Identifying Errors DIRECTIONS: — Choose the underlined word or phrases labelled a, b, ¢, or d which are NOT acceptable in formal written English Choose e if there is no error, Shade the oval that corresponds to your answer on the item number in your answer shect 1. Noone were happy about the Mindanao crisis. OOOO00 7 i fe q@ abcde No error. e 2, The House of Representatives decision to decrease a b the budget for the Department of Education was € met with protests. No error d © 2O sO «Oo 20 «OD 3. The Cabinet regularly mect once a week. No crror. O a b © a cO 000 ede4. Both the Senators and the Congressmen Iegislates 00 000 A b 5 A abede laws, No error. © 5. The Philippine government have three branches of 00000 a c e a b c powers: the executive, the legislative and the judicial d No error. © a . The Supreme Court upholds the highest principles and O 9 0 9 0 4 b abede standards of morality as embodied in the Constitution. c d No error, ¢7. Some historians contests the origin of the Filipino flag. OOO 0 a b 5 d abed No error. e 8. Some believe that the flag we use now is not the same 0000 can > 5 abed as the one made by Marcella Agoncillo. No error, d c 9. Bither Prof. Teodoro Agoncillo or Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide OO O 0 a abed affirm the history of our flag. No error. b c d € 10. The news are written immediately to meet the previous OO 00 cin aa abed deadline. No error. e IL Attempts ig made to locate and restore the last OO 00 Fi be 4 abed original Filipino flag. No error 12, Both Chelle and Charm enjoys reading. No error. 00 000 5 : A : abcde 13, Reading books widens one’s horizons. No error. 00000 2 > rd e abcde 14. Ifeverybody know how toread, then books will OO000 a b ° abcde never cease to be useful. No error. 4 c 15, Noone dares to question how invaluable books are. 00 000 a b c q abode No error. e oO 0° 20 00 Ce}20. Great literary works enriches the vocabulary of their a b c d readers, No error. e Have either of the books been returned? No error. a b c d e . One hundred fifty pesos are the average selling a b price of one textbook, No error. c d e . One of the machines in the printing press weren’t a b © functioning properly. No error, d c Either the teachers or the librarian take care of the a b © d books. No error. 00000 abcde 00000 abcde 00000 abcde 00000 abcde 00000 abcde21. A number of books is. a boc schools. No error. e regularly donated to public d 22, The number of readers continually rise each year, a b c d No error. e 23. For 1, Reader's Digest is informative as well as a b c entertaining. No error. d © 00000 abcde 00000 abcde 00000 abcde24, 25. 26, 27. 28. ‘The Manila Bulletin has been published the Panorama a b magazine for over a hundred years. No error c d e All children has inherent rights that must be protected, a b © d No error. e The editor-in-chief, together with the writers, confers a b © about the contents of their newspaper. No error. d e Gorio and Tecla, in addition to Captain Barbel, was a a b popular comic books during the ‘70s. No error. © d e Pol Medina has drew the very famous Pugad Baboy a b c characters. No error. d 00000 abede 00000 abede 00000 abede 00000 abcde 00000 abcde29. Pugad Baboy firstappear in the Philippine Daily a b © Inquirer during the late ‘80s. No error. d e 30. Neither Pol Medina nor his friends thinks he will become. a b ¢ successful. No error. d e 31. Some believes that Mr. Medina’s works satirize the a b c socio-economic condition of the people in our country. d No error. e 00000 abcde 00000 abcde PO sO 2eO 20 2032. The youth delegates have been sang the a b c National Anthem, No error. d e 33. That house and lot in the comer are government-owned. a b c d No error. e 34. The number of socialized housing units sponsored by the a b c government inercases'each year. No error. d e 35. A quarter of the government tax collections goes to a b c d infrastructure projects. No error. e 36. ‘The beneficiaries of the study grant given by the a b government willbe them, No error. c od e 37. Studies suggests that exposure to too much violence on a b television makes one equally violent. No error. c a é 38. The possible effects of television viewing needs to be a b © explored further. No error. d © 39. Every weekdays, Chel and Charm goes to school a bd c together. No error d e 00000 abcde 00000 abede 00000 abcde 00000 abede 00000 abcde ro sO 22 aco “oO ro cro co ao “oD 2rO cO oO sO “oD40. 4 4 43. The Scent of Apples, a story about a Filipino who a immigrated to the United States, are written by b c od Bicnvenido Santos. No error. e _ Nick Joaquin, one of the exceptional Filipino writers a is also known for Quijano de Manila, No error. b c d e . Some people believes that one could see his future a b c mate by looking into a mirror on May day eve. No error. d € Jose Garcia Villa was a recipient of numerous awards, a b c between them, the “National Artist Award for Literature” d No error. e 00000 abcde 00000 abode 00000 abcde 00000 abede44. The Far Eastern University (FEU) also gave hea ab Doctor of Literature honoris causa in 1959, aside from c asking him to be 2 visiting professor. No error. d e 45, Between the numerous prose writers, I think Nick Joaquin b c a is the best. No error. d € 46. Those are work of famous authors. No error a be d e eO cro ro} »O sO 22 20 eo 2D sO 2D nO 2O47. 4! s 49. 50. ‘The professor asked her a question about they. a db oc 4 No error. e . Literature seem elusive to people who profess a b © indifference to it. No error. d e It appeals both to the readers intellect and passion. a b c d No error. e Robert Frost, an American poet, defines literature as a b c “performance in words”, No error. d e 00000 abede 00000 abcde 00000 abede 00000 abcde51. Either of the authors have received citations for their Q a b c d a remarkable works. No error. © sO 2D 20 “OO 52. Just like Edgar Allan Poe, it isbelieved that Nick 00000 a b abcde Joaquin starts getting ideas after he has drank alcoholic c d beverages. No error. e 53. Computers are widely use nowadays even in preschools. O 9 0 9 0 abede a b c d No error. e54, The number of Computer Science students steadily 00000 abede a b c increases. No error. d c 55. AMA, in addition to STI, train students to be 00000 abcde ab proficient in computer use. Noeror. © doe 56. Knowledge should always be put to good use. 00000 a ‘ abede No error, e 57. One of the viruses has infect my brother's brand OOO00 a abede a b ¢ new laptop computer. No error. d c 58. Internet access allow us to communicate with other 00000 abcde a c people anywhere in the world, No error. 4 e 59. All of the pens are spent yesterday. No error 00000 abcde a boc 4d e 60. Each computer come with either a compact disk player O 9 0 9 0 abcde a b c ora DVD player. No error, d e