COMPETENCY BUILDING COURSE

ENGLISH (GRAMMAR) REVIEWER

Name:_____________________________________Section:_________Score:_______

GRAMMAR

A. Directions: Complete each sentence by choosing the answer that will make it correct. Choose
the letter that corresponds to your answer.

1. He found the book I had lent him ______on the table.

a. lain b. lay c. laid d. lying

2. Her father was one of the businessmen who___________ by the depression.

a. are ruined b. is ruined c. were ruined d. is going

3. Either French dressing or mayonnaise_____________ well with tomatoes.

a. goes b. go c. are going d. is going

4. Lea Salonga sings very well, doesn’t she?

a. Yes, she does. b. No, she does. c. Yes, she doesn’t. d. No, she doesn’t.

5. _________every rule there is an exemption.

a. In b. To c. For d. On

6. Anybody, __________ it is to his advantage to have a college degree.

a. know b. will know c. knows d. will

7. He hopes you ________ attend his graduation.

a. could b. would c. may d. might

8. I could wear my black or brown pair of shoes. Which do you think is ________?

a. good b. better c. well d. best

9. The dog bit Linda _________hard _______ she cried in pain.

a. such - as b. too - hard c. so - that d. such – that

10. When the battle was over, the victorious troops__________ their flag over the city.

a. raised b. raises c. rise d. risen

11. The man was ________ conniving with the hold-up men.

a. accused to b. accused for c. accused of d. accused by

12. “When is Mrs. Chavez going to retire?”

“Soon, I think. She _________ here for a long time. She’ll probably retire either next

year or the year after that.

a. worked b. had been working c. has been working d. is working

13. “Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolate?”

“I_______ a cake for my friend’s birthday.”

a. make b. am going to make c. will made d. will have made

14. Next week when there _________ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.

a. is being b. is c. will d. has been

15. On July 20, 1969 , Astronaut Neil Armstrong ___________down into the moon, the

first person to set foot on another celestial body.

a. was stepping b. stepped c. has stepped d. was step

16. Many years of extensive language study are required for non-native speakers to be

able to qualify as interpreters. By the end of this year, Kim _______English for three

years, but he will still need more training and experience before he masters the

language.

a. will be studying b. has studied c. will have been studying d. has been studying

17. After ten unhappy years, Marissa finally quit the job. She________ along with her

boss for a long time before she finally decided to look for a new position.

a. hadn’t been getting b. isn’t getting c. hasn’t been getting d. didn’t get

18. A minor earthquake occurred at 2:07 a.m. on January 3. Most of the people in the

village ________ at that time and didn’t even know it had occurred until the next

morning.

a. slept b. had slept c. were sleeping d. sleep

19. Gina’s eyes burned and her shoulder ached. She ___________ at the computer for

five straight hours. Finally, she took a break.

a. is sitting b. has been sitting c. was sitting d. had been sitting

20. Inah and Jojie were mischievous children. They _________ tricks on their teachers

which always got them into a lot of trouble.

a. could play b. would play c. play d. played

21. You have to pay extra if you take too__________ with you.

a. much luggage b. many luggages c. much luggages d. many luggage

22. At the news conference, several reporters didn’t get clear answers to _____ questions.

a. theirs b. their c. his and hers d. his and her

23. Two-thirds of my _______ from the province.

a. classmate is b. classmate are c. classmate is d. classmates are

24. If I could speak French, I ________ next year studying in France.

a. would spend b. would have spent c. has spent d. will spend

25. If I _________ the same problems that you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in
life as well as you have.

a. have b. would have c. had d. should have

26. By measuring changing conditions in the atmosphere, __________ general weather

patterns.

a. meteorologists who are predicting c. predicting meteorologists

b. meteorologists were predicted d. meteorologists can predict

27. Not until the end of the nineteenth century, _________become a scientific discipline.

a. plant breeding had c. did plant breeding

b. plant breeding have d. have plant breeding

28. The cerebral cortex is ___________ where the process of remembering faces takes place.

a. the area is brained c. and a brain area

b. the area of the brain d. brain area

29. By the end of the nineteenth century, Thomas Edison had invented the first practical light bulb,
_________.

a. a source of cheap electrical light c. a source of light cheap electrically

b. the light of electricity cheap source d. light with cheap electrically source

30. ___________ about babies’ feelings is inferred from their expressions.

a. What we know b. To be known by us c. Knowing d. Known

31. ___________, communities are formed in a variety of ways.

a. Created a division of labor c. Create a division of labor

b. to create a division of labor d. Creation of division of labor

32. The conditions necessary ____________ this project have not been met.

a. for the complete b. of completion c. for completion of d. of complete

33. __________ are found in virtually every country in the world.

a. Fruit flies and mosquitoes c. When fruit flies and mosquitoes

b. Now that fruit flies and mosquitoes d. Fruits flies and mosquitoes

34. Successful salespeople __________ and understand the needs of the market.

a. products are thoroughly known c. thoroughly know their products are

b. know their products thoroughly d. their products are thoroughly known

35. The number of members of the executive board in a big corporation is fixed by the bylaws
 _____________ by the president.

a. nevertheless b. despite c. instead d. not

36. Lasers ___________steel by focusing an intense beam on the metal.

a. cutting b. cut c. to cut d. of cutting

37. __________common nuclear reactions, cold fusion does not require a high temperature.

a. Alike b. It is unlikely c. It is not like d. Unlike

38. Native American people arrived on the North American continent______________.

a. since b. for c. before d. ahead

39. The ways of traveling__________ dramatically since the late nineteenth century.

a. will have changed b. has changed c. have changed d. will change

40. How many of us___________ over complicated changes in the law.

a. not frustrated c. have not become frustrated

b. not become frustrated d. is not frustrated

41. A promissory note__________ anything without the trust deed.

a. does mean b. means c. have not mean d. may not mean

42. Dairy farming is ___________ leading agricultural activity in the United States.

a. a b. at c. then d. none

43. Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster,
__________ so we see the lightning before we hear the thunder.

a. than sound waves do c. do sound waves

b. than sound waves are d. sound waves

44. Beef cattle _________of all livestock for economic growth in certain geographic regions.

a. the most are important c. the most important are

b. are the most important d. that are the most important

45. The discovery of the half tone process in photography in 1881 made it_________ photo-

graphs in books and newspapers..

a. the possible reproduction c. the most important are

b. possible to reproduce d. that are the most important

46. Beginning in the Middle Ages, composers of Western music used a system of notating

their compositions__________ be performed by musicians.

a. will be b. that c. and when to d. so they could

47. Civil Rights are the freedoms and rights_________ as a member of a community, state or

nation.
 a. may have a person c. a person may have

b. may have a person who d. and a person may have

48. Richard Wright enjoyed success and influence ________among Black American writers

of his era.

a. were unparalleled b. are unparalleled c. unparalleled d. the unparalleled

49. Franklin D. Roosevelt was __________ the great force of radio and the opportunity it

provided for taking government policies directly to the people.

a. as the first President he understood fully c. the first President to fully understand

b. the President fully understand d. the first President to understand fully

50. During the late fifteenth century, ___________ of the native societies of America had

professions in the fields of arts and crafts.

a. only a few b. a few but c. few but only d. a few onl

B. Directions: Choose the number that corresponds to the word or phrase which makes the
sentence incorrect. Choose number 5 if the sentence has no error.

1. You are the very-person who I saw.

1 2 3 4 5

2. She spoke clear and made a good impression on the audience.

1 2 3 4 5

3. We do our shopping in Makati because of their big stores there.

1 2 3 4 5

4. I think a hundred pesos are too much for that toy.

1 2 3 4 5

5. Exploding firecrackers during the New Year are a time honored tradition in our country.

1 2 3 4 5

6. If I was you I would think twice before resigning.

1 2 3 4 5

7. If he had only knew that the U.S. would invade Panama he would have been on the alert.

1 2 3 4 5

8. Since its establishment in 1982 the company is very progressive.

1 2 3 4 5

9. Ben, together with Mon and Ronnie have been chosen to play for the national team.
 1 2 3 4 5

10. Rizza’s mother scolded her when she break the imported vase.

1 2 3 4 5

11. My teacher and friend, Mr. Torres, are with my groupmates.

1 2 3 4 5

12. The security guard assured us that everything will be taken cared of.

1 2 3 4 5

13. We should not allow aliens to exploit our natural resources.

1 2 3 4 5

14. One of the puppies looks different from its parents.

1 2 3 4 5

15. “You shouldn’t meddled in the controversy,” Aunt Sophia said.

1 2 3 4 5

16. Each students who attends the orientations last Saturday was requested to fill out a

1 2 3 4

personal data sheet. 5

17. When the policeman saw the robber, he handcuffed the man who wished he has not run

1 2 3 4

that direction. 5

18. Although Dan had known the combination to the lock, he never told anyone.

1 2 3 4 5

19. Please notify we committee members next meeting.

1 2 3 4 5

20. Ask them or us anything you want to know about the computer.

1 2 3 4 5

21. She is usually complementary to whomever she is with.

1 2 3 4 5

22. Either of the girls might have a chance to sing their song on television.

1 2 3 4 5

23. Every man, woman and child in the Philippines is guaranteed certain rights.

1 2 3 4 5

24. I don’t know which is worst, packing to go away or unpacking.

 1 2 3 4 5

25. I’d advise you to follow your doctor’s advise.

1 2 3 4 5

26. In some species of fish, such the three-spined stickleback, the male, not the female,

1 2

performs the task of caring for the young.

3 4 5

27. When she retires in September 1989, tennis champion Christine Evert was the most

1 2 3

famous woman athlete in the United States.

4 5

28. The ancient Romans used vessels equipped with sails and banks of oars to transporting

1 2 3 4

their armies.

29. Dinosaurs are traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles but recent evidence based

1 2

on eating habits, posture and skeletal structural suggests some may have been warm

3 4

blooded.

30. In human beings, as in other mammal hairs around the eyes and ears and in the nose,

1 2

prevent dust, insects and other matter from entering these organs.

3 4 5

31. The works of the author Herman Melville are literary creations of a high order, blending

1 2

fact, fiction, adventure and subtle symbolic.

3 4 5

32. Each chemical element is characterized to the number of protons that an atom of that

1 2 3

element contains, called its atomic number.

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33. The body structure that develop in birds over millions of well designed for flight, being

1 2 3

both lightly in weight and remarkably strong.

4 5

34. From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her writing

1 2 3

career, publishing of her three most famous novels.

4 5

35. In the early 20 century, there was considerable interesting among sociologists in the
th

fact that in the United States the family was losing its traditional roles.

2 3 4 5

36. Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other

1 2

material it may appear in various color ranging from pastels to opaque black.

3 4 5

37. Comparative anatomy is concerned to the structural differences among animal forms.

1 2 3 4 5

38. A seismograph records oscillation of the ground caused by seismic waves, vibrations that

travel from its point of origin through the Earth or along its surface.

2 3 4 5

39. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900 and have replaced other

type of fat, gas or oil lamps for almost every purpose.

2 3 4 5

40. Emily Dickinson, among the greatest woman poets in the English language, died with all

1 2

of her poems unpublished, except for seven that appeared in the publications of limited

3 4

circulations.
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41. Protecting coral reefs is difficult because some of the corals are very fragile; even the

1 2

touch of the diver’s hand can kill it.

3 4 5

42. To improvise effectively, a musician must through understand the conventions of a given

1 2 3 4

musical style.

43. Leaves are believed to be one of the best substance to form compost piles.

1 2 3 4 5

44. Wood is an excellent resource for heating homes, cooling food and build houses.

1 2 3 4 5

45. River water pollution is often an indication by algae distribution.

1 2 3 4 5

46. Modern farms are much larger than that of old times.

1 2 3 4 5

47. It is often not until the end of their lives that famous people receive the recognize they

1 2 3

deserve.

4 5

48. Usually the climate in mountainous areas becomes much windy at higher altitudes.

1 2 3 4 5

49. A physical chemist is required to function simultaneously as a physicist, chemist and

1 2 3 4

mathematician.

50. A baby gorilla is a shy, friendly animal that like attention.

1 2 3 4 5