General Education in the New Curriculum

General Education in the New Curriculum – English Test 8

Purposive Communication in English

1. I _____ the point of no return when I _____ the test this _____ semester) as I was passing through my _____ school classroom.

A. passed-passed-past-past
B. past-past-passed-passed
C. Past-passed-past-passed
D. passed-past-passed-past

Answer

A .passed-passed-past-past
Passed – a verb in the past tense
Passed is the past participle of the verb “to pass”. It can be an intransitive verb (one which doesn’t require an object) or a transitive verb (one which requires both a subject and one or more objects).
For example:
“The weeks passed quickly.” (Intransitive: subject “the weeks” and no object).
“I passed all my exams!” (Transitive: subject “I” and object “my exams”.)
“He passed the ball well during the match earlier,” (Transitive: subject “He” and object “the ball)

2. The days for mourning are now past. How is “past” used in the sentence?

A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Preposition

Answer

A. Yes.
“Since” refers to time while “because” refers to causation.

3. “It is almost half past five.” How is “past “ used in the sentence?

A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Preposition

Answer

B. Adjective
“Past” as an adjective
For example:
“The days for mourning are now past.”
When attributed to a group of people, past can also mean “Having served one’s term of office; former.” (OED)
“All past presidents of the United States were male.”

4. One research finding in a study of Education graduates’ performance in the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) was this: There is no significant difference in the LEPT rating in the professional education of teacher education graduates and non-teacher education graduates. What does this mean?

A. The performance of teacher education graduates and non-teacher education graduates in the professional education component of the LEPT is the same.
B. Compared to the teacher education graduates, the non- teacher education graduates scored lower in the professional education part of the LEPT.
C. Compared to the non-teacher education graduates, the teacher education graduates scored lower in the professional education part of the LEPT.
D. Both teacher and non-teacher education graduates performed very well in the professional education component of the LEPT.

Answer

A. The performance of teacher education graduates and non-teacher education graduates in the professional education component of the LEPT is the same.

5. In a research on the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT)i was found out that among the three components of the LEPT ratings were lowest in specialization. Which recommendation is in order?

A. Delete the specialization part of the LEPT.
B. Teacher education institutions must give more attention to the teaching of the specialization subjects.
C. Review centers should give review only in specialization.
D. Teacher education students should enroll in the elementary education program which requires no specialization test.

Answer

B. Teacher education institutions must give more attention to the teaching of the specialization subjects.
More adequate preparation to improve teacher education graduates’ performance in the LET.

6. A number of Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers’ examinees are LEPT repeaters not only once, but twice and even more. What does this imply?

A. The reliability of the LEPT
B. The first take of the LEPT improves the second or third take of the LEPT
C. The unreliability of the LEPT
D. Lack of supply for teachers

Answer

A. The reliability of the LEPT
Reliability of the LEPT is proven when results of re-tests like the case of repeaters, are consistent.

7. Which statements do you find in the statement of the problem in a research?

A. This study seeks answers to the following questions: 1) …; 2) and 3)…
B. I intend to seek answers to the following questions: 1)…; 2) and 3)…
C. The following questions: 1)…, 2)…, and 3)… need to be answered by this research
D. This study will certainly find answers to the following questions: 1)…,2)…and 3)…

Answer

A. This study seeks answers to the following questions: 1)…; 2) and 3)…
A research report makes use of formal language; does not use pronouns in the first person such as “I” and “we”; instead makes use of pronouns in the third person.

8. Here are a heading and greeting of a letter of invitation to a resource speaker for a seminar for teachers.
January 22,2023
DR. MA. TRININDAD CARPIO
President
Our Lady of Lourdes College

Dear Ma’am,:
Which needs to be corrected?

A. The greeting should end with a colon not comma.
B. The date should not be written.
C. Write“Dear Dr. Ma. Trinidad in the greeting in place of Ma’am.
D. MA., the first name of the addressee must be Ma.

Answer

A. The greeting should end with a colon not comma.
The greeting in a formal letter ends with a colon, not comma.

9. The teacher told her students: “Lend me your ears”. What did the teacher want her students to do?

A. Draw their ears then submit drawings to her
B. Listen attentively
C. Clean their ears so they can hear well
D. Position their body in such a way that one ear faces the teacher

Answer

B. Listen attentively lend me your ears – means listen attentively.

10. It is raining cats and dogs. What does it mean?

A. There are many roaming cats and dogs.
B. The students are behaving like cats and dogs.
C. The students fight like cats and dogs.
D. It is raining very hard.

Answer

D. It is raining very hard.
Raining cats and dogs is an idiom that means it is raining very hard.

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