APPENDIX: The Questionnaire Sample
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF THE SECONDARY FRESHMEN WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR PROFILE BACKGROUND. A. Accuracy. Match the underlined vowel/consonant sound in the left side with the one contained in any of the three (3) words inside the parenthesis. Write the correct word on the answer sheets.
1. hack (hock, bar, bade) 11. hot (hat, shaft, lock)
2. stack (stock, car, craft) 12. flaw (flow, flew, call)
3. gauze (goes, wrought, rote) 13. bowl (ball, saw, sow)
4. awed (owed, jaw, Joe) 14. gnaw (know, caught, coat)
5. cup (cop, rub, rob) 15. bane (vain, bin, vine)
6. bin (bane, male, mill) 16. gypsy (fish, be, keep)
7. freak (leave, save, sake) 17. same (fame, seem, come)
8. urchin (bush, church, brush) 18. garden (jar, jam, gold)
9. led (reed, fed, heed) 19. coo (low, law, rue)
10. well (kill, tell, feel) 20. meet (met, bread, be)
B. Appropriateness. Write the word that best corresponds to the essential meaning.
1. The blue scarf will (complement, compliment) your new suit.
2. The (aisle, isle) is located somewhere in the middle of South
China Sea.
3. Students flock in the bookstores to buy (stationary,
stationery).
4. We suggest that you (council, counsel) her concerning her behavior.
5. The church law is better known as the (cannon, canon) law.
6. They knew how to grind the (colonel, kernel) into oats.
7. We were (altogether, all together) again during the silver
jubilee of our class reunion.
8. Her (childish, childlike) countenance will win the admiration
of the boys.
9. If you want to know the value of this ring, let him (appraise,
apprise) it.
10. I fear the (claw, clause) of a monkey.
11. Adversity is a (great, greater) mentor than prosperity.
12. There are fresh shells in the (sore, shore).
13. The fool jumped into the (pole, pool).
14. The students (logged, lagged) behind.
15. The desk was (littered, lettered) with odds and ends.
16. Jun (leaned, lined) out of the window.
17. He could see a (deer, dear) near the tree.
18. The woman died after a sumptuous (mail, meal).
19. The soldiers put of the (red, raid) after the heavy rain.
20. The naughty lad threw his (cap, cop) into the gap.
C. Correct Usage. Pick out the correct word form in the parenthesis.
1. Fluency of using the English language has become one of
the (criteria, criterion) in accepting personnel in many call
centers.
2. A (referendum, referenda) is the submission of a proposed
public measure on law which has been passed upon by the
legislature.
3. The problems of a drug addict (affect, affects) his family.
4. Her sister, including her friends, (know, knows) how to use
her time profitably.
5. The number of drug addicts in our barangay (is, are)
growing.
6. Fifty percent of the funds (is, are) appropriated for fighting
drug addiction.
7. The old fashioned farmers can’t help (doubt, doubting) the
claims of the scientists.
8. Clavelio Mason can (drive, drives) up the flank of El Tofo
Mountain.
9. Coastal villages had better (look, looked) to seawater
agriculture.
10. They ought to (look, looks) for the proper trash cans.
11. The Arab nations might have (initiate, initiated) the first
experiments but they weren’t interested at the time.
12. Let us (take, takes) the adverb of frequency which answers
the question how often.
13. (Do, Does) your father still teach at Minglanilla National
Science High School?
14. The real meaning of success for many people (is, are)
making more and more money.
15. Did the students and teachers (left, leave) early yesterday?
16. By next week, I shall have (move, moved) away.
17. The loss of five friends (is, are) the price; Ermetes has to
pay for his selfishness.
18. Every grocery that (raises, raise) the price will be
boycotted.
DIFFICULTIES IN ORAL ENGLISH RELATIVE TO PRONUNCIATION. D. Pronunciation. Which of the word inside the parenthesis corresponds to the given symbol?
1. /iy/ (reap, rip)
2. /I/ (lick, leak)
3. /ey/ (bane, Ben)
4. /ε/ (sped, spade)
5. /æ/ (bar, bat)
6. /a/ (car, can)
7. /uw/ (book, boot)
8. /u/ (good, cooed)
9. /כ/ (call, coat)
10. /ow/ (bought, boat)
11. /oy/ (soil, full)
12. /ay/ (geyser, gypsy)
13. /aw/ (bough, claw)
14. /ﮐ/ (ship, chip)
15. /^/ (cup, cap)
Which choice corresponds to the word with the correct primary stress.
1. a. cáshier 4. a. déficit
b. cashíer b. defícit
2. a. góvern 5. a. cómmittee
b. govérn b. commíttee
3. a. prófessor 6. a. órator
b. proféssor b. orator
E. Inflection. Which is correct, a or b?
1. a) How are you, Mr. Adolfo?
b) How are you, Mr. Adolfo?
2. a) He came, he saw, he conquered.
b) He came, he saw, he conquered.
3. a) Goodbye
b) Goodbye
4. a) Nice to see you.
b) Nice to see you.
5. a) I’ll see him.
b) I’ll see him.
6. a) Do you like tea?
b) Do you like tea?
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN ENGLISH BY THE RESPONDENTS § Areas of Difficulty § Very Difficult § Difficult § Moderately Difficult § Less Difficult § Not Difficult
F. Oral English
1. [iy]
2. [I]
3. [ey]
4.[ε]
5. [æ]
6. [a]
7. [uw]
8. [u]
9. [כ]
10. [ow]
11. [oy]
12. [ay]
13. [aw]
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