PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION IN

BASIC LEGAL WRITING

INSTRUCTIONS: Put all your phones on a silent mode and place them inside your bags. Put all your
bags in front. You are not allowed to go out during the exam.

Write your answers on a yellow paper, please indicate your name, subject, course, section, date,
and time.

Read the questions carefully. Once done, you can submit your answer sheet together with the
test questionnaire to the proctor, get your bag in front and quietly leave the testing room.

I. Multiple Choice. For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

1.
a) She jumped from a two story building.
b) She jumped from a two-story building.

2.
a) The cancellation of the show was a real letdown.
b) The cancellation of the show was a real let-down.
c) The cancellation of the show was a real let down.

3.
a) You must letdown your guard.
b) You must let-down your guard.
c) You must let down your guard.

4.
a) You certainly have a go get-it nature.
b) You certainly have a go get it nature.
c) You certainly have a go-get-it nature.

5.
a) What a cute-little-bird she has!
b) What a cute little bird she has!
c) What a cute-little bird she has!

6.
a) We offer around-the-clock coverage.
b) We offer around the clock coverage.
c) We offer around-the clock coverage.

7.
a) Look left-and-right before you cross the street.
b) Look left and right before you cross the street.

8.
a) The left handed pitcher threw fastballs at almost 100 miles per hour.
b) The left-handed pitcher threw fastballs at almost 100 miles per hour.
c) The left-handed pitcher threw fastballs at almost 100 miles-per-hour.

9.
a) Delino will be twenty years old on Tuesday.
b) Delino will be twenty-years old on Tuesday.
c) Delino will be twenty-years-old on Tuesday.

10.
a) Do you remember anything you read in the fourth grade?
b) Do you remember anything you read in the fourth-grade?

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11.
a) This is seventh-grade-reading material.
b) This is seventh grade reading material.
c) This is seventh-grade reading material.

12.
a) Beware of high pressure telemarketers.
b) Beware of high-pressure-telemarketers.
c) Beware of high-pressure telemarketers. Which of the following is correct?
Is the italicization in this example correct?

13. Is the italicization in this sentence, correct?

Lucinda contributed a chapter called Third Grade Was a Good Grade to James’s book.
a) Yes
b) No

14. Should the movie title in the following sentence be italicized?

He is watching the movie Rebel without a Cause.
a) Yes
b) No

15. How should you indicate the names of newspapers—italics or quotation marks?
a) Italics
b) Quotation marks

16. Is the italicization in the sentence below correct?

In sixth grade Angela wrote a poem called Birthday Eve.
a) Yes
b) No

17. Is the italicization in this example correct?

The first album Dean bought with his own money was Back in Black.
a) Yes
b) No

18. Is the italicization in the following sentence correct?

We are reading the novel The Master and Margarita.
a) Yes
b) No

19. Should a song title be italicized or framed with quotation marks?

a) Italicized
b) Framed with quotation marks

20. Are the italics in this example correct?

Mr. Cromwell asked his son to pass the hors d’oeuvres.
a) Yes
b) No

II. Essay

1. What is/are the use/s of Italics? (10 points)

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GOD BLESS!

Prepared by:
Atty. Kathly L. Delgado, J.D.
Date: December 8, 2023

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