JOSE MARIA COLLEGE

Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway

Catitipan, Davao City

MIDTERM EXAM/2ND SEMESTER

ENGLISH 2 – WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE
(4:15 – 5:45PM / TTh)

MR. ALLAN A. MAGSIPOC

INSTRUCTOR

I. A. Fill in the table with the required form of verb.

Base form Simple past Past participle
1. caught 2.
speak 3. 4.
5. had 6.
shrink 7. Shrunk
8. froze 9.
draw drew 10.

B. Write the tense of the italicized sentence on the space provided.

___________1. Mike is looking for his key. He can’t find it. He has lost his key.
___________2. The man who sat next to me was so nervous, he had never flown before.
___________3. He told me his name, but I’ve forgotten it.
___________4. When we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into our house.
___________5. I usually leave for work at 8:00AM.
___________6. Jennifer can’t walk and her leg is in cast. She has broken her leg.
___________7. Look at those black clouds. It’s going to rain.
___________8. Did you go out last night?
___________9. Karen didn’t want to go to the movies with us because she had already seen the film.
___________10. The earth goes around the sun.

C. Read the situations and write sentences with the present perfect (2pts each)
Choose from the following verbs:
break, drop, go down, grow, improve, lose, turn on
1. Mike is looking for his key. He can’t find it. He _____________________________________
2. Jennifer can’t walk and her leg is in a cast. She ____________________________________
3. The students’ English wasn’t very good. Now it is much better.
They ____________________________________________________________
4. The temperature yesterday was 32 degrees. Today it is only 29.
The temperature ___________________________________________________
5. The light was off. Now it is on. Somebody ________________________________________

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 D. Read the situations and write sentences with the past perfect (2 pts. each).
Use the words in the parenthesis.
1. You went to Jill’s house, but she wasn’t there.
(she / go / out ) _____________________________________________________________
2. You went back to your hometown after many years. The place wasn’t the same as before.
( it / change / a lot ) __________________________________________________________
3. I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come.
( she / make / plans to do something else) ________________________________________
4. It was nice to see Daniel again after such a long time.
( I / not / see / him for five years ) _______________________________________________
5. Last month we went to Hong Kong. It was our first time there.
( we / never / be / there before ) ________________________________________________

II. Write a paragraph of a topic of your choice. Write with clear topic sentence, supporting details and
clinching sentence. Observe unity, coherence, legibility and grammar. (40pts)

Criteria Excellent Very Good Good Needs Improvement

(8) (6) (4) (2)
Topic sentence Topic sentence is Topic sentence is Topic sentence is Topic sentence is
very clear; correctly clear; correctly unclear and unclear and
placed and is stated placed but not incorrectly placed incorrectly placed
repeatedly for restated in the but restated in the and is not restated
emphasis in the concluding concluding in the concluding
closing sentence. statement. statement. sentence.
Supporting Paragraph has five Paragraph has 4-5 Paragraph has 2-3 Paragraph has 1
details or more supporting supporting details supporting details supporting detail
details that really that really support that really support that really supports
support the main the main idea. the main idea. the main idea.
idea.
Unity and Sentences are Sentences are Sentences are not Sentences are
Coherence arranged in an somehow in an linked to one expressed in a
orderly sequence unarranged another; there are jumbled fashion;
and ensure a sequence but are many gaps in fails to follow the
smooth linked to one thought. flow of thought in
progression; there another; there are the paragraph.
are no gaps in some gaps in
thought. thought.
Legibility Legible handwriting. Marginally legible Writing is not Writing is not
handwriting. legible in places. legible at all.
Spelling and Paragraph has no Paragraph has 1 or Paragraph has 3-5 Paragraph has 6 or
Grammar error in spelling and 2 errors in spelling errors in spelling more errors in
grammar. and grammar. and grammar. spelling and
grammar.