Quiz #5: Sentence Patterns

Identify the pattern (S-IV, S-TV-O, S-LV-C, S-TV-IO-DO, S-TV-DO-OC) of each sentence.

1. The Philippines lies in the Pacific.                                                      

2. Affectionate mothers give their children warm hugs.              

3. The model wore brown pants and a tweed blazer.                     

4. For such a small restaurant, the menu appeared extensive. 

5. The storekeeper appointed me manager in her absence.    

Quiz #4: Confusing Words

Choose which word appropriately completes the sentence.

1. She is (adverse, averse) to reptiles such as lizards and snakes.
2. Justin Bieber (affected, effected) a commotion in the crowd.
3. Minerva has a (childish, childlike) attitude which people find quite charming.
4. The students painted the image on a huge (canvas, canvass).
5. Carl (deviced, devised) this energy saving contraption.
6. That is an (ingenious, ingenuous) idea! You have a clever mind.
7. Monica's reaction (illicited, elicited) lots of questions.
8. Yakult is (lying, laying) on the grass.
9. The (amiable, amicable) businessmen...
10. had an (amiable, amicable) settlement.

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Quiz #3: Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks with the correct words chosen from the list below.

truce                           enormous                    inimitable                   rampant

ferocious                    grotesque                   panic                           routed

lofty                           ordain                         magnanimous             hygiene

1.    Franklin wants to be a spacecraft pilot when he grows up. It’s a ____________ dream but if he works for it, it may come true.

2.    The Cyclops has ____________ footprints.

3.    I am safe from forgery; my signature is ____________.

4.    ____________ creatures roamed around our camping area.

5.    Let’s call it a ____________. I don’t want to fight anymore.

6.    The whole world would always remember the princess for her ____________ heart.

7.    Without Achilles, the Greeks were ____________ by the Trojan army.

8.    They have arrested the arsonist who is responsible for the ____________ conflagrations around the province.

9.    The light distorted the shadows on stage that they now look like ____________ monsters.

10.  Although we live very near an erupting volcano, we don’t ____________  because we’ve already experienced many eruptions.