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ENGLISH 2
Contributed by: JACOSALEM
  • 1. Which of the following sentences follows Parataxis?
A) I came, then I saw, I conquered.
B) I came and I saw, then conquered.
C) I came, I saw and I conquered.
D) I came, I saw, I conquered.
  • 2. Which of the following types of grammar is an example of this sentence: "I ain going nowhere."
A) Prescriptive Grammar
B) Generative Grammar
C) Descriptive Grammar
D) Constructive Grammar
  • 3. Which of the following group of words is a sentence fragment?
A) She shone. B. Escalate the issue.
B) Escalate the issue.
C) Justice is served.
D) Her nieces and nephews.
  • 4. Which of the following BEST exemplifies lexical ambiguity?
A) We should be discussing violence on TV.
B) I woke up and saw ghosts.
C) I saw bats.
D) Insurance salesmen are frightening people.
  • 5. Which of the following BEST exemplifies lexical ambiguity?
A) The spoon is on the plate.
B) We should be discussing violence on TV.
C) There is a fisherman near the bank.
D) Your money is in the bank.
  • 6. Which among the given sentences is NOT an example of hypotaxis?
A) Be proud and be bold.
B) Stop and walk away.
C) I cried, I pleaded, I walked away.
D) I cried and pleaded.
  • 7. Which describes a periodic sentence?
A) It is a basic pattern of antithetical inversion of the sentence.
B) It has syntactic units of equal lengths.
C) It suspends the conclusion of the sense at the end of the sentence.
D) It has a series of clauses extended from the independent clause.
  • 8. Which sentence uses "famish" correctly?
A) I will bring a lot of blueberries; that's a famish.
B) I could eat a horse; I am famished.
C) I felt too famished to dig in to my favorite food.
D) I'll be famished by the next time you treat me.
  • 9. In which of the following sentences does the verb "be" (is) function as the copula?
A) Lisa is going to swim.
B) Max is writing letters.
C) Sherrie is annoying.
D) Rayn is giving me a headache.
  • 10. Which of the following is NOT a noun phrase?
A) those houses
B) two houses
C) old houses
D) are houses
  • 11. Which of the following is NOT an intensive verb?
A) make
B) turn
C) become
D) seem
  • 12. Which of the following sentence uses extensive verbs?
A) I am so angry because of what you did.
B) Jessie looks very young.
C) Brent and his brothers seemed too tired.
D) At 10 p.m., Jenny vanished into thin air.
  • 13. Which grammar approach deals with the structure of language as it is used by writers and speakers?
A) Descriptive Grammar
B) Theoretical Grammar
C) Prescriptive Grammar
D) Mental Grammar
  • 14. Which of the following is a complex sentence?
A) Having been rejected many times, I decided to stop trying.
B) Corned beef goes well with potatoes.
C) Susan likes her project but she likes Blake's project more.
D) A cop's hidden secrets were revealed by another cop.
  • 15. Which of the following sentence is a simple sentence?
A) It breaks my heart losing you but I know I am not enough.
B) The protruding tree branch was just above him so tell him that.
C) I accomplished submitting my project.
D) I decided to stay while I wait for your return.
  • 16. Which is an example of a complex sentence?
A) The person who is responsible for the upcoming party fled.
B) The student went to the library to search for Literature books.
C) I wish to watch John Wick 3, but my best friend, who has a big crush on Keanu Reeves, insisted that we watch together.
D) My friend went to the party, but I decided to stay.
  • 17. Which among the following sentences is free from grammatical errors?
A) Much are left undone.
B) One-fourth of the students chooses Teacher Melay.
C) There is three speakers in the seminar.
D) The textbooks that Rex Publishing Company reprint every four years are for public secondary schools.
  • 18. Which of the following sentences is ungrammatical?
A) I am not used to wait for three hours straight.
B) We have showed the products to the CEO.
C) The door suddenly closes while I was inside the room.
D) There are much pies to cat.
  • 19. Which of the following sentences is ungrammatical?
A) Cat peeked into the glass window of their classroom.
B) I wish I was as beautiful as her.
C) Massie is running in the speed of light.
D) Redge pointed at each word while he reads.
  • 20. Which BEST describes the sentence, "Jose Garcia Villa had written beautiful poems"?
A) The verb phase is in progressive tense.
B) The verb in the sentence is in passive voice.
C) "Poems" is the direct object.
D) The verb phrase is in simple past tense.
  • 21. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, "The beach's main activity, kayaking, continues to attract tourists"?
A) Subject Complement
B) Object of the Preposition
C) Direct Object
D) Appositive
  • 22. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, "Pamela's life-threatening hobby is sky diving"?
A) Object of the Preposition
B) Appositive
C) Direct Object
D) Subject Complement
  • 23. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, "Many students do not like reading?
A) Subject Complement
B) Appositive
C) Direct Object
D) Object of the Preposition
  • 24. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, "Life spent in serving in teaching is pleasing"?
A) Object of the Preposition
B) Appositive
C) Subject Complement
D) Direct Object
  • 25. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, "Every Sunday, my friends go hiking"?
A) Object of the Preposition
B) Appositive
C) Subject Complement
D) Direct Object
  • 26. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, "I have been thinking a perfect genre for my upcoming film"?
A) Coinage
B) Blending
C) Borrowing
D) Compounding
  • 27. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, "I have never tasted sue a good-tasting sandwich"?
A) Coinage
B) Borrowing
C) Compounding
D) Blending
  • 28. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, "Laxx started to doubt when Nyxx asked her to come to the motel"?
A) Compounding
B) Borrowing
C) Blending
D) Coinage
  • 29. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, "Millennial celebrities often come to the bazaar near World Trade Center"?
A) Coinage
B) Compounding
C) Blending
D) Borrowing
  • 30. Which of the following is a complex sentence?
A) The altar boys assisted in the Mass.
B) The Senior High School graduation ceremony was held at Araneta Coliseum.
C) Many were tested in faith.
D) Merlin cooks beef stew as Erik cleans the kitchen.
  • 31. Which is TRUE about complements?
A) These are nouns or adverbs that appear after the direct object and describe it.
B) These are nouns or adjectives that appear before the direct object and describe it.
C) These are nouns or verbs that appear before the direct object and describe it.
D) These are nouns or adjectives that appear after the direct object and describe it.
  • 32. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with participial phrase?
A) The students in the classroom were silent.
B) Having finished the homework, Matt turned on the television.
C) Walking in the hallway is one of my morning routines.
D) The man awoke at noon.
  • 33. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with adverb phrase?
A) Walking in the hallway is one of my morning routines.
B) The man awoke at noon.
C) The students in the classroom were silent.
D) Having finished the homework, Matt turned on the television.
  • 34. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with adjective phrase?
A) Walking in the hallway is one of my morning routines.
B) The students in the classroom were silent.
C) The man awoke at noon.
D) Having finished the homework, Matt turned on the television.
  • 35. Which is the BEST conjunction for this sentence: "Erin got the highest score in the periodical examination she did not review very well."
A) although
B) because
C) so that
D) though
  • 36. "Macy thought Max left her; however, Max came." "However" is a ____.
A) Coordinating conjunction
B) Conjunctive Adverbs
C) Correlative conjunction
D) Subordinating Conjunction
  • 37. Which of the following sentence is in the CORRECT use of the preposition?
A) We have to eat at morning.
B) I have been waiting for you for five years.
C) We traveled there by foot.
D) This school has been here since three years.
  • 38. Which of the following exemplifies a reflexive pronoun?
A) The teacher gave herself a nice coffee.
B) Susan herself made a nice cup of tea.
C) Those friendly neighbors themselves were skeptic about the progress.
D) The president himself believes that he can lead as expected.
  • 39. Which is TRUE about synthetic theoretical model for structures?
A) sentence-clause-phrase-word-morpheme
B) morpheme-word-fragment-clause-sentence
C) morpheme-word-phrase-clause-sentence
D) sentence- fragment-clause-word-morpheme
  • 40. Which is TRUE about bottom-up theoretical model for structures?
A) morpheme-word-fragment-clause-sentence
B) sentence-clause-phrase-word-morpheme
C) morpheme-word-phrase-clause-sentence
D) sentence- fragment-clause-word-morpheme
  • 41. Which function of the sentence is exemplified in this sentence, "This is m porridge."?
A) Interrogative
B) Declarative
C) Exclamation
D) Imperative
  • 42. Which function of the sentence is exemplified in this sentence, "I have neve thought that this feeling would come back again?"
A) Interrogative
B) Declarative
C) Exclamation
D) Imperative
  • 43. Which is an example of a sentence structure in inverted order?
A) From the village to the capital came I.
B) I am unable to forget it now.
C) I came to the capital from the village.
D) We will not forget who I am.
  • 44. "The heavy rainfall deluged the area where the father lived with his sons," is an example of which structure of sentence?
A) Compound-complex sentence
B) Simple sentence
C) Complex sentence
D) Compound sentence
  • 45. Which of the following exemplifies the CORRECT present-unreal conditional statements?
A) We should be giving the servants medicine if they are sick.
B) They will never get education if they were left to their families.
C) If I expected to be able to stay awake after nine at night, I must stop keeping these hours.
D) If my shoes get worn-out, I will buy a new pair of shoes.
  • 46. Which of the following is an example of zero conditional sentence?
A) If you heat ice, it melts.
B) If I won the lottery, I would travel a lot.
C) If you stand in the rain, you might get wet.
D) If it rains, you will cancel the trip.
  • 47. Which is CORRECT about third conditional sentences?
A) It states facts which are generally true.
B) The person imagines a different imaginary situation that did not happen.
C) These are unreal or improbable situation now or in the future.
D) It presents a possible situation in the future.
  • 48. "If I hadn't been sick, I would have gone to your party." This sentence is an example of which conditional sentence? A. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple B. First conditional/ Present simple + will/ won't + verb C. Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb D.
A) Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
B) A. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple B. C. D. Third conditional/ past perfect + would have + past participle
C) Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
D) Third conditional/ past perfect + would have + past participle
  • 49. "If they sold their property, they would be rich." This sentence is an example which conditional sentence?
A) Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
B) Third conditional/ past perfect + would have + past participle
C) Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
D) First conditional/ Present simple + will/ won't + verb
  • 50. "If he studies, he will pass the exam." This sentence is an example of whic conditional sentence? A. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple B. C. Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb D. Third conditional/ past perfect + would have + past participle
A) Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
B) Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
C) Third conditional/ past perfect + would have + past participle
D) First conditional/ Present simple + will/ won't + verb
  • 51. "If you go to church, you will hear the word of God." This sentence is an example of which conditional sentence? A. B. C.D. T
A) Third conditional/ past perfect + would have + past participle
B) First conditional/ Present simple + will/ won't + verb
C) Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
D) Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
  • 52. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical error?
A) Are there any bread?
B) I would buy some furnitures.
C) He told me this news.
D) Have you packed your baggages?
  • 53. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical error?
A) We have great sceneries here in Boracay.
B) One of the men who is present today shall need to talk to me.
C) I have pieces of baggage in the car. Kindly get them for me.
D) You passed the exam! These are great news to me.
  • 54. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical error?
A) Luke laid on the beach and soaked up the sunrays.
B) We like to read in bed in the night.
C) He met with misfortune.
D) She insisted to pay for the tuition.
  • 55. Which of the following is a complex sentence?
A) After several discussions, they led to their last conclusion.
B) My tongue got shocked by lemon's citrus flavor.
C) She initiated her discussion with a mind blogging activity.
D) Mazikeen ended her talk with a sigh.
  • 56. There are unlimited limits in this institution. Which of the following poetic devices is present in the given sentence?
A) Metonymy
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Oxymoron
D) Parallelism
  • 57. Kring, Kring, Kring! Which of the following poetic devices is shown in the given group of words?
A) Parallelism
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Metonymy
D) Oxymoron
  • 58. The Philippines is about to witness the truth. Which of the following poetic devices is present in the given sentence?
A) Oxymoron
B) Parallelism
C) Metonymy
D) Onomatopoeia
  • 59. I saw her talking, walking, and smiling. Which of the following poetic devices can be concluded based on the given sentence?
A) Metonymy
B) Oxymoron
C) Parallelism
D) Onomatopoeia
  • 60. The boy is there, the boy is here, the boy is everywhere. Which of the following poetic devices is applied in the given statement?
A) Anaphora
B) Assonance
C) Epiphora
D) Alliteration
  • 61. I will fly high next week. Which of the following poetic devices can be observe in the given sentence?
A) Alliteration
B) Anaphora
C) Epiphora
D) Assonance
  • 62. We can do this, from the world, for the world, and to the world. Which of the following poetic devices can be inferred from the given statement?
A) Alliteration
B) Anaphora
C) Assonance
D) Epiphora
  • 63. Peter Pete played the paper with a pepper. Which of the following poetic device is shown in the given sentence?
A) Anaphora
B) Alliteration
C) Assonance
D) Epiphora
  • 64. Problems in the society arise, such as (...). Which of the following poetic device can be inferred from the given statement?
A) Metaphor
B) Hyperbole
C) Ellipsis
D) Simile
  • 65. You are the woman of my life! Which of the following poetic devices is used the given sentence?
A) Ellipsis
B) Metaphor
C) Hyperbole
D) Simile
  • 66. I think like a Master. Which of the following poetic devices is a technique use in the given statement?
A) Ellipsis
B) Hyperbole
C) Metaphor
D) Simile
  • 67. Ms. Tayamora speaks a language that is only used in a particular section. Which of the following varieties of language is present in the given statement?
A) Regional dialect
B) Sociolect
C) Ethnolect
D) Idiolect
  • 68. Kriselda uses a language spoken by her specific tribal group. Which of the following varieties of language can be inferred from this sentence?
A) Ethnolect
B) Regional dialect
C) Idiolect
D) Sociolect
  • 69. Individuals speak a language or languages in their daily lives. Which of the following varieties of language can be inferred from the given statement?
A) Regional dialect
B) Idiolect
C) Sociolect
D) Ethnolect
  • 70. Which of the following varieties of language is performed when a person speaks a language in an economic class, age group, and other groups?
A) Regional dialect
B) Sociolect
C) Ethnolect
D) Idiolect
  • 71. Which of the following varieties of language is evident when an individual uses a form of communication distinguished through the language, articulation, and grammar?
A) Pidgin
B) Dialect
C) Register
D) Jargon
  • 72. Rose speaks in a formal setting and she observes the use of proper words like "going to" instead of "gonna," and "child" instead of "kid." Which of the following varieties of language is performed in this scenario?
A) Register
B) Jargon
C) Dialect
D) Pidgin
  • 73. Joshua speaks a particular language that consists of technical terms and common turns of phrase. Which of the following varieties of language is referred to in the given statement?
A) Dialect
B) Register
C) Jargon
D) Pidgin
  • 74. Which of the following varieties of language is present when a grammatically simplified form of a language for communication between people not sharing a common discourse is used?
A) Register
B) Jargon
C) Dialect
D) Pidgin
  • 75. Which of the following refers to a language formed as a result of contact of the languages through an earlier stage?
A) Creole
B) Acrolect
C) Basilect
D) Mesolect
  • 76. Which of the following pertains to the most prestigious dialect or variety of particular language?
A) Mesolect
B) Acrolect
C) Basilect
D) Creole
  • 77. Which of the following refers to the less prestigious dialect or variety of particular language?
A) Mesolect
B) Creole
C) Basilect
D) Acrolect
  • 78. Which of the following refers to an intermediate dialect or variety of a particular language?
A) Mesolect
B) Acrolect
C) Creole
D) Basilect
  • 79. Justin criticizes how linguistic foundations work to form a meaning. Which of the following disciplines of stylistics is referred to in the statement?
A) Corpus Stylistics
B) Evaluative Stylistics
C) Interpretative Stylistics
D) Literary Stylistics
  • 80. A linguist checks the legitimacy and originality of a text. Which of the following disciplines of stylistics is referred to by the given statement?
A) Evaluative Stylistics
B) Interpretative Stylistics
C) Literary Stylistics
D) Corpus Stylistics
  • 81. A Literature professor uses a technique in studying literary texts. Which of the following disciplines of stylistics is evident in the given sentence?
A) Corpus Stylistics
B) Literary Stylistics
C) Interpretative Stylistics
D) Evaluative Stylistics
  • 82. If an expert criticizes the style of the text, which of the following disciplines of stylistics should be used?
A) Interpretative Stylistics
B) Corpus Stylistics
C) Evaluative Stylistics
D) Literary Stylistics
  • 83. "Work on, my medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught. (William Shakespeare)
A) Climax
B) Apostrophe
C) Personification
D) Charactonym
  • 84. Your eye glasses made you Harry Potter.
A) Climax
B) Charactonym
C) Personification
D) Apostrophe
  • 85. Look up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's Superman!
A) Personification
B) Charactonym
C) Apostrophe
D) Climax
  • 86. "The clouds cry to give me a sign."
A) Climax
B) Personification
C) Apostrophe
D) Charactonym
  • 87. "You have to keep silent (instead of shut up)."
A) Hypophora
B) Euphemism
C) Irony
D) Dysphemism
  • 88. "Your breath is very bad (instead of you have a morning breath)."
A) Irony
B) Hypophora
C) Euphemism
D) Dysphemism
  • 89. "Forever is just a jiffy."
A) Hypophora
B) Dysphemism
C) Euphemism
D) Irony
  • 90. "Are you feeling all right/fine now? I know you are.
A) Irony
B) Hypophora
C) Dysphemism
D) Euphemism
  • 91. Which of the following approaches focuses on the figures of speech found in literary text?
A) Biographical criticism
B) Formalism
C) Psychological criticism
D) Structuralism
  • 92. Philippine Literature was shaped by the different colonizers. Because of this, the influences are evident in the texts that we read today. Which approach is most appropriate to use?
A) Post-colonial criticism
B) Psychological criticism
C) Formalism
D) New Historicism
  • 93. Which of the following approaches investigates the underlying patterns of the different texts that people read?
A) Structuralism
B) Biographical criticism
C) Formalism
D) Psychological criticism
  • 94. Which of the following approaches makes use of the different theories that ar proposed by behavioral sciences?
A) Formalism
B) Structuralism
C) Biographical criticism
D) Psychological criticism
  • 95. Which of the following approaches investigates the conditions of people belonging to the different social statuses?
A) Psychological criticism
B) Biographical criticism
C) Sociological criticism
D) Formalism
  • 96. Which historical approach places the text as parallel to the relevant experiences of the author when the text was written?
A) New Historicism
B) Sociological criticism
C) Psychological criticism
D) Biographical criticism
  • 97. Which approach focuses on the role of women in the text as reflected in the different kinds of society?
A) Formalism
B) Gender criticism
C) Biographical criticism
D) Psychological criticism
  • 98. Which of the following approaches shows that there is a dynamic interaction between the text and the reader?
A) Psychological criticism
B) Reader-response criticism
C) Gender criticism
D) Biographical criticism
  • 99. Some texts show significant behaviors and ways of life that a particular group of people possess. What approach should be used?
A) New historicism
B) Cultural criticism
C) Historical criticism
D) Post-colonial criticism
  • 100. "Magnificence" by Estrella Alfon shows how a mother's image becomes a protector instead of the stereotyped father. What approach should be used to investigate its role?
A) Reader-response criticism
B) Biographical criticism
C) Gender criticism
D) Psychological criticism
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