UPCAT 2018 REVIEWER

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

ENGLISH

1. ____ Filipinos must learn to look for reliable news sources.

a. Us

b. They

c. Them

d. We

2. If we ____ earlier we would have taken the exam with ease.

a. had arrived

b. has arrive

c. have arrived

d. would arrive

3. [Error Detection] Neither they nor I were correct. No error.

a. were

b. they

c. nor

d. no error
4. [Error Detection] She is not fit to accomplish for this work. No error.

a. fit

b. for

c. this

d. work

5. She needs her mothers _________.

a. Advise

b. Advice

c. Advisory

d. Advising

6. The following sentence contains an error of some kind. Read and select the option that
correctly identifies its error. The professor was humiliated when his students reported him
to the Dean for verbal abuse.
a. Capitalization
b. Punctuation
c. Spelling
d. Grammar

7. [Use of Infinitives] Mother takes great pleasure ___ pictures of our childhood.
a. Showing
b. To show
c. In showing
d. Shows

8. She has talked too ________.

a. Much
b. Many
c. Few
 d. A Great Deal

9. [Subject-Verb Agreement] Vern and Fred _____ a ride to work.

a. Needs
b. Need
c. Both options are correct
d. None of the above

10. [Subject-Verb Agreement] Either the workers or the boss ________ the merchandise.
a. Delivers
b. Deliver
c. Both options are correct
d. None of the above

11. Your money will be refunded if the goods are not to your ________.
a. Satisfy
b. Satisfactory
c. Satisfaction
d. Satisfactorily

12. [Figure of Speech] I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand
sympathies. Which technique is being used?
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Personification

13. [Adverb] Supply the two independent clauses with the correct conjunctive adverb. She went
into the store; _____, she didnt find anything she wanted to buy.
a. Therefore
b. Thus
c. Meanwhile
 d. However

14. [Verb Tenses] If she ___________ about his financial situation, she would have helped him
out.
a. Knew
b. Had been knowing
c. Had known
d. Have known

15. [Context Clues] Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word according to the context
provided by the following sentence: Some speakers tend to digress when they give their
speech and end up talking about unrelated things.
a. To elaborate on a subject, speech or writing
b. To reach a conclusion
c. To focus on a topic
d. To leave the main subject temporarily

16. [Error Detection] Before yesterday, I have given up hope that you will come back. No error.
a. no error
b. that
c. Before
d. will come back
e. have given up

17. Lolita is going to Switzerland ___________ May next year. Particularly, she would be
leaving ___________ eight oclock a.m _________ New Years Day.
a. in at on
b. at on at
c. in at in
d. in on on

18. [Error Detection] Right now I am so angry at you, so please dont come near me for I might
hit you. No error.
 a. might hit you
b. no error
c. angry at you
d. don't come
e. for

19. If we __________ harder we would have passed the UPCAT.

a. had studied
b. studied
c. have studied
d. study

20. Sakuragi did a slam dunk and the crowd roared ___________ approval.
a. our
b. its
c. his
d. their

FILIPINO

21. Ito ay isang grupo ng salita na hindi nagbibigay ng tuwirang kahulugan. Madalas na
patalinhaga ang paggamit sa mga salita.

a. Onomatopeya

b. Idiyoma

c. Bugtong

d. Hyperbole

22. ____ ang pinakamataas na antas ng wika.

a. Pampanitikan

b. Kolokyal
 c. Balbal

d. Lalawiganin

23. Ang labis na paglalarawan sa isang tao, bagay, pangyayari at iba pang katangian at
kalagayan ay tinatawag na ______.

a. Onomatopeya

b. Hayperbole

c. Simili

d. Pang-uyam

24. Huwag kang basta magtiwala dahil maraming nagbabalatkayo ngayon.

a. Nananakot

b. Nagbabanta

c. Nanlilinlang

d. Nagnanakaw

25. Nag-aaral ___ isang kanta ang aking kaibigan para sa kanyang kaarawan.

a. Ng

b. Nang

c. Ang

d. Sa

26. [Uri ng Pangungusap] Alin sa mga pangungusap ang nagsasalaysay?

a. Pumila kayo ng maayos sa daanan.

b. Pakiusap huwag kayong humara sa daanan.

c. Inutusan kaming pumila ng maayos sa daanan.

 d. Iwanan mo na siya at pumila ka na agad.

27. Umiyak _____ umiyak ang bata.

a. Ng

b. Nang

c. At

d. Kung

28. Malirip ang pagkasulat ng mga gamot na reseta ng doctor kaya hindi agad nakabili ng
gamot si tatay. Ano ang kahulugan ng salitang naka-salungguhit?

a. Marumi

b. Malabo

c. Maikli

d. Magara

29. Kabilang sa mga pangako ng bagong halal na mayor ay ____ na pagpapatupad sa mga
ordinansa at kaligtasan ng mamamayan sa kanilang bayan.

a. Strikto

b. Maayos

c. Malakas

d. Mahigpit

30. Suriin at piliin ang titik ng tamang uri ng pang-abay na isinasaad ng pangungusap: Tuwing
alas singko ng umaga gumigising si Aling Dina.

a. Pang-abay na pamamaraan

b. Pang-abay na pamanahon

c. Pang-abay na panlunan
 d. Pang-abay na pang-agam

31. Suriin at piliin ang titik ng tamang uri ng pang-abay na isinasaad ng pangungusap: Kaunti
lamang ang dumalo at nanood ng patimpalak.

a. Pang-abay na pang-gaano

b. Pang-abay na panang-ayon

c. Pang-abay na panlunan

d. Pang-abay na pang-agam

32. [Mga Kawikaan] Kung hindi ka maliligo, mangagamoy-kambing ka.

a. mahihilig sa kambing

b. magiging malahayop

c. dudungis

d. mamamaho

33. [Pagkilala sa Mali] Ayon sa mga dalubhasa, malaki raw ang naitutulong ng pag-eerhisyo ng
pag-iwas sa pagkakaroon ng sakit sa puso. Walang mali.

a. walang mali

b. sa

c. ng

d. naitutulong

e. raw

34. [Kasalungat] Ang pag-iibigan nina Florante at Laura ay matimyas.

a. wagas

b. di-magmamaliw

c. di-totoo
 d. matamis

35. Masaya sila __________ napakaraming pagsubok ang dumarating sa kanilang pamilya.

a. at

b. kahit

c. ngayong

d. dahil

36. [Kasing-kahulugan] Hindi ka dapat magmaktol kung ikay napagsasabihan.

a. lumayas

b. magmalaki

c. magalit

d. magtampo