OSMEA COLLEGES

Masbate City
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH III
PRELIM EXAMINATION

NAME: __________________________________
COURSE & YEAR: _________________________
I.

SCORE: ____________
DATE: ______________

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer from the choices given. Write
your answer in the space provided before the number.
______1. In the majority of sample countries given, at what level is free compulsory
education provided?
a. Primary level
c. Both primary and secondary level
b. Primary up to certain level
d. Post secondary level only
______2. From what educational system does Australian pattern its own?
a. England
c.Japan
b. United States of America
d. United Nation
______3. Based on the curriculum requirement provided by all countries sampled,
the language which is seemingly universal is?
a. Spanish
c. Chinese
b. English
d. French
______4. Higher education in all countries presented can be described as ______.
a. selective and not compulsory
c. voluntary and very affordable
b. compulsory but selective
d. accessible and democratic for all
______5. All of the example countries have basic education that total to _______.
a. six years
c. twelve years
b. ten years
d. fourteen years
______6. One of the prime importances of the teacher personal attributes is?
a. compassion
c. kind
b. understanding
d. generous
______7. This is the unique way in which the writer views life forms his/ her ideas
and expresses them.
a. permanence
c. spiritual value
b. style
d. artistry
______8. It is a literary genre that is represented by news, report, feature articles,
and essays.
a. fiction
c. poetry
b. non-fiction prose
d. drama
______9. Great literature observes no limits.
a. style
c. universality
b. permanence
d. suggestiveness
_____10. A poem is said to be artistic if he knows how to appreciate something
beautiful.
a. artistry
c. permanence
b. intellectual value
d. spiritual value

II.

TRUE/ FALSE
Direction: Write True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Write your answer in the blank provided before the number.

_______1. Poetry expresses a conversation or interchange of the deeply felt

experiences of human beings.
_______2. Non- fiction refers to prose stories based on authors imagination.
_______3. Drama is literature designed to be performed by singers.

_______4. The main purpose of prose fiction is to interest, stimulate, instruct, and divert.
_______5. Literature refers to compositions that deal with life experiences
_______6. Fiction describes or interprets facts and present judgments and opinions.
_______7. A person is said to be artistic if he knows how to appreciate something
beautiful.
_______8. Great literature observes with limits.
_______9. A great work of literature can endure the test of time.
______10. Literature is classified into four categories or genres-- prose fiction, poetry,
drama and non-fiction prose.
III.

MATCHING TYPE
Direction: Match the items in column A with the items in column B. Write the
letter of the correct answer in the space provided before the number.
A
______1. Lyrical Ballads
______2. Songs of Experience
______3. Canterbury Tales
______4. Ode of the West Wind
______5. Ode of the Nightingale
______6. Elegy
______7. She walks in Beauty
______8. Probing minds
______9. Questioned World
_____10. Peter Pan

IV.

B
A. Geoffrey Wordsworth
B. William Wordsworth
C. Geoffrey Chancer
D. Thomas Gray
E. George Gordon
F. John Keats
G. J. M. Barris
H. George Elliot
I. Dylan Thomas
J. George Orwell
K. Percy Bysshe Shelley
L. William Blake

FILL IN THE BLANK

Direction: Supply the missing word/s with the correct answer. Write the answer in
the blanks provided within the sentence.
1. Outputs of discoveries and inventions which are utilized to improve teaching and
learning such as computer and all its software is referred to as ______________.
2. Simulations or exploratory environments which allow actions and investigations
right inside the classroom through computer software is called
_______________.
3. The entire National Geographic is now kept in a database called
______________.
4. Very popular hypertext system labeled as www is referred to as
_______________.
5. Which term is used when student participated are brought to a field trip without
physically bringing them to the site _______________.
6. _________________ refers to compositions that deal with life experiences.
7. Drama is literature designed to be performed by ______________.
8. The main purpose of _______________ is to interest, stimulate, instruct, and
divert.
9. Fiction refers to prose stories based on authors __________________.
10. Prose fiction, poetry and drama are classified as _________________.

V.

ESSAY
Direction: Explain or Discuss. Write your answer in the space provided below the
question.
A. What is the importance of cooperative learning for you as a student? (10pts.)
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God Bless to your Exam!!!!!!

Prepared by:
Lerit, Marygen D.
InstructoR

KEY TO CORRECTION:
I.

Multiple Choice
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. A

II.

True or false
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True

III.

Matching Type
1. B
2. L
3. C
4. K
5. F
6. D
7. E
8. H
9. I
10. G

IV.

Fill in the blank

1. Technology
2. Microworlds
3. CD-ROM
4. World Wide Web
5. Virtual electronic fieldtrip
6. Literature
7. Actors
8. Prose Fiction
9. Imagination
10. Imaginative Literature

V.

Essay
(For 10 pts.)

Prepared by:
Lerit, Marygen D.
Instructor