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.

I- Fill in the blanks with the correct answer: Write only the answers. (2 pt each)

1. _____________ the doer of the action in the sentence

2. _____________ It means action or a state of being.
3. _____________ the verb which is not action as in is, are, was, seem, etc.
4. _____________ It is the receiver of action in the sentence.
5. _____________ It tells something about the subject.
6. _____________ It receives the action.
7. _____________ replacement of noun
8. _____________ third person plural pronoun
9. _____________ second person singular pronoun
10._____________ several nouns taken as one
11._____________ the previous noun spoken about
12._____________ the number of noun that follows after “there is”
13._____________ the number of noun that follows after “there are”
14._____________ the kind of noun that must be used with “much and little”
15._____________ the kind of noun that must be used with “some, all, and plenty” for
plural verb
16._____________ group of words having a complete thought
17._____________ group of words having no subject and verb of its own
18._____________ It describes noun or pronoun.
19._____________ It is a noun that receives the action.
20._____________ It is a verb that requires a direct object.

I- 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.

III- 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 – 13 : words in rule no. 21 that always refer to uncountable things
14 – 18 : the possible subjects contained in rule no. 18
19 – 20 : two (2) paired expressions in rule no. 12
21 – 22 : two (2) paired expressions in rule no. 11
23 -25: third person singular pronoun