D
50. B
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