MAJORSHIP BLEPT

Question 1

While reading a paragraph in a nonfiction text, a remedial student comes to an unfamiliar word. The student read the complete sentence containing the word and figures out that the unfamiliar word is a verb. Which of the following cuing systems is the remedial student primarily using to construct meaning?

a. semantic
b. phonetic
c. pragmatic
d. syntactic

Answer 1

d. syntactic

Question 2

Which of the following theoretical principles may require a teacher to first talk about the author, and the tradition to which the literary text belongs?

a. Enhance the text.
b. Read the text.
c. Feed the text.
d. Enjoy the text.

Answer 2

c. Feed the text.

Question 3

Which method does a teacher use when she emphasizes the integration rather than separation of skills and allows the language function and forms to interplay.

a. direct
b. immersion
c. communicative
d. audio-lingual

Answer 3

c. communicative

Question 4

Which would you suggest to your student journalist to help him/her in writing a quote story?

a. Write the story side by side its mother story.
b. Write a summarizing lead in any appropriate form.
c. Make sure to give first brief news of the event.
d. Make the summary arrangement short.

Answer 4

c. Make sure to give first brief news of the event.

Question 5

What is shown in the following? “The man saw the cow.” 1. the man (subject) 1.1. the (article) 1.2. man (noun) 2. saw the cow (predicate) 2.1. saw (verb) 2.2. the cow (object) 2.2.1. the (article) 2.2.2. cow (noun)

a. conjugating
b. diagraming
c. inflecting
d. parsing

Answer 5

d. parsing

Question 6

Which of the following is characteristic of the Romantic Period as shown in Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner” and “Kubla Khan”, and Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”?

a. Romantics gave emphasis on imagination and emotion.
b. Romantics gave emphasis on the elements of nature
c. Romantics emphasized primal feeling and simplicity.
d. Romantics emphasized strange and faraway places.

Answer 6

a. Romantics gave emphasis on imagination and emotion.

Question 7

Which process do you teach your students when you ask them to analyze the title of the story and the illustrations to help them initially grasp the meaning of a text?

a. foreshadowing
b. predicting
c. previewing
d. critiquing

Answer 7

c. previewing

Question 8

Who is described in the lines below? And on the slope above the sea The hard-handed peasants go their round Turning the soil, blind to the body Ambitious and viable, whose pride Will leave no trace in the quenching tide.

a. Icarus
b. Achilles
c. Priam
d. Ulysses

Answer 8

a. Icarus

Question 9

What is the literary theory or approach that the teacher is using as her basis for teaching a poem using the following written objectives?

I. Determine the figures of speech used to convey meaning.

II. Identify the symbols used in the poem.

III. Explain the theme of the poem.

a. American New Criticism
b. Marxist Literary Theory
c. Structuralist Literary Theory
d. Reader Response Criticism

Answer 9

a. American New Criticism

Question 10

Which of the following words are inflected?

I. singing
II. stolen
III. nasal
IV. neighborhood
V. angry
VI. oxen

a. I, II, III, IV, V and VI
b. I, II and VI only
c. I, III, IV, and V only
d. I, II, IV and VI only

Answer 10

b. I, II and VI only

Question 11

Which sentence has an adjective clause?

a. The victim who allegedly salvaged
b. The victim who allegedly salvaged is a freshman.
c. They found the salvaged victim in an abandoned building.
d. They were called to identify the salvaged victim.

Answer 11

b. The victim who allegedly salvaged is a freshman.

Question 12

Study the given sentences. The epidemic BROKE OUT. The OUTBREAK of the epidemic was alarming. The noun outbreak is formed by the process of

a. Reversal
b. Inversion
c. Conversion
d. Temporal

Answer 12

c. Conversion

Question 13

In the old English poem, “Dream of the Rood” pagan and Christian images were used to depict the Christian teachings. Which is NOT a part of the pagan imagery?

a. Symbol of true
b. Death of the Hero
c. Crucifixion as a battle
d. Christ as a Warriors

Answer 13

a. Symbol of true

Question 14

Which of the following statements has a noun clause?

a. My mother told me that you knew where to find the best caterer in town.
b. The much-awaited performance which was postponed several times finally came.
c. Mrs. Romero is the speech trainer who first taught me how to give a good impromptu speech.
d. When do you expect to meet the new members of our dance troupe?

Answer 14

a. My mother told me that you knew where to find the best caterer in town.

Question 15

In Langston Hughe’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, the African persona mentioned the great rivers of Asia and Africa to talk about the culture heritage and history of the African people. Why is the use of this imagery effective?

a. The famed Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in Central Asia.
b. Ancient civilization flourished near bodies of water like the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates.
c. The famous Nile and Congo rivers are located in Africa.
d. The earth’s surface is composed of 70% water and there are a lot of bodies of water in Africa and Asia.

Answer 15

b. Ancient civilization flourished near bodies of water like the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates.

Question 16

Which of the following is the true description of an auxiliary verb?

a. It is used to complete the verb phrase in certain constructions such as the emphatic, the negative, the passive, or the perfect and progressive aspects.
b. It occurs before the main verb, and denotes modification of the basic meaning of the main verb.
c. It belongs to several classifications of verbs. It may take an impersonal it as a subject.
d. It is followed by noun or noun phrase functioning as its direct object.

Answer 16

a. It is used to complete the verb phrase in certain constructions such as the emphatic, the negative, the passive, or the perfect and progressive aspects.

Question 17

What preferred tense is used for “stage directions and synopses?

a. Present
b. Past
c. Future
d. Present perfect

Answer 17

a. Present

Question 18

Which of the following adjective phrases is syntactically correct?

a. The most unique
b. Nearly unique
c. The very much unique
d. Less unique

Answer 18

b. Nearly unique

Question 19

Which sentence has ditransitive verb?

a. Those guys are highly intelligent group of engineers.
b. Those mean boys tried to throw a rock through our windows.
c. Nobody will believe a ruffian like you.
d. My mother gave me this cardigan for Christmas.

Answer 19

d. My mother gave me this cardigan for Christmas.

Question 20

Each person’s vocabulary is a continuum. On the one end of the continuum are words the person knows very well and for which he has a full rich understanding of their various meaning. On the other end of the continuum are

a. Words he enjoys using regularly.
b. New words that he has learned both the spelling and meaning for
c. Words he doesn’t recognize
d. Words he can recognize and figure out the meaning of based on context.

Answer 20

d. Words he can recognize and figure out the meaning of based on context.

Question 21

The President himself promised to stop the war. The underlined word is pronoun.

a. An interrogative
b. An intensive
c. A reflexive
d. A reciprocal

Answer 21

b. An intensive

Question 22

Which of the following sentences does NOT observe correct subject-verb agreement?

a. The mayor as well as his brothers is going to prison.
b. Neither of the two traffic lights is working.
c. My assets were wiped out in the depression.
d. Neither the plates nor the serving bowl go on that shelf.

Answer 22

d. Neither the plates nor the serving bowl go on that shelf.

Question 23

The pronoun in this sentence “When she arrived, Suad was surprised to find her apartment door open” is

a. Cataphoric
b. Anaphoric
c. Deitic
d. Coreferential

Answer 23

b. Anaphoric

Question 24

Which hypothesis of Krashen’s Monitor Model proposes that when learners are exposed to grammatical features a little beyond their current (i.e., I + 1), those features are “acquired”. Acquisition results from comprehensible input, which is made understandable with the help provided by the context.

a. Acquisition/learning hypothesis
b. Input hypothesis
c. Natural order hypothesis
d. Affective filter hypothesis

Answer 24

b. Input hypothesis

Question 25

All of the following are implications of Krashen’s Monitor Model EXCEPT a. Teachers should correct errors during the time they are committed as error correction is valuable. b. Teachers should not insist on learners conversing before they feel comfortable in doing so. c. Teachers should not expect learners to learn “late structures” such as third-person singular early. d. Teachers consider grammatical teaching is of limited value.

Answer 25

a. Teachers should correct errors during the time they are committed as error correction is valuable.

Question 26

They view the language as a system of related elements or “building blocks” for the encoding of meaning, the elements being phonemes (sounds), morphemes (words), tagmemes (phrases/sentences/clauses). a. Structuralists b. Transformationalists c. Functionalists d. Interactionalists

Answer 26

a. Structuralists

Question 27

Which of the following is a view of an interactionist? a. Language is primarily vocal. b. Language is creative. c. Language emphasizes the meaning and functions rather than the structures. d. Language is a vehicle for establishing interpersonal relationships.

Answer 27

d. Language is a vehicle for establishing interpersonal relationships.

Question 28

Which theory on language teaching has given birth to the methods that are learner-centered, allowing learners to work in pairs or groups in information gap tasks and problem-solving activities where such communication strategies as information sharing, negotiation of meaning, and interaction are used? a. Structuralism b. Behaviorism c. Cognitivism d. Functionalism

Answer 28

d. Functionalism

Question 29

In which of the following ways did the eighteenth-century poets Robert Fergusson, Allan Ramsay, and Robert Burns influence the development of the literature of Great Britain? a. Their revival of ancient Roman verse forms contributed to a renewed public demand in England for classical literature. b. Their use of both English and Lowland Scots dialect revealed the poetic qualities inherent in actual colloquial speech. c. Their satiric verses criticizing the English monarchy revealed the power of poetry as a form of political protest. d. Their explorations of themes from Nordic folklore led Irish and Welsh writers to draw on their own folklore for ideas.

Answer 29

b. Their use of both English and Lowland Scots dialect revealed the poetic qualities inherent in actual colloquial speech.

Question 30

In teaching Shakespeare’s tragedies to Grade-9 students, the following ideas may be given emphasis EXCEPT: a. casually related events that lead this character to disaster, at least partly through his or her flaw b. an experience of pity, fear, and awe for the audience c. a central character of high rank and personal quality, yet with a tragic flaw or weakness d. a central character may not necessarily be an important person in the society for as long as he/she is brave

Answer 30

d. a central character may not necessarily be an important person in the society for as long as he/she is brave

Question 31

The following sentences show “syntactic ambiguity” EXCEPT a. I talked to my English literature teacher. b. Nicole saw the people with binoculars. c. They are the wealthy men and women in our society. d. We challenge his beliefs about religion

Answer 31

a. I talked to my English literature teacher.

Question 32

You are to prepare an English intervention program for your students. Which language deficiency do you consider in order to make your program useful? a. Skill in using the language for learning b. lack of basic understanding of the language c. Superior language competencies d. Lack of appreciation of language

Answer 32

b. lack of basic understanding of the language

Question 33

Teacher Fely imposes copious rules and paradigms to students rather than letting them discover the rules. She views language learning as ____________________. a. inductive b. intrusive c. passive d. deductive

Answer 33

d. deductive

Question 34

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of using the results of an informal reading inventory to plan reading instruction? a. Measuring each student's individual progress toward acquiring and applying specific reading skills b. Determining the independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels for each student c. Discovering how each student's reading proficiency compares to the national average for students at the same grade level d. Evaluating each student's attainment of reading proficiency benchmarks described in the state standards

Answer 34

b. Determining the independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels for each student

Question 35

In their works, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift frequently criticized the ____. * a. aristocrats’ polished manners or behaviors b. lack of social and educational reforms or changes c. strong spiritualism of the English people d. corrupt politics and growing materialism of the time

Answer 35

d. corrupt politics and growing materialism of the time

Question 36

Which phonetics requires the tools of physics to study the nature of sound waves produced in human language? a. Articulatory b. Aesthetic c. Acoustic d. Auditory

Answer 36

c. Acoustic

Question 37

Which of the following concepts in grammar is shown in the following definition of noun? “Noun in a sentence occurs before the verb phrase; after a transitive verb; after a linking verb; after a preposition; and after another noun or noun phrase. a. noun placement b. distribution c. grammatical pattern d. syntax

Answer 37

b. distribution

Question 38

What issue is pointed out in the following sentence? “The movie ends with two scenes that contains clue of the real cause of the main character’s failure to amass great wealth. a. Determiner-noun agreement b. Pronoun-antecedent agreement c. Predeterminer-noun agreement d. Subject-verb agreement

Answer 38

d. Subject-verb agreement

Question 39

Which refers to the instructional strategies that make up the art or science of knowledge? A. Psychology B. Methodology C. Pedagogy D. Andragogy

Answer 39

C. Pedagogy

Question 40

The poet can be satirical, expressing himself with wit and force. Interpret: “Which is the basest creature, man or beast? Birds feed on birds, beasts on each other prey; but savage man alone does man betray.” a. Man is just like animals b. Man is the most beastly of animals c. Man’s inhumanity to his kind d. Man is proven by his actions

Answer 40

c. Man’s inhumanity to his kind