Cohesive Devices: Underline the
Some families have closets that are
correct cohesive devices in the
parenthesis to complete the paragraph.
(13 points)
Mary could not go with me (so / and) I
invited Anne instead. Anne was very
happy accept my invitation (therefore /
because) the film was very popular.
Anne and I had a good time (but / for)
the next day Mary was very angry. “Do
you love me (so / or) do you love
Anne?” she asked me. “I like both you
(and / or) Anne,” I answered. “Look!”
said Mary. “Either you go out with me
(or / yet) you go out with Anne. You
can’t love both me (nor / and) Anne at
the same time.” “Why not?” I answered.
“(Because / However) it’s not fair.” I
asked Mary if she would go out with me
tonight (so / but) she said that she had a
new boyfriend (and / but) didn’t want to
see me again (because / despite) I
didn’t really love her. I phoned Anne (but
/ or) she said she was busy (and / yet)
now I’m alone.
Idiomatic Expressions: Underline the
correct/exact idioms in the in the
following sentences and choose the
letter which states their meaning. (14
points)
14-15. Ashley blacks out whenever she
sees blood.
A. She faints.
B. She paints whatever she was working
on blacks.
16-17. I’ve been feeling under the
weather lately..
A. Sick/unwell
B. I like to watch the weather channel
18-19. The old farmer was the salt of the
earth.
A. The farmer was a good, honest,
dependable person.
B. The farmer was really irrational.
20-21. Many families have a skeleton in
the closet.
A.
full of junks.
B. Many families have a bad person
they don’t like to talk about.
22-23. Hold your houses.
A. Relax. Don’t rush into anything.
B. don’t let the horses go anywhere.
24-25. Old man Jones is as blind as a
bat.
A. Bats are blind.
B. Mr. Jones doesn’t see very well.
26-27. Caled made his suggestions right
out of the blue.
A. Nobody expected his suggestions.
B. Caled was really blue when he made
that suggestions.
28-29. She should give him a taste of
his own medicine.
A. She should go get his medicine for
him.
B. She should to him what he did to her.
30-31. Alright, who let the car out of the
bag?
A. Who told him big secret?
B. Who let the cat escape the bag?
32-33. Alex is upset because he was cut
from the team.
A. Alex upset the members of the team.
B. Alex got kicked off the team.
Propaganda Devices: Underline the
correct answer.
34. It is a propaganda strategy that
persuades consumers by telling them
that others are doing the same thing.
Emotional words / Bandwagon /
Testimonial / Transfer
35. When a product is sold by the name
or picture of a famous person or thing
but no words from the said person or
thing.
Transfer / Repetition / Bandwagon /
Testimonial
36. A famous person used to endorse
product or a candidate is knows as?
Testimonial / Transfer / Emotional words
/ Bandwagon
37. Radio Advertisement: Drink Super
Sport Beverage, the only drink of the
NBA.
Testimonial / Transfer / Emotional words
/ Bandwagon
38. The speaker in a TV commercial
criticizes another person or product with
little reason or evidence.
Testimonial / Transfer / Emotional words
/ Name Calling
Adjectives: Underline the adjectives in
ny
39. Juan handled the breakable glasses
very careful.
40. Tanya is a graceful dancer.
41. The chubby baby clapped his hands
excitedly.
42. Miranda walked with his little sister.
43. The children were happily painting
colorful pictures.
44. Mathew came home from soccer
with a filthy uniform.
45. Emily loves her shaggy puppy
46. Their substitute teacher assigned a
lot of work.
47. Brittany was glad to finish a difficult
test.
48. The children picked up autumn
leaves on their way to school.
49. The girl told scary stories at the
sleepover.
50. Everyone taught that Marcus was a
lazy boy.
Affixes: Underline the Prefix or Suffix in
the following words and encircle its root
word. (51-74)
illness / careless /
movement / unwilling /
irregular / cheerful /
pretest / disrespect /
guitarist / semifinals /
underline / teacher
Fact vs Opinion: Identify whether the
following are fact or opinion.
75. President Rodrigo Duterte is the 16th
President of the Republic of the
Philippines.
76. I think the girl in pink shirt is more
attractive that the girl in blue shirt.
77. There are 8 parts of speech.
78. English is a subject with lots of fun.
79. Everyone must give their mother a
card during Mother’s Day.
80. Jose Rizal is the Philippine’s
National Hero.
81. Using computers pollutes the minds
of the young.
82. This year is the year of the rooster.
83. One should wear formal suits during
formal meetings.
84. Students should greet the teachers
they meet in the corridor.
85. Mothers are better than fathers.
Types of sentence: Identify if the
following sentences are A. SIMPLE B.
COMPOUND C. COMPLEX D.
COMPOUND COMPLEX
86. This is a simple sentence.
87. I like playing basketball and my
brother likes playing tennis.
88. I’ll help you if you’ll help me.
89. Her name is schiko and she comes
from Japan.
90. My mother cooked dinner while I
was doing my homework.
91. While I was doing my homework, my
father cooked the dinner and my mother
was asleep in front of the television.
92. Do you want to go swimming
tomorrow, or would you prefer to play
tennis?
93. I’ve brought my umbrella with me in
case it rains.
94. My family came to Germany when I
was in grade 5, but I never learned to
speak Germany very well.
95. I have not seen my grandmother
since I came to Saudi Arabia.
Faulty Parallelism: For each “non-
parallel” sentence, replace the
underline portion with the choice that
creates a parallel structure. If the
sentence is fine, write NO CHANGE.
96. Learning a new language as an
adult is more difficult than to learn one
as a child.
A. learning
B. to learning
97. Every morning I ran two miles, walk
one mile, and half a mile on a bike.
A. half a mile
B. bike half a mile
98. There are two ways to get a
promotion: working hard or make friends
in high places.
A. work hard
B. to working hard
99. The man walked down the street,
stopped at the shop window, and was
fixing his tie.
A. fixed his tie
B. to fix his tie
100. The bedroom was filled with old
newspaper and radios that don’t work.
A. broken radios
B.to break radios