Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF LAS PIAS
1. Rose sings better than Ester. How is the underlined word used in a
sentence?
5. You can catch the same train____ Quezon Avenue if you wake up early
tomorrow.
A. at B. in C. on D. to
8. The last section of the hive was covered with ants. It was there that the
queen bee lay hidden ______her ladies-in-waiting.
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9. Once upon a time in a faraway village there lived a beautiful maiden
named Hannah. All the men in the village wanted to win her heart. But
Hannah only loves one man and he is Juancho.
A. to instruct C. to entertain
B. to persuade D. to inform
10. Water from the river will overflow if there are no trees to stop it. And if
this will happen, our plants and animals will die and people will be very
much affected. So why should we allow this to happen? Therefore, Im
encouraging each of us to continue our tree planting activities. Let us all
unite our efforts so that we will all survive in this world.
A. to persuade C. to explain
B. to instruct D. to criticize
11. Im sorry I was not able to attend your birthday party. My father was
rushed in the hospital because he was complaining of having a chest pain.
I hope to visit you this coming summer vacation.
A. to inform C. to instruct
B. to explain D. to entertain
12. How to make pork curry? Heat oil and saut pork with garlic, onions,
pork broth cubes and curry. Add eggplant and red pepper. Pour milk evap
and season with chili sauce.
A. to explain C. to entertain
B. to inform D. to instruct
13. Fossils are usually found on hard rocks. Prints on rocks are not easily
destroyed or washed away. Plants, insects and bodies of animals are
sometimes buried in layers of sedimentary rocks. Because of heat and
pressure, they become parts of the hardened rocks.
A. to explain C. to criticize
B. to instruct D. to inform
14. My heart has been skipping around in my chest since I saw her.
A. Metaphor C. Onomatopoeia
B. Hyperbole D. Personification
15. Words are the weapons with which we wound.
A. Metaphor C. Onomatopoeia
B. Hyperbole D. Personification
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17. Nothing annoys me more than rapidly clicking your pen.
A. Metaphor C. Onomatopoeia
B. Hyperbole D. Personification
a. advertisement b. propaganda
19. No one can give you the best fun and laughter the way Dodoo Little
does.
20. Silky Papaya, it makes our skin look white, softer and lovelier in just 3
days.
21. There will be a lot of magic tricks that Cookie Clown will perform on
the big night. Surely, a lot of kids should not miss this fun!
22. Movie House will be conducting a Clearance Sale from March 18-20. All
tapes, cds and dvds will be out for sale. All items on discounts.
23. It contains all the maps of the countries in the world which shows
important data about each country.
24. It includes information on current events and also gives facts, figures
and brief information on various subjects.
26. It contains words which are alphabetically arranged and includes their
syllabication, pronunciation, spelling and the definition of the word.
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Re Reyes, Martin T.
English is Fun VI
Quezon City: SIBS Pub. 2000
150 p., ill.
30. Ariel has just graduated in college. he wanted to get a job right away.
What part of the newspaper will he need to find list of job openings?
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A. Business and finance section C. Sports page
B. Obituary D. Society page
33. The title of the most important news. It is written in bold letters.
34. It is a list of people who died and the time and place of burial.
Mang Rufo was a poor man. All he had in was a piece of farmland
which he inherited from his father.
Suddenly, Mang Rufo got sick and wasnt able to work for a long
period of time. Soon their farmland become useless because his sons did
not work well to keep their farmland useful.
36. One Sunday morning Bea went to Aling Celias store to buy softdrinks.
She paid for it but in return Aling Celia gave Bea an extra change. Bea
went home and found out that she received too much, so she went back
right away to Aling Celia to return the money. The old woman was so
thankful to the little girl.
37. The girl stopped in her tracks. Right in front of her was a python about
ten meters long. Her heartbeat seemed to grow louder by the second as
she stood there.
38. Jose will be having an outing with his friends. Mother gave him P100
pesos as his allowance aside from the food that she had prepared for him.
When he found out that he was only given one hundred pesos he said,
My goodness. This is not enough. What can I buy with this amount these
days?
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A. discontented B. happy C. irritated D. contented
39. The strange man started shouting and throwing things. He began
shouting at people, images that could not be seen. Almost anyone in the
street were frozen at the sudden event.
40. Philippine National Heroes Day is celebrated every year on the last
Sunday of August. On this day we should think about our heroes and
honor them by offering prayers, flowers or by holding programs to recall
their deeds and important contributions to our country.
A. We can be heroes.
B. Jose Rizal is our national hero.
C. Heroes are to be honored and remembered.
D. Philippine National Heroes Day is celebrated every year on the
last
Sunday of August.
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45. Which of the following is a good sentence?
A. Wow! Mr. Carlos dish good tastes.
B. Wow! Mr. Carlos dish tastes good.
C. Wow! Mr. Carlos dish tastes goodly.
D. Wow! Mr. Carlos dish goodly tastes.