Gen Ed Reviewer, Part 1
Question 1. My nephew and I met a good friend of ____ in front of the apartment gate.
A. us
B. mine
C. ourselves
D. ours✅
Question 2. If ever you forgot ____ raincoat, you can always use ____ Paul.
A. your, hers
B. his, hers
C. yours, ours
D. your, mine✅
Question 3. When hammering a nail through a wood, I am careful not to wound ____.
A. himself
B. myself✅
C. herself
D. ourselves
Question 4. The phrase “Red letter day” is considered as a/an ____.
A. idiom✅
B. metaphor
C. hyperbole
D. simile
Question 5. Medina was chopping the vegetables when she cut ____.
A. myself
B. ourselves
C. himself
D. herself✅
Question 6. You ____ finished washing the dishes before they arrive.
A. should
B. will have✅
C. have been
D. have
Question 7. We adore ____ when Dirk speaks German fluently with ____.
A. him, them
B. him, us✅
C. him, we
D. him, me
Question 8. She always watches the ____ news on television.
A. later
B. lately
C. late
D. latest✅
Question 9. I think the subject is heavy for Roberta and ____.
A. me✅
B. her
C. myself
D. us
Question 10. “The comedian is known for his candidness.” The word candidness means ____.
A. tactfulness
B. rudeness
C. attention
D. frankness✅
Question 11. There is a nationwide spread of malaria and I believe health authorities ____ warned us.
A. should be
B. should
C. shall be
D. should have✅
Question 12. I could have participated in the research project if I ____ in the Philippines at that time.
A. Will be
B. were✅
C. are
D. was
Question 13. What figure of speech is exemplified by the statement below?
“If you ask for the stars, I’ll get them for you”
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. hyperbole✅
D. onomatopoeia
Question 14. The Filipina writer is known for her love sonnets.
A. Ophelia Dimalanta✅
B. Edith Tiempo
C. Paz Marquez Benitez
D. Glicia Condero-Fernando
Question 15. What figure of speech is being exemplified by the statement below
“The foreign delegates were the center of attention”
A. personification
B. simile
C. metaphor✅
D. hyperbole
Question 16. Which of the following books of Leo Tolstoy is considered the “greatest novel” ever written?
A. War and peace✅
B. Death of Ivan Turgenev
C. Ana Karenina
D. Crime and Punishment
Question 17. This suprasegmental pertains to the highness and lowness of sounds.
A. pitch ✅
B. Juncture
C. intonation
D. Stress
Question 18. This suprasegmental pertains to the rising and falling of sounds
A. pitch
B. juncture
C. intonation✅
D. stress
Question 19. “The statements of the witnesses are IMPERTINENT to the case on trial.” The CAPITALIZED word means ____.
A. irrelevant✅
B. malicious
C. violent
D. important
Question 20. What figure of speech is being exemplified in the statement below?
“She is the apple of my eye.”
A. simile
B. alliteration
C. metaphor✅
D. hyperbole
Question 21. Which Filipino English-language author predominantly explores Hispanic Filipino heritage and customs in their writings?
A. Edilberto Tempo
B. Jose Garcia
C. F. Sionil Jose
D. Nick Joaquin✅
Question 22. The DENR mandated the total ban ____ of dynamite fishing.
A. with use
B. To use
C. of use
D. on the use✅
Question 23. Which of the following sounds is a voiced bilabial stop?
A. /B/✅
B. /Z/
C. /P/
D. /V/
Question 24. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjali”?
A. Song of Devotion
B. Song of Offerings✅
C. Hindu Poem
D. Hindu Offering
Question 25. Which theory says that language acquisition occurs through imitation, practice, and positive reinforcement?
A. Behaviorism✅
B. Cognitivist
C. Functionalist
D. Psycholinguistic
Question 26. What is the title of Carlos Bulosan’s renowned work where a father is wrongly accused of stealing the “spirit” or “smell” of food?
A. My Father Goes to Court✅
B. The Smell Stealer
C. The Innocent Father
D. Will have studied
Question 27. Three years is required for a specific language specialization, Roger ____ for one year and he still needs to study more.
A. has studied
B. studied
C. has been studying✅
D. will have studied
Question 28. What makes the sentence below wrong?
“She has taken the exam.”
A. has
B. exam
C. taken
D. No Error✅
Question 29. A great amount of water ____ needed for the drought to end.
A. is✅
B. is being
C. was
D. were
Question 30. This Shakespearean play deals with a prince whose father was murdered by his uncle.
A. Hamlet✅
B. Julius Ceasar
C. Merchant of Venice
D. Macbeth
Question 31. The fraction between 2/3 and 11/12 is ____
A. 5/12
B. 7/12
C. 3/4✅
D. 15/16
Question 32. A wooden plank has dimensions of 2 feet by 1 foot by 6 inches. What is its surface area?
A. 5.5 square inch
B. 7 square feet✅
C. 7 square inch
D. 8 square inch
Question 33. Haile is reading a book. She can finish reading 3 pages in 1.5 minutes. How long will it take her to finish reading the book if it has 612 pages?
A. 5 hours and 6 minutes✅
B. 8 hours and 12 minutes
C. 14 hours and 41 minutes
D. 20 hours and 24 minutes
Question 34. What is the GCF of 85, 153, and 357?
A. 15
B. 17✅
C. 19
D. 23
Question 35. Solve for the LCM of 8, 12 and 20.
A. 60
B. 80
C. 120✅
D. 240
Question 36. The approximate shape of a tennis ball is ____?
A. circle
B. cone
C. cylinder
D. sphere✅
Question 37. If 10 artists complete a graffiti project in 6 days, how many days would it take 4 artists to finish the same task?
A. 4 days
B. 12 days
C. 16 days✅
D. 18 days
Question 38. Which of the following is divisible by 3?
A. 987,646
B. 864,191
C. 493,843
D. 370,368✅
Question 39. Simplify the expression 2-[3+(4-2×3) 2.2 +5 ].
A. -4
B. -2
C. -1.6✅
D. 4
Question 40. Divide (-20x + 43x – 21) by (-5x + 7).
A. -x+3
B. -4x-3
C. x+3
D. 4x-3✅
Question 41. How many 25-cm ribbons can be cut from a 50-dam ribbon?
A. 200
B. 1,000
C. 2,000✅
D. 10,000
Question 42. A card will be randomly picked from a standard deck. What is the probability of drawing a red queen?
A. 1/13
B. 1/26✅
C. 1/56
D. 0
Question 43. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the results are the same?
A. 1/12
B. 1/7
C. 2/7
D. 1/6✅
Question 44. Jim has 5 shirts, 3 shorts, and 2 shoes. How many outfits can he make?
A. 60 outfits
B. 30 outfits✅
C. 5 outfits
D. 10 outfits
Question 45. Which inequality has as solution p<-5?
A. 3x + 60 < -5x + 20✅
B. -3x + 60 < 5x + 20
C. 3x – 60 < -5x + 20
D. 3x – 60 < 5x + 20
Question 46. Which best describes a 45-45-90 triangle?
A. Acute & scalene
B. Right & scalene
C. Acute & isosceles
D. Right & isosceles✅
Question 47. Find the length of each side of an isosceles trapezoid with a lower base of 12 meters, an upper base of 6 meters and a height of 4 meters.
A. 10 meters
B. 6 meters
C. 7 meters
D. 5 meters✅
Question 48. Given triangle ABC where C is right. How will you describe Sides A and B in terms of Angle A?
A. adjacent; hypotenuse
B. adjacent; opposite
C. opposite; adjacent✅
D. opposite; hypotenuse
Question 49. What is the final amount after adding the annual interest of 12% for 4 months on Php 10,0000?
A. Php 300
B. Php 400
C. Php 10,300
D. Php 10,400✅
Question 50. Mr. Bustos ordered merchandise listed at Php 32,000.00. The invoice showed a net price of Php 20,800.00. Find the discount rate.
A. 65%
B. 55%
C. 45%
D. 35%✅
