LET Reviewer -General Education-English Part-4 (50 Items)
ENGLISH (4)
1) If I could speak English well, I ________ next year studying in the States.
a. has spend
b. would have spent
c. would spend
d. will spent
2. 2) We should work for the total ban ________ of pesticides.
a. with
b. on using
c. on the use
d. by the use
3. 3) The Rizal Day celebration reminds us about heroes worth ________.
a. appreciating
b. emulating
c. reading about
d. studying
4. 4) What does the expression "love begets love" mean?
a. Love is offered, not waiting for love in return.
b. If you offer love, you will be loved in return.
c. Don't expect love, though you love others.
d. Love is not freely expected from everyone.
5. 5) Striking a balance between the concrete and the abstract, the direct and the symbolic follows the principle of ________.
a. "both-and"
b. "either-or"
c. "neither-nor"
d. "and/or"
6. 6) Some students learn best by seeing, hearing, or doing. When they perform well on what they read, what is their perceptual strength?
a. Tactile
b. Visual
c. Auditory
d. Kinesthetic
7. 7) Those are probably the ________ blankets in the store.
a. least fancy
b. fanciest
c. most fanciest
d. most fancy
8. 8) Lolo George is really ________ man.
a. an old sweet
b. a sweet, old
c. a sweet old
d. a sweetly old
9. 9) The Mustang used to be ________ sportscar.
a. a fine German
b. a German, fine
c. a fine, German
d. fine German
10. 10) Magdalena and Monica grew up in ________ house in Tacloban City.
a. a comfortable, little
b. a little, comfortable
c. a comfortable little
d. comfortable little
11. 11) Today we practiced ________ than we did last Friday.
a. hardest
b. harder
c. more hard
d. most hard
12. 12) The kittens play with each other happily. Which word in the sentence is an adverb?
a. kittens
b. each
c. play
d. happily
13. 13) The teacher instructed the pupils:
a. "Open your books to page 8."
b. "Open your books on page 8."
c. "Open your books in page 8."
d. "Open your books from page 8."
14. 14) Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural error.
a. Teaching is my career first.
b. Teaching is my first choice as a career.
c. Teaching is my ambition.
d. Teaching is my ambition as a career.
15. 15) Which passage is expressed effectively and has no structural error?
a. You make a living by what you get, but you make a life bby what you give.
b. You make a living by working, but you make a life by what you do.
c. You make a living by earning, but you make a life by doing the best.
d. You make a living by getting your wage, but you make a life by giving.
16. 16) It's now two hours past his schedule; the facilitator may not come anymore, but we'll still be ready in case he ________.
a. does
b. will come
c. may
d. is coming
17. 17) Your sister is paying for your tuition fee, ________?
a. aren't you
b. isn't it
c. is she
d. isn't she
18. 18) ________ not making the most of ________ opportunities.
a. You're - your
b. You're - you're
c. Your - your
d. You're - You
19. 19) Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural error. a. While taking a shower, the doorbell rang.
b. While I was taking a shower, the doorbell rang.
c. While taking a shower, someone rang the doorbell.
d. While I was showering, the doorbell rang.
20. 20) Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural error. a. One of the examinees were not registered.
b. One of the examinees was not registered.
c. One of the examinees were not in the registry list.
d. One of the examinees have not been in the registry list.
21. 21) Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural error. a. The criteria was finalized for judging the candidate.
b. The criteria for judging the candidate has been finalized.
c. The criteria has been finalized for judgiing the candidate.
d. The criteria for judging the candidates have been finalized.
22. 22) Sarah ________ in bed so long that she missed her classes.
a. lays
b. lay
c. lied
d. laid
23. 23) Everyone is wondering ________ her successor will be.
a. whom
b. whose
c. who
d. who'll
24. 24) Both Randy and ________ plan to go.
a. my
b. me
c. myself
d. I
25. 25) The daughter sings sweetly as the mother ________.
a. is
b. can
c. does
d. do
26. 26) She ________ the laundry every other day.
a. is doing
b. does
c. will do
d. is going to do
27. 27) Wise people can _________ with frustrations.
a. cope in
b. cope up
c. cope
d. cope on
28. 28) They visited ________ children where ________ are pursuing post-baccalaureate degrees.
a. their-there
b. there-their
c. their-they're
d. there-they're
29. 29) In his despair, Judas ________ himself.
a. hang
b. hung
c. hunged
d. hanged
30. 30) The words "accentric, anesthesia atypical" begin with the prefix "a" which means ________.
a. not or without
b. with
c. feeling
d. common
31. 31) The words "inappropriate, illegal, irresponsible and unaware" have prefixes which are classified as ________.
a. neutral
b. positive
c. negative
d. common
32. 32) A good writer supports his generalizations with ________ examples.
a. unfamiliar
b. convenient
c. abstract
d. concrete
33. 33) She will retire soon because she ________ working hard for so long.
a. has been
b. had been
c. have been
d. was
34. 34) "He is the black sheep in the family." Which figure of speech is implied?
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Hyperbole
35. 35) The slow traffic ________ me.
a. aggravates
b. irritates
c. worsens
d. maddens
36. 36) "He was as helpless as a child." Classify this statement.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Irony
d. Hyperbole
37. 37) The statement, "She is a rose" is an example of a _________.
a. Idiom
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. Hyperbole
38. 38) People who are too ________ are liable to be deceived by unscrupulous individuals.
a. demanding
b. credulous
c. cynical
d. wary
39. 39) "News travels as fast as the wind." This statement is a/an:
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Idiom
d. Hyperbole
40. 40) She wrote a "first-rate" report. What does it say about the report?
a. Ordinary
b. Excellent
c. Mediocre
d. Run-of-the-mill
41. 41) "Except for the profanity, I liked the story." What is the story about?
a. Shamelessness
b. Kind words
c. Worldliness
d. Obscenities
42. 42) She was a "Phantom of Delight" connotes that the woman is ________.
a. real
b. lovely
c. an illusion
d. virtuo
43. 43) Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" What dis we take this to mean?
a. Wonderful
b. Enjoyment
c. Mystery
d. Discovery
44. 44) The line from the Koran, "Woe to every backbiter, defamer" talks of ________.
a. Anguish for those who defend unrighteousness.
b. Misery for those who talk ill of others.
c. Punishment for those who give unsolicited advice.
d. Sorrow for those who oppose the opinion of their fellow.
45. 45) What is the allegorical meaning of "The Divine Comedy"?
a. Good people go to heaven while evil people go to hell.
b. Man's soul must undergo a long journey towards God.
c. God sees the truth but waits before helping a man.
d. Heaven, hell and purgatory do not exist.
46. 46) Herodotus, a Greek historian wrote: "All Egypt is the gift of Nile." He means:
a. geographically, the Nile gives abundance to Egypt
b. the Nile is the capital of Egypt geographically
c. the Nile gives abundant water to Egypt
d. Egypt and Nile are one and the same
47. 47) What figure of speech is used in line "I wondered lonely as a cloud."
a. Alliteration
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Metaphor
48) The following are written by Aristotle, EXCEPT:
a. The Republic
b. Ethics
c. Politics
d. Poetics
49) Anna Karenina is a novel by ________.
a. Mark Twain
b. Leo Tolstoy
c. Walt Whitman
d. T.S. Eliot
50) Which among the following is William Shakepeare's notable work?
a. Macbeth
b. Don Quixote
c. Jane Eyre
d. Gulliver's Travel
ENGLISH (4) ANSWERS:
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. B
23. C
24. D
25. C
26. B
27. C
28. C
29. D
30. A
31. C
32. D
33. A
34. C
35. B
36. A
37. B
38. B
39. A
40. B
41. D
42. B
43. D
44. B
45. B
46. A
47. C
48. A
49. B
50. A
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