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ENGLISH 5_ADMISSION TEST

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20 questions
READING COMPREHENSION
Directions: Read the selection below and answer the questions that follow. Choose the letter of the best answer on the space provided.
I Will Think About It
“I will think about it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We cannot see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them, and yet what mighty power our thoughts have!
Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer’s evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time, he went on thinking and thinking, and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could do the work of many horses with the greatest ease.
When you see a steamboat, a steam mill or a locomotive, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone.
A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa when he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of the pendulum.
James Ferguson was a poor Scottish shepherd boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he was filled with wonder.
“I should make a watch,” he thought. But how was he to get the materials to make the wheels and the mainspring? He soon found out how to get them. He made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen and portraits with oil colours.
In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned enough money to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto was, “I will think of it,” and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and ask someone to help you before helping yourselves. By thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
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Which best describes James Ferguson?

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What is the short story trying to teach you?

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Which idea from the short story is an opinion?

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How do you think the author feels about the people he described?

LANGUAGE
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
I. Identify how each of the underlined word was formed.
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The young and promising actress entered the world of showbiz at the age of 15.

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Identify and choose the abstract noun in the sentence “You can see the love this father has for his children.”

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun.
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Mrs. Santos, my teacher, isn’t in school today. ____________ is sick.

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Mr. Cruz called and _________ asked me if I could stop by the store.

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My parents love to tell stories about _____________ youth.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb based on what tense indicated.
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We __________ (travel) to the Philippines this coming summer break. (Simple Future)

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Anna __________ (write) on her journal when her phone rang. (Past Progressive)

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Mark __________ (present) his project in the conference room right now. (Present Progressive)

IV. Fill in the blanks with the correct order of adjectives.
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Who left ____________________ in the fridge?

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My uncle invited me and my friends to his farm to pick ____________________.

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Sparky, my pet, is ____________________.

V. Identify what kind of adverb are the underlined words. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
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The water was extremely cold in the morning.

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I usually wake up at 6AM.

VI. Complete each sentence by supplying the correct preposition. Choose your answer from the options provided.
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My experience happened during my short vacation _____ Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

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We went _____ a zoo called Baluarte where we saw different kinds of animals.