SECOND GRADING EXAMINATION

ENGLISH 7

General Directions: This test consists fifty (50) items. Read each item and give what is asked for.
Write the answer in CAPITAL LETTERS.

I. Remembering
A. Identify the parts of a book. Choose the answer from the box.
Acknowledgment Bibliography Copyright Page Dedication Page Preface Table of Content

1. It gives the date and place of publication.

2. It gives the author’s purpose in writing the book.
3. It is listed in alphabetical order - the references used by the author in writing the book.
4. It expresses the author’s gratitude to the persons who in one way or the other helped him or her in writing the book.
5. It is a detailed alphabetical listing of the ideas or topics contained in the book, together with the pages where they are found.

B. Identify the following examples whether they use verbal or non-verbal cues. Write VC for verbal cues and NVC for non-verbal
cues.
6. Pantomime
7. Choral Reading

II. Understanding
A. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow. Write the letters only.
The School Boy
By William Blake
An excerpt

I love to rise in summer morn

When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me
O! What sweet company

But to go to school in summer morn

O! It drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay

8. What feeling is expressed in the stanza?

a. anger b. pleasure c. contentment d. hopelessness
9. To what sense does the line, “the distant huntsman winds his horn, and the skylark sings with me,” appeal to?
a. sight b. smell c. touch d. hearing
10. What word suggests the smell of summer morn?
a. fresh b. muddy c. drifting d. stench
11. “When the birds sing on every tree” is an example of a/an _______.
a. irony b. personification c. paradox d. metaphor
12. What should be done to avoid students from enrolling in summer classes?
a. improve study habits c. attend classes regularly
b. comply school requirements d. be not rude to teachers

B. Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Write the letters only.
Vitamin D
Scientists have known for a long time that vitamin D is essential for humans. If children have a vitamin D or calcium deficiency, they
can develop rickets, a softening of the bones. New studies are showing that people of all ages need vitamin D to help them fight off diseases by
keeping their immune systems strong.

13. The main idea of this paragraph is that vitamin D _______.

a. is found in milk c. is no secret
b. has been studied by scientists d. is important for good health
14. If something is essential, it is _______.
a. harmful b. expensive c. dreadful d. needed
15. When you have a deficiency of something, you _______.
a. have all you need c. look like an onion
b. do not have enough d. are rich

III. Applying
A. Identify the kind of phrase in the sentence. Write NP for noun phrase, VP for verb phrase, and PP for prepositional phrase.
16. The teacher is writing the answer.
17. They lived in a small, tidy cottage.
18. Please turn towards the right.
19. You must call your mom at once.
 20. They have been playing since last two hours.
21. Students are advised to be on time.
22. Alex rode his old bicycle to their shiny new school.

B. Copy the prepositional phrase in the sentence and box the object of the preposition.
23. Please get the above the cupboard.
24. The student at the end of the line is misbehaving again.
25. The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are green.

IV. Analyzing
A. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Write the letters only.

No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an Internet connection. Most
new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. The Internet is truly ubiquitous.
26. If something is ubiquitous, _______.
a. it is fuzzy and will bite you c. it costs too much money
b. it is everywhere d. it causes rashes

Some people are always bashing the president just like others bashed the one before him. Wouldn't you think that everyone could find
something to praise him for, at least once in a while?
27. What does “bashing” mean in the above selection?
a. hitting hard with a heavy tool c. speaking or writing harshly about
b. going to too many expensive parties d. voting for a different candidate

B. Arrange the following sentences in a sequential order to form a story. Use the pronouns and transition words as guide. Write
the letters only.

Why the Sun Chases the Moon

a. In consequence, the Sun was eternally in pursuit of the moon to destroy her for having deceived him.
b. In the beginning, the Sun god and the Moon goddess had families of many stars.
c. Then, they made an agreement to destroy their stars as a measure of safety.
d. After the Sun devoured his stars, the Moon hid hers in the obscurity of the clouds.
e. The chase has been going on since the dawn.

28. 1st event ___ 29. 2nd event ___ 30. 3rd event ___ 31. 4th event ___ 32. Final event ___

V. Evaluating
A. Write LIT if the statement is literal language and FIG if it is figurative language.
33. I stayed up late last night, I’m so tired!
34. The sky is full of dancing stars.
35. That dog is a clown; it makes us laugh all the time.

B. Identify the figures of speech used in the sentences. Write simile, metaphor, or personification.
36. The train pulled itself up the mountain and screamed once it reached the top.
37. Your smile is sunshine to me.
38. The blank page stared up at me, daring me to sit down and write something.
39. The herd of approaching elephants sounded like rolling thunder.
40. His life was an open book.

VI. Creating
A. Create an author card from the given details below. (41-45)
 Journeying Through Literature and Language 7
 Don Bosco Press, Inc.
 Makati City
 2013
 Tagay, Lourna V. and Maria Luisa Z. Brutas

402.5 (41) ______________________________

123 (42) ______________ . (43)________________________:
(44) _______________, (45) ________________.

B. Write two (2) sentences that sum up the poem Gifts for the City. (46-50)

Gifts for the City

Shirley Mary deLeon
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