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Structure of English
Prelim and Midterm Examination
Answer sheet

Name: Cristy T. Escara

Test I
1 Pro / hv / mv / art / n / prep / n.

You should read a book about fiction.

2 Pro / v/ adj/ prep / dem-adj / n /.
I run faster than these athletes.
3 N/ hv/ mV / dem-adj / n / advb.
People must follow these instructions carefully.
4 N / conj / N / hv / mv / prep / N.
Jack and Jill are talking about Texas Longhorns.
5 Dem-adj / n / hv / conj / hv / mv / prep / pro-adj / n.
That hotel might either could be beside American restaurant.

6 HV / pro / mv / art / adj / n / prep / art / adj / n?

Can I borrow the colorful dress inside the brown cabinet?
7 Pro / hv / mv /, conj / pro / v / n.
I can sing, yet I prefer reading novels.
8 N / v / pro / advb / advb.
Anna surprises me almost yearly.
9 Art / n / advb / v / pro-adj / n / advb / prep / art / n.
The children adoringly gazed Mexican food even after the event.
1 Prep / pro-adj / noun, art / n / v / prep / art / n.
0
On account of Alpine guide, the backpacker arrived at the mountain.

Test II
 Letter of
the
Explanation Corrected sentence
erroneou
s sentence
1 D. The subject and verb do not agree since the He is one of the students who
present perfect progressive tense is used to have taken the exam.
show an event that began in the past,
continues in the present, and may continue
in the future; therefore the verb must be
“have”.

2 D. The subject and verb do not agree because The longest of the meetings is the
based on Rule no. 26 singular verbs are first one of the semester.
usually used with nouns that are plural in
form but singular in meaning; therefore
though the noun “meetings” is in plural
form , the verb must be “is” (singular).

3 D. The subject and verb do not agree because Neither the students nor their
based on Rule No. 6 (Compound subjects) professor is going to the meeting.
when two or more subjects are joined by
either/or and neither/nor, the verb should
agree with the subject part nearer to the
verb; therefore the closest subject to the
verb is “professor”, so the verb must be
“is” (singular).

4 A. The subject and verb do not agree because The jury is taking their seats in
based on Rule No. 3( Collective nouns) the courtroom now.
when referring to a group as a single unit, a
singular verb is used; therefore the subject
“jury” acts as a whole, so the verb must be
“is” (singular).

5 A. The subject and verb do not agree because There seems to be a growing
if the subject of the sentence is the third interest in that class
person singular with present tense,
 therefore “seems” is used.

6 A. The subject and verb do not Two books, a pen, a steno tablet,
and some candy were found in the
agree because “was” is the error since it is
briefcase
past-tense singular and refers to one person
or object being in a previous moment or
time while “were” is past tense that works
with plural subjects.
7 D. The subject and verb do not agree because There have been problems with
the present perfect progressive tense is the outdated policy.
used to show an event that began in the
past, continues in the present, and
may continue in the future; therefore the
verb must be “have”

8 A. The subject is “The time”. Therefore, the The time the classes are offered
subject and verb do not agree because the has made it difficult for many
verb must be “has” since the present students
perfect tense can also be used to express an
action that began in the past and continues
in the present. It is formed with the past
tense of the verb and the helping verbs has
or have.

9 A. “The new system” is the subject (of the The new system of taking
messages); therefore the subject and verb messages has helped our response
do not agree because the verb must be time tremendously.
“has” since the present perfect tense can
also be used to express an action that began
in the past and continues in the present. It
is formed with the past tense of the verb
and the helping verbs has or have.
 10 D. The subject and verb do not agree because
according the Rule No. 3 (collective nouns)
such as committee refers to the group as a
whole or as a single unit; therefore it must
take singular verbs.
The committee debates the issues
among themselves after each open
session.

Test III
1. Simple sentence is a sentence containing only one independent clause.
An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a complete thought.
These kinds of sentences have only one independent clause.
They don't contain any subordinate clauses.

2. A compound sentence is a sentence with at least two independent clauses, and must be
joined by a comma, semicolon or coordinating conjunction.
It has two or more simple sentences added together, and does not contain any dependent
clauses.
The term coordinating conjunction sounds complicated, but in fact there are only seven of
them and they are all short.
FANBOYS is the mnemonic for coordinating conjunctions, but the most common of these
coordinating conjunctions are and, but and or, in that order.

3. A complex sentence must be connected by subordinating conjunctions, since it should have

one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
An independent clause is a phrase that would make sense, since it was a sentence on its own.
A dependent clause will not form a sentence on its own, but when these two types of clauses
appear in a sentence it would create a complex sentence.

4. This type of sentence contains at least two or more independent clauses, and must have at
least one dependent clause, which is called a compound-complex sentence.
Writing compound-complex sentences allows us a great deal of flexibility to explain how,
why or when something happened, it's important to understand which parts of the sentence are
independent clauses and which are dependent clauses so that we can punctuate it correctly and
avoid writing a run-on sentence.