Education Exams (Educ English) – Page 3

#40. In the following dialogue, what Filipino value is affirmed by Mario’s statement?

Gloria: So, for a measly apple, you lost a job you needed so much

Mario: I wouldn't mind losing a thousand jobs for an apple for my daughter!

A child's care above morality
B Parental sacrifice for children
C Material comfort for the family
D Family happiness over job security
Answer: Parental sacrifice for children
#41. Which famous painting is described in the poem?

He saw the terror and violence, and he

Depicted sorrow, too, and infamy.

Corpses are dragged across a blood soaked floor.

What gods the victims di implore?

A The Spolarium
B The Execution
C Death in Rome
D The Gladiator
Answer: The Spolarium
#42. “He” in these lines of poetry refers to

He saw the terror and violence, and he

Depicted sorrow, too, and infamy.

Corpses are dragged across a blood soaked floor

What gods the victims did implore?

A Juan Luna
B Jose Rizal
C Resurrection Hidalgo
D Emilio Aguinaldo
Answer: Juan Luna
#43. The foremost Filipino sonneteer
A Nina Estrada Puyat
B Rita Gaddi Baltazar
C Trinidad Tarrosa Subido
D Angela Manalang Gloria
Answer: Trinidad Tarrosa Subido
#44. The pre-war writer of local color who excelled in presenting the simple life of the Ilocano peasants is
A Amador Daguio
B Manuel Arguilla
C Francisco Icasiano
D Arturo Rotor
Answer: Manuel Arguilla
#45. The writer acknowledged to have introduced modernism in Philippine poetry in English is ____________.
A Jose Garcia Villa
B Angela Manalang Gloria
C Hilario Francia Jr.
D Cirilo Bautista
Answer: Jose Garcia Villa
#46. The literary awards started in 1950.
A Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Literary Awards
B Stonehill Awards
C Commonwealth Literary Awards
D Republic Cultural Heritage Awards
Answer: Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Literary Awards
#47. Aliguyon, the most notable Ifugao hero immortalized in the epic Hudhud has been written as a long poem by
A Amador T. Daguio
B Ricaredo Demetillo
C Vidal A. Tan
D Manuel A. Viray
Answer: Amador T. Daguio
#48. The process of language learning characterized by repeated practice of sentence patterns until they become habitual and automatic is __________.
A overgeneralization
B hypothesis testing
C habit-formation
D simplification
Answer: habit-formation
#49. The view of language on which Audiolingualism is based
A structural grammar
B pedagogical grammar
C functional grammar
D transformational grammar
Answer: structural grammar
#50. The theory of language learning that emphasizes the child’s creativity in constructing his/her knowledge of the language.
A Cognitivist
B funcionalist
C behaviorist
D Interactionist
Answer: Cognitivist
#51. The innate property of all normal persons that enable them to learn a language naturally and spontaneously is
A language competence
B comprehensible input
C language performance
D language acquisition device
Answer: language acquisition device
#52. What method is used when learning a language is facilitated in a relaxed comfortable environment with dim lights and soft music?
A Total physical response
B Suggestopedia
C Silent Way
D Grammar translation method
Answer: Suggestopedia
#53. Considering the principle in teaching minimal pair drills, which of the following should the teacher AVOID?
A Pronounce the word pairs with the same intonation so as not to confuse the students with difference other than the sound contrast being illustrated, e.g, pit vs Fit
B Use familiar words if possible and present one pronunciation problem at a time, e.g. /I/ vs /i/ in bit-beat first ship and sheep.
C Provide over drill and spend ore time in the production of sound in similar contexts
D Proceed from known sound to the new one, e.g from /p/ to /f/.
Answer: Provide over drill and spend ore time in the production of sound in similar contexts
#54. Games are effective strategies to use in speaking classes. Which of the following principle is VIOLATED in using games?
A Non of these
B Games if done right can increase motivation making the students enjoy and be productive in acquiring and learning the language
C Game can be great tools for reviewing the lesson and help students recall what they have learned such as vocabulary and grammar rules.
D Games to be presented must require minimal language use outright elimination, complicated with elaborate set-up/procedures to stimulate challenge, or must be overly simple especially with young adult and older learners.
Answer: Games to be presented must require minimal language use outright elimination, complicated with elaborate set-up/procedures to stimulate challenge, or must be overly simple especially with young adult and older learners.
#55. The teacher aims to develop in the students the ability to hear sounds accurate and to produce these sounds correctly and automatically. In doing pronunciation drill in a speaking class, which is the correct sequence of activities?
  1. Let students listen to the teacher/tape for the individual sound of sounds and sounds of words, and in phrases and sentences
  2. Ask students to produce the sound of contrast in words, phrases, and sentence
  3. Let students listen to the sound of a word in contrast with another sound/s words, phrases and sentences.
  4. Ask students to produce the sound of sounds and swords, and in phrase and sentences.
A I-II-II-IV
B I-IV-II-I
C II-III-IV-I
D I-IV-III-II
Answer: I-IV-III-II
#56. Which strategy is for reading literature where the reader responds to the literary and cultural impact of the text by identifying image and themes and writers marginal notes about them?
A Highlighting
B Annotating
C Previewing
D Reading
Answer: Annotating
#57. Literature is language in use; as such language becomes the medium or the tool of literature. Therefore, language is _________________.
A separable form literature
B beyond literature
C the development of more than linguistic ability
D inseparable from literature
Answer: inseparable from literature
#58. Which is an engaging task of recording experience ideas, insights or reflection on a regular basis that basis that encourage students to articulate their minds than merely restating information about a text?
A Pantomime
B Role play
C Brainstorming
D Journal Writing
Answer: Journal Writing
#59. The reading and teaching of literature must yield not only enjoyment but also ______________.
A information
B knowledge
C understanding
D pleasure
Answer: understanding