Department of National Defense

Civil Service Exam Review Sessions

Grammar and Correct Usage

Sample Exam 1

Directions: Identify the word/phrase that makes the sentence incorrect if there are any. If no
error is found, write NE.

1. The inventor stood to except the award.

2. Between the three of us, I think I am the slowest runner.

3. There are scarcely no more birds in this city.

4. This fruit contains fewer sugar.

5. I have never seen nothing as beautiful as this city.

6. Place the mirror on the wall to give you an allusion of bigger room.

7. We were lucky we didn’t have typhoon this month.

8. My favorite vegetable are peas.

9. Either James or John are going to lead the choir in the recital tommorow.

10. The additional supplies that we need to bring are: band aids, cottons, alcohol, and
gauze.

11. All the students has finished their report.

12. He was a honorable man.

13. The recently heavy flooding effected the crops of farmers.

14. Emmanuel could of passed the examinations if he had studied hard enough.

15. I believe that were going to have a prosperous new year.

Sample Exam 2

Directions: Identify the word/phrase that makes the sentence incorrect if there are any. If no
error is found, write NE.

1. My brother or my sister are arriving tomorrow.

2. Neither Ella nor her friends is available to assist you.

3. Armand, together with his friends, are going on a camping trip tomorrow.

4. Jim and Mike are going to take the Subprofessional Civil Service Examination next
month.

5. Each of the boys play piano well.

6. Neither of them are available to meet you at the airport.

7. Ten years are such a long time to wait my love.

8. Five thousand pesos are a high price to pay for a single T-shirt.

9. Fifty percent of the cake have disappeared after just two minutes.

10. Everybody is happy about the result of the examination

11. One-tenth of the people in this city are unemployed.

12. He is one of the men who does the work without complaining.

13. The team are going to practice tomorrow for the final competition

14. The committee are in disagreement whether to use the fund in a feeding program or
donate it to a hospital.

15. Nina, as well as his brother and sister, is attending a birthday party.