Gen Ed Reviewer 16.

I thought the task was heavy for

Samantha and _______.
1. I can’t find ______calculator; may I a. Me b. myself
use _______, Richard? 17. Your boss isn’t working anymore,
a. My, his b. My, yours ________?
2. On your vacation in Palawan, please a. Is he b. isn’t he
if you chance upon Arturo, please 18. The student’s request to reset the
give ___ my warm regards. test ________reasonable.
a. Him b. Himself a. Are b.is
3. My brother and I ran into a friend of 19. A number of endangered species
____ in the park. living underwater ______ now
a. Ours b. Mine extinct because of illegal hunting
4. The cost of a new family house is and dynamite fishing.
quite expensive for ______, besides a. Is b. are
we have more urgent family needs. 20. Technology ______ dramatically in
a. Them b. Us the twenty-first century.
5. Neither the principal nor the a. Has improved b. did
coordinators____ were present in improved
the in the event. 21. If I _____ the same problems you
a. Were b. Was had as a child, I might not have
6. After ____ all day, Father finally succeeded in life as well as you
found time to rest. have.
a. Having worked b. working a. Have b. had
7. The empty board ______ on the 22. You ______ finished eating before
table. she arrived.
a. Were left b. was left a. Have b. will have
8. Drama ______ to be the most 23. If I could speak English well, I
interesting co-curricular activity of _______ next year studying in the
the year. states.
a. Appears b. appear a. Would have spent
9. The proposed project ______ within b. would spent
the budget of the school 24. The principal has issued the
a. Is appearing b. is memorandum before she ________
10. Its now two hours past his schedule; the student’s request.
the facilitator may not come a. Received b. will
anymore, but we’ll still be ready in be receiving
case he _____. 25. Had I studied very well, I _______
a. Does b. will come rewarded with a tour around El
11. We admire ______ when Cynthia Nido.
speaks English fluently with ______’ a. Would have been b.
a. Her, us b. him, them would be
12. I watched the _____ news on 26. The means of transportation
television. _______ dramatically since the end
a. Late b. latest of the 20th century.
13. Let us campaign for the total ban a. Has changed b. have
_______ of harmful insecticides. changed
a. With use b. on the use 27. The tribulations that I faced were
14. When preparing ingredients, she is _____ for me to overcome
always careful not to hurt _______. a. So much b. too
a. Herself b. myself much
15. Corrupt government officials should 28. Joan lives _____ Santillan road.
be ashamed of _________. a. In b. on
a. Themselves b. ourselves 29. Maggie will be ready to leave
_________ about thirty minutes.
 a. In b. at b. Smoking heavy and to overreact
30. Since he met his new girlfriend, 44. In the small town of Tubao,
Mico never seems to be ____ home. _________ to the green hills and
a. In b. at plains.
31. Jeremy responded to his mother’s a. One can quickly walk
demands ____ throwing a tantrum.
b. where one can quickly walk
a. With b. by
32. I think Carmen spent the entire 45. One method of endling
afternoon _____ the phone. discrimination in business and
a. In b. on industry is _____.
33. The nearest post office is on ______. a. To demand quotas to be met by
a. Twenty- Second Street employers
b. Twenty- second Street b. To demand that employers must
34. Have you ever been to my_______? meet quotas
a. Brother-in-law’s repair shop, 46. Your findings are impertinent to the
Gus’s Garage results of this investigation. Select
b. Brothers-in-law’s repair shop, the word which means the same as
Gus’s Garage the underlines word.
35. Please read the chapter _________. a. Important
a. “Filling Your Income Tax
b. irrelevant
Returns”
b. “Filling your Income Tax 47. Several elements must be
Returns” transmuted to see the real
36. New students at the shop should implications of this event. Select the
bring ___________ word which means the same as the
a. Hammers, wrenches, and underlines word.
screwdrivers a. Summed
b. Hammers, wrenches and
b. changed
screwdrivers
37. Mrs. Navarro said that _________. 48. You should be ashamed of yourself
a. the Chemistry II exam will be for having such carnal desires. Select
next Wednesday the word which means the same as
b. “The chemistry exam II will be the underlines word.
next Wednesday” a. Worldly
38. “it is only with the heart that one
b. bold
can see rightly.” This line means.
a. Only the heart can see the 49. The President showed great aplomb
beautiful things in life while dealing with the reporters.
b. The heart is always correct about Select the word which means the
everything. same as the underlines word.
39. The man in the mirror looks; a. Nervousness
a. Strange b. strangely
b. composure
40. Several factors must be considered
in order to make a sound_______ 50. The courage of the son who saved
a. Query b. decision his father from ranging fire is worth.
41. Those are probably the __________ a. Emulating
blankets in the store.
b. watching
a. Most fancy b. fanciest
42. Lolo Jorge is really _________ man. 51. His apocalyptic views seemed to
a. A sweet old doom the human race. This is to be
b. an old sweet taken as _________.
43. ______ are activities which a heart a. Apathetic
patient must forego.
b. Prophetic
a. Heavy smoking and overreacting
52. Our guest of honor was a loquacious 65. “She is my sunshine”. Is an example
speaker. This means______. of?
a. Reserved a. Simile b. metaphor
b. verbose 66. “My head is bloody, but unbowed”.
53. Except for the profanity, I like the Is an example of which figure of
story. What is the story about? speech?
a. Obscenities a. Hyperbole b. metaphor
67. “Sturdy and strong, the Filipino are
b. shamelessness
like the molave” is____
54. Which word/phrase is nearest in a. Simile b. metaphor
meaning to the italicized word? He 68. What figure of speech is: A tree
has been very feeble since his illness. whose hungry mouth is pressed
a. Weak b. unwell against the earth’s sweet flowing
55. Which word/phrase is nearest in breasts.
meaning to the italicized word? Jose a. Personification b. hyperbole
was contemptuous of the effects of 69. “He was like a snake in the night”.
the efforts of his rival to show What figure of speech is present?
greater ability. a. Simile b. metaphor
a. Scornful b. 70. News travels as fast as the wind.
appreciative This statement is a/an:
56. She has a penchant for red a. Simile b. metaphor
accessories. This indicates. 71. What figures of speech is used in the
a. Dislike b. fondness line “I wondered lonely as a cloud”.
57. The word “baduy means” a. Simile b. metaphor
a. Awkward looking b. low profile 72. “The lord is my shepherd” uses this
58. That hard work has it rewards figure of speech
appears to be the ______ of the a. Simile b. metaphor
story 73. “He is the black sheep in the family”.
a. Moral b. morale Which figure of speech is used?
59. Archimedes shouted “Eureka!” what a. Metaphor b. hyperbole
did we take this to mean? 74. What figure of speech is employed
a. Enjoyment b. discovery when the author states, “O souls
60. What figure of speech is the and spirits of the martyred brave,
following: “He was helpless as a arise?”
child” a. Apostrophe b. metonymy
a. Simile b. metaphor 75. October 10 is a “red letter day” for
61. “…it droppeth as a gentle rain from the Chinese. Classify the quoted
heaven” is an example of this figure expression.
of speech. a. Idiom b. metaphor
a. simile b. metaphor 76. “A man is known by the company he
62. . for the synecdoche figurative “My keeps.” This is an example of a
mother has a green thumb. I can’t _____.
wait to show you, her garden.” a. Proverb b. Poem
What is the equivalent meaning? 77. Shakespeare once said. “My honor is
a. She cultivates garden my life, both grow as one, take
b. she is good at gardening honor from me and my life is gone.”
63. What figure of speech is: “o wild What is the correct interpretation
west wind!” for this?
a. Apostrophe b. hyperbole a. His life is determined by his
64. What is the figure of speech in the honor
sentence: “the sun is a ball of fire b. He values honor as much as his
over the mountain” life
a. Simile b. metaphor
78. “The lord is my shepherd; I shall not 87. What does the expression “love
want…” is an expression of one’s begets love” mean?
_____. a. If you offer love, you will be
a. Blind ignorance loved in return
b. Total submission to God b. Love is offered, not waiting for
love in return
88. Imprisoned 27 years, Nelson
79. The line from the Koran, “Woe to Mandela realizes dream of a free
every backbiter,” talks of ____. and non- racial South Africa by
a. Sorrow for those who oppose Forgiving his oppressors and
other’s opinion negotiating in good faith for the
b. Misery for those who talk ill of peaceful transition to democracy.
others Nelson Mandela demonstrated his
80. What season is it, with the line, “He trait of ______.
ruffles every lily-pond? Where a. Friendliness b. Forgiving
blossoms kiss and part” 89. The Senator approached the podium
a. Spring b. Autumn with his spiel. His hands were
81. The hostages are free. They paid shaking and he was sweating
their way. What does this statement tremendously. He experienced:
tell us? a. Nausea B. Stage Fright
a. They negotiated peacefully 90. What role of the women is displayed
b. After paying ransom they were by the lines in Luis Dato’s Spouse:
released “She holds no joys beyond the day’s
82. She wrote a “first-rate” report. What tomorrow, finds no world beyond
does it say about the report? her love’s embrace, looks upon the
a. Excellent b. run-of-the-mill form behind the furrow, her mind,
83. Our commitments can develop us or motion, time, and space”?
they can destroy us, but either way, a. Work partner b. House Wife
they define us. Choose the line 91. “I have always been financially
below that has the same meaning. dependent by continuing to teach
a. Our lives ae shaped by what we even when I got married. At times
are committed to though when the cares of life
b. We must make full commitment weighed heavily on me, I would
to wordly goals think of my mother and her example
84. The Bible tells us, “There is a right of making the most of what she had.
time and a right way to do She did her household chores
everything.” methodically, tutored us in our
a. Plan well what you say and do lessons and gave modest
b. Say and do things anytime contributions to worthy causes.”
85. Thomas Carlyle said “The man What adjective best describes the
without a purpose is like a ship mother?
without a rudder-a waif…” It could A. Sacrificing b. Dutiful
be interpreted as 92. What become prophetically true in
a. There should be a strong driving France when Edwin Markham saw
force in one’s life the French Peasant as “The man
b. There should be sufficient with the hoe”, a plundered slave
energy in one’s life. under the rule of kings and
86. Shakespeare once said: But love is princesses?
blind and lovers cannot see; the a. French revolution
pretty follies that they themselves b. Napoleon’s imperial role
commit. What do the underlined 93. Select the most appropriate heading
words mean. for the paragraph: Before he has any
a. Careless acts actual knowledge of war, Stephen
b. Nonsense words Crane wrote the American Classics
 “The Red Badge of Courage”, which 98. Though nothing can bring back the
made him an overnight success. He hour of splendor in the grass, of
wrote “The open Boat” as a result of glory in the flower, we will grieve
shipwreck he experienced on his not; rather find strength in what
way to Cuba to report a war in remains behind. The passage
progress there”. expresses.
a. The Open Boat a. Hope b. despair
b. Stephen’s writings
94. In William Shakespeare “Merchant
of Venice”, Portia, the Judge said, 99. Who has always been called the
“The quality of mercy is not morning star of English literature?
strained, it droppeth as a gentle rain a. Shakespeare
from heaven upon the place b. Geoffrey Chaucer
beneath… it’s mightiest… and is 100. “to be or not to be” is the
likened to God when mercy seasons beginning of the soliloquy of ______
justice.” The main thought of the a. Macbeth b. Hamlet
excerpt is that. 101. Which play by William
a. Mercy is limited in extent Shakespeare features to ill-starred
b. Mercy is spontaneous and freely lovers who come from warring
given. families?
95. “My concept of inner peace came a. Romeo and Juliet
from my mother’s daily activities b. Anthony and Cleopatra
which I now recall with fondness ana 102. The Rubaiyat has the theme?
awe. She was a full-time housewife a. Grasping pleasure while you can
wholly dependent on my father’s b. Creating your own world and
monthly salary. How she made both beautify it
ends meet. Guided us in our studies 103. Who was the foremost
and did small acts of charity on the French short story writer?
side was beyond me”. Based on the a. Anatole France
recount, the mother’s financial b. De Maupassant
resources were? 104. What are the greatest lyric
a. Limited b. enough poems in the literature of the
96. “I am retired public teacher. As a world?
teacher, I was branded as a terror in a. The psalms of Praises
school. The pupils dreaded the day b. The Psalms of King David
they would enter my class. Little did 105. The pen name of Samuel
they know that behind my Clemens is ____?
unpopular façade was a heartful of a. Mark Twain b. George Elliot
compassion. But how did I learn this 106. The filipino migrant writer
moniker? I did not tolerate dirty whose fiction stories reflect the
pupils in my class. I wanted them to Filipino’s concept of American
know that cleanliness of body was Culture?
good for their health. I inspected a. Bienvenido Santos
their teeth, nails footwear, b. Ambeth Ocampo
handkerchiefs, clothes, ears, noses 107. This Filipino Writer in English
and hair.” Based on the recount, the used Hispanic-Filipino culture and
teacher values_________? trraditions in his fiction works?
a. Cleanliness b. study a. Nick Joaquin
97. Close relatives in an extended family b. Jose Garcia Villa
are provided food and 108. What is a dramatic
accommodation and in turn help in presentation that originated from
the household activities making the the traditional armed encounter
relationship ___________. between the Christians and Muslim
a. Reciprocal b. friendly Filipinos?
 a. Moro-moro
b. Comedia de Lara y Espanaa
109. One famous Japanese poem
is known a haiku. It consists of
a. Three lines totaling 17 syllables
with nature as topic
b. Four lines that rhyme with love
as topic
110. If a story is made out of an
exchange of letters, it will be
called____.
a. Epistolary b. episodic
111. Among the kinds of listening,
which is the type that most students
do in the classroom?
a. For information and ideas
b. for enjoyment
112. In the speech progress,
which is concerned with amplifying
and enriching the voice, using
human amplifiers such as the nose,
windpipe and chest?
a. Resonation b. phonation
113. Of the seven continents
comprising a continuous land mass
surrounded by big bodies of water,
the biggest (30.1) percent of the
earth is______?
a. Africa b. Asia
 Ikinamatay ni Donya Pia- hirap sa
panganganak

BLESSING GEN-ED
Black Sheep – Idiom
Phantom pf Delight – Metaphor
Tinkle 3x – Ono
Naghihiwalay sa mga salita- Kuwit
… - Elipsis
Pangatnig na nagbubuklod- Pamuklod
Binibigay bago magtalumpati- impromptu
Failocracia- Del Pilar, Frias
Arena Theater- Severino Montano
Sala Theater- Roger Nate Crame
Released by plants a night- Carbon Dioxide
Shape of brick- rectangle
Flap-like structure- epiglottis
Whip-like structure- flagella
Finger-like structure- villi
Novels in letters- epistolary
Birthplace of Rizal- Laguna
Penicillin-
Eureka- discovery
Serendipity- accidental discovery
Doctrina Christiana- Juan de Placencia
Air- light’s fastest travel
Solid- sound fastest travel
Law of bicameralism- Jones Law
Pagbabagong Anyo ng bayan- Reduccion
Permutation 9P9- 362,880
Absolute mean- 14.35 or 14.5
Agreement between Legaspi and Sikatuni-
blood compact
Oldest religion in Asia- Hinduism
Math
1. A young girl left her baby at the
household of a monastery. The child
grew up without knowing her mother
and father. What right is deprived of
the child?
A. Right to freedom of choice
B. Right to assert individuality
C. Right to quality education
D. Right to life

2. It's now two hours past his schedule,

the facilitator may not come anymore,
but we'll still be ready in case he ___.
A. may
B. is coming
C. does
D. will come

3. Which passage is expressed

effectively and without structural
error/s?
A. I would not want to be themselves.
B. I would not want to be himself.
C. I would not want to be she.
D. I would not want to be their selves.

4. If P is a positive integer in the

equation 12p=q, then q must be a ___.
A. positive even integer
B. negative even integer
C. positive odd integer
D. negative odd integer
5. . Some bacteria are classified as
saprophytes because they are
organisms which__.
A. feed on dead organism matter
B. feed on other living things
C. undergo photosynthesis
D. have hydrolytic enzymes
6. Pag-aaral ng mga tuntunin kung paano
ang mga salita sa loob ng
pangingusap.
A. Semantika
B. Syntax
C. Pragmatika
D. Ortograpiya
7. The major concern about global
warming arises from increased
concentration of___.
 A. Greenhouse gases 13. Ito ay wikang impormal na nalikha at
nabuo sa pagsasama-sama ng mga
B. Acid rain
salitang pinaikli o pinahaba.
C. Photochemical smog
A. Balbal
D. Nitrogen
B. Kolokyal
8. Decomposition is a process in which a
C. Lalawigan
substance is broken to make it useful
in other processes. The organisms that D. Pamapanitikan
are capable of decomposing a
substance are called___.
A. Autotrophs
B. Heterotrophs
14. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang
C. Saprotrophs
dimahalagang salik sa pagttalumpati?
D. Producers
A. Okason
B. Paksa
C. Pagyayabang
D. Tagapakinig
9. The laws of heredity were the results
of the study of____. 15.1. Had I studied very well, I
_________ rewarded with vacation in
A. Fleming the U.S. A. Was
B. Mendel B. Will be
C. Would have been
C. Curie D. Would be
D. Darwin 16.. When helping in the kitchen, I am
always careful not to hurt
10. Who were the aboriginal settlers in the _______________.
island, prior to succeeding migrants A. Ourselves
who crossed the seas from the B. Himself
southern Philippines? C. Myself
A. Sumarians D. herself
17.Neither the teacher nor the students
B. Malayans
______________ present in the
C. Borneans affairs.
A. Were
D. Negritos B. Am
11. Damage to DNA that is not repaired C. Was
and then replicated can result in D. is
genetic orders. 18.My sister and I met an acquaintance of
A. Mutation __________ on the shopping mall. A.
Ours
B. Pathology
B. Mine
C. Embryology C. Us
D. Ourselves
D. Speciation
19.We admire _________ when Cynthia
12. Known as “Dimasalang” and “Laong speaks English fluently with
Laan”. _____________.
A. Him, them
A. Antonio Luna
B. Her, us
B. Jose Rizal C. Him, we
D. Him, me
C. Graciano Lopez Jaena
D. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
20.On your trip to Tagaytay, if you 27.Several factors must be assessed to
chance upon Arsenio, please give arrive at a sound _________________.
________ my warm regards. A. Query
A. Himself B. Change
B. Him C. Decision
C. Myself D. Problem
D. Me 28.“Because of PROFANITY the
program was suspended from
21.The student’s request to re-set the test television.” The capitalized word
___________ reasonable. means?
A. Were A. Obscenity
B. Are B. Decency
C. Very C. History
D. Is D. Falsehood
22.“My concept of inner peace came 29.A story put together through an
from my mother’s daily activities exchange of letter is called ________
which I now recall with fondness and literature.
awe. She was full-time housewife, A. Fiction
wholly dependent on my father’s B. Episodic
monthly salary. How she made both C. Epistolary
ends meet, guided us in our studies D. Classic
and did small acts of charity on the 30.What figure of speech is: “The Lord is
side was beyond me.” The mother’s my sheperd”
financial resources A. Simile
are________________________. B. Irony
A. More than enough C. Hyperbole
B. Miserable D. Metaphor
C. Abundant
31.What figure of speech is the
D. Limited
following: “He is the black sheep of
23.“The firgures must be the family.”
TRANSMUTED in order to A. Metaphor
understand the grade.” The capitalized B. Alliteration
word means ____________________. C. Simile
A. Estimated D. Hyperbole
B. Surpassed
32.. “Sturdy and strong, the Filipinos are
C. Changed
like the molave” is
D. Summed
___________________.
24. Some preachers suggest the
A. Simile
___________ that the end of the world
B. Metaphor
is near.
C. Irony
A. Proposal
D. Hyperbole
B. Prophecy
C. Prophetic 33.“She is a lovely rose” is
D. Prophet __________________.
25.The courage of the child who saved A. Simile
B. Irony
his brother from a raging fire is worth
C. Hyperbole
_______________.
D. Metapor
A. Emulating
B. Narrating
C. Mentoring
D. Watching
26.The expression of “baduy” connotes:
A. Uneducated
B. Awkward looking
C. Low profile
D. Smart