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HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

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1 QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
ENGLISH-7

NAME:______________________________________DATE:_____________SCORE:______/
70
GRADE & SECTION: __________________________________TEACHER: MS. Lenie L. Muncada

I AM A JOSEPHITE.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
I AM AN HONEST PERSON. 1. Follow directions carefully.
I DO NOT CHEAT, I DO NOT LIE. 2. Multiple answers are not allowed. A.
WHEREVER I AM. WHOEVER I AM WITH, 3. Type your answer in small letter/s
WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCE I WILL BE IN. EXCEPT ESSAY.
I’M PROUD TO BE A JOSEPHITE.
KNOWLEDGE

I. Identify the genre of the genre of the material viewed in each of the following
situations. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. (5 pts.)

1. Kyle was asked to watch the segment of Kuya Kim. “Weather, Weather Lang” in TV Patrol
to answer the given question regarding typhoon Ambo.
 a. News flash
b. Documentary
c. Internet-based program
d. Weather report

2. Ian, G7-student, was assigned to make a reaction paper regarding a short clip from the film,
“Ibong Adarna.”
a. Movie trailer
b. Weather
c. Internet-based program
d. Documentary

3. Lara wanted to list down the important points from the research-based reporting on bullying
of I-Witness in GMA 7.
a. News flash
b. Documentary
c. Internet-based program
d. Weather report

4. The “flash report” in GMA 7 interrupts the favorite show of Dan.

a. News flash
b. Weather report
c. Internet-based program
d. Documentary PIVOT

5. Daryle used Google to answer the activity in English.

a. News flash
b. Documentary
c. Internet-based program
d. Weather report

II. Choose the correct form of “to be” in past tense. (5 pts.)

1. It (be) _____ hot yesterday. (was, were)

2. She (be) _____ sleepy yesterday. (was, were)
3. You (be) _____ happy yesterday. (was, were)
4. I (be) _____ bored last day. (was, were)
5. We (be) _____ excited yesterday. (was, were)

B. PROCESS

III. Complete the analogies by identifying the missing items. (6 pts.)

1. Bird: _______ Fish: swim

2. Ant: six legs _________: eight legs

3. Zebra: mammals Snake: ________

4. Milk: cereal Bread:_________

5. Water: liquid Rock:_________

6. Manila: ___________ China: Beijing

IV. A-Revise the succeeding sentences using appropriate capitalization and punctuation
marks anyplace necessary. (10 points)
1. river yumana flows through agra
2. eiffel tower is the most famous monument in france
3. my brother is a singer
4. where have you been all this while
5. you look hot are you ill
6. come here at once
7. rohan is a smart boy
8. sania coudnt believe her eyes when she saw the bicycle

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 9. india is the seventh largest country in the world
10. mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra

B-Write the correct end marks on the blank lines. (7 Ppoints)

Have you ever wondered where your gas money goes____ The biggest portion goes to the
manufacturers of crude oil, the people who get the oil out of the ground. They take a whopping
72%____ The people who refine the crude oil, turning it into gasoline, earn about 9%. The
distributors, people who move the oil around, make 7% ___ You may wonder who the rest
goes____ Well, taxes account for the other 12% ___ Do you know how much the station
owners make___ They make as little as a few cents A GALLON___ Shocking, isn’t it?

V. A- Emphasize the correct past perfect tense of the verb in each sentence. (6pts.)
1. The witness (had testify, had satisfying, had testified) before the court adjourned.
2. I went to school after I (had recovered, have recovered, has recovered) from my sickness.
3. He (has read, had read, had reading) the novel before he saw the movie.
4. By the time I arrived home, he (had went, had go, had gone) to bed.
5. I asked him to pay my watch since he (had lost, had lose, had losing) it.
6. I (has clean, had cleaned, have cleanse) it off the door.

B-Get the main idea of the paragraph by reading the first and last sentence. (1pt.)
1. A 1993 study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment found that car
transport is seven times as costly as rail travel in terms of the external social costs it entails
- congestion, accidents, pollution, loss of cropland and natural habitats, depletion of oil
resources, and so on.

It is unrealistic to expect people to give up private cars in favour of mass transit.

VI. Transcode the non-linear text below into a paragraph form. (5pts.)

HOW STUDENTS SPEND THEIR TIMER

homework
8%
eating
9%

sleeping
39%
socializing
14%

school
30%

VII. In each type of genre of viewing, provide at least one television show or program
that you know which you can view from your television sets or through the internet.
(5 pts.)
Genres of Viewing Example television shows or Purpose
programs

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C. UNDERSTANDING

VIII. Underline the verb and tell whether it is active or passive. (5 pts.)

Example: Eve travels west each year. (active)

1. My brother Allan cooks like a pro.
2. Pieces and cakes are prepared at our place for any occasion.
3. Yesterday he made cheesecakes for Mrs. Elias, a neighbor who is confined to a wheelchair.
4. Eggs were beaten.
5. Flour was sifted.

XI. A-Read the paragraphs and answer the following questions. Write not less than five
(3) sentences. (5 pts. each)
Contents Mechanics CONTENT 3

4-5 relevant 1-3 misspelled words and MECHANICS 2

sentences/ideas- 3pts. mistakes in mechanics-1pt. /
2-3 relevant 4 misspelled words & mistakes in SPELLING
sentences/ideas-2pts. mechanics
TOTAL:
1-relevant sentences/ideas - and above-0 pt.
1pt.

No answer- 0pt.

The Grasshopper Duty

I was in the airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. I walked into the little free shop. The woman
who worked there decided to follow me around, maybe to keep an eye on me. And my eye fell
upon two boxes of perfume on a glass shelf, and in between them was a large green holding itself
perfectly still. I said to the woman, and gold grasshopper “A grasshopper?” And she said, “Yes, a
grasshopper.” And I said, “Oh? Is he alive?” And she said, “Yes, alive.” And then she turned and
walked away as if I we’re crazy to think that there would ever be a dead grasshopper between
their perfume bottles on a glass shelf.

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Did you know that water currents in the northern Pacific Ocean capture a huge amount of
garbage? Plastic and other types of man-made waste float on the surface and circulate below the
water. It is difficult to measure how much trash is in the ocean because a lot of the trash has
broken down into tiny pieces. As a result, this polluted region is more like “trash soup” than a solid
“island of trash” that is easy to see. Some reports estimate that this area, known as the Pacific
Garbage Patch, covers 700,000 square kilometers (270,000 square miles), while others say the
area is as big as 15,000,000 square kilometers (5,800,000 square miles).

The Pacific Garbage Patch causes many environmental concerns. The small pieces of
plastic in the patch are called “microplastic”; they are hard to collect and clean up. Microplastic
that escapes the garbage patch washes up on shores. In the United States, plastic pollution from
the patch is a big problem in coastal Alaska. Also, fish and other creatures, like sea turtles and
birds, think microplastic is food. Eating microplastic can harm animals; it can choke them, poison
them, and affect their ability to reproduce. People also consume fish that have eaten microplastic,
exposing them to harmful chemicals found in some plastic products.

1. How would you describe the Pacific Garbage Patch?

2. Why do you think the author of the text about the grasshopper asked the woman about the
grasshopper?

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B- In the genre: to inform (any topic), write a brief paragraph of no more than five (5)
sentences.

“The expert in anything was once a beginner” by Helen Kayes

Checked and approved by:

Mr. Reynaldo B. Molano Mrs. Cristina M. Pico

VPA, High School Department School Principal

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