Department of Education
Schools Division of San Carlos City, Pangasinan
Turac National High School
Grade 7 English, 1st Quarter Exam
Name: ________________________
Multiple Choice: Read each item carefully, encircle
the letter of the correct answer.
1. If doctor: patient; then teacher:________
a. Children
b. Student
c. School
d. Book
2. A program in which its purpose is to share and
distribute information and broadcast programs
via network computers.
a. Internet-based program
b. Weather report
c. News Flash
d. Software
3. What is a niche audience?
a. a group of people who read or watch
media
b. people who like to read news and
tutorials.
c. a select group of people with a specific
interest
d. people who are part of the trend
4. A type of media resource which aims to
release non-fiction, well-researched materials,
reality and facts to the public.
a. News flash
b. Weather report
c. Documentary
d. a and c
5. What media resource presents a single item
of important news that is aired separately and
often interrupts other programs.
a. Weather report
b. Emergency news
c. Trailers
d. News Flash
6. What is a passive voice?
a. the subject is performing the action and the
subject usually comes before the action in
the sentence.
b. the subject always comes last and the
object and verb can interchange at the
beginning of a sentence.
c. It is the opposite of an active voice which
usually has the object of the sentence at
the beginning.
d. the subject is being acted on by the verb
and the subject typically comes after the
action.
Grade level & Section: ____________
7. What is an active voice?
a. It is the opposite of the passive voice which
always has the subject of the sentence at
the beginning.
b. the subject is performing the action and the
subject usually comes before the action in
the sentence.
c. the subject is being acted on by the verb
and the subject typically comes after the
action
d. the subject always comes last, and the
object and verb can interchange at the
beginning of a sentence
8. How is an active voice constructed?
a. subject + verb + object
b. object + verb +subject
c. doer + object
d. subject + adjective + object
9. How do you construct a sentence into a passive
voice?
a. subject + verb + object
b. object + verb +subject
c. doer + object
d. subject + adjective + object
10. Which among the choices is the past tense of the
verb in the parenthesis in this sentence: The
students (clap) their hands after their
classmate’s graduation speech.
a. Clasped
b. Clup
c. Clapped
d. Clopped
11. Which among the choices completes the
sentence? The teacher ______ us the story, “My
Father goes to Court” last week.
a. taught
b. teached
c. thought
d. telled
12. What is a simple past tense?
a. used to talk about past events that
happened over a period of time
b. determines a point in the past that you want
to reference for an event that happened
even earlier
c. shows that you are talking about a past
event that is still true to the present.
d. shows that you are talking about an action
that is finished.
13. What does the past perfect tense present in a
sentence?
a. shows that you are talking about a past event
that is still true to the present.
b. allows you to convey the sequence of the
events and in expressing a condition and a
result
c. used to talk about past events that happened
over a period of time
d. shows that you are talking about something
from the past that is already finished.
22. What is the difference between a phrase and a
clause?
a. A phrase expresses a complete thought
while clause does not
b. A clause expresses a complete thought while
a phrase does not
c. A clause contains only one part of speech
while a phrase always has a verb and a noun
d. A phrase contains only one part of speech
while a clause always has a verb and a noun
e.

14. Which among the choices completes the 23. All of the following are true about a sentence
sentence? Jena ____ (pass) her assignment EXCEPT one:
exactly at 12 midnight yesterday. a. It expresses a complete thought
a. Passes b. It has at least one subject and one predicate
b. Posed c. It may not have a predicate, but it must
c. Passed always have a subject
d. Pass d. It ends with a period, a question mark, and/or
an exclamation point
15. A type of speech where someone reiterates
something said or written by another person, 24. Which groups of punctuation marks are used to
without making the use of exact words. end a sentence?
a. Direct speech a. Period, comma, question mark
b. Indirect speech b. Period, comma, exclamation point
c. Locutionary speech c. Period, question mark, exclamation point
d. Illocutionary speech d. Period, question mark, semi-colon

16. A type of speech where someone relays 25. Is/are reading techniques that use rapid eye
information exactly how it was said or written movement and keywords to move quickly
b. Direct speech through text for slightly different purposes.
c. Indirect speech a. Skimming
d. Locutionary speech b. Scanning
e. Illocutionary speech c. Screening
d. The first two options

For Items 17-21, Identify whether the following 26. Skimming helps you to:________.
statements are true or false: a. find particular facts
b. answer questions requiring factual support
17. An indirect speech is quoted from the speaker’s c. determine the main idea
standpoint d. provide proof for claims
a. True
b. False 27. Scanning helps you to:________.
a. Preview an article you are about to download
18. Quotation marks are used to indicate a direct b. Locate a particular information
speech c. Have and idea what a text is about
a. True d. Look for a general concept
b. False
28. The following statements are true about
19. A phrase has both a noun and a verb skimming and scanning EXCEPT:
a. True a. Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a
b. False general overview of the material, while
scanning is reading rapidly in order to find
20. A clause can sometimes express a complete specific facts
thought b. Skimming is like snorkeling, and scanning is
a. True more like pearl diving.
b. False c. Skimming and scanning helps a reader to
save time while getting information they need
21. A phrase makes up a sentence d. All the statements above are correct about
a. True skimming and scanning
b. False
29. If a news flash presents news that are short
broadcasts important news, which among the
choices best describes what type of news is a
weather report?
a. a media resource that forecasts weather
conditions in a specific area.
b. a short clip that is part of a news program that
tackles climate change.
c. Can be accessed through the television and
online which tells about the weather.
d. a and c
30. Krisha was watching her favorite noon time
show, It’s Show Time, when it was suddenly
interrupted by a news report about Russia’s war
with Ukraine. What type of media resource
interrupted the show that Krisha was initially
watching?
a. Documentary
b. Trailer
c. News Flash
d. Breaking TV
31. The tutorial Ben watched specifically features
how to write an effective news article. What type
of audience was considered by the creator of this
type of media?
a. broadcast audience
b. lay audience
c. mainstream
d. niche audience
32. Which among the choices shows the active
voice form of this sentence: The submission
portal for our final assignment was closed by our
adviser at 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
a. At 1:00 pm, the submission portal was closed
by our adviser.
b. Our adviser closed the submission portal of
our final assignment at 1:00 pm.
c. The submission portal for our final
assignment was closed at 1:00 pm by our
adviser.
d. Closed was the submission portal of our final
assignment by 1:00 pm, this was done by our
adviser.
33. Which among the sentences below is NOT
written in the passive voice?
a. The vase on the teacher’s table was broken
by someone.
b. Penicillin was discovered by Flemming.
c. They will advertise the product on television
by tomorrow.
d. One type of air pollution is caused by
hydrocarbons.
34-36. Complete the paragraph by choosing the
appropriate tense of the verb in the parenthesis.
Lorraine (a. have slept; b. had slept; c. slept) early
but still (a. had woke up; b. had woken; c. woke
up) late despite her mom shaking her in her sleep.
As a result, she still (a. arrived; b. had arrived; c.
did arrive) late for her first day of face-to-face
classes
37. Which of the following is an indirect speech
a. The teacher told us to “carry on with the
reporting and record the meeting”
b. The teacher instructed the students to carry
on with the reporting and record the meeting.
c. The teacher is in a corporate meeting so she
cannot attend
d. The teacher instructed the mayor to facilitate
the reporting
38. Which of the following is a direct speech
a. he told me that the life of my dreams will be
promised and someday be mine
b. he told me that my power would grow like
grapes that thrive on a vine
c. he told me that the man of my dreams will be
just out of reach; betrothed to another
d. “Oye, Mariano’s on his way!” yelled abuela
as she sees the suitor at the end of the road
For Items 39-41, choose the subordinating
conjunction that best suites the sentence
39. Grace looks even better ____ she smiles.
a. If
b. When
c. Because
d. so
40. We had to call the mechanic _____ the engine
broke.
a. Since
b. Although
c. When
d. because
41. She wouldn’t pick up my calls, ____ I went to her.
a. So
b. Once
c. While
d. Although
Read the following paragraph to answer the next
two questions
Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and
illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by
drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of
them. The rules state that a driver must keep
sufficient distance from the vehicle in front to stop
safely and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a
minimum two seconds’ gap between their vehicle
and the one ahead. At sixty kilometers an hour, this
equates to thirty-three meters; at a hundred it
equates to fifty-five meters. More distance is needed
to safely stop in rain or poor visibility.
42. Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe because:
a. all rear end collisions are caused by drivers
following too close to the vehicle in front.
b. it may not allow sufficient time and space to
stop and avoid a collision.
c. it is against the road rules.
d. it is a reckless practice.
43. ‘More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or
poor visibility.’ We can infer from this that:
a. people drive faster in rain and poor
visibility.
b. the writer is merely calculating on the
safe side.
c. braking is more hazardous in rain and
poor visibility.
d. the road rules state that this must be so.
e. All of these.
44. Which among the choices below describe the
DIFFERENCE between a documentary and a news
flash?
I. note-worthiness of the news/ information
II. credibility of information, facts presented
III. The length of presentation of information
IV. Immediacy and details of the information
presented.
a. I, II, III and IV
b. I, III, and IV
c. III and IV
d. I and III
45. Are crime documentaries made for mass
audience/mainstream consumption?
a. No, it’s made to attract people who are
specifically interested in crime stories or
cases.
b. Yes, though specific, it still aims to inform
the public of important events that can teach
them to be cautious.
c. No, it’s because only a few people know
about these types of documentaries, and I
personally do not watch them.
d. Yes, because documentaries can be viewed
by anyone at any time, unlike media that
need subscriptions from specific interested
people.
46. Is the sentence below written in the passive or
active voice? Why?
After teaching passive and active voice, the teacher
gave us an activity to be submitted by the end of
the day.
a. active voice, because even though the
action is in the first part of the sentence, it is
separated by a comma. Hence, the object of
the sentence is not acted upon.
b. passive voice because of the “by”, which
indicates that a sentence is written in the
passive voice.
c. passive voice because the act
d. active voice because the action is that the
teacher gave an activity, while the first part
of the sentence is a dependent clause.
47. How will you reconstruct the sentence below
while using the past perfect tense of the underlined
word to make it clearer and more specific?
Melissa left her dog untied this morning and arrived
to see that her couch was torn to pieces.
a. The couch was torn to pieces when Melissa
arrived because she left her dog untied this
morning.
b. Melissa had left her dog untied this morning.
She arrived seeing her couch torn to pieces.
c. The couch had been torn to pieces by
Melissa’s dog for being left untied this
morning.
d. Unfortunately, Melissa had left her dog
untied this morning and saw that her couch
was torn to pieces when she arrived.
48. Which of the following is most likely the indirect
speech of “I’m seeing my brother tomorrow.”
a. He misses his brother so he will see him
tomorrow
b. He is busy tomorrow
c. He will be seeing his brother the following
day
d. He already has plans for the next day
49. Which of the following statements expresses a
complete thought:
a. The flowers are blooming beautifully.
b. Are blooming beautifully.
c. The beautiful flowers and bees.
d. The beautiful flowers.
50. Go back to the passage for items 42 and 43.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
a. Drivers should not drive too close to the
vehicle they are following
b. What drivers should do to avoid tailgating
c. Tailgating is the cause of many rear-end
collisions
d. All of the above
Prepared by:
MS. JIREH A. CERALDE
Subject Adviser, English 7
Key Answer:
26. c
1. b 27. b
2. a 28. d
3. c 29. a
4. c 30. c
5. d 31. d
6. d 32. b
7. b 33. c
8. a 34. b
9. b 35. c
10. c 36. a
11. a 37. b
12. d 38. d
13. b 39. b
14. c 40. d
15. b 41. a
16. b 42. b
17. b 43. b
18. a 44. c
19. b 45. b
20. a 46. d
21. a 47. d
22. d 48. c
23. c 49. a
24. c 50. b
25. d