PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN TEST ITEMS

STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH I 5
II 10
III 10
General Instructions: Follow the instructions in each test number. Not IV 5
following instructions will be considered wrong. NO ERASURES except to V 15
Test VI. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” VI 35
TOTAL 80
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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. On your answer sheet, shade the letter of the best answer.

1. Which noun requires that you add es to the end (and do nothing else) to make it plural?
A. Church B. shelf C. cone D. deer
2. Choose the correct article to fill in the blank in the following sentence.
I'll meet you by _____ front door of my house.
A. the B. a C. at D. an
3. Which of the following plural nouns is spelled incorrectly?
A. masses B. brothers-in-law C. donkies D. knives
4. Have you heard the _____ news?
A. last B. latest C. latter D. previous
5. Do you know _____ foreign languages?
A. some B. the C. any D. some of

II. MATCHING TYPE.

A. Match Column A to Column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
A. It is considered as classes of words.
1. Morphology B. It is a study of the meanings of the words, with or without
2. Semantics considering changes of meaning,
3. Syntax C. It is how words are formed.
4. Phonology D. It is how written forms represent.
5. Part of Speech E. It is the study of how the sounds of words made.
F. It is how words are organized in relation to each other.

B. Match Column A to Column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
G. These are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, sometimes
6. Inflectional called "OPEN CLASS".
Morpheme H. A morpheme added to a stem or root to form a new stem or
7. Content words word, possibly but not necessarily, resulting in a change in
8. Prefix syntactic category.
9. Free Morpheme I. It is affixed to a word according to the rules of syntax and they
10. Derivational never change the grammatical category of the stems to which they
are attached
morphemes
J. It is an affix that appears before the root word.
K. It is an affix that appears after the root word.
L. It is a morpheme that can stand alone.

III. FILL IN THE BLANKS. Choose the appropriate article in each sentence. [A, AN, THE,
or NOTHING]

1. This coat was designed by ___ famous New York artist.

2. Can you tell me how to get to ___ bank from here?
3. ___ city museum is closed today.
4. He is one of ___ smartest people I know.
5. I recommend you eat ___ apple pie at this restaurant.
6. ___ milk is good for you.
7. Would you like to see ___ movie?
8. ___ apple a day keeps ___ doctor away.
9. I can't believe I failed ___ yesterday's test!
10. Do you have ___ dictionary that I can borrow?
IV. IDENTIFICATION. On your answer sheet, write the best answer.

1. The combination of two roots is called _________________.

2. The morpheme that conveys the main meaning of the word is ________________.
3. A meaningful part within a word is called ___________________.
4. A morpheme that never occurs as a word on its own is called _________________.
5. An affix that appears inside the word is ____________________.

Suffix Bound morphemes Roots Affix Compound

Infix Morphemes Roots

V. ENUMERATION. Enumerate the following:

1. Four [4] Word Formation

2. Eight [8] Part of Speech
3. Three - part Model of English

VI. ESSAY Read and analyze each task and give what it requires. [35 points]

1. Write three sentences about one of your neighbors using three concrete and three
abstract nouns. Underline and label the noun words as CN for Concrete and AN for
abstract. (10 points)
2. Write three sentences about an island in the Philippines using three collective nouns.
(6 points)
3. Write three sentences about a recent trip to a mall using three common and three
proper nouns. (10 points)
4. The highlighted sentence below contains both derivational and inflectional
morphemes of English. Identify one derivational morpheme and one inflectional
morpheme from the sentence. List each morpheme and its meaning or function on
your paper.
Sentence: The kinder teachers made sure that the students comprehended the
testable material.
Morpheme Meaning/Function
Derivational: _________________________________________________________
Inflectional: __________________________________________________________ (4points)
5. Explain the outline structure of English [bottom up and top-down approach] using a
matrix/ column. [5 points]

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