MID-TEST GRAMMAR SECONDARY 8 TERM 1 2023/2024

PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICES

Choose the most correct answer to complete the sentence.

1. A __________ noun is the name of some particular person, place, or thing.
a. proper
b. common
c. abstract
d. countable
2. Nouns that refer to a set or group of people, animals or things are called
______________.
a. abstract nouns
b. proper nouns
c. compound nouns
d. collective nouns
3. Which of the following is a proper noun?
a. animal
b. Obama
c. needle
d. hammer
4. Mr. Sun is a _____________ of our residents’ committee.
a. member
b. membership
c. members
d. memberships
5. Recently, several people were attacked by a ____________ of migrating bees.
a. troop
b. crew
c. army
d. swarm
6. The actor was presented with a beautiful ____________ of flowers at the end of his
performance.
a. bunch
b. bouquet
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d. wad
7. It took him a lot of ______________ to go on the dare-devil rollercoaster ride.
a. courageous
b. encourage
c. discourage
d. courage
8. Every year, my mother packs all our old ____________ into bags for recycling.
a. cloth
b. clothing
c. cloths
d. clothings
9. The supervisor’s work _______________ is known throughout the company
a. efficiently
b. efficiency
c. efficience
d. efficient
10. When we compared the imitation to the original, the imitation’s _____________ in
quality was quite obvious.
a. inferior
b. inferiorness
c. inferiority
d. inferiorly
11. Singapore is a place where ____________ is high.
a. humid
b. humidity
c. humidify
d. humidifier
12. After each workshop, an _____________ is conducted to get the participants’
feedback and suggestions.
a. evaluation
b. evaluated
c. evaluate
d. evaluating
13. Grandma loves ____________ coffee, while Grandpa loves the Brazilian variety.
a. Columbia
b. Columbian
c. Columbish
d. Columban
14. Choose the head noun from the following phrase.
the man who knew too much
a. the
b. man
c. knew
d. much
15. Choose the head noun from the following phrase.
the most terrifying experience
a. the
b. terrifying
c. experience
d. most
16. Choose the head noun from the following phrase.
the greatest invention since the telephone
a. the
b. invention
c. greatest
d. since
17. Choose the head noun from the following phrase.
a young promising Indonesian scientist
a. a
b. young
c. promising
d. scientist
18. What is the function of a noun in the following sentence?
My classmates gave me a present.
a. subject
b. object
c. verb
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19. Which of the following noun is an abstract noun?
a. slavery
b. girl
c. horse
d. doctor
20. My parents have very high _______________ of me.
a. expect
b. expected
c. expectation
d. expects
21. Michael’s ________________ affected the performance of the entire team.
a. departure
b. departs
c. departion
d. department
22. Singular – plural forms of some words are given below. Which one is incorrect?
a. person – people
b. woman – women
c. child – children
d. pen – pencil
23. Which one is incorrect?
a. cat – cats
b. dress – dresses
c. children – childrens
d. eye – eyes
24. There is a red ________ under the chair.
a. bag
b. books
c. pencils
d. cats
25. There are four _____________ on the desk.
a. book
b. pencil
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d. apples

PART II. FILL IN THE BLANKS

Part 1. Countable and uncountable nouns

Directions: Tell whether the underlined word is countable or uncountable

1. Would you like some milk with your cereal? _________________________________

2. You will need eggs and sugar for this recipe.
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3. Listening to good music makes your worries goes away.
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4. Matt should listen to his coach.
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5. There isn’t any water here. _______________________________________________

Part 2. Noun phrase

Directions: Write the head noun in each of the following phrases.

6. a group of Japanese tourists = ___________________________________________

7. tall, white and handsome young man = ____________________________________
8. a cute little rabbit = ____________________________________________________
9. the busy street of New York = ___________________________________________
10. a very wonderful story = ________________________________________________

PART III. ESSAYS

1. Write the definition of a noun!

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2. Write the differences between abstract nouns and concrete nouns!
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3. Write two examples of compound nouns!
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4. Write two examples of proper nouns!
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5. Write at least two functions of nouns and noun phrases in a sentence and give
examples!
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