ENGLISH 5
I. Identify which sentences uses a
gerund. Put a check before the number.
______ 1. Blocking
requires strength.
______ 2. The novel was
interesting to read.
______ 3. My friends are
walking down the lane.
______ 4. They do not
appreciate my singing.
______ 5. The winning
team scores the most point.
______ 6. Bears are
eating the salmon.
______ 7. Giving money and time to those who are
less fortunate marks a person as generous and compassionate.
______ 8. Decorating our house has been a family tradition
at Christmas for generations.
______ 9. My last
activity before I sleep is brushing my teeth.
______ 10. Bill and Tony
are running in a marathon.
B.
Encircle the gerund or gerund phrase in each sentence and write its function in
the blank before the sentence.
_______________ 11.
Swimming is a good exercise.
_______________ 12. The grandest movement of ballet
is leaping.
_______________ 13. Preparation for dancing in a troupe begins early in life.
_______________ 15. My
cat’s favorite activity is sleeping.
_______________ 16. Mary
hates biting her fingernails.
_______________ 17. The
police arrested him for speeding.
_______________ 18.
Driving a car takes concentration.
_______________ 19. Paul
finished painting the ceiling.
_______________ 20. After hiking for two hours, we sat down to
rest.
II. Underline the infinitive in each
sentence. Identify its function in the sentence: N- noun; ADJ-adjective; ADV-
adverb.
______
21. To drive a car properly requires practice and a
respect for the rights of others.
______
22. The
fastest train to take is the
MRT.
______
23. I need the care to get home.
______
24. We must study to learn.
______ 25. To skate was his only desire.
______
26. Fred is looking for a book to learn French.
______
27. To study English is very difficult for me.
______ 28. The book to read for
information is at the library.
______ 29. This
song will be easy to play.
______ 30. Jason’s
group was the last to
arrive.
III. Choose the meaning of the following vocabulary
words in column A to its meaning in column B. write the letter of your choice
on the line provided before the number.
COLUMN A
______ 31. potential
______ 32. obliged
______ 33. scenarios
______ 34. rummaging
______ 35. straightforward
______ 36. scrawl
COLUMN B
a.
search in a disorderly way
b.
arranging neatly
c.
ordered
d.
a roll of paper for writing
e.
escape routes
f.
has a capacity to develop
g.
honest and frank
IV. Choose the letter
of the following. Write your answer on the line.
______ 37.
It is a tale of traditional narrative spread by word of mouth among the common
folk.
a.
novel
b.
short story
c.
limerick
d.folktale
______ 38. It compares
or contrasts two subjects, usually opposites.
a. novel
b. limerick
c. diamante
d. folktale
______ 39. A fictional work of
narrative prose that may contain 1 000 to 20 000 words only.
a. novel
b. short story
c. cinquain
d. haiku
______ 40. Haikus are
formed by:
a. five-seven-five syllables
b. seven-five-seven syllables
c. one-word-seven syllables
d. five-one-word syllables
______ 41. A long fictitious
narrative prose.
a. novel
b. folktale
c. diamante
d. short story
______ 42. A beautiful expression of
the spontaneous emotions and imaginations of a poet.
a. novel
b. poetry
c. haiku
d. folktale
______ 43. It is an unrhymed
five-line poem.
a. haiku
b. limericks
c. cinquain
d. title-down
______ 44. A poem in
which the first letter of each line spells out the poem.
a. diamante
b. cinquain
c. haiku
d. title-down
______ 45. It is a funny little poem
with a rhyme scheme of “aabba”.
a. haiku
b. diamante
c. cinquain
d. limerick
V.
ESSAY: Explain: “The truth will set you free”.
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