2019 DepEd English Proficiency Test (EPT) Reviewer with Answers (58 pages) Mã A404715

2019 DepEd English Proficiency Test (EPT) Reviewer with Answers

Part I. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST

Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter

of your answer on the space provided for.

A. Sentence Completion

_____1. She is well loved by the people for being ______________.

a. slanderous b. virtuous*

c. ambiguous d. condescending

_____2. Davidlee is an ____________ diver. He always wins the gold medal.

a. inept

b. efficient c. adroit*

d. aggressive

_____3. The ____ student _____ going to school.

a. delinquent; abhors* b. awkward; abhors

c. industrious; dislikes d. obedient; dislikes

_____4. The reporter was adjudged guilty of _____ for spreading false accusations.

a. calumny*

b. rebellion c. treachery

d. mutiny

_____5. Ewan played the violin with such _____, everyone was amazed.

a. anxiety b. inanity

c. deity d. virtuosity*

_____6. Today, Alfred Wegener’s theory is _______; however, he died an outsider treated with ___

by the scientific establishments.

a. unsupported: approval

b. dismissed: contempt c. accepted: approbation

d. unchallenged: disdain*

_____7. The revolution I art has not lost its steam; it _________ on as fiercely as ever.

a. trudges b. meanders

c. rages* d. ambles

_____8. Biological clocks are of such _____ adaptive value to living organisms, that we would expect most organisms to _____them.

a. obvious: possess* b. ambivalent: develop

c. meager: evolve

d. significant: eschew

_____9. The peasants were the least ______ of all people, bound by tradition and _____ by

superstitions.

a. conventional: encumbered

b. pinioned: limited c. free: fettered*

d. enthralled: tied

_____10. The conclusion of his argument, while _____, is far from ______.

a. germane: relevant b. esoteric: obscure

c. stimulating: interesting d. abstruse: incomprehensible*

B. Synonyms

_____11. The virulent drug he had mistakenly taken killed him in an instant.

a. effective

b. expensive c. sedative

d. toxic*

_____12. Argentina is one of the world’s leading honey-exporters. It maintains a large apiary.

a. Place where birds are bred. b. Place where apes are grown.

C. Place where bees are raised.* D. Place where honey is stored.

_____13. Eugenio Joshua admires his teacher’s deportment during class.

a. demeanor*

b. speech c. banishment

d. intelligence

_____14. His recommendation was rejected because it might be inimical to the company.

a. insubstantial

b. useful c. costly

d. disadvantageous*

_____15. Marvin Jay’s supervisor asked him to elucidate his proposal during the presentation.

a. clarify* b. extend

c. improve d. shorten

C. Antonyms

_____16. The mother has been doleful every when she lost her son.

a. miserable b. cheerful*

c. prayerful d. anxious

_____17. Juan Carlo acquiesced to his friends’ plan of going to Baguio comes February.

a. agreed

b. objected* c. rejoiced

d. abided

_____18. John Dan’s house is full of a motley collection of furniture, including antiques, woodcrafts

and glasswares.

a. diverse

b. attractive c. homogenous*

d. expensive

_____19. Jeric Angel’s nervousness was palpable despite the confident façade he was showing.

a. evident b. increasing

c. decreasing d. hidden*

_____20. He had learned that everything in life is evanescent.