Name:__________________________________________ Year & Section:___________________

LONG TEST in ENGLISH I(4th Grading)

I.PLURALIZATION OF NOUNS. Give the plural forms of nouns as dictated by the teacher.1. _____________ 6. ______________ 11. _________________2. _____________ 7. ______________ 12. _________________3. _____________ 8. ______________ 13. _________________4._____________ 9. ______________ 14. _________________5. ____________ 10. _____________ 15. _________________

II. HOMONYMS. Write YES on the blank if the pair of words are homonyms, and NO if they are not.___________ 1. Debt – depth ____________6. Thin – tin _____________ 11. Pale – pail____________2. Death – debt ____________7. Week –weak _____________ 12. Seal -sale____________3. Pick – peek ____________8. Duck – dock _____________ 13. Cat -cut____________4. Deer – dear ____________9. Sun – son _____________ 14. Bye - buy____________5. Beer – bear ____________10. Meal –mail _____________ 15. Gone -gun

II. SPELLING. Underline the word that is correctly spelled.1 2 3 4

1. occurence occurrence ocurrence ocurence

2. paralyse paralise paralyze parallyze

3. repeatition repitition reapitition repetition

4. neumonia pnumonia numonia pneumonia

5. ecstacy extasy ecstasy extacy

6. sergeant seargent sergent sargeant

7. dipthiria dipteria dyptheria diphtheria

8. auxiliary auxilliary auciliary aixilary

9. unecessary unnecesary unnecessary uneccessary

10. embarassment embarrassment embarasment embarrasment

11. dysmennorhea dysmmenorea dysmenorhea dysmenorrhea

12. harrassment harrasment harassment harasment

13. customer costumer custommer costummer

14. acknowledgement acknowledment acknowledgment acknowlegement

15. dilemma dilemna delema delimma

16. conscience conscence consience consiense

17. gymnasiom gymnasum gymnasium gynmasium

18. reumatism rheumatism rhumatism rumatism

19. yathtc yacht yatch yascht

20. commitee commite committee comitee

III. VERB CONJUGATION. Give the different forms of the verbs.

SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

1. eat

2. do

3. forget

4. send

5. run

6. see

7. draw

8. become

9. choose

10. catch

11. lose

12. sing

13. stop

14. think

15. play

IV. DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of adjectives.

Positive Comparative Superlative

1. large _____________ _____________2. healthy _____________ _____________3. good _____________ _____________4. important _____________ _____________5. far _____________ _____________6. short _____________ _____________7. happy _____________ _____________8. successful _____________ _____________9. fine _____________ _____________10. interesting _____________ _____________11. famous _____________ _____________12. warm _____________ _____________13. kind _____________ _____________14. colourful _____________ _____________15. noisy _____________ _____________16. smart _____________ _____________17. wise _____________ _____________18. pretty _____________ _____________19. white _____________ _____________20. lovable _____________ _____________

V. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. Encircle the correct verb in the parenthesis.

1. Jun, along with other students, ( think, thinks) of pursuing a career.

2. There (is, are) a good chance of thunderstorms today.

3. Most of the missing jewelry (has, have) been found at the pawnshop.

4. One of the kids wishes this month (is, are) to explore the cave.

5. All of the water in the different cans (is, are) contaminated.

6. Some of the water (has, have) evaporated.

7. Some books in the library (is, are) missing.

8. Where (is, are) the food you promised to buy?

9. The scriptwriter and director of the play (is, are) a member of the graduating class.

10. One of today's lesson in English (is, are) not easy.

VI. PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT. Underline the correct pronoun in each sentence.

1. Few at the conference gave (its, their) approval.

2. Every one of the boys has (his, their) instructions.

3. Each of the girls is responsible for (her, their) own room.

4. Neither of the boys agreed to ask (his, their) parents.

5. Every one of the girls agreed to ask (her, their) opinion.

6. Both of my aunts sent (her, their) congratulations.

7. Nobody in the boy's group brought (his, their) radio.

8. Only one of the committees gave (its, their) consent.

9. All of the women refused to give (her, their) approval.

10. Several of the ships had (its, their) sails destroyed.

VII. PREPOSITIONS. Underline the correct preposition inside the parenthesis that would complete the meaning

of the sentence.

1. The earth was without form, and void and darkness was (into, upon) the face of the earth.

2. He escaped out of their land and went away again (before, beyond) the horizon.

3. Two wild birds were flying beside each other (in, on ) the dark sky.

4. An enormous ocean liner sailed (into, upon) the harbor yesterday.

5. A spirit of jealousy arose among the members (at, of) the team.

6. Try to answer (in, on) the board each math problem correctly.

7. One should accept defeat ( with, of) dignity.

8. Blackie was accidentally locked (onto, inside) his dog house.

9. He faced battle (in, with) tremendous strength because of his army.

10. The King's rule endured (throughout, upon) five generations.

VIII. From the choices provided after each sentence select the verb that would correctly complete the sentence. Write the modal auxiliary on the space provided..1.  You seem to be having trouble there. _________ I help you?

Would Will Shall2.  I don't have enough money to buy lunch. __________ you lend me a couple of dollars?

May Could Shall3.  That ice is dangerously thin now. You ________ go ice-skating today.

mustn'tmight not would mind not to4.  It's way past my bedtime and I'm really tired. I ________ go to bed.

should ought could5.  He ______________ have committed this crime. He wasn't even in the city that night.

might shouldn't couldn't6.  John is over two hours late already, He ___________ missed the bus again.

should have must have will have7.  I'm really quite lost. _______________ showing me how to get out of here?

Would you mind Would you be Must you be8.  That bus is usually on time. It _________ to be here any time now.

might has ought9.  I read about your plane's near disaster. You ____________ terrified!

might have been must have been shall have been10.  It's the law. They ____________ have a blood test before they get married.

might could have to

Name:__________________________________________ Year & Section:___________________

LONG TEST in ENGLISH II(4th Grading)

I. VERBALS. A. Distinguishing between Verbs and Participles. Identify each underlined word as a verb or participle. If

the world is a participle, write the word it modifies on the blank before the number.___________1. The train is arriving on Track 7.___________2. Reporters interviewed the arriving delegation.___________3. My little brother loves frozen yogurt.___________4. Usually, by this time of year, the pond has frozen.___________5. The theatrical company has been touring major cities.___________6. The touring company will perform here next week.___________7. The Baskins are moving to Toronto.___________8. The moving truck arrived an hour late.___________9. Have the police recovered the stolen jewels?___________10. Someone has stolen a valuable painting from the museum.B. Identifying Gerunds and gerund Phrases. Write the gerund or gerund phrase in each sentence. Then

identify its function in the sentence.___________1. Talking during a test is strictly forbidden in this class.___________2. The librarian began cataloguing the newest books.___________3. His newest hobby, arranging flowers, gives him pleasure.___________4. A qualification for applicants is having an art degree.___________5. He left almost immediately after a day of teaching.___________6. Raking leaves fills many of my afternoons in the fall.___________7. In 1980 the U.S. Olympic hockey team gave playing hockey new glamour.___________8. Our club proposed giving the patients a Halloween party.___________9. By gathering nuts, the squirrel made ready for winter.___________10. His special talent is reading people’s minds.C. From Participle to Infinitive. Change the infinitive(s) in the sentence into a gerund and use in a

sentence. Example: To see Katie Perry in person is Ruper’s greatest wish.Answer: Seeing Katie Perry in person is Ruper’s greatest wish.

1. To capture the splendour of the scene on film required all her photographic skill.___________________________________________________________________________.

2. To see is to believe.___________________________________________________________________________.

3. To learn about new inventions can be exciting.___________________________________________________________________________.

4. During the test, Mrs. Linton permitted us to use our dictionaries.___________________________________________________________________________.

5. Jamie hates to study for the test.___________________________________________________________________________.

6. The decision, to try for the two-point conversion, became the turning point in the game.___________________________________________________________________________.

7. Her financial goal was to earn one million dollars by age thirty-two.___________________________________________________________________________.

8. James learned to sing classical music last month.___________________________________________________________________________.

9. The city’s plans are to build a large convention center and hotel complex.___________________________________________________________________________.

10. To listen carefully is important.___________________________________________________________________________.

II. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. Choose the verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject of each sentence. Underline your answer.

1. Acupuncture, a medical procedure that comes to us from the Chinese, (is, are) receiving greater attention.

2. In the park a crumbling pavilion used for concerts (evokes, evoke) memories of the past.3. Turpentine, derived from coniferous trees, (is, are) used to clean messy paint spills.4. This casserole, which is made with beef and various vegetables, (serves, serve) six people.5. Her only piece of jewelry, an unusual pendant made with tiny seashells, (is, are) hanging from her neck.

6. This daguerreotype*, as well as those on the far wall, (was, were) among the first ever made.*daguerreotype—an early photographic process using silver-coated metallic plates that were sensitive to light.

7. these easy exercises, along with the one described in that book, (is, are) designed to relax you.8. During this crisis, his ability to deal with problems (seems, seem) to be crumbling.9. The houses built on the beach (need, needs) repairs.10. Dairy products, such as cream or butter, (cause, causes) food to spoil quickly in warm weather.

III. VERBS. Using Tense in Past Time. Write the indicated form of each verb in parentheses. Rewrite the sentence on the space provided.

1. I (ask—past) you to deliver these packages._______________________________________________________________.

2. Our school (adopt—present perfect) the honor system._______________________________________________________________.

3. The students (discuss—past progressive) the new film._______________________________________________________________.

4. His hair (be—present perfect) white for many years._______________________________________________________________.

5. Alexander Dumas (write—past perfect) plays before he began writing The Three Musketeers._______________________________________________________________.

6. John (study—present perfect progressive) more diligently this semester._______________________________________________________________.

7. The angry customer (insist—past emphatic) on a refund._______________________________________________________________.

8. Someone (leave—past perfect) a package on his desk._______________________________________________________________.

9. Ricky (travel—present perfect) throughout Europe._______________________________________________________________.

10. Joan (find—past) the keys behind the desk._______________________________________________________________.

IV. ADJECTIVES. A. Putting Adjectives in Order. Put the adjectives following each underlined noun in the proper order and write the entire phrase on the space provided.

1. sports car – British, that, small, red ________________________________________2. road -- dirt, a, winding, narrow ________________________________________3. vase – lovely, this, hand-painted, Japanese ________________________________________4. insects – flying, iridescent, many ________________________________________5. coin – bronze, ancient, the, Roman ________________________________________6. mouse – field, frightened, the, brown, tiny ________________________________________7. shirt – green, the, silk ________________________________________8. kitten – Siamese, blue-eyed, little, a ________________________________________9. library -- red, new, brick, our ________________________________________10. stories – mystery, exciting, several ________________________________________B. Identifying Adjectives. Copy each underlined noun or pronoun in the following paragraph and write all of the adjectives, if any, that modify it. Write your answer on the space provided following the paragraph.

Example: Collections of great art treasures have been preserved in many places around the world.Answer: places -- manyDresden, an East German (1) city, houses some of the greatest art (2) treasures in the world. From the

sixteenth (3) century to the eighteenth century, the Saxon, (4) electors collected art from the four (5)corners of the globe and brought them to this (6) location. Though the Saxon (7) reign was short-lived, the treasures have not been; most (8) pieces even survived the Allied (9) bombing during World War II. Today, the public can view delicate Oriental (10) porcelain and sensitive, moving (11) paintings of great (12) artists. The Green Vault holds precious (13) metals and jewels, the work of the best European (14) artisans. One display contains shining diamond boot (15) buckles and jewelled shirt (16) buttons. To estimate the (17) value of these (18) treasures would prove virtually impossible; (19) many are priceless. For example, at one auction, eight Meissen china (20) pieces sold for $ 313, 720.

1. _______________________ 11. __________________________2. _______________________ 12.__________________________3. _______________________ 13.__________________________4. _______________________ 14.__________________________5. _______________________ 15.__________________________6. _______________________ 16.__________________________7. _______________________ 17.__________________________8. _______________________ 18.__________________________9. _______________________ 19.__________________________10. _______________________ 20.__________________________