solution set for english quizzes.doc

8/20/2019 Solution set for English Quizzes.doc

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ENGLISH QUIZZES SOLUTION SETS

PARTS OF SPEECH AND GENERAL GRAMMAR RULES

1. b We are looking for pronoun that will function as an object of the preposition to in

the prepositional phrase To the preoccupied Rose and ____________ . Therefore

we must choose the pronoun in the Objective Case. Among the choices, only me is

in the objective case.. b The proper pronoun to use is its, which is singular, because crowd is a collective

noun an! is singular in this case. Its is also in the thir! person, which is the person

of the noun crowd , which its replaces.

". ! We must fill the blank with a pronoun in the #ominative Case because it woul! be

the $ubject of the verb phrase must learn. Among They an! We, which are both in

the nominative case, we choose We because of the possessive pronoun our near the

en! of the sentence, which in!icates that the speaker or speakers belong to the

group Filipinos.

%. ! Choose letter ! because both blanks are Objects of the preposition to. We knowthat when a pronoun is the object of the preposition, it must be in the Objective

Case.

&. b 'enerally, nouns en!ing in f are plurali(e! by removing the f an! a!!ing -ves

instea!. $o elf an! shelf become elves an! shelves, respectively. )owever, dwarf

is an e*ception. +t becomes plural by the a!!ition of s.

. b +n the first blank, we are looking for a pronoun that woul! replace each of the

alumnae. The rule for proper pronoun use says that a pronoun must agree with its

antece!ent in person, number an! gen!er. Each of the alumnae is singular

feminine, an! is in the thir! person. $o among the choices, only her fits the first

blank. +n the secon! blank, we are looking for a verb that woul! agree with thesubject scissors. Scissors is a special noun that is always plural. Therefore, the

verb following must be plural as well. Among choices a an! b, both of which have

her for the first wor!, only b has the plural verb were.

-. a $ince John an! Susie jointly own the yacht, the rule for joint possession applies.

To in!icate joint possession by John an! Susie of the yacht, a!! an apostrophe s

’s/ to the last name.

0. a The presence of the wor! amon in!icates that the subject she is being compare!

to many. Thus, the superlative !egree of comparison must be use!.

. c All the blanks nee! a preposition of time. In is the answer to the first blank because its object is a month2 at is the answer to the secon! blank because its

object is an e*act an! specific time of the !ay2 an! on is the answer to the thir!

blank because its object is the specific !ate or !ay.

13.a 4or specific a!!resses !"#$ %aha&ain Street /, we use the preposition at . 4or

lan!5areas 'ue(on )ity/, we use the preposition in.

11.b To in!icate a !ifference of opinion or belief with another person, you use the

phrasal verb differ with. To in!icate the !ifference of one thing from another

difference of one’s thouhts to another’s/, use differ from.


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1.a The subject is the plural mem&ers. Therefore, use a plural verb. 6etween cut

which is in the present tense, an! have cut which is in the present perfect tense

choose cut because the wor! always in the sentence in!icates that the action keeps

on occurring. The sentence is therefore a general statement of fact.

1".c Tag 7uestions re7uire the verb use! in the main statement, plus the pronoun that

refers to the subject of the same main statement.

1%.a Indices here is use! as a wor! in itself, an! shoul! thus be singular. it must also be

in the present tense because it is a general statement.1&.c 8oney is always consi!ere! as a singular subject. Whereas the secon! person you

is always consi!ere! to be plural.

1.! *rocter and +am&le is the name of one company, an! is therefore a singular

subject. ,ne, which is also singular, is the subject of the secon! sentence.

1-.! $ince the satin remaine!, much or many cannot be use!. ittle is the answer

because &leach, which the missing a!jective mo!ifies, is a non5countable cannot

be counte!/ noun.

10.! The whole sentence is e*pressing the sentiment 9asi!e from: but also.; Thus, the

answer is the correlative conjunction not only. &ut also.1.a 'rammatically speaking, only letter a fits the blank. It’s is an abbreviation for It is

which is inappropriate for the blank. It has an! It was are also incorrect.

3.c The conte*t is not clear on whether the a7uarium contains !ifferent types of fish

whence you use fishes/ or just one type whence you use fish/. Thus, any of the

two will !o.

1.a We nee! the noun advice rather than the verb advise. A!visory is inappropriate for

the conte*t, as it means some kin! of perio!ic report or warning. One may argue

for advisin which may be a gerun!, an! thus a noun form. 6ut since a better wor!

a!vice/ is among the choices, one must not choose the inferior advisin .

.c Further is use! for e*plaining more or elaborating on a subject matter. Farther isfor going forwar! pertaining to !istance/. We !o not use the superlative because

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the prepositional phrase that follows the fractional e*pression, is the collective

noun class. Collective nouns are generally consi!ere! singular. We !o not use &e

which is in the subjunctive moo! because the statement is in the in!icative moo!

just stating a fact/.

.a =se &e which is in the subjunctive moo! because the !epen!ent clause that a

ruler____ ood is stating a re7uirement or con!ition. we know that for such

cases, we must use the subjunctive moo!.

"3.a =se were, which is in the subjunctive moo!. The !epen!ent clause If I ____ ahorse is e*pressing a wish. Thus it ought to be in the subjunctive moo!.

"1.c =se the past perfect tense had studied because in this statement, the stu!ying is a

precursor to passing the =>CAT. Therefore, two actions as the sentence in!icates

that the chance for both have alrea!y passe!/ woul! have occurre! in succession

ha! they occurre!/. =se the past perfect for the earlier action.

".b +n such sentences, use There are if the subjective complement is plural. +n this

case, the complement of there is mountains, which is plural. We !o not use the

past tense because this is a general statement.

"".a =se the future perfect tense will have finished because the finishin will occur before a !efinite time in the future.

"%.c We nee! the intransitive that which !oes not nee! an object/ verb an! in the past

tense because of last month/. Thus the answer is lay, which is the past tense of the

verb lie.

"&.a We nee! the transitive verb since the missing verb has an object issue/ an! we

nee! it is the past or past perfect tense. The transitive verb is lay an! its past tense

is laid . Thus, the answer is laid .

".c We nee! the intransitive rise up because the missing verb nee!s no object.

"-.! +ncorrect pronoun case. ?eplace him with the nominative he because this

un!erline! pronoun is being compare! to the nominative I ."0.a This un!erline! wor! is the subject of the sentence. therefore, this form of the who

must be in the nominative case. ?eplace it with Whosoever .

".c +ncorrect pronoun case. This pronoun is being compare! to the negate! in!efinite

pronoun 0o one, which is in the nominative case. Therefore, this un!erline!

pronoun must also be in the nominative case. ?eplace than her with than she.

%3.! @etter ! is a case of misplace! mo!ifier. As it is, the sentence means that the

&onus will arrive durin the meetin yesterday. This is plainly illogical.

%1.b 1ni2ue is one of the a!jectives that !o not take to comparison. One is either

uni7ue or not uni7ue. There


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%.a +ncomplete i!iomatic e*pression. oo3in forward goes with the preposition to

which is missing here.

%-.c Wrong verb tense. The a!verb of time today in!icates that the verb shoul! be in

the present tense. ?eplace were with are.

%0.b =se the past perfect tense because the past action of ivin up occurre! before the

other past action of comin &ac3 .

%.a The secon! person pronoun 4ou is 7uite unnecessary in this imperative sentence.

?emove it.&3.e

&1.b The subject of the sentence may be compoun! but one of the subjects is affirmative

or positive The committee mem&ers/ while the other is negative not the chair /. +n

such positive an! negative conjugations, the verb follows the positive subject in

number. The committee mem&ers is plural. Therefore, we must change has areed

with have areed .

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&".c @etter c has the right progression of verb tenses. 4or the earlier past action, the

past perfect was use! had wal3ed /. 4or the later past action, the simple past tenseis use! ave out /. The limiting a!verb only is also correctly place! before fifteen

miles.

&%.a This sentence follows the general or!er of a!verbial phrases that are of !ifferent

kin!s. 4irst comes the a!verb of manner enthusiastically/, then the a!verb of

place to the park/, then the a!verb of fre7uency every morning/, then the a!verb

of time before breakfast/, an! finally the a!verb of purpose to e*ercise his heart/.

&&.b This sentence follows the prescribe! or!er for a!verbial phrases of !ifferent kin!

an! of same kin!. The a!verb of place comes before the a!verb of time. An!

between the a!verbs of place, the more specific to +taly/ comes before the more

general a!verb of place in urope/. Then comes the more specific a!verb of timein Bune/ followe! by the more general a!verb f the same kin! ne*t year/.

SYNTAX AND MECHANICS

1. b The comma belongs insi!e 7uotation marks, even the comma that is separating a !irect

7uotation from a narration.

. c >arenthetical e*pressions like this one9 as well as my father;are usually prece!e!

an! conclu!e! by a comma.". ! =se a comma in a series. ven if the conjunction and separates the last element from the

rest, parallelism re7uires that a comma still prece!e it. #ote though that it is acceptable

for the comma to be omitte!. )owever, the best answer is still the one with a comma.

%. b To separate two in!epen!ent clauses that are not joine! by a coor!inating conjunction

like and , &ut , yet , an! so on, us the semi5colon instea! of the comma to avoi! a run5

together sentence or a comma splice.

&. ! 5owever or therefore, thus, moreover, nevertheless, etc./ is not a very strong connective.

Thus when it joins two clauses, we must use a semi5colon before it, an! a comma after it.


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. ! When namely intro!uces an enumeration, use a semi5colon before it an! a comma after it.

-. b =se a comma before not to be clear on which this a!verb of negation is mo!ifying.

0. a =se a comma after Ever since so as to avoi! making the sentence into a fragment.

. a A colon is appropriate because following the !irect 7uotation is a comment on the

7uotation. The colon comes after the close 7uotation mark, because the rules of

mechanics say that a colon belongs outsi!e 7uotation marks.

13.a To show possession, a!! ’s to the en! of a noun, may it be simple or compoun!.

11.b ord shoul! be followe! by an e*clamation mark, seeing as it is followe! by aninterjection.

1.b The wor! and is use! in itself that is, and is use! as a wor! an! not a connective/. To

make it plural, it is appropriate to a!! an apostrophe before s.

1".! =se the colon instea! of the semi5colon because an enumeration follows.

1%.a This is a !angling prepositional phrase. +t is !angling because the prepositional phrase In

e6am-ta3in has nothing to mo!ify in the sentence.

1&.b This is an in!irect 7uotation an! shoul! not therefore be enclose! in 7uotation marks.

1.a This is the title of a book. Thus, the significant wor!s must all begin in capital letters.

The small caps prince shoul! be change! to *rince.1-.e

10.a At the beginning of sentences, numerical e*pressions shoul! be spelle! out. Change

*$78 to Two hundred fifty pesos.

1.c The pronoun he has an ambiguous reference, as it may refer to either father or Jim.

3.c =se a comma to separate the appositive clause that I can ive you all my &est to the wor!

it mo!ifies thin .

1.! A comma shoul! come after rapidly because it prevents this a!verb from becoming a

s7uinting mo!ifier2 that is a mo!ifier that may either mo!ify runnin or thro&&ed

running rapi!ly, or rapi!ly throbbe!/.

.a This is the sentence that has the most parallel structure$ubject5Derb5#oun Clause. Thefirst clause has philosophers for a subject, an! the secon! clause has *lato, another

philosopher, as its subject. The use of the verb &elieved in both clauses makes the

sentence consistent in content. The right punctuation the comma/ was also use! before

the subor!inating conjunction while. This is in accor!ance with rules of mechanics. The

mo!ifier only is properly locate! imme!iately before the preposition throuh, which only

mo!ifies.

".! All the other sentences are fragments There is no verb after the wor! de&ris.

%. c @etters b an! ! are fragment infinitive phrases. @etter a has an inappropriate punctuation,

the colon. @etter c is properly punctuate! an! is not a fragment.&.c @etters a an! b unnecessarily repeats riht hand . @etter ! incorrectly capitali(es Riht .

@etter c is within the boun!s of correct sentence construction.

.! @etter a unnecessarily shifts from the thir! person to the secon! person when it replace!

the thir! person academic spirit with the secon! person your . @etter b incorrectly

capitali(es /cademic. @etter c unnecessarily shifts from the secon! person your to the

thir! person academic spirit .

-.a @etter b has a !angling participial phrase an! an unclear reference in )allin out to

any&ody who would listen9 see3in out her lost sons. @etter c incorrectky uses a semi5


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colon instea! of a comma. @etter c uses the pronoun She without naming its antece!ent

first. @etter a has none of these outline! problems.

0.c @etters a an! b have inappropriately place! mo!ifiers For ettin the first pri(e. which

seems to mo!ify the school . @etter ! has an unnecessary shift in subject from +reory to

%ost ,utstandin Student /ward . @etter c clearly in!icates that +reory got the first

pri(e an! thus was given an awar! by the school for this accomplishment.

.b @etter a contains a !angling infinitive phrase To et what is dreamed of because it !oesn


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"-.a @etter a !oes not misplace the mo!ifying clause which I had &rouht from the li&rary an!

thus, this clause clearly mo!ifies the &oo3 . This cannot be sai! for letters b an! c. @etter

!, on the other han! uses an awkwar! wor! or!er by placing the a!verbial phrase from

the li&rary between the phrasal verb &rouht &ac3 an! its object a precious &oo3 . @etter

! also lacks the relative pronoun that between &oo3 an! I .

"0.a This is the sentence which correctly places the mo!ifying clause which had &een

uninha&ited for years after the wor! it mo!ifies ca&in, an! which has an elegant sentence

construction by following the natural or!er of sentencesE $ubject5Derb5Complement.@etter b has an awkwar! sentence construction, as it uses an ineffective transpose! or!er.

+t also uses the preposition on instea! of the correct preposition in. @etter c misplaces the

mo!ifying clause as this clause comes after cliff . @etter ! is missing a comma after years

".b This sentence is consistent in the use of the imperative moo! all over the sentence. @etter

a unnecessarily shifts from the imperative to the a!vising tone. @etter c shifts from the

a!vising to the imperative tone. @etter ! is an e*ample of primer sentences. +t !ivi!es a

perfectably acceptable single construction into two very 9elementary; sentences.

%3.c @etter c is clearly an! effectively constructe!, as well as being a parallel construction

when and joine! similar constructions infinitive phrases/. @etter a is an unclearconstruction, carelessly using the pronoun them which in the same clause refers first to

nurses an! then to patients. @etter b lacks a comma after patients. @etter ! suffers from

weakness !ue to an awkwar! construction.

%1.b @etter a shifts from one subject to another, from answer to child . @etter c is an awkwar!

construction by unnecessarily using It as the subject when the appositive the answer to

your 2uestion woul! !o as well. @etter ! has a misplace! mo!ifier when it places &ein

o&vious after 2uestion. +t seems here that the 7uestion, not the answer, is obvious. @etter

b !oes not shift in subject, an! is clear an! effective in construction, too.

%.b @etter a is confuse! in tenses, using the present an! the past tense simultaneously without

any clear cause an! effect or progression from the past to the present. @etter c


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superlative most stu&&orn. @etter ! is missing a comma after the secon! as. @etter b, as

you can see, is a complete comparison with both as present. +t also has a comma after the

secon! as. 4urthermore, it uses the superlative most stu&&orn.

%.a Only this sentence logically compares the speaker


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. b The conte*t in!icates we nee! a verb, an action, that is similar to tellin the team to try

harder in the face of overwhelmin odds. We nee! a wor! that is similar to ure. The

answer is e6hort because it means to urge strongly.

emulate H a formal wor! meaning to try to !o as well or better by imitation

flout H to !efy or to show contempt for the law/

instigate H to bring about2 to provoke, especially to a wrong!oing

". c The conte*t in!icates that some kin! of flowers are being !iscusse!. Thes flowers are

apparently somethin to #ew nglan!. This being so, the speaker hasn


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he!onist H self5in!ulgent2 a wor! that !escribes a man concerne! with his

pleasures

martyr H a person who woul! rather suffer !eath than renounce a faith or

belief

patrician H refine!, aristocratic2 an aristocrat

. b The whole sentence provi!es the conte*t. There is a jury, in!icating that a man is on trial

for suppose! wrong!oing. The only wor! appropriate for the conte*t is e6onerated ,

which means free! from blame or obligation.augmente!H increase!, supplemente!

e*patriate!H e*ile!2 a wor! which !escribes a man who left his own country an!

resi!es in another.

subjugate! H con7uere! or controlle!

13.c When people hear horrid news, they are usually !isturbe! an! negatively affecte! by it.

%alaise is the answer, as you woul! have known ha! you looke! at its prefi* mal , which

means &ad . 8alaise is actually a feeling of !iscomfort, uneasiness or !epression.

blasphemy H impious or !isrespectful statement about sacre! things

largess H gifts or money generously given11.c The wor! &ecame in the sentence clues us in to the fact that we are looking for a wor!

that signifies a change. The answer, therefore, is metamorphosis, which means a change

of form or character.

accola!e H an awar! or honor2 much praise an! approval

epithet H an a!jective or !escriptive phrase substitute! for a person


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1&.c The e*pression see-throuh implies that a lie or a front must have been put up that coul!

be seen through. An! since the lawyers are !oing the lying, their lies must have soun!e!

genuine. The wor! we are looking for is specious, which means superficially plausible

but actually wrong or false.

onerous H troublesome2 re7uiring much effort

palpable H able to be seen or felt2 obvious

stoic H a !escription for someone who shows great self5control, especially

in times of trouble1.b When one coul!nrime

8inister I to a 'ueen.

1.a The sentence in!icates that the ba! situation was ma!e worse, !ue to the presence of the

wor!s only an! an already &ad situation. The answer is e6acer&ated , which means ma!e

a problem, !isease, pain, etc., worse. +t is also synonymous to aggravate!.

obfuscate! H ma!e confusing or !ifficult to un!erstan!2 clou!e! or !arkene!

preempte! H prevente! something by taking a!vance action2 forestalle!.! The tone of the sentence is subtly hostile or negative. A!mitte!ly, !is!ain is a negative

wor!. )owever, temerity is more appropriate for the blank = The answer therefore is

temerity, which is a formal wor! for rashness, au!acity, an! effrontery.

!iscretion H free!om to act accor!ing to one


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".b When everyone falls asleep within five minutes of a lecture, only one thing can be sai!

for that lecture. +t must be very boring. The answer, therefore, is &anal , which means not

interesting, !ull, or trite.

ascetic H self5!enying an! austere, with severe self5!iscipline2 a person

lea!ing such a life especially for religious reasons

astute H shrew!, having keen insight

ineffable H a formal wor! for too great or too scare! to be e*presse! in wor!s.

%.! When a couple !eci!es to get marrie!, the parties concerne! usually think !eeply about itThe sentence implies that the ;arwin couple took months to think about their future

before !eci!ing to get marrie!. Among the choices, the wor! we are looking for is

ruminated , which means pon!ere! or me!itate! upon something/. #ote too, that only

letter ! can be use! in the blank without committing an error in the use of i!iomatic

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"3.c @ying on the couch an! watching TD all !ay speaks of a very la(y person an! inactive

lifestyle. 4rom a previous item, we know that lethary means e*treme la(iness or

inactivity. Thus, lethargy is the answer.

animosity H hostility or hatre!

futility H uselessness or pointlessness

reticence H reserve or uncommunicativeness

"1.c Cacophony an! harmony are mean opposite things. Cacophony means harsh, unpleasant

!iscor!ant soun!s. 4rom the choices, only miniscule small or minute/ an! gargantuangigantic/ are antonyms an! thereby show the same relationship as cacophony an!

harmony.

e!ucation an! e!ification H both lea! to improvement of the min! or learning

e7uality an! or!er H maybe relate! because e7uality fairness/ may lea! to

or!er peaceful arrangement/

subjugation an! labor H subjugation means !efeat, an! labor means work.

These are not antonyms.

".b Dacillating an! in!ecisive are synonymous to each other. Dacillating an! in!ecisive may

!escribe a person who keeps changing his or her opinions. +mpecunious an!impoverishe! are also synonyms. 6oth mean poor or the state of being low in fun!s or

money.

capricious an! pre!ictable H are antonyms. Capricious means unpre!ictable,

which is e*actly the opposite of pre!ictable.

inept an! competent H are another set of antonyms. +nept means

incompetent.

vacant an! brilliant H may also be thought of as antonyms. Dacant may

mean stupi! or !ull5witte!. 6rilliant, as we know,

means e*actly the opposite.

"".! Kisparage an! commen! are antonyms. Kisparage means to belittle, whereas commen!is a formal wor! that means to praise. $urreptitious an! can!i! are also antonyms.

$urreptitious means secretive or stealthy, whereas can!i! means open an! honest.

auspicious an! favorable H are synonyms.

obscure an! hi!!en H are also synonyms, as they both mean not obvious or

not apparent.

relegate an! sen! away H are 7uite similar as well. ?elegate means to !emote

or to move !own to a lower rank or position. $en!

away clearly in!icates a movement away from a focal

point."%.a or b Con!one an! overlook are synonyms. To con!one means to overlook or to

!isregar!, especially wrong!oings an! misbehaviors. Assi!uous is the formal wor! for

persevering or !iligent, an! it is synonymous to ambitious. ru!ite is a wor! !escribing a

learne!, or scholarly man.

frenetic an! serene H are antonyms. 4renetic means frantic an! hectic.

being such, it is opposite to serene, which means

tran7uil or peaceful.


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sagacious an! obtuse H are also antonyms. $agacious is a formal wor! for

shrew!. This is opposite to obtuse, which means

stupi! an! !ull5witte!.

"&.c +nnate an! inherent are synonyms. 6oth pertain to natural characteristics. *igent the

formal wor! for urgent/ is similar in meaning to !eman!ing.

corporal an! spiritual H are not synonyms. Corporal means of the bo!y.

$piritual means of the spirit.

ephemeral an! eternal H are antonyms. phemeral means short5live! ortemporary, while eternal means permanent an!

everlasting.

spurious an! authentic H are antonyms. Authentic means genuine or true,

whereas spurious means not genuine, not real, or

false.

".b $crupulous an! lacka!aisical contra!ict each other. $crupulous may mean very careful or

e*act !iligent/, whereas lacka!aisical means without !etermination or enthusiasm, or

just plain la(y. +mmutable an! impermanent also oppose each other in meaning.

+mmutable means cannot be change!, or permanent. +mpermanent is obviously not permanent.

e*traneous an! irrelevant H are synonyms. *traneous from the wor! e*tra/

means unrelate! or irrelevant to the matter at han!.

impetuous an! impulsive H are also synonyms. They both !escribe a person

who acts rashly an! without much thought.

inane an! senseless H are synonyms, too. +nane means absur!, foolish, or

senseless.

"-.! Abstemious an! ascetic are similar in meaning. 6eing abstemious means one is being

mo!erate, especially in eating an! !rinking. Ascetic !escribes a person who !enies

himself of e*cesses an! pleasures self5!enying/. Dirulent an! !ea!ly are also synonyms.Dirulent, when use! with !isease, means harmful or !ea!ly.

amorphous an! !istinct H are antonyms. Amorphous means shapeless an!

in!efinite, an! therby in!istinct.

!ubious an! positive H are antonyms. Kubious means !oubtful or uncertain.

>ositive may on usage mean certain.

negligent an! conscientious H are antonyms. One who is negligent fails to give

proper attention or care. One who is conscientious

has a clear sense of obligation, an! is thereby !iligent.

"0.a Assuage an! provoke oppose each other. To assuage means to ease or to take the e!ge offof an e*plosive situation, for e*ample/. To provoke means to incite or to aggravate

make worse/. Abstruse an! straightforwar! show the same relationship as the

aforementione!. Abstruse means !ifficult to un!erstan!, or obscure. $traightforwar!, of

course, is the opposite.

belligerent an! 7uarrelsome H are synonyms. A belligerent an! 7uarrelsome

person is hothea!e! an! is always rea!y to fight an!

7uarrel.


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lugubrious an! morose H are synonymous, too. @ugubrious an! morose both

mean mournful an! !oleful.

mercurial an! unpre!ictable H are synonymous. 8ercurial means lively or

changes very 7uickly. An unpre!ictable person also

7uickly changes his min! an! !esires from one

moment to another.

".a Cryptic an! !efinite are 7uite antonyms. $omething is cryptic when the meaning is har!

to !ecipher because it is hi!!en or obscure. Thus, it cannot be !efinite e*plicit or clear/at the same time. Ar!uous an! easy are antonyms. Ar!uous means har!, which is the

opposite of easy.

!iffi!ent an! timi! H are synonyms. Kiffi!ent means hesitant or timi!.

circumspect an! severe H have no relationship. Circumspect means cautious

an! pru!ent. $evere means harsh or stern.

purporte! an! suppose!H are synonyms. To purport something is to suppose or

to allege something.

%3.a Dilify an! malign are synonyms. To vilify someone is to speak evil of this person. To

malign someone is to slan!er or to speak evil of this person, too. *uberant an! ebullientare synonyms, as both mean in high spirits.

surrogate an! original H are not synonyms. $urrogate means substitute or

replacement as in surrogate mother/, whereas original

is the real thing, that which is replace!.

vitiate an! purify H Ditiate is the formal wor! that means to weaken, spoil

or harm. +t is not synonymous to purify, which means

to cleanse or saniti(e.

(ealous an! in!ifferent H are also not synonyms. Lealous means enthusiastic or

eager. +n!ifferent means lacking interest, care, or

concern.%1.b Change crabby which is a slang wor!/ with irritable.

%.! This is too full of jargon. ?eplace it with cake or brea! or whatever the pro!uct of the

baking skills maybe.

%".! This is pretentious language, as it unnecessarily uses a foreign phrase for something that

coul! be state! in nglish. replace entre nous with &etween the two of us.

%%.b =nnecessary an! awkwar! repetition of the wor! matter .

%&.b +nappropriate !iction. Ko not use domicile which connotes legal action an! the courts.

=se house9 instea!, which connotes structure an! buil!ing materials.

%.c Wrong choice of wor!. replace affect with effect .%-.c Wrong choice of wor!. ?eplace further with farther as the sentence is talking about

!istance.

%0.a Wrong gen!er. ?ebesa, from the sentence, is a female. $he is therefore an alumna, not

an alumnus.

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1. b Idyllic is the answer since the whole passage !escribes a restful, peaceful, an! countrifie!

scene.

. ! 4rom the passage, the ol! newspaper soare! above the rooftops. Only a particularly

strong gust of win! coul! have lifte! it as high as that.

". b This main i!ea can be foun! at the topic sentence, which is the last sentence of the

passage.

%. b The first paragraph is a specific illustration of the passage. The illustration came first

before the generali(ation.

&. a $elf5e*planatory.

. b The actual comparison is between *reparation for fihtin a war an! preparation for

ta3in a cruise in a small &oat . Therefore, remove preparation for an! we see that

fihtin a war is compare! to ta3in a cruise or sailin a small &oat , letter b.

-. c The fifth sentence of the passage is the answer to the 7uestion.

0. ! The first sentence is the clue to this 7uestion.

. ! We know that as summer en!s an! winter approaches, the nights lengthen an! the !aysshorten. The lengthening nights therefore symboli(e a transition in seasons, an! thus, the

passing of time.

13.a 4rom the si*th sentence onwar!s, the whole passage becomes a recurring a!monition to

move. Thus this implies that the author is a!vising !ecisiveness.

11.b +n the secon! life, his replaces an! refers to love foun! in the first line.

1.b The poem tells the rea!er to follow an! yield . This means that the rea!er may choose to

follow or yield or concede. One is therefore not helpless as letter a supposes/. @etter c

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.b The !ifference between the population of $outhern Tagalog an! the population of

#ational Capital ?egion is 1,01,333. The !ifference between the population of Central

@u(on an! #ational Capital region is 1,01,1&. Obviously, the latter is greater. This

makes the statement false.

".c The tonue an! pen stan! for saying alou! an! writing !own, respectively, both of which

are ways of e*pressing feelings. The feeling in It miht have &een is regret an! longing

for what !i! not come about. The figurative e*pression is therefore saying, the sa!!est

feeling that can be e*presses is the longing for lost opportunities.%.! The misun!erstan!ing !oes not come because of the greatness. #or !oes being

misun!erstoo! the mark of being great. What the statement wants to say is that few

people can un!erstan! the sentiments of great persons. 8ost people misun!erstan! the

great person.

&.c 6y we cannot insure our own prosperity e6cept &y insurin that of everyone else, the

figurative e*pression is saying that in or!er to personally succee!, he must help other

people succee!, too. This is another way of saying that a person must have concern for

other people. The line %an3ind has &ecome so much one family simply means that men

are inter!epen!ent..b Of course man owns his bo!y. The product of his hands can only refer to the result of his

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"-.a The rest of the sentences ha! a recurring themeE feeling of belonging. @etter a is 7uite

far remove! from this themes an! talks about the opening of a play.

"0.! The rest of the sentences !iscuss what are necessary if one is to pass a college entrance

e*am. @etter ! is irrelevant to the topic as it !iscusses review centers that offer =>CAT

review services.

".! This sentence is about opportunities. The rest of the sentences are about regrets.

%3.c This group of sentences may take two !irectionsE the father

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