ENGLISH/LANGUAGE (October 2012) with correct answer I. NOUNS A.

IDENTIFICATION Pick the nouns in the paragraph and write down on the blank below.

Flowers are beautiful. They are made by God. They make our surrounding beautiful.
1. flowers 2. God or surrounding

God gave parents and teachers to children so they will be cared properly. Children should obey and listen to them. This is expected of good children.
1. God, parents 2. Teachers, children

The monsoon rain was too much for the victims to bear. They lost almost everything. They should be helped by those who have more and not affected by the flood. 1. Rain or, victim 2. flood

If the children will eat nutritious food, they will not get sick. So it is better for them to eat properly because health is wealth.
1. Children or food 2. Health or wealth Dr. Jose Rizal is our national hero. He fought against the Spaniards for us to have our freedom. We should respect him and our other heroes. 1.Jose Rizal or hero 2. Spaniards or freedom or heroes

Cleanliness is next to godliness. This means we should clean our surroundings so we will be free from sickness.
1.

Cleanliness or godliness 2. Sorroundings or sickness Your talent is Gods gift to you. And what you become of your talent is your gift to God. So do your best to improve your talent.

1.

Talent or gift 2. God

II.

GENDER: Match the following masculine genders of nouns at the left with their feminine partners to the right. Write the letters only. A B _______b____1. Nephew a. Heiress ________d___2. Rooster b. Niece _______j_____3. stallion c. Mistress _____i_______4. tiger d. Hen ________k___5. bull e. Pussy ________s___6. Priest f. Mare _______e____7. tom g. Ewe _____n______8. boar h. Duchess ________g___9. ram i. Tigress _______t____10. king j. Mare ______o_____11. deer k. Cow _____m_____12. Man l. Madam ______h_____13. Duke m. Woman _______t____14. king n. Sow ______c_____15. master o. Doe ______q_____16. drone p. Hostess _____f_____17. stallion q. Bee ______p_____18. host r. Belle _______a____19. heir s. Nun _____r_____20. beau t. Queen

Note: There are 2 stallion, 2 king, III. POSSESIVE FORMS OF NOUNS: Put a check mark before the correct sentence and an X before the wrong one.

X secretarys 1. The secretarys note book is neat. ___ _______ 3. These are the childrens rooms. ___ _________5. The basketball players shirts are hanged in the closet. X mothers__ 7. These are my mothers books. ___ ________9. The geese eggs were cooked with potatoes. ___ _________11. The knifes handle was broken. ___ ________13. The babies diapers are all disposable. _X ___heroes 15. Our national heros rite is celebrated every August.

___ _________2. The girls bags are pink. ___ _________4. The priests suits are all white. ___ _________6. This is my cousins collection of toys. ___ _________8. The vendors basket is full of fruits. ___ _________10. The mens wear section is at the second floor of the department store. X tooths ____12. My tooths braces are well placed by my dentist. x__ladies_____14. The ladiess dresses are displayed in the stall. X Boxes 16. The boxess handle were torn because of its heavy weight.

IV.

PLURAL FORMS: Put a check mark [ ] in the blank if the given plural form is correct and write in the blank the correct plural form if it is not correct.

______feet 1. feets ___ _______2. children ______teeth 3. teeths ___ _________4. tigers ____ ________5. babies ___ _________6. knives ___ _________7. brushes __boars______ 8. boar ____Heroes 9. heros ___ ________10. tomatoes

___boars_____11. geeses __mice_______12. Mouses ___mice_____ 13. mices ___ ________14. daisies __fairies______15. fairys ____ ________16. foxes ___ _________17. boars ___ _________18. women ___ _________19. boxes ____ ________20. flowers

V.

Write the plural form of the words given.

Singular-- Plural 1. Butterfly 2. battery 3. Tomato 4. Hero 5. Piano 6. Drum 7. Violin 8. Lily 9. Apple 10.Life 11.Knife 12.Glass 13.Church 14.Mass 15.Fairy 16.Monkey 17.Boy 18.Loaf 19.Shelf 20.Wife 21.Sketch 22.Ox 23.Child 24.Coach 25.Tax Butterflies Batteries Tomatoes Heroes Pianos (exception) Drums Violins Lilies Apples Lives Knives Glasses Churches Masses Fairies Monkeys Boys Loaves Shelves Wives Sketches Oxes Children Coaches taxes

Singular-- Plural 26.Book 27.vase 28.Foot 29.Tooth 30.Elevator 31.Fruit 32.Box 33.Poem 34.Story 35.Action 36.Family 37.Fox 38.television 39.computer 40.pencil 41.City 42.Day 43.Leaf 44.Wolf 45.Princess 46.Bus 47.Mouse 48.Goose 49.Bench 50.Calf Books Vases Feet Teeth Elevators Fruits Bowes Poems Stories Actions Families Foxes Televisions Computers Pencils Cities Days Leaves Wolves Princesses Buses Mice Geese Benches calves
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VI.

MASS AND COUNT NOUNS: Write M if the given noun is mass noun, and C if it is a count noun.

____M_______1. cooking oil _____C_______2. Pencils ____M_______3. ketchup _____C_______4. mixing bowl ______C______5. flower vases ____M_______6. vinegar ____M_______7. fish sauce ____M_______8. gas ____M_______9. rice ____M_______10. smokes

_____M_______11. flour ____M________12. salt ____M________13. dust _____M_______14. butter ______C_______15. furniture _____C________16. boat ____M________17. sugar _____M_______18. fumes _____M_______19. water _____C________20. flowers

VII. PRONOUNS A. SUBJECT PRONOUNS: Choose the correct pronoun in the box and encircle it. 1. President Aquino is our president. (He, It, She) is a peacemaker. 2. The farmers plant rice in the field (It, She, They) are working hard. 3. My mother is always cooking for us. (He, It, She) is well-loved by everyone. 4. The children are singing the Christmas carols. (He, It, They) have sweet and gentle voices. 5. The teachers had meeting with the principal yesterday about tree-planting program. (We , She, They) were wearing white T-shirt and hat. 6. My cousin JM celebrated his birthday last August. (He, She, They) is now 8 years old 7. Jose Rizal is our national hero. (He, It, She) was a great woman. 8. The elephants have big white ivory tusks. (He, It, They) are wild animals. 9. My father and I went out to fly kite in Luneta. (We, She, They) had a good time together. 10. The tailor sews nice pants and shirt for the rich gentlemen. (It , She, He) works with care to earn. 11. The fireman puts off the fire. (It, He, They) is a community helper. 12. The policeman conducts the traffic well every day. (He, She, They) makes sure that there is a smooth flow of vehicle. 13. My dog is cute and happy. (It, He, They) can jump and eat bones. 14. Carlos is a good swimmer. (He, It, She) is my friend. 15. My uncle drives carefully whenever the family travels. (He, She, They) protects and cares for his family. 16. The lions in the zoo are kept in cages. (He, She, They) are not allowed to roam around. 17. Mr. Santos and his son are good business partners. (We, She, They) are very successful together in their partnership. 18. My cousin and I love to do things that are creative. (We, She, They) want to be painters.

B. SUBJECT PRONOUNS: Choose the correct pronoun in the box and write it on the blank.

a. It

b. He

c. She

d. We

e. I

f. You

g. They

1. The sun is wonderful.__ a __ It___ is very helpful, too. 2. The girls are attending the party. __g_They__ will enjoy the games. 3. The weather is good.__a___It____ will not rain. 4. The Filipinos are brave and nationalistic people. ___g_ They______love their country very much. 5. Mother and I are going to the market. __d_ We___ will buy fruits and vegetables. 6. In his sleep Pedro was dreaming that he was climbing the mango tree. He said: _e__ I__will fall from the tree! 7. Miss. Flores is a kind nurse in the hospital. __c___She is helping the doctor in taking care of the sick children.

12. Tito Mario and I went to visit the farm. _d___We___had fun picking guavas and guyabanos from the trees.

13. Manila is the capital of the Philippines. _a__It__ is a busy place. 14. Mother and I spent the summer vacation in the province of Bukidnon. When __d____we__ arrived, we were very happy. 15. Topaz is the name of our class section in Grade 3. __a___It____ is the name derived from a precious stone. 16. Sofia and I were classmates in Grade 2 last year. __d___We_____ are again classmates this year in Grade 3. 17. The pastor gave an inspiring homily last Sunday. _b____He_ made brothers and sisters of the church attentive during the church service.

8. Mang Jose is a carpenter. __b___He___ builds houses in our community. 18. The choir members sang very well during the Sunday gathering. 9. Our teacher reminds Fiona to eat __g___They____ had been practicing for a properly, she said to her, Fiona __f___ year. you___ better eat nutritious foods to become healthy. 19. The children are playing computer games. __g ___They____ like DOTA over 10. There are many mosquitos in the park. other games. ___g__They____ can cause dengue fever. 20. Charles has a new bicycle. 11. My father drives the car well. _____b__He_____ take care of it and ____b____He____ is a good driver. parked inside the house.

C. OBJECT PRONOUN. Choose the correct pronoun in the box and write it in the blank. a. Me b. You c. Him d. Her e. It f. Us g. Them

1. The third man touched the tusk of the elephant. The third man touched __e ______it___. 2. The reader called the three blind men. They called _g ___them____wise. 3. My grandmother requested my mother to cook champorado for breakfast. She said not to make __e ______it___too sweet.

4. Mang Jose gathered the harvest from the farm with his wife. He reminded _d her_not to pick the carrots.

5. Cousin Pedro was flying kite with Juan and Kate in Luneta. He said to __a me ___to be careful and not to go far.

6. Jacinta loved her husband so much. She wanted c love when he died.

him_____ to be the last man to

7. My father and I went to visit a farm in Quezon Province last May. On our way, we met some friends who wanted __f us __to join them in the parade.

8. I was playing in the school ground alone when the principal saw___a me_ yesterday.

9. Correction: My mother requested my cousins to buy fresh fruits and vegetables for us from the farm. Instead, they bought ____g them_____from the grocery.

10. Correction: My friend Jonathan is our star player. But his father wishes__ c him___ to study well than to play basketball.

11. Our basketball couch instructed the players to play well. He said that for _f us ___to win, determination and hard works are needed. 12. The dictionary is an important book with many words. Some of _g easy words but many are difficult and long words. them___are

13. The Araneta Coliseum is a place where our favourite basketball league is held yearly. It is quite big and __e____ it_____can hold thousands of viewers.

14. Jacinta had devoted her life helping less fortunate people, she gave them food to eat. When she died, all of _g__them___ did not eat.

15. Jacinta asked nothing in return for her help to the people. Seeing the smiles and the tears of the joys on the faces of the people are _d _her____rewards.

IX. Using the Dictionary A. Matching

____b_______1. It is a reference book that has a list of words usually arranged in alphabetical order. _____d_____2. It is the main section of the dictionary page. It gives the definition of the word and where the entry word originated. _______a___3. These are words listed and defined in a dictionary usually written in bold and in alphabetical order. _______c____4. It is the symbol used as a guide in pronouncing the word. It is usually found inside a slash signs. _______e____5. These are two (2) words usually written on the top of the page of the dictionary, usually in boldface. It suggests the beginning and the ending word on that page.

a. Entry word b. Dictionary

c. Pronunciation key d. Word meaning

e. Guide words (correction)

B. Answer the question about the dictionary. Use the dictionary page below.

changecharcoal
change [chnj] vb changed; changing 1: to make or before different 2: to replace with another 3: to give or receive an equivalent sum in notes or coins 4: to put fresh clothes or covering channel vb 1: To make a channel in 2: to direct into or through a channel chanson [sha-ron] n, pl chansons \same: song: esp: a cabaret song chant [chant] vb 1: sing: esp : to sing a chant 2: to utter or recite in the manner chaos [ka-as] 1: the confuse unorganized state existing before the creation of a distinct forms 2: complete disorder

1. What are the guide words on this dictionary page? _____changecharcoal__________ 2. How many meanings does the word change have? ________4_________________________ 3. What does chant mean? Give one of its definitions. _________to sign a chant_______________ 4. What are the entry words on this page? _change, channel, chanson, chant chaos 5. What word has this pronunciation [chnj]? ___________change_______________

X.

Using Prefixes and Suffixes

A. Pick a prefix or a suffix inside the box to add to the root word to make a new word. Check () your answer.

1. sound 2. soft 3. tardy 4. proper 5. calm 6. peace 7. possible 8. quick 9. truth 10. fortune

less less un able non ly non un fully non

non ly ness dis able ful im ly non able

dis un dis im ly un un non able mis

B. Use the words in A to complete the sentences below. Make sure the sentences will make sense when the new word is added.

1. The community is so ____peaceful___that it so pleasant to live here. 2. Pedros carelessness with time made his grade low because of his__tardiness_. 3. The boy scout ___truthfully___pledge to honor the flag. 4. It is the ____misfortune_____of the flood victim to lose everything. 5. Pedro __quickly___jumped over to win the race. 6. The new aircon is _soundless__that I cannot hear any noise at all.

C. Matching Type. Match the correct answer on the blank ____b_______1. It is the basic part of the word. _______c____2. Syllables added at the beginning of the word and it gives a new meaning to the word. _______a____3. Syllables added at the end of the word and it gives a new meaning to the word. ________d___4. Any syllables added to the work either beginning or ending a. Suffixes b. Root word c. Prefixes d. affixes

D. Write the correct prefixes in each of the following words Choose from im-, re-, un-, dis-, in-, en1. 2. 3. 4. 5. polite-- ____impolite read-- _____reread like-- ______dislike list-- ______enlist lock-- _____unlock 6. approve--___disapprove 7. possible-- ___impossible 8. own-- __ disown 9. call-- ___recall 10. visible-- _invisible

E. Give the missing suffixes. Write -ly, -ing, -ful, -less or -er on the blank. 1. Keep pray_ing___. It really works. 2. A friend__ly____ person will gain many friends. 3. She brought home a help__ful___ child. 4. The elder__ly___ woman told her story enthusiastically. 5. It is very pain__ful____to see you cry. 6. A good story teller can make his or her story interest__ing____. 7. Understand__ing____ is very important in every situation. 8. Gods bound__ful___ goodness will touch every heart. 9. It is better to be a cheer__ful__ person. 10. Give others a chance so that they will have a bright_er____world. 11. We should save water or else the next generation will be water__less____. 12. She writes beautiful__ly____in her slum book. F. Read the following words. Underline the root words and box the affix of each word.

1. truthful 2. unbelievable 3. unhealthy 4. pinkish 5. immovable 6. misunderstanding 7. discontinue 8. decorated 9. disorderly 10.incorrect 11.unthinkable 12.inactive 13.misinformed 14.presentable 15.incorrect

16.lovely 17.retell 18.unkind 19.faithful 20.following 21. impossible 22. disregard 23. reader 24. writer 25. boxer 26. cleanliness 27. grounded 28. keeper 29. upstair 30. madness

G. Write the correct prefixes each of the following words in the sentence. Choose the appropriate prefixes in, im, un, dis, or mis on the line.

Kairra is an outstanding student. She does her homework on time and studies very hard. One day, an ___unsual______(usual) thing happened. Everyone in the classroom became very ___inattentive_______(attentive). Kiarra and her classmates had _____incomplete_______(complete) assignments. Miss Melevo was so ___dissatisfied_______(satisfied). Kiarra could not believe what was happening. She even told herself that everything that was happening was _____impossible_______(possible). When she blurted out the word she woke up! Everything was dream.

XI.

Compound Words
A. Choose the correct compound word that best completes the sentence. Write the answer on the blank. classroom bedroom notebook

1. I will copy my notes in my notes in my _____notebook___. 2. Prep Love has a clean ____classroom_____. butterfly fairytale starfish

1. The students enjoy reading the ___fairytale_____ stories. 2. The_butterfly_______ is flying high in the garden and low in the meadow.

starfishes

watermelon

notebook

1. The red ___watermelon_____ is sweet but has many black seeds. 2. There are plenty of ______starfishes____ in the shore.

bedroom

sunset

restaurant

1. The _____sunset_____ in Manila Bay is beautiful and the finest around the world. 2. The hotels ______bedroom_______ is big, soft and colorful. Gold fish catfish newspaper 1. There are several fish delicacies in the Chinese restaurant; the one with whisker is called ________catfish_____. 2. We have daily delivery of _____newspaper___________ every morning lady bug dragon fly upstairs

1. There are people climbing the stairs to reach the porch ____upstair___________. 2. The _____dragonfly______ is helpful insect in the garden.

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XII. Verbalizing Emotional Responses

Choose the word in the box which best completes the last sentence. Write the word in the blank.

1. Jen studied very hard fo the quiz. She got perfect. Jen showed her quiz paper to her mom. Her mom said, Jen , you make me __________.

2. Charles is a hardworking student. He helps his mother in the kitchen and also attends to their small store when he is done with his assignments. His mom appreciates his effort and said, Charles , I am so _________ of you!

afraid

happy

hungry

ashamed

angry

proud

3. There were two students who joined the interschool storytelling competition last summer. Since they have been practicing every day, they feel they are ready but they remained_______________ when the day of the competition came.

4. After typhoon Ondoy, many people in Marikina were left without houses because the strong rain and wind destroyed their houses. The electricity was also cut off and there were only small amount of food ration left. The children were having stomach ache because they were all_______________.

angry

terrified

excited afraid excited hungry

5. Mrs. Calderon saw several Grade III-Topaz students playing in the play ground even during classes. She was _______________ of their behavior because she thought that she was able effectively taught them good manners and right conduct.

6. My grandmother Emma prepared

several dishes for their Christmas party then suddenly there was a strong noise and flame that came from the kitchen. She was so _____________ that she rushed to carry the big fire extinguisher to control the fire. Later, she was trembling.

mad

disappointed happy afraid happy hungry

7. My youngest cousin baby Cedryck was just born yesterday. His face is so cute. He stays in the nursery and we are all ____________ to see him today.

8. The gardener was so _____________at the children who cut the flowers in the park yesterday. They did not follow the signs that state Dont cut Flowers. President Aquino will inspect the park today. mad funny happy

afraid

happy

disappointed

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9. The idea of becoming the best and the most popular student in the school made Juan smile in his dreams, when he woke up, his dreams gave him a ____________feeling. mad funny happy

10. When Bugan saved the children from the fire, the people shouted Hooray! They were all very _______________.

sad

happy

funny

11. The boys mother came from the market. She saw her two boys inside the burning building. She was so___________to see them inside. sad worried funny

12. After eating his favourite foods in the towns fiesta, Pedro was so _____________that he fell into a deep sleep. satisfied happy funny

13. The big boys tried to show off their skill in buggy jumping. While they were doing their stunt, the rope turned loose and it caused the alarm to siren. The people watching them were so __________. sad happy terrified

14. The young man was trying to impress his girlfriend in their first date. He wore the best shirt he has and bought her a bouquet of flowers. On his way to met her, he was tripped and his girlfriend saw how he tumbled and rolled over in the slippery pavement. He felt so ____________. embarrassed worried funny

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