Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

Regional Office No. VIII
CALBIGA WESTERN SAMAR COLLEGE
Polangi, Calbiga, Samar

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 7

Name: Grade Level:

DIRECTION: Supply appropriate words that complete each analogy. Write the correct answer on the space
provided.

1. happy : joyful :: sad :

a. grateful
b. funny
c. depressed
d. weak
2. bad : :: funny : hilarious
a. angry
b. terrible
c. grateful
d. good
3. fish : sea :: : forest
a. penguin
b. lion
c. starfish
d. turtle
4. rain : flood :: earthquake :
a. rise
b. safe
c. collapse
d. stable
For items 5-7. Read and understand the the given situations below and answer the questions that follow.
It was around 4 in the afternoon when you decided to turn on your television and watch your favorite TV show,
while you are watching, an important news interrupts your program and broadcast the recent plane crush happened in
Jolo, Sulu. Read the content of the newsflash below and answer the questions that follow.

DOZENS KILLED IN THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY PLANE CRASH

Fifty-three people have died and dozens more have been injured after a military plane crashed in the Philippines. The
Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft was carrying 96 people, mostly troops, when it overshot a runaway at Jolo Airport in
Sulu province on Sunday. The dead are mainly military personnel, but three civilians on the ground were also killed, the
defense ministry said, five people were initially listed as missing, but all passengers on board have now been accounted
for. A spokesperson from the Armed Forces of the Philippines told news site ABS-CBN that they were looking for the
flight data recorder to find out why exactly the plane crashed.

5. What is the purpose of the text you read?

a. To give information

b. To entertain

c. To describe

d. To praise

6. Who would enjoy reading this?

a. Adults

b. babies

c. children

d. None of the above

 7. Who writes the news?

a. Doctor

b. Teacher

c. Priest

d. Field Reporter

8. Which of the following is a sentence?

a. because she is sick

b. in the mat

c. Julie writes her assignment diligently.

d. the man in black

9. When a subject receives the action in a sentence, this is known as?

a. Active Voice

b. Passive Voice

c. Voice

d. None of the above

10. When a subject performs the action in a sentence, this is known as?

a. Passive Voice

b. Active Voice

c. Voice

d. None of the above

11. How do we form the simple past tense of regular verbs?

a. Simply add —d or —ed for most regular verbs

b. Add –is or –es

c. Change the spelling

d. Add —ing to its base form

12. When is the perfect tense of the verb?

a. When expressing an action in the past.

b. When expressing a past action that continues in present.

c. When expressing a past action before another action occured.

d. When expressing two actions done at the same time in the past.

13. Which of the following is an irregular verbs?

a. send

b. receive

c. accept

d. walk

14. Identify the given statement, " I am a Filipino", Daniel said.

a. Direct Speech

b. Reported Speech
 c. Speech

d. None of the above

15. Daniel said that he is a Filipino.

a. Direct Speech

b. Reported Speech

c. Speech

d. None of the above

16. The day was cold and dark.

a. calm

b. night

c. soft

d. tiny

17. The english test was very difficult.

a. easy

b. difficult

c. crazy

d. hard

18. If an ink is to ballpen, and paper is to , then you can put your ideas into writing.

a. case

b. notebook

c. chair

d. wrist

19. If the is to hand, and pen is to paper, then one must invest their time in writing journal.

a. finger

b. ankle

c. toe

d. wrist

For items 20-22. Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.
At 3:00 PM today, the center of severe Tropical Storm "FABIAN"(IN-FA) was estimated based on all available
data at 1,075 km East Northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon(24.0°N, 131.7°E) with maximum sustained winds
of 95 km/h. It is remaining almost stationary. Southeast Monsoon affecting county.

Issued at 4:00 PM, 19 July 2021

20. The text is an example of a .

a. Documentary

b. Newsflash

c. Trailer

d. Weather Report

21. What is the purpose of the text you read?

a. To describe
 b. To inform

c. To entertain

d. To persuade

22. From the given situation example, the best definition of a weather report is .

a. dealing exclusively with facts and real-life events

b. a statement of what the weather is likely to be for the next day or few days

c. used to describe activities that are done using the internet

d. All of the above

23. The following is true about active and passive voice, EXCEPT

a. Passive sentence is more direct.

b. Passive sentence includes "to be" verbs(e.g., is, am, was, were)

c. Active sentence clearly states the action being performed by the subject.

d. Passive sentence clearly shows the action being performed on the subject.

24. The following are uses of passive voice, EXCEPT

a. make the active object more important

b. when one wants the subject to be seen performing the action

c. one does not prefer not naming

d. one does not know the active subject

25. Which of the following is an active sentence?

a. Masks are worn by the people in the streets.

b. He answered the phone.

c. The alcohol and sanitizer were bought by Reena.

d. The TV was turned off by the teacher.

26. The plane had (land) in the right Airport.

a. landed

b. land

c. landing

d. lands

27. The lawyer had (win)the case.

a. win

b. won

c. winner

d. winning

28. A tiger had (escape)from the zoo.

a. escaped

b. escapes

c. escape

d. escaping
29. Gel ask if I would go to the city.

a. Direct Speech

b. Reported Speech

c. Speech

d. Indirect Speech

30. "I want to roam around the city", Tres said.

a. Reported Speech

b. Indirect Speech

c. Speech

d. Direct Speech

31. Second is to minute as minute is to

a. hour

b. season

c. weak

d. year

32. Classroom is to school as kitchen is to

a. cook

b. food

c. garage

d. house

33. The word means "artistic category or style." It is a French word which means "kind, sort, or style."

a. Genre

b. Folklore

c. Drama

d. Poetry

34. comes from the authors imagination.

a. Fiction

b. Biography

c. Autobiography

d. Non-fiction

35. A verb is in the if the subject of a sentence is the doer of the action.

a. Voice

b. Passive Voice

c. Active Voice

d. Static Voice

36. In the ,the subject is the receiver of the action.

a. Active Voice

b. Passive Voice
 c. Voice

d. Static Voice

37. Which statement explains the sentence below?

"When Sheila arrived at the airport, the plane had left."

a. Sheila did not make it to the airport.

b. Sheila was not able to catch the flight.

c. Sheila was able to catch the trip.

d. Sheila was too early for her flight schedule.

38. The food they ordered came only a few minutes after they (leave).

a. had left

b. left

c. have left

d. were leaving

39. A breaking news about an earthquake in Davao suddenly interrupted the teleserye you are watching

entitled "Ang Probinsyano". What type of viewing genre interrupted the program?

a. Documentary

b. News

c. Reality Show

d. Newsflash

40. A screenwriter is preparing a script for a kid show on climate change. What is the author's purpose for

the viewers?

a. to criticize

b. to entertain

c. to persuade

d. to inform

41. What is the verb in the sentence, "She wrote a letter for her bestfriend."

a. She

b. her

c. letter

d. bestfriend

42. What is the subject in the sentence, "The bread was baked by John."

a. by

b. bread

c. John

d. was baked

43. Not using the exact words in conveying the message is called .

a. Direct Speech

b. Writing Speech
 c. Reporting Speech

d. Indirect Speech

44. It is using one's own words and is set with the use of quotation marks.

a. Passive Speech

b. Indirect Speech

c. Direct Speech

d. Reporting Speech

45. The verb that is used in the reported speech is called .

a. Reported Verb

b. Indirect Verb

c. Direct Verb

d. Reporting Verb

46. What type of sentence gives an order or a direction and ends with a period or an exclamation mark?

a. Declarative

b. Exclamatory

c. interrogative

d. imperative

47. "She gets high marks." What is the correct exclamatory form when you change the given statement?

a. "What high marks gets she!"

b. "What high marks she gets!"

c. "How high marks she gets!"

d. "How high she gets!"

48. "Alice skimmed the leaves from the pool, she forgot to add chlorine." What is the appropriate

conjunction to join the declarative sentences?

a. but

b. and

c. because

d. or

49. The following is true about skimming, EXCEPT

a. Skimming is used when one reads the text quickly to get a general idea of meaning.

b. Skimming includes reading the introduction, the headlines, or the first phrase of the paragraph.

c. Skimming means looking over the whole text quickly in search of specific information.

d. Skimming is fast reading method to give you an idea of what the full text is about.

50. You can use this when you know what specific information you are looking for.

a. Close reading

b. Scanning

c. Skimming

d. Reading
ANSWERS KEY

1. C 38. A

2. B 39. D

3. B 40. D

4. C 41. A

5. A 42. B

6. A 43. D

7. D 44. C

8. C 45. A

9. B 46. D

10. B 47. B

11. A 48. A

12. C 49. C

13. A 50. B

14. A

15. B

16. B

17. A

18. B

19. A

20. D

21. B

22. B

23. A

24. B

25. B

26. A

27. B

28. A

29. D

30. D

31. A

32. D

33. A

34. A

35. C

36. B

37. B