1st QUARTER EXAMINATION

English- Grade 7
SY 2022-2023

Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ___________

Grade & Section: ________________________________________ Score: __________

Test I. Directions: Read carefully each item. On your separate answer sheet, copy the
letter only of the correct answer.

1. Anthill : ants :: kennel : dog. Which type of analogy below best describes the
relationship of the pairs of words?

A. habitat to animal
B. part to whole
C. synonym to antonym
D. synonym to synonym

2. In the analogy, kitchen : house ::galley : airplane, what is the best sentence for the
relationship?

A. A kitchen is part of a house where food is prepared

B. A galley is part of an airplane where food is prepared
C. A kitchen is part of a house, and a galley is part of an airplane
D. A kitchen is part of a house, and a galley is part of an airplane where food is
prepared

3. In the analogy, class : student :: forest : tree, which terms are the whole?

A. Class and forest

B. Class and student
C. Class and tree
D. Student and tree

4. What part is missing from this analogy, author : book :: ______ : film ?

A. Product
B. Worker
C. Producer
D. Writer

5. In chaos : peace :: cruel : _______ what is the appropriate word below will complete
the relationship?

A. adorable
B. evil
C. kind
D. love
6. Supply an appropriate word from the choices below to complete the relationship,
abandon : leave :: vacant : _______

A. Delete
B. Empty
C. Fill
D. Stay

7. Supply an appropriate word from the choices below to complete the analogy,
astrology : planet :: cardiology : _________

A. Heart
B. Plant
C. Universe
D. Veins

8. Which of the following statements is in passive voice?

A. A man is known by the company he keeps.

B. The class went to the gym last Friday.
C. The president arrives late.
D. She danced the whole night.

9. The following statements are written in active voice except

A. A liar is not believed when he tells the truth.

B. The liar wrote his letter of regret before he was judged.
C. Isabella offered to renounce her citizenship as Filipino.
D. Steve accepts his defeat with teary-eyes.

10. The following statements are written in passive voice except

A. Desires are nourished by delays.

B. Danger foreseen is half avoided.
C. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
D. A kind word brings joy to the heart of the listener.

11. Curiosity killed the cat. Which of the following changes this statement to passive voice?

A. Curiosity was killed by the cat.

B. The cat was killed.
C. The cat was killed by curiosity.
D. The curious cat was killed.

12. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Which of the following changes this statement
to active voice?
 A. Good intentions pave the road to hell.
B. Good intentions are paved by the road to hell.
C. Good intentions are the road to hell.
D. Good intentions are paved by the hell.

13. Which of the following statements uses past form of the verb?

A. What is done cannot be undone.

B. Rome was not built in a day.
C. Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.
D. Marriages are made in heaven.

14.When he arrived at the party, Julie had just left. What tense of the verb is used in the
sentence?

A. Present tense
B. Present perfect tense
C. Past tense
D. Past perfect tense

15. Fingers were made before forks. What tense of the verb is used in the
sentence?

A. Present tense
B. Present perfect tense
C. Past tense
D. Past perfect tense

II. A. Read the selection below and answer the questions. On your answer sheet, copy the
letter only of the correct answer.

“Forgive me!” said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was
awake. The king answered that he did not know him and have nothing to forgive him for.

16. From the statement above, which of the following is a direct speech?

A. “Forgive me!”
B. He saw that the king was awake.
C. The king answered that he did not know him and have nothing to forgive him for.
D. He did not know him and have nothing to forgive him for.
17. Which of the following is a reported speech?

A. “Forgive me!” said the bearded man in a weak voice.

B. He saw that the king was awake.
C. The king answered that he did not know him and have nothing
to forgive him for.
D He did not know him and have nothing to forgive him for.
 18. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived.” This statement is an example of
what kind of speech?

A. Direct speech
B. Reported speech
C. Either direct or reported speech
D. Neither direct nor reported speech

19. She said that she had never been there before. This statement is an example of
what kind of speech?

A. Direct speech
B. Reported speech
C. Either direct or reported speech
D. Neither direct nor reported speech

20. “He works in a bank”. Change this into reported speech.

A. She said that she worked in a bank.

B. She said that she works in a bank.
C. She said that he worked in a bank.
D. She said that he works in a bank.

21. “I didn’t go the party”. Change this into reported speech.

A. She told me, “I didn’t go to the party”

B. She told me that she didn’t go to the party.
C. She told me that she doesn’t to the party.
D. She told me that she never goes to the party.

22. “I’m coming.” Change this into reported speech.

A. She said that she is coming.

B. She said that she was coming.
C. She said that she will be coming.
D. She said that she came.

23. She told me that he had not eaten breakfast. Change this into
direct speech.

A. “He has not eaten breakfast.”

B. “He had not eaten breakfast.”
C. “He has not been eating breakfast.”
D. “He had not been eating breakfast.”

II. B. Look at the factsheet below. Applying the reading strategies you have learned, answer
the questions that follow. On your separate answer sheet, copy the letter only of the
correct answer.
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24. When you want to find something quickly in the factsheet, which reading
strategy do you use?

A. Close reading
B. Scanning
C. Skimming
D. Story mapping

25. When you read something for pleasure, such as a book or a magazine, which
reading strategy do you use?

A. Close reading
B. Scanning
C. Skimming
D. Story mapping

26. When asked to look for the most popular academic field, what reading strategy
do you use?

A. Close reading
B. Scanning
C. Skimming
D. Story mapping

27. When asked to make an outline of the content of the text using headings and
sub-headings to get the gist of the text, what reading strategy do you use?

A. Close reading
 B. Scanning
C. Skimming
D. Story mapping

28. From the factsheet above, which of the academic fields was chosen by almost
one-half of the college graduates?

A. Health
B. Engineering and Engineering Trades
C. Teacher Training and Education Sciences
D. Business and Administration

29. Which of the academic fields is the most popular among college graduates?

A. Health
B. Engineering and Engineering Trades
C. Teacher Training and Education Sciences
D. Business and Administration

30. What do you think is the general idea of the factsheet presented?

A. It is about the top 10 most popular academic fields among college

graduates.
B. It is about the graphs of the top 10 most popular academic fields among
college graduates
C. It is about the college graduates who chose the top 10 most popular
academic fields.
D. It is about the graph of the college graduates who chose the top 10 popular
academic fields.

III. A. Read the items below. Identify whether the underline part is a phrase, a clause, or a
sentence. Copy the letter only of the correct answer.

31. He picked one gold coin out of the pile.

A. clause B. phrase C. sentence

32. Gold coins rained down to the earth like tears from the heavens.

A. clause B. phrase C. sentence

33. If Jan, my sister, and I go to the mall again, I’ll surely walk around and shop.

A. clause B. phrase C. sentence

34. I challenged one of the dancers to a dance battle… but he was scared.

A. clause B. phrase C. sentence

 35. A green fog gathered over the baseball field.

A. clause B. phrase C. sentence

III.B. Choose the correct group of words to make an appropriate and meaningful
sentences. Copy the letter only of the correct answer.

36. My sister and I were at my grandma’s house ______________ .

A. if the phone rang

B. when the phone rang
C. at the phone rang
D. in the phone rang

37. I am not really a fan of the Dance Boys, _____________ so I went.

A. but I like to go to the mall

B. yet I like to go to the mall
C. and I like to go to the mall
D. so I like to go to the mall.

38. ___________________, Jean danced.

A. So the Dance Boys sang

B. And the Dance Boys sang
C. While the Dance Boys sang
D. If the Dance Boys sang

39. When we got there, _________________ with Dance Boys fans.

A. the mall is packing

B. the mall was packing
C. the mall is packed
D. the mall was packed

40. Jan told my sister that the new super group, the Dance Boys, ____________.

A. is at the mall
B. are at the mall
C. was at the mall
D. were at the mall

IV. Complete the text by filling in the verbs in their correct form. Use Simple Past and Past
Perfect Tenses of the verbs. Write the correct form of the verb on your answer sheet.
(10 points)
My Lost Cellphone
 It _________ (happen) last August at the airport. A few weeks before, a group of us __________
(decide) to go to Boracay together for a holiday. We were waiting in the queue at ticket control when suddenly I
________ (realize) that I _________ (forget) my cellphone.
It ___ (be) quite a shock. I ______ (hurry) to a phone and _____ (call) my parents. They were working
in the garden, but luckily my mother ____ (hear) the phone. They ____ (find) the cellphone and immediately
_____(drive) to the airport with it.

It HAPPENED (HAPPEN) last August at the airport. A few weeks before, a group of us HAD
DECIDED (DECIDE) to go to Boracay together for a holiday. We WERE WAITING (were
waiting in the queue at ticket control when suddenly I REALIZED (REALIZE) that I HAD
FORGOTTEN (FORGET) my cellphone.

It WAS (BE) quite a shock. I HURRIED (HURRY) to a phone and CALLED (call) my parents.
They were working in the garden, but luckily my mother HEARD (HEAR) the phone.
They FOUND (FIND) the cellphone and immediately DROVE (DRIVE) to the airport with it.