Licensure Examination For Teachers 2015: Speech and Oral Communication

Licensure Examination
For Teachers 2015

Speech and Oral Communication
Ali Anudin
Department of English
Faculty of Arts and Languages
LET Competency
 Use English accurately,
meaningfully, and appropriately
in oral discourse.
Speech and Oral Communication

Academic Listening and Speaking
English Grammar
COMPETENCIES:
• Analyze the rules of grammatical usage

• Examine sentences in terms of their
constituent elements
• Distinguish the different parts of speech in
English – their meanings, forms, order, and
functions
68. Which is a poorly constructed sentence:
A. The mislabeling of sizes, especially in such

articles as hats, blouses, and stockings, is
most annoying.
B. Either Alice or I am going to the party.
C. A number of businessmen was involved in
the transaction.
D. There are a woman and a child in the
room.
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
1. INTERVENING PLURALS
* Our order for these goods (was, were) placed
yesterday.
* The mislabeling of sizes, especially
in such articles as hats, blouses,
and stockings, (is, are) most
annoying to our customers.
2. PLURAL COMPLEMENTS
* The most favorable period (is, are) the last
three weeks of the year.
* The main advantage of the new filing cabinet
(is, are) the five full-size drawers.
3. PLURAL SUBJECTS USED IN

SINGULAR SENSE
* Buy now and pay later (is, are) the
philosophy of many Filipinos.
* Two hundred pesos (is, are)
a lot of money to pay for a necktie.
4. DELAYED SUBJECT
* Still unsold from the original lot (is, are) three
generators.
* There (was, were) five packing cases in the
shipment.
5. COLLECTIVE NOUNS
* The committee (was, were) unable
to agree among themselves.
* The staff (has, have) no authority
to act.
6. WITH AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS
* Mr. Royo, with his lawyer, (is, are) going to
court this morning.
* Mr. Arias, together with his wife and two
children, (was, were) seen boarding the train.
7. NEGATIVE EXPLANATORY PHRASE

* The players, not the coach,
(was, were) standing on the field.
* Not Mr. Diaz but his subordinates
(was, were) reprimanded.
8. WORDS SUCH AS EACH AND EVERY
* Every farmer, laborer, and consumer (is, are)
involved.
The players and coaches each (wish, wishes) for a
set of uniforms by next year.
When 'each' or 'every' comes after the compound
subject, a plural verb is appropriate.
9. COMPOUND SUBJECTS
* You and I (am, are) going together.
* Either the debtor or his co-signers
(is, are) required to be present
at the meeting.
10. WORDS SUCH AS SOME AND PART
* Some of the paint (has, have) been stolen.
Some of the papers (is, are) missing.
* Part of the oranges (is, are) mine.
Part of the shipment (is, are) going.
11. NUMBER AS SUBJECT

* A number of well-known
businessmen (was, were) involved
in the transaction.
* The number of people involved
(was, were) not large.
Fractions
Fractions (¾), percentages (%) and other parts of a whole

follow normal countable/uncountable rules.
Countable nouns
Three-quarters of the building was destroyed.

Seventy-five percent of the buildings were destroyed.
Some of the boys have left.
Uncountable nouns (always singular)
Half of the wine comes from France.

Some of the wine is bad.
69. Which sentence does not observe a
consistent point of view?
A.I am usually patient and tolerant with

obnoxious people but a person has his
limits.
B.Once one has agreed to do a job, he
should make every effort to really do it.
C.One never knows what one may do in a
moment of excitement.
D.He didn’t want to argue with people, but
he could not ignore unfair criticism.
CASES OF PRONOUNS
Nominative Objective Possessive

Singular
1st Person I Me My/Mine
2nd Person You Your/Yours
3rd Person He/She/It Him/Her/It His
Her/Hers/ Its
Plural
1st Person We Us Our/Ours
2nd Person You Your/Yours
3rd Person They Them Their/Theirs
1. Check if the PRONOUN is the SUBJECT or
the OBJECT of a verb or preposition
All of us – Didi, Becky, and me – were late. (I)
I don’t know who Noel meant. (whom)
The Subjective Case is used for subjects and

subject complements. The Objective Case is
used for direct and indirect objects, objects of
prepositions and for both subjects and objects
of infinitives. The Possessive Case is generally
used before a gerund.
2. Check if the PRONOUN and its VERB agree
in number
Jason is absent, but a few of the class is here.

(are)
Everyone on the project have to come to the
meeting. (has)
Singular Indefinite Pronouns: all, another, any,

anyone, anything, everybody, everyone,
everything, nobody, one, each.
Plural Indefinite Pronouns: few, many, several,
both, others
3. Check if POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS agree in
person and number
If anyone calls, take their name. (his)
4. Check if the VERB TO BE is followed by a

SUBJECT PRONOUN.
It must have been her at the door. (she)

5. Check for PARALLELISM in IMPERSONAL
PRONOUNS
One should take your duties seriously.

(one’s/his or her
You should take your duties seriously)
In forms using Impersonal Pronouns,

use either One… one’s/his or her or
You… your.
70. Which is a poorly constructed sentence?
A. Who is responsible to whom?

B. The debate was between Maria and I.
C. We teachers are accountable for our
decisions in the classroom.
D. A group of us teachers will fly to the
convention.
71. Which is a poorly constructed
sentence?
A. Neither Bert nor Rico had brought his

tools.
B. Imelda or her assistants will give their
permission.
C. If you give us your instructions for the
activity, we shall follow it to the letter.
D. We cannot accept the article for credit
because to do so would set a very bad
precedent
72. Which does not use parallel structures?
A. Some of the things she enjoys doing are

knitting, sewing, and embroidering.
B. It is difficult to work with people who are
irresponsible and who cannot be relied upon.
C. Ms. Reyes expects her pupils to study
diligently and to cooperate in class activities.
D. The contest organizers gave her the option to
go on an all-expense-paid tour of Spain or
getting a brand new car.
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
SIMPLE -ed -s will + V

BE (past) + BE (present) will + be +
PROGRESSIVE -ing + -ing -ing
had + -ed/- has/have + will + have
PERFECT en -ed/-en + -ed/-en
PERFECT had + been has/have + will + have
PROGRESSIVE + -ing been + -ing + been +
-ing
73. When I came home, the children still didn’t
finish dinner
A. didn’t finish dinner C. hadn’t finished dinner

B. hasn’t finished dinner D. weren’t finished
C
Past Perfect Tense: an action in the past that
happened before some other action in the
past.
74. Leslie Ann is living In Manila for six years.
A. lives C. has lived

B. had lived D. has been living
C
Present Perfect Tense: an action that
began in the past and is still going on.
75. She had felt ill, but she feels better now.
A. feels C. had felt better

B. has been feeling D. was feeling ill
B
Present Perfect Progressive Tense:
shows incompleteness or indefiniteness
very close to the present time.
76. The obedience school trained fifty dogs by the
end of the year.
A. will train C. will have trained

B. is training D. trains
C
Future Perfect Tense: an action that
will be completed in the future.
77. By the end of this year, the Cruz family had
lived in the same house for a hundred years.
A. will have lived C. will live

B. will have been living D. had lived
B
Future Perfect Progressive Tense:
combines the ideas of completeness and
duration of time in the future.
I studied when Martin called me.
A. have been studying C. studied

B. was studying D. am studying
B
Past Progressive Tense: an activity was
in progress at some specified time in the
past
The students never cheated on
the examination, _______
A. is there?
B. didn’t they?
C. do they?
D. did they?
D
Check for three things in the sentence verb
and ending in TAG ENDINGS:
a) same PERSON?
b) same TENSE?
c) POSITIVE and NEGATIVE combination?
She’s been there before, isn’t she?

(hasn’t she)
If there is a contraction in the sentence

verb, make sure you know what the
contraction stands for.
PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITIONS OF
IN PLACE
Use 'in' with spaces:
 in a room / in a building
 in a garden / in a park
Use 'in' with bodies of water:
 in the water
 in the sea
 in a river
Use 'in' with lines:
 in a row / in a line
 in a queue
AT
Use 'at' with places:
 at the bus-stop
 at the door
 at the cinema
 at the end of the street
Use 'at' with places on a page:
 at the top of the page
 at the bottom of the page
Use 'at' in groups of people:

 at the back of the class
 at the front of the class

ON
Use 'on' with surfaces:
 on the ceiling / on the wall / on the floor
 on the table
Use 'on' with small islands:
 I stayed on Maui.
Use 'on' with directions:
 on the left
 on the right
 straight on
IMPORTANT NOTES
In / at / on the corner
 We say 'in the corner of a room', but 'at the
corner (or 'on the corner') of a street'
In / at / on the front
 We say 'in the front / in the back' of a car
 We say 'at the front / at the back' of

buildings/ groups of people
 We say 'on the front / on the back' of a piece
of paper
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME AND DATE
IN
Use 'in' months and years and periods of time:
 in January
 in 1978
 in the twenties
Use 'in' a period of time in the future:

 in a few weeks
 in a couple of days
AT
Use 'at' with precise time:
 at six o'clock
 at 10.30
 at two p.m.
ON
Use 'on' with days of the week:
 on Monday
 on Fridays
Use 'on' with specific calendar days:
 on Christmas day
 on October 22nd
IMPORTANT NOTES
in the morning / afternoon / evening - at night

 We say in the morning, afternoon or evening
BUT we say 'at night'

 at on in during
for since by until
1. Jack has gone away. He’ll be
back ____ a week.
2. We’re having a party ____
Saturday. Can you come?
3. I’ve got an interview next
week. It’s ___ 9:30 ____
Tuesday morning.
4. Susan isn’t usually here

____ weekends. She goes
away.
5. The train service is very
good. The trains are
nearly always ___ time.
6. It was a confusing
situation. Many things are
happening ____ at the
same time.
7. I couldn’t decide whether
or not to buy the shirt.
___ the end I decided to
leave it.
8. The road is busy all the

time. Even ____ night.
9. I met a lot of nice people
_____ my stay in New
York.
10. I saw Helen ____ Friday,

but I haven’t seen her
_____ then.

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For Teachers 2015

Speech and Oral Communication

• Analyze the rules of grammatical usage

A. The mislabeling of sizes, especially in such

3. PLURAL SUBJECTS USED IN

7. NEGATIVE EXPLANATORY PHRASE

11. NUMBER AS SUBJECT

Fractions (¾), percentages (%) and other parts of a whole

Three-quarters of the building was destroyed.

Uncountable nouns (always singular)

Half of the wine comes from France.

A.I am usually patient and tolerant with

Nominative Objective Possessive

All of us – Didi, Becky, and me – were late. (I)

I don’t know who Noel meant. (whom)

The Subjective Case is used for subjects and

Jason is absent, but a few of the class is here.

Singular Indefinite Pronouns: all, another, any,

If anyone calls, take their name. (his)

4. Check if the VERB TO BE is followed by a

It must have been her at the door. (she)

One should take your duties seriously.

In forms using Impersonal Pronouns,

A. Who is responsible to whom?

A. Neither Bert nor Rico had brought his

A. Some of the things she enjoys doing are

SIMPLE -ed -s will + V

A. didn’t finish dinner C. hadn’t finished dinner

A. lives C. has lived

A. feels C. had felt better

A. will train C. will have trained

A. will have lived C. will live

A. have been studying C. studied

She’s been there before, isn’t she?

If there is a contraction in the sentence

Use 'in' with bodies of water:

 at the bottom of the page

Use 'at' in groups of people:

 at the front of the class

 We say 'at the front / at the back' of

Use 'in' a period of time in the future:

in the morning / afternoon / evening - at night

BUT we say 'at night'

4. Susan isn’t usually here

8. The road is busy all the

10. I saw Helen ____ Friday,

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