I. Choose the letter of the word with the same meaning as the italicized words. 1.

Danilo went home because he felt ill. a. sick b. well c. healthy 2. I felt an urge to vomit. a. commit b. encourage c. desire 3. The lawyer was authorized to execute the wishes of his client. a. Prohibited b. allowed c. hinder 4. The deceased was a rich old man who had no family. a. alive b. living c. dead 5. I am reluctant to see the movie. a. not willing b. worried c. eager 6. He affirmed his love for her for many years. a. approved b. showed c. hide 7. It was an enduring love between the two. a. Temporary b. persevering c. deeply 8. It was a wonderful gift. a. marvelous b. costly c. precious 9. The man was jubilant to see his loved one again. a. sad b. happy c. lonely 10.The gift was not usual. a. common b. rare c. different II. Write the plural form of the following nouns. 1. match 6. fairy 2. church 7. knife 3. key 8. handkerchief 4. thief 9. ox 5. carabao 10. half III. Change the following to their possessive form. 1. parents of the students 2. toys of the children 3. scissors of the barbers 4. screw of the mechanic 5. tools of the cobbler 6. crown of the king 7. stethoscope of the doctor 8. antlers of the deer 9. ideas of the scientist 10. glances of the passers-by IV. Choose the correct pronoun to use in each sentence. 1. You and (me, I) are going to see a movie. 2. (Us, We) arrived at the same time. 3. Anna and (she, her) brother will join the trip. 4. Is (your, you) house near the school? 5. Ramon and (he, his) friends will play basketball.

V. Write the correct pronoun for the underlined words. 1. Josefa Llanes Escoda started the Girl Scout movement in the Philippines. 2. Her dog is friendly to my cat. 3. Francisco Baltazar is better known as Balagtas. 4. The children and I will have a long vacation. 5. The policemen found a group of thieves at the back of the building. VI. Identify the feelings or mood of the situation. 1. If plants are watered, cultivated, and nurtured, they grow a. Thin and tall b. tall but fragile c. strong and healthy 2. Great! replied the woman. Thats just what Ive been praying for. a. happy b. worried c. frustrated 3. One who goes on a blind date experiences a feeling of a. curiosity b. sadness c. discontentment 4. Oh no! Im wearing the wrong pair of shoes? a. angry b. excited c. embarrassed 5. A person who fails to see a long-lost friend feels a. jealous b. heartbroken c. jubilant VII. Select the possible ending to each selection. 1. If heavy rains continue to fall for several days a. there will be a good weather b. there will be a flood 2. If a place is mountainous. a. it is a fishing region region

c. nothing will happen

b. it is a lumber region

c. it is an agricultural

3. When a place has rough roads a. transportation is poor b. products are easily transported c. the place is progressive 4. When classes in the elementary are suspended, a. there is a typhoon b. there is a fair weather c. there is a low pressure 5. If a country has different climate and soil, a. it is rich. b. it is progressive. VIII. Number the following sentence in their proper order. _____ Little children are afraid of it. _____ It feeds on mice and insects _____ It has big sharp eyes. _____ It can see even in the dark _____ The owl flies at night.

c. it has varied products

IX. Some insects are very destructive to plants. The locust is a destructive insect. It is an enemy of the farmer. A swarm of locusts descending on a ricefield is considered bad luck. It is because these insects can clear a ricefield in one hour and eat all the grains of palay which are ready for harvest. When this happens, there will be a failure of rice crop, and shortage of food or hunger for the people. 1. What is a good title for the selection? a. A Destructive Insect Enemy b. Shortage of Food c. The Farmers

2. Why are locusts destructive? a. They can clear a ricefield in an hour. b. They attack the poor farmers. c. They eat other insects and small animals. 3. The above paragraph is mainly about a. How to eradicate locusts b. How locusts multiply c. How locusts cause food shortage 4. Juan loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. Juan also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If hes alone, Juan likes to play action video games as long as they arent too violent. What is the paragraph all about? a. Juan dislikes violence. c. Juan enjoys Monopoly. b. Juan likes to think. d. Juan enjoys playing games.

5. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldnt be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior have been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV! What is the main idea of the paragraph? a. Watching a lot of television isnt good for Maria. b. Books are good. c. All cartoons are bad. d. Some cartoons are bad for Maria.