MATHEMATICS a.

1,531
b. 1,641
Word Problems and Operations
c. 1,741
Directions: Analyze and solve each problem carefully. Choose d. 122,222
the correct answer.
6. If 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55, then
101 + 102 + 103 + 104 + 105 + 106 + 107 + 108 +
1. If 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55, then 109 + 110 =?
11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 = ? a. 1,055
a. 65 b. 1,065
b. 155 c. 1,075
c. 125 d. 5,500
d. 550
7. What is the remainder when 192 888 is divided by 8?
2. Evaluate: (16-(24-8)+22× 8-8). a. 0
a. 40 b. 4
b. 48 c. 8
c. 64 d. 24 111
d. 168
8. Rounding 299 943 to the nearest thousands, the result is
3. Find the product: 800 x 125. a. 299 940
a. 925 b. 299 000
b. 1000 c. 299 900
c. 10 000 d. 300 000
d. 100 000

9. If 23 + 28 + 37 + x + 53 = 168 and 23 + 28 + 40 + y +
4. Find the quotient: 8 000 125 50 = 120. Find the value of x – y?
a. 48 a. 36
b. 64 b. 48
c. 80 c. 56
d. 88 d. 64

5. Find the sum: 299 + 943 + 398 + 101 10. 398.101 is read as
 a. three hundred ninety eight, one hundred one.
b. three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one. 15. Reduce 231/1001 to its lowest terms
c. three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one a. 7/11
hundredths b. 3/31
d. three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one c. 3/13
thousands d. 7/13

11. A number is divisible by 8 if its last three digits is divisible 16. Which of the following is true?
by 8. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 8? a. -16 > 8
a. 9 208 b. 8/64 = ¼
b. 6 236 c. c. 54 – 8 8 – 54
c. 88 254 d. 9/117 = 1/17
d. 8 886

12. Which of the following statements is true? 17. Find the value of x:  83(72) 75(35)
a. If a number is divisible by 5, then it is divisible by a. 
10. a. 27
b. If a number is divisible by 10, then it is divisible by b. 36
5. c. 45
c. If a number is divisble by 3, then it is divisible by 6 d. 52
d. If a number is divisible by 4, then it is divisible by
8
18. What is 25% of 228?
13. Simplify: ½ (128 – 84) – ½ (128 – 84) a. 52
a. 0 b. 57
b. 20 c. 54
c. 44 d. 912
d. 64

14. Simplify: 33 1/3% of 48 + 12 ½% of 96 – 44 4/9% of 27 19. 228 is 25% of what number?

a. 12 a. 52
b. 16 b. 57
c. 24 c. 54
d. 48 d. 912
 a. 7
b. -7
20. 168 is what percent of 672?
c. 7
a. 25%
d. 4
b. 50%
c. 400%
d. 80%
25. Which of the following has the greatest value?

21. Evaluate: 123 x 0.1 + 123 x 0.01 + 123 x 0.001 a.

a. 13.653
b. 135.53 b.
c. 1 356.3
d. 13 563 c.

d.
22. Find 3 ¼ of 16
a. 7
26. Which of the following cannot yield an odd integer when
b. 16 divided by 10?
c. 39 a. The sum of two odd integers.
b. The product of a prime number and an odd
d. 52
integer
c. The product of two odd integers
d. The sum of three consecutive integers
23. Evaluate: 1 + ½ + ¼ + 1/8 = ?
a. 1 3/16
27. If 8x + 12 = 24, what is the value of 24x + 36
b. 1 3/8
a. 4
c. 1 5/8 b. 6
c. 8
d. 1 7/8
d. 72
24. Find the value of x in the equation: 3x + 7 = 28
28. If a positive integer m is divisible by both 3 and 8, then a. distributive property of multiplication over addition
m must also be divisible by b. commutative property of addition
c. associative property
a. 10
d. transitive property of equality
b. 18
c. 24
d. 60 33. If 8 less than the product of a number and -3 is greater
than 7, which of the following could be that number?

29. If positive integers m and n are not both odd, which of a. -6

the following is always true? b. -5
c. 5
a. m + n is even
d. 6
b. mn is even
c. m – n cannot be odd
d. m + n – 1 is odd 34. The difference between 8 times a number and 17 is 231.
Find the number. a. 31
a. b. 37
30. Find the average temperature change for the 12-day period.
b. 48
Temperature change in degree Celsius: 2.6, 3.8, 7.0, 4.5, 4.6,
c. 1 984
7.9, 5.0, 8.1, 4.4,
a. 5.3, 6.4, 5.2 a. 4.8
35. Four times the perimeter of a parking lot is 16 less than
b. 4.9
2,000 meters. What is the perimeter of the lot?
c. 5.2
d. 5.4 a. 496 m
1. 31. Find the set of all odd numbers x satisfying the b. 504 m
conditions 5x - 4≤ 0 and 3x – 7 ≥ 0 c. 992 m
a. (x | x ≠1) d. 1,008 m
b. (1)
c. (x | x € ℜ)
36. The amount of last month’s telephone bill, decreased by
d. ()
the product of 3 and Php30.00 equals Php1,319.50
a. Php 1,229.50
32. State the property illustrated. If 8(6) + 4 = 48 + 4 = 52,
b. Php 1,289.50
then 8(6) + 4 = 52
c. Php 1,310.50
 d. Php 1, 409.50 41. The length of a rectangle is 8 meters more than twice its
width. The perimeter is 112 meters. Find its area.
37. Eighteen less than seven times the number of a. 16m
sandwiches is 269. How many sandwiches are there? b. 24m
c. 28 m2
a. 32
d. 640 m2
b. 41
c. 44
d. 45 42. Paula is twice as old as Queenie. Seven years ago the
sum of their ages was 16. How old is Queenie now?
38. A house and lot are sold for Php 14M. The house costs
1.5 times as much as the lot. How much does the lot cost? a. 8
b. 10
a. Php 5.6M
c. 16
b. Php 8.4M
d. 20
c. Php 10.5 M
d. Php 21M
43. For what value of x will x be the average of 2, 4x, 6, 8,
10?
39. The sale price of a television set is Php 7,200. The
discount rate is 40%. Find its regular price. a. 4
b. 12
a. Php 4,320
c. 26
b. Php 12,000
d. 39
c. Php 6,800
d. Php 10,000
44. How many integers between 197 and 303 are divisible by
4 or 10?
40. The lenghts of the sides of a triangle can be represented
by three consecutive integers. The perimeter of the triangle is a. 25
96cm. Find the length of the longest side of the triangle. b. 26
c. 31
a. 28
d. 37
b. 32
c. 33 45. A patient must take his medication every 7 hours starting
d. 36 at 7:00 AM, Sunday. On what day will the patient first receive
his medication at 8 AM?
 a. Sunday a. 3%
b. Wednesday b. 20%
c. Thursday c. 25%
d. Tuesday d. 30%

46. Of the 300 grocery shoppers surveyed, 96 did not have a 50. The cost of a square meter commercial lot in a certain
regular day of the week on which they shop. What percentage municipality five years ago was Php12,500. There was a 420%
of the shoppers did not have a regular day of shopping? increase in the price in the last five years. What is the price per
square meter of that lot today?
a. 32%
b. 48% a. Php 17,500
c. 64% b. Php 52,500
d. 96% c. Php 19,000
d. Php 65,000
47. A water container has 100mL of water in it and is 20% 51. Last month, a store manager decided to decrease the
full. How many mL of water can this container hold if it is full? prices of all items by 10%. This month, he increased the prices
by 10%. What would be the price for a pair of pants that had
a. 200 mL
cost Php750 before prices were decreased last month?
b. 400 mL
c. 500 mL a. PHp 742.50
d. 800 mL b. Php 750.00
c. Php 675.00
48. How many containers each occupies an area of 2 1/8
d. Php 825.00
square meters can be stored in a 952 square meter warehouse?
a. 358
52. When the original price of an item is increased by a
b. 448
certain rate, the increased price is Php 3,100. When the original
c. 530
price is decreased by the same rate, the decreased price is
d. 630
Php1,900. What is the original price of this item?
a. Php1,200
49. A starting salary of a secretary at ABC Computer
b. Php200
Specialists is Php15,000 a month. Next year the starting salary
c. Php2,500
will be raised to Php18,000. What is the rate of increase in the
d. Php2,800
starting salary?
53. How much must one has to invest in corporate bonds 57. How many liters will remain in 1 1000-liter storage tank if
paying 9.6% in order to earn an income of Php12,000 per 8.2% of the liquid has evaporated due to excessive heat?
annum?
a. 918
a. Php11,520 b. 991.8
b. Php 23,040 c. 999.18
c. Php 125,000 d. 998
d. Php 250,000
54. How much must be cut form the edge of a piece of glass 58. Dante recently sold some stocks for which he originally
16 1/8 cm wide, in order for it to fit into an opening 14 ¾ cm bought for Php358. If it has increased in value by 116%, how
wide? much did he receive for the stock?
a. 2 3/8cm a. Php678.27
b. 1 7/8cm b. Php772
c. 1 3/8cm c. Php773.28
d. 2 5/8 cm d. Php778

55. A race car traveled for 2 ½ hours with an average speed

59. Mr. Manny Vargas, a real estate broker sold a building for
of 132 5/8 km per hour. Find the total distance it covered.
Php175M. How much did he receive if his commission is 5.5%
a. 264 5/16km of the sale price of the property?
b. 331 9/16km
a. Php9.5M
c. 330 5/16km
b. Php9.7M
d. 135 1/8km
c. Php9.625M
d. Php180.5M
56. If the weight of a 241-kg freight car increases 3 1/8
times when fully loaded, what will be its weight with a full load?
60. If 560 out of 700 examinees passed in the recent Career
a. 750 3/8kg Service exam for SubProfessional level, what percent of the
b. 824 3/8kg examinees passed?
c. 720 5/8kg
a. 65%
d. 753 1/8kg
b. 72%
c. 80%
d. 140%
 a. Php 1.20
b. Php 1.50
61. Mr. Cruz borrows Php750,000 from Asian Bank and is
c. Php 1.80
charged Php90,000 interest. What rate of interest did Asian
d. Php 2.00
Bank charge for the loan?
a. 8%
b. 9% 65. A 30-cm long plastic pipe costs Php249. At this rate,
c. 10% what is the price of the pipe per meter?
d. 12%
a. Php 830
b. Php 840
c. Php 747
62. A store sells shirts for Php1,078 each or 3 for Php2,997.
d. Php 749
How much would one save by buying 3 shirts at a time instead
of 3 shirts, one at a time?
a. Php237 66. A homeowner can rent a chain saw from a rental agency
b. Php921 at Php 2,700 a day. The brand new of the same saw can be
c. Php1,237 bought for Php18,900. For how many days could the
d. Php1,921 homeowner rent the saw before renting would cost more than
buying?
a. 5
63. A computer can be rented for Php1,745 a week or Php
b. 6
347.50 a day. You need the computer only for 6 days. At which
c. 7
rate (daily or weekly), would it be cheaper to rent and by how
d. 8
much cheaper?
a. weekly: Php340
b. daily: Php240 67. Paula uses ten 100-watt bulbs in her house. She uses
c. daily:Php340 these bulbs at an average of 5 hours each day. How many KWH
d. weekly: Php240 do these bulbs use each day? a. 5
a. b. 10
b. 50
64. A 1.25 kg of box of Brand A detergent sells for Php
c. 5,000
87.50. A 1.5 kg box of Brand B detergent sells for Php103.20.
What is the difference in the price per kg.?
68. An electric range uses 12,200 watts per hour and is run c. volume
an average of 60 hours a year. How many kilowatt-hour is this? d. area
a. 73.2 72. How many meters of fencing are needed to enclose an
b. 732 84-meter by 48-meter rectangular garden?
c. 7,320
a. 132m
d. 7.32
b. 244m
c. 264m
d. 4,032m2
69. A DVD movie, purchased for Php440 was marked up
25% on the selling price. Later, as retail prices fell, this movie
was marked down 20% on the current sale price. Find its new
73. How many 1-cm square stickers are needed to cover a
sale price.
photo box 4 cm long, 3cm wide and 5cm high?
a. Php 352
a. 47
b. Php 440
b. 60
c. Php 500
c. 88
d. Php 550
d. 94

70. VNS Inc. bought these office supplies last week: 1,320
74. One side of a triangle is 3cm longer than the shortest
pens @ Php 0.125; 1,480 packs paper clips @ Php 0.625; 1,240
side, and the other side is 4cm longer than the shortest side.
boxes of tape @ Php 0.875; 1,720 boxes of cards @ 0.80. A 5%
How long is the shortest side if the perimeter is 67 cm?
sales tax is added. What was the company’s total bill?
a. 20 cm
a. Php 173.25
b. 23 cm
b. Php 3,551
c. 24 cm
c. Php 971.25
d. 27 cm
d. Php 3,728.55

75. The length of a rectangle is 2cm less than twice its width.
71. The question “How many flowers are needed to border a
What is its width in cm, if its perimeter is 50cm?
rectangular garden?”, involves
a. 8
a. weight
b. 9
b. perimeter
 c. 16 2. A real estate broker received a commission of 8% of the
d. 25 selling price of a certain property, what was the selling
price of the property?
1) The selling price minus the real estate agent’s
commission was Php 9,200,000
2) The selling price was 250% of the original
Data Sufficiency
purchase price of Php 4,000,000.
Directions: Each of this data sufficiency problem consists of a  Answer: d. if each statement ALONE is sufficient
question and two statements, labeled (a) and (b), in which
certain data are given. You have to decide whether the data 3. Cherry and Keanna were among those who sold raffle
given in the statements are sufficient for answering the tickets to raise money for the club. If Cherry and Keanna
questions. sold a total of 168 tickets, how many tickets did Cherry
sell?
a. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) 1) Keanna sold 60% as many raffle tickets as
alone is not sufficient. Cherry
b. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) 2) 2) Keanna sold 8% of all the raffle tickets
alone is not sufficient. sold.
c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but
 Answer: a. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient,
NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
d. if each statement ALONE is sufficient
e. if statement (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.
4. What is the ratio of m : s: a? Answer: b
1) a = 2, and ms = 64
2) m/s = 2 and a/s = ¼
 Answer: b. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient,
1. By what percent was the price per kilo of chicken but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
inceased?
1) The price per kilo of chicken was increased by 5. If x and y are integers, is x divisible by 17?
Php20 1) The product xy is divisible by 17
2) The price per kilo of chicken was increased by 2) y is not divisible by 17
Php120  Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are
 Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
sufficient. 
6. On Saturday monring the printing machine of Gerpress
Printing ran continuously at uniform rate to fill a 10. Mary’s total score in the three bowling games was 530.
production order. At what time did it completely fill the What were her scores?
order that morning? 1) Mary’s highest score was 198
1) The supervisor began the plan for production 2) The sum of Mary’s two highest scores was 368
8:08am.  Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are
2) The machine had filled 50% of the order at sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
9:48am and 5/6 of the order by 10:18am sufficient.
 Answer: b. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient,
but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. 11. If the value of n closer to 48 than to 78?
1) 78 – n > n – 48
7. How many books does Gerard have? 2) n > 60
1) If Gerard had 18 fewer books, he would have  Answer: a. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient,
only half as many as he actually has. but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
2) Gerard has three times as many fiction as non-
fiction books. 12. In last Saturday’s Midnight Sale at Gaisano Mall a certain
 Answer: a. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, shop sold 75% of the shirts in its inventory. Each shirt
but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. was sold for Php358. What was the total revenue from
the sale of these shirts on that day?
8. What number is 24% of x? 1) When the shop opened last Saturday, there
1) 16 is 8% of x were 448 shirts in its inventory
2) 1/8 of x is 1,600 2) All but 112 of the shop’s inventory were sold
 Answer: d. if each statement ALONE is sufficient last Saturday.
 Answer: d. if each statement ALONE is sufficient
9. What was the total amount raised for the Payatas
Tragedy from private corporations and personal 13. How many more boys than girls are there in the room?
donations? 1) There is a total of 56 girls and boys in the
1) Of the amount donated,48% came from room.
private corporations 2) The number of boys in the room equals the
2) Of the amount donated, Php15M came from square of the number of girls in the room.
personal donations.  Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are
 Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
sufficient.
14. 1In what year was David born?  Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are
1) David’s friend Michelle, who is ½ years sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
younger than him, was born in 1979. sufficient.
2) In 1998, David turned 20 years old
 Answer: b. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, 18. What was the average number of kilometers per liter of
but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. gasoline a car can consume during a certain trip?
1) The total cost of the gasoline used by the card
15. A box contains 48 balls, of which 30 are red and 18 are or the 640-km trip was Php1,152.
blue. If 16 of the balls are removed, how many of the 2) The cost for the gasoline used by the car for
balls left in the box are blue? the trip was Php18.00 per liter.
1) Of the balls removed, the ratio of the number  Answer: c. if BOTH statements TOGETHER are
of red ones to the number of blue ones is 5:3 sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
2) Of the first 8 marbles removed, 5 are red sufficient.
 Answer: a. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, 19. 1What is the ratio of a to b?
but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. 1) a is 8 more than twice b.
2) The ratio of a to 4b is 3 : 7.
16. How long did it take Mrs. Lim to drive non-stop on a trip  Answer: b. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient,
from here home to Ayala Alabang? but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
1) If Mrs. Lim average speed for the trip had been
1.5 times as fast, the trip would have taken 2 20. At Avanti Review Center, 400 students are enrolled for
hours. the Review Program or Academic Advancement Program
2) Mrs. Lim average speed for the trip was 80 km or both. If 100 of these students are not enrolled in the
per hour. Review Program, how many of them are enrolled in both
 Answer: a. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, Avanti Review Program and Avanti Academic
but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. Advancement Program?
1) Of the 400 students, 160 are not enrolled in
17. If Lorna had a dentist’s appointment on a certain day, the Academic Advancement Program.
was the appointment on a Friday? 2) A total of 240 of the students are enrolled in
1) Exactly 64 hours before the appointment, it the Academic Advancement Program.
was Wednesday.  Answer: d. if each statement ALONE is sufficient
2) The appointment is between 2:00pm to
7:00pm
 3. a. Food and Nutrition Research Institute
b. Fiber Industry Development Authority
c. Foreign Service Institute
d. Family Planning Organization of the Philippines
a. ABCD
b. BACD
c. DBCA
d. DBAC

Clerical Operations (Alphabetizing) 4. A. Insurance Commission

Directions: Arrange each group of items in alphabetical order. B. Industrial Technology Development Institute
C. Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies
1. A. Commission on the Filipino Language D. Instructional Materials Corporation
b. Commission on Human Rights
c. Commission on Higher Education
d. Commission on Population a. BDCA
a. ABCD
b. BACD
b. CBDA
c. BCDA c. BCDA
d. ACBD
d. BADC

2. A. Cooperative Development Authority

5. A. Presidential Commission on Good Governance
b. Cottage Industry Development Enterprise
c. Cottage Industry Technology Center B. Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty
d. Council for the Welfare of Children
C. Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor
a. ABCD
b. ACBD D. Presidential Commission on Human Rights
c. BCAD
d. CBAD
a. CBAD d. BACD
b. CBAD
c. CABD 8. A. Filspin Incorporated

d. CADB B. Filway Marketing Inc.

C. Filsov Shipping Company
6. A. AA Industrial Chemical Supply D. Fina Products Inc.
B. AB Capital and Investment Corporation
C. A Soriano Aviation Incorporated a. ACDB

D. A-1 Driving Company Incorporated b. CABD

c. BCAD
a. DCAB d. BACD
b. DCBA
c. ABCD 9. A. John Shannon Montessori

d. CABD B. John Paul Hospital

C. John Robert Powers
7. A. Ayala Plans Inc. D. John Nelson and Associates
B. Ayala Health Care, Inc.
C. Ayala Land Inc. a. DACB

D. Ayala Life Assurance Inc. b. DBCA

c. DCBA
a. BCDA d. DABC
b. ABCD
c. DCBA 10. A. Sports Zone Restaurant B. Sports Resources Inc.
C. Sports Values Inc. b. CDBA
D. Sports House and General Merchandise c. CDAB
d. DCAB
a. ABCD 13. A. Santos, Anita
b. BCDA B. Santos, Ana
c. CBDA C. Santos, Antonio
d. DBCA D. Santos, Anthony

11. A. Abad, Josephine a. CDBA

B. Abad, Jason b. DCBA
C. Abad, Joseph c. BADC
D. Abad, June d. BACD

a. DBCA 14. A. Philippine Daily Inquirer

b. DBAC B. Philippine Star
c. BDCA C. Philippine Herald
d. BCDA D. Philippine Tribune

12. A. St. Stephen’s School B. St. Stephen’s University a. ABCD

C. St. Scholastica’s Academy b. ACBD
D. St. Scholastica’s College c. ADCB
d. ACDB
a. ABCD
15. A. Luna, Antonio D. UP Institute of Chemistry
B. Luna, Juan
C. Luna, Olive a. ABCD

D. Luna, Oliver b. BACD

c. CDAB
a. ABCD d. CDBA
b. ABDC
c. ACBD 18. A. Bureau of Post

d. ADCB B. Bureau of Internal Revenue

C. Bureau of Mines
16. A. Felimon, Jason D. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
B. Felipe, Julian
C. Felimon, Jamie a. DBCA

D. Felipe, Julia b. DABC

c. DCBA
a. CADB d. DBAC
b. ACBD
c. CABD 19. A. Rancho, Elian

d. ACDB B. Rallon, Michel

C. Ramirez, Sean
17. A. UP Institute for Small Scale Industries D. Rancho, Elaine
B. UP Institute for Science and Math Education
C. UP Institute of Biology 1. BCAD
2. BDAC a. indifferent
3. BCDA b. concerned
4. BACD c. generous
d. worried
20. A.Quesada, Arianne B. Quisumbing, Armie 2. A good leader should be cognizant of the numerous issues
that affect his constituents.
C. Quintin, Adela
a. aware
D. Quezon, Aurora
b. uninformed
c. confused

a. ABCD d. idealistic

b. ADCB 3. Always be careful not to issue any disparaging remarks

against other people. a. praising
c. ACBD
b. confusing
d. ABDC
c. damaging
d. discouragin
4. Flowers are ephemeral; they bloom yet wither in a week or
so later. a. shrivel
b. long lasting
Synonyms
c. beautiful
Directions: Choose the correct answer that corresponds to the
d. short lived
word closest in meaning to the bold and italicized word in the
sentence. 5. A fastidious person will never find true happiness.
a. simple
1. We should never be apathetic towards other people for we b. choosy
have a social responsibility to fulfill.
c. greedy
d. contented d. rude
6. The Ortigas Center is filled with gargantuan buildings, 10. Spores are infinitesimal reproductive units of fungi and
some having up to 50 floors. lower plants.
a. crowded a. invisible
b. old and weak b. interesting
c. fist class c. microscopic
d. gigantic d. large
7. Nobody like haughty Monty who kept bragging about his 11. Never trust an insidious person because you’ll never
riches. know what goes in his mind.
a. arrogant a. honest
b. foolish b. treacherous
c. respectable c. loyal
d. dependable d. trustworthy
8. The corrupt policeman was discharged form service due 12. Jessa is an irascible girl who frequently has tantrums.
to his ignominious act of accepting bribes.
a. impatient
a. honorable
b. cheerful
b. disrespectable
c. hot-tempered
c. unwanted
d. jolly
d. remarkable
13. Surgeons should be meticulous especially when
9. The impudent child was scolded for answering back to performing operations.
older people.
a. careful
a. respectful
b. careless
b. honorable
c. strict
c. clever
d. lenient
14. Christ teaches us to be concerned about putting up 18. The piquant mouse was able to find its way out of the
riches in heaven and not to be obsessed with mundane things. maze in a short while.
a. temporary a. dumb
b. worldly b. clever
c. insignificant c. small
d. important d. unusual
15. Rochelle has difficulty seeing things from afar because 19. It is now plausible to say that someday, interplanetary
she is myophic. travel will no longer be impossible.
a. cross-eyed a. reasonable
b. eagle-yed b. unusual
c. farsighted c. illogical
d. nearsighted d. extraordinary
16. Regina, being a chilld of three, is oblivious to the world 20. A prudent person is not easily deceived.
around her.
a. loyal
a. careful
b. careless
b. carefree
c. wise
c. aware
d. foolish
d. unmindful
21. “Spare the rod and spoil the child” is a common
17. Man can never be omniscient like God. aphorism.
a. all-knowing a. slogan
b. logical b. battle cry
c. immortal c. proverb
d. miraculous d. motto
22. Charlie’s deportment is highly commendable.
a. belief a. praised
b. behavior b. honored
c. intelligence c. scolded
d. competence d. stopped
23. For enmity and hate are contrary to friendship and 27. Urbane people are appaled by rude behavious.
concord.
a. well-mannered
a. agreement
b. ill-mannered
b. mutual hatred
c. modern
c. confusion
d. rich
d. division
28. Clowns are never vapid but the sick usually are.
24. The Filipino’s fortitude is the reason why he seldom
a. lively and energetic
complains.
b. lacking spirit and liveliness
a. endurance
c. clumsy
b. peace-loving
d. funny
c. discontent
29. The client was asked to verify the veracity of the
d. satisfaction
statement of accounts issued.
25. Poverty should never be viewed as an impediment
a. accuracy
towards attaining good education.
b. discrepancy
a. reason
c. redundancy
b. way
d. mistake
c. link
30. Dentists believe that babies should be weaned from
d. obstruction
feeding bottles as soon as possible to prevent malformation of
26. The students were upbraided for misbehaving during the the infant’s erupting teeth.
assembly.
a. get used to
b. develop hatred for d. criminal
c. free from dependence 35. Mindy runmaged through the chest of old clothes for
something usable to donate.
d. make more dependent
a. searched thourgh
31. Some people believe that Balete Drive is haunted
because a wraith of a woman’s appears there. b. wandered through
a. shadow c. passed through
b. statue d. scattered
c. reflection 36. Only a ruffian could do such a heinous act of killing a
helpless child.
d. ghost
a. an insane person
32. She looks unkempt with her wavy coarse hair falling
freely behind her back. a. pretty b. a brutal person
b. neat c. a lovable person
c. prim and proper
d. untidy a confused person

33. The room is topsy-turvy, as if a hurricane just passed 37. To augment the policemen’s incom, the government
through. allowed them to take parttime jobs.

a. disorderly a. increase

b. destroyed b. contribute

c. orderly c. limit

d. clean d. remove

34. Sherlock Holmes is a famous sleuth. 38. A person’s reputation is very important so be very careful
not to calumniate anybody.
a. adventurer
a. embarass
b. scientist
b. abuse
c. detective
c. tease a. followed
d. slander b. let go on one’s own
39. The footprints were effaced when the floor was mopped. c. left behind
a. printed d. stopped
b. erased 2. Beside the boulevard are gigantic buildings.
c. deformed a. alley
d. developed b. street
40. The plane overshot the runway and landed on a ditch. c. avenue
a. passed through d. road
b. passed by 3. He often got into trouble because he was brusque.
c. went beyond a. blunt
d. did not reach b. rude
c. refined
d. curt
4. The reporter’s candid remarks caught the mayoralty
candidate off-guard. a. secret
b. frank
c. well-thought

Antonyms d. reserved

Directions: Choose the correct answer that corresponds to the 5. The mean boys derided the sickly boy.
word opposite in meaning to the bold and italicized word or
a. made fun of
phrase in the sentence.
b. ridiculed
c. praised
1. Hanna accompanied her sister to the drugstore.
abandoned 10. The heathens used to practice cannibalism.
6. Charm was ecstatic when she won first prize in the short a. uncivilized people
story writing contest.
b. barbaric people
a. melancholic
c. old people
b. overjoyed
d. cultured people
c. worried
11. Keep on believing that physical disability is not a
d. energetic hindrance to success.
7. Migraine headaches are excruciating. a. block
a. extremely painful b. stepping stone
b. mild pain c. opportunity
c. painless d. difficulty
d. healing 12. Never operate a machine once you are inebriated.
8. The quiz proved to be facile so the students got high a. sober
scores.
b. drunk
a. difficult
c. sleepy
b. easy
d. active
c. average
13. The people inveighed against the sharp increase in oil
d. answerable prices.
9. The garrulous girls were distanced from each other. a. admitted
a. mute b. amended
b. talkative c. accepted
c. behaved d. deliberated
d. quiet 14. Some people believe that breaking a mirror is a jinx.
a. bad luck b. foul
b. evil c. adorable
c. expensive d. nasty
d. good luck 19. We listened attentively to the mellifluous sound produced
by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.
15. The players were confused when the kibitzers suddenly
butted-in during the team’s huddle. a. harsh
a. advisers b. resonant
b. spectators c. melodious
c. onlookers d. mellow
d. crowd 20. The free medical and dental checkup conducted by the
AFP Group is just a proof of their munificence.
16. The lanky lad stood out among the average-sized
students. a. commitment
a. fierce-looking b. generosity
b. gigantic c. extravagance
c. short and stout d. stingingness
tall and thin 21. Justice calls for penalizing nefarious acts.
17. The sickly dog was given a lethal dose of morphine a. honorable
tablets.
b. detestable
a. fatal
c. infamous
b. safe
d. vile
c. deadly
22. The Avanti Reviewer Books are noteworthy materials.
d. nasty
a. remarkable
18. Heinous criminals are truly loathsome.
b. substantial
a. repugnant
c. trivial d. anomaly
d. significant 27. Tragic stories had so much pathos that it left me feeling
down.
23. You will never get sufficient nourishment if you are
obdurate in refusing to eat vegetables. a. anguish
a. stubborn
b. snoopy b. woe

c. nosey c. intrigue

d. interfering d. humor

24. Don’t be so obtrusive but instead, mind your own 28. Myrna is such a precocious girl who can already read at
business. age three.

a. reserved a. slow learner

b. snoopy b. bright

c. nosey c. inquisitive

d. interfering d. advanced

25. I admire people who are modest despite their opulence. 29. She had the quixotic idea that she was a reincarnation of
British princess. a. wuild
a. great wealth
b. fantastic
b. poverty
c. realistic
c. affluence
d. dreamy
d. lavishness
30. The ramshackle building collapsed easily.
26. Do you always try to be a paragon of virtue?
a. new
a. model
b. old
b. example
c. outdated
c. yardstick
d. shabby
31. An A-rating represents the ultimate honor a film will ever a. revengeful
have.
b. forgiving
a. greatest
c. spiteful
b. pinnacle
d. malicious
c. least
36. If words were swords, then her vitriolic remarks could
d. supreme really kill.
32. Juan Luna’s painting abilities are uncanny. a. scathing
a. remarkable b. sarcastic
b. ordinary c. satirical
c. astonishing d. kind
d. unbelievable 37. Many students vouch for the effectiveness of the Avanti
Review classes.
33. Lea Salonga’s performance was utterly delightful.
a. guarantee
a. somewhat
b. endorse
b. entirely
c. affirm
c. thoroughly
d. refute
d. absolutely
38. That yonder youth is more studious than the nearer one.
34. The stong current of the floodwaters caused the wooden
bridge to vacillate. a. lonesome
a. collapse b. farther
b. sway c. closer
c. vibrate d. thither
d. be firm 39. Avanti Tutors are all zealous tutors who nourish eager
minds.
35. The vindictive politician spreaed rumors about his
opponent. a. vigorous
b. earnest a. India
c. indifferent b. Japan
d. enthusiastic c. Africa
40. Don’t let trivial things upset you. d. Philippines
a. important 3. BIR: Taxes || DPWH: ____________
b. trifling a. Public Roads
c. ordinary b. Houses
d. inconsequential c. Traffic
d. Churches
4. Barangay: Captain || Provincial Government:
__________
a. Congressmen
b. Mayor

Single-Word Analogy c. Senator

Directions: Choose the word that corresponds to the word that d. Governor
correctly completes each analogy. 5. USA: Washington D.C. || Philippines: ________
a. Prime Minister
1. Moby Dick: Herman Melville || The Old Man and the
b. King
Sea: ________
c. Manila
a. Charles Dickens
d. Cebu
b. Ernest Hemingway
6. Presidential: President || Parliamentary: __________
c. Charles Perrault
a. Prime Minister
d. Robert Frost
b. King
2. Confucius: China || Mahatma Gandhi: ________
c. House Speaker a. Grecian
d. Cardinal b. French
7. Tagbanua: Palawan || Kankanaey: __________ c. Greek
a. Ilocos d. Greece
b. Cavite 12. Sistine Madonna: Raphael || Last Supper: __________
c. Benguet a. Michelangelo
d. Cebu b. Leonardo da Vinci
8. Pyramid: Egypt || Taj Mahal: _________ c. Rembrandt
a. China d. Van Gogh
b. Japan 13. Stalagmite: Floor || Stalactite: ______
c. India a. Wall
d. Malaysia b. Ceiling
9. Tigris-Euphrates: Mesopotamia || Nile River: _______ c. Mouth
a. Egypt d. Window
b. Greece 14. Catholic: Priest || Moslem: ________
c. Italy a. Rajah
d. Spain b. Hajji
10. Mahabharata: India || Gilgamesh: __________ c. Koran
a. Assyria d. Imam
b. Sumer 15. Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron || Niccolo Machiavellli:
______________
c. Chaldea
a. The Little Prince
d. Babylon
b. Utopia
11. Italy: Latin || Greece: _______
c. The Prince c. Tartaglia
d. Wealth of Nations d. Rene Descartes
16. Samuel Morse: Telegraph || Alexander Graham Bell: 20. Henry Cavendish: Hydrogen || Henry Priestly:
__________ ___________
a. telescope a. carbonic acid
b. telephone b. oxygen
c. teleportation c. radium
d. door bell d. potassium
17. Parachute: Andre Jacques Garnerin || Television: 21. Allied Powers: Russia || Central Powers: _________
___________
a. France
a. John Logie Baird
b. Britain
b. William Sony
c. Italy
c. John Vincent Crowe
d. Austria
d. Howard Aiken
22. Entourage: Attendants || Cortege: __________
18. Earth is the center: Ptolemy || Sun is the center:
a. Procession for a Saint
___________
b. Procession in court
a. Albert Einstein
c. Funeral Procession
b. Aristotle
d. Floral Procession
c. Galileo
23. Islet: Small Island || Rivulet: __________
d. Copernicus
a. Small River
19. Pythagorean Theorem: Pythagoras || Cubic Equation:
_________ b. Small Land
a. Alfred Noble c. Small Review
b. Isaac Newton d. Small Rebel
24. Conspicuous: Obvious || Hideous: _________ b. tub
a. hidden c. sink
b. ugly d. bathroom
c. expert in hiding 29. masticate: chew || eradicate: ____________
d. very bad a. collect
25. nose: nasal || abdomen: ___________ b. count
a. abnormal c. complete
b. abdominal d. throw
c. abominate 30. sadism: delight in cruelty to others || masochism:
__________
d. adenoma
a. delight in building houses
26. agnostic: doubts God’s existence || atheist:
___________ b. delight in hurting masons
a. denies God’s existence c. delight in being abused
b. denies God as creator d. delight in going to Masses
c. affirms God’s existence 31. Mazurka: Polish || Fandango: ______
d. affirms God as creator a. Russian
27. infanticide: killing of infants || genocide: __________ b. Spanish
a. killing of genies c. German
b. killing of geniuses d. Polish
c. killing of a race or social group 32. nearsighted: myopia || farsighted: ___________
d. killing of Geno a. hyperopia
28. latrine: toilet || lavatory: _________ b. squint
a. basin c. double-vision
d. blink b. Good day
33. dyslexia: reading || aphasia: __________ c. Good night
a. muscle coordination d. Good evening
b. speech 38. supeerfluous: excessive || supersede: __________
c. eye movement a. watch over
d. memory b. full of seeds
34. maitre d’: head of a restaurant || busboy: __________ c. great seed
a. bus conductor d. take the place of
b. bus cleaner 39. nativity: Christmas || senakulo: _________
c. waiter’s help a. advent
d. head waiter b. lent
35. figurine: small figure || heroine: __________ c. pentecost
a. small hero d. passover
b. female hero 40. theme: main idea || moral: _________
c. small drug a. a value
d. female drug b. a desire
36. xerox: photocopier || Adidas c. a piece of advice
a. athlete’s shoes d. a standard
b. dress shoes
c. formal wear
d. handsome
37. Sayonara: Goodbye || Bonjour: ________
a. Good luck
 4. numismatist : money
a. aesthetics : beauty
b. fetish : obsession
c. linguist : language
Double-Word Analogy d. scientist : sense
Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the pair of 5. anxious : uneasy
words that is related in the same way as the given pair of
words. a. egocentric : self-centered
b. wary : placid

1. blend : mix c. feeble : strong

a. blare : whisper d. scornful : admirable

b. bleach : whiten 6. goat : kid

c. blink : blink a. bear : cub

d. bloom : flower b. chicken : hen

2. abattoir : slaughterhouse c. dog : Dalmatian

a. quay : wharf d. tiger : tigress

b. quack : duck 7. key : lock

c. snail : slow a. litter : trash

d. clown : fun b. pestle : pound

3. marriageable : nubile c. table : desk

a. single : group d. sword : scabbard

b. music : mobile 8. dog : kennel

c. puzzle : answer a. whale : pond

d. decipherable : comprehensible b. socks : feet

c. pig : sty a. to walk : to stroll
d. eagle : barn b. to frown : to weep
9. book : leaves c. to munch : to eat
a. house : kitchen d. to lift : to carry
b. chimney : roof 14. hand : arm
c. fan : electricity a. foot : leg
d. chair : sitting b. hips : sway
10. panda : china c. waist : belt
a. grizzly : Africa d. shoulder : neck
b. polar bear : America 15. pre : post
c. Pooh : Disneyland a. anti : pro
d. koala : Australia b. semi : equi
11. jubilant : morose c. able : can
a. humble : modest d. demi : half
b. joyous : happy 16. auditorium : audience
c. simple : lavish a. hall : pictures
d. pompous : pretentious b. movie house : cinema
12. tiny : microscopic c. coliseum : spectators
a. uproar : laughter d. commuters : transportation
b. large : mammoth 17. Edgar Allan Poe : Annabel Lee
c. argument : meeting a. Robert Frost : Medea
d. storm : weather b. Pygmalion : Galatea
13. to smile : to guffaw c. Chaucer : Antigone
d. Shakespeare : Romeo and Juliet b. they : them
18. advise : counsel c. you : yours
a. lead : direct d. her : she
b. loss : lost 23. lie : to recline
c. peace : piece a. lay : put down
d. want : quality b. macabre : beauty
19. perspire : sweat c. nab : release
a. clouds : rain d. quench : to thirst
b. cry : tears 24. igloo : Eskimo
c. fan : wind a. cavemen : cave
d. sad : lonely b. palace : kings
20. extricate : set free c. destitute : shanty
a. journey : far d. bees : beehive
b. liquidate : liquefy 25. dictionary : word meanings:
c. implicate : involve a. alamanac : synonyms
d. migrate : stay b. encyclopedia : word origin
21. maggot : fly c. atlas : maps
a. caterpilla : leaves d. thesaurus : dinosaurs
b. bees : wasp 26. extemporaneous : rehearsed
c. butterfly : moth a. live : taped
d. tadpole : frog b. momentous : important
22. he : him c. nefarious : wicked
a. me : I d. salubrious : healthful
27. tavern : bar d. eight : eighty’s
a. inn : hotel 32. quintuplet : five
b. apartment : loft a. triplet : three
c. condominium : office b. quartuplet : four
d. attic : chimney c. doublet : two
28. duchess : duke d. sexton : six
a. count : countess 33. attention : attn
b. ewe : ram a. approximate : appro
c. gentleman : lady b. bal : balance
d. wizard : witch c. building : bldng
29. dwindle : decrease d. manager : mgr
a. defer : act promptly 34. arachnophobia : fear of spiders
b. deny : grant a. hydrophobia : fear of wet objects
c. forge : stop b. claustrophobia : fear of clauses
d. multiply : increase c. photophobia : fear of light
30. prowess : cowardice a. adept : skilled d. xenophobia : fear of sin
b. adroit : uncoordinated 35. unscrew : tighten
c. garrulous : talkative a. remove : restore
d. hubris : pride b. relinquish : give up
31. charisma : charismata c. sensitive : make sensitive
a. deer : deers d. stupefy : make insensible
b. bacterium : bacteriums 36. verbose : speechless
c. basis : bases a. voracious : greedy
b. vicious : kind
c. wanton : lewd
d. waspish : irritable
37. COD : cash on delivery
a. DST : daylight saving time
b. PO : public office
c. NA : not appointed
d. RSVP : please approve
38. adjacent : near
a. congruent : dissimilar
b. converge : separate
c. deliberate : intentional
d. delude : guide
39. firmament : sky
a. clouds : air
b. moon : planer
c. star : gas
d. soil : groun Identifying Errors
40. languid : strong Directions: Choose the word or phrases labeled a, b, c, or d
a. feeble : active which are NOT acceptable in formal written English. Choose e if
there is no error.
b. innocuous : harmless
c. opportune : timely
1. No one were happy about the Mindanao crisis. No error.
d. truculent : restless
a. b. c. d. e. 8. Some believe that the flag we use now is not the same
as the one made by Marcela
2. The House of Representatives’ decision to decrease the
budget for the a. b. c.
d.
a. b.
c. Agoncillo. No error.
Department of Education was met with protests. No error. e.
d. e. 9. Either Prof. Teodoro Agoncillo or Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide affirm
the history of our flag.
3. The Cabinet regularly meet once a week. No error.
a.
a. b. c. d. e.
b. c. d.
4. Both the Senators and the Congressmen legislates laws.
No error.
No error.
e.
a. b. c. d. e.
10. The news are written immediately to meet the previous
5. The Philippine government have three branches of
deadline. No error.
powers: the executive, the
a. b. c. d.
a. b. c. d.
e.
legislative and the judicial. No error.
11. Attempts is made to locate and restore the last original
e.
Filipino flag. No error.
6. The Supreme Court upholds the highest principles and
a. b. c. d.
standards of morality as
e.
a. b.
12. Both Chelle and Charm enjoys reading. No error.
c. embodied in the Constitution. No error.
a. b. c. d. e.
d. e.
13. Reading books widens one’s horizons. No error.
7. Some historians contests the origin of the Filipino flag.
No error. a. b. c. d. e.
a. b. c. d. e. 14. If everybody know how to read, then books will never
cease to be useful. No error.
 a. b. c. 22. The number of readers continually rise each year. No
d. e. error.
15. No one dares to question how invaluable books are. No a b c. d
error. e
a. b. c. d. 23. For I, Reader’s Digest is informative as well as
e. entertaining. No error.
16. Great literary works enriches the vocabulary of their a. b. c. d.
readers. No error. e.
a. b. c. d. e. 24. The Manila Bulletin has been published the Panorama
magazine for over a hundred
17. Have either of the books been returned? No error.
a. b.
a. b. c. d. e.
c. years. No error.
18. One hundred fifty pesos are the average selling price of
d. e.
one textbook. No error.
25. All children has inherent rights that must be protected.
a. b. c.
No error.
d. e.
a. b. c. d. e.
19. One of the machines in the printing press weren’t
functioning properly. No error. 26. The editor-in-chief, together with the writers, confers
about the contents of their
a. b. c.
d. e. a. b. c.
newspapers. No error.
20. Either the teachers or the librarian, take care of the
books. No error. d. e.
a. b. c. d. e. 27. Gorio and Tekla, in addition to Captain Barbel, was a
popular comic books during
21. A number of books is regularly donated to public schools.
No error. a. b.
c. d. the ‘70s. No error.
a. b. c. d.
e. e.
28. Pol Medina has drew the very famous Pugad Baboy 34. The number of socialized housing units sponsored by the
characters. No error. government increases
a. b. c. a. b. c.
d. e. d. each year. No error.
29. Pugad Baboy first appear in the Philippine Daily Inquirer e.
during the late ‘80s.
35. A quarter of the government tax collections goes to
a. b. c. infrastructure projects. No error.
d.
a. b. c. d.
No error. e. e.
30. Neither Pol Medina nor his friends thinks he will become 36. The beneficiaries of the study grant given by the
successful. No error. government will be them. No error.
a. b. c. a. b.
d. e. c. d. e.
31. Some believes that Mr. Medina’s works satirize the socio- 37. Studies suggests that exposure to too much violence on
economic condition of the a. television makes one
b. c.
a. b.
people in our country. No error. c. equally violent. No error.
d. e. d. e.
32. The youth delegates have been sang the National 38. The possible effects of television viewing needs to be
Anthem. No error. explored further. No error.
a. b. c. d. a. b. c.
e. d. e.
33. That house and lot in the corner are government-owned. 39. Every weekdays, Chel and Charm goes to school
No error. together. No error.
a. b. c. d. a. b. c.
e. d. e.
40. The Scent of Apples, a story about a Filipino who a. b. in 1959, aside from asking him to be a visiting
immigrated to the United States professor. No error.
a. c. d.
b. are written by Bienvenido Santos. No error. e.
c. d. 45. Between the numerous prose writers, I think Nick
Joaquin is the best. No error.
41. Nick Joaquin, one of the exceptional Filipino writers, is
also known for Quijano de a. b. c.
d. e.
a.
b. c. d.
Manila. No error. 46. Those are work of famous authors. No error.

e. a. b. c. d. e.

42. Some people believes that one could see his future mate 47. The professor asked her a question about they. No error.
by looking into a mirror on
a. b. c. d. e.
a. b. c.
48. Literature seem elusive to people who profess
d.
indifference to it. No error.
May day eve. No error.
a. b. c.
e. d. e.

43. Jose Garcia Villa was a recipient of numerous awards, 49. It appeals both to the readers intellect and passion. No
between them, the “National error.

a. b. c. a. b. c. d. e.
d.
50. Robert Frost, an American poet, defines litereature as
Artist Award for Literature”. No error. “performance in words.”

e. a. b. c.
d.
44. The Far Eastern University (FEU) also gave he a Docotr
of Literature honoris causa No error. e.
51. Either of the authors have received citations for their 58. Internet access allow us to communicate with other
remarkable works. No error. people anywhere in the world.
a. b. c. d. a. b. c.
e. d.
52. Just like Edgar Allan Poe, it is believed that Nick Joaquin No error. e.
starts getting ideas after
59. All of the pens are no spent yesterday. No error.
a. b.
a. b. c. d. e.
c. he has drank alcoholic beverages. No error.
60. Each computer come with either a compact disk player or
d. e.
a DVD player. No error.
53. Computers are widely use nowadays even in preschools.
a. b. c. d.
No error.
e.
a. b. c. d.
e.
54. The number of Computer Science students steadily
increases. No error.
a. b. c. Paragraph Development
d. e. Directions: Each sentence below, when put in the correct order
55. AMA, in addition to STI, train students to be proficient in would make a wellorganized paragraph. Decide what should be
computer use. No error. the correct order of the sentences, then aswer the questions
that follow.
a. b. c.
d. e.
56. Knowledge should always be put to good use. No error. I. A. The first procedure is that the bill passes through
three readings on separate days. B. Otherwise, the bill will go
a. b. c. d. e. back to the House from where it originated, and it will be
57. One of the viruses has infect my brother’s brand new deliberated upon again.
laptop computer. No error. C. If the President approves the bill, then it shall be deemed
a. b. c. a law.
d. e.
D. A bill, before becoming a law, undergoes several b. D-B-A-F-C-E
procedures.
c. D-A-E-C-B-F
E. On the third reading, the votes of the lawmakers shall be
d. A-B-C-D-E-F
recorded and if the bill is approved, it goes to the
President for approval or veto. e. C-B-D-A-E-F

1. What should be the first sentence? II. A. Learning to listen is one way of keeping friends.
a. A B. Although listening can really be very tiring on the
listener, it may, on the other hand, be comforting to the
b. B
speaker.
c. C
C. So learn how to listen, and gain more friends.
d. D
D. We also show that we care about what goes on in their
e. E lives.
2. What should be the fourth sentence? E. By listening, we show our friends that they are important
to us.
a. A
b. B
4. What should be the third sentence?
c. C
a. A
d. D
b. B
c. C
If the following sentence is added as sentence F:
d. D
It should be ntoed, however, that the President must
communicate his veto within thirty days from receipt of the bill, e. E
otherwise, the bill is considered to have been approved by him.
5. What should be the fourth sentence?
a. A
3. What would the new order of the sentences be?
b. B
a. B-C-D-E-A-F
c. C d. D
d. D e. E
e. E
IV. A. Not only that, paying taxes also means the
government will no longer need to acquire loans to fill
III. A. Hence, it can be said that the President really has a lot
the budget deficit.
of duties and responsibilities.
B. Every citizen should lend a hand in pursuing economic
B. He has control over department secretaries and can
progress.
overrule their decisions.
C. One way to do it is to pay one’s taxes correctly.
C. Furthermore, the President exercises veto power over
bills passed by the Congress. D. Paying correct taxes results in increased revenues that
the government uses for infrastructure and other
D. Lastly, he is the Chief Executive, executing the laws and
projects.
rules of the country.
E. So be a good citizen and pay your taxes correctly.
E. The president in a presidential system is the Head of the
State and the Head of Government
8. What should be the second sentence?
6. What should be the second sentence? a. A
a. A b. B
b. B c. C
c. C d. D
d. D e. E
e. E 9. What should be fourth sentence?
7. What should be the last sentence? a. A
a. A b. B
b. B c. C
c. C d. D
e. E d. write
10. What is the appropriate title for the above paragraph? 2. Being too __________ will undoubtedly make other men hate
you.
a. Economic Progress
a. vane
b. A Citizen’s Duty
b. vain
c. Taxing the Economy
c. vein
d. Taxes and Economic Progress
d. vanity
e. Lend a Hand for Progress
3. Due to bad weather, the airline company decided
__________ postpone the flight.
a. two
b. to
c. too
d. then
4. Drunk driving was the reason for __________ accident.
a. their
b. they’re

Correct Usage c. there

Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the word or d. there are
phrase that will correctly complete each sentence. 5. May I __________ your Titanic compact disk?
a. borrow
1. Lily __________ remarkable poems even at her young age. b. lend
a. rites c. loan
b. rights d. credit
c. writes
6. __________ the three girls, the eldest is the most b. corps
diligent.
c. course
a. Between
d. corpse
b. Among
11. Carl juggles oranges, __________ you?
c. In
a. why
d. By
b. may
7. Exposure to air pollution will __________ your asthma.
c. should
a. cure
d. can
b. deteriorate
12. The refugees decided to __________ their homes
c. aggravate because of the war.
d. annoy a. desert
8. His __________ to Mount Apo was carefully documented. b. dessert
a. assent c. deserve
b. ascent d. reserve
c. descent 13. My sister __________ to Zamboanga seven years ago.
d. decrease a. migrated
9. The children __________ the ill effects of war. b. migrating
a. have borne c. immigrated
b. have born d. immigrating
c. has borne 14. We used __________ sauce for the spahetti last Sunday.
d. had born a. less
10. The teachers distributed different __________ outlines b. few
for the students to follow. a. coarse
c. a number of
d. pieces of a. Who’s
15. If we work together, we could finish this __________ in b. Whose
a short time.
c. Which
a. piece
d. Whom’s
b. peace
20. The village elder told many interesting __________
c. please
a. tale
d. peas
b. tail
16. When the Apartheid Policy was still in effect, the Blacks
c. tails
were __________ by the Whites?
d. tales
a. praised
21. Marty __________ Evelyn __________ to dinner.
b. hailed
a. asked – out
c. persecuted
b. asked – after
d. prosecuted
c. called – out
17. When we __________ the flag, we should all stand up.
d. called – up
a. rice
22. The celebrant __________ candles after we sang.
b. rise
a. blew off
c. risen
b. blew up
d. raise
c. blew out
18. The DPWH crew worked __________ the night to repair
the damaged bridge. a. thre d. blew over
b. through 23. The secretary __________ due to stress.
c. trough a. broke even
d. true b. broke out
19. __________ the leader of your group? c. broke in
d. broke down 28. The Cabinet meeting was __________ on account of the
President’s ill health. a. called in
24. The Edsa People’s Revolution __________ the Marcos
regime. b. called up
a. brought in c. called out
b. brought on d. called off
c. brought forth 29. The tele-novela viewers cried helpleslly when they got
__________ by the tragedy that befell the main character.
d. brought down
a. carried out
25. The unexpected __________ of vehicles along Marcos
Highway caused heavy traffic. b. carried away
a. build up c. carried over
b. build on d. carried on
c. build in 30. We should __________ on our expenditures and spend
only on our needs. a. cut short
d. build over
b. cut up
26. After cleaning the entire house, I felt __________.
c. cut back
a. burned in
d. cut out
b. burned out
31. People of all races should try to __________ with each
c. burned up
other.
d. burned over
a. get around
27. The drug pushers tried to __________ the arresting
b. get along
cops.
c. get at
a. buy in
d. get over
b. buy off
32. We should grow wiser as time __________.
c. buy out
a. goes along
d. buy up
b. goes by c. look out to
c. goes down d. look up to
d. goes through 37. Stop __________ your younger brother so he will stop
crying.
33. The partying teens were told to __________ the noise.
a. picking at
a. hold down
b. picking on
b. hold forth
c. picking out
c. hold on
d. picking up
d. hold with
38. Always __________ your best effort in everything you
34. A gust of strong wind __________ the old wooden
do.
swing.
a. put across
a. knocked around
b. pud down
b. knocked back
c. put forth
c. knocked down
d. put out
d. knocked out
39. Did you help in __________ the table?
35. A number of factory workers were __________ due to
retrenchment. a. setting apart
a. laid aside b. settign back
b. laid away c. setting down
c. laid off d. setting up
d. laid out 40. She __________ the details of the program.
36. We should never __________ people with disabilities for a. wrote in
they also have the right to live.
b. wrote off
a. look down on
c. wrote over
b. look forward to
d. wrote up b. Vice
c. Emotion
d. Action

A. “All animals wage perpetual war; every species is born to

devour another. Not one, not even sheep or doves, that does
not swallow a prodigious number of invisible creatures. Males
make war for the females, like Menelaus and Paris. Air, earth,
water, are fields of carnage. God having given reason to men,
this reason might teach them no to emulate the brutes,
particularly when nature has provided them neither with arms to
kill their fellows nor with a desire for their blood.”
“Can there be anything more horrible in all nature?”
- Voltaire

Reading Comprehension 1. Which of the following is the reason given why there is
Directions: Read each selection then answer the questions after war?
each. Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer a. Desire for what others have.
based on the given selections.
b. To exact revenge for a wrongdoing.
Example: Virtue, then, is the mean between two vices – the vice
arising from excess and the one proceedign from defect. Virtue c. To fight over women.
finds and chooses that which is the mean in both emotion and d. To prove that one’s race is better than the other.
action – from the Gold Mean by Aristotle
2. What is the author’s stand on war?
1. What is the golden mean identified by Aristotle?
a. It is horrible
a. Virtue
b. It is important
c. It is a means to control population Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
d. It is a natural product of man’s reason. Is our destined end or way;
3. What is the best title for the selection? But to act that each tomorrow
a. War Find us farther than today.
b. The Products of War - excerpt from: A Psalm of Life by Hnery Wadsworth
Longfellow
c. The Need for War
5. What is the poet’s view on life?
d. The Elements of War
a. Life is empty.
4. What does statement “All animals wage perpetual war...”
mean? b. Life is lonely
a. All war never ends. c. Life is an empty dream
b. There is always some kind of war occuring someplace. d. Life is not an empty dream.
c. Only animals and not man engage in war. 6. What is the antecedent of the pronoun its in the line
“And the grave is not its goal;”? a. dream
d. All animals make war all the time.
b. life
c. real
B. Tell me not in mournful numbers,
d. earnest
Life is but an empty dream! – For the soul is
dead that slumbers, 7. According to the author, what should be our goal in life?
And things are not what they seem. a. To enjoy each moment
b. To act and continually improve our life day by day.
Life is real! Life is earnest! c. To beat sorrow.
And the grave is not its goal; d. To die happily.
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul. C. Dreams
 by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams b. It made them feel downtrodden
For if dreams die c. It increased their anger towards Whites
Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. d. It increased their determination.
11. Which statement is not a correct inference based on the
poem?
Hold fast to dreams
a. Blacks and Whites enjoy equal rights.
For when dreams go
b. Blacks are treated inferior over Whites.
Life is a barren field Frozen with
snow. c. Blacks also have dreams of a better life.
d. Whites enjoy more rights over Blacks.
8. What figure of speech did the author use in the first
stanza?
D. “Only two things in life are certain, Benjamin Franklin once
a. simile remarked: death and taxes. But there is one other unpleasant
uncertainty: criticism. No one escapes it entirely. And often our
b. hyperbole
careers, our emotional stability, our happiness depend on how
c. metaphor we react to it...”
d. irony “...A Disraeli once remarked. ‘It is much easier to be
critical than correct’ – so there will always be plenty of critics in
9. The author is a South African Negro during the Apartheid
the world, some well intentioned, others cruel. You can defend
Policy when most blacks were treated as inferior. To what could
yourself against the unkind ones by learning to control your
he be alluding to in the last two lines of the poem?
emotional reactions, by adopting a calm and rational attitude
a. white people and by honestly trying to help your critics to rid themselves of
their anger. But in the last analysis, your best defense is your
b. slaves
own day-today conduct. It is keeping your moral standards
c. snow high. It is having a clear conscience. It is living a life without
any necessity whatever for deception or for concealment.”
d. ice
- Norman Vincent Peale
10. What effect does the poem have upon the Negroes?
a. It made them more sad
12. Why should we all learn how to cope with criticism?
a. Because reacting to criticism only warns one’s heart. E. Hair goes on growing after a person dies because the cells of
the body go on working until they have exhausted their fuel
b. Because reacting to criticism sometimes leads to further
supply.
trouble.
The hair follicle is composed of two layers – an outer
c. Because reacting to criticism makes one fulfilled.
layer of cells forming the outer root sheath and an inner layer of
d. Because criticism are always correct. horny, bigrous oblong cells. The hair grows upwards from the
bottom of the follicle by multiplication of the soft cells, which
13. According to the author, what is the best defense against
becomes elongated and pigmented to form the fiber-like
criticism?
substance of the hair shaft.
a. a person’s ability to counter-criticize
The soft cells at the base of the follicle need the
b. one’s ability to act with deaf ears nourishment brought to them and all the other cells of the body
by the bloodstream.
c. one’s day to day conduct
- from Book of Questions and Answers Octopus
d. one’s anger
Press
14. Why is it easier to be critical than correct?
a. Because it is easier to find a flaw in someone else. 16. A person’s fingernails, just like the hair, keeps on
b. Because it is easier to control another person’s opinion. growing even after a person’s death. What could account for
this occurence?
c. Because some people are able to control their opinion.
a. The dead person’s body keeps on producing new cells to
d. Because some people find it easier to praise other continue the growth of the fingernails and hair.
people.
b. The dead person’s body preserve all the cells so hair and
15. What is the best title for the above selection? nail growth continue
a. Criticisms, its Uses and Abuses c. The energy supply of the cells of the hair and the nails
b. How to Cope with Criticisms have not yet been fully exhausted so growth still continues.

c. The Ups and Downs of Criticisms d. Hair and nails just never stop growing.

d. Best Criticisms 17. What would happen to the soft cells at the base of the
follicle if no nourishment comes in?
a. They would stop multiplying
b. They would produce white hair about human affairs, lived in the void between the
different worlds. They were not to be regarded
c. They would go on dividing.
superstitiously or feared, only to be envied.
d. They would harden.
Man himself was made up of body and soul. Death
18. What could possibly explain the occurrence of white hair? was not to be feared. There was no such thing as
immortality; after death, atoms of the soul were scattered. The
a. The soft cells produces white pigment which gives the
aim of life therefore was pleasure, the pursuit of which
hair its white color.
brought about happiness, the final end. The injunection to
b. The soft cells die which gives the hair its white color. follow nature meant, seek pleasure. Everything was desirable
insofar as it led to pleasure, but above all, the aim was absence
c. The absence of pigments from the follicle accounts for
of pain and the achievement of peace and mind. This would
white hair.
be obtained personally by self- control, the mastery and
d. The absence of follicle due to old age causes white hair. limitation of desires as far as possible to those that were
strictly necessary. Also, it implied limitation of social
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
relationships – “live unknown” – refusal to be involved
a. Hair follicle is composed of two layers. in family or political affairs, skepticism toward religion, which
the Epicureans considered largely superstition.
b. Hair grows from the tip of the follicle.
- from The Great Political Theories, Vol. 1 by
c. Hair follicle is composed of soft cells.
Michael Curtis
d. The soft cells need the nourishment brought in through
the bloodstream.
20. Who was born an Athenian citizen in Samos in 341 B.C.?
a. Plato
F. The concepts of Epicureanism are largely known to us
through Lucretius, rather than Epicurus. The latter born on b. Aristotle
Athenian citizen in Samos in 341, founded his school in his
c. Lucretius
garden, a symbol of retirement from the world, in 306 and died
in 270 B.C. For the Epicurean, the universe was chaotic d. Epicurus
and anarchic, composed of atoms and the void. All
21. What do the Epicureans think about the universe?
knowledge was acquired by sense perception; observation was
therefore essential to understanding. There were an a. It was disorderly with an absence of rule.
infinite number of worlds, formed by the chance
b. It was orderly and without a ruler
combination of atoms in infinite space. The gods, unconcerned
c. It was atomic and filled with objects and humans. decorum, a will that is without malice and benign, focused
indeviatingly upon reason, once amiable and admirable. The
d. The universe was full of life moving in and orderly
wise man’s soul should have the quality of a god’s. What
manner.
can a man desire if he possesses everything that is
22. What was the Epicureans’ ultimate goal? honorable? If the dishonorable can contribute to the optimum
state, then the happy life will be comprised of elements
a. The pursuit of being godlike
other than honorable. And what could be meaner or
b. To bring order out of the chaos. stupider than to weave the good of the rational soul out of
irrational strands?
c. The pursuit of happiness
25. What constitutes a happy life?
d. To bring chaos into the world.
a. attainment of everything that one desires
23. Epicureans had a different view about religion. What was
it? b. being at peace with everyone

a. Religion controls man. c. self-sufficiency and tranquility

b. Religion brings man closer to God. d. none of the above

c. Religion is merely a superstition. 26. How can one attain a happy life, according to Seneca?

d. Religion is man’s way of knowing God. a. by being hypocritical

24. Which of the following is not a belief of the Epicureans? b. by getting what one wants no matter what the cost

a. There should be no limit to man’s desires. c. both a and b

b. Man should exercise restraint and self-control. d. none of the above

c. Man should live unknown. 27. What is an indication that a man’s soul is already like that
of a god’s?
d. Limit desires to those which are strictly necessary.
a. He is at peace with others.
b. He desires everything.
G. What is the happy life? Self-sufficiency and abiding
tranquility. This is the gift of greatness of soul, the gift of c. He attains everything he desires without limitation.
constancy which perserves in a course judged right. How
d. He discerns truth, focuses upon reason, has a will that is
can these attitudes be attained? By surveying truth in its
without malice.
entirety, by safeguarding in every action order, measure,
28. Which of the following statements is NOT true based on a. stanza 1
the selection?
b. stanza 2
a. Self-sufficiency does not bring happiness.
c. stanza 3
b. Greatness of soul is attainable.
d. main idea is implied
c. Man should aim to have a soul like that of a god’s.
30. What figure of speech was used in the third stanza?
d. Man should not desire that which is dishonorable.
a. simile
b. metaphor
H. Love in the Open Han by Edna St. Vincent Millay
c. personification
Not in a silver casket cool with pearls, Or rich with red
corundum or with blue, Locked, and the key withheld, as other d. hyperbole
girls.
31. What does the author refer to in the last line “Look what
Have given their loves, I give my love to you: I have! – and these are all for you.”?
a. her gifts
Not in a lover’s knot, not in a ring b. her love
Worked in such fashion, and the legend plain- c. her apples
Semper Fidelis, where a secret spring d. her skirt
Kennels a drop of mischief in the brain: 32. According to the author, how should one manifest his
love for someone?

Love in the open hand, nothing but that, a. with reservation

Ungemmed, unhidden, wishing not to hurt, b. little by little

As one should bring you cowslips in a hat Swung from the hand, c. witwh fancy trappings
or apples in her skirt, I bring you, calling out as children do: d. without reservation or restrictions
“Look what I have! – and these are all of you.” 33. What is the gender of the persona in the poem?
a. common
29. What stanza states the main idea of the poem?
b. masculine 34. Why did the guru attempt to remove the scorpion from
the branches?
c. neuter
a. Because he did no want the scorpion to die.
d. feminine
b. Because he hates scorpions.
c. Because he wants to throw the scorpion into the waters
I. One day, the guru and his young disciples were seated on the
bank of the river, talking and praying together. An uprooted d. Because the scorpion might sting someone else.
tree came floating down the river and caught in the bank just
35. What does the statement, “Should I be untrue to my
in front of them. Caught in the branches of the tree was a
nature which is to be compassionate just because this scorpion
scorpion which must have been trapped on the tree
is being true to its nature to sting?” mean?
when it was uprooted by the floodwater upstream. The
guru knew that, inevitably, the scorpion would fall from the a. One should always be compassionate even if it is not
tree and be drowned in the river. So he reached his hand properly reciprocated.
out to take the scorpion from the tree and to put it safely on
b. One should stop giving if it hurts.
land. But as he reached out to rescue the scorpion, it
stung his hand, and the guru had to take his hand away in pain. c. One should be compassionate only to hose who know
how to appreciate.

After a moment, the guru reached out to rescue the d. One should always count one’s blessings.
scorpion again, and the scorpion stung him again. The 36. What is the best title for selection?
guru kept trying to save the scorpion and the scorpion kept
stinging him until his hand was red and swollen in pain. a. The Scorpion
b. The Guru

Finally, one of the young disciples could control himself c. True Compassion
no longer and he burst out: “Master, why do you keep d. The Sting
trying to rescue that foolish scorpion that doesn’t even
want to be saved?” The guru looked very patiently at the
impetuous young disciple and said: “Should I be untrue J. Although many quarts of blood pass through the heart each
to my nature which is to be compassionate just because day, the heart cannot utilize the blood within itself, but
this scorpion is being true to its nature to sting?” rather is sustained by branches of arteries originating
externally. These coronary arteries can become blocked by the
deposition of fatty material (inlcuding cholesterol), connective
tissue fibers, and calcium deposited in the vessel walls. If the b. presence of cholesterol in the heart muscles
blockage is severe, numerous heart muscle cells become oxygen
c. absence of oxygen in the heart muscles
starved and the heart stops. In less sever cases, only part of the
heart muscle dies as a result of the blockage. The dead muscle d. presence of oxygen in the heart muscles
is replaced by scar tissue and the heart continues to function,
40. Fats in the diet -
though less efficiently. Diet, stress, smoking, and alcohol all
contribute to the problem of heart attacks. Interestingly, a. are always useless.
although fats in the diet are often blamed for the heart attacts,
b. normally provides the heart’s energy requirement.
about 70% of the heart’s energy requirement normally is
derived from oxidation of fatty acids. from: Biology by Norstog c. always causes heart blockage.
and Meyerriecks
d. normally gets wasted.
K. Cancer is a disease in which cells somehow become activated
37. What statement is NOT true based on the selection? into uncontrolled multiplication and thus produce an
a. Scar tissue replaces dead heart muscles. overgrowth, or tumor, composed of malformed,
malignanat cells. Cancerous tumors can occur in almost
b. The heart is sustained by branches of arteries originating any tissue of the body, although some are more often
externally. affected than others. Three general kinds of cancer, named
after the tissues most often affected, are recognized:
c. Oxygen is essential for the heart muscles to function
carcinomas (from karkinoma, the Greek word for cancer),
properly.
which commonly involve epithelila tissue
d. The heart utilizes the blood within itself.
(epidermis and lining membranes); sarcomas (Greek
38. Coronary arteries can become blocked by sarkoma, “flesh”), which affect mainly connective tissues,
including bone; and leukemias, which start in the bone
a. food deposits.
marrow and lymphatic tissues and spread in the blood
b. blood deposits and lymph.
c. too much oxygen in the blood. from: Biology by Norstog and
Meyerriecks
d. deposits of fatty materials, connective tissue fibers and
calcium.
39. What causes heart stoppage? 41. How does cancer occur?
a. absence of carbon in the heart muscles a. Cells reproduce what is normally enough
b. The cells replace the dead cells in the body. c. the cancer’s length of existence
c. The cells uncontrollably multiply producing malignant d. the cancer’s extent of growth
cells.
d. The cells naturally reproduce malformed, malignant cells.
L. When the tissues of the body are wounded, several events
42. It is believed that cancer occur that resist the loss of blood from the cut vessels and
begin the healing processes. At the wound site, blood
a. can occur in any tissue of the body.
platelets swell and burst, releasing chemicals that cause the
b. affects certain tissues of the body more than it does to arteries to constric and thus slow the loss of blood. The
other tissues platelets also initiate a process that results in activation of
prothrombin activator, an enzyme that converts a blood-protein
c. borth a and b
constituent called prothrombin to thrombin. In the
d. neither a nor b presence of calcium ions, thrombin catalyzes the
conversion of another blood-protein component, fibrinogen, into
43. What do you call the type of cancer which affects fibrin threads. The fibrin threads form a fine meshwork
connective tissues? in the blood and together with trapped cells and other blood
a. carcinoma particles make a clot and block further the escape of
blood from the wound. In the hereditary disease
b. sarcoma hemophilia, there is a deficiency in the factors that
c. leukemia activate the formation of prothrombin activator; the hemophiliac
lacks the ability to form clots at the point of wounding
d. all of the above and may bleed to death from an apparently minor cut or
44. Cancer found in the skin would most likely be classifed as abrasion.

a. carcinoma from: Biology by Norstog and Meyerriecks

b. sarcoma
c. leukemia 46. What is the best title for the paragraph?

d. dermacoma a. Blood and its Uses

45. What is the basis for the classification of cancers? b. The Evolution of Blood

a. the cancer’s size and weight c. The Importance of Blood Clots

b. the cancer’s location and the tissue affected d. How a Blood Clot is Formed
47. What part of the blood plays an essential role in clot d. Fibrin threads are the result of the combination of the
formation? blood and its platelets.
a. blood proteins
b. fibrin
c. platelets Kasingkahulugan

d. red blood cells Panuto: Piliin ang salitang kasingkahulugan ng salitang

nakapahilig (italicized).
48. What could happen to a hemophiliac should he get
wounded?
a. bleed to death 1. Nauulinigan ang pag-uusap ng grupo dahil sa lakas ng
tinig nila.
b. blood clots will form immiediately
a. nahihimigan
c. he will have unlimited supply of blood
b. napakikinggan
d. his blood will become infected
c. nakikita
49. What is the first step in the formation of a blood clot?
d. nararamdaman
a. Blood from cut vesseel begins to flow
2. Karapatan ng bawat batang Pilipino ang magkaroon ng
b. Blood platelets swell and burst, releasing chemicals pamilyang mag-aaruga sa kanya.
c. Prothrombin is activated a. mag-aalaga
d. Formation of fibrin threads b. magsasaway
50. How are fibrin threads formed? c. gagabay
a. Fibrinogen is converted into fibrin threads by the d. tutulong
platelets.
3. Nagugulumihanan si Rochelle kung anong kurso ang
b. Thrombin and calcium ions catalyzes the conversion of kanyang kukunin sa kolehiyo. a. nagtataka
fibrinogen to fibrin threads.
b. natutuwa
c. Fibrin threads occur naturally in the blood.
c. nagpapasalamat
d. nalilito
4. Tigib na ng pasahero ang dyip nang ito ay umalis. b. masaya
a. punung-puno c. magulo ang isip
b. kulang-kulang d. malinaw ang isip
c. kaunting-kaunti 9. Maalwan lamang ang nararapat na dalahin ng isang bata.
d. maraming-marami a. magaan
5. Hindi na nakapagpigil ang kaawa-awang katulong kaya b. maganda
isiniwalat ang sama ng loob sa mapang-aping amo.
c. malaki
a. isinabi
d. maliit
b. inilahad
10. Sa palihan nagagawa ang mga itak, espada at iba pang
c. isinigaw yari sa bakal.
d. ibinulgar a. palikuran
6. Iminungkuhi ang pagbabawal magtapon ng basura sa di- b. pamilihang-bayan
wastong lugar.
c. palengke
a. ipinanukala
d. pandayan
b. inilahad
11. Hindi mo dapat gawing katuwaan ang pagkutya sa
c. isiniwalat kapwa.
d. kinalat a. pagsumbong
7. Madalas silang mapaaway dahil sa kanilang kapalaluan. b. paglibak
a. kalabisan c. pagtampo
b. kayabangan d. pagkurot
c. kagandahan 12. Ang pag-eensayo ng banda ay nakabubulahaw.
d. kasinungalingan a. nakaiinis
8. Pakiramdam niya ay labis-labis ang kanyang suliranin b. nakagugulo
kung kaya siya ay naliligalig. a. matalino
c. nakatutuwa 17. Madaling nababalino sa lihis na gawain ang mga
kabataang laki sa langsangan. a. natutuwa
d. nakababahala
b. namamalik-mata
13. Dapat kang magkamal ng salapi sa mabuting paraan
lamang. c. nagaganyak
a. magmana d. nakaiiwas
b. magnakaw 18. Maraming himutok ang mga mangagawa laban sa
kanilang kumpanya gaya ng di pagtaas ng kanilang sahod.
c. magtamasa
a. nais
d. maghanda
b. balakid
14. Ilan taon ding siniil ng mga dayuhan ang mga Pilipino.
c. kilos
a. tinago
d. reklamo
b. inapi
19. Walang minimithi ang iyong magulang kung di ang
c. tinimpi
mabigyan ka ng magandang kinabukasan.
d. pinalaya
a. dinadalangin
15. Ang anumang alitan ay di dapat hayaang magtagal.
b. ninanais
a. proyekto
c. ikinatutuwa
b. pagkakaibigan
d. tinitiis
c. hiniram
20. Iwasang sumugba sa alanganin.
d. bangayan
a. sumugod
16. Laganap ang krisis kaya tayo ay dapat magtipid.
b. tumigil
a. kalat
c. lumayo
b. kapos
d. lumapit
c. limitado
21. Huwag mong pukawin ang batang nahihimlay.
d. pantay
a. libangin
b. palayain b. masiglang-masigla
c. pigilin c. masayang-masaya
d. gisingin d. hinayang na hinayang

22. Hindi ka dapat magmaktol kung ika’y napagsasabihan.

a. umiyak
b. magtampo
c. magdabog
d. lumayas
23. Tuwing Marso, ang puno ng mangga ay namumutiktik sa
bunga.
a. maraming-marami Kasalungat
b. bilang na bilang Panuto: Piliin ang salitang kasalungat ng salitang nakapahilig
(italicized).
c. kakaunti
d. malalaki
1. Ang pag-iibigan nina Florante at Laura ay matimyas.
24. Kumipot ang Maynila sa dami ng taong naninirahan dito.
a. di-magmamaliw
a. lumuwag
b. di-totoo
b. lumaki
c. dalisay
c. sumikip
d. wagas
d. lumiit
2. Nilalagyan ng pataba ang halaman upang ito’y
25. Patang-pata siya nang marating ang tuktok ng bundok
yumabong.
Apo.
a. lumago
a. pagod na pagod
b. dumami
c. malanta d. nahimatay
d. lumiit 7. Huwag mong ugaliin ang umalipusta ng iyong kapwa.
3. Namamasyal siya sa parke upang mapawi ang lumbay. a. laitin
a. galak b. purihin
b. lungkok c. kagalitan
c. sama ng loob d. bastusin
d. gulat 8. Pahapay na ang mga maliliit na kumpanya dahil sa
pagbagsak ng ekonomiya.
4. Hinintay namin ang pagdaong ng 2GO na barko upang
salubungin si Ate. a. paunlad
a. pag-alis b. tagilid
b. paglapag c. pabagsak
c. paghimpil d. pasara
d. pagtigil 9. Makapal at magalas ang palad ng mga mason at
karpintero.
5. Palasak na ang paggamit ng kompyuter.
a. mabuto
a. pambihira
b. magaspang
b. pangkaraniwan
c. maliksi
c. laganap
d. makinis
d. matipid
10. Masalimuot man ang buhay natin, di tayo dapat mawalan
6. Nabaghan siya nang dumating ang kanyang amang
ng pag-asa.
dalawang taong naghanapbuhay sa ibang bansa.
a. mahirap
a. nagulat
b. magulo
b. nagtaka
c. maayos
c. nainis
d. malungkot
11. Sinaplutan man lamang sana nila ang sanggol bago ito a. aasenso
ginamit sa paglilimos. a. binalutan
b. maghihikahos
b. tinakpan
c. magiging salat
c. dinamitan
d. maghihirap
d. hinubaran
16. Mahirap pakinggan ang sinasabi ng taong garil.
12. Hindi dapat pagkatiwalaan ang mga taong taksil na
a. utal
mabait lamang kung kaharap mo.
b. bulol
a. suwail
c. matalino
b. matapat
d. matatas
c. hunghang
17. Kumain ka ng masustansyang pagkain nang hindi maging
d. matalino
hawas.
13. Tila walang kapaguran ang mabungalngal na bibig ni
a. payat
Lina.
b. matipuno
a. tahimik
c. manipis
b. masalita
d. sakitin
c. madaldal
18. Ang labis na pagiging hidhid ay nakasasama rin lalo pa’t
d. masakit
hindi ka marunong magbigay sa nangangailangan.
14. Napakukupad ng takbo ng karitela kung ikukumpara sa
a. waldas
traysikel at dyip.
b. kuripot
a. napakabilis
c. matipid
b. napakabagal
d. mapera
c. napakakuyad
19. Hungkag ang bigasan dahil nasira ng bagyo ang mga
d. napakadali
palay.
15. Patuloy na magdarahop ang taong tamad.
a. salat
b. puno d. maliliit
c. bulok 24. Maantak ang sugat kapag napatakan ng kalamansi.
d. bago a. malaki
20. Ang mga bulaklak ng orkidya ay naluoy sa tindi ng init. b. maliit
a. nabulok c. manhid
b. natuyo d. mahapdi
c. namukadkad 25. Tunay na mabalasik ang leon at ang tigre.
d. nalaglag a. maamo
21. Totoo bang walang latoy ang pagkain sa ospital? b. matapang
a. walang lasa c. masungit
b. walang sangkap d. maliit
c. malasa
d. kakaunti
22. Hindi nilubayan ng mga manunulat ang pagtatanong sa
panauhing pandangal.
a. tinigilan
b. iniwasan
c. dinikitan
d. pinagpatuloy
23. Ang mga tirahan ng mayayaman ay maagwat sa isa’t isa.
a. hiwa-hiwalay Kawikaan

b. magkakadikit Panuto: Piliin ang salitang kasingkahulugan ng salitang

nakapahilig (italicized).
c. layo-layo
1. Nag-alsa balutan ang katulong sa bahay dahil sa 5. Di-mahapayang gatang ang pagpapalitan ng kuru-kuro
kalupitan ng kanyang amo. ng mga mambabatas.
a. nagtampo a. hindi maumpisahan
b. lumayas b. hindi magulo
c. nagtago c. hindi masaya
d. nagmaktol d. hindi maawat
2. Hindi totoo ang kanyang katapangan sapagkat bahag 6. Noong panahon ng pananakop ng Kastila, ang mga
ang buntot niya sa harap ng paghihirap. Pilipino ay hawak sa tainga ng mga ito.
a. malakas ang loob a. sunud-sunuran
b. matapang b. katuwang
c. duwag c. kakampi
d. matiyaga d. alipin
3. Dahil sa paulit-ulit na pagsisinungaling, basa ang papel 7. Mabulaklak ang landas ng taong masikap.
niya sa karamihan.
a. malabo ang kinabukasan
a. ayaw nang paniwalaan
b. makulay ang kinabukasan
b. ayaw nang pagbigyan
c. magulo ang kinabukasan
c. ayaw nang pakinggan
d. maganda ang kinabukasan
d. ayaw nang makasama
8. Maliit ang sisidlan ni Mhon kaya iniiwasan siyang biruin.
4. Kumukulo ang dugo ng ina ni Robin sa kanya sapagkat
a. walang lakas-loob
hindi siya nag-aral nang mabuti.
b. walang galang
a. tuwang-tuwa
c. walang malay
b. galit na galit
d. walang pasensiya
c. lungkot na lungkot
9. Mahilig kasing magbasa kahit sa madilim si Tina kaya
d. nakapapaso
siya ay nagmamatangmanok.
a. lumiliit ang mgata a. masungit
b. malabo ang mata b. isnabera
c. lumuluwa ang mata c. mahiyain
d. kumikislap ang mata d. pangit
10. Kung minsan, inggit ang nagiging dahilan sa 14. Di dapat tularan ang mga taong walang kusang-palo.
pagsasaulian ng kandila.
a. walang kusang-loob
a. pagkasira ng tiwala
b. walang bait sa sarili
b. pagkasira ng pamilya
c. walang nalalaman
c. pagkasira ng pagkakaibigan
d. walang direksiyon
d. pagkasira ng lipunan
15. Hindi tama ang ika’y walang lingon-likod. Dapat ay
11. Pabalat-bunga lang pala ang pagiging bukas-palad niya; suklian ang kabutihan ng iba sa iyo.
may pulitikal pala itong kadahilanan kaya siya mapagbigay.
a. mayabang
a. taos-puso
b. mapagmataas
b. pakunwari
c. walang utang na loob
c. pasikreto
d. walang pagkakautang
d. sapilitan
16. Makapigil-hininga ang pelikulang Muro Ami.
12. Tiklop-tuhod ang akusado na siya ay patawarin ng
a. nakasasabik
biktima.
b. nakaaantok
a. nagkukunwari
c. nakaiinis
b. nananakot
d. nakasusuya
c. nagmamamakawa
17. Halang ang kaluluwa ng taong gumagawa ng karumal-
d. gumagapang
dumal na krimen.
13. Ni ayaw man lamang humarap sa tao ang talo-saling na
a. mabait
si Eula.
b. bastos c. mahilig tumakbo
c. maitim ang budhi d. mahilig mag-aral
d. matapang 22. Binata na si JB kaya siya ay naniningalang-pugad na.
18. Di-maliparan ng uwak ang lupain ng mga Aquino sa a. ninigarilyo
Tarlac.
b. nababarkada
a. napakaliit
c. nanliligaw
b. napakalawak
d. naninirahan nang mag- isa
c. nakapakadami
23. Malimit na may kabanggaan si Malou sa opisina dahil
d. napakasikip maanghang ang kanyang dila.
19. Makunat pa sa patola si Lola Rosa kaya uugud-ugod na. a. pikon
a. masayahin pa b. walang pakialam
b. masigla pa c. masakit magsalita
c. mukhang bata d. masayahin
d. napakatanda na 24. Di napaunlakan ni Ana ang imbitasyong manood sila ng
sine sapagkat butas ang kanyang bulsa.
20. Nilubugan ng araw ang mga taong nasalanta ng bagyo
ang mga tirahan. a. sira ang pantalon
a. nawalan ng pag-asa b. walang pera
b. dumilim ang paligid c. nagtitipid
c. naputulan ng kuryente d. walang panahon
d. naghirap 25. Si Karl ay nagtataingang-kawali. Animo’y wala siyang
naririnig kahit tinatawag na.
21. Hindi mo matatagpuan sa kanilang bahay si Cecile,
palibhasa ay may puyo sa talampakan. a. matigas ang tainga
a. mahilig matulog b. mahina ang pandinig
b. mahilig mamasyal c. barado ang tainga
d. nagbibingi-bingihan d. pakiusap
4. Nagulat ang mga tao ________ mabalitaan ang
kaguluhang nagaganap sa Mindanao.
a. nang

Wastong Gamit b. ng

Panuto: Piliin ang titik ng salitang angkop sa patlang. c. noon

d. datapwat

1. Katungkulan ________ sinuman ang tumulong sa 5. ________ mo si Chin ng damit sa kabinet.

kanyang kapwa. a. Kunin
a. nang b. Utusan
b. ng c. Hanapan
c. namin d. Hanapin
d. natin 6. ________ suliranin ng pagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina ang
2. ________ ko kay Inay ang mga kaganapan sa aming pinakapaksa ng pulong sa kasalukuyan.
paaralan sa isang buong papel. a. Hinggil kay
a. Isinulat b. Ayon kay
b. Isinabi c. Hinggil sa
c. Sinulat d. Ayon sa
d. Sinabi 7. Ang paglalakbay ________ Magellan noong 1521 ang
3. Ang ________ ng mga manlalaro ay dininig ng komite naging dahilan kung bakit nakilala ang Pilipinas sa ibang bansa.
kahapon. a. ni
a. pakiusapan b. daw
b. pakikipag-usap c. sa
c. ipakiusap d. para kay
8. Ang pagkakalat o pagtatapon sa kung saan-saan ay d. Sang-ayon kina
________ batas.
12. ________ ni Emilio Jacinto ang Kartilya na naglalaman
a. sang-ayon ng adhikain ng Katipunan. a. Winika
b. hinggil sa b. Sinulatan
c. laban sa c. Isinabi
d. labag sa d. Nalaman
9. Pinatay ________ mga Hapones si Jose Abad Santos 13. Dumating ang Lola ________ kami’y nagdiwang
nang tanggihan niyang ibunyag ang lihim ng mga kilusang
a. kaya
Pilipino laban sa kanila.
b. kung
a. namin
c. marahil
b. ng
d. siguro
c. nang
14. Ang pagbabara ng mga estero ay dulot ________ walang
d. noong
pakundangang pagtatapon ng basura.
10. ________ mo naman sa kanila na magdala ng
a. rin
mapagsasaluhan.
b. ng
a. Usapin
c. natin
b. Usap-Usapan
d. nila
c. Ipakiusap
15. ________ maaari ay magtipid tayo nang husto.
d. Pakiusap
a. Kung
11. ________ G. at Gng. Reyes, matagal na nilang pinag-
iipunan ang pangtustos sa pag-aaral mo sa kolehiyo. b. Dahil
a. Ayon sa c. Bagamat
b. Ayon kay d. Mandin
c. Ayon kina 16. Mapadali ang ating gawain ________ tayo ay
magtutulung-tulungan.
a. upang a. subalit
b. kung b. disin sana’y
c. kahit c. nang
d. ngunit d. ng
17. Masaya sila ________ napakaraming pagsubok ang 21. Hindi maaaring ibilanggo ang sino man dahil ________
dumarating sa kanilang pamilya. kanyang pagkakautang.
a. sapagkat a. na
b. marahil b. ng
c. kahit c. nang
d. kung d. sa
18. ________ pagod na pagod na sa biyahe si Rey ay 22. Nagpapatugtog sila ________ awiting Pilipino.
nagawa pa rin niya ang mag-aral.
a. sa
a. Bagaman
b. nang
b. Maliban
c. ng
c. Samakatwid
d. na
d. Maging
23. Ang ________ ng mga mamamayan na huwag munang
19. Patuloy tayong maghahalinhinan sa pagroronda magtaas ng presyo ng langis ay pinag-aaralan ng kinauukulan.
________ di pa nahuhuli ang magnanakaw.
a. usapin
a. samantala
b. pakiusapan
b. hanggang
c. ipakiusap
c. palibhasa
d. pakiusap
d. bagaman
24. Hindi ________ nabibigyang lunas ang sakit na AIDS sa
20. Nagtatalon sa tuwa si Regina ________ mapanalunan ngayon.
ang patimpalak sa pagsusulat ng maikling kuwento.
a. pa
b. na c. Abutin
c. sa d. Kunan
d. ka 29. Huwag mong ________ ang sino mang nasa
kapangyarihan kung nais mo lamang makakuha ng pabor.
25. ________ bang suliranin na hindi kayang lutasin?
a. abutin
a. May
b. abutan
b. Mayroon
c. kunin
c. Sino
d. kunan
d. Anong
30. ________ mo ang mabibigat na dalahin ng Inay.
26. ________ patimpalak sa Balagtasan na gaganapin sa
plasa. a. Abutan
a. May b. Tanawin
b. Mayroon c. Kunin
c. Anong d. Kunan
d. Bakit
27. ________ ba nagkaroon ng isang bulkan?
a. Sino
b. Alin
c. Ano
d. Paano Pagkilala sa Mali

28. ________ natin ang ating kapwang nangangailangan ng Panuto: Basahing mabuti ang bawat pangungusap. Hanapin ang
tulong. salita o grupo ng mga salitang may salungguhit na di wasto ang
gamit. Kung walang mali, piliin ang titik e.
a. Abutan
b. Kunin
1. Ang walang kamatayang Mi Ultimo Adios ay sinulat ng a b c d
Rizal sa Fort Santiago. e
a b c d Walang mali. 7. Mag-aral ng mabuti upang hindi masayang ang iyong
pera at panahon. Walang mali.
e
a b c d
2. Si Teodora Alonzo at Francisco Mercado ang mga
e
magulang ni Jose Rizal.
a b c Walang mali.
8. Tunay nga na masipag at maalahanin ang panganay na
d
si Rochell. Walang mali.
3. Hindi dapat lumikha nang buwis na hindi makakayang
a b c d
bayaran ng kahit sino.
e
a b c
9. Hindi lamang sipag kundi tiyaga din ang kinakailangan
d
upang magtagumpay sa isang
Walang mali.
a b c
e d negosyo. Walang mali.

4. Iniisip rin ng ating pamahalaan ang kapakanan ng mga e

maralita. Walang mali.
10. Upang maiwasan ang pagkasira ng ngipin, ipinapayo ng
a b c d mga dentista na
e
a b
5. Mainam sa lahat ng paraan ng pag-aaral ang magbalik- nagsisipilyo matapos kumain. Walang mali.
aral ng mga aralin bago pa a b man dumating ang
c d e
mga pagsusulit sa paaralan. Walang mali.
11. Haluin mo ang sopas ng iba’t ibang gulay. Walang mali.
c d
e a b c d e

6. Ang mga payo kung binitawan ay dapat mong pakinggan. 12. Kundi ka kikilos at di gagawin ang iyong proyekto ay
Walang mali. wala kang mapapala.
 a b c a b c
d Walang mali. d e
e 18. Hindi nawawalan ng pag-asa ang mga mayroon matibay
na paniniwala.
13. Alam mo ba na mayroon proyekto ang CHED na
tinaguriang “Study Now, Pay a b c a b c
d d
Later”? Walang Mali. Walang mali.
c e
14. Nagtutulungan ang mga ninuno nating Ifugao kaya 19. Ipinakiusap mo ba na pinayagan kang gamitin ang
nayari ang hagdan-hagdang kompyuter? Walang mali.
a b c a b c
d e
taniman ng palay. Walang mali
20. Hanapan mo ng sagot sa iyong katanungan ang iyong
d e
guro. Walang mali.
15. Ginigising lamang daw ng Maykapal ang mga taong
a b c d
nakalilimot sa Kanya sapagkat a b c d
e
nagkakaroon ng kalamidad. Walang mali.
21. Ayon sa mga dalubhasa, malaki raw ang naitutulong ng
e
pag-eehersisyo ng pag-
a b
16. Maganda siya ngunit masungit kaya hindi siya popular sa c iwas sa pagkakaroon ng sakit sa
mga kamag-aral. puso. Walang mali.
a b c d e
d
22. Dapat nating iiwasan ang labis na pagkain ng mga
Walang mali. maaalat na pagkain. a b c d
e Walang mali.
17. Upang umunlad ang bayan kailangan ang pagtutulungan e
nang lahat. Walang mali.
23. Panatilihin nating laging malinis at malayo sa polusyon
ang ating kapaligiran para
a b c d na rin sa ating kalusugan. Walang mali
e

24. Laban sa batas ang smuggling dahil ito ay isang paraan

ng pagsabotahe sa
a b
Pag-unawa sa Binasa
c d ekonomiya. Walang mali
e Panuto: Basahing mabuti ang bawat pangungusap, talata, tula,
sanaysay, at grapo. Piliin ang titik ng wastong sagot ayon sa
25. Walang kabutihang naidudulot ang droga, bagkus ito pa
iyong binasa. A. Sa Langit Kong Gusto
nga ang nakasisira nang a
b c d tahanan ni Czarmaine Feliciano
at lipunan. Walang mali.
Gusto kong pamunta Sa langit kong
e gusto na may mga Anghel na
nanunuod sa akin sa langit kong gusto

Sa mga ibon na lumilipad katulad nila

gusto ko ring lumipad nang mataas na mataas sa
langit sa langit kong gusto mapuntahan.

Kung mayroon lang isang hagdan patungo doon

Aakyat na ako agad doon
Doon sa langit kong gustong mapuntahan.
1. Ano ang nais mapuntahan ng manunula? Maraming maitutulong ang mga kabataan sa
pagpapaunlad ng bansa. Maaaring simulan nila ang
a. ibon
pagmamalasakit sa kani-kanilang mga pamayanan. Sa mga
b. langit proyektong inilulunsad ng pamaghalaan, may mga gawaing
pangkabataan katulad ng pagpapaganda ng kapaligiran at
c. Anghel
paglilinis ng mga sari-sariling bakuran. Makatutulong din ang
d. hagdan mga kabataan sa pagpapanatili ng katahimikan at kapayapaan
sa mga pamayanan. Ngunit, bakit tila yata ang mga kabataang
2. Ano ang tayutay ng ginamit sa unang dalawang linya ng
ito ang bibigo sa dakilang pangarap ng yumaong bayani? Bakit
ikalawang saknong?
tila nais nilang sikilin ang damdaming makabayang siyang
a. pagtutulad sandata sa pagtatanggol sa Inang Bayan?

b. pagwawangis Mula sa
Likha IV nina Samonte, et al.
c. pagmamalabis
d. pagbibigay katauhan
4. Aling sa mga sumusunod ang HINDI nagpapakita ng
3. Sa anong saknong ipinahihiwatig ng manunula ang pagmamalasakit sa pamayanan?
pangunahing kaisipan ng kanyang tula?
a. Pakikiisa sa mga proyekto ng pamayanan.
a. unang saknong
b. Pagpapanatili ng kapayapaan at katahimikan.
b. ikalawang saknong
c. Paglilinis ng mga sari-sariling bakuran.
c. ikatlong saknong
d. Pakikiisa sa kapuwa kabataang may masamang bisyo.
d. walang pangunahing kaisipan
5. Paano maiaahon ng kabataan ang bansang Pilipinas sa
tiyak na kasawian?
B. Kabataan: Pag-asa ng Bayan
a. Sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaroon ng tunay na pag-ibig
“Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan.” Ito ang sinabi ni sa bayan.
Dr. Jose Rizal, ang ating pambansang bayani. Malaki ang
b. Sa pamamagitan ng pagtugon sa kani-kaniyang
pagtitiwala niya sa angking talino at kakayahan ng mga
kagustuhan lamang.
kabataan. Naniniwala siya na mahahango ang bansang Pilipinas
sa tiyak na kasawian kung sila, ang mga kabataan, ang c. Parehong tama ang a at b
magkakaroon ng tunay na pag-ibig sa bayan.
d. Walang tamang sagot.
6. Ano ang nadarama ng may-akda sa kabataan na kanyang sanga nito ay mainam na gamot at pantapal sa pilay, mga
ipinahiwatig sa dalawang huling pangungusap ng talata? maysakit na bahagi ng katawan, eksema at sa mga galis.
Mabisang gamot ang Santan.
a. Tuwa sapagkat tunay na pag-asa ng bayan ang
kabataan.
Hango sa: Likha IV nina Samonte, et al.
b. Lungkot dahil tila bibiguin ng mga kabataan ang
paniniwala ni Rizal.
c. Galak dahil patuloy ang kabataan sa pagpapaunlad ng 8. Ano ang Ixora coccinea L.?
bayan. a. Pangalan punungkahoy.
d. Dalamhati sapagkat naaalala niya ang kabataan ni Rizal. b. Pang-agham na pangalan ng Santan.
7. “Ang kabataan ay pag-asa ng bayan.” Ano ang c. Pang-agham na pangalan ng prutas.
implikasyon ng pangungusap na ito?
d. Pang-agham ng pangalanng mga halamang
a. Masagana ang bayan namumulaklak.
b. Mapayapa ang bayan 9. Alin sa mga sumusunod na pangungusap ang wasto?
c. May suliranin ang bayan a. Ang lahat ng Santan ay mabango.
d. May bayani ang bayan b. Ang Santang pula ay galing sa Tsina.
c. Maraming klase ang Santan ngunit walang malaginto ang
C. Ang pang-agham na pangalan ay Ixora coccinea L. at kulay.
karaniwang tinatawag na halamang Santan sa ating bayan.Ito
d. Maaaring ipanggamot ang Santan.
ay isa sa mga kaaya-ayang halaman na pampalamuti. Maraming
klase ang Santan – may puti, pula, dilaw at malaginto. Iba-iba 10. Anong bahagi ng Santan ang may pinakamaraming gamit
rin ang laki – may mahaba pero makitid ang mga dahon, bilang gamot.
samantalang ang iba ay mas malapad at maikli. May
a. dahon
mabangong Santan at mayroon ding walang amoy. Ang Ixora
coccinea L. ay galing sa India. Mahalaga ito dahil sa maaaring b. bulaklak
ipanggamot. Ang solusyon mula sa pinakulong ugat ay
c. ugat
maaaring purga. Maaaring ipainom sa nagduduwal at sa
sinisinok. Nakatutulong ito sa pagkakaroon ng gana sa pagkain. d. sanga
Mabuti rin ito sa di dinadatnan at nagtatae. Para sa makating
lalamunan, maaaring ipangmumog ito. Iyong binayong sariwang
11. Ano ang pinakamabuting pamagat para sa talatang a. Ang bilang ng nababasa
nabasa?
b. Ang kahalagahan ng aklat
a. Ang Ugat ng Santan
c. Ang kahalagahan ng pagbabasa
b. Ang Santan
d. Ang hirap ng pagbabasa
c. Ang Santan Bilang Gamot
14. Bakit mahalaga ang pagbabasa?
d. Mga Uri ng Santan
a. Sapagkat sa halos lahat ng gawain, kasangkot ang
12. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang wastong gamit ng solusyon pagbabasa.
mula sa pinakulong ugat ng santan?
b. Sapagkat mararating ang daigdig ng pangarap sa
a. Maaaring pampagana ng pagkain pagbabasa.
b. Maaaring pantapal sa pilay c. Lahat ng nabanaggit sa tama.
c. Maaaring gawing palamuti d. Walang tamang sagot.
d. Maaaring pang-alis ng eksema at galis 15. Ano ang pinakamainam na pamagat ng nabasa?
a. Ang Kahalagahan ng Pagbabasa
D. Bakit mahalaga ang pagbabasa sa ating buhay? Sapagkat b. Pagbabasa at Kaunlaran
naging malawak at masalimuot ang buhay ng tao sa daigdig,
c. Pagbabasa ng mga Pilipino
kasama na ang mga kaugalian ng mga tao. Sa pagbabasa,
naririto ang kasanayan sa pagkilala ng mga salita, pag-unawa, d. Sa Makulay na Mundo ng Pagbabasa
paggamit ng sanggunian, mga kasanayan sa pag-iisip, panlasa,
saloobin, at kawilihan.
E. Nakikita sa mata ang iba’t ibang emosyon. Tuwa, lungkot,
Dagdag pa rito ang pagpasok ng mga bagong kaalaman, mga
pighati, pangamba, pagasam, pakiusap. Ito ang salamin ng
bagong tuklas sa larangan ng siyensiya, teknolohiya, sining. Ang
kaluluwa ng tao. Sa pamamagitan nito, nakapagpapahayag siya
mga balitang pandaigdig at babasahing inilalathala taun-taon,
ng pag-ibig, nakakakuha ng pansin, nanunukso, at maaaring
ang mga mahuhusay na aklat sa aklatan na di pa man
magbadya ng galit. Noon, ang mata ay isa lang bahagi ng
nalalaman o nababasa ng isang tao sa buong buhay niya ay ilan
mukha. Ngayon, ito’y pinalalamutian sa kasayahan, at ginagamit
sa mga bagay-bagay na maaaring bigyang pansin sa
sa kasamaan. Ngunit maaari rin itong puhunan sa
pagbabasa.
pagandahan.Tunay ngang maraming gamit ang matang
13. Ano ang pangunahing diwa ng seleksiyon?
minumuta, kinakapitan ng sakit, lumalabo at ginagamit sa b. Natuklasan nila na ang mata ay nakikitaan ng sakit.
pagtingin.
c. Natuklasan nila na ang mata ay maaaring mabulag.
Hango sa: Gamiting Pilipino nina Buensuceso, et al.
d. Natutuhan nila na may palamuti para sa mga mata.
16. Ano ang paksang pangungusap sa talata?
20. Anong parirala ang nagpapahiwatig ng paggamit ng mata
a. Nakikita sa mata ang iba’t ibang emosyon. sa kasamaan?
b. Ito ang salamin sa kaluluwa ng tao. a. mapungay na mata
c. Sa pamamagitan nito, nakapagpapahayag siya ng b. matang nagsusumamo
damdamin.
c. nanlilisik na mata
d. Tunay ngang maraming gamit ang matang minumuta,
d. matambaka
kinakapitan ng sakit, lumalabo at ginagamit sa pagtingin.
17. Ano ang pinakamainam sa pamagat sa talata?
a. Ang Mga Emosyon sa Mata
b. Mata: Bahagi ng Mukha
F. Makikita sa ibaba ang tsart ng Minimum Wage sa Maynila
c. Ang Iba’t Ibang Gamit ng Mata mula 1990 hanggang 1999. Ang mga tuldok ay kumakatawan sa
d. Mga Sakit sa Mata pasahod sa iba’t ibang taon.

18. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang hindi nabanggit na

nagagawa ng mata?
a. nagpapahiwatig ng emosyon
b. nagpapakita ng matinding karamdaman 21. Tungkol saan ang grapong nabasa?
c. nagbabadya ng galit a. Pinakamataas na pasahod sa Maynila sa iba’t ibang taon.
d. nanunukso b. Pinakamababang pasahod sa Maynila sa iba’t ibang taon.
19. Paano nagbago ang pananaw ng tao hinggil sa mga c. Regional Triparite Wages and Productivity Board
mata?
d. Bilang ng mga mangagawang napasahod sa iba’t ibang
a. Natutuhan na nilang gamitin ang mata upang taon.
magpahiwatig ng iba’t ibang emosyon.
22. Gaano kalaki ang pagkakaiba ng pasahod noong Oktubre G.
1999 at noong Mayo 1996?
a. ₱78.50
26. Anong pamagat ang angkop sa tsart sa itaas?
b. ₱38.50
a. Badyet para sa Militar ng Iba’t Ibang Bansa
c. ₱388.50
b. Kalagayang Pang-Ekonomiya
d. ₱58.50
c. Badyet at Katayuang Pangmilitar ng mga Piling Bansa
23. Kailan nagkaroon ng pinakamababang pagtaas ng
d. Bilang ng mga Militar sa Iba’t Ibang Bansa
pasahod ayon sa grapo?
27. Anong bansa ang may pinakamataas na bilang ng tropa?
a. Nobyembre 1990
a. Japan
b. Enero 1991
b. South Korea
c. Disyembre 1993
c. Brunei
d. Abril 1994
d. Malaysia
24. Gaano katagal naging pinakamababang pasahod ng mga
empleyado ang halagang ₱145? 28. Anong bansa ang may inilalaang pinakamalaking
porsiyento ng GDP para sa badyet militar?
a. dalawang buwan
a. Japan
b. dalawampu’t apat na buwan
b. South Korea
c. limang buwan
c. Brunei
d. dalawampu’t limang buwan
d. Malaysia
25. Ilang beses nagkaroon ng dalawampung piso (₱20)
pagtaas sa minimum wage? a. isa 29. Anong bansa ang may pinakamalaking GDP?

b. dalawa a. Japan

c. tatlo b. Brunei

d. wala c. Malaysia
d. South Korea
30. Ano ang maaaring dahilan kung bakit mababa lamang c. D-A-B C
ang bilang ng katayuang pangmilitar ng Brunei?
d. D-B-A C
a. Kulang sila sa pananalapi
b. Maliit na bansa lamang ang Brunei
2. Kung daragdagan ng isang pangwakas na pangungusap
c. Hindi nila kailangan ang militar ang mga nasa itaas, alin sa mga sumusunod ang pinaka-
angkop?
d. Walang nais magsundalo sa kanilang mga tao.
a. Ang “Clean Air Act” ang tamang solusyon sa lahat ng
polusyon.
b. Alamin ang tungkol sa “Clean Air Act”.
Pagtatalata
c. Kung ikaw ang may-ari ng kumpanya, sang-ayon kaba sa
Panuto: Basahing mabuti ang bawat pangungusap at sagutin “Clean Air Act”?
ang mga tanong na sumusunod dito.
d. Tumulong mapanatiling malinis ang hangin.
I.
3. Ano ang pinaka-angkop na pamagat sa nabuong talata?
A. Ayon batas na ito, pagbabayarin ang mga may-ari ng
kumpanya at sasakyan na nakapipinsala sa kalidad ng hangin a. Ang Kalinisan
dahil sa mga usok na binubuga nito. b. Ang Clean Air Act
B. Ang “Clean Air Act” ay isang batas na naglalayong c. Ang Hangin
mapanatiling malinis ang ating hangin.
d. Ang Kumpanya
C. Sa ibang banda naman, ang mga kumpanyang
magkakabit o maglalagay ng mga gamit laban sa polusyon sa II.
kanilang lugar ay bibigyan ng “tax break”. D. Ano nga ba ang A. Ayon sa saligang batas, maraming mga katangiang dapat
“Clean Air Act”? taglayin ang sino mang nagnanais na maging Presidente ng
bansa.

1. Ano ang wastong ayos ng mga pangungusap na B. Ikalawa, nararapat din na siya ay rehistradong botante at
makabubuo ng isang makabuluhang talata? marunong bumasa at sumulat.

a. A-D-B C C. Isa pang mahalagang katangian ay kinakailangang 40

taon man lamang siya sa araw ng halalan.
b. B-D-A C
D. Isa sa mga katangiang ito ay nararapat na isa siyang A. Ang mga ito ay nagmula sa Gitnang Asya at naglakad sa
katutubong ipinanganak na mamamayan ng Pilipinas. mga tulay na lupang nagkakabit ng iba’t ibang bahagi ng Asya
sa Pilipinas.
E. At ang huli ay nararapat na siya ay residente ng Pilipinas
sa loob ng sampung taon bago dumating ang halalan. B. Sila ay sinundan ng Indones na galing sa Timog
Silangang Asya.
C. Ang pinakaunang pangkat ng mga tao sa Pilipinas ay ang
4. Ano ang wastong pagkakasunod-sunod ng mga
mga Ita o Negrito.
pangungusap na makabubuo ng makabuluhang talata?
D. Ang huling pangkat naman na dumating upang
a. A-B-C-D-E
manirahan dito sa ating bansa ay ang mga Malay na nagmula
b. A-B-D-C-E rin sa Timog Silangang Asya.
c. A-D-B-C-E
d. A-D-C-B-E 7. Ano ang wastong pagkakasunud-sunod ng mga
pangungusap na makabubuo ng isang makabuluhang talata?
5. Ano ang pamamaraang ginamit upang mabuo ang talata?
a. A-B-C-D
a. pagbibigay ng sanhi at bunga
b. C-A-B-D
b. paglalarawan
c. C-B-D-A
c. paghahambing
d. C-B-A-D
d. pag-iisa-isa o enumerasyon
8. Ano ang pambungad na paksang pangungusap ang
6. Anong pangungusap ang nagsasabing hindi maaaring
angkop para sa talatang nabuo?
maging Presidente ng bansa ang isang dayuhan?
a. May tatlong pangkat ng tao ang dumating rito sa Pilipinas
a. pangungusap B
noong unang panahon.
b. pangungusap C
b. Tatatlong tao lamang ang pangkat ng mga sinaunang
c. pangungusap D Pilipino.

d. pangungusap E c. Tatlong pangkat ang mga Pilipino ngayon.

d. May tatlong sinaunang Pilipino.
III. 9. Ano ang angkop na pamagat para sa talata?
a. Ita, Indones at Malay a. Republican
b. Mga Pangkat ng Tao mula sa Asya b. Democratic
c. Sino Ako? c. neither a nor b
d. Ang mga Unang Pangkat ng mga Pilipino d. both a and b
10. Kung idaragdag bilang pangungusap E ang sumusunod 3. What is the power of the State to take private property
na pangungusap: “Ang mga Indones ay dumating nang for public use upon payment of a just compensation?
dalawang bugso may limang libong taon na ang nakaraan”; ano
a. right of confiscation
ang magiging panibagong pagkakasunud-sunod ng mga
pangungusap upang makabuo ng makabuluhang talata? b. right of limiting resources
a. A-B-E-C-D c. right of sequestration
d. right of eminent domain
b. C-A-B-E-D 4. Who among the following may issue a warrant of arrest
or a search warrant? a. a senator
c. C-B-E-D-A
b. a judge
d. C-B-E-A-D
c. a congressman
Constitution
d. the President
Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the answer
that will make each statement correct. 5. A foreigner may acquire Filipino citizenship through
a. naturalization
1. What do you call the introductory part of the b. extradition
Constitution?
c. rebirth
a. Preface
d. Visa application
b. Amendments
c. Preamble
6. The right to vote is also known as ____________.
d. Bill of Rights
a. suffrage
2. What form of government does the Philippines adopt?
b. naturalization d. elected by district and appointed by the Senators
c. democracy 11. The legislative power of the government shall be vested
in the
d. plebiscite
a. President
7. How many Senators are there in the Senate?
b. Congress
a. twenty-five
c. Supreme Court
b. twenty-four
d. all of the above
c. twelve
12. Which of the following may disqualify a person from
d. thirty
running for Presidency?
8. What is the minimum age requirements of a Senator?
a. He is sixty years old on the day of the election.
a. thirty
b. He lived abroad five years preceding the election.
b. twenty-five
c. He has Filipino parents but was born in the United States.
c. twenty
d. He is a registered voter.
d. thirty-five
13. Which of the following shows the transfer of power
9. Which of the following bills do not originate from the should the President be incapable of discharging his duties?
House of Representative?
a. President -→ Vice-President -→ Senate President -→
a. Appropriation bills House Speaker

b. Revenue of tariff bills b. President -→ Vice-President -→ Chief Justice -→ Senate

President
c. Amnesty
c. President -→ Vice-President -→ Chief Justice -→ House
d. Private bills
Speaker
10. The Members of the Lower House are
d. President -→ Vice-President -→ House Speaker -→
a. elected by region and by party list Senate President

b. elected by region and appointed by the President 14. A member of the Supreme Court

c. elected by district and party list

a. must have been for fifteen years or more, a judge of a a. Member of the Supreme Court
lower court.
b. Member of the Constitutional Commissions
b. must have been for ten years, a judge of the Court of
c. The Ombudsman
Appeals
d. Senators
c. may not be a member of the Philippine Bar
19. The national language of the Philippines is
d. may be a naturalized citizen
a. Pilipino
15. The Supreme Court is composed of
b. English and Filipino
a. a Chief Justice and fourteen Associate Justices
c. Tagalog
b. two Chief Justices and fourteen Associate Justices
d. Filipino
c. a Chief Justic and twelve Associate Justices
20. Who may propose any amendment to, or revision of the
d. a Chief Justice and an indefinite number of Associate
Constitution?
Justices
a. Congress or a Constitutional Convention
16. Which of the following is a Constitutional Commission?
b. Congress and a Constitutional Convention
a. Commission of Human Rights
c. Judiciary and Congress
b. Philippine Commission on Good Government
d. Judiciary and Constitutional Convention
c. Civil Service Commission
21. What tax is paid by individuals who derive compensation
d. Commission on Natural Resources
income?
17. What branch of government has the sole right to initiate
a. Value added tax
all cases of impeachment? a. Senate
b. Excise tax
b. Commission of Election
c. Income tax
c. House of Representative
d. Real estate tax
d. Judiciary
22. When is the deadline for filing income tax returns for
18. Which of the following is not removable from office by
every taxable year? a. April 15
impeachment?
b. April 30
c. March 15 c. Resettlement Act
d. March 30 d. Freedom Act
23. Which of the following statements is true about taxes? 27. Which of the following is true about elective local
officials?
a. It is a voluntary payment
a. The term of office is three years
b. It is payable both in cash and in kind
b. Barangay officials’ term of office is indefinite
c. It is an enforced contribution
c. An official may be reelected indefinitely
d. It is based on one’s desire to pay.
d. An official may not serve for less than three terms
24. What tax is imposed on one’s right to transmit property
at death, and is measured by the value of the property? 28. What may be classified as alienable lands of the public
domain?
a. Excise tax
a. forest
b. Withholding tax
b. mineral lands
c. Donor’s tax
c. national park
d. Estate tax
d. agricultural lands
25. Which of the following is classified as being a “Head of
the Family” for income tax purposes? 29. What is the maximum equity for aliens in a corporation or
association in the exploration development and utilization of
a. a married individual with dependents
natural resources?
b. an unmarried individual with dependents
a. 60%
c. a married individual without dependents
b. 40%
d. an unmarried individual without dependents
c. 50%
26. What Act implements the mandate for the “State to make
d. 30%
essential goods, health and other social services available to all
the people at affordable cost?” 30. What is recognized by the State as the foundation of the
nation?
a. Land Reform Program
a. barangay
b. Generics Act
b. community c. N
c. family d. O
d. municipality 3. I K M O Q
a. R
b. T
c. S
d. P
4. B D F H J
a. L
b. M
c. N
Inductive Reasoning
d. P
Directions: Discover the principle involved in each of the
5. 10 17 26 37
following series. Choose the letter that corresponds to the best
answer. a. 48
b. 49
1. 3 6 9 12 15 c. 50
a. 2 d. 51
b. 18 6. 37 50 65 82
c. 22 a. 98
d. 20 b. 99
2. C E G I K c. 100
a. L d. 101
b. M 7. 3 9 5 25 8 64 12 144
a. 15 d. 31
b. 17 12. 4 9 5 11 6 13 7 15
c. 20 a. 19
d. 16 b. 9
8. AB EF IJ MN c. 8
a. OP d. 17
b. PQ 13. 6 12 36 72 216
c. QR a. 250
d. RS b. 300
9. ZY WV TS QP c. 400
a. NM d. 432
b. ML 14. A C C F F F
c. LK a. J
d. KJ b. G
10. DC HG LK PO c. K
a. OP d. V
b. RQ 15. 1 2 6 12 36
c. SR a. 50
d. TS b. 52
11. 1 2 5 6 11 12 19 20 c. 70
a. 25 d. 72
b. 27 16. H H L L P P T T
c. 29 a. V
b. X 21. A B C D E F
c. Y a. J
d. Z b. I
17. E F H G I J c. H
a. LK d. G
b. JL 22. N O P Q R S
c. KM a. W
d. MN b. V
18. 6 12 7 11 8 10 c. U
a. 13 d. T
b. 7 23. 3 8 48 55 440
c. 10 a. 448
d. 9 b. 449
19. A C F J O c. 450
a. T d. 451
b. U 24. 16 12 17 11 18
c. S a. 7
d. R b. 9
20. B DE GHI c. 10
a. MNDP d. 12
b. LMNO 25. 29 58 29 145 29
c. JKLM a. 231
d. KLMN b. 232
c. 233 a. 318
d. 234 b. 314
26. MZ KX IV GT c. 316
a. ER d. 314
b. FS 31. 15 17 18 21 22
c. DQ a. 23
d. CP b. 25
27. LO KP JQ IR HS c. 24
a. GT d. 26
b. FU 32. 7 21 14 42 42
c. EV a. 84
d. DW b. 96
28. G F I H K c. 124
a. J d. 126
b. M 33. 314 321 322 330 332
c. L a. 340
d. O b. 341
29. AZ BY CX DW EV c. 342
a. GT d. 343
b. FU 34. F21 H19 K16 O12 T7
c. HS a. A26
d. IR b. Z1
30. 396 384 370 354 336 c. X3
d. B25 b. KX11
35. I18 K16 M14 O12 c. JW10
a. P10 d. MZ13
b. Q11 40. AN1 CP3 ER5 GT7 IV9 KX11
c. Q10 a. LY12
d. P11 b. MZ13
36. BO DQ FS HU JW c. JW10
a. KX d. HU8
b. IV 41. A1 C3 E5
c. LY a. F6
d. MZ b. G7
37. BC PQ EF HU JW c. J11
a. UJ d. K19
b. KL 42. A26 C24 EF21
c. VW a. P12
d. HI b. H14
38. E4 G6 I8 K10 M12 c. J17
a. O14 d. L19
b. Q16 43. J10 L12 N14
c. N14 a. O15
d. L16 b. P16
39. DQ4 GT7 CP3 HU8 BO2 c. G14
a. IV9 d. U34
44. 8R 6T 4V c. 4844
a. 17j d. 4994
b. 15e 49. aa33bb cc77dd ee1111ff
c. 24w a. gg1516hh
d. 2x b. gg1515hh
45. J1017 L1215 N1413 c. gg1717hh
a. R125 d. gg1816hh
b. P1611 50. b9b9 c7c7 d5d5
c. T416 a. e3e2
d. Q678 b. e4e4
46. AC FH KM c. e2e2
a. AB d. e3e3
b. EF
c. PR
d. VW
47. 1516 1819 2122
a. 1716
b. 1115
c. 2324
d. 2425
48. 1121 2242 3483
a. 4964
b. 6766
 2.

a. b. c. d.

3.

Abstract Reasoning a. b. c. d.
Directions: Select the best answer for each of the following. Which of the circles marked a, b, c, d fits logically into the blank
Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer. top circle in the diagram below? There is a logical sequence to
how the diagram is built up, starting at the bottom row.

Which of the circles marked a, b, c, d fits logically into the blank

top circle in the diagram below? There is a logical sequence to 4.
how the diagram is built up, starting at the bottom row.

1.
a. b. c. d.
5.

a. b. c. d. 9.

a. b. c. d.

Study the pyramid on the left and in particular, the lines which
appear in each hexagon. Moving up the pyramid from the
bottom row, these lines appear in each hexagon according to a
set rule, depending on the lines which appear in the two 10.
hexagons directly below it. Which of a, b, c, d, below, should
replace the hexagon with the question mark at the top of the
pyramid? a. b. c. d.

6.
a. b. c. d. Which of the squares, a, b, c, d, will fit in at the square with a
question mark?
Which of the squares, a, b, c, d, will fit in at the square with the
question mark?
7. 11.

a. b. c. d.

8.

12.
a. b. c. d.
 a. b. c. d. 16.

a. b. c. d.

13.

a. b. c. 17.

a. b. c. d.

Look across each row and down each column, then try to find
the correct right-hand bottom tile from the choices below.

Select the missing piece from a, b, c, or d, so that the whole

14. square will contain an even, symmetrical pattern.

a. b. c. d. 18.

15.

a. b. c. d.
Select the figure from the choices at the right which contains
the figure on the left.

23.
19.

a. b.
a. b. c. c. d.
d.

20. 24.

a. b. c. a. b.
d. c. d.
25.

21.

a. b.
a. b. c. c. d.
d.

26.

22.

a. b.
a. b. c. c. d.
d.
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CONGRATULATIONS! You made it here!

a. b.
c. d.
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28.

a. b.
c. d.

29.

a. b.
c. d.

30.

a. b.
c. d.