Verbal Ability (English) MCQs
Word meaning, sentence completion, error recognition, sentence structure, paragraph organization and reading comprehension.
Topics
- Word Meaning and Sentence Completion20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer: synonyms, antonyms and words in context, plus sentence completion items with explanations of each correct choice.
- Error Recognition and Sentence Structure20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer on spotting grammar errors and choosing correctly structured sentences: subject–verb agreement, tenses, pronouns, prepositions and paragraph order.
- Reading Comprehension20 MCQsCivil Service Exam reading comprehension reviewer with original short passages on the environment, public service, study skills and disaster preparedness, with questions on main idea, details and inference.
- Vocabulary in Context and Idioms20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer on vocabulary in context, common English idioms, one-word substitution and commonly confused words used in government and office settings.
- Sentence Structure and Paragraph Organization20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer on sentence structure and paragraph organization: correct sentence forms, parallelism, modifiers, combining sentences and arranging sentences in logical order.
- Synonyms and Antonyms for the CSE20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer with more synonyms and antonyms of words often used in government, law and the workplace, each explained with its meaning and usage.
- Commonly Confused Words20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer on commonly confused English words, such as affect and effect, advice and advise, lose and loose, their and there, with the difference explained.
- Verb Tenses and Forms20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer on English verb tenses and forms: simple, continuous and perfect tenses, irregular verbs, conditionals, active and passive voice and reported speech.
- Reading Comprehension: Public Service Passages20 MCQsCivil Service Exam reading comprehension reviewer with five original passages on open budgets, coral reefs, queue systems, memo writing and volunteering, with main idea, detail, vocabulary and inference questions.
- Prepositions and Articles20 MCQsCivil Service Exam verbal ability reviewer on English prepositions and articles: in, on and at, fixed pairings such as responsible for, and the use of a, an, the or no article.
- Subject–Verb Agreement20 MCQsCivil Service Exam English reviewer on subject–verb agreement: indefinite pronouns, either/neither, collective nouns, amounts, words ending in -s, "there is/are", "a number of" and phrases between subject and verb.
- Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs and Modifiers20 MCQsCivil Service Exam English reviewer on pronoun case (I or me, who or whom), reflexive pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, comparisons, and dangling and misplaced modifiers.
- Parallelism, Conjunctions and Transitions20 MCQsCivil Service Exam English reviewer on parallel structure, correlative conjunctions (either/or, neither/nor, both/and, whether/or), subordinating conjunctions and transition words for contrast, addition, examples and results.
- Punctuation and Capitalisation20 MCQsCivil Service Exam English reviewer on commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, quotation marks, hyphens and end marks, comma splices, and the capitalisation of names, places, days, months and seasons.
- Vocabulary for Public Service: Synonyms and Antonyms20 MCQsCivil Service Exam English reviewer with synonyms and antonyms of words common in government work: expedite, disburse, rescind, concur, stringent, lenient, frugal and more.
- Reading Comprehension Practice20 MCQsCivil Service Exam English reading comprehension practice with five original passages on the national ID, the heat index, records disposal, barangay health workers and solar power for islands.