This is the Multiples Choice Questions Part 1 of Verbal Ability. In preparation for the Civil Service Exam, practice, and familiarize every question we have, it might be included in the actual examination. Good luck.
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Verbal Ability Part 1
1. I think the answer to the Philippines’ economic woes ______ really entrepreneurship.
a. are
b. was
c. is
d. were
Answer: c
2. I really _____ interested to know the ingredients of your well-loved recipe.
a. am
b. was
c. is
d. were
Answer: a
3. It was in 1977 when Rosa and her sisters ______ their paper crafts company.
a. launches
b. launch
c. launched
d. have launched
Answer: c
4. The effects of global warming ____ irregular weather patterns that can threaten agriculture and eventually the world food supply.
a. including
b. includes
c. Include
d. Included
Answer: c
5. The wife was ____ to see her husband in jail before she was accompanied to the airport by the country police.
a. allow
b. allowed
c. allows
d. allowing
Answer: b
6. Keeping up ____ the fashion trend is costly because you have to buy whatever is new in the market.
a. for
b. to
c. with
d. in
Answer: c
7. One could see the white smoke rising from the cathedral’s tower, signaling a new pope ____ chosen.
a. was
b. is
c. has been
d. were
Answer: c
8. Click ____ the item displays to check the clothes in stock, and choose from the many items available.
a. on
b. in
c. to
d. for
Answer: a
9. Specialists ____ on training and item-boosting stats that are most suited to their role in the field.
a. work
b. works
c. working
d. has worked
Answer: a
10. Some guests also take pictures of us and I really enjoy that because I ____ our charismatic community.
a. loved
b. loves
c. love
d. has loved
Answer: c
11. It is ____ that you first drink water before you go walking in the park.
a. advice
b. advised
c. advise
d. advices
Answer: b
12. The team member in front ___ go on a head, making sure he or she lays trap in prime locations to slow down anyone behind him or her.
a. must
b. should
c. will
d. would
Answer: a
13. While the legends of the mystical roses were widespread, no one has actually ____ them in person.
a. saw
b. seen
c. see
d. sees
Answer: b
14. Teamwork ____ a must in different situations, and each member of the group is important for each has his or her role.
a. is
b. was
c. are
d. were
Answer: a
15. The movie, Into Your Hands, was a real tear jerker it nearly ____ me cry when I watched it last month.
a. make
b. has made
c. made
d. makes
Answer: c
16. Hope has ____ anew for the cancer-stricken patient after the discovery of a new herbal medicine.
a. spring
b. springs
c. sprang
d. sprung
Answer: d
17. The well-loved chef wanted to feature recipes with an Ilocano influence to show his viewers that Ilocano cuisine ____be global.
a. must
b. can
c. should
d. may
Answer: b
18. The secret to cooking delicious continental food ____ to create the perfect blend of flavors.
a. is
b. was
c. will be
d. are
Answer: a
19. Rosa ____ the family-owned Tiffany’s Pares Food house which serves that locals as well as the foreign guest of their beautiful town.
a. managed
b. manages
c. must manage
d. could manage
Answer: b
20. You remember this nursery rhyme, ___ you?
a. Aren’t you
b. Doesn’t
c. Weren’t
d. Don’t
Answer: d
