English GenEd

1. The students were told to form a straight line _____________

a. Of which both
b. both which
c. both of which
d. where both
2. I am early_______
a. isnt b. am I not?
C. arent
d. am I?
3. The committee_____ en banc deliberating on the details of the controversial
issue.
a. Had been
b. were
c. are
d. is
4. What figure of speech is employed in the lines below?
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer
Sonnet 1. Jose Ville Garcia
a. Synesthesia
b. paradox c. synecdoche
oxymoron
5. What error was committed in the sentence below?
First-bottoms often pattern their behavior after theyre parents and others
adults.
a. Faulty coordination
b. Misplaced modifier
c. replace theyreto their d. changed pattern to patterned
6. which sound does not represent a realization of the plural?
a. /es/
b. /s/ c./z/ d. /ez/
7. which one is example of sentence?
a.The sun is sinking below
b. a heat wave to try our patience
c. after taking this note to your father
d. It was not easy to be correct.
8. Which would be the appropriate subordinator to be used to complete the
sentence/
______she finally grew accustomed to the dark, she notice a small chest in the
corner of the room.
a. When
b. where
c. while
d. because
9. when the judge told the prosecutor to continue her inquiry, the prosecutor
asked more questions to the witness?
a. lecture
b. questioning c. speech d. argument
10. some elderly people live in such abject poverty that they go without
meals.
a. little
b. jaded
c. miserable
d. charming