Weekly Evaluation In English (oct. 9, 2009)

Weekly Evaluation in English-IV (Oct. 9, 2009) I-

If the statement is correct, answer “YES”. If the statement is wrong, answer “NO”. No erasures are allowed. 1. _____________ Sentence is a word or group of words with complete idea. 2. _____________ The subject is the doer of action. 3. ____________ A clause fragment does not have complete idea. 4. ____________ The predicate tells something about the subject. 5. ____________ Subject is the action done in the sentence. 6. ____________ The subject will agree with the verb in person and in number. 7. _________ “Who” is an example of relative pronoun. 8. _________ “There is” needs singular noun proceeded. 9. ________ Several singular nouns used as compound subjects need plural verb. 10.___________ Adjectives used as nouns are considered plural. 11.________ When the subject is a title of a movie, the verb is plural. 12.________ Much and little refer to uncountable nouns. 13.________ The relative pronoun ties with the number of person is antecedent. 14.________ A verb may be an action or state of being. 15.________ The verb agrees with the predicate word, not with the subject. 16.________ Pronoun subject is a pronoun that is used as subject in the sentence. 17. ________ You, does not tie with plural verb form. 18. ___________ They, is second person singular. 19. ___________ Noun simply means name. 20. ____________ The subject of a sentence primarily means a doer.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct answer: Write only the answers. (2 pt each) 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ 5. _____________ 6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________ 10._____________ 11._____________ 12._____________ 13._____________ 14._____________ 15._____________ plural verb 16._____________ 17._____________ 18._____________ 19._____________ 20._____________

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the doer of the action in the sentence It means action or a state of being. the verb which is not action as in is, are, was, seem, etc. It is the receiver of action in the sentence. It tells something about the subject. It receives the action. replacement of noun third person plural pronoun second person singular pronoun several nouns taken as one the previous noun spoken about the number of noun that follows after “there is” the number of noun that follows after “there are” the kind of noun that must be used with “much and little” the kind of noun that must be used with “some, all, and plenty” for group of words having a complete thought group of words having no subject and verb of its own It describes noun or pronoun. It is a noun that receives the action. It is a verb that requires a direct object.

Pick out the correct pronoun-antecedent in the parenthesis. Write the answers only. 1. He (who , which) perseveres will succeed. 2. Is this the picture (who , which) you need? 3. The speech (that , who) was made yesterday, was the first of a series. 4. Leo is taking Logic, a subject (you , he) should have in preparation for a course. 5. India, like every other country has (its , their) traditions. 6. Delia and I are sure of (my , our) answers. 7. The man, (who , which) I thought was my friend, deceived me. 8. Everyone should take care of (himself , themselves , their selves). 9. Every person should be careful of (his , their) manner. 10.Everyone should defend (himself , themselves , their selves) from the enemies. 11.Everyone wanted (his , their , its ) money back. 12.Not one of those present was willing to give (his , their) testimony. 13.Each of the ladies claims for (his, her , their ) right to suffrage.

14.Everyone was keeping (his , their ) fingers crossed. 15.A person finds (himself , themselves) in a crunch during elections. II-

Underline the subject and encircle the verb of the following sentence. After which, indicate what rule number of subject-verb agreement is used. Copy the sentences. For the underlined subject, 3 points merit while 2 points merit for the encircled verb. Another 3 points merit for the identified subject-verb agreement rule. 1. _________ There are no answers to those questions. 2. _________ Some of the boys were scolded. 3. _________ She is one of the attractive girls who are active. 4. _______ He is one of the ten students who are suspended. 5. __________ Five times two are ten. 6. __________ There are a man, a woman, and a child in the room. 7. __________ The machine, with all its parts, sells for five hundred pesos.

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Enumerate the following: 1 – 3 : third person singular pronoun 4 – 5 : number of pronouns 6 – 8 : persons of pronouns 9 – 11 : words in rule no. 21, none maybe singular or plural depending on the word

they refer to 12 14 19 21 23

– 13 : words in rule no. 21 that always refer to uncountable things – 18 : the possible subjects contained in rule no. 18 – 20 : two (2) paired expressions in rule no. 12 – 22 : two (2) paired expressions in rule no. 11 -25: third person singular pronoun