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PRACTICE TEST: FIRST PRELIM
English 4
I. Vocabulary Building
A. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word. Choose from the
given words.
limp fragile

disappointing

regain

present

persisted

impressed
1. Mother gave me a wonderful _______________ last Christmas.
2. My team did not win. It was a _________________ game.
3. Be careful with the vase, it is very ____________.
4. They will be going out of the prison. They will soon ______________ their
freedom.
5. I was sad to see him _____________ as he walk.
II. Subject and Predicate
A. Circle the subject and underline the predicate.
1. She looked fragile and weak.
2. Lola Binay came home from the hospital.
3. Arwen shook her head.
4. I want you to write your name.
5. She went to a doctor.
B. Complete the sentence by writing a subject or a predicate.
1. __________________ worked hard.
2. __________ pressed the rubber ball hard.
3. Grandmother ________________.
4. ____________ kept looking around the place.
5. Everyone ________________.
6. Soon the _______________________.
7. The birthday presents ____________________.
8. __________ was impossible to do.
9.________________ wished to appreciate Lola.

10. My grandparents _________________.

III.A. Answer the ff. (Vocabulary)
frantic
ant army
discovery
______________1. It means things found out. This word refers to the act of
seeing or learning
Of something for the first time.
_______________2. It means very excited; wild with agree; fear, pain, or grief.
_______________3. It refers to a group of ants that hunt for food.
B. Match the given word with its proper meaning. Write the answer
on the blank. (Vocabulary)
_______1. decided
a. findings; acts of learning
_______2. ceiling
b. wildly excited
_______3. swayed
c. made up his/her mind
_______4. discoveries
d. overhead part of a room
_______5. frantic
e. swung back and fort
C.
_______6. adopted
f. to make such a noise
_______7. obligation
g. a regular, fixed way of doing things
_______8. seriously
h. to fall or sink suddenly and heavily
_______9. complicated
i. sadness
_______10. opportunity
j. to weep noisily
_______11. neglected
k. no longer anxious or worried
_______12. yelled
l. to take a child of other parents as ones own
_______13. routine
m. a promise or duty
_______14. slumped
n. in a serious way
_______15. devastation
o. difficult to understand
_______16. sob
p. a chance to do or a time for doing something
_______17. relieved
q. to treat carelessly or not give enough attention
to
D.
_______18. snarled
r. to show anger in a loud sound
_______19. couch potato
s. a very frightening dream
_______20. nightmare
t. not active
_______21. encourage
u. injury and damage caused by forceful acts
_______22. violence
v. to give someone confidence
_______23. passive
w. someone who watches a lot of television
IV. SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS
A. Write S for synonyms on the pairs of words with similar meanings and A
for antonyms on the pair of words with different meanings.

1. wonder surprise

6. Alone together

2. slowly fast

7. Work - job

3. round square

8. Path - way

4. help assist
5. outside - inside

9. Small - big
10. Hard easy

B. Circle the pairs of synonyms.

C. Write the synonyms and

antonyms of these words.

1. weak strong
1. accept _____________
_________________
2. doctor physician
2. seriously ______________
_________________
3. request permission
3. job
_______________
__________________
4. present gift
4. neglected _____________
__________________
5. finish complete
5. different _____________ __________________
V. A. Write the kind of sentences. ( declarative, interrogative,
exclamatory, imperative sentences)
1. Do they talk with one another? ________________________
2. The ant crawled down and outside the pot. _____________________
3. Hey, the plate is full of ants! _______________________
4. Please give me a long string. ______________________
5. Run around the edge of the room. __________________
6. Post that sign.__________________
7. Where are they racing? ______________________
8. Be fast! The ants are crawling, no! ____________________
9. They work very hard. ______________________
10. Carry this pot! _______________________
B. Make these declarative sentences into interrogative sentences.
1. The ants passed the test.
________________________________________
2. They walked across the ceiling.
_________________________________________

3. They reached the pot of jam.

__________________________________________
4. They crawled up the string.
___________________________________________
5. They carried the jam from the pot to their home.
____________________________________________
C. Enumerate the parts of the letter.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
D. Rewrite and arrange this letter correctly.
27 a. bonifacio street
makati, metro manila
July 14, 2014
Dear raymond,
i am inviting you to a picnic this coming Sunday at bato-bato in los
banos laguna. We shall leave at 7:30 in the morning. can you come before
that time? ben, ching, and jacob are coming with us.
i am sure we shall enjoy your company.
Sincerely
Jerico
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VI. A. Give the root word of these words.

1. adopted _____________________
________________
2. called
_____________________
3. himself
_____________________
4. responsibility ____________________
5. counting ____________________
_______________

6. obligation
7. going
________________
8. seriously ________________
9. coolest ________________
10. complicated

B.
Word
watches
encourages
children
doing
families
useful
learned

Root Word

Affixes

VII. Kinds of Noun

A. Write C for common nouns and P for proper nouns.
______1.
______2.
______3.
______4.
______5.

Neil
Babies
mother
Gen. Diaz
Joy

______6. Davao
______7. Ocean Park
______8. street
______9. advice
______10. Soap

B. Write the correct possessive noun to show each belonging:

Example: The ball belongs to the boys

the boys ball

1. The car belongs to the man _______________________________________

2. The dinner belongs to the family __________________________________
3. The books belong to the students__________________________________

4. The candy belongs to Jessica______________________________________

5. The mess belongs to the dogs_____________________________________
VIII. PLURAL FORMS OF NOUNS
A. Write the plural form of these nouns.
1. potato ____________
2. nightmare _____________

6. baby __________
7. story __________

3. sport ____________

8. dress __________

4. watch ____________

9. boy ___________

5. leg ______________

10. diary _________

B.
1. knife ________

6. sheep ___________

2. man ________

7. Chinese __________

3. foot ________

8. Mathematics

______________
4. wife ________

9. Deer ______________

5. tooth ________

10. Beverage

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