SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Languages and Letters
Midterm Examination
English 1
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TEST I-NOUNS
A. Direction: Give the plural of each of the following nouns:
1. louse 2. deer
3. soliloquy4. runner-up5. heir apparent-

6. ox 7. thief 8. equipment9. 10 10. sheep-

B. Direction: Give the gender of the following nouns ; then write its opposite gender.
1. sow
2. drake
3. spinster
4. filly
5. hen

6. doe 7. bull 8. nanny9. boar 10. cock-

11. aviatrix
12. heir
13. belle
14. fiance
15. comedian

C. Direction : Give the correct possessive form to indicate possession of the words
in the first column with that of the second column.
1. minute
2. bystander
3. kettle
4. week
5. partner
6. drunkard
7. scissors
8. travelers
9. fairy
10. the dog
11. Jesus
12. garage
13. widow
14. Yeats
15. veterans

prayer
stunt
whistling
wages
misery
vision
edge
itinerary
wand
whining
teachings
door
lament
drama
pension

D. Direction: Tell the use of the underlined nouns in the sentences ; then its cases.
1. Man needs freedom from intrusion.
2. Destiny plays ironic games on men of courage.
3. The most famous prize in the world is the Nobel Prize.
4. The coach gave the athletes the signal to get ready.
5. Mary and her brothers, Peter and Paul, shared in the fortune.
6. Rhetoric teaches correctness and effectiveness in the choice and arrangement of
words.

TEST II-PRONOUNS
A. Direction: In the following sentences pick out the personal pronoun and the noun
it refers to or its antecedent.
1. Danny has a camera. He will lend it to you.
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2. Arturo and Joe missed the band practice. When they arrived, it was over.
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3. When Jana was offered a caregiver job, she accepted it.
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4. M/V Sweet Dreams averaged 30 knots on her maiden voyage.
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5. Mr. Lim joined the company as a salesman. He is now its president.
B. Direction: In the following sentences, pick out the personal pronouns. Tell its
person, number, case and use.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Everybody was invited but none of us went.

Mine is a better pen than yours.
After a hasty glance at each book she chose mine.
Joans experience was entirely different from ours.
They will not let you and me go with them.

TEST III-SPELLING
Direction: Underline the misspelled word/s in the following groups and write their
correct spelling/s above them.
1. incompatible, procede, changeable, harass
2. qiizes, subtle, psychology, reign
3. occured, pertinent, exaggerate, noticeable
4. Wednesday, confered, apparent, repetitious
5. hieght, syllable, miniature, schedule
6. miscellaneous, embarrass, reciept, bough
7. wether, weather, equipped, aisle
8. accomodate, rheumatism, yatch, probable
9. eigth, renaissance, dipthong, hypnotize
10. seize, hypocricy, optimistic, desperate
11. disastrous, maintainance, forcible, alright
12. bureau, ecstasy, suceptible, scenery