ENG101 Midterm Past Paper 3

ENG101 Mid Term

Choose the best meaning/definition for the highlighted word. Santos knew that the reading class would improve his vocabulary and comprehension, thus increasing his chances of success in subsequent college courses.

1. less important
2. out of order
3. following
4. . first

Correct answer: following

Which one of these means ‘a loose garment’?

1. Cloak
2. Clock
3. Clone
4. Clot

Correct answer: Cloak

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option. You must have been _____ daydreaming _____ sleeping in class again.

1. Neither…or
2. Both…or
3. Either…or
4. Either…and

Correct answer: Either…or

James usually has his lunch at this restaurant _____ sometimes he eats elsewhere. ENG101 Mid Term

1. if
2. either
3. neither
4. but

Correct answer: but

the men _____ their supervisor is to be blamed for the mishap.

1. Neither…and
2. Either…and
3. Neither…nor
4. Either…nor

Correct answer: Neither…nor

Choose the best meaning or synonym for the highlighted word. When your plan brings us great wealth, you will be rewarded for your sagacity.

1. huge appetite for herbs
2. good looks
3. mistakes
4. intelligence

Correct answer: intelligence

Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank. Coach Calhoun tried to ________ his team to try harder in the face of overwhelming odds.

1. exhort
2. instigate
3. emulate
4. Flout

Correct answer: exhort

ENG101 Mid Term

Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank. Newton imagined light to ________ of particles emit from luminous bodies.

1. Assist
2. desist
3. consist
4. persist

Correct answer: consist

Which one of the following cannot be used for the suffix -ure?

1. lect-
2. fiss-
3. depart-
4. polit-

Correct answer: polit-

Read the cause in the given situation and choose the effect. I ran as fast as I could, passing all the other runners in the race. I wasn't even tired, either.

1. I won the race
2. I came in last place in the race.
3. I decided to run the last lap of the race again.
4. I stopped at the store for a snack, since I was ahead of everyone else.

Correct answer: I won the race

Fill in the blank with the most suitable phrasal verb. She brought..... the deal even though nobody thought she was capable of doing it.

1. off
2. in

Correct answer: off