FINAL TERM

Question 1

What are the lexical categories

Answer 1

 Noun
 Verb
 Pronoun
 Preposition
 Conjunction
 Adverb
 Adjectives
 Interjection

Question 2

Different kinds of nouns

Answer 2

 Proper nouns
 Common nouns
 Concrete nouns
 Abstract nouns
 Compound nouns
 Collective nouns
 Count nouns
 Mass noun

Question 3

are the names , titles of persons, places, things
or ideas; it always begins with a capital letter.
Examples are:
 Titanic
 Angel Locsin
 C.L.S.U

Answer 3

Proper nouns

Question 4

refer to those general examples of persons,
places, things, or ideas; it is not capitalized.
Examples are:
 cat
 laboratory
 bag

Answer 4

Common nouns

Question 5

name material things , people, and places as
well as everything that can be perceived
through the senses.
Examples are:
 calculator
 Charice
 Buildings

Answer 5

Concrete nouns

Question 6

name concepts, qualities, emotions, conditions,
and attitudes which have no material existence.
Examples are:
 love
 freedom
 hunger

Answer 6

Abstract nouns

Question 7

consist of two or more words used together to
name one person, place, or thing.
Examples are:
 skydiver
 sunglasses
 earthquake

Answer 7

Compound nouns

Question 8

stand for a whole group of people , places,
things, or ideas.
Examples are:
 family
 team
 flock

Answer 8

Collective nouns

Question 9

refer to those objects that can be counted.
These nouns have their plural forms. For
instance, two bottles, spoons ,and pillows , etc.
Examples are:
 bottle
 pillows
 spoon

Answer 9

Count nouns

Question 10

refer to those things that cannot be counted.
They do not have their plural forms. You cannot
say two foods, two sugars, and two medicines,
etc.
Examples are:
 sugar
 food
 medicine

Answer 10

Mass nouns

Question 11

Kind of Adverbs

Answer 11

Adverbs of time
Adverbs of location
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of frequency

Question 12

One of the hallmarks of adverbs is their ability
to move around in a sentence. Adverbs of
manner are particularly flexible in this regard.

Answer 12

Position of Adverbs

Question 13

-are words that are used to described
other words in a sentence.
-may be a single word, a phrase, or a clause.

Answer 13

Modifiers

Question 14

is a verb form that functions as an
adjective.

Answer 14

Participle phrase

Question 15

are formed by adding –ing
to the main verb (for example, walking,
knowing, seeing).

Answer 15

Present participles

Question 16

are the verb forms that are
used with the helping verb have (have walked,
have known, have seen)

Answer 16

Past participle

Question 17

Failure to place a modifier in
the correct position in a sentence results in an
error known as a

Answer 17

Misplaced modifier

Question 18

sometimes occurs when a participial phrase is
place at the beginning of a sentence.

Answer 18

Dangling modifier

Question 19

If the subject of the clause cannot logically perform
the action described in the participial phrase,
the phrase is said to be

Answer 19

Dangle

Question 20

is a sentence that is deficient
in one way or another. When we read it,
something sounds incomplete or wrong. We may
have difficulty understanding exactly what the
writer is trying to say or intend.

Answer 20

Faulty sentence

Question 21

A sentence must have a subject and a verb and
be a complete thought. When a dependent
(subordinate) clause or a phrase is presented as
a sentence, it is called a

Answer 21

fragment

Question 22

I sent Bobby to the store. Because we’d
run out of milk. Sentence or Modifiers?

Answer 22

Modifiers. I sent Bobby to the store, because we’d run out
of milk.

Question 23

It came as a great relief to everyone. Sentence or modifiers?

Answer 23

Sentence

Question 24

occurs when two or more
independent clauses are not joined correctly

Answer 24

Run-on sentence

Question 25

is a group of words that can
stand alone as a sentence, as in, “the dog runs.”

Answer 25

Independent clause

Question 26

consists of two independent
clauses, but both the comma and coordinating
conjunction are missing.

Answer 26

Fused sentence

Question 27

consists of two or more
independent clauses that follow one another
and are incorrectly linked together only with a
comma (or commas). The coordinating
conjunction is missing.

Answer 27

Comma splice

Question 28

How to fix run-on sentence in four ways

Answer 28

Use a period to create two sentences
Use a semicolon
Use a comma plus a coordinating conjunction
Use a subordinating conjunction

Question 29

They are not only confusing to the reader but also
indicate that the writer cannot tell where one
sentence ends and another begins

Answer 29

Run-on sentence

Question 30

She is a full-time student, she works forty hours a week.
Bob needs a new car, he can’t afford to buy one now.

Answer 30

Sue is a full-time student; and she works forty hours a
week.
or
Sue is a full-time student; in addition, she works forty
hours a week.

Question 31

I have an electric clock that turns on my radio in
the mornings in fact it would start the coffee
percolator

Answer 31

I have an electric clock that turns on my
radio in the mornings. In fact, it would start the
coffee percolator.

Question 32

I prefer your ideas; however, you may borrow
from the book if you have nothing to say.

Answer 32

I prefer your ideas; however, you may
borrow from the book if you have nothing to say.

Question 33

One sees a few native Africans in NEUST but once
I knew a prince of Uganda who was studying
there.

Answer 33

One sees a few native Africans in NEUST,
but once, I knew a prince of Uganda who was
studying there.

Question 34

It’s raining, we need to take an umbrella with us.

Answer 34

Correct: It’s raining. We need to take an umbrella with
us.
Correct: It’s raining, so we need to take an umbrella with
us.
Correct: Because it’s raining, we need to take an
umbrella with us.
Correct: It’s raining; therefore, we need to take an
umbrella with us

Question 35

He told a joke to his friends that no one liked (misplaced modifier)

Answer 35

He told a joke that no one liked to his friends