This online practice test measures your ability to apply the rules of the English language, specifically on grammar and syntax, vocabulary, reading comprehension and paragraph organization. Choose the correct answer from the given choices. The correct answer will be marked green, otherwise red. Good luck!
Belgrade was in total darkness after the bombs were dropped. This means ____.
Which of the following works by DANIEL DEFOE features a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued?
He is considered as the greatest English writer. He is also known as the "bard of Avon."
One New York publisher has estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology that includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts for this renewed interest in Shakespeare? As scholars point out, his psychological insights into both male and female characters are amazing even today.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
This paragraph best supports the statement that
Joevy _____ in bed too long and missed her classes.
Which of the following job has the stress on the first syllable?
The games we used to play when we were young have been sidelined by modern gadgets. Nowadays, we no longer see children and teens playing piko, tumbang preso, luksong baka, patintero and other enjoyable games our parents used to play. The young generation of today is so hooked on gadgets that they even have no time to talk to each other during their free time. This is very unhealthy according to some social scientists.
From the passage, we can conclude that:
From the passage, we can conclude that:
A. Imagine for a moment that an unknown animal had been discovered deep in the jungles of South America.
B. What does it look like? What are its winning characteristics?
C. Take a paper now and draw it, making some notes about your sketch.
D. It is destined to replace the dog and the cat in popularity as a domestic pet during this century.
B. What does it look like? What are its winning characteristics?
C. Take a paper now and draw it, making some notes about your sketch.
D. It is destined to replace the dog and the cat in popularity as a domestic pet during this century.
"Once I passed through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions. Yet now, of all that city I remember only a woman I casually met who detained me for love of me." This passage is an example of-
“I die just when the dawn breaks to herald the day.” This is a famous quote from ____.
PORCINE is related to PIG as BOVINE is related to ____________.
___________ wiring is the cause of the sudden blackout.
A. The strength of a company’s ethical culture lies in the extent to which the organization makes doing the right thing a priority.
B. Hence, it is imperative to continually share expectations and policies to create a clear understanding of acceptable and unacceptable behaviour at the workplace.
C. This creates a culture where employees independently behave in an ethical manner.
D. And, if a zero-tolerance policy towards unethical practices is adhered to, the myth of nice guys finishing last will be shattered.
B. Hence, it is imperative to continually share expectations and policies to create a clear understanding of acceptable and unacceptable behaviour at the workplace.
C. This creates a culture where employees independently behave in an ethical manner.
D. And, if a zero-tolerance policy towards unethical practices is adhered to, the myth of nice guys finishing last will be shattered.
The nearest post office is on _____________________.
It was a man who lived before the time of Christopher Columbus that was the world's first great traveler. His name was Marco Polo. With his father and his uncle, he traveled from Italy to China, crossing mountains and deserts to get there. In China a king called Kublai Khan was pleased to see the Polos and had them live near to him. They stayed for twenty-three years. Kublai Khan sent Marco to other countries to do business for him. When Marco finally returned to Italy, he wrote all about his adventures in a book, which was read by Columbus and many other people, who also became interested in traveling to strange countries.
This story is mainly about:
This story is mainly about:
Mang Kanor's nipa hut was destroyed _________ by typhoon Manghut.
He eats like a pig.
Which sentence clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural errors?
A. After examining him, the doctor smiled at him mischievously and took out a syringe.
B. Thinking that he was really sick, his father summoned the family doctor.
C. That day, Mintu wanted to take a day off from school.
D. Immediately, Mintu jumped up from his bed and swore the he was fine.
E. Therefore; he pretended to be sick and remained in bed.
B. Thinking that he was really sick, his father summoned the family doctor.
C. That day, Mintu wanted to take a day off from school.
D. Immediately, Mintu jumped up from his bed and swore the he was fine.
E. Therefore; he pretended to be sick and remained in bed.
If you're a fitness walker, there is no need for a commute to a health club. Your neighborhood can be your health club. You don't need a lot of fancy equipment to get a good workout either. All you need is a well-designed pair of athletic shoes.
This paragraph best supports the statement that:
This paragraph best supports the statement that:
A. The idea for ‘rinsing’ glass over a molten tin bath came to Sir Alastair when he stood at his kitchen sink washing dishes.
B. Pilkington’s proprietary process eliminated this final manufacturing stage by floating the glass, after it is cast from a melting furnace, over a bath of molten tin about the size of a tennis court.
C. A float line needs only half the number of workers to produce three times as much glass as old production methods.
D. The float process gives a distortion-free glass of uniform quality with bright, fire-polished surfaces; savings in costs are considerable.
B. Pilkington’s proprietary process eliminated this final manufacturing stage by floating the glass, after it is cast from a melting furnace, over a bath of molten tin about the size of a tennis court.
C. A float line needs only half the number of workers to produce three times as much glass as old production methods.
D. The float process gives a distortion-free glass of uniform quality with bright, fire-polished surfaces; savings in costs are considerable.
There was HIATUS of two years before I went back to college. HIATUS means _______.
Which passage is expressed effectively and without structural error/s?
A. Now we shall do everything we can to enforce this law.
B. In the struggle against crime, government and people should join hands.
C. Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law is government's response in law against cruelty and heartlessness.
D. The law's main objective is not retribution but reform and rehabilitation of offenders and would-be offenders.
E. All countries in the world are presently sieged by violent crime.
B. In the struggle against crime, government and people should join hands.
C. Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law is government's response in law against cruelty and heartlessness.
D. The law's main objective is not retribution but reform and rehabilitation of offenders and would-be offenders.
E. All countries in the world are presently sieged by violent crime.
Select the sentence with the most appropriate order of adverbs and adverbial phrases.
The advent of cellphone is perhaps the best contribution of modern technology to our communication system. Back then, it would take a week or longer before we can communicate with our loved ones if we are working in other countries. It was through letters that we could communicate with them, and letters really took time to reach their destinations. Today, if we want to talk to our loved ones, even of we are living in another country, we can do so very easily with the use of cellphones. In a matter of minute, we are connected with them.
What does the passage say?
What does the passage say?
What figure of speech is employed when the author states, " O souls and spirits of the martyred brave. arise?"
The wounded soldiers were visited by the President who honored them with ______ for their ______.
According to the current linguistics theories, which of the following is the best definition of the meaning of a word?
Generation Xers are those people born roughly between 1965 and 1981. As employees, Generation Xers tend to be more challenged when they can carry out tasks independently. This makes Generation Xers the most entrepreneurial generation in history.
This paragraph best supports the statement that Generation Xers
This paragraph best supports the statement that Generation Xers
In Feng Shui, clutter is a big no-no. Clutter is consists of old toys, clothes, old magazines and everything old which are no longer used. It hinders the free circulation of the fresh energy inside the house, preventing it to enter every room. It makes the energy inside the house stale and inactive, making the residents of the house sickly and less aggressive. To avoid more unlucky situations in the homes, clutter should be cleared once it starts to pile up. This is good Feng Shui.
What conclusion can we make?
What conclusion can we make?
The measure of choosing well is whether or not man likes what he ________.
The line from the Koran, "Woe to every backbiter," talks of _____________.
"Of man's first disobedience and the fruit/of that forbidden tree" is the opening to:
Please read the chapter __________________.
"He is known as a political butterfly", the congressman remarked. This means the fellow is a _______.
Parents admit that text messaging is an easy way of knowing their children’s whereabouts. However, they are worried about its effect on _______.
Guest house rooms must be _________ by noon.
The main protagonist acted out the part with great elan.
Caryle said, "A man perfects himself by working". This means _______.
A. John Calvin died on May 27, 1564.
B. The English Puritans who went to America in the seventeenth century were Calvinists.
C. But by then his ideas had spread from Geneva to much of Western Europe.
D. The Presbyterian and other Reformed churches of today base their religious beliefs on John Calvin’s teachings.
B. The English Puritans who went to America in the seventeenth century were Calvinists.
C. But by then his ideas had spread from Geneva to much of Western Europe.
D. The Presbyterian and other Reformed churches of today base their religious beliefs on John Calvin’s teachings.
Which among the following is the correct sequence of the sentences below?
1. The image of a good teacher is one who is constantly reflecting about how best to help different types of learners how to learn.
2. The National Competency-Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS) define a new paradigm of teaching where the teacher is viewed as a knowledge professional who is responsible for facilitating learning.
3. Good teaching is defined in terms of those practices that help students learn better.
4. Competency-based means that the standards or criteria for characterizing good.
5. The NCBTS can be used as a self assessment tool for professional development.
1. The image of a good teacher is one who is constantly reflecting about how best to help different types of learners how to learn.
2. The National Competency-Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS) define a new paradigm of teaching where the teacher is viewed as a knowledge professional who is responsible for facilitating learning.
3. Good teaching is defined in terms of those practices that help students learn better.
4. Competency-based means that the standards or criteria for characterizing good.
5. The NCBTS can be used as a self assessment tool for professional development.
A prisoner was approached by a priest. "I will keep all you say in confidence", the priest assured. This means he tried to ______.
A. Following his defeat, he abdicated with the apparent intention of going into exile in America.
B. At Rocherfort, however he found the harbor blockaded and he decided to surrender himself to Royal Navy.
C. He was escorted aboard HMS Bellerophon. It was a new experience for him to see the inside of a ship of the Royal Navy, the instrument of France’s defeat at Trafalgar a few years earlier.
D. If you or I had been in Napoleon's shoes after his shattering defeat at Waterloo, we might well have lapsed into a state of inward-looking depression if not despair. Not so Napoleon.
B. At Rocherfort, however he found the harbor blockaded and he decided to surrender himself to Royal Navy.
C. He was escorted aboard HMS Bellerophon. It was a new experience for him to see the inside of a ship of the Royal Navy, the instrument of France’s defeat at Trafalgar a few years earlier.
D. If you or I had been in Napoleon's shoes after his shattering defeat at Waterloo, we might well have lapsed into a state of inward-looking depression if not despair. Not so Napoleon.
Both Nenita and _____ plan to go.
Rousseau advised, “Have a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.” What is being referred to?
Being the scion of a wealthy patriarch, the family enjoys a good life.
What is meant by AT SIXES AND SEVENS in this sentence?
"We moved into the house last week, but I'm afraid everything, is still at sixes and sevens."
"We moved into the house last week, but I'm afraid everything, is still at sixes and sevens."
We should work for a total ban ____ of pesticides that are harmful to man.
Which is NOT synonym for ‘gathering’?