1. Subject-Verb Agreement ✍️
Basic pero maraming nagkakamali! Ito ang foundation ng maayos na sentence.
Golden Rules:
Rule 1: Singular subject = Singular verb
✅ The suspect WAS arrested.
❌ The suspect WERE arrested.
Rule 2: Plural subject = Plural verb
✅ The officers WERE dispatched.
❌ The officers WAS dispatched.
Rule 3: "Either/or, Neither/nor" - Verb agrees with nearest subject
✅ Either the captain or the officers ARE responsible.
✅ Either the officers or the captain IS responsible.
Rule 4: Collective nouns - Usually singular
✅ The team IS ready for deployment.
Exception: When members act individually → plural
⚠️ Tricky Cases:
- • Each, Every, Everyone → Always singular
- • None → Can be singular or plural (context)
- • A number of → Plural | The number of → Singular
- • News, Mathematics, Physics → Singular (looks plural but isn't)
2. Verb Tenses: Police Report Writing 📝
Tol, consistency sa tenses ang key sa clear reports!
Past Tense
For completed actions
"The suspect FLED the scene."
Present Tense
For current facts/laws
"The law REQUIRES due process."
Future Tense
For planned actions
"The case WILL BE filed."
📋 Police Report Format (Past Tense):
3. Reading Comprehension Strategies 📖
Basahin ng mabuti, Tol! Hindi lahat ng sagot nasa obvious places.
Reading Strategy (SQ3R Method):
🎯 Types of Comprehension Questions:
"What is the passage mainly about?"
"According to the passage..."
"It can be inferred that..."
"The word X most nearly means..."
4. Police & Legal Vocabulary 👮♂️
Dapat alam mo ang proper terms! Professional ka, Tol!
Police Terms:
- Apprehend - To arrest/catch
- Perpetrator - Person who committed the crime
- Complainant - Person who filed the complaint
- Respondent - Person being complained against
- Confiscate - To seize/take legally
- Surveillance - Close observation/monitoring
- Dispatch - To send/deploy
- Corroborate - To confirm/support with evidence
Legal Terms:
- Jurisdiction - Authority to handle a case
- Custody - Legal control/detention
- Warrant - Legal authorization from court
- Subpoena - Court order to appear
- Affidavit - Written sworn statement
- Probable Cause - Reasonable ground for action
- Due Process - Fair legal procedures
- Miranda Rights - Rights of arrested person
📚 More Essential Terms:
5. Sentence Correction & Completion 📝
Common sa exam - identify and correct errors!
Common Errors to Watch:
Run-on Sentences
❌ The suspect ran the officer chased him.
✅ The suspect ran, and the officer chased him.
Dangling Modifiers
❌ Running from the scene, the evidence was found.
✅ Running from the scene, the suspect dropped the evidence.
Pronoun Agreement
❌ Everyone should bring their ID.
✅ Everyone should bring his or her ID.
Parallel Structure
❌ The officer likes patrolling, to investigate, and arrests.
✅ The officer likes patrolling, investigating, and arresting.
6. Word Analogies 🔗
Relationship between words - classic verbal test!
Common Analogy Types:
HAPPY : JOYFUL :: Sad : Melancholy
HOT : COLD :: Light : Dark
WHEEL : CAR :: Window : House
PEN : WRITE :: Knife : Cut
CARPENTER : HAMMER :: Surgeon : Scalpel
FIRE : BURN :: Rain : Wet
🎯 Practice:
POLICE : LAW :: Doctor : ___
Answer
Medicine (Police enforce LAW, Doctor practices MEDICINE)
🎯 Verbal Reasoning Exam Strategy
Tips for Success, Tol:
📖 For Reading Comprehension:
- • Read questions first
- • Skim for main idea
- • Look for keywords
- • Don't assume beyond text
✍️ For Grammar Questions:
- • Read aloud (mentally)
- • Check subject-verb first
- • Watch for modifier errors
- • Trust your ear
Clear communication = Effective policing, Tol! 📝💪