Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Preliminary Exam
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
I. Identification. Fill the blanks with the correct words or phrase. Choose from the word
bank below.
1. The ___________ is a powerful, dome-shaped muscular wall between the chest and the
abdomen.
2. Consonants that are produced when the tip of the tongue comes between upper and lower
teeth are called _____________________.
3. The ________________________ refers to the way the air is obstructed in the mouth
while producing the sound.
4. All vowels are _______________.
5. The tongue, the teeth, soft palate and lips are called _________________.
6. The _______________ magnify the sound that is initiated by the vocal cords to lend
depth of tone to your voice.
7. The force or loudness of tone is referred to as _______________.
8. A stressed syllable is produced louder, higher and ____________.
9. A manner of speaking affected by geographical location and culture is called __________.
10. Yes or no questions have the _______________ intonation.
11. In liaisons, it is the ___________that is important, not the spelling.
12. The ____________ sounds are produced when the air escapes the nasal cavity
rather than the mouth.
13. The stop or ____________ are sounds that are produced by a complete obstruction
of the airstream in the mouth.
14. Sounds of [f], [v], [s], [z] are considered as ____________ because such sounds
are produced by a partial obstruction of the airstream, where the passage in the mouth
through which the air escapes is very narrow.
15. When both lips are brought together, we produce ____________ sounds.
16. The _____________ consonant sounds are produced from the tongue tip without
the vibration of the vocal cords.
17. The clearness with which a speaker forms his/her words is ________________.
18. Adjust your _________ of speaking as you increase or decrease the speed.
19. The proper use of resonators will achieve _____________ in which the voice has a
ringing, resounding and vibrating quality.
20. The other term for voice box is ________________.
III. Decide whether each underlined word is a determiner (D) noun (N), pronoun (PN),
verb (V), adjective (ADJ), adverb (ADVB), conjunction (C), preposition (P), or
interjection (I). Then write its abbreviation on the line before the sentence.
IV. Encircle the correct form of the verb within the parentheses.
46. Thirty pesos (is, are) too much to pay for a bag.
47. He says that nobody (is, are) to be admitted until three.
48. Either of your two suggestions (is, are) practical.
49. This Tuesday, John, as well as his friends (is, are) driving to the rock concert.
50. Each of the girls (look, looks) good in skis.
51. None of the blood (was, were) transferred to the vial.
52. The value of cars and motorcycles (has, have) increased.
53. One of my friends (believe, believes) in E.S.P.
54. A pair of jeans (is, are) what I want for my birthday.
55. Gymnastics (is, are) easy for Angeline.
56. Margo and her parents (visit, visits) each other often.
57. Either the cups or the glasses (is, are) in the dishwasher.
58. Neither Matt nor his brothers (was, were) at the party.
59. Here into the main ring of the circus (come, comes) the trained elephants.
60. The family (is, are) occupied by their individual problems.
VII. ESSAY
A promo girl is conducting a demo on a new product, “Power Juicer” in a kiosk located inside the
mall. She is talking about the main features and benefits of using the new product. What should
she do to make her demo more effective?
2. Give a detailed instruction in any of this topic, (Choose only one.) Be sure to be
clear on “sequencers” and “instructions”