ENGLISH  If the members of the group are acting as

individuals, then the verb is plural.

1. He___ (do, does) the chores around the house. Ex. The committee members have been
arguing for days.
 Subject and verbs must agree with one  COLLECTIVE NOUNS
another in number. Ex. Bunch, a family of sardinas
 If the subject is singular, its verbs must also
be singular 6. The shells __you collected are now displayed
 If the subject is plural, its verb must also be a. Who
plural b. Which
 Does (singular) c. Where
 Ex. He does the chores d. Whose
She does her homework
It does the job.  Relative Pronouns.
 Do (plural) People- who
We do the right thing. Which/that- things/concept
They do the task. Whose- possessive (property)
Where- places
2. Economics ___ (is, are) actually interesting! When- time
Why- reason
 Noun such as civics, mathematics, physics, 7. Alexa___ bags sold for 2,000 each, was happy
measles, and new require singular verbs. with the sales.
a. Who
3. Left handed scissors__ (is, are) on the teachers b. Whose
table. c. That
d. which
 Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, trousers, 8. everyone___ expected to come in formal attire.
pants, and shears, require plural verbs. a. Is
(there are two parts to these things) b. Are
c. Has
4. The city mayor, together with the d. Were
(subject-singular)  Singular- no one, anyone, someone,
councilors and barangay captains, ___ everyone, nobody, anybody, somebody,
(welcome, welcomes) the Australian everybody, everything
ambassador.  Ex. Someone is late to class.
No one is above the law.
 Identify the subject 9. The number of people that we will serve__210
 Expression such as with, together with, a. Is
including, accompanied by, in addition to, b. Are
or as well do not change the number of he c. Were
subject. d. Has been
10. A number of students__late
5. The graduation committee__(decide., decides) a. Is
on the flow of activities b. Are
 Collective nouns imply more than one c. Were
person but that are considered singular and d. Has been
take a singular verb.  The number of-singular
 Ex. Group, team, committee, class, family  A number of-plural (several)
 Ex. The number of customer is 13
  A number of customers were not Catches (A dog catches biscuits)
satisfied with the pizza Plural- use base form
Singular- add s, es
11. Earlier, Melissa’s mom __the cake into eight
pieces.  Simple Past Tens
a. Cut o Actions that happened before now
b. Cuts o Condition or things that existed
c. Cutted before now.
d. Will cut o Ex. IRREGULAR VERBS
Caught (dogs caught biscuit)
Past Base Past Participle  Simple Future Tense
Cut cut have cut, has cut, had cut o Action/condition will begin and end
 Regular verbs. in the future meaning beyond now.
(d,ed) (have/has/had) o WILL plus BASE FORM
Bake baked has baked o Time expression (last week,
March marched has marched yesterday, tomorrow, later and etc.)
 Irregular verbs o Example. Will catch (Dog will catch
Drink drank has drunk biscuit later/ tomorrow)
Give gave has given 2. PREFECT TENSE
 Present Prefect Tense
12. Karen has already __crabs and scallops. o action that began in the past and
a. Eat continues to the present.
b. B. eats o Just Now (She has worked here for
c. Ate 10 years)
d. Eaten o verb (past participle, ed)
Eat ate has eaten o TIME EXPRESSION
For- (for 2 hours) He has practiced
13. The dishwasher has ___ three plates so far.
for 2 hours
a. Break
Since ( since 2010)
b. Breaks
We have lived here since 2010
c. Broke
Yet- she has not arrived yet.
d. Broken
 Past Prefect Tense
o Action that has been completed
14. We__not drawn animals and human figures
before another action
yet.
o Ex. I had finished the report when he
a. Has- singular
arrived
b. Have- (plural
o Example
c. Do
Jenny sold that cakes that she had
d. Did
baked.
Draw drew has drawn
Past present (had baked)
Simple past (sold)
Different Four Tenses
o Two f=different action one of them
1. SIMPLE TENSE
 Simple Present tense is earlier or done are completed
o action that happening right now earlier so it needs HAD
o Simple past- the one is the nearer to
o Actions that happen regularly
present.
o Facts (the earth is sphere)
o Example. Catch (dog catch biscuits.)
 18. She ___ 50 customers by 1 o clock in the
PRESENT PERFECT vs PAST PERFECT afternoon.
Has/have plus had plus PP a. Serve
Past participle b. Serves
c. Has served
Has (singular) d. Will have served
Have (plural) had (singular and plural)
19. That was the __ event that I have ever
Example. attended.
She has chosen a venue. a. Bad
We have chosen a venue. b. Badder
c. Worse
She had already chosen a venue before we called d. Worst
her.
20. This one is __than that one. (comparing two
 Future Perfect Tense- action that will be things)
completed at a specific time in the future. a. Heavy
o Will + have + past participle b. Heavier
o Time expressions. c. Heaviest
 By the time (he garduates) d. Most heavy
I will have spent 20,000 on printing
service by the time he graduates. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
 Before (sundown)  POSITIVE- we do not make any comparison
 By the end of (today’s session) (small, warm, old)
By the end of the term, the students will  COMPARATIVE- we compare one thing to
have read all required materials. another (small-smaller, warm-warme)
 By (2002)  SUPERLATIVE- we compare something to all
other things. (smallest of them all, warmest
15. He __ (sacrificed) a lot before he gave up on I have ever experienced, oldest in the
her. group)
a. Has sacrificed
b. Have sacrificed REGULAR ADJECTIVES
c. Had sacrificed POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
d. Will have sacrificed er est
small smaller smallest
16. By midnight, she___(call) him. older older oldest
a. Will call Diligent more diligent most diligent
b. Has called Well/healthy better best
c. Had called Many more most
d. Will have called Little less least
Good better best
17. He___(not, do) his reports yet. Ill/bad worse worst
a. Has not done
b. Have not done 21. I wish I ___ a house, a car, and two million
c. Had not done dollors!
d. Will have not done a. Has
b. Have
c. Had
 d. Will have
22. I wish I __ visit my grandparents. 25. A (the) number of available rooms in this
a. Can A B C
b. Could Newly-opened hotel is 70. No Error.
c. Will D E
d. Would
26. The eighth grade word problems have (plural)
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD A B
The mood (=form)of a verb used to refer to actions became (become) more difficult. No Error.
that are possibilities rather than facts C D E
Become became has/have/had become
Example. If I were the president (I am the Eight-number, eighth=order/rank
president)
I wish I could fly (I can fly) 27. The waiter had put the bouquet of roses
I wish I were taller (I am taller now) A B
o Suggest on the table before the couple arrived.
o Ask C D
o Demand No Error
o Recommend- the accreditation team E
recommends that the teachers be given
more time for planning lessons and marking 28. She wished she can travel to her hometown,
students work. A B
o Require which is only 30 kilometers away. No Error
o Insist- the principal insisted that the C D E
accreditor visit the new building
o Urge 29. The nurse hugged her dying patient irregardless
o Wish A B C D
of the risks. No Error
IDENTIFYING ERRORS
 Regardless = regard +less (suffix)
 Each of the following sentences has for
 Ir = prefix (not, opposite of)
underlined words or phrases. Read each
sentence and determine which underlined
30. Our company’s business is not perfect, but we
portion, if any, has an error in grammar,
A B
usage, or word choice. If there is no error,
are alright. No Error
select choice. (E) No sentence has more
C D E
than one error.
Alright- non-standard form of ALL RIGHT
23. The workshop participants does (DO)not
A (plural subj) B
FILIPINISM
like the registration process. No error
o Cope up-----cope with
C D E
o Taken cared of------taken care of
o Repeat again------redundant
24. A paleontologist is a person which (who)
A B C o Get a free gift------redundant
studies fossils. No Error o Atm machine-----machine
D E o Salvage- saving of goods from being
damaged or destroy.
31. I am writing to you with regards to your letter
of April of 2. No Error
With regards : also, in regard to, in connection
with
As regards : relating to
Ex. There is no problem as regards the
financial arrangement.

32. Mark and his friends enjoy swimming, biking

and to dance.

Faulty parallelism.
Swimming- gerund (a gerund is a verbal that ends
in –ing and functions as a noun)
Biking- gerund
To dance- infinitive (to + base form of the verb.

33. The burgers at Jolibee are meatier than

Mc Donald’s.
Correct ans. The burgers at Jolibee are meatier
than the burger at Mc Donald’s

With every ___ use a singular verb

34. For a family of four, one hundred pesos are not

enough for a meal. is

Expression of time, money and distance usually

take a singular verb.

Ex. To missy, five kilometers is too far.

Some people believe that two weeks in quarantine
is long enough.