Our Lord’s Grace Montessori School and Colleges

Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

PUBLICATION AND EDITING (COMM 14)

FINAL EXAMINATION
March 11, 2004 (graduating)
March 19, 2004 (non-graduating)
12 PM – 2PM

Name: _________________________________________________________________

I. Active Voice vs. Passive Voice.

A. Change the following sentences from active to passive voice of the verb. If you cannot do
this to any particular item, then maybe that sentence has an intransitive verb in it. (20 pts)

1. Her children have always loves and cherished Angela.

2. For fear of reprisal, Bert wrote an anonymous letter to the board.

3. The audience laughed upon seeing the famous clown.

4. Ruben plays chess from late night till dawn.

5. The housemaid buys all groceries only from that supermarket.

6. A prestigious panel of judges will choose the winners in the essay contest.

7. Right now the speaker is using the overhead projector and the whiteboard.

8. A stray dog bit the president’s wife.

9. George seemingly love his fighting cocks more than his nagging wife.

10. The king willingly relinquished his throne to marry the divorced American lady.
B. The following sentences are usually found in “bad news” letters or memos written by
supervisors and managers. Try to soften the negative tone by using the passive voice (10 pts).

1. Pay all overdue accounts now to avoid legal action.

2. You stole the generator from the basement.

3. Of course, you will have to face the consequences of that violation.

4. You have lost the game again!

5. You must observe all rules and regulations of our company.

II. Verb Tenses (65 pts)

A. Supply the missing verb forms (30 pts).

Present Past Present Participle Past Participle

wring
swearing
woven
awaken
led
lay (to place)
meaning
risen
lie (to recline)
hitting

B. Supply the present tense, past tense, future tense, the present perfect tense, the past perfect
tense or the future perfect tense whichever is correct (15 pts).

1. I _________ (not see) him for a long time.

2. She told me that she __________ look everywhere for the book.
3. Maria _________ (work) on her theme since yesterday.
4. When I ________ (call) for Pilar, her mother ________ (tell) me that she _________
(leave) several minutes before.
5. When you arrived home, they ________ (eat).
 6. If you come tonight, I __________ (finish) my work.
7. No one ___________ (see) my dog since it disappeared yesterday.
8. He ___________ (graduate) next year.
9. Jimmy __________ (run) all the way to church this morning.
10. By this time next year, you ___________ (forget) me.
11. She ___________ (see) clearly that she ____________ (take) the wrong magazine.
12. Who will __________ (sing) for us at the next program?

C. Change each of the following sentences to the past tense (10 pts)

1. She says she will bring the book tomorrow.

2. I think I shall finish this book by nine o’ clock.

3. The passengers hope they can arrive at their destination on time.

4. I don’t believe that there is a leakage in the examination.

5. Does he promise that he will not do it again?

D. Encircle the letter of the correct verb form (10 pts).

1. Our firm, along with other telecommunication industry leaders, (a. provides b. provide
c. have provided) convenient, fast and economical service to clients.
2. Their sales force (a. are b. were c. is) motivated by self-improvement activities such as
seminars and workshops.
3. The order for the telex machines (a. were b. was c. has been) placed this morning.
4. Bread and butter (a. were b. are c. is) priced exorbitantly during the Japanese
occupation.
5. The only bread and butter of the family (a. is b. are c. have been) his clerical job.
6. It is I who (a. is b. were c. am) going to attend the seminar.
7. Joe is one of those who (a. charm b. charms c. had charmed) everybody in the audience.
8. Spanish, together with French, Italian, Portuguese among others, (a. is b. are c. were)
classified under Romance Languages.
9. Neither of the two applicants (a. are b. were c. is) qualified.
10. Of the bag of cement they opened yesterday, only one-fourth (a. were b. are c. is) in
favor of the death penalty.

III. Correct the sentence errors. Use appropriate copy editing symbols (20 pts).
 1. Each of the salesmen have weekly and monthly quotas to attain.

2. The number of errors committed by the typist are appalling.

3. He always tries to do his report good in order to impress the new lady boss.

4. Either the twins or Ricky are the favorite of Mr. and Mrs. Crisostomo.

5. When the project engineer arrived, the lack of construction workers to do the job
exasperated him.

6. Among the processes involved in the operation are hanging, scalding and to convey the
materials along the belt.

7. The humidity level in the Philippines is higher than the United States.

8. Wanting to reduce his operational expenses, five production workers were laid off by the
owner.

9. A number of senators wants complete autonomy for the barangays.

10. Rudy saw her girlfriend off at the airport yesterday.

IV. LAYOUT THE FRONT PAGE. Choose from the 15 news headlines/article/news below the
seven significant stories which you think should make it to the front page. Choose the pictures
and write the caption. After these, in your manila-paper sized newspaper broadsheet, layout the
front page.

1. I’m just here, Estrada tells journalists at AFP camp.

2. Cory defends GMA treatment of ERAP No basis for raps, says
Drilon
3. RP – US war games end quietly
4. EU envoys check on RP projects
5. ‘Robot’ bares Abu Sayyaf infighting
6. US to slap sanctions on Syria soon ‘for supporting terrorism’
7. GMA: I’m willing to serve as transition president
8. Top woman cadet adores ‘super goat’
9. Ex-Angeles bar girls engage in ‘silent advocacy’
10. This time, bets’ spouses challenged to a debate
11. Transport groups, LTFRB head patch up differences
12. Gabriela talks tough vs ‘kinse anyos’ ad
13. GMA offers P5M to build Urdaneta market
14. PMA topnotcher loves guns
15. City stakes claim over SM Baguio lot

Attached photos, crop or retain. Use it for the layouting of front

page.

Thank You and Happy Vacation!!!