07-22-2010, 05:15 PM
Q1. Write a paragraph of about 100 words on any ONE of the given topics. (10)
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.
(OR)
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Q2. Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence. Keep in mind that
there is one error. (5)
1. Lack of sleep and poor nutrition often contributes to poor grades among students.
a) Parallelism error.
b) Subject-verb agreement error.
c) Misplaced modifier.
d) Sentence fragment.
2. It is believed that irradiated meat can cause DNA damage, abnormalities, and destroy essential vitamins and minerals.
a) Parallelism error.
b) Subject-verb agreement error.
c) Pronoun inconsistency.
d) Sentence fragment.
3. Many students who have to take out loans, have a heavy debt load on graduation.
a) Punctuation error.
b) Run-on sentence.
c) Pronoun case error.
d) Pronoun-antecedent agreement error.
4. Comparing the two essays on space exploration, Zaid’s argument is more convincing
than Ali's.
a) Faulty comparison
b) Comma splice
c) Dangling modifier.
d) Run-on sentence.
5. According to a report, U.S. tariffs on the Canadian softwood industry took a heavy toll;
thousands of jobs in the forest industry were lost.
a) Misplaced modifier.
b) Punctuation error.
c) Run on sentence.
d) Comma splice.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.
(OR)
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Q2. Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence. Keep in mind that
there is one error. (5)
1. Lack of sleep and poor nutrition often contributes to poor grades among students.
a) Parallelism error.
b) Subject-verb agreement error.
c) Misplaced modifier.
d) Sentence fragment.
2. It is believed that irradiated meat can cause DNA damage, abnormalities, and destroy essential vitamins and minerals.
a) Parallelism error.
b) Subject-verb agreement error.
c) Pronoun inconsistency.
d) Sentence fragment.
3. Many students who have to take out loans, have a heavy debt load on graduation.
a) Punctuation error.
b) Run-on sentence.
c) Pronoun case error.
d) Pronoun-antecedent agreement error.
4. Comparing the two essays on space exploration, Zaid’s argument is more convincing
than Ali's.
a) Faulty comparison
b) Comma splice
c) Dangling modifier.
d) Run-on sentence.
5. According to a report, U.S. tariffs on the Canadian softwood industry took a heavy toll;
thousands of jobs in the forest industry were lost.
a) Misplaced modifier.
b) Punctuation error.
c) Run on sentence.
d) Comma splice.