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Quiz #1 in English7

1.-5. What reference will help you answer the following questions? Choose your answer from the box.

a. almanac

c. dictionary

b. atlas

d. encyclopedia

e. thesaurus

_______1. Which is the British spelling, theater or theatre?

_______2. What is the population of Bahrain in 2012?
_______3. What are the words synonymous to bliss?
_______4. In what part of the world can you find the Pacific Ocean?
_______5. Who was the last general who surrenders to the Americans?
6.-10 Identify which reading technique should be used in each situation. Write AB for skimming or CD for Scanning.
_______6. You are looking for your classmates number from your phonebook.
_______7. You are task to identify the main idea of an article.
_______8. While watching Titanic you heard the word Samothrace. You want to look up its meaning from a dictionary.
_______9. Youre taking an entrance exam. You need to read a story and answer the questions that follow. You only have 20
minutes left.
_______10. Your teacher instructed you to find the main characters in the folktale The Cycle of the Sun and the Moon.
11.-20. Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence. Write S for Simile, M for Metaphor, or P for Personification.
_______11. You have always been my guardian angel since you became y friend.
_______12. Can we pretend that airplanes in the night are like shooting stars? (B.oB)
_______13. Missing him was dark grey all alone. (Taylor Swift)
_______14. You are my golden star. (Bruno Mars)
_______15. The wind races furiously to the sea.
_______16. It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters. (Taylor Swift)
_______17. Your voice is as loud as thunder.
_______18. The poles of the fence sway to the rhythm of the strong wind.
_______19. Her beauty is like a flower that is about to bloom.
_______20. The walls of the office hear many sad stories.
21.-22.Alphabetize the following underlined words. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
21. Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.
1
2
3
4
5
6
a. 532416
c. 532146
b. 523416
d. 523146
22. A bubbling brook brings Briana great happiness.
1
2
3
4
a. 4132
c. 4312
b. 4231
d. 4321
23.-25. Arrange the following sets of words in correct alphabetical order. Encircle your answer.
23. terrorist
terrorism
terrorize
terrorization
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24. cracked
crashed
crossed
crush
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25. crisp
cripe
cripple
crispation
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If you fail to prepare you are preparing yourself to fail!
God bless!!!

Prepared by:
Ms. Rosel Bernadette A. Bautista