Yllana Bay View College, Inc.

“The Builder of Future Leaders”

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1 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: ELS 5 – ENGLISH SYNTAX
NAME: ____________________________________ COURSE, YEAR, & BLOCK: ____________ DATE:
_________

INSTRUCTIONS IN TAKING THE EXAM: - Please use your black ballpens and erasures
will be accounted as a mistake.

I. BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS. Identify what basic patterns are the ff. sentences. (2pts)

____________________ 1. The honeydew is quite sweet.

____________________ 2. I shall dry my tears in your absence.

____________________ 3. That is the way.

____________________ 4. I may trust him.

____________________ 5. My mother sat by the open window.

____________________ 6. I heard you coming.

____________________ 7. My conductor led me upstairs.

____________________ 8. The piano stood about half-way down along the inner wall.

____________________ 9. The woman in white is her.

____________________ 10. Miss Halcombe gave me the letter.

II. INFLECTIONS. Identify what inflection is appropriate. (1pt)

__________ 1. dessert __________ 6. curry

__________ 2. knife __________ 7. Tree

__________ 3. glass __________ 8. Christmas

__________ 4. Computer __________ 9. mouse

__________ 5. quiz __________ 10. Davis

III. DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES. Add the appropriate base/ stem that belonged to every part of speech. (2pts)

1. narrate - ____________________ 9. lemon - ___________________

2. Pregnant - __________________ 10. defiant - ________________
3. Modulate - __________________ 11. proportion - ______________________
4. Relate - ____________________ 12. insure - ______________________
5. Monarch - __________________ 13. please - ______________________
6. happy - ________________ 14. advocate - _____________________
7. friend - ________________ 15. vacant - ____________________
8. fashion - ________________
IV. IDENTIFY THE BASIC GRAMMAR STRUCTURE. Identify the particle of each sentence. (2pts)

1. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland draws visitors from all over the world.

2. The unusual museum honors musicians for their creativity.

3. Please hand me that pitcher.

4. Mandy entered her huge pumpkin in the fair.

5. The visitors are teachers.

6. Mary lent Josh money.

7. The last contestant was a visitor from Germany.

8. The world is big mighty place.

9. The book I’m reading, The Scarlet letter, is set in the US.

10. They called Jul attractive.

V. ARTICLES. Write the appropriate article (a/an/the/-) in every sentence. (1pt)

Ms. Parrot, 1. ______ most famous lady detective of 2.

________twenty-first century, was born in 3. ______ United Kingdom in 4.
_______1960’s. Since then, she has been to many countries, including
5. _____ Portugal, Singapore and Australia, and has lived in 6. ______
northern hemisphere and 7. ______ southern hemisphere, as well as on
8. ______ equator. She has never been to 9. _____ Philippines or 10.
_____ United States, but she speaks 11. _____ English, French, and
Portuguese. Like Sherlock Holmes, 12. _____ famous detective, she
plays 13. ______ violin, and sometimes practices up to five times 14.
______ day. She is also 15. ______ only person in 16. ______ world to
have performed Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture (a long piece of music) in
one breath on 17. ______ recorder.
She has been 18. ____ detective for thirty years and claims that
although many people think that being 19. _______ detective is 20. ________
piece of cake.

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved by:

REGINE CLAIRE A. FLORES VERNA MAE G. ALOB BENAFE A. MAGHUYOP

BAELS FACULTY BAELS PROGRAM HEAD ASST. VP ACADEMIC HEAD
 Yllana Bay View College, Inc.
“The Builder of Future Leaders”
1ST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: ELS M3 - PRAGMATICS
NAME: ______________________________ COURSE, BLOCK & YEAR: _____________________ DATE:
________

INSTRUCTIONS IN TAKING THE EXAM: - Please use your black ballpens and erasures
will be accounted as a mistake.

I. Foreach pair of words, determine whether the two words are (a) synonyms, (b)
gradable antonyms, (c) complementary antonyms, or (d) none of the above.
(1pt)

__________1. uncle/aunt __________ 7. comfortable/uncomfortable

__________ 2. sister/sibling __________ 8. book/magazine

__________ 3. hide/conceal __________ 9. magazine/journal

__________ 4. male/female __________ 10. brother/sister

__________ 5. rich/poor __________ 11. true/false

__________ 6. single/married __________ 12. top/bottom

II. A syntactically unacceptable sentence is said to be ungrammatical, and is marked

with an asterisk (*), whereas a semantically inappropriate sentence is said to be
anomalous, and is marked with a question mark (?), and a pragmatically
inappropriate utterance is said to be infelicitous and is marked with a crosshatch
(#). Mark each of the following to indicate the nature of the unacceptability.

________ 1. Yesterday I saw a spider. I chased a spider with the baseball bat.

________ 2. Spider I saw with bat baseball.

________ 3. Sarah sped slowly down the stairs.

________ 4. I saw a gorgeous jacket yesterday; in a store was the jacket.

________ 5. My brother is the tallest woman I know.

________ 6. I got 100 percent on the last test; nonetheless, it was a passing grade.

________ 7. My brother is an only child.

________ 8. The teacher’s stern look means trouble.

III. GRICEAN IMPLICATURE. Explain the difference in implicatures between the following
two utterance. (5pts)

a. Last week I yelled at my boss and got fired. -

___________________________________________________________

b. Last week I got fired and yelled at my boss. -

___________________________________________________________

Mark “L” for “literal” or “N” for “nonliteral” next to the following sentences. (1pt)

___ 1. I would like to go inside that cave. [Said at the entrance of a cave.]

___ 2. That song is out of this world.

___ 3. Cherry blossoms are tender little bits of heaven.

___ 4. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun in our solar system.
___ 5. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God. (Matthew 19:25, New American Standard Bible)

___ 6. I stayed up late last night, I’m so tired!

___ 7. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

___ 8. Time is money.

___ 9. They are as busy as bees.

___ 10. He was late for dinner.

___ 11. She is as fast as a cheetah!

___ 12. That dog is a clown; it makes us laugh all the time.

___ 13. The sky is pale blue with few clouds.

___ 14. The sky is full of dancing stars.

___ 15. The darkness surrounded them with a cold embrace.

___ 16. The field is calm and quiet.

___ 17. The dawn crept across the sky in pink clothing.

___ 18. Spill the tea!

___ 19. She left early cause she was getting nervous.

___ 20. Say my name.

GRICE’S MAXIM. Identify what maxim is the following. Choices. A. maxim of relevance, B.
maxim of quantity, C. maxim of quality, D. maxim of manner. (1pt)

_____ 1. Look at the following dialogue. What maxim does B flout.

A: How is it going with your new child? B: Well, babies are babies.

_____ 2. Mainly involved if someone is accused of not keeping to the subject.

_____ 3. Maxims involved if someone is said to have 'verbal diarrhea’.

_____ 4. Maxims involved if someone is accused of committing perjury.

_____ 5. Maxims involved if someone is accused of saying something vaguely or imprecisely.

_____ 6. What is the main maxim that B flouts A: How did you get on with your seminar
preparation this week?
B: Well, I couldn't get any books out of the
library.

_____ 7. The Acts of the Apostles, 21, 5, St Paul, in referring to Tarsus, said that he was 'a citizen
of no mean city'. what Gricean maxim was he flouting?

_____ 8. Devotions, 17, John Donne said 'No man is an island'. What Gricean maxim was he
flouting?

_____ 9. Speakers' contributions ought to be true.

_____ 10. Contributions should be perspicuous -- in particular, they should be orderly and brief,
avoiding obscurity and ambiguity.

_____ 11. Speakers' contributions should be as informative as required; not saying either too little
or too much.

_____ 12. Contributions should relate to the purposes of the exchange.

_____ 13. Parent: Did you finish your homework? Child: I finished my algebra.

_____ 14. A: How was the party? B: Not everyone showed up

_____ 15. She is our little flower.

 IV. AUSTIN’S SPEECH ACTS. Identify the following sentences whether it is direct or
indirect speech act. (1pts)

______________ 1. Can you pass me the salt?

______________ 2. Bill and Sally had a baby after they got married.
______________ 3. I now pronounce you man and wife.
______________ 4. Did the girls take photos?
______________ 5. Bill took the food.
______________ 6. Take some photos!
______________ 7. You’ll be happy to know that the work will be finished tomorrow
______________ 8. The meeting is adjourned.
______________ 9. I’m inviting you to come to my party next week.
_______________ 10. Allison is going to Europe this summer.
_______________ 11. It’s obvious that Bill is going to be late for his interview.
_______________ 12. Sit still for a minute?
_______________ 13. I’d be honored if you came to my party next week.
_______________ 14. You’re welcome to come to my party next week.
_______________ 15. The best idea we’ve heard so far.
V. COMPONENTS OF SPEECH ACTS. Identify the following. (5pts)
1. “You believe there’s a quiz.” - ___________________
“I believe that you believe there’s a quiz.” - ___________________
“I believe there’s a quiz.” - ___________________

2. “He may have fought in major battles, but my dad saved a guy’s life.” - ___________________
“My dad was an officer in the Navy.” - ___________________
“Yeah? My uncle was a war hero.” - ___________________
VI – DEIXIS. Identify what type of deixis (local, temporal, person) are the following
sentences. (1pt)

_________________ 1. You are insufferable.

_________________ 2. The crime scene was there.

_________________ 3. Yesterday I went to the movies.

_________________ 4. She drinks tea every morning.

_________________ 5. This city stinks

_________________ 6. He’s lying.

_________________ 7. Lola is coming over later.

_________________ 8. She was born in Romania and has lived there all her life.

_________________ 9. My friend is going to sing in a concert tomorrow.

_________________ 10. We are having dinner together.

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved by:

REGINE CLAIRE A. FLORES VERNA MAE G. ALOB BENAFE A. MAGHUYOP

BAELS FACULTY BAELS PROGRAM HEAD ASST. VP ACADEMIC HEAD