Novaliches Evangelical Church

Free Let Review Project Gen.Ed. Series

ENGLISH SUBJECT
I. Parts of Speech
NOUNS
1. A noun names something-persons, places, things, events, phenomena, emotions, etc.
Kinds of Nouns
1. Proper nouns-names of specific persons, things and places.
2. Common nouns-refer to any one of a class of persons, places or things
3. Count nouns-nouns that can be counted and quantified using numbers
4. Non-count nouns-nouns that cannot be counted and quantified using measurements mass nouns, abstract
nouns, events occasions and phenomena
5. Collective nouns-nouns that name a group of persons or things
6. Compound nouns-nouns that are made up of two words acting as single unit Compound nouns may be
written as separate words, hyphenated words, or combined words.
PRONOUNS
Pronouns are words that stand for nouns.
Kinds of Pronouns
1. Personal pronouns-these are pronouns that refer to the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the
persons/or things/spoken about.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
SINGULAR

PRURAL

FIRST PERSON

I (Subjective)
ME (Objective)

WE (Subjective)
US (Objective)

SECOND PRSON

YOU

YOU

THIRD PERSON

SHE, HE,
HER, HIM, IT

THEY (Subjective)
THEM (Objective)

2. Possessive pronouns- these are pronouns that show possession

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

MY
OUR
YOUR
THEIR
HIS
HER
ITS

MINE
OURS
YOURS
THEIR
HIS
HERS

Examples:
Possessive Adjective: This is my book ("my" qualifies the word "book")
Possessive Pronoun: This book is mine. ("mine" represents the owner of the book)

3. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

SINGULAR
OURSELVES

FIRST PERSON

MYSELF

SECOND PERSON

YOURSELF

THIRD PERSON

PLURAL

YOURSELVES

HERSELF
ITSELF
ONESELF

Examples:
REFLEXIVE
The pronoun refers to the subject

THEMSELVES

INTENSIVE
The pronoun shows emphasis

A. I see myself in his actions.

B. Did you teach yourself?
C. He cut the paper himself
D. They were shocked about
themselves.

A. I, myself is the culprit.

B. You, yourself teach.
C. He, himself cut the paper.
D. They themselves were shocked.

4. Indefinite Pronouns-do not refer to specific noun

SINGULAR
ANY
EVERYONE
ANYBODY NO
ONE
EVERYBODY
ANYONE

PLURAL

BOTH SINGULAR AND PLURAL

NONE
ALL
SOME

BOTH SEVERAL
FEW
MANY

5. Interrogative Pronouns-used in asking questions

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

WHO HOW TO WHOM

WHATWHOM
WHICH

WHOSE

WHY WHEN

TO WHAT
TO WHICH
WHERE

Questions.
Direction: Choose the best answer from the choices given.

1. It surely takes a lifetime for Edgar Allan Poe to forget his lost love, but he ____________ hard to move
on amidst tremendous loneliness and despair.
A. has been trying
B. has tired
C. had tired
D. had been trying
2. What can be the most appropriate follow-up sentence to the given statement below?
"I have been teaching for 34 years."
A. So it is now time to quit
B. And I can't imagine doing anything else
C. And I want this to be end right now
D. And my children are now teachers, too
3. Emily Bronte __________ her last novel when she died.
A. has written
B. had been writing
C. had written
D. has been writing
4. Which among the sentences below followed the correct order of adjectives?
A. She drives an expensive black Japanese sports car.
B. She drives a black Japanese expensive sports car.
C. She drives a black expensive Japanese sports car.
D. She drives an expensive Japanese black sports car.
5. Only 85% of the total number of applicants ________ able to pass the entrance test last year.
A. are
B. was
C. is
D. were
6. Neither Emily Bronte nor her sister ______ their real names in their writing career.
A. use
B. uses
C. using
D. has use
7. The man looks ________.
A. strange
B. strangely
C. stranger
D. has strange
8. A number of whale species _________ now extinct because of illegal hunting and alarming change in
sea water temperature.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. was
9. The problems that I encountered were _________ for me to handle.
A. so much
B. too much
C. very much
D. too more
10. In Benjamin Franklins Poor Richards Almanac it was sait that. early to bed, ______________
makes a man healthy
A. early rising
B. rising early
C. early to rise
D. waking up early
11. Which among these words has the voiceless /th/ sound?
A. These
B. Mother
C. Think
D. There

12. Which word must have the primary stress in the sentence below if we want to emphasize possession?
That is my bag.
A. that
B. is
C. my
D. bag
13. What pitch level must be used in starting a sentence?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
14. Which among the words below has the /sh/ sound?
A. Vision
B. Leisure
C. Sure
D. Salient
15. Your father isnt working anymore, __________?
A. is he
B. isnt he
C. has he
D. hasnt he
16. This pertains to the pauses or rests in speech.
A. Pitch
B. Juncture
C. Stress
D. Intonation
17. I would not leave you come hell or high water. Based on the given sentence, we can surmise that:
A. the speaker wont leave the person no matter what
B. the speaker warns the person of a forthcoming disaster
C. the speaker wants the person to give up
D. the speaker wants the person to continue fighting
18. Her nervousness keeps her on her toes. The underlined phrase means:
A. she is always alert and cautious
B. she is always ready to firth
C. she is always confident
D. she is always on the go
19. Emily Dickinson was ostracized by her peers primarily because of her eccentric principles. The
underlined word means:
A. Criticized
B. Condemned
C. Excluded
D. Praised
20. The death of Ninoy Aquino prompted conglomeration of the people from different walks of life. The
words below are synonyms of the underlined word except:
A. Gathering
B. Assembly
C. Accumulation
D. Diffusion
21. For a non-believer, the noise heard during the street procession would seem cacophonous. The
underlined word means:
A. Loud and unpleasant
B. Loud and yet pleasant
C. Soft and yet unpleasant
D. Soft and pleasant
22. Which among the sound below is a voiceless sound?
A. /dz/
B. /g/
C. /z/
D. /sh/
23. Which among the words below does not belong?
A. Conceal
B. Screen
C. Reveal
D. Obscure
24. A paragraph is believed to have coherence if:

A. the sentences are all about the topic sentence

B. the sentence are smoothly connected with each other through transitional devices.
C. the sentence are correctly written in terms of grammar rules
D. the sentences are independent
25. Aside from being a renowned writer, Carl Sanburg is also believer to have the gift of gab. The
underlined word means:
A. The ability to speak clearly
B. The ability to speak persuasively
C. The ability to speak honestly
D. The ability to speak accurately

Answer.
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. A
18. A
19. C
20. D
21. A
22. D
23. C
24. B
25. B