Pre-Test in English Grammar and Composition

Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Score: ______

A. Correct Usage

Instruction: Choose the letter of the correct answer in each number.

1. Chocolate mousse with wafer stick is my favorite _______.

A. desert B. dessert

2. I want you to sit ________ me.

A. besides B. beside

3. Mr. Marquez bought new office __________.

equipments B. equipment

4. Neither the students nor the teacher _________ excited about the plan.

A. is B. are

5. He doesn’t study his lesson well, ________?

A. does he B. doesn’t he

6. Each of the executives ________ their taxes on time.

a. pay B. pays

7. The company imports __________ from Japan.

A. machinery B. machineries

8. Statistics _____ one of my most difficult subjects this semester.

A. is B. are

9. My grandmother has a lot of antique _______.

A. jewelries B. jewelry

10. Either of us _______ coming to the party tomorrow.

A. is B. are

11. The principal, together with the teachers, ______ the conference.

A. attends B. attend
12. None of my classmates ________ on time at any meeting.

A. arrive B. arrives

13. Windy and _____ finished their thesis on time.

A. him B. her

14. The real victim of that horrible story was _______.

A. she B. her

15. Joma and _____ were very good friends.

A. I B. me

16. Julius didn’t invite ______ friends to join him.

A. any B. some

17. The doctor offered _______ some help.

A. him B. himself

18. The dry leaves have been _______ by the wind.

A. blew B. blown

19. The group _________________ its schemes for the celebration this month.

A. was discussing B. were discussing

20. Many a Filipino ______ to eat sushi and sashimi.

A. like B. likes

21. My brother ______ a teacher.

A. is B. are

22. Sandra doesn’t _______ to the radio.

A. listen B. listens

23. ______ you play tennis?

A. Do B. Does

24. John is ________ football at the moment.

A. playing B. play
25. ______ you living in Cambridge this year?

A. Do B. Are

26. I’ve been a student ______ for one year.

A. since B. for

27. Have you cleaned the car ________?

A. already B. yet

28. Pablo has ______ doing his homework for hours.

A. been B. being

29. When I got to the meeting, it __________ already started.

A. had B. has

30. I hate pizza now but I _______ to like it.

A. used B. use

B. Identifying Errors

Instructions: Choose the underlines word or phrase which is not acceptable in Standard Written
English.

_______1. An educator who is involved with the curricular questions are exclusively concerned with
determining the objectives of the educational system.

_______2. History deals with periods while Geography deal with places.

_______3. Geography is very significant in the school curriculum because it dealt with physical
environment.

_______4. Formal education is highly institutionalized, hierarchically structured and chronological

graded “educational system” spanning lower primary school and the upper years of the university.

_______5. Recalling and to observe are used by children to marshall the information and concepts
given to them.