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I. Subject-Verb Agreement
Encircle the word that is the correct answer. (1 point each)
1. My sister (is, are) an A-student in Ateneo.
2. Each of the teachers (was, were) checking homework.
3. All of the soup (was, were) eaten.
4. A person (call, calls) a person if they like him/her.
5. She is a very attractive person because she (use, uses) make-up.
6. Both you and me (make, makes) delicious cookies.
7. Neither Andrew nor Beth (like, likes) to watch anime.
8. Some people (draw, draws) airplanes skilfully.
9. The bag (is, are) the difference between kiko and a bag of poop.
10. Either the cow or the oxen (is, are) naughty.
II. Pronoun-Antecedent agreement (2 points each)
Rewrite the sentences and change the pronoun or antecedent to make the sentence correct.
1. The police chased the thieves until they crashed into a telephone pole.
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2. When the dean spoke to Richie, he smiled.
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3. He ate everything on his plate but did not even thank us for it.
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4. Mother always fixes my sister’s hair and she is very glad.
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5. In India you will find the taj mahal to be very big.
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III. Sentence sense (1 point each)
Tell whether it is a sentence, a run-on or a fragment. Write S for sentence, R for run-on and F for fragment.
____1. A beautiful butterfly.
____2. The Philippines is a very exotic place.
____3. The chart on the next page shows how each case can be used in a sentence.
____4. People are the peak of God’s creation, we have free-will and intellect.
____5. Help!!!
____6. We are the champions, we brag about it.
____7. Apparently was also bored.
____8. Microsoft office is the best, it has some glitches.
____9. A high-powered motorcycle engine.
____10. Dorothea Dix fought for the mentally ill.

IV. Correcting Run-on sentences
Correct each Run-on sentence to make it correct, But don’t use the same rule three times. (2 points each)
1 They are very ill, the mosquitoes are back.
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2 Mom will give me a present, it will only cost about P200.
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3 I will go to the store, I will buy some chocolate.
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4 The NBA will start in November, it will start on December?
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5 The printer is broken, I slammed it to the ground.
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V. Paragraph unity
In the story the flight of Icarus, choose a lesson and make a topic sentence (2 points) out of it and then right 3 supporting details (1 point each) about it.
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VI. Elements of a short story
In the movie Rudy, make a short story about it. *if you don’t know the elements read page 41 of your compilation. (1 point each)
Setting:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Characters: ________________________________________________________________
Plot: introduction:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Development:__________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________ Climax:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fallingaction:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Point of view:__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Theme:_______________________________________________________

Please review the exercises in the book and have plenty of rest.
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