Name: MIOLE, PETER NEIL M.

STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH
 Demonstrate understanding of grammatical concepts by being able to describe and analyze the
form, meaning and use of various language structures.

1. Which of the following sentences follows Parataxis?

a. I came, I saw, I conquered.
b. I came, then I saw, I conquered.
c. I came, I saw and I conquered.
d. I came and I saw, the conquered.

2. Which of the following types of grammar is an example of this sentence: “I ain’t going nowhere.”
a. Generative Grammar
b. Prescriptive Grammar
c. Descriptive Grammar
d. Constructive Grammar

3. Which of the following group of words is a sentence fragment?

a. Justice is served.
b. Escalate the issue.
c. She shone.
d. Her nieces and nephews.

4. Which of the following BEST exemplifies lexical ambiguity?

a. I saw bats.
b. Insurance salesmen are frightening people.
c. I woke up and saw ghosts.
d. We should be discussing violence on TV.

5. Which of the following BEST exemplifies lexical ambiguity?

a. There is a fisherman near the bank.
b. Your money is in the bank.
c. The spoon is on the plate.
d. We should be discussing violence on TV.

6. Which among the given sentences is NOT an example of hypotaxis?

a. Be proud and be bold.
b. I cried, I pleaded, I walked away.
c. I cried and pleaded.
d. Stop and walk away.

7. Which describes a periodic sentence?

a. It suspends the conclusion of the sense at the end of the sentence.
b. It has syntactic units of equal lengths.
c. It is a basic pattern of antithetical inversion of the sentence.
d. It has a series of clauses extended from the independent clause.

8. Which sentence uses “famish” correctly?

a. I could eat a horse; I am famished.
b. I felt too famished to dig in to my favorite food.
c. I’ll be famished by the next time you treat me.
d. I will bring a lot of blueberries; that’s a famish.

9. In which of the following sentences does the verb “be” (is) function as the copula?
a. Sherrie is annoying.
b. Lisa is going to swim.
c. Rayn is giving me a headache.
d. Max is writing letters.
10. Which of the following is NOT a noun phrase?
a. those houses
b. are houses
c. two houses
d. old houses

11. Which of the following is NOT an intensive verb?

a. make
b. seem
c. turn
d. become

12. Which of the following sentence uses extensive verbs?

a. Brent and his brothers seemed too tired.
b. At 10 p.m., Jenny vanished into thin air.
c. I am so angry because of what you did.
d. Jessie looks very young.

13. Which grammar approach deals with the structure of language as it is used by writers and speakers?
a. Prescriptive Grammar
b. Descriptive Grammar
c. Theoretical Grammar
d. Mental Grammar

14. Which of the following is a complex sentence?

a. Susan likes her project but she likes Blake’s project more.
b. Having been rejected many times, I decided to stop trying.
c. A cop’s hidden secretes were revealed by another cop.
d. Corned beef goes well with potatoes.

15. Which of the following sentence is a simple sentence?

a. I accomplished submitting my project.
b. I decided to stay while I wait for your turn.
c. It breaks my heart losing you but I know I am not enough.
d. The protruding tree branch was just above him so tell him that.

16. Which is an example of a complex sentence?

a. The student went to the library to search for Literature books.
b. My friend went to the party, but I decided to stay.
c. The person who is responsible for the upcoming party fled.
d. I wish to watch John Wick 3, but my best friend, who has a big crush on Keanu Reeves,
insisted that we watch together.

17. Which among the following sentences is free from grammatical errors?
a. There is three speakers in the seminar.
b. One-fourth of the students chooses Teacher Melay.
c. The textbooks that Rex Publishing Company reprint every four years are for pubic secondary
schools.
d. Much are left undone.

18. Which of the following sentences is ungrammatical?

a. I am not used to wait for three hours straight.
b. The door suddenly closes while I was inside the room.
c. We have showed the products to the CEO.
d. There are much pies to eat.

19. Which of the following sentences is ungrammatical?

a. Redge pointed at each word while he reads.
 b. Cat peeked into the glass window of their classroom.
c. Massie is running in the speed of light.
d. I wish I was as beautiful as her.

20. Which BEST describes the sentence, “Jose Garcia Villa had written beautiful poems”?
a. The verb phrase is in simple past tense.
b. “Poems” is the direct object.
c. The verb in the sentence is in passive voice.
d. The verb phrase is in progressive tense.

21. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, “The beach’s main activity, kayaking, continues to
attract tourists”?
a. Appositive
b. Direct Object
c. Subject Complement
d. Object of the Preposition

22. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, “Pamela’s life-threatening hobby is sky diving”?
a. Appositive
b. Direct Object
c. Subject Complement
d. Object of the Preposition

23. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, “Many students do not like reading”?
a. Appositive
b. Direct Object
c. Subject Complement
d. Object of the Preposition

24. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, “Life spent in serving in teaching is pleasing”?
a. Appositive
b. Direct Object
c. Subject Complement
d. Object of the Preposition

25. Which BEST describes the gerund in the sentence, “Every Sunday, my friends go hiking”?
a. Appositive
b. Direct Object
c. Subject Complement
d. Object of the Preposition

26. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, “I have been thinking for a perfect genre for
my upcoming film”?
a. Blending
b. Borrowing
c. Coinage
d. Compounding

27. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, “I have never tasted such a good-tasting
sandwich “?
a. Blending
b. Borrowing
c. Coinage
d. Compounding

28. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, “Laxx started to doubt when Nyxx asked her
to come to the motel “?
a. Blending
b. Borrowing
 c. Coinage
d. Compounding

29. Which word formation is used in the underlined word, “Millennial celebrities often come to the
bazaar near World Trade Center”?
a. Blending
b. Borrowing
c. Coinage
d. Compounding

30. Which of the following is a complex sentence?

a. Merlin cooks beef stew as Erik cleans the kitchen.
b. The altar boys assisted in the Mass.
c. Many were tested in Faith.
d. The Senior High School graduation ceremony was held at Araneta Coliseum.

31. Which is TRUE about complements?

a. These are nouns or adjectives that appear after the direct object and describe it.
b. These are nouns or adjectives that appear before the direct object and describe it.
c. These are nouns of adverbs that appear after the direct object and describe it.
d. These are nouns or verbs that appear before the direct object and describe it.

32. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with participial phrase?

a. Having finished the homework, Matt turned on the television.
b. Walking in the hallway is one of my morning routines.
c. The students in the classroom were silent.
d. The man awoke at noon.

33. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with adverb phrase?

a. Having finished the homework, Matt turned on the television.
b. Walking in the hallway is one of my morning routines.
c. The students in the classroom were silent.
d. The man awoke at noon.

34. Which of the following exemplifies a sentence with adjective phrase?

a. Having finished the homework, Matt turned on the television.
b. Walking in the hallway is one of my morning routines.
c. The students in the classroom were silent.
d. The man awoke at noon.

35. Which is the BEST conjunction for this sentence: “Erin got the highest score in the periodical
examination _________________ she did not review very well.”
a. though
b. although
c. so that
d. because

36. “Macy thought Max left her; however, Max came.” “However” is a ______________________.
a. Coordinating conjunction
b. Correlative conjunction
c. Conjunctive Adverbs
d. Subordinating Conjunction

37. Which of the following sentence is in the CORRECT use of the preposition?
a. We traveled there by foot.
b. We have to eat at morning.
c. This school has been here since three years.
d. I have been waiting for you for five years.
38. Which of the following exemplifies a reflective pronoun?
a. The teacher gave herself a nice coffee.
b. The president himself believes that he can lead as expected.
c. Those friendly neighbors themselves were skeptic about the progress.
d. Susan herself made a nice cup of tea.

39. Which is TRUE about synthetic theoretical mode for structures?

a. sentence-clause-phrase-word-morpheme
b. sentence-fragment-clause-word-morpheme
c. morpheme-word-phrase-clause-sentence
d. morpheme-word-fragment-clause-sentence

40. Which is TRUE about bottom-up theoretical model for structures?

a. sentence-clause-phrase-word-morpheme
b. sentence-fragment-clause-word-morpheme
c. morpheme-word-phrase-clause-sentence
d. morpheme-word-fragment-clause-sentence

41. Which function of the sentence is exemplified in this sentence, “This is my porridge.”?
a. Imperative
b. Exclamation
c. Interrogative
d. Declarative

42. Which function of the sentence is exemplified in this sentence, “I have never thought that this
feeling would come back again?”
a. Imperative
b. Exclamation
c. Interrogative
d. Declarative

43. Which is an example of a sentence structure in inverted order?

a. I came to the capital from the village.
b. I am unable to forget it now.
c. From the village to the capita came I.
d. We will not forget who I am.

44. “The heavy rainfall deluged the area where the father lived with his sons,” is an example of which
structure of sentence?
a. Simple sentence
b. Compound sentence
c. Complex sentence
d. Compound-complex sentence

45. Which of the following exemplifies the CORRECT present-neutral conditional statements?
a. If I expected to be able to stay awake after nine at night, I must stop keeping these hours.
b. They will never get education if they were left to their families.
c. We should be giving the servants medicine if they are sick.
d. If my shoes get worn-out, I will buy a new pair of shoes.

46. Which of the following is an example of zero conditional sentence?

a. If you heat ice, it melts.
b. If you stand in the rain, you might get wet.
c. If it rains, you will cancel the trip.
d. If I won the lottery, I would travel a lot.

47. Which is CORRECT about third conditional sentences?

a. It states fact which are generally true.
b. It presents a possible situation in the future.
 c. The person imagines a different imaginary situation that did not happen.
d. These are unreal or improbable situation now or in the future.

48. “If I hadn’t been sick, I would have gone to your party.” This sentence is an example of which
conditional sentence?
a. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
b. First conditional/ Present simple + will/won’t + verb
c. Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
d. Third conditional/ Past perfect + would have + past participle

49. “If they sold their property, they would be rich.” This sentence is an example of which conditional
sentence?
a. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
b. First conditional/ Present simple + will/won’t + verb
c. Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
d. Third conditional/ Past perfect + would have + past participle

50. “If he studies, he will pass the exam.” This sentence is an example of which conditional sentence?
a. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
b. First conditional/ Present simple + will/won’t + verb
c. Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
d. Third conditional/ Past perfect + would have + past participle

51. “If you go to church, you will hear the word of God.” This sentence is an example of which
conditional sentence?
a. Zero conditional/ Present simple + present simple
b. First conditional/ Present simple + will/won’t + verb
c. Second conditional/ Past simple + would + verb
d. Third conditional/ Past perfect + would have + past participle

52. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical error?

a. I would buy some furnitures.
b. Have you packed your baggages?
c. Are there any bread?
d. He told me this news.

53. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical error?

a. We have great sceneries here in Boracay.
b. You passed the exam! These are great news to me.
c. I have pieces of baggage in the car. Kindly get them for me.
d. One of the men who is present today shall need to talk to me.

54. Which of the following sentences is free from grammatical error?

a. She insisted to pay for the tuition.
b. He met with misfortune.
c. We like to read in bed in the night.
d. Luke laid on the beach and soaked up the sunrays.

55. Which of the following is a complex sentence?

a. After several discussions, they led to their last conclusion.
b. My tongue got shocked by lemon’s citrus flavor.
c. Mazikeen ended her talk with a sigh.
d. She initiated her discussion with a mind blogging activity.