UPCAT Reviewer Outline and Guide
1. Language Proficiency (English & Filipino)
ENGLISH:
- Subject-Verb Agreement: Match singular/plural correctly (She eats / They eat).
- Tenses: Present (eat), Past (ate), Future (will eat).
- Sentence Structure: Simple, compound, complex.
- Pronoun Use, Modifiers, Common Grammar Errors.
- Vocabulary: Use of context clues, synonyms, antonyms.
FILIPINO:
- Wastong Gamit ng Salita: nang vs ng, din vs rin.
- Kayarian ng Salita: Payak, Maylapi, Inuulit, Tambalan.
- Bahagi ng Pananalita: Pandiwa, Pangngalan, Pang-uri, etc.
2. Reading Comprehension (English & Filipino)
ENGLISH:
- Find Main Ideas and Supporting Details.
- Inference, Author's Purpose and Tone.
- Practice with short passages.
FILIPINO:
- Pag-unawa sa tula, sanaysay, kwento.
- Layunin ng awtor, pangunahing ideya.
- Pagsusuri ng emosyon ng tauhan o tono ng akda.
3. Science
BIOLOGY:
- Cells, Body Systems (respiratory, circulatory, etc.)
- Basic Genetics: Traits, Dominant/Recessive
CHEMISTRY:
- Atoms & Molecules, Periodic Table
- Compounds and Chemical Reactions
PHYSICS:
- Motion: Speed = Distance / Time
- Forces and Energy (kinetic, potential)
EARTH SCIENCE:
- Layers of the Earth, Weather and Climate
- Plate Tectonics and Natural Disasters
4. Mathematics
ARITHMETIC:
- Operations with decimals, fractions, ratios, and percentages.
UPCAT Reviewer Outline and Guide
ALGEBRA:
- Solving for x, simplifying expressions, factoring.
GEOMETRY:
- Area, Volume, Perimeter, Types of Angles, Triangle rules.
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY:
- Mean, Median, Mode, Basic Probability
TRIGONOMETRY (Intro Only):
- SOH-CAH-TOA basics (sine, cosine, tangent).