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ENGLISH SUBTEST
A. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The following are example of special nouns except
a. acoustics
b. tactics
c. refreshments
d. shambles
2. Pick the compound noun that is written correctly.
a. breastfeed
b. knock out
c. light year
d. home-run
3. A group of military squads
a. platoon
b. brigade
c. troop
d. squadron
4. What suffix must be added to gentleman to become an abstract noun?
a. -ly
b. -ship
c. -ness
d. hood
5. Choose the proper noun.
a. tree
b. organization
c. milkfish
d. none of the above
6. The common noun that best suits Australia is ____________.
a. country
b. tourist spot
c. geographical name
d. continent
7. Terrarium is a ____________noun.
a. concrete
b. common
c. abstract
d. collective
8. Which of the following is a mass noun?
a. bedding
b. jewelry
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
9. Choose the pair of nouns that has wrong plural form.
a. footage-footages
c. focus- foci
b. brother-brethren
d. motto-mottoes
10. Pick the sentence that uses nouns as appositive.
a. Our choir is sponsoring a party for the children in the hospital.
b. Sweet rolls are the breakfast of the ladies.
c. The artists are getting ready for the art show, Mrs. Keats.
d. The book Oliver Twist was written by Charles Dickens.
11. Which sentence uses indirect objects?
a. Sue has done her math and science home works.
b. Bob talked to his mother about the movie.
c. The mask gave the police some clues on the murder case.
d. Yvette was waiting for the crackers and cheese.
12. The possessive noun that follows the correct rule in showing ownership.
a. The gentlemen ties were colorful. c. Lizs speech was inspiring.
b. Thomass story was preposterous. d. The villagers homes were totally burned.
13. Which of following is not true about the nominative case of personal pronouns?
a. A personal pronoun used as predicate nominative cannot have a noun appositive.
b. The personal pronoun used as predicate nominative is a pronoun that follows a linking
verb and is linked by the verb of the subject.
c. A personal pronoun may also be used along with a noun as subject of a sentence.
d. None of the above
14. Supply a correct pronoun: May plays as well as ____________.
a. I
b. them
c. he
d. she
15. Me is used as ____________ in the sentence Please give Jojo and me your
address.
a. direct object
c. object of the preposition
b. indirect object
d. compound object
16. It is a plural indefinite pronoun
a. any
b. none
c. one
d. no one
17. Which sentence uses a relative pronoun that functions as object of the prepositions?
a. The program, which starts at four in the afternoon, should be interesting.

b. The dress that I want is very expensive.

c. The dance group of which I am member is open to anyone.
d. Lea is the person whose voice sounds like an angel.
18. Complete the sentence using a demonstrative pronoun: ____________ are the
dogs favorite possession and the cause of all the trouble during the groomers last visit.
a. This
b. That
c. These
d. Those
19. What interrogative pronoun are you going to use in the sentence ____________ did
the witness see that time?
a. Whose
b. Which
c. Who
d. none of the above
20. Which of the following sentence uses intensive pronoun?
a. The landscape was made by Carmi herself.
b. I made it myself.
c. Todays rehearsal really helped us performers.
d. Lelia removed them.
21. Must has been is a/ an example of ____________
a. action verb b. auxiliary verb
c. linking verb
d. verb phrase
22. Which of the following sentences uses transitive verb?
a. They won because of good team organization.
b. The boxer met his opponent.
c. Hummingbirds fly backwards.
d. The field trip became a pleasure.
23. Complete the sentence: A number ____________ present.
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
25. Voice is the quality of the verb which shows whether the subject is the doer or
receiver of the action. Which of the following sentences does not shows active voice.
a. Bernie gave me a wonderful speech.
b. Magnets create a force.
c. I am shaken by the bad news.
d. none of the above
26. Choose the sentence that has verb in the present perfect tense?
a. She had never seen a falling star before.
b. We have known them for ten years.
c. The machine has been operating all morning.
d. My mother shall have baked the spaghetti when she comes home this afternoon.
27. Which of the following base form of verb has the same past form and past participle
form of verb?
a. fly
b. sit
c. go
d. none of the above
28. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: The girls
____________ by the time Mimi joins them.
a. will be singing
c. will sing
b. will have been singing
d. will have sing
29. The sentence that uses the emphatic form of the past tense of the verb.
a. Father used to smoke but he doesnt anymore.
b. They insist she didnt study but she did study.
c. They were going to ride the train but they didnt.
d. I was eating when the doorbell rang.
30. What is the mood of the verb in the sentence What kind of people must we elect?
a. subjunctive mood
c. imperative mood
b. indicative mood
d. none of the above
31. How many adjectives are in the sentence? : A fat bespectacled man appeared on
the narrow alley.
a. five
b. four
c. three
d. two

32. Pick the proper adjective that best suits the phrase: ____________ spices.
a. Turkish
b. Italian
c. Indian
d. Vietnamese
33. Which of the following sentences uses an identifying adjective?
a. Every city has a major.
b. My aunt with some friends to the beach.
c. The very person I admired knew me.
d. The pupils took the same bus.
34. Which of the following shows the correct series of adjectives?
a. two big gold wooden Chinese wall clocks
b. six red fresh American roses
c. one small orange nylon Japanese umbrella
d. low white Spanish-type wooden bungalow
35. In the sentence, The hens egg is ____________ (round) than that of other fowls.
The correct form of round is ____________.
a. more rounder
c. round
b. rounder
d. most round
36. Which of the following pairs of words are synonyms?
a. affable- hostile
c. obsolete- dated
b. shy- wanton
d. terminate- unfinished
37. There are how many kinds of limiting adjectives?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
38. Which of the following is not an example of compound adjective?
a. shipshape
b. dull brown
c. day-care
d. none of the above
39. The pupils were rehearsing in the school grounds. School is used as
a. adjective
b. noun
40. What word are you going to associate gazelle?
a. gymnast
b. actress
c. athlete
d. ballerina
41. Which of the following is correct?
a. Wont nobody help me wash the dishes? c. I cant hardly see the board.
b. I cant find the cell phone nowhere.
d. Theres scarcely nobody around.
42. There are how many kinds of adverbs?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 10
d. 11
43. Straight is an adverb of __________ in the sentence: We headed straight for the
spot of light.
a. manner
b. time
c. place
d. degree
44. Complete the sentence with an adverb: Always one for a long, pleasant talk, Susan
went on ______________ for hours.
a. volubly
b. articulately
c. relentlessly
d. tiresomely
45. Turn the radios volume _____________ (loudly). Choose the correct form of adverb.
a. loudly
b. loudlier
c. more loudly
d. most loudly
46. Liza has a winsome smile. Winsome is used as an
a. adjective
b. adverb
47. Undoubtedly is an example of adverb of _____________
a. negation
b. affirmation
c. degree
d. frequency
48. Which of the following doesnt belong to the group?
a. truly
b. reasonably
c. forcibly
d. deplorably
49 Which of the following parts of speech belongs to function of words?
a. noun
b. pronoun
c. verb
d. adjective
50. The part of speech that makes assertion is ____________.
a. adverb
b. verb
c. adjective
d. preposition
Good Luck!!
Prepared by: Marion Olarte