Name: ______________________________________________ Student Number: _____________________________________ Quiz on the Tenses of Verb (15 points)

Score: ________________ Date: _________________

I. IDENTIFICATION AND COMPLETION. (10 points) Complete the sentence by underlining the verb that will make the sentence sound and correct. Refer to the pool of choices below to indicate the correct context for every tense. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer on the blank before each number. (1 point each: 0.5 point for the correct verb and 0.5 for the correct context) A. B. C. D. E. F. Present State Present Event Present Habit Future Reference Temporary Present Planned Actions G. Temporary Habit H. Ongoing Activity I. Actions in the Recent or Distant Past J. Past Habit K. Temporary Actions in Progress in the Past L. Actions which were in Progress when Something Happened M. Actions in Progress at the Same Time N. Polite Inquiries

______ 1. The family (takes, is taking, took, was taking) a well-deserved break by going to the breathtaking island of Boracay next month. ______ 2. I (use, am using, used, was using) to visit the historical Barasoain Church often when I was still living in the city of Malolos. ______ 3. We (declare, am declaring, declared, were declaring) the Palawan Underground River as one of the eight new Great Wonders of the World. ______ 4. The foreigners (take, are taking, took, were taking) pictures of the iconic Mayon Volcano during the entire afternoon when they went to Albay. ______ 5. The class (traverse, is traversing, traversed, was traversing) the streets of Vigan when they saw a horse with a kalesa on its back. ______ 6. To accomplish the book I am writing about cultural heritage in the Philippines, I (visit, am visting, visited, was visiting) the National Museum thrice a week at this time of the year. ______ 7. The Malacanang Palace (serves, is serving, served, was serving) as the Presidents home ever since its first construction during the Spanish Occupation Period. ______ 8. While my brother (enjoys, is enjoying, enjoyed, was enjoying) the waves of Siargao, my sister was visiting our ancestral house at Ilocos Norte. ______ 9. The concert at Taguig (starts, is starting, started, was started) by 7 in the evening. Let's meet this afternoon to be there in time. ______ 10. During the FIBA Asia championship match, our maid said, They (watch, are watching, watched, were watching) the match between Gilas Pilipinas and Iran at MOA. Why are you here studying?

II. Paragraph Writing. (5 points) According to the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), Cagayan de Oro is the Philippines' most competitive city in 2012. (ABS-CBN News. 2013) Write a paragraph with five to seven (5-7) sentences explaining why the city where you were born is the most competitive of all cities in the Philippines. The paragraph must contain 3 verbs that use the past tense and another 3 that use the present tense. Underline the 6 verbs used. The verbs will be checked according to the appropriateness of their tenses according to the contexts in which they were used. (3 points for the verbs used: 0.5 point for correct use of verb tense AND correct context used; 2 points for coherence of thought)