Structures of English

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1. Don Quixote is a comical figure ____ literature.

A) of
B) in
C) for
D) from

2. Which of the following is not properly pluralized?


A) sheeps
B) dice
C) major generals
D) theses
3. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A) mathematics
B) spectacles
C) earrings
D) pants

4. In the sentence, " Her father gave Jansen a laptop for a birthday
gift."  what is the case of Jansen?
A) nominative
B) dative
C) possessive
D) vocative

5. Which word does not belong to the group?


A) constellation
B) brood
C) sand
D) flock

6. After I got near it, the grotto of the Sacred Heart of Jesus atop Mt.
Tabungao is much bigger THAN I IMAGINED IT TO BE. In The above sentence,
what type of modifier is the boldprinted ones?
A) Clause modifier
B) word modifier
C) phrase modifier

7. It is a  verb that expresses an action directed toward a person or


thing named in the sentence.
A) transitive
B) intransitive
C) linking verb
D) helping verb

8. Which of the following does not belong to the group?


A) This food tastes awful.
B) He  tasted the food with gusto.
C) Does it taste good?
D) This food appeals to my taste.
9. Which sentence is written incorrectly?
A) The boy was broken the glass.
B) The boy has broke the glass.
C) Did the boy break the glass?
D) The glass is broken.

10. Which of the following sentences does not express conditional mood?
A) Should Mandy reviewed, she could have passed the board examination.
B) Who should come tomorrow?
C) You should be happy that  I passed the test.
D) Will you promise me you won't do it again?
11. Which one is the proper order of adjectives?
A) determiner, quantity or number, quality or opinion, size, age, shape
color, proper adjective, purpose or qualifier,
B) determiner, quantity or number, quality or opinion, size, shape, age,
color, proper adjective, purpose or qualifier,
C) determiner,  quality or opinion, quantity or number, size, age, shape
color, proper adjective, purpose or qualifier,
D) determiner,  quality or opinion, quantity or number, size, age, shape
color, purpose or qualifier, proper adjective, 

12. In the sentence "I'm thinking about renting a videoke for tonight's
party.", which word is a content word?
A) thinking
B) for
C) about
D) I'm

13. "I don't like action movies. They are too violent." What type of
function word is the underlined?
A) intensifier
B) auxiliary
C) determiner
D) qualifier

14. "What kind of movies do you have in mind?" In this sentence the word
"what" is  ______.
A) an interrogator
B) a coordinator
C) a demonstrative pronoun
D) a relative pronoun

15. "He is going to fly to Chicago for a vacation next week." Which of the
following is not a prepositional phrase?
A) to fly
B) to Chicago
C) next week
D) for a vacation

16. "The trees along the river are beginning to blossom. What is the
function of the underlined word?
A) modifier
B) object of the verb
C) subject complement
D) object of the preposition

17. Centuries ago, Philippine culture openly projected bias against


gays.  How is the underlined term used in the sentence?
A) subject complement
B) objective complement
C) object of the verb
D) indirect object

18. Schools - public and private - have tremendously grown in terms of


workforce , demanding competitive human resources. In this sentence, how
do we term the underlined? 
A) appositive
B) modifier
C) subject complement
D) subject

19. How do you call the receiver of the action indicated by the verb?
A) direct object
B) indirect object
C) object of the preposition
D) objective complement

20. As can be observed, the passage of time made the term swardspeak


anachrostic, preferring instead to term it gayspeak or gay lingo (Alba,
2006). What is the function of the underlined phrase?
A) subject
B) object of the verb
C) subject complement
D) modifier of the subject

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