Sunday, July 5, 2020

ALS REVIEWER for 2020 Accreditation & Equivalency Readiness Test - AERT



2020 Accreditation & Equivalency Readiness Test Reviewer - ENGLISH

Instruction: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Mrs. Dela Fuente, along with her students, usually _______ the plants in the school garden before the class starts.



          A. water                                                C. watered
          B. waters                                             D. will water

2. The police have been manning the checkpoints _________since the start of the Enhanced Community Quarantine ordered by the President.

          A. itself                                                 C. themselves
          B. himself/herself                                  D. ourselves


3. Do you have any other dolls ________ the Barbies?


          A. besides                                             C. aside
          B. beside                                               D. by

4. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, school officials have decided this morning to close schools in all levels, public or private, ________ April 14th.


          A. on                                                    C. since
          B. by                                                    D. through

5. Among the two sets of twin, Marlon is the __________ singer.

          A. good                                                 C. best
          B. better                                               D. worse

6. Madelyn cannot ride a bicycle.  Adelaide can’t _________.

          A. either                                                C. as well
          B. neither                                              D. too

7. Roman is very excited to go to Boracay because he has ______ been there before.

          A. always                                              C. hardly
          B. often                                                D. never

8. If my dog _____ here right now, it would have bit you.

          A. is                                                      C. were
          B. was                                                  D. be

9. Their bed and breakfast business ______ blooming.

          A. is                                                      C. were
          B. has                                                   D. had

10. The chocolate cookies that I brought are for you and your sister. They are ______.

          A. hers                                                 C. yourselves
          B. yours                                                D. theirs

11. Which of the following is a compound sentence?

          A. This is the house that Juan built.
          B. His favorite hobbies are reading books and watching movies.
          C. The President, as well as the Cabinet, attends the flag ceremony.
          D. Sheila did not go to work, for she was under the weather.

12. What figure of speech is this sentence: “I’ve told you a million times!”?

          A. simile                                                C. hyperbole
          B. metaphor                                          D. irony

13. If “It’s raining cats and dogs”, it means _________.

          A. it is raining heavily                             C. your parents are fighting
          B. the cats and dogs are playing            D. the neighbors are having a party

14. Select the part of the sentence that is incorrect.

          A. A committee                                     C. were formed      
          B. of four members                               D. by the participants.

15. Remember the advice of the Health Secretary _____ Stay at home. What punctuation mark is appropriate in the blank?

          A. comma (,)                                         C. semicolon (;)
          B. period (.)                                           D. colon (:)

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