Midterm Exam Serrano
Midterm Exam Serrano
General Instructions. Answer each test item to the best and honestly as you can. Good
luck!
Test I.
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct quantity words.
B. Underline the correct noun form to complete the meaning of the sentence.
Pronoun A pronoun is a word used in place of a The young girl brought me a very long
noun. A pronoun is usually substituted for a letter from the teacher, and
specific noun, which is called its then she quickly disappeared.
antecedent. Pronouns are further defined by
type: personal pronouns refer to specific
persons or things; possessive pronouns
indicate ownership; reflexive pronouns are
used to emphasize another noun or pronoun;
relative pronouns introduce a subordinate
clause; and demonstrative pronouns
identify, point to, or refer to nouns.
1. Adjectives An adjective is a word used to modify or big, small, thin, horrible, beautiful, quick,
describe a noun or a pronoun. It usually slow etc.
answers the question of which one, what He is the most intelligent boy I have ever
kind, or how many. met.
2. Verbs The verb in a sentence expresses action or Move, talk, think, believe, live, like etc.
being. There is a main verb and sometimes He finished the task in the evening.
one or more helping verbs. A verb must
agree with its subject in number (both are
singular or both are plural). Verbs also take
different forms to express tense.
3. Adverbs An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb, but never a slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, here
noun. It usually answers the questions of
etc.
when, where, how, why, under what
conditions, or to what degree. Adverbs Tommy was extremely enthusiastic about
often end in -ly.
doing his homework.
This is a very sweet mango.
He speaks too slowly.
4. Prepositions A preposition is a word placed before a on, in, by, with, under, through, at etc.
noun or pronoun to form a phrase He entered into the room.
modifying another word in the
sentence. Therefore a preposition is always
part of a prepositional phrase. The
prepositional phrase almost always
functions as an adjective or as an adverb.
5. Conjunctions A conjunction joins words, phrases, or but, so, and, because, or etc.
clauses, and indicates the relationship Although the employees were
between the elements joined. Coordinating tired, yet they came to the office.
conjunctions connect grammatically equal
elements: and, but, or, nor, for, so,
yet. Subordinating conjunctions connect
clauses that are not equal: because,
although, while, since, etc.
6. Interjection An interjection is a word used to express Wow! , Alas!, Hurray!, Oh no! etc.
emotion. It is often followed by an
exclamation point.
1. Language- a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human
beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves. The functions of
language include communication, the expression of identity, play, imaginative expression,
and emotional release.
2. Morpheme- it is a short segment of language that meets three basic criteria:It is a word
or a part of a word that has meaning.It cannot be divided into smaller meaningful segments without
changing its meaning or leaving a meaningless remainder. It has relatively the same stable meaning
in different verbal environments.
4. Dependent Clause-A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does
not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can't stand alone. These clauses include adverb
clauses, adjective clauses and noun clauses.
5. Phrase- A phrase is a group of words that express a concept and is used as a unit within a
sentence. Eight common types of phrases are: noun, verb, gerund, infinitive, appositive, participial,
prepositional, and absolute.
6. Bound Morpheme- A bound morpheme is a word element that cannot stand alone as
a word, including both prefixes and suffixes
7. Sentence- A sentence is a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a
thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter when
written.
8. Semantics- is the field of linguistics concerned with the study of meaning in language.
9. Pragmatics-the branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it
is used, including such matters as deixis, the taking of turns in conversation, text organization,
presupposition, and implicature.
10. Syntax- the arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of
sentences and the relationship of their component parts.
2. Name the different sections in the library and give at least 2-3 sample items/reference
found in each section.
GENERAL REFERENCE- It houses general encyclopedic works including dictionaries, almanacs,
atlases, directories, handbooks, manuals, indexes and abstracts, et.
PERIODICAL SECTION- It houses all local and foreign journals, magazines, newspapers, government
publications and other forms of serial publication, vertical files such as pamphlets, brochures and newspaper
clippings.
GENERAL COLLECTION/CIRCULATION SECTION- It houses the main collection of the library. Books
on Philosophy, Religion, Social Sciences, Language, Arts, Pure Science, Applied Science, Literature, History,
and Geography.
4. How do you find the self-learning modules used by our learners? How is language
considered in the learning resource?
This global crisis brought a massive change in the system of education. The most popular learning
delivery modality is the modular/print. In our school in particular this is the mode being imposed because of
the limited access to internet connection and the capability of the students. So far, it is effective and the
learners religiously comply with the distribution and retrieval process. Though there may be typographical
errors in some which is perhaps due to time constraint in its preparation, it is still the most efficient modality
in our locality.