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1. (Udesc/2010)
Touched by An Angel (By Maya Angelou)
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
The words “We” (line 1), “our” (line 5), “us” (line 6), are consecutively:
a) personal pronoun, reflexive pronoun, object pronoun.
b) object pronoun, possessive adjective, personal pronoun.
c) object pronoun, personal pronoun, possessive adjective.
d) personal pronoun, reflexive pronoun, possessive adjective.
e) personal pronoun, possessive adjective, object pronoun.
2. (UEMG/2012) In the sentence “All over the globe are historical mysteries left to us by the ancient world”, the word "us" is
a) a personal subject pronoun.
b) a personal object pronoun.
c) a possessive adjective pronoun.
d) none of the above.
3. Little by little the Internet started spreading everywhere because of new technological advancements and today it is so important that our lives would not be the same without it. Of course going to the moon was an extremely important event as well, a real historical feat, but the birth of the Internet has proved to be the most significant historical fact, and feat, in the recent past of the history of mankind.
a) Analyzing the word “it” in the last paragraph, we can say that
a) both are related to “Internet”.
b) the first “it” is related to “everywhere”.
c) the second “it” is related to “lives”.
d) the first “it” is related to a prepositon.
e) the second “it” is related to a verb.
b) Still analyzing the word “it” in the last paragraph, we can say that
I. the first “it” is a subject pronoun.
II. the second “it” is an object pronoun.
III. both are personal pronouns.
IV. the first “it” is a possessive adjective.
V. the second “it” is a possessive pronoun
It is CORRECT
a) I and V.
b) II, III, and IV.
c) III, IV, and V.
d) II and IV.
e) I and II
4. Make the plural forms of the following nouns.
a) box 
b) woman 
c) crisis 
d) sky 
e) kid 
f) phenomenon
g) toy 
h) child 
i) hero
j) tomato 
k) sheep
l) bacterium
m) piano
n) leaf 
o) life 
p) knife 
q) goose 
r) oasis 
s) roof 
t) ox 
u) medium 
v) datum 
w) trout 
x) dish
5. Complete the sentences with nouns in brackets. ______________ 
a) First, cut all __________________ into two __________________. (potato, half) 
b) We saw a lot of historic __________________ at the Military Aviation Museum. (aircraft) 
c) Many poisonous __________________ have names such as Death Cap or Destroying Angel. (fungus) 
d) One of the most famous __________________ in the world is in San Diego. (zoo) 
e) Several new __________________ for global warming have been suggested recently. (hypothesis) 
f) There are numerous __________________ in the countryside in European __________________. (crucifix, country) 
g) Jim, don't forget to brush your __________________ before you go to bed. (tooth) 
h) You should not eat __________________ before dinner. (candy) 
i) Our __________________ are influenced by other people much more than we admit. (life) 
j) Original __________________ represent what __________________ are all about. (logo, business)
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