QE Questions for EL 102 Structure of English

1. Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a. “Religion,” said Karl Marx, “is the opium of the masses.”
b. “Religion,” said Karl Marx, “Is the opium of the masses.”
c. “Religion,” said karl marx, “is the Opium of the Masses.”
d. “Religion,” said Karl Marx, “is the Opium of the Masses.”

2. Which of the following sentences correctly used the article “the”?

a. Reagan likes to watch the basketball on television.
b. I have plenty of the time but not enough money.
c. The roses in your garden look healthier than mine.
d. The roses are meant for sweet ladies like you.

3. Which of the following sentences should “a” for the article?

a. Do you like eating ____ spaghetti?
b. Did you read ____ book that I recommended to you?
c. ____ Cordilleras are found in Northern Luzon.
d. There is ____ man in the gymnasium.

4. My mother is a teacher. The noun “teacher” in the sentence function as

_____________.
a. Appositive
b. Subject
c. Direct Object
d. Subject Complement

5. bear : cub :: sea lion : ________

a. cub
b. calf
c. pup
d. kitten

6. deer : herd :: sheep : ________

a. colony
b. drove
c. gang
d. jam

7. Kamran, Kamala and ________ are fond of listening to ghost stories.

a. myself
b. I
c. me
d. mine
8. Sherlock Holmes, ________, saves one of the sisters from the bite of the
speckled band, a snake.
a. herself
b. themselves
c. ourselves
d. himself

9. The package of cigarettes ___ stored in the cabinet.

a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were

10. Bruno is one of the Stateans who ________ how to respect the rights of other
people.
a. will know
b. knowing
c. knows
d. know

11. My best friend and counsel ________ my mother.

a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were

12. Politics in the Philippines ________ to be getting worse.

a. will seem
b. seeming
c. seems
d. seem

13. One-fourth of the funds ________ been spent.

a. has
b. have
c. was
d. were

14. The class ________ the matter when the teacher came.
a. has discussed
b. had discussed
c. had been discussing
d. discussed
15. Aside from adding the word “will” or “shall” to the base form of the verb, there are
other ways to indicate futurity in a sentence. Which of the following sentences
does NOT express futurity?
a. We are going to review for the quiz.
b. They are to meet on Friday.
c. I play basketball with my friends.
d. We’re leaving on Monday.

16. He will have been appearing on TV on several occasions by the time the movie is
shown. What is the aspect of the verb in this sentence?
a. Simple Future Tense.
b. Future Progressive Tense
c. Future Perfect Tense
d. Future Perfect Progressive Tense

17. Which of the following is in high certainty or probability?

a. This article about the crime should appear on the news tonight.
b. The phone is ringing. It could be Alex.
c. It may rain today because there is an impending storm.
d. You’ve bee travelling all day. You must be tired.

18. Sherlock could fill ____ until someone could be hired.

a. in
b. on
c. by
d. out

19. It’s sad they called ____ the wedding after they mailed the invitations.
a. in
b. on
c. off
d. out

20. Identify the semantic structure in this sentence: The cat dug a hole.
a. agent + action + affected
b. agent + action + effect
c. actor + action + place
d. affecting + affect + affected