S.Y.

2021-2022

GRADE 10 - ENGLISH
Name: __________________________________________ Score: _______________________
Grade & Section: _________________________________ Date of Submission: May 20, 2022

WORKSHEET No. 21 & 22

OBSERVING CORRECT GRAMMAR IN MAKING DEFINITIONS

Time Frame: May 10 – May 20, 2022

I. THE LIGHT OF LIFE
Classify the italicized word or words as either dangling modifier or misplaced modifier. Before
each item, shade the seed that represents the specified erroneous modifier.

Dangling Misplaced
Modifier Modifier

1. Having read the book, photosynthesis is the process by which green plants
and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients.
2.The term photosynthesis came from 'photo' or light and 'synthese' or synthesis
with German origin.
3. Produced by plants, man and animals benefit from the process that generates
oxygen as a by-product.
4: Documenting the experiment, the process converts light energy to chemical
energy into bonds of sugar.
5. Captured by the camera, carbon dioxide from the air goes through small pores
in the leaves called stomata.
6.The vessels in the stem serve as passageways of water to the leaves absorbed
by the roots.
7. The chlorophyll, the green pigments present in all green plants, then absorbs
the sunlight in the leaves.
8. Discussing the process further, the tiny structures of the leaves called
chloroplasts contain the chlorophyll giving the leaves green color.
9. From the sun, plants placed indoor need warmth from time to time.
10. Scientists correlate the amount of sunlight and the plants' food production
controlling some variables.
II. WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT?
A. Directions: Supply the blank with an appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
1. There are officially 195 countries in the world today, but only 193 of these
__________________ are members of the UN.
2. Switzerland formalized its UN membership in 2002; likewise, the organization
__________________ the inclusion of Montenegro in 2006.
3. The status of Taiwan as a country remains controversial. This __________________ contributed
to the UN’s decision to oust Taiwan from the roster of member states in 1971.
4. Meantime, the people’s republic of China regards Taiwan as its breakaway province. However, the
said __________________ province seeks recognition as independent country.
5. The UN does not recognize the Vatican City as a member state. Similarly, the organization has not
__________________ Kosovo yet.

B. Directions: Supply the blank with an appropriate antonym for the underlined word.

6. Imagine a world where scarcity is nonexistent. All you see is __________________.

7. People from all parts of the globe can work concertedly, for there can be unanimity in
__________________.
8. Art can also be a medium in sowing global reconciliation. In addition, technology may also be
a channel in eradicating __________________.
9. There is disparity between impoverished and __________________ communities in the
Philippines.
10. While many are still apathetic about global peace advocacies, some grow
__________________ in resolving conflicts.
III. EARTH IN A NUTSHELL
Directions: Underline the appositive or adjectival clause in each statement.

1. Earth, a planet with a mass of 5,972,190,000,000,000 billion kilograms, is the densest planet in the
solar system.
2. Bigger planets that are mostly gas giants are actually less dense than Earth, which is composed of
rocks compressed by its gravity.
3. Unlike Mars, the fourth planet from the sun thought to have liquid oceans in the past, seventy
percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water.
4. Earth, a sphere, has a polar diameter of 12,714 kilometers and equatorial circumference of 40, 030
kilometers.
5. Earth is the only planet not named after any of the Roman gods, whose names are mostly carried
by several planets such as Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, and Mercury.
6. Ancient astronomers, whose understanding of science was limited, thought that the Earth was the
center of the universe.
7. They thought of a different universe where heavenly bodies like the sun, moon, stars, and other
planets rotated around the Earth.
8. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, proposed in the 16th century a
model showing a solar system, debunking the previous theory.
9. It was he whom the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei depended on to support the theory that Earth
and other heavenly bodies revolve around.
10. The suitable climate, breathable atmosphere, the availability of water, and the presence of the
sun that gives light and warmth, all contribute to the capacity of Earth to host life.