St.

Mary’s College of Catbalogan

Formerly Sacred Heart College
DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE

PAASCU Accredited
Elementary and High School Departments
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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH MAJOR 3

(Structures of English)

Name_____________________________________Course&Year_______________Date________________

Test – I: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Write the complete word and make sure
the spelling is correct. Given below are your choices. Strictly no erasures

Europe Celts 600 A.D.

Printing Standard east Midlands
Vernacular Official Linguistics
Phonology Syntax Morpheme
French 1400 A.D. Vowel
Consonants Anglo-Saxons German
Structural Approach Structure

______1. At the time of the Roman Empire about 400 A.D., the speakers of what was to
become ‘English Language’ were scattered along the northern coast of ___________.

______2. This group is the original inhabitants of the British Isles.

______3. This is the year where the history of English started.

______4. Between 1000 and 1200 A.D., the Norman Conquest brought the __________
language to England.

______5-6. English was used as ____________ while French was the ___________ language to
England.

______7. This is a systematic study of language.

______8. This is a branch of linguistics that deals with the sound patterns of language.

______9. This is the smallest unit of meaning you can have in a language.

______10. This a branch of linguistics that deals with the formation of phrases and sentences.

______11-12. The great _______ shift occurred between _________ and 1600 A.D. which also
helped to change Middle English.

______13. This one classification of sound in phonology which are produced with some form
of obstruction of air along the speech tract by one or more organs of speech.

______14. In the history of English language, the linguistic ancestors were savages
wandering through the forests of Northern Europe and spoke a dialect of low ________.

______15. By 550 A.D., the _________________ were firmly established English was now the
language of England.
______16-17. The invention of ____________________ by William Caxton in 1475 standardized
English spelling and with production of books and reading materials the printed word
became __________________.

_____18. In England, the dialect of _____________ became the literary standard used by the
upper and middle class and taught in schools although other dialects existed.

_____19. This is used to analyze all the units of grammar except morpheme.

_____20. This is used to analyze language at four categories: unit, class, structure and
system.

Test – II Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If FALSE, change the underlined
word(s) that makes the statement wrong, and then write the correct
answer in the space before the number. Strictly no erasures

_____21. Language is a purely human behavior.

_____22. Language is a learned behavior.

_____23. Language is mainly for communication among a speech community.

_____24. Language is conventional and arbitrary.

_____25. Language is a system and has levels.

_____26. Syntax is the smallest unit of meaning.

_____27. Sentence is made up of one or more clauses.

_____28. Sentence is made up of one or more groups.

_____29. The group is made up of one or more words

_____30. Every word consists of one or more morphemes.

_____31. An adjective word added with suffix (-ly) becomes an adverb called Disjunct.

_____32. Every group consists of words. Some of the words such as dancing and gracefully
have more than one morpheme.

_____33. The elements of the clause in English are: subject, predicator, complement, adjunct.

_____34. A modifier is any structure after the head.

_____35. A qualifier refers to any structure before the head.

Test – III Essay: Answer the three questions below in one paragraph. Write your answers
in a separate sheet. Observe correct grammar and maintain a clear, neat
and readable handwriting. Strictly no erasures.

36-40. Why language is the most useful and most brilliant human invention?

41-50. Why is it that language is arbitrary and conventional?

51-60. Give at least two characteristics of language and explain each

Test – IV Direction: Identify the structure of the given sentence below. Write your answers in
the provided space at the right. Strictly no erasures

They were singing beautifully because the accompaniment was great .

61) a. Main Clause (MC): __________________________________________________________________

62) b. Subordinate Clause (SC): ___________________________________________________________
63) c. Pronoun (P)/Adverbial Group (AdvG): _______________________________________________
64) d. Verbal Group (VG): _________________________________________________________________
65) e. Prepositional Group (PG): ___________________________________________________________
66) f. Nominal Group (NG): ________________________________________________________________
67) g. Verbal Group (VG): _________________________________________________________________
68) h. Adjective Group (AdjG): _____________________________________________________________

Direction: Identify the elements of the clause structure of the given sentence below.

Mano Rudy maintains the cleanliness of our school premises religiously.

69) a. Subject (S): __________________________ 70) b. Predicator (P): _________________________

71) c. Complement (C): ______________________ 72) d. Adjunct (A): ___________________________

Direction: Identify the nominal group structure of the clause below.

The Marian students of St. Mary’s College of Catbalogan

73) a. Modifier (m): ________________________ 74) b. Head (h): _______________________________

75) c. Qualifier (q): ________________________________