English 2 Basic Communication Skills 2 MID-TERM EXAMINATION Name: _________________________________________________ Course/Year/Section: __________________ Test I.

. Choose from the choices enumerated the best answer by encircling the letter of your answer. 1. In grammar the word agreement means. a. likeness b. contract c. disclosure d. disagreement 2. There are two numbers in grammar: ___________ and __________. a. singular & particular b. singular & plural c. plural & particular d. zero & one 3. A word is plural if it refers to __________________. a. one person or thing only b. two places c. more than one person or thing d. one or more choices 4. A word is singular if it refers to _______________________. a. many things b. one person or thing c. single women d. two things 5. A singular verb is used with a __________ subject. a. singular subject b. plural subject c. singular motion d. singular action 6. Some indefinite pronouns are always singular, others are always plural, what are they? a. several, few, both & many b. each, one, neither c. either, no one, anyone d. someone, nobody 7. Compound subjects joined by and are plural, except for words that are habitually used together to refer to a single thing, like: a. bread & butter b. one &two c. New & old d. wheat & flour 8. Some nouns are plural in form but are regarded as singular in meaning, and these are nouns that end in S as most plural nouns do, but they do not stand for more than one thing. Therefore they are __________. a. used as singular subject b. used as plural subject c. particular verb d. used as plural verb 9. The three basic principles of good paragraph and essay writing are: a. unity, repetition, agreement b. unity, coherence, emphasis c. unity, emphasis, essay d. unity, coherence, agreement 10. The nature of the Interview is a purposeful _________ relationship between two persons. a. love & hate b. good & bad c. face to face d. long term 11. The interviewee is the one who _________ answer in an interview. a. supplies the answer b. asks answer c. gather answer d. gets the answer 12. The Interview guide provides _____ & allows the interviewer to freely pursue relevant topics in depth. a. answer b. cheats c. ideas d. letters 13. When interviewing, it is important to seek permission to use a tape recorder because ________________.is a. one cannot rely solely on memory b. it is cheap c. you have it d. it is important to get your interviewees good will & trust and it will put him/her at ease during the session. 14. In interviewing, these should not be done or what is called ________. . a. Donts b. Dos c. Does d. Didnt 15. Before doing any interview one must bear in mind the relevance of the resource person to the topic: therefore one must first do his/her own research. This belongs to the ______ of interview. a. Donts b. Dos c. Does d. Didnt Test II. Enumeration. 1-10 Enumerate at least 5 dos and 5 donts in interviewing 11-14 Give the four ways of developing a paragraph 15-20 Give the Six Steps to Writing a Good Paragraph Test III. Essay 1. Discuss the importance of Writing Good Paragraphs in your studies. 25 points 2. What is the importance of preparing for an interview? 25 points.

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