ACADEMIC WRITING 3; SEMESTER 1; QUIZ 1

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(Prepared by CHUM PISETH 2012)

Obtained Marks Room 42 marks

I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) for each question. Write your answer in the boxes provided 1. What can be a subject? A) noun B) pronoun C) word acting as a noun D) A, B, or C 2. Plural subjects are plural nouns or plural pronouns. Which of the following is PLURAL PRONOUN? A) everyone B) much of C) the number of D) several of 3. Plural subjects are plural pronouns or plural nouns. How do you make plural nouns? A) add s to most singular nouns B) add es to singular nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -ss, -x, -z, or o C) change the y to ies for a singular noun ending with a consonant + y D) A, B, and C 4. How do you make a singular verb? A) add s to most verbs B) add es to any verb ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -ss, -x, -z, or o C) change the y to ies for the any verb ending with a consonant + y D) A, B, and C 5. What does a plural subject take? A) a plural verb B) a singular verb 6. What does a singular subject take? A) a plural verb B) a singular verb C) a singular pronoun C) a singular pronoun D) a plural pronoun D) a plural pronoun

7. For compound subjects joined by and or both and, the verb is in __________. A) infinitive form B) base form C) plural form D) singular form 8. If compound subjects joined by and or both andrefers to one unit, the verb is in ______. A) infinitive form B) base form C) plural form D) singular form 9. For compound subjects joined by or, nor, eitheror, neither nor, or not only but also,the verb agree with ________________. A) the nearer subject B) the first subject C) the singular subject D) the plural subject 10. Which of the following is NOT always-singular indefinite pronoun? A) everyone B) few C) somebody 11. Which of the following is always-plural indefinite pronoun? A) everything B) everybody C) many D) nothing D) either

12. Which of the following is NOT pronoun that can be singular or plural? A) some B) all C) most D) both 13. Which of the following is collective noun? A) sheep B) fish C) navy D) people

14. When is the collective noun considered singular? A) when it refers to each number of a group individually B) when it refers to a group as a unit C) when it doesnt refers to A and B D) none of A, B, or C
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15. When a noun of amount refers to a total that is considered as one unit, it is __________. A) singular B) plural C) uncount noun D) count noun 16. When a noun of amount refers to a number of individual units, it is _______. A) singular B) plural C) uncount noun D) count noun 17. A title is always ____________. A) singular B) plural C) uncount noun D) count noun

18. For any sentence used a liking verb as a main verb, what does the verb agree with? A) the word used as subject standing before the verb B) the word used as subject standing after the verb C) the word used as a modifier to the subject D) the word used as a modifier to the verb 19. Where is the subject of an inverted sentence? A) a noun or pronoun before the main verb B) a noun or pronoun after the main verb C) a noun or pronoun after a preposition D) an understood subject not appearing in the sentence 20. When a relative pronoun, who, which, or that, is used as a subject, what number of the verbs does the subject take if a noun or a pronoun the relative pronoun stands for is singular? A) infinitive form of the verb B) plural form of the verb C) singular form of the verb D) past-tense form of the verb Write your answers here
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II. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets (xxx/xxx) that agrees with the subject. Write your choice in space in brackets (x. ) after each exercise. Exercise 1 has been done as an example. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win. Either answer (is, are) acceptable. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six? Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer? Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully. The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case. (1 (2 (3 (4 (5 (6 (7 (8 (9 (10 (11 (12 (13 (14 (15 (16 (17 (18 (19 (20 (21 (22 (23 are ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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