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DIRECTIONS: OF THE FOUR CHOICES IN EACH SENTENCE, CHOOSE THE

CORRECT ANSWER TO COMPLETE ITS SENSE.
1. Economics _______ the relationship between the consumers and the
producers.
a. present
c. presented
b. presents
d. has presented
2. Picking flowers or feeding the birds __________ forbidden.
a. is
c. are
b. was
d. will be
3. Neither higher pay nor shorter hours _________ acceptable now to striking
labourers.
a. Is
c. were
b. Are
d. will be
4. Native products like abaca bags or straw hats __ like hotcakes.
a. was selling
c. sells
b. was sold
d. sell
5. Seven kilos of pork _______ around five hundred pesos.
a. cost
c. has cost
b. costs
d. have cost
6. Laura is one of those girls who ________ constant guidance.
a. need
c. needed
b. needs
d. has needed
7. The coach, together with the members of the team, ______ every victory.
a. celebrate
c. is celebrating
b. celebrates
d. are celebrating
8. There_______- to be good points in both proposals.
a. have seemed
c. seems
b. has seemed
d. seem
9. The faculty ________ divided on its plan for the project.
a. have been
c. are
b. has been
d. is
10.
Behind the door ________ their family pictures and a beautiful
painting.
a. hang
c. has hung
b. hangs
d. have hung
11.
Neither Anton nor Jerome ________ interested in going to the concert.
a. look
c. is looking
b. looks
d. are looking
12.
The jury _____ split into two opposed groups.
a. is
c. will be
b. are
d. has been
13.
The committee _______ a constructive plan of action now.
a. work out
c. is working out
b. works out
d. are working out
14.
Statics ______ the interpretation of raw data.
a. emphasize
c. has emphasized
b. emphasizes
d. have emphasized

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She is one of the Filipino athletes who ______ expected bring home
the gold medal.
a. is
c. are
b. was
d. were
16.
He who ____ will succeed.
a. persevere
c. has persevered
b. perseveres
d. have persevered
17.
A vendor and a customer often _____ over a quoted price.
a. are haggling
c. haggles
b. is haggling
d. haggle
18.
German measles ______ a contagious disease.
a. have been
c. are
b. has been
d. is
19.
Five thousand and two hundred eighty feet _____ up a mile.
a. make
c. makes

b. made
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d. is making

There ___________ valid reasons for believing in the existence of

extraterrestrial beings.
a. are
c. has been
b. were
d. have been

A VOCABULARY
DIRECTIONS: IN EACH SENTENCE, SELECT THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT
MOST NEARLY MEANS THE SAME THING AS THE UNDERLINED WORD.
1. A musical comedy has a plot with songs and dances connected to it.

2.

a. story

c. piece of ground

b. plan

d. setting

Industries that work with asbestos and silica have made strides in protecting
their workers
a. paces

c. walks

b. improvements

d. movements

3. The olive tree is a hardy shrub that can live for 1,500 years.
a. firm

c. seasoned

b.

d. fit

tough

4. Several developments contributed to the end of the cattle boom.

a. bonanza

c. blast

b. panic

d. inflation

5. Influenza is an acute disease of the respiratory tract.

a. a sharp

c. a cutting

b. an important

d. severe

6. According to the ancient Greeks, the heart was the seat of human intelligence.
a. chair

c. center

b. situation

d. place

7. American immigration in the nineteenth century peaked in the 1880s.

a. was pointed

c. was at its highest point

b. was topped

d. was sharp

8. A blizzard is a severe winter storm, which occurs in North America.

a. chronic

c. painful

b. strict

d. harsh

9. Im afraid you cant see him no, hes making the round.
a. a kind of dance
b. a knot of people professional calls on patients in a hospital
c. song sung one after the other
d. series of professional calls on patients in a hospital
10. Ali was itching all over last night so he had to consult a dermatologist.
a. a bone specialist c. a blood specialist
b. a skin specialist d. a kidney specialist