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QUALIFYING TEST IN JOURNALISM CLUB

Directions: Read and understand each sentence carefully. Then, shade the letter of your answer.

1. Every year his family ____________ to Europe for two weeks.

A. go B. goes C. went D. going

2. Tammy and Jen ______________ a Pilates class on Wednesday mornings.(take)

A. take B. takes C. taking D. took

3. oes he always ____ his cell phone for long distance call?
A. use B. uses C. used D. using

4. Gerard _______ the ball and kicks it into the net.

A. recieve B. recieves C. recieved D. recieving

6. You drive quite _______ . I wont be surprised if you have an accident one day!
A. danger B. dangers C. dangerously D. dangered

7. Youre late said Olga _____ . Where have you been?

A. angry B. angrily C. angered D. angers

8. In 1483, King Richard III of England ____ killed his two nephews.
A. secretly B. secreted C. secret D. secreting

9. The actress was proud of _____ when she won an Oscar award.
A. herself B. itself C. himself D. oneself

10. They blamed _____ for losing the game.

A. ourselve B.. themself C. themselves D. theirselves

11. You can build it _____ if you follow the directions

A. youself B. yourself C. ourself D. itself

12. At six oclock in the morning, my roomate woke ____ up.

A. me B. myself C. herself D. ourself

13. Which sentence is not a simple sentence?

A. The product sold well in ten countries. C. Because it was successful.
B. The company exported to Canada D. The offices were renovated.

14. Which is not a simple sentence?

A. I made an airplane out of stone.
B. My voice was raspy, rough, and cracked.
C. While fishing in the blue lagoon, I caught a lovely silver fish.
D. piece of sky broke off and fell through the crack in the ceiling right into my soup.
15. Carlos is the only one of those students who __________ lived up to the potential described
in the yearbook.
A. has B. have C. has D. Were

16. The International Club, as well as the Choral Society and the Rowing Club, __________ to
submit a new constitution.
A. need B. needs C. was needed D. were needed

17. One of my best friends _____________ an extra on Seinfeld this week.

A. are B. is C. was D. were

18. Not only the students but also their instructor ________ been called to the principal's office.
A. have B. has C. was D. were

19. Four years _______ a long time to spend away from your friends and family.
A. are B. is C. was D. were

20 She is .. than her sister.

A. pretty B. prettier C. more pretty D. most pretty

21 Jane is the student in the class.

A. brightest B. bright C. brighter D. most bright

22 Annie is the . friend I have.

A. good B. better C. best D. very good

23 Mount Everest is the peak of the Himalayas.

A. High B. higher C. highest D. most high

24 James is two years . than me.

A. Old B. older C. oldest D. much older

25. A strong wind __________ through the trees, loosening clumps of moss, dead branches, old
kites, and baby squirrels, all of which fell to the wet ground below.
A. had blew B. blew C. blowed D. blown

26. Charlie believed that he had __________ the best essay of the semester, but when Mrs.
Varner returned the paper, the slashes of red ink and caustic comments immediately changed
his opinion of the work.
A. wrote B. wroten C. written D. write

27. In her dreams that night, Diana had __________ in a pool of warm cocoa; when she awoke,
the aroma of chocolate still tickled her nostrils.
A. swimmed B. swam C. swum D. swim

28. Chauncey would have __________ some of the squid eyeball stew if a long, gray tentacle
hadn't dangled over the side of the bowl.
A. ate B. eaten C. eats D. eat

29. My dog has long ________ brown hair.

A. plenty B. tiny C. curly D. beautiful

30. ___________ students are playing in the basketball court.

A. A B. Several C. One D. The
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JUFE C. PARTOSA