LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

80 questions / 44 mins

The construction team had an arduous task of rehabilitating the houses destroyed by the typhoon.

a. challenging
b. difficult
c. straightforward
d. exigent

b

Disposing toxic waste into rivers has a deleterious effect on the environment.

a. beneficial
b. devastating
c. developmental
d. harmful

d

The lone activist desists foreign invasion.

a. embrace
b. stop
c. continue
d. welcome

b

Although the commendation was delayed, the press secretary recognized the exemplary services of the journalists.

a. cautionary
b. commendable
c. prolific
d. fraudulent

b

Yes, the attack was devoid of tactical planning.

a. critical
b. present
c. lacking
d. comprehensive

c

The fickle-minded policy maker failed to deliver once again.

a. enigmatic
b. charismatic
c. treacherous
d. indecisive

d

Slaves languish in pain when they get whipped by their masters.

a. become weak
b. flourish
c. faint
d. vulnerable

a

The prisoner’s bitterness evoked by the war still resides in his heart.

a. resentment
b. kindness
c. awareness
d. lessons

a

The committee members acceded to the protesters’ demands.

a. refute
b. yield
c. amended
d. antagonized

b

The president wanted to extricate himself from the issue to avoid controversy.

a. disconnect
b. entangle
c. include
d. assign

a

Ang alab ng puso ko ay ipaglaban ka.

a. pighati
b. sakit
c. damdamin
d. poot

c

Kahit para bang pasan ko ang daigdig, hindi ako susuko.

a. dala-dala
b. mayaman ako
c. kuba ako
d. marami akong problema

a

Nang maglaon, ang kanyang busilak na puso ang naghatid sa kanya ng maayos na buhay.

a. mapula
b. madugo
c. malinis
d. maramdamin

c

benign acts of charity

a. compassionate
b. sympathy
c. apathy
d. antipathy

d

altruistic goals

a. selfish
b. unselfish
c. ambitious
d. loud

a

achievements were applauded

a. celebrated
b. reprimanded
c. censured
d. admonished

d

defiled by his opponents

a. respected
b. tarnished
c. maligned
d. criticized

a

tugatog ng tagumpay

a. rurok
b. katuparan
c. ilalim
d. nakalalasing

c

mapag-alinlangang puso

a. nag-aatubili
b. mapagduda
c. mapagmahal
d. sigurado

d

walang puwang sa kapatawaran

a. mapagbigay
b. madamot
c. malupit
d. bigo

a.

a. ocasion
b. occasion
c. occassion
d. ocassion

b

a. lightwieght

b. lightweigth

c. lieghtweight

d. lightweight

d

a. rythm

b. rhytm

c. rhythm

d. rhythym

c

a. privilege

b. priviledge

c. privelege

d. priveledge

a

a. accomodate

b. accommodate

c. acommodate

d. acomoddate

b

Ms. Dinna Lee-Go does not ___ Metro Manila Development Authority’s plan of bulldozing the Katipunan Avenue islands in the name of traffic decongestion.

a. agree with
b. agree on
c. agree in
d. agree about

a

___ peso you pay for a National Geographic magazine goes to the research project on wildlife, like the research on anacondas.

a. Each
b. Every
c. Even
d. Except

b

Azerbaijanis have ___ hope that their crops will grow again in the oil-polluted land in Baku.

a. few
b. little
c. pieces of
d. many

b

The music ___ of the ceremony should therefore be expressions which glorify the Lord rather than just the bride and groom.

a. select
b. selector
c. selective
d. selection

d

The list was compiled through the ___ of the collector.

a. kind
b. kindly
c. kindness
d. kinder

c

Nearly all ___ demand observance of the standard punctuation.

a. editor-in-chief
b. editors-in-chief
c. editor-in-chiefs
d. editors-in-chiefs

b

The ___ were grazing when the lion attacked.

a. deer
b. deers
c. doe
d. fawn

a

Berto wore a thin sport skirt, Nike warm-up pants, and shower clogs when I visited ___ unannounced.

a. he
b. him
c. his
d. himself

b

Adel, ___ perseverance is unwavering, has a bright future ahead of her.

a. who
b. which
c. who’s
d. whose

d

Miguel has ___ big since I last saw him.

a. grow
b. grew
c. growed
d. grown

d

___ siya ng gatas araw-araw.

a. Nag-iinom
b. Umiinom
c. Iniinom
d. Ininom

b

Gaya ___ nakasanayan, namimitas ang magpipinsan ng bulaklak tuwing hapon para ilagay sa altar.

a. ng
b. nang
c. na
d. na ang

a

Kinuha ___ ang mga kabibe mula sa tabing dagat.

a. nila
b. sila
c. kanila
d. siya

a

Hindi makatulog ang bisita dahil ___.

a. namamahay
b. kapitbahay
c. binabahay
d. bahay-bahayan

a

___ Ningning at Daniel ang naatasang mamuno sa pagpupulong.

a. Si
b. Sina
c. Sila
d. Siya

b

He (a) went into his room, (b) closed the door, (c) opened the window and (d) goes to bed.

d

Some of the boys (a) who (b) plays basketball also (c) like (d) to play football.

b

(a) You and (b) me should (c) make a (d) pact.

b

(a) When you (b) pass the UPCAT, (c) one should be (d) proud.

c

Neither Kate (a) or Sarah (b) likes the dessert (c)prepared (d) by the chef.

a

As dedicated (a) barrio doctors, Jovi and Kenneth (b) plans to become members (c) of the relief team to be send (d) to Aurora.

b

Ilagay mo (a) ng maayos ang lumang pigurin (b) sa (c)ibabaw ng (d) malaking eskaparate.

a

(a)Natatakpan ng kadiliman ang (b) iba’t-ibang (c)makukulay (d)na larawan.

b

(a)Napagalaman na (b)nakipagsabwatan siya sa kanyang tauhan (c)upang maikubli ang katiwaliang (d)kanyang ginawa.

a

(a)Magpahinga ka na (b) at (c)pahiran mo ang pawis na (d) nasa iyong batok.

c

Slips of the tongue are almost inevitable. For ___ 1,000 words spoken, we make one or two errors.

a. all
b. every
c. each
d. some

b

___ that the average pace of speech is 150 words a minute,

a. Considering
b. Realizing
c. Stating
d. Explaining

a

a slip is ___ to occur about once every seven minutes of continuous talk.

a. definite
b. rarely
c. doubtful
d. bound

d

Each day, most of us make ___ between 7 and 22 verbal slips.

a. among
b. somewhere
c. exactly
d. in

b

Sigmund Freud, ___ name is indelibly linked with such gaffes, called them Fehlleistungen (faulty actions) in his 1901 book, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.

a. whose
b. who’s
c. who
d. whom

a

He deemed them notable for ___ an unconscious thought, belief, wish, or motive.

a. imagining
b. confusing
c. revealing
d. discovering

c

The coalition’s board ___ the severity of the climate crisis, but their fundamental pitch could win over the most jaded executives:

a. dismissed
b. recognized
c. inferred
d. encouraged

b

If you don’t change your business, you won’t have ___ down the line.

a. many
b. sure
c. once
d. one

d

There is now a scientific ___ that among the effects of man-made climate change is a massive hit to the economy.

a. confusion
b. conjunction
c. compromise
d. consensus

d

The US government’s Fourth National Climate Assessment released in November stated that the US economy will shrink by 10% if the ___ pace of climate changes continues.

a. previous
b. smooth
c. current
d. fair

c

(1) alcohol-related social media posts
(2) a new study says
(3) appear to influence
(4) youth alcohol consumption

a. 4-3-1-2
b. 3-1-2-4
c. 1-3-4-2
d. 2-4-1-3

c

(1) whom they even describe
(2) the greatness of Rizal
(3) as the greatest Filipino
(4) who fully appreciate of all time
(5) there are a lot of Filipino people

a. 1-3-5-4-2
b. 5-1-3-2-4
c. 4-5-3-1-2
d. 5-4-2-1-3

d

Memory transfer has been at the heart of science fiction for decades, but it’s becoming more like science fact.

(1) The snails were trained to develop a defensive reaction.
(2) The research, published in the journal eNeuro, could provide new clues in the search for the physical basis of memory.
(3) When the RNA was inserted into snails that had not undergone this process, they behaved just as if they had been sensitized.
(4) A team successfully transplanted memories by transferring a form of genetic information called RNA from one snail into another.

a. 4-1-3-2
b. 1-3-2-4
c. 4-3-2-1
d. 1-2-4-3

a

(1) coffee
(2) is
(3) the chairman’s
(4) mug
(5) filled with

a. 4-2-5-3-1
b. 1-4-2-5-3
c. 3-4-2-5-1
d. 5-1-3-4-2

c

(1) The moves of the game, by contrast, are infinite and complex, although they usually involve the manipulation.
(2) All life is a game of power.
(3) As for the rules, these are only discovered by playing the game to the end.
(4) The object of the game is simple enough: to know what you want and get it.

a. 2-4-1-3
b. 4-2-3-1
c. 1-3-4-2
d. 2-3-4-1

a

(1) sa kusina
(2) mo
(3) na kutsilyo
(4) kunin
(5) ang matalas

a. 5-3-1-4-2
b. 4-2-3-1-5
c. 4-2-5-3-1
d. 1-2-4-3-5

c

(1) ang ginamit ng manunulat
(2) upang isulat
(3) ang lumang makinilya
(4) ang kanyang maikling kwento

a. 1-2-4-3
b. 2-4-1-3
c. 3-1-2-4
d. 4-1-2-3

c

(1) Hindi magkandaugaga ang ginang sa pagsusukat sa sapatos na bagong bili para sa anak.
(2) Gulong-gulo ang mag-anak ni Aling Turing dahil sa gabi ay konsorte ang binata.
(3) Tinutukso ni Tony ang kapatid sa kasuotan nito.
(4) Tinatahi naman ni Eden ang isusuot ng kapatid sa gabi ng parada.

a. 1-2-3-4
b. 2-1-4-3
c. 4-3-2-1
d. 3-4-1-2

b

(1) Nais ng mestisang dalaga na ang Constantino ay ang kanyang kapatid.
(2) Hindi masabi ni Aling Miray ang kanyang pakay.
(3) Dumating si Aling Miray sa bahay ni Aling Tinding.
(4) Tumanggi ang Reyna Elena na maging konsorte si Ting.

a. 3-2-4-1
b. 4-3-2-1
c. 1-2-3-4
d. 1-4-3-2

a

(1) Pinakain ni Impong Sela ng kaning sinabawan ng sinigang na karne.
(2) Pinagmasdan ni Impong Sela ang apo niyang may sakit.
(3) Nagising si Pepe at humingi ng pagkain kay Impong Sela.
(4) Ikinabalisa niya ang pabalik-balik na lagnat ni Pepe.

a. 1-2-3-4
b. 4-3-2-1
c. 3-1-4-2
d. 2-4-3-1

d

a. You can never really can tell.

b. You can never really tell.

c. Really you never can tell.

d. You can really never can tell.

b

a. She wanted to know if did you use the bike without permission.

b. She wanted to know if you use the bike without permission.

c. She wanted to know whether you used the bike without permission.

d. She wanted to know if you used the bike without permission.

d

a. The teenager assured his sister I will ask permission from their mother next time.

b. I will ask permission from their mother next time was the assurance by the teenager to his sister.

c. The teenager assured his sister that he will ask permission from their mother next time.

d. The teenager assured his sister that he would ask permission from their mother next time.

c

a. Lisa can’t understand why Keith doesn’t dance as well as she.

b. Lisa can’t understand how Keith doesn’t dance as well as her.

c. Lisa can’t understand why Keith doesn’t dance as well as her.

d. Lisa can’t understand the reason why Keith doesn’t dance as well as her.

a

a. Empoy said that “I will be waiting for you across the street”.

b. Empoy said that he will be waiting for us across the street.

c. Empoy said that he would be waiting for us across the street.

d. Empoy said that, “I would be waiting for you across the street.”

c

a. Bumalik na ang sundalo sa kani-kanilang mga pwesto.

b. Bumalik na ang sundalo at ang kapitan sa kani-kaniyang pwesto.

c. Bumalik na ang mga sundalo sa kani-kaniyang pwesto.

d. Bumalik na ang kapitan sa kani-kanilang pwesto.

b

a. Ang magagaling ang mga doctor na sumuri ng kanyang malubhang sakit.

b. Kahit salat sa pamumuhay, nagsusumikap ang kanyang ina ay maipagamot siya.

c. Ang tanging paraan na lamang para maibsan ang kanyang nadaramang sakit ang sumaiilalim sa isang operasyon.

d. Matapos ang operasyon at ilang araw na pahinga, nawala ang sakit na kanyang iniinda at bumuti ang kanyang pakiramdam.

d

a. Mahirap magmahal ng taong hindi ka mahal.

b. Sana’y maunawaan mo ito ng lubusan.

c. Sinabi ko ng taimtim sa aking sarili na handa na ulit akong magmahal at masaktan.

d. Sa pagkakataong ito ay huwag sanang paglauran nang sinuman.

a

a. Pupunta sila Kevin at Tony sa pagtitipon bukas.

b. Sasama raw kina Fred sina Alex at Jeff.

c. Kahit walang paalam, dadalhin nila Alex at Kevin ang kotse ng kanilang mga magulang.

d. Sa bahay nina Fred at Jeff makikitulog si Alex.

d

a. Pumunta ako sa tindahan ni Aling Nena para bumili ng suka at iba’t-ibang sitserya.

b. Habang akog nagbabayad, nakita ko ang isang dalagang nakadungaw sa bintana.

c. Natulala ako, nalaglag ang puso ko at nalaglag din ang sukang hawak ko.

d. Napasigaw si Aling Nena at ako namay parang nakuryenteng pusa.

c