Polo Integrated School

(Formerly Polo Elementary School)

1st Quarterly Examination
ENGLISH 7
Name:_______________________________________ Score:_______________
Grade:____________________________ Date:________________
I. Direction: Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences below.
1. Your friend (talk-talks) too much.
2. The man with the roses (look-looks) like your brother.
3. The women in the pool (swim-swims) well.
4. Bill (drive-drives) a cab.
5. The football players (run-runs) five miles every day.
6. That red-haired lady in the fur hat (live-lives) across the street.
7. He (cook-cooks) dinner for his family.
8. The boys (walk-walks) to school every day.
9. The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good this weekend.
10. The center on the basketball team (bounce-bounces) the ball too high.
11. Each of the girls (look-looks) good on skis.
12. Everybody (was-were) asked to remain quiet.
13. Neither of the men (is-are) here yet.
14. (Is-Are) each of the girls ready to leave?
15. Several of the sheep (is-are) sick.

II. Read the story below and answer the following questions.

My friend Peter

My friend's name is Peter. Peter is from Amsterdam, in Holland. He is Dutch. He is married and has two
children. His wife, Jane, is American. She is from Boston, in the United States. Her family is still in Boston, but
she now works and lives with Peter in Milan. They speak English, Dutch, German, and Italian!

Their children are pupils at a local primary school. The children go to school with other children from all over
the world. Flora, their daughter, has friends from France, Switzerland, Austria, and Sweden. Hans, their son,
goes to school with students from South Africa, Portugal, Spain, and Canada. Of course, there are many
children from Italy. Imagine, French, Swiss, Austrian, Swedish, South African, American, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, and Canadian children all learning together in Italy!

1. Where is Peter from?

a. Germany b. Holland c. Spain d. Canada

2. Where is his wife from?

a. New York b. Switzerland c. Boston d. Italy

3. Where are they now?

a. Madrid b. Boston c. Milan d. Sweden

4. Where is her family?

a. United States b. England c. Holland d. Italy

5. How many languages does the family speak?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

6. What are the children's names?

a. Greta and Peter b. Anna and Frank c. Susan and John d. Flora and Hans

7. The school is:

a. international b. big c. small d. difficult

III. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is the meaning of the word prefix?
A. a word within a word
B. a group of letters put before a root word which changes its meaning
C. a group of letters put at the end of a root word which changes its meaning
2. What does the word unhurt mean?
A. hurt badly B. hurt C. not hurt
3. If you take away the prefix from disagree, the root word is agree.
A.True B. False C. Maybe
4. If you add the prefix ‘un’ to the word wrap, what is the correct spelling of the new word?
A. unwrapp B. unrap C. unwrap
5. What do you do if you reread a book?
A. don't read it B. read it again C. read it for the first time
6. A suffix is a group of letters that you add to the start of a root word
A. True B. False C. Maybe
7. Which of the following is a suffix?
A. pre B. un C. ed
8. Which of the following is not a suffix?
A .ful B.ing C. re
9. Which suffix can you add to the end of cook to make a new word?
A.ing B. ful C. est
10. Which suffix can you add to the word peace to make a new word?
A. ing B. ful C. est
IV. Identify the following
__________________1. It is the time and place in which a story takes place.
__________________2. It is the person taking part in a narrative.
__________________3. It is a story or a narrative from the past or is to have been historical.
__________________4. It is the energy of a story.
__________________5. This is the feeling conveyed at the start of the story.