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ENGLISH 1
Contributed by: JACOSALEM
  • 1. Which of the following is NOT considered in organizing a remedial program?
A) Curriculum
B) Behavior
C) Assessment
D) Interaction
  • 2. Which of the following is considered in correcting basic sight vocabulary deficit?
A) Have the answers of the students on the board and correct in front of other people.
B) Have the students receive a big reward for motivation purposes.
C) Have the students read the words repeatedly without correcting them.
D) Have the students repeat the word each time it is written
  • 3. Which of the following is taken into account when a student is going to take a remedial class?
A) If a student is aiming for mastery of the lessons
B) If a student is referred to special education
C) If a student has behavioral problems
D) If a student is struggling on his/her basic skills
  • 4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an effective remedial program?
A) It uses the same teaching techniques for mastery of the lessons.
B) It offers a small group instruction to provide more attention to individuals.
C) It is facilitated based on the student's pace.
D) It is research-based using supported instructional methods.
  • 5. Which of the following is NOT recommended in using predictable books?
A) Deliver the words in the books with excitement.
B) Choose a short passage sufficient to be read in one session.
C) Ask the students to do advance reading on the books before discussion.
D) Let the students read the title and guess the content of the book.
  • 6. The boy wanted to buy some food (active voice). Some food were wanted to be bought by the boy (passive voice). Which of the following principles in grammar is applied to the given statements?
A) Functional Grammar
B) Notional Grammar
C) Traditional Grammar
D) Transformational Grammar
  • 7. Dr. Buenafe have (instead of has because the subject is singular) the materials for the painting. Which of the following principles in grammar is applied to the given statement?
A) Functional Grammar
B) Notional Grammar
C) Traditional Grammar
D) Transformational Grammar
  • 8. The committee has decided to give considerations to the family.
    The committee has decided to give considerations to the family.
    Based on the given statements, which of the following principles in grammar is applied?
A) Traditional Grammar
B) Functional Grammar
C) Transformational Grammar
D) Notional Grammar
  • 9. . Dr. Jadaone / threw the ball
    Subject Predicate declarative sentence
    Based on the given statement, the wholeness of the sentence is classified as a declarative sentence instead of the use of each word in the sentence. In this point, which of the following principles in grammar is applied?
A) Notional Grammar
B) Traditional Grammar
C) Functional Grammar
D) Transformational Grammar
  • 10. The sentence “She is gorgeous” can be changed to “The woman is amazing.”
    Which of the following principles in grammar is applied?
A) Transformational Grammar
B) Functional Grammar
C) Traditional Grammar
D) Notional Grammar
  • 11. Janeth learns to speak in English because of the movies she watches. Which of the following basic principles of language learning can be inferred from the given statement?
A) Language learning is not systematic.
B) Language learning is an emotional experience.
C) Language learning is a developmental process.
D) Language learning is a specialized skill.
  • 12. Tricia believes that the language ability of her baby can be developed through random acts like watching cartoon‑friendly movies and not using baby languages/talks when talking to a baby. Which of the following basic principles of language learning can be inferred from the given statement?
A) Language learning is an emotional experience.
B) Language learning is not systematic.
C) Language learning is a developmental process.
D) Language learning is a specialized skill.
  • 13. Because of her experiences, Ms. Natividad attaches meanings to the words of said by people to her. Which of the following basic principles of language learning can be inferred from the given statement?
A) Language learning is a specialized skill.
B) Language learning is an emotional experience.
C) Language learning is a developmental process.
D) Language learning is not systematic.
  • 14. Mrs. Alolor asked her students to memorize the poem “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer and instructed them to recite it in front of the class. Which principles are applied in the given scenario?
A) Automaticity
B) Rote Learning
C) Strategic Investment
D) Intrinsic Motivation
  • 15. Instead of focusing on her gestures, Mrs. Sacatrapas delivers her speech about communication skills and focuses on her audience. Which of the following principles is present in the given scenario?
A) Rote Learning
B) Intrinsic Motivation
C) Strategic Investment
D) Automaticity
  • 16. All of the following are competencies that the Basic Education Curriculum aims to develop EXCEPT
A) strategic
B) sociolinguistic
C) social awareness
D) linguistic
  • 17. The following domains for Grade 11 and 12 are included in Language Arts curriculum EXCEPT
A) study strategies
B) reading comprehension
C) vocabulary development
D) writing and composition
  • 18. Which of the following is NOT a component of developing a curriculum?
A) Behavioristic-Rational Orientation
B) Humanistic Orientation
C) Behavioristic Orientation
D) Rational-Cognitive Orientation
  • 19. Which of the following is NOT a theoretical basis for the English language curriculum?
A) Structural Notion
B) Language Acquisition
C) Pedagogical Thrusts
D) Theory of Language
  • 20. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the framework of the language curriculum?
A) Degenerated
B) Interactive
C) Contextualized
D) Integrated
  • 21. Which is NOT true about the roles of people involved in curriculum development?
A) In curriculum planning, need analysts create policy document.
B) In the specification stage, need analysts and methodologists create syllabus.
C) In classroom implementation, teachers implement teaching activities.
D) In program implementation, material writers create teaching materials.
  • 22. Which curriculum perspective considers the practical needs of learners and the society that deals with the functional skills in a foreign and second language?
A) Social Reconstructionism
B) Academic Rationalism
C) Learner-Cednessness
D) Social and Economic Efficiency
  • 23. Which curriculum perspective considers developing learner's intellect, humanistic values, and rationality?
A) Social Reconstructionism
B) Academic Rationalism
C) Learner-centeredness
D) Social and Economic Efficiency
  • 24. Which curriculum perspective considers the learner’s differences, learner’s strategies, learner’s self-direction, and autonomy?
A) Academic Rationalism
B) Social Reconstructionism
C) Learner-centeredness
D) Social and Economic Efficiency
  • 25. Which ideology of the curriculum believes that learners should appreciate other cultures and religions?
A) Cultural Pluralism
B) Social Reconstructionism
C) Social and Economic Efficiency
D) Academic Rationalism
  • 26. What is the place of articulation for the first sound of the following words: team, terrible, and tantamount?
A) Bilabial
B) Interdental
C) Labiodental
D) Alveolar
  • 27. Which set of words is a minimal pair?
A) Wise – nice
B) Pear – pair
C) Fair – fare
D) Grace – graze
  • 28. Which of the following words has a first sound that is characterized as a voiceless bilabial stop?
A) Brother
B) Mother
C) Sister
D) Parent
  • 29. All of the following words contain a schwa sound EXCEPT
A) text
B) twitter
C) messenger
D) social
  • 30. Which of the following sets of words exemplifies diphthongs?
A) Reduce, reuse, start
B) Cry, break, down
C) Teach, speak, listen
D) Breakfast, tea, cheese
  • 31. All of the following describes the aspects of suprasegmental phonology EXCEPT
A) it encompasses body movement, hand gestures, and facial expressions
B) it is otherwise known as the prosodic features of speech
C) it is not limited to single sounds
D) it involves stress‑timing and intonation
  • 32. Which of the following words does NOT have a bound morpheme?
A) Stressful
B) Teacher
C) Incorrect
D) Infant
  • 33. What kind of morpheme involved in the affixational process is common in the words posted, pictures, and fastest?
A) Zero morpheme
B) Inflectional morpheme
C) Null morpheme
D) Derivational morpheme
  • 34. Which of the following BEST describes the word formation process called conversion?
A) It is the process of forming a new word by joining two or more words.
B) It is the invention of a new word.
C) It is shortening a word by deleting one or more syllables.
D) It is the process of designating an existing word to a new syntactic category.
  • 35. What is the word formation process that the words spork, Interpol, and brunch underwent?
A) Blending
B) Clipping
C) Backformation
D) Suppletion
  • 36. All of the following sets of words exemplify derivational morphemes EXCEPT
A) colorful, distraction, conducive
B) boards, larger, scribbled
C) godly, powerful, professional
D) talented, glamorous, patiently
  • 37. How many morphemes are in the word crocodile?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 3
  • 38. What kind of affix is present in the word misunderstanding?
A) Infix
B) Suffix
C) Prefix
D) Circumfix
  • 39. A second language learner of English says estatue for statue and filum for film. What morphophonemic process is involved in the given scenario where a vowel is added at the beginning of the word or between the sounds?
A) Epenthesis
B) Assimilation
C) Elision
D) Vowel lengthening
  • 40. Which of the following syntactic structures contains equivalent grammatical units which are often joined by a coordinating conjunction such as in lost and found?
A) Structure of Modification
B) Structure of Predication
C) Structure of Complementation
D) Structure of Coordination
  • 41. Which of the following exemplifies the syntactic structure of modification?
A) Pins and needles
B) Sympathetic colleague
C) Be careful
D) Money talks
  • 42. Which of the following BEST describes the structure of a periodic sentence?
A) It begins with phrases or dependent clauses and ends with the main independent clause.
B) It begins with the main independent clause followed by phrases and dependent clauses.
C) It has two clauses which are similar in length and word order.
D) It is composed only of phrases and dependent clauses.
  • 43. Identify the type of phrase that is enclosed in brackets in the given sentence: The faculty likes to drop by the small chapel [adjacent to the clinic] before leaving.
A) Adjective phrase
B) Adverb phrase
C) Noun phrase
D) Prepositional phrase
  • 44. All of the following sentences exemplify ellipsis in its structure EXCEPT
A) The student who wanted to become valedictorian did.
B) Anton teaches all the Research courses while Jay the Math courses.
C) I will do the dishes today if you will do the dishes tomorrow.
D) Should I call you or you me?
  • 45. Which of the following BEST describes syntactic ambiguity? It refers to
A) words having the same meaning
B) phrases which have the same meaning
C) words which have more than one meaning
D) phrases which have more than one meaning
  • 46. Which word pair exemplifies hyponymy?
A) Beauty – pulchritude
B) Benevolent – malevolent
C) Fly (insect) – fly (zipper)
D) Pasta – spaghetti
  • 47. Since she wasn’t able to get tickets for the first day of the concert, she availed herself of the ones for the second day. (ones‑tickets) What kind of linguistic reference is exemplified in the given sentence?
A) Deixis
B) Anaphora
C) Entailment
D) Coreference
  • 48. Which of the following pairs of antonyms is a gradable pair?
A) Fast – slow
B) Happy – sad
C) Dead – alive
D) Hot – cold
  • 49. Some senior high school students almost failed the exam in English. What is the sense property in the given statement?
A) Analytic
B) Contradictory
C) Thematic
D) Synthetic
  • 50. The phrase Filipino literature instructor could mean “an instructor who teaches Philippine literature” or “a literature instructor who came from the Philippines.” This case is an example of which ambiguity?
A) Lexical ambiguity
B) Grammatical ambiguity
C) Syntactic ambiguity
D) Structural ambiguity
  • 51. Conversational Maxims are the cornerstone of H.P Grice's account of linguistic pragmatics of communication. Which maxim states that one should not make his/her contribution more informative than is required?
A) Maxim of Manner
B) Maxim of Quantity
C) Maxim of Quality
D) Maxim of Relevance
  • 52. Which conversational maxim is violated in the given example?

    Speaker A: How do you do today?

    Speaker B: Oh well, you know. Same old me.
A) Maxim of Relevance
B) Maxim of Quality
C) Maxim of Quantity
D) Maxim of Manner
  • 53. In a basketball event, only the officiating referee can call out infractions of rules and decide penalties. Anyone else can shout a 'foul' but only the referee has the official word. Which felicity condition is evident in the given speech act?
A) Sincerity condition
B) Propositional content condition
C) Essential condition
D) Preparatory condition
  • 54. All of the following describe an indirect speech act EXCEPT
A) it is mainly used by people in connection with maintaining politeness
B) it is the lack of direct connection between the form of utterance and the intended meaning
C) it is the evident when the syntactic form of utterance matches the illocutionary force
D) it is an utterance in which one speech act is performed indirectly by performing another
  • 55. Which of the following describes the appropriate illocutionary force in the given situation?

    Librarian: (points to a signage saying 'Observe silence') Can't you read?

    Students: Sorry, Ma'am.
A) The librarian is telling the students to read the signage.
B) The librarian is telling the students to stop conversing in loud voices.
C) The librarian is telling the students that they are foolish.
D) The librarian is asking whether the students are illiterate or otherwise.
  • 56. After a lesson on writing a problem solution paragraph, Teacher Anton tells the students to write a paragraph in the problem solution pattern on water service interruption. Which communicative approach to language teaching is exemplified in the given situation?
A) Whole language approach
B) Taskbased approach
C) Participatory approach
D) Content based approach
  • 57. Which instruction shows the application of the content based approach to language teaching?
A) Teacher Beth dims the lights in the classroom and plays classical music as she reads a poem to her literature students.
B) Teacher April uses mind maps to activate students' background knowledge on communication.
C) Teacher Jay teaches his students the mnemonic to remember the order in which adjectives should appear.
D) Teacher Shiela uses a text on the Presidents of the Philippines through history to teach the past tense form of verbs.
  • 58. All of the following are cognitive strategies in language teaching EXCEPT
A) drills
B) visualization techniques
C) context clues
D) word association
  • 59. What process in language learning is evident in the statement below?
    Archie: I called Mom and I asked her if she eated already.
A) Habit formation
B) Hypothesis testing
C) Simplification
D) Overgeneralization
  • 60. Who among the following teachers has a teaching practice that is compatible with the humanistic approach?
A) Teacher Kharen who assesses the immediate communicative needs of the language learner
B) Teacher Apple who integrates topics from other subjects in the language course
C) Teacher Leslie who emphasizes on good pronunciation and lessened grammatical errors
D) Teacher Kelly who assesses the language learners' motivations in learning
  • 61. Which approach in language teaching is also termed mim-mem method for its dependence on mimicry and memorization for language acquisition?
A) Grammar - translation approach
B) Direct approach
C) Structural approach
D) Audiolingual approach
  • 62. Teacher Abby wants to teach her students the four basic sentence functions through games where they are to move and do challenges. Which approach in language teaching will Teacher Abby most likely apply?
A) Community Language Learning
B) Total Physical Response
C) Silent Way
D) Suggestopedia
  • 63. According to Stephen Krashen's Natural Order Hypothesis, which are the first grammatical morphemes that are acquired by an average second language learner of English?
A) Auxiliary form of verb and articles (a and the)
B) Progressive form of verb, plural form of noun, and copula ("to be")
C) Irregular past tense form of verb
D) Regular past tense, possessives, and singular form of verb
  • 64. Which hypothesis deals with the consideration of the language learners' motivation, self-confidence, and anxiety in second language learning?
A) Acquisition Learning Hypothesis
B) Affective Filter Hypothesis
C) Input Hypothesis
D) Monitor Hypothesis
  • 65. Given below are metacognitive strategies that a language learner may use when he/she is beginning to learn a new language. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A) A learner monitors and assesses his/her own progress in learning the target language.
B) A learner reflects on which approaches to working out grammatical rules are more effective.
C) A learner engages in fewer conversations with speakers of his or her mother tongue.
D) A learner plans how to remember new words encountered in conversations with native speakers of the target language.
  • 66. In accordance with the schema theory, which of the following is a purpose of schema in reading? Schema is used to
A) enhance the learner's knowledge about the deep structure of grammar in the text
B) make a distinction between facts and opinions in a text
C) make corrections about the morphological errors in a text
D) anticipate, infer, and create judgments and decisions about the text
  • 67. Which of the following is an objective of the Grammar Translation Method language teaching? It is to learn the target language
A) by engaging in authentic language use
B) through drills and repetition
C) n order to read its literature
D) through natural communication rather than formal grammar study
  • 68. All of the following are summaries of the second language acquisition theory formulated by Stephen Krashen EXCEPT
A) language acquisition requires comprehensible input containing i+1 structures
B) age is a definite predictor of second language rate or attainment
C) low or weak affective filter is required to allow language input
D) acquisition is more important in learning
  • 69. Audiolingual method: tape recorder and audiovisual equipment: gesture, mime, visual aids, wall charts, and Cuisiniére rods
A) community language learning
B) silent way
C) total physical response
D) task based approach
  • 70. Which of the following is an example of a well-written behavioral objective in language teaching?
A) The learner identifies the different communicative strategies.
B) The learner demonstrates respect for cultural diversity.
C) The learner makes use of the comparison contrast pattern by writing a paragraph on the similarities and differences among the features of several social media platforms.
D) The learner makes a distinction among the different communication models.
  • 71. Given below are purposes of a Dialogue journal. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A) It enables teachers to gain information about the value of a language course.
B) It may enhance writing skills in the target language.
C) It develops language learners' theoretical thinking.
D) It enables language learners to build relationships with native speakers of the target language.
  • 72. Beth is conversing with April who has difficulty in understanding English. Beth makes sure that April understands what she is saying and makes up for communication breakdowns by accompanying her speech with appropriate gestures and body movement. Which aspect of communicative competence is evident in the given scenario?
A) Strategic competence
B) Discourse competence
C) Grammatical competence
D) Sociolinguistic competence
  • 73. Who among the following language learners exemplifies sociolinguistic competence?
A) Ynah who knows how to nominate as well as terminate a conversation done in her second language
B) Edward who knows how to respond to different people depending on the communicative situation
C) Leah who makes sure that the words she is using are comprehensible to the language learner she is talking to
D) Adolfo who is able to pronounce words in the second language with near native like competence
  • 74. BICS: skills needed in everyday, social face-to-face interactions; CALP: _____.
A) skills needed in interpersonal communication
B) skills needed to perform tasks beyond the school setting
C) skills used in the classroom in various content areas
D) skills used in informal settings to build relationships
  • 75. All of the following teachers incorporated language activities that promote CALP and BICS EXCEPT _____.
A) Teacher Tristan who conducted error analysis on learners' outputs
B) Teacher Maridel who gave her students the chance to become "teacher of the day"
C) Teacher Marie who conducted classroom debates
D) Teacher John who held book reviews in her class
  • 76. Teacher Eddie is planning to incorporate minimal pair drills in his language class. All of the following could be Teacher Eddie's learning objective EXCEPT _____.
A) to explain how sounds differ
B) to distinguish between sounds in each pair
C) to communicate sounds in each pair
D) to identify which pairs are homophones
  • 77. Teacher Aljon adheres to a teaching methodology where the language learners are not allowed to use their mother tongue. Given below are possible teaching methodologies that Teacher Aljon uses. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A) Direct Method
B) Audiolingual Method
C) Community Language Learning
D) Silent Way
  • 78. According to Stephen Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis, second language learners with increased ____ have low levels of _____high levels of _____.
A) anxiety, affective filters, self-confidence
B) self confidence, anxiety, affective filters
C) affective filters, self confidence, anxiety
D) affective filters, anxiety, self - confidence
  • 79. Which among the four general orientations of modern second language approaches emphasizes on teaching grammatical and syntactic elements of the second language in isolation?
A) Functional
B) Cognitive
C) Affective
D) Structural
  • 80. The reading approach is primarily executed for the fulfillment of practical and academic objectives. Which among the following does NOT adhere to this approach?
A) Pronunciation and conversational skills are not emphasized.
B) Culture is considered the most important aspect in language learning.
C) Widening the vocabulary in the target language is imperative.
D) Development of reading skills is of prime importance.
  • 81. In the past, grammar was considered solely as ____. This means that it is set to maintain linguistic excellence; as such, it relies on what grammarians believe to be best.
A) Descriptive
B) Prescriptive
C) Pedagogical
D) Transformational
  • 82. Given below are several language teaching principles. Which one does NOT view the language teacher as facilitator of learning?
A) Communicative Language Teaching
B) Grammar translation method
C) Silent Way
D) Natural Approach
  • 83. Which of the following language teaching principles also entails how students' feelings should be dealt with?
A) Audiolingual method
B) Suggestopedia
C) Direct method
D) Grammar - translation method
  • 84. Total Physical Response: Comprehension precedes production; Communicative Language Teaching: _____
A) Vocabulary over grammar
B) Function over form
C) Explicit but minimal grammar
D) Oral before written
  • 85. Teacher Val rarely corrects errors and when she does so, she maintains that it should be unobtrusive. All of the following teaching principles entail doing the same to treat learners' errors EXCEPT
A) Total Physical Response
B) Grammar - translation method
C) Communicative Language Teaching
D) Suggestopedia
  • 86. All of the following are language views accepted by Structuralists. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A) Language is primarily vocal.
B) Language is a system of systems.
C) Language is universal.
D) Language is arbitrary.
  • 87. Behaviorist learning theory: language behavior is conditioned by rewards. _____: all normal human beings have an inborn biological internal mechanism that makes language learning possible.
A) Functionalists Theory
B) Transformationalists Theory
C) Cognitive Learning Theory
D) Interactionists Theory
  • 88. Which of the following teaching methods is a direct implication of the behaviorist learning theory?
A) Story Grammar
B) Think Aloud
C) Audiolingual Method
D) Communicative Language Teaching
  • 89. Cognitive based: Directed Reading Thinking Activity; Humanistic Technique: _____
A) Community Language Learning
B) Natural Approach
C) Information Gap Tasks
D) Bottom up Text Processing
  • 90. Constructivism states that learning is an active, contextualized process of constructing knowledge rather than acquiring it. Which of the following is one of the foundations for constructivism?
A) Social Development Theory
B) Experiential Learning
C) Classical Conditioning
D) Pareto Principle
  • 91. Which of the following is the learning goal of humanism?
A) To develop learners' mental ability to use concepts dealing with number, classification, order, and time but use them in a simple way
B) To develop learners who have innovative and adaptive thinking skills
C) To create individuals who learn through mental mechanisms which enable them to recreate and adapt their behavior in different situations
D) To develop self - actualized individuals in a cooperative and supportive environment
  • 92. Saussure's distinction between langue and parole is basically ____ while Chomsky's is basically psycholinguistic.
A) Applied linguistic
B) Sociolinguistic
C) Neurolinguistic
D) Computational linguistics
  • 93. Which language theory holds that human knowledge develops from structures and processes which are in the mind at birth and are also responsible for how language is learned rather than from the environment?
A) Innatist hypothesis
B) Behaviorism
C) Mentalism
D) Empiricist theory
  • 94. Given below are teaching implications of Piaget's theory on cognitive development. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A) Teachers should focus on the process by which learners derive their answers.
B) Teachers should encourage learners to interact with their environment as a way to discover themselves.
C) Teachers approach to executing class activities should be individualized or in small groups rather than whole group.
D) Teachers should focus on accelerating or speeding up children's progress through the stages.
  • 95. Sensorimotor Period: peek-a-boo; Concrete Operational Period: ____
A) Playdoh
B) Letter cut-outs
C) Charts and illustrations
D) Simple experiments
  • 96. The theories of Piaget and Vygotsky agree on which of the following ideas?
    I. Learners are primarily blank slates.
    II. Learners actively construct their own knowledge.
    III. Social interactions play a key role in knowledge construction.
A) I and II
B) I only
C) II only
D) III only
  • 97. All of the following are teaching implications of Vygotsky's theory of scaffolding. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A) Give frequent feedback.
B) Demonstrate complex tasks.
C) Divide complex tasks into simpler parts.
D) Ask students to develop their own steps.
  • 98. Which of the following is NOT a constructivist teaching scheme?
A) Restructuring ideas
B) Elicitation
C) Application of new ideas
D) Modelling
  • 99. The information processing theory of learning proposed by Ashcraft explains how the mind functions in the learning process. Which of the following is/are NOT TRUE about this theory?
A) Its three components are sensory register, short term memory, and long term memory.
B) It emphasizes on how information is processed in the brain.
C) Both A and B
D) It focuses on how learning takes place.
  • 100. Behavioral learning theories describe learning in terms of observable phenomena. Which of the following is a pedagogical implication of this learning theory?
A) Teacher Shie treats her students in accordance with their level of maturity.
B) Teacher Jehrist encourages her students to make their own meaning out of the content.
C) Teacher Maggie arranges her curriculum in such a way that concepts on one level are built on the previous one.
D) Teacher Jelo reinforces learning by giving his students rewards.
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