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National Achievement Test Reviewer

ENGLISH VI
February 07, 2015

SURNAME: _____________________ FIRST NAME: ________________________M.I. ____

SUBJECT TEACHER: Mr. Edsel R. Alapag
A. PARTS OF SPEECH
Select the answer that names the part of speech of the underlined word in
each sentence. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. When the bell rings, the class runs out the door.
a.) verb

b.)adverb

c.) adjective

d.) pronoun

2. In Social Studies, we learned about Russia, South America, and Europe.

a.) noun

b.)preposition

c.) interjection

d.) pronoun

3. My dad is not a snazzy dresser, but I love him anyway.

a.) adjective

b.)verb

c.) conjunction

d.) preposition

4. Listen to the music from the music box.

a.) noun

b.)pronoun

c.) adverb

d.) adjective

5. Oh ear!, I forgot my homework again.

a.) conjunction b.)noun

c.) interjection

d.) adverb

6. The sunset turned the sky gold and red.

a.) noun

b.)adjective

c.) preposition

d.) pronoun

7. We hid Grandmas present under the table.

a.) verb

b.) conjunction

c.) preposition

d.) adjective

8. Jackie carefully walked across the icy parking lot.

a.) adjective

b.)noun

c.) adverb

d.) conjunction

9. A famous chef prepares desserts at the five-star restaurant.

a.) pronoun

b.)noun

c.) adjective

d.) verb

10. Cookies n cream is Ms. Angs favorite ice cream flavor.

a.) adverb

b.)preposition

c.) verb

d.) interjection

B. PREPOSITION/PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
Encircle the letter of the best option from the choices.
1. Artists have been painting pictures of animals ____________ centuries.
A. in
C. for
B. since
D. by
2. Some people long _______ the way things used to be years ago.
A. in
C. by
B. for
D. to
3. Science is the result ________ people trying to understand the world around
them.
A. of
C. for

B. to
D. by
4. Will you be going _______ the group?
A. of
C. with
B. on
D. in
5. Every morning, I listen _____ the radio.
A. from
C. on
B. at
D. to
6. _______ 2000, I have been a college student.
A. On
C. Since
B. To
D. For
7. I have never been so insulted _______ a fellow student.
A. from
C. to
B. by
D. at
8. What were the directions ______________?
A. to the meeting
B. at the meeting
C. on the meeting
D. in the meeting
9. ___________________there is a small cabin to stay in.
A. At the ski resort
B. During the hiking trip
C. On our way to the park
D. All of the above will work
10. Thomas went ______________ the gift shop to get there.
A. through
B. around
C. behind
D. All of the above will work
11. My house is __________________ near the school.
A. at the corner
B. in the corner
C. from the corner
D. None of the above will work
12. Were you ____________________ the store with me?
A. coming from
B. leaving to
C. arriving from
D. None of the above will work
13. Billy found his dog _________________ the woods.
A. at
C. on
B. to
D. in
14. Sally and Jane have been _____________________ each other all day.
A. arguing with
B. arguing around
C. arguing through
D. arguing from
15. You are the only one______________________ your grades.
A. responsible to
B. responsible for
C. responsible behind
D. responsible at
16. Sarah, do you _____________ ghosts?
A. believe at
B. believe to
C. believe in
D. believe with
17. We will have to go _____________ the building to get there.
A. around
B. through
C. behind
D. All of the above could work

18. I went there _________ some peace and relaxation.

A. to
B. for
C. with
D. All of the above would work
19. I take Pilates classes ____________ my school.
A. on
B. at
C. with
D. None of the above would work
20. ____________________ we had to use candle light to see.
A. During the blackout
B. After the blackout
C. Before the blackout
D. None of the above would work
C. IDENTIFYING ERROR
Each consecutive underlined section corresponds with an answer choice.
Encircle the choice that has an error, or select choice E for no error.
1.

Because of the Internet, B working at jobs

more common. E No error.
A

2. Pull it out

at homeD have become much

by Bits plug, not by the Ccord, said

3. Symptoms of this illness

dad.

No error.

that warrant a doctor visit B includes fever,

Cvomiting, and diarrhea, as well as the Dloss of appetite. ENo error.

4.

Either Lisa or Karen B will always volunteerC their valuable Dtime to serve
on our board. ENo error.
A

5. The conversation with her

A mother had a more profound Baffect on her

than
she
expected.
No
error.
C
D
E

6. The A President and the BSpeaker of the House found the CCongressional

Republicans filibusters to be Dall together specious. ENo error.

7.

A Professor Lane, our BComputer Science teacher, was excited when he had
the opportunity to meet C Bill Gates, the Dpresident of Microsoft, Inc. E No
error.

8. Do you think

error.
9. They

theyB willC except our plan

without an argument? ENo

had went to the lake Bwithout me Cby the time

Jacques. ENo error.
A

I got there, said

10. Work Aas quick Bas youCcan but Das carefully as possible when you take

the test.

No error.

D. IDENTIFYING PRONOUN ERRORS

Identify the pronoun error in the following sentences. Write only the
corresponding letter on the blank.
A.
B.
C.
D.

pronoun case error

pronoun inconsistency error
pronounantecedent agreement error
pronoun reference error

_________ 1. If a student can handle the stress, they will be better prepared to
enter the workforce.
_________ 2. If people can control their stress, it can play a beneficial role in
our lives.
_________ 3. How can we deny a person the chance to improve their life if the
stem cells from an embryo can provide the cure for their
condition?
_________ 4. "Good" and "bad" bacteria in the stomach are linked to our
digestive system, which, in turn, can affect the state of one's skin.
_________ 5. Reality shows choose specific participants and place them in
artificial situations based on how entertaining they will be.
_________ 6. The new regulations mean that every new driver will have to wait
two years until you are eligible for a class-five license.
_________ 7. Eating disorders can develop if a person is continually criticized
about their weight by members of their own family.
_________ 8. Agriculture in North America is affected by any decrease in the
bee population because they rely heavily on honey bees for plant
pollination.
_________ 9. Leaders who people look up to are those who follow their own
inner voice rather than society's.
_________ 10. Denmark is a country where they introduced universal access to
post-secondary education.
_________ 11. Teenagers around the age of 16 are at the point in our lives
where you are learning to drive and taking on more
responsibilities.
_________ 12. Consumers these days may be led to spend ridiculous amounts
of money on products that supposedly restore his or her youth
and beauty.
_________ 13. Taking an English course during your first year of university will
help most students in the rest of their courses.
_________ 14. Lack of funding to school boards affects the quality of the PE
curriculum, but this requires the parents' initiative for change to
occur.
_________ 15. In the first five years of life, a child is molded into the person he
will later become.

--END OF TEST--

A. Identifying Sentence Errors

1. D: The error is have become, which should be has become. The plural form of the auxiliary verb
have is incorrect because the subject of the independent clause is working, which is singular and
thus takes a singular verbi.e. working has The other underlined sections are correct.
2. D: Dad is a name or proper noun and should be capitalized. By is a correct preposition to use
here. Its is the correct use of the third-person singular possessive impersonal pronoun. The
punctuation at the end of the quotation is correct.
3. B: Includes is incorrect because it is the singular form of the verb, but the subject, symptoms,
is plural. The verb should be include. The subordinating conjunction that introducing the
dependent clause, and its plural verb warrant, (A) are both correct. vomiting, and (C) is
punctuated correctly as the last in a series of three or more words. The singular noun loss (D) is
correct.
4. C: Their is incorrect because it is a plural third-person possessive pronoun, but the use of either
(A)or indicates a singular form. It should be her. Will always volunteer (B) is a singular verb
phrase and is correct. Time (D) is correct regardless of whether it is modified by a singular (her) or
plural (their) possessive pronoun, e.g. They both volunteered their valuable time.
5. B: The correct noun for this meaning is spelled effect. Affect when it is a noun means mood or
emotional state, e.g. The patient presented with a depressed affect. When it is a verb, the meaning
of affect is related to the meaning of the noun effect; e.g. The experience had a harmful effect on
her, but it did not affect her brother the same way. her mother (A) is correctly not capitalized as it
is a noun, not a name/proper noun (e.g. Hello, Mother.) The other underlined parts are correct.
6. D: This is incorrectly spelled as two words. In this sentence, it should be altogether, a one-word
adverb modifying the adjective specious and meaning entirely or completely. All together would
be used for a different meaning, e.g. The family members were all together at the reunion. The
President (A), Speaker of the House (B), and Republicans (C) are all correctly capitalized as they are
titles. The adjective congressional (C) refers to Congress (a proper name and thus capitalized), but as
an adjective it is lower-case unless part of a proper name.
7. E: There is no error in this sentence. Titles and proper names (A) are capitalized. Academic
subjects or departments are lower-case (e.g. department of computer science) unless they are
adjectives (Computer Science teacher) (B) or proper nouns (English, French, etc.) Bill Gates (C) is a
proper noun, i.e. a name, and is always capitalized. the president (D) is correctly lower-case both
because it is used after a name, and because it is a used as a description rather than a title here.
8. C: The verb is misspelled here. For the correct meaning, it should be accept, i.e. to consent or
agree to our plan. Except means other than, besides, but, etc. Used as a verb as in this sentence, it
would mean to make an exception of our plan, which is incorrect as it contradicts the rest of the
sentence (without an argument). They (A) and will (B) are used correctly as subject pronoun and
auxiliary verb. Without (D) is correctly used as a preposition.
9. A: The correct form for the past perfect tense of the irregular verb to go is had gone, not had
went. Went is only used as the past tense, without the auxiliary had. The prepositional phrase (B)
is correct. The two parts of the dependent clause (C and D) by the time I got there are correct.
10. A: The error is quick, which is an adjective; here it should be the adverb quickly instead,
describing manner (how) to modify the verb Work. as carefully (D) is an example of the correct
usage. The other underlined sections are correct.

1. Answer: C
Correct sentence:
If a student can handle the stress, he or she will be better prepared to enter the
workforce. OR If students can handle the stress, they will be better prepared to enter
the workforce.
2. Answer: b
Correct sentence:
If people can control their stress, it can play a beneficial role in their lives.
OR If we can control our stress, it can play a beneficial role in our lives. (informal)
3. Answer: b
Correct sentence:
How can we deny a person the chance to improve his or her life if the stem cells from
an embryo can provide the cure for his or her condition?
OR
How can we deny people the chance to improve their lives if the stem cells from an
embryo can provide the cure for their condition?
4. Answer: d
Correct sentence:
Reality shows choose specific participants and place them in artificial situations
based on how entertaining these participants will be.
OR
Reality shows choose specific participants and place them in artificial situations
based on how entertaining these situations will be.
5. Answer: c
Correct sentence:
Eating disorders can develop if a person is continually criticized about his or her
weight by members of his or her own family.
OR
Eating disorders can develop if people are continually criticized about their weight by
members of their own family.
6. Answer: c
Half marks for a
Correct sentence:
Agriculture in North America is affected by any decrease in the bee population
because farmers rely heavily on honey bees for plant pollination.
7. Answer: d
Correct sentence:
Leaders whom people look up to are those who follow their own inner voice rather
than society's.
8. Answer: a
Half marks for c
Correct sentence:
Denmark is a country where the government introduced universal access to postsecondary education.
OR, even better:
Denmark is a country that introduced universal access to post-secondary education.
9. Answer: d
Correct sentence:
Teenagers around the age of 16 are at the point in their lives where they are learning
to drive and taking on more responsibilities.
OR, even better:
Sixteen-year-olds are at the point where they are learning to drive and taking on more
responsibilities.

10.Answer: b
Correct sentence:
Consumers these days may be led to spend ridiculous amounts of money on products
that supposedly restore their youth and beauty.
11.Answer: c
Taking an English course during their first year of university will help most students
in the rest of their courses.
OR
Taking an English course during your first year of university will help you in the rest
of your courses.
(Note: A pronoun can sometimes precede its antecedent, as it does in these sentence.)
12.Answer: b
Correct sentence:
Lack of funding to school boards affects the quality of the PE curriculum, but this
problem requires the parents' initiative for change to occur.
OR, even better:
Lack of funding to school boards affects the quality of the PE curriculum, but
parents' initiative could solve this problem.
13.Answer: a
Correct sentence:
In the first five years of life, a child is moulded into the person he or she will become.
OR
In the first five years of life, children are moulded into the people they will become.
(Note: pronouns must agree with their antecedents in gender as well as number.)