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Adelaide School Philippines

Don Matias, Burgos, Pangasinan
FIRST PERIODIC EXAMINATION-FINALS
Word Power 7
Name________________________________________Grade&Section:_____________________Score:____

I. Multiple choice: Encircle the correct answer.

1. It is the smallest unit sound of a language.

a. phoneme b. building blocks c. root d. vowels
2. English has hundreds of thousands of words built up from two or more distinct parts taken from
____ and ______.
a. Roman and Latin b. Latin or greek c. Greek and Roman d. Roman and Spanish
3. A part of any word that reveals its essential meaning.
a. root b. prefix c. suffix d. building block
4. A word or letters that adds at the beginning of a word.
a. suffix b. prefix c. root d. building blocks
5. A word or letters that is added at the end of a word.
a. suffix b. prefix c. root d. building blocks
6. How many phonemes are there in the English language?
a. 33 b. 44 c. 26 d. 32
7. When lung air passes over the vibrating cords and then passes freely out to the mouth, the sounds are
called _____?
a. consonants b. vowels c. cluster d. consonants and
vowels
8. These are limited in numbers but simple in meaning.
a. root b.prefix c. building blocks d. suffix
9. It is the foundation and the the basic building block.
a. suffix b. prefix c. root d. building blocks
10. The word phoneme came from the Greek word _______ which means sound
a. phoneme b. phoneme c.phonema c. phone

II. Matching type: Match the building blocks in Column A to their meanings in Column B. Write the letter of your answer
on the space provided,

A B
_____1. anthrop- a. pertaining to
_____2. sal- b. year
_____3. viv- c. man; human
_____4. -ist d. salt
_____5. acious e. a person who engaged in; a person who
believes in
_____6. -al f. one hundred
_____7. re- g. life
_____8. annu- e. abounding in; given to
_____9. cent- f. again
_____10. per g. through

III. Identification
____________1. A word that means to live again or make live again; to bring back to life.
____________2. It means general record or historical record.
____________3. It means pertaining to; or necessary to life.
____________4. It means everlasting or lives for several years.
____________5. It is a science of or study of physical, social and cultural development of man.
____________6. It means love for fellowmen.
____________7. Having the quality of life or life like; lively; not dull
____________8. It last for one hundred years or happening once every one hundred years.
____________9. It means yearly allowance or income.
____________10. An organic substance found in most foodstuffs that is necessary for normal life functions.
IV. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if the statement is not true.
____________1. An anthropology is a person who is studying the man’s physical, social and cultural development.
____________2. A philanthropist is a person who loves his/her fellowmen.
____________3. The word annual refers to a book that is issued every year.
____________4. The word misanthrope is a person who is making charities or giving donations to his/her fellowmen.
____________5. Centennial means happening once in 1000 years.
____________6. The word salary came from the Latin root means salt.
____________7. This plant is perennial. It lives only for less than a year.
____________8. Oxygen is vital for all living things. It is not necessary for human beings
____________9. Charles Darwin is considered as an anthropologist. A person who studied the development of man.
____________10. The annual celebration of foundation day is today. It happens every year.