Grammar: Basic Principles about Parts of Speech

Unit 2+3. Determiner Groups + Present & Past Participles Used as Adjectives – MQ#9
Joanna Deborah, S.S., M.Hum.

Name: Adrian Class: B NRP: 2141041 Score:

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Type your name, class, and NRP on the space provided above.
2. Type your answers RIGHT ON THE SPACE PROVIDED.
3. After you finish answering the questions, save and upload your file back to Google Classroom
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GrammarBPS_QuizUnit23_Joanna_410112).
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considered missing and will not be assessed.
5. Remember that you only have 30 MINUTES to finish all the process – starting from
downloading the file, answering the questions, to uploading it back to Google Classroom.
Estimate your time well.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article: A / AN / THE / (–) / ONE. (20 pts)
1. My aunt lived on __a___ ground floor of __an___ old house on __a___ River Thames. She
was very much afraid of ___a__ burglars and always locked up ___an__ house very carefully
before she went to __a___ bed. She also took __a___ precaution of looking under __a___
bed to see if __a___ burglar was hiding there.
2. “__a___ modern burglars don't hide under __a___ beds,” said her daughter. “I'll go on
looking just __The___ same,” said my aunt.
3. ___The__ morning she rang her daughter in __The___ triumph. “I found __The___ burglar
under ___a__ bed __The___ last night,” she said, “and he was quite __The___ young man.”
4. ___One__ plate is no good; we need __a___ dozen.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner: MANY / MUCH / (A) FEW / (A) LITTLE. (10 pts)
1. Mr. Howard’s life is pretty ironic. He has so __A little___ money in his hands, yet he gets so
__A few___ affection from his family.
2. Her kids were sick, so she had to take __One___ days off from work.
3. I have ___Much__ patience with lazy co-workers. They do very __Few___ work but complain
about how ___a few__ they do!
4. A: Ben isn’t happy at his new school. He hasn’t met _ few__ kids, so he has _a few____
friends. ~ B: Give him ___One__ time. In _few____ months, he’ll have more.

Rewrite the following sentences using the instruction in parentheses. (20 pts)
1. Jim has no money left after paying all his debts. (ANY)
_______Jim has no money any left after paying all his
debt____________________________________________________________________
2. All participants are provided with a conference kit. (EACH)
______________each of participants are provided with a conference kit
_____________________________________________________________
3. Alice didn’t have many friends because of her nasty personality. (FEW)
 __Alice have few friends because of her nasty personality
_________________________________________________________________________
4. Charles didn’t bring either of his parents to the parent-teaching meeting. (NEITHER)
________________Charles bring neither of his parents to the parent-teaching
meeting___________________________________________________________
5. Debbie is interested in learning Korean language. (INTERESTING)
_______Debbie was interesting in learning Korea
Language___________________________________________________________________
_
6. The fact that his aunt had left him with a huge amount of inheritance was surprising for Evan.
(SURPRISED)
_____________Evan was surprised by the fact about his aunt left him with huge amount of
inheritence ______________________________________________________________
7. The little kid was frightened to see the clown. (FRIGHTENING)
___________________The clown was frightening The little
kid________________________________________________________
8. The teacher finds her students’ reaction to her story amusing. (AMUSED)
__________________The amusing story was reaction the teacher to find students
_________________________________________________________
9. Felix is excited by the idea of being able to travel again after this pandemic. (EXCITING)
____________The idea about able to travel again after pandemic was exciting for
Felix_______________________________________________________________
10. It was embarrassing for him to be involved in the scandal. (EMBARRASSED)
__________The scandal was embarrassed for him
_________________________________________________________________