Republic of the Philippines BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Batangas City Intensive English Language Training Program QUIZ No.

1 Writing I A. Underline the simple subject (noun, pronoun) and box the simple predicate (verb) in each sentence. 1. A piece of pepperoni pizza would satisfy his hunger. 2. The students of Kennedy School watched the presentation by the jugglers. 3. A taxi driver stopped at the corner. 7 4. Several students from China come to study in USA. 5. The bright diamond ring sparkled on the road. 6. The little insect usually sucks the blood of its host at night. 7. The car stopped in front of the mailbox. 8. Kim's favorite breakfast cereal was on sale this week. 9. Georgia and her friends raced to school 10 The car with the flat tire was on the side of the road. B. Match the subjects with the correct predicates. 1. My favorite necklace has pretty gemstones. __________________________________________________________ 2. The brown bear ate a fly. __________________________________________________________ 3. The wooden sailboat wore a pretty dress. __________________________________________________________ 4. The green frog slept in a cave. __________________________________________________________ 5. Marys friend has an orange sail. __________________________________________________________ C. Instructions: The subjects below need predicates. each subject. Add apredicate to

1. The bulldog __________________________________________. 2. The big, gray elephant ________________________________________. 3. The man with green jacket______________________________________.

4. The nice woman next-door __________________________________. 5. The computer __________________________________________. II. Proofread the following essay for capitalization and end punctuation errors. For each sentence correct any errors, or, if there are no errors, write C above the sentence. (1) illnesses are frightening occurrences. No one wants to become ill. (2) every day Millions of People in America are struck down by a variety of bugs (2) the most common sickness is the Common Cold. (4) everyone, at some point in his or her life, experiences this gift from Mother Nature. (5) Parents of young children usually claim the status of special victim of this ubiquitous germ. (6) It is generally estimated that Youngsters catch between six and ten colds each year! (7) So you can understand why their parents feel victimized? (8) Another regular visitor is the Flu; this illness travels in cycles and sometimes reaches Epidemic proportions. (9) old people and very young children should take special precautions to avoid contracting this illness. (10) In some cases, it can be fatal! (11) Then, of course, there are various childhood

diseases: measles, mumps, chicken pox, whooping cough, and roseola. (12) For some of them, vaccines have been developed (13) for others, there are No Preventive Measures; each child must contract the disease and build up a personal immunity. (14) Childhood diseases usually don't cause problems, unless an

adult contracts one of them. (15) No twentyfouryearold wants to contract the mumps (16) That can be a most unpleasant occurrence

III. Rewrite the following sentences putting the modifier in its correct position in the sentence. 1. We could easily understand the Spanish spoken by our visitors from Madrid. _________________________________________________________ 2. By accident, he poked the little girl with his finger in the eye. _________________________________________________________ 3. I only ate vegetables. (ate nothing but vegetables) _________________________________________________________ 4. On her way home, Jane found a gold mans watch. __________________________________________________________ 5. The dealer sold the Cadillac to the buyer with leather seats. __________________________________________________________ 6. They saw a fence behind the house made of barbed wire. __________________________________________________________ 7. The waiter served a dinner roll to the woman that was well buttered. __________________________________________________________ 8. The patient was referred to a psychologist with several emotional problems. __________________________________________________________ 9. We almost made a profit of $10. __________________________________________________________ 10. Many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech at the end of the meeting and promised their support. __________________________________________________________