LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

March 17, 2024

Directions: Choose the best answer and encircle the letter that corresponds to it.

1. Which languages system is focused on VOCABULARY?

a. Syntactic b. Pragmatic c. Semantics d. Phonological
2. Which theory claims that readers have difficulty in comprehension because they are focused on WORD
IDENTIFICATION?
a. Submersion b. Automaticity c. Alphabetic d. Immersion
3. Which type of reading is CHORAL READING?
a. Buddy b. Shared c. Guided d. Reading aloud to students
4. Of the different principles of effective reading, which is IMPROPERLY stated?
a. Effective teachers use the four cueing system to support students
b. Effective teachers use instructional approaches on how children learn
c. Effective teachers go out of the structured classrooms to create community of readers
d. Effective teachers select appropriate reading materials
5. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy views children as having the ability to relate new information
to prior knowledge?
a. Constructivist b. Interactive c. Reader response d. Sociolinguistic
6. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy emphasizes comprehension as students read?
a. Reader response b. Constructivist c. Interactive d. Sociolinguistic
7. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy views children as to having the ability to organize and
integrate information in schemata?
a. Constructivist b. Reader response c. Sociolinguistic d. Interactive
8. What kind of word is TELECAST?
a. Blend b. Acronym c. Borrowed d. Clipped
9. Which reading and writing SKILL is reading and making graphs?
a. Study b. Language c. Reference d. Decoding
10. What is the taxonomic stage of this behavior?
MATCH THE FAMILIAR VOCABULARY WORDS IN SENTENCES WITH CORRECT DEFINITIONS.
a. Mechanical Skills Perception b. Communication Comprehension
c. Knowledge Recognition d. Transfer Reception
11. What system do students use in capitalization and punctuation rules?
a. Pragmatic b. Phonological c. Semantic d. Syntactic
12. Which gives the television an EDGE over print media?
a. Proximity b. Visual c. Color d. Motion
13. Which question falls under the LITERAL COMPREHENSION LEVEL?
a. In the story, who is short?
b. Why is it good to be short?
c. Do you agree with the horse when it said that it is to be what you are?
d. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being tall and short?
14. What method of paragraph development is used in this main idea?
THE EXODUS OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST IS A COMPLEX PSYCHO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON
a. Classification b. Process c. Analysis d. Cause-Effect
15. Which word contains G pronounced as /g/ the hard sound?
a. Nation b. Rescue c. Gate d. Giant
16. An interior monologue is prepared when one is ___.
a. Reviewing events b. Making decisions c. Planning d. Arguing
17. Which is the appropriate way to read REFRAIN in a poem?
a. Put force on the refrain b. Use normal tone
c. Sing the refrain portion d. Read in a softer voice than the verse
18. If someone SHRUGS his/her shoulders, which of the following does he/she manifest?
a. Impatience b. Despair c. Puzzlement d. Indifference
19. Which of the following words does not rhyme with the rest? CENT, RANG, TEMPS, LENTE
a. Lente b. Temps c. Rang d. Cent
20. What correction should be made to this sentence?
Our office was moved about fifty blocks from the 7th Street to 58th Street in New Manila?
a. Change fifty to 50 and 7th to Seventh c. Change 7th to seventh
b. Change 7th to Seventh d. Change fifty to 50 and 7th to seventh
21. Which sentence is CORRECTLY written?
a. The S.E.C. has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso, and Roberto Principe, Esq.
b. The SEC has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso, and Roberto Principe, Esq.
c. The SEC has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso and Roberto Principe Esq
d. The SEC has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso and Roberto Principe Esq.
22. What kind of homonyms are these words? BARK, BAT, BILL, BOX, FAIR
a. Homophones b. Homographic c. Homographs d. Homophonic Homographs
23. What are these lines delivered by a TV Host?
“NEXT, OIL PRICES GOING UP.” “COMING UP: SANDRA CAM UPDATE”
a. Bumper b. Teasers c. Commercials d. Station Identification
24. Who comes between the station and the listeners?
a. News Reader b. Scriptwriter c. Assigned Editor d. Reporter
25. What kind of word is AWOL?
a. Borrowed b. Clipped c. Acronym d. Blend
26. Which phrase should be used to provide explanations?
a. Today, you will have to learn this or else…
b. This is a long assignment, but you’ll just have to do it.
c. Complete this exercise, otherwise, there will be trouble.
d. This will be difficult, but it fits in with…
27. Which behavior is NOT manifested by one who has INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE?
a. Pursues personal interest c. Volunteers to help when others need it
b. Has lots of friends d. Enjoys cooperative games
28. Which approach should be used for teaching reading?
a. Basal textbook b. Language process c. Psycholinguistic d. Skills monitoring
29. Which phrase should be used to give praise and encouragement?
a. That was so quick! c. That’s a dumb answer!
b. You can never pay attention, can you? d. I can see you never study
30. Which error is made when the student reads FEATHER for FATHER?
a. Graphophone b. Pragmatic c. Semantic d. Syntactic
31. Which should be the cause for poor comprehension?
a. Limited knowledge b. Limited automaticity c. Limited vocabulary d. Insufficient experience
32. Which stage of reading process in inferred when students construct projects?
a. Reading b. Responding c. Exploring d. Extending
33. Which error is made when the student reads STREAKED for STRETCHED?
a. Syntactic b. Pragmatic c. Semantic d. Graphophonic
34. Which instructional procedure makes use of the CHILDREN’S LANGUAGE and EXPERIENCES?
a. Direct-Reading-Thinking Activity c. Mastery Learning
b. Language Experience Approach d. Individualized Method
35. Which is an informal tool for determining student READING LEVELS?
a. Informal Reading Inventory c. Double-Entry Journal
b. Directed Reading-Thinking Activity d. Mastery learning
36. Which reading takes place when TWO STUDENTS READ A TEXT TOGETHER?
a. Shared b. Independent c. Guided d. Buddy
37. Which instructional procedure is a BOOK DISCUSSION in which students explore, make interpretation, and reflect on
their feelings?
a. Directed Reading-Thinking Activity c. Cloze Procedure
b. Double-Entry Journal d. Grand Conversation
38. What is the instructional procedure used when they gather information about reader’s abilities to deal with the
content and structure of texts read?
a. Cubing b. Grand Conversation c. Cloze Procedure d. K-W-L Chart
39. What activity makes use of the ELKONIN boxes?
a. Sound watching b. Segmentation c. Sound blending d. Sound Isolation
40. Below is a sentence from DON QUIXOTE:
In a village of La Mancha, a name of which I have no desire to recall, there lived not so long ago of those gentlemen who
always have a lance in the rock, an ancient buckle, a skinny nag, and a greyhound….
Which question should you ask if you’re reading it at a LITERAL LEVEL?
a. Is there a figurative language used?
b. Which word will l own?
c. What are the figurative languages and sound techniques used?
d. Which technique creates humor?
41. Which is the lowest of comprehension?
a. critical comprehension b. critical evaluation c. literal comprehension d. integration
42. Which is the highest level of comprehension?
a. Literal comprehension b. Critical evaluation c. Critical comprehension d. integration
43. The Maranao stories about Pilandok are examples of ___.
a. Fantastic Stories b. Creation myths c. Folk tales d. Folk epics
44. Which of the following epic is about the exploits of early Muslim warriors who fought in defense of Islam?
a. Indarapatra and Sulayman b. Bantugan c. Parang Sabil d. Darangan
45. Which book in the New Testament includes a vision of the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus?
a. Epistle of Hebrews b. Revelations c. Epistle of James d. Colossians
46. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone, and attitude of the literature of ancient Greek
and Rome?
a. Romanticism b. Realism c. Classicism d. Naturalism
47. The Greek alphabet is adapted from the consonantal writing developed by the
a. Phoenicians b. Assyrians c. Babylonians d. Hebrews
48. Which of the following is Carlo Bulosan’s celebrated autobiography?
a. Falling Leaves b. The Laughter of My Father c. America is in the Heart d. Footnote to Youth
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49. The type of novel which became popular in the 18 century is ___.
a. Religious b. Picaresque c. Epistolary d. Gothic
50. Who died at the end of Iliad?
a. Achilles b. Agamemnon c. Menelaus d.Hector
51. Which of the following is NOT a lyric poem?
a. Ode b. Sonnet c. Elegy d. Ballad
52. What literary movement in American literature examines life as it is?
A. Romanticism b. Realism c. Puritanism d. Naturalism
53. “The Tale of Genji” was written by
a. Akutagawa Ryunosuki b. Lady Murasaki Shikibu c. Kawabata Syaonari c. Lady Murasaka
54. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjail”?
a. Patriotic Hymns b. Devotional Songs c. Song of Offerings d. Song of Caesar
55. Which of the following Romans was NEVER emperor?
a. Galerius b. Claudius c. Caligula d. Julius Caesar
56. Which is NOT a work of Leo Tolstoy?
a. Father and Sons b. The Death of Ivan Illyach c. War and Peace – Tolstoy d. Anna Karenina
57. Which of the following cities was NOT a center of government, religion, and culture in the third millennium BC?
a. Babylon b. Baghdad c. Nineveh d. Thebes
58. Who among these writers is famous for using local color in his stories?
a. Manuel Arguilla b. Carlos Bulosan c. F. Sionel Jose d. Zoilo M. Galang
59. What narrative poem tells of the heroic exploits of great heroes?
a. Romance b. Ballad c. Epic d. Lyric
60. Time is a pair of scissors
And life, a bolt of brocade
When the lost section is done
The scraps are committed to a bonfire

The key idea expressed in the stanza above is the

a. Transitoriness of life b. Cruelty of time c. Beauty of life d. Destruction of beauty
61. Which of the following literary genre was used to express social protest during the early days of American regime?
a. Zarsuela b. Comedia c. Cenaculo d. Duplo
62. In Homer’s epic, who kept Odysseus on her Island for seven years?
a. Athena b. Calypso c. Helen d. Penelope
63. Who wrote “Mga Ibong Mandaragit”?
A. Amado V. Hernandez b. Lualhati Bautista c. Virgilio Almario d. Edgardo Reyes
64. A distinct of poetry during the age of modernism is
a. Measure b. Blank verse c. Free Verse d. Rhyme
65. Her way of speaking is as entertaining as a laundry” is an example of
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Hyperbole d. Onomatopoeia
66. Which short narrative poem is intended to be sung?
a. Ballad b. Lyric c. Epic d. Romance
67. What is the usual ending of a Comedia?
a. Death of the Prince b. Victory of Muslims c. Death of the Queen d. Victory of Christians
68. The period of American Renaissance gave birth to
a. Romaticism b. Naturalism c. Transcendentalism d. Realism
69. The Ifugao hero who was immortalized in the epic Hudhud is ____.
a. Lumawig b. Duluyan c. Banna d. Aligayon
70. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?
a. Kalidasa b. Khagyam c. Tagore d. Sadi

71. What work if Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the first collection of short stories in English literature written in poetic
form?
a. Canterbury Tales b. Decaeron c. Iliad d. Beowulf

72. To what sensory perception do the following lines from James Joyce’s Araby appeal?
“…we ran…to the dark dripping gardens to the back doors where odors arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous
stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness.”

a. Auditory b. Olfactory c. Gustatory d. Tactile

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73. Which psalm is a song of joy and reverence?
a. Psalms 7 b. Psalms 23 c. Psalms 8 d. Psalms 24

74. Which is the dream of Martin Luther King?

a. Freedom for Jews and Gentiles c. Freedom of the black men from Mississippi, and slums
b. Freedom for all God’s children d. Freedom for America

75. Which refers to CREED?

a. My dream is rooted in America c. The truth is evident
b. I have a dream d. All mean are created equal