Language Proficiency 7.

Amicable means the same as –

A. friendly
Directions: This subtest will measure your fluency in
B. anxious
English and Filipino. Read the
C. jealous
sentence/question/passage first before selecting the
D. patient
letter that corresponds to your answer.

1. May I please request that each of the two groups 8. are you deserting me you are also taking our
take an position in the issue now. supplies.
A. alternating A. neither—nor
B. alternative B. not only—but
C. alternate C. both—and
D. all of the above D. either—or

2. mountains aplenty in the Philippines. 9. Lolita is going to Switzerland ___________ May

A. There is next year. Particularly, she would be leaving
B. There are ___________ eight o’clock a.m _________ New
C. There were Year’s Day.
D. There was A. in – on – on
B. at – on – at
3. The student badly needs her teacher's C. in – at – in
A. Advice D. in – at – on
B. advise
C. advising 10. Choose the correct and effective sentence from
D. advisory the set of sentences.
A. Father jogs exuberantly to the park every
4. Choose the correct and effective sentence from morning before breakfast to exercise his
the set of sentences. heart.
A. She only walked fifteen miles when her B. Father exuberantly jogs every morning to the
legs gave out. park to exercise his heart before breakfast.
B. She had only walked for about fifteen miles C. Father, to exercise his heart, jogs exuberantly
when her legs gave out. every morning before breakfast to the park.
C. She has walked only fifteen miles when her D. Father jogs exuberantly every morning before
legs gave out. breakfast to the park to exercise his heart.
D. She had walked only fifteen miles when her
legs gave out. 11. She ______________ finished the project before
tomorrow.
5. A thousand pesos __________ not enough A. None of the above
compensation and you _________ it. B. would have
A. are – knows C. will have
B. are – know D. should have Questions
C. is – know 12 – 14: Read the group of words provided. There may be
D. is – knows a mistake in the sentence structure. If you find a mistake,
choose the answer that is written most clearly and
6. If we __________ harder we would have passed correctly. If there is no mistake, choose Correct as is.
the UPCAT.
12. Veronica left the room, turned right, and, without
A. study
any hesitation, walked outside.
B. had studied
A. Leaving the room, turning right, Veronica
C. studied
walking outside without any hesitation.
D. have studied
 B. Veronica left the room and she turned right C. error-free
and walked outside without any hesitation. D. flawless
C. Veronica left the room turned right and
18. Much of his writing is slack that is why readers
walked outside without any hesitation.
get bored at his works.
D. Correct as is
A. lacks action
13. There are extra chairs in that room that are not
B. lacks completeness/perfection
needed or necessary.
C. lacks firmness
A. There are extra chairs in that room. D. lacks diligence
B. There are extra and unnecessary chairs in
19. Members shall be adequately braced to resist
that room.
lateral and torsional displacement.
C. The extra chairs in that room are not
needed or necessary. A. connected together
D. Correct as is B. supported with braces
C. reinforced
14. Some tortoises living up to 100 years are among
D. get ready for an attack
the world’s oldest animals.
20. Pauline's words had made all sorts of frightened
A. The world’s oldest animals, some living up
echoes in our minds.
to 100 years are some tortoises.
B. Some tortoises, among the world’s oldest A. a close imitation
animals, are living up to 100 years. B. an answering sympathetic effect
C. Living up to 100 years, some tortoises are C. a soft recurrence of a statement
among the world’s oldest animals. D. a reverberation of sound waves
D. Correct as is
21. The dead load consists of the weight of the
For question numbers 15 – 21: Determine which of the structure completed.
following synonyms on the given choices best
corresponds to how the underlined word/s were used on A. empty
each sentence. B. inert
C. constant
15. Leo made a disappointed, misunderstood face
D. lifeless
from the many creases at his disposal.
22. The cold air mass will move south from Canada.
A. Authority
In which sentence does the word mass mean the
B. distribution
same thing as in the sentence above?
C. garbage unit
D. regulation A. The storm warning of a blizzard caused mass
concern.
16. Joana's reply to his query was sure and crisp,
B. The oil mass spread quickly into the ocean.
that it didn't took too long before she was able to
C. There was a mass of people gathering to
prod him away.
watch the parade.
A. brittle D. The 100-member choir will mass in the
B. lively auditorium on Saturday.
C. concise
Questions 23 – 27: Choose the correct sequence of
D. fragile sentences that will make the paragraph more organized
17. The professor took an immaculate handkerchief and logical.
out of his pocket, and began to polish the lenses of 23. (1) This mere mechanism of reading becomes
his glasses. altogether automatic at an early period of life.
A. pure
B. spotless
(2) You will often find yourself reading words or (4) This has been a problem in previous
characters automatically, while your mind is concerned administrations and remains a problem of the
with a totally different subject. Aquino government, despite sustained economic
growth since 2010.
(3) This can be performed irrespective of attention.
(5) This is true both in the Philippines and around
(4) In as much, neither can I call it reading when it is
the planet, whose resources cannot meet the
just to extract the narrative portion of a text from the
demands especially of the poorest segments of the
rest simply for one’s personal amusement.
7.2 billion population.
(5) To read the characters or the letters of the text does
A. 1-2-3-4-5
not mean reading in the true sense of the word.
B. 4-2-3-1-5
A. 5-2-1-3-4 C. 2-3-5-1-4
B. 3-5-1-2-4 D. 5-3-2-1-4
C. 2-1-3-4-5
26. (1) Ang bawat polista ay kinakailangang
D. 5-3-2-1-4
magtrabaho ng apatnapung araw sa bawat taon.

(2) Ang polo y servicios o sapilitang paggawa ay ang

24. (1) Most of this material which we call ash, stays sapilitang paglilingkod sa pamahalaang mga Pilipinong
behind after the fire burns out.
lalaki mula 16 hanggang 60 taong gulang.
(2) When we burn fuel such as wood, oil or coal, the
(3) Noong 1884, ito ay ginagawa na lamang
fuel combines with oxygen in the air to form gases that
labinlimang araw.
escape into the atmosphere.
(4) Ang mga manggagawa sa ilalim ng polo y servicios
(3) Some of it, however, is carried aloft by the hot
ay tinatawag na polista.
gases of the fire and adds to the volume of smoke
produced. (5) Upang makaligtas sa sapilitang paggawa,
kinakailangang magbayad ng falla na tanging mga
(4) In addition, most of the fuels contain a small amount
mayayaman lamang ang nakakabayad.
of various substances that do not burn.
A. 2-4-1-3-5
(5) But most of the burning we do is far from perfect, so
B. 2-5-1-4-3
tiny particles of unburned fuel escape up the chimney
C. 2-3-1-5-4
in the form of smoke.
D. 2-1-5-4-3 27.
A. 2-5-3-4-1
(1) Ipinakikita ng panitikang eksistensyal ang
B. 2-3-5-1-4
kamulatan sa kamalian at kahangalan ng uniberso.
C. 2-3-5-4-1
D. 2-5-4-1-3 25. (2) Madalas na paksa nito ang mga bagay at galaw
na etikal na titiyak sa kahulugan ng buong buhay ng
(1) In the Philippines, the population boom has
isang indibidwal.
derailed efforts to make the benefits of economic
growth trickle down to the grassroots. Thousands of (3) Ang eksistensyalismo ay naniniwalang ang tao
new people are born on our planet every day. mismo ang gumagawa at humuhubog ng kanyang
(2) With the population galloping toward the 100- kapalaran.
million mark, the Philippines will be among one of (4) Di nito tinatanggap na ang herediti at kapaligiran
several developing nations leading global ang tumitiyak sa motibasyon at ang pag-uugali ng
population growth in the coming years, according to
tao.
the United Nations.
(5) Ang kanyang kahihinatnan ay ayon sa kanyang
(3) With limited resources and economic growth
pagpili ng aksyon o ng pamamaraan ng pamumuhay.
failing to keep pace with the population boom, this
means more people getting an ever-shrinking share A. 3-1-2-5-4
of the pie.
 B. 3-5-4-1-2 D. rin Questions
C. 3-5-1-2-4
39 – 41: Read the paragraph and then answer the
D. 3-2-1-4-5
questions that follow it.
28. His reassuring words mitigated our fears.
“The Challenge”
Mitigated means –
It started when she was in elementary school. Sonia
A. reinforced
knew that she wanted to be a champion synchronized
B. added to
swimmer. Today’s competition would determine
C. caused
whether she would earn the opportunity to go to the
D. eased national contest. She performed the required technical
29. By the time the operation ends, Billy _____ a routines flawlessly and led the other swimmers going
total of 1,300 hours for his friend and _____ into the free competition, the portion of the program
countless outdated magazines in the emergency that counted most. This series of choreographed
room waiting area. moves performed to music required a couple of
qualities. For one particularly difficult element, Sonia
A. will have waited…will have read had to remain upside down in the water for over half a
B. have waited…have read minute. She could tell by the audience’s thunderous
C. waited…read applause when she emerged from the pool that the
D. will have waited…read performance had gone well. Seconds later the judges
confirmed it; Sonia was on her way to the national
30. Sarah wanted to see the concert she had been contest.
looking forward to it for a long time. Choose the
answer that is the best way to write the underlined 39. This series of choreographed moves performed
section of the sentence. to music required a couple of qualities? Good writers
describe the subject using details. How can the
A. concert, she had been underlined words be better written to include exact
B. concert; she had been details?
C. concert she has been
D. Correct as is A. some abilities that she had to develop
B. specific physical qualities
36. Neither of her Oscar awards, however, _____ C. special moves
been polished for a long time. D. great strength and control
A. have 40. Which sentence would not belong in this
B. is paragraph?
C. has
D. have already A. Sonia had worked hard for many years to get
to this point.
37. By the time the operation ends, Billy _____ a B. The routine had gone smoothly, and Sonia
total of 1,300 hours for his friend and _____ had done even better than she had
countless outdated magazines in the emergency anticipated.
room waiting area. C. The cool water always felt wonderful to
A. will have waited…will have read Sonia; she loved the smell of chlorine.
B. have waited…have read D. Her dream, since childhood, was finally
C. waited…read coming true.
D. will have waited…read 41. Which of these would be the best topic
38. Patungo ______________ ang mga kandidato. sentence for this paragraph?

A. roon A. A synchronized swimming team will be

B. doon sent to the Olympics.
C. dito
 B. Sonia got a new swimsuit and cap for the was built in the superior part of the shaded area, and
competition. they (55) were placed in front of the theater boxes. [56]
C. Only a few extremely talented athletes
42.
win competitions.
D. For almost as long as she could A. NO CHANGE
remember, Sonia had wanted to go to the B. which originated
Olympics. C. which did originate
D. and the Fair originated
Questions 42 – 56: Choose the alternative that best
expresses the idea in standard written English and is 43.
worded most consistently with the tone of the passage. If
you believe the original version is best, then choose “NO A. NO CHANGE
CHANGE.” There will also be questions about sections of B. in which
the passage or about the passage as a whole. Read the C. after which
entire passage before answering any of the questions. For D. as 27
some questions you may need to read beyond the
underlined section in order to determine the correct 44.
answer.
A. NO CHANGE
Building the Plaza de Toros B. had taken place
C. did take place
Thousands of tourists from all over the world gather in
D. take place
Seville, Spain each year, two weeks after Easter Holy
Week, to witness the La Real Maestranza. La Real 45.
Maestranza is part of the Seville Fair, and the Fair (42)
originated back in 1847 when (43) it was originally A. NO CHANGE
organized as a livestock fair. Of central importance to B. stunning yet beautiful
the festival are the bullfights that took place (44) in the C. beautiful
Plaza de Toros, a circular ring on Baratillo Hill. D. stunning, however beautiful,

Construction on the stunning and beautiful (45) Plaza 46.

de Toros first begun in 1749 but had not completed (46)
A. NO CHANGE
for many years after. The inner facade of the plaza
B. was began in 1749 and was not completed
(called the Palco del Príncipe or Prince’s Box) was
completed in 1765, and this box consists of two parts; C. had begun in 1749 and had completed
the (47) access gate through which the successful D. began in 1749 but was not completed
bullfighters exited (48), and the theater box itself, which 47.
was reserved for the exclusive use of not only the
Spanish King and Queen, but for (49) other members A. NO CHANGE
of the Royal Family. [50] B. parts: the
C. parts, the
When monarch Carlos III prohibited bullfighting
D. parts the
celebrations in 1786, work halted, and (51) only one-
third of the plaza had been completed (52) at the time. 48.
The construction of the ring was finally completed in
1881, two thirds (53) were constructed in stone, the A. NO CHANGE
rest in wood. B. did exit
C. are exiting
Choosing to redo them in brick, the stone grandstands D. will exit
were replaced between 1914 and 1915 by architect
Anival Gonzalez. (54) All the rows were reconstructed 49.
with a smoother slope. Ten to twelve rows of shaded
A. NO CHANGE
seating were constructed as well as fourteen rows in
B. not only the Spanish King and Queen, yet for
the sun and three rows of barrier. A row of armchairs
C. not only the Spanish King and Queen, but
also for
D. not the Spanish King and Queen, but also for