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DIAGNOSTIC TEST in ENGLISH 10

Name:____________________________ Grade/Section:_________________
Teacher:__________________________ Date:________________________

TEST I: DIRECTIONS: Identify the kind of pronoun underlined in each item. Encircle the letter that
corresponds to your answer.

1) This is my beautiful casual gown.

a. Intensive Pronoun b. Reflexive Pronoun c. Demonstrative Pronoun
2) The man whom everyone idolized was my friend.
a. Reflexive Pronoun b. Relative Pronoun c. Intensive Pronoun
3) Which do you prefer coffee or tea?
a. Personal Pronoun b. Intensive Pronoun c. Interrogative Pronoun
4) Your brother gave me a flower.
a. Personal Pronoun b. Demonstrative Pronoun c. Interrogative Pronoun
5) My aunt herself decorated the stage.
a. Intensive Pronoun b. Reflexive Pronoun c. Relative Pronoun

TEST II: DIRECTIONS: Read each statement carefully. Identify the kind of pronoun underlined in each
item.

1. He usually goes on holiday by himself.

a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
2. He himself built that house
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
3. Gina herself organized the banquet.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
4. Mary walked herself to school for the first time last week.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
5. One must get oneself insured if one intends to drive on city streets.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
6. I myself am a fan of mystery novels.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
7. We painted the whole house ourselves.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
8. You blame yourselves for the accident, but you had nothing to do with it.
 a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
9. I made a sandwich for the President himself.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive
10. The choir practiced themselves to the point of exhaustion.
a. reflexive b. intensive c. possessive

TEST III: DIRECTIONS: Read and understand each statement carefully. Encircle the letter
that corresponds the letter of your answer.

1. It refers to a sequence of events of the story.

a. Settings
b. Plot
c. Dynamic
d. Static

2. It is known as the leading character in a story.

a. Dynamic
b. Static
c. Antagonist
d. Protagonist

3. A structure of the plot where the settings and characters are introduced.
a. Resolution
b. Exposition
c. Denouement
d. Rising action

4. It is the perspective from which a story is told.

a. Exposition
b. Point of view
c. Rising action
d. Third person

5. It is the highest point of tension or drama in a narratives' plot.

a. Rising action
b. Exposition
c. Falling action
d. Climax

6. It is the message the writer is trying to convey through the story.

a. Dynamic
b. Point of view
c. Theme
d. Character

7. It is a character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a story.
a. Dynamic
b. Character
c. Point of view
d. Static

8. It is a character who does not undergo inner changes, or undergoes a little change.
a. Dynamic
b. Protagonist
c. Antagonist
d. Static

9. It refers to a person, a figure, an inanimate object, or animal that drives the story forward.
a. Static
b. Character
c. Noun
d. Dynamic
 10. It refers to the part of the story where the conflicts and problems in the story have already come to a head and now
the characters are working to resolve conflicts.
a. Rising action
b. Climax
c. Falling action
d. Resolution

TEST IV: INSTRUCTIONS: Read each statement carefully and choose the correct pronoun for
each sentence below. Shade the circle that corresponds to your answer.

1) Five of ( we us ourselves ) took a cab to the play.

2) Are you and ( they them themselves ) attending the meeting.
3) No one is more concerned about the matter than ( she her herself) .
4) ( Who Whom ) can I go out with tonight?
5) Margaret and ( I me myself ) hope to be roommates.
6) The committee told Smith and ( they them themselves ) to write a new resolution.
7) Is he the one for ( who whom ) the note is intended.
8) We discovered that it was ( they them themselves ) who started the fire.
9) Everyone asked Joan and ( he him himself ) to speak at the convention.
10) A person as young as ( she her herself ) should not be given too much
responsibility.

TEST V: DIRECTIONS: Underline the correct form of the verb.

1) Ever since, I (has been, have been) conscious of these very important words.

2) She (remind, reminded) us about using them all the time.

3) Even a child (understand, understands) when someone (treat, treats) him/her with respect.

4) When we were young, my mother (scolds, scolded) us when we didn't use the magic word.

5) Adults (appreciate, appreciates) children who respect them.

6) Sons and daughters (has asked, have asked) advise from their parents for important decisions.

7) Since time immemorial, parents (has played, have played) an important role in bringing up children.

8) A child (learns, learn) wisdom through his/her parents.

9) It is better if they (hear, hears) the adults around them saying these words, to the elderly too.

10) Children (say, says) "opo" and "po" when talking to people other than them.