PRE-TEST IN ENGLISH 7

I. Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided before the number.

For items 1-3, identify the sense to which the lines appear.
______1. “Too many cooks spoil the broth,” best appeals to the sense of ________________.
a. Sight b. Smell c. Sound d. Taste
______2. Maria was tall and graceful. Her color was a clear, pure brown. Her eyes were big and black. Her hair was long and thick.
a. Hearing b. Sight c. Smell d. Touch
______3. Maria has long, black abundant hair which she usually decorates with pomelo flowers.
a. Sight b. Hearing c. Smell d. Touch
______4. When he needs to act, he never delays and says, “Let’s hit the road.” The highlighted sentence is an example of ______.
a. Proverb b. Familiar c. Idiom d. Slang
______5. “What are you up to later?” Which form of language is the highlighted word in the sentence? Be specific with your answer.
a. Colloquial b. Familiar c. Idiom d. Slang
______6. My mother said, “Half a loaf is better than no bread.” This is an example of a ___________.
a. Idiom b. Proverb c. Slang d. Colloquial
______7. Which meaning best explains this line, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”
a. Don’t become very upset by trivialities.
b. There is always better opportunity to choose from.
c. If you don’t see someone for a long time you like them better.
d. When a bad thing happens there is always a positive aspect to it.
______8. Writing a news article for her is just a piece of cake. What does the idiom a piece of cake mean?
a. The task is simple. c. The job is complicated.
b. The work is like a cake. d. The activity is very hard.
______9. In the beginning, Diwata made the sea and the land and planted trees of many kinds. Then she took two lumps of earth and
shaped them like human figures; she spat in them, and they became man and woman.(a Bagobo story) What is the author’s
purpose in writing this excerpt?
a. To amuse b. To argue c. To inform d. To persuade
______10. Which of the following is not a proverb?
a. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. c. Let the cat out of the bag.
b. A watched pot never boils. d. A sincere invitation is augmented a pull.
______11. Which of the following is an example of idiomatic expressions?
a. Cry over spilt milk c. As high as the mountain
b. Take your medicine d. Make a long story longer
______12. He visits our place once in a blue moon. The underlined idiom means it happens __________________.
a. Always b. Very rarely c. During the day d. During the night
For items 13-17, read the story below, then answer the questions that follow.
How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be
Bukidnon (Mindanao)
One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground a spinster went out to pound rice. Before she began her
work, she took off the beads from around her neck and the comb from her hair, and hung them on the sky, which at that time
looked like coral rock.
Then she began working, and each time that she raised her pestle into the air it struck the sky. For some time she
pounded the rice, and then she raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.
Immediately the sky began to rise, and it went up so far that she lost her ornaments. Never did they come down, for
the comb became the moon and the beads are the stars that are scattered about.
______13. Who is the main character in the story?
a. A spinster b. A villager c. A farmer d. A pitcher
______14. “One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground…” is the ________________ of the story.
a. Setting b. Plot c. Character d. Conflict
______15. What is the turning point of the story?
a. When she pounded on the rice.
b. When she did not see her comb anymore.
c. When she raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.
d. When she took off the beads from her neck and hang them in the sky.
______16. The literary genre the excerpt is taken from?
a. Epic b. Legend c. Myth d. Proverb
______17. What kind of a narrative text is a story that explains a natural phenomenon or an early history of people?
a. Proverb b. Legend c. Fable d. Myth
______18. There was loud “thump” coming from upstairs. “Thump, thump, thump!” is an example of what figure of speech?
a. Idiom b. Simile c. Metaphor d. Personification
______19. Which of the following is an example of oxymoron?
a. Bittersweet b. Smart as whip c. Sally sells seashells d. Raining cats and dogs

______20. What is the paradox in this statement? “Child is the father of the man.”
a. A man must be a father c. A father must have a child
 b. A child cannot be a man d. A child, by definition, cannot be a father
______21. What is an example of personification?
a. The dog barked loudly c. The cookies smell delicious
b. The trees swayed slightly d. The wind grabbed my scarf
______22. Rain races, ripping and restless in its rage. This sentence is an example of a/an:
a. Allusion b. Assonance c. Alliteration d. Consonance
______23. I tried thousand times to text her and get the answers to the test. This sentence is an example of a/an:
a. Irony b. Simile c. Hyperbole d. Oxymoron
______24. What statement is not a paradox?
a. Less is more c. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse
b. You have to be cruel to be kind d. You have to spend money to make money
______25. Find the prepositional phrase in this sentence:
Kathy the baker mailed a big package too her grandson.
a. Kathy the baker b. The baker mailed c. To her grandson d. Mailed a big package
______26. What question is being answered by the prepositional phrase?
Her family from the barrio decided to plan their trip later.
a. How many b. How or why c. When or where d. Which one or what kind
______27. The following is example of subordinate clause EXCEPT:
a. If you help me
b. When I lived in Manila
c. Because she goes running everyday
d. John did his homework before he went to bed
______28. What kind of speech is the statement below?
The doctor said that there are many wounded patients in the hospital.
a. Direct b. Reported c. Sentence d. Clause
______29. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. I’ve told you a million times to clean up your room.
b. The water was rising in the river because of the rain.
c. Her teeth are like stars because they come out at night.
d. Nerissa was so angry that steam was coming out of his ears
______30. If you were to construct a verb phrase of the prepositional phrase, of peach baskets, how would you do it?
a. Early hoops were constructed of peach baskets
b. Early hoops of peach baskets are admirable
c. Early of peach baskets hoops were constructed
d. Of peach baskets were constructed thru early hoops
______31. When you want to know the central idea of the story, what element would you consider?
a. Plot b. Theme c. Conflict d. Character
______32. In sensing the words that appeal to your sense of touch, what type of imagery do you consider?
a. Visual b. Tactile c. Olfactory d. Gustatory
______33. Marco likes to read the story, Seagull by Jonathan Livingston. His teacher asks about it and wants him to give a short
version of it containing its main point. What should he consider?
a. Note b. Precis c. Summary d. Paraphrase
______34. What will you use to know the meaning of bourgeoisie?
a. Atlas b. Almanac c. Dictionary d. Thesaurus
______35. If you want to check whether the book has attachments of other supplementary or related material, where will you look it?
a. Preface b. Appendix c. Bibliography d. Copyright page
For items 36-38, look for the word that does not confine with the meaning of each word.
______36. a. Cooperate b. Embrace c. Protest d. Welcome
______37. a. Benevolent b. Cruel c. Relentless d. Rude
______38. a. Bendable b. Flexible c. Pliant d. Stiff
______39. Which statement best states man vs man conflict?
a. Julio felt sorry sending his son to his compadre.
b. Jose was unaccustomed as he was to many things there.
c. Julio thinks that Ka Ponso will not grant his wish.
d. Since Julio’s family is not well-off in life; he needs to ask the help of other people to send his son to school.
For items 40-41, complete the sentence using an appropriate tense of verb.
______40. He (prepare) __________flowers for her to show how he cares but just received words that made him cry.
a. Prepares b. Prepared c. Prepare d. Will prepare
______41. Teacher Marc (take) __________ them pictures to make them start a move.
a. Take b. Takes c. Took d. Will take
______42. “Did I have a home-empty now, in the residential district and a wife and children, hiding in the provinces from the enemy
while Christmas was coming on?” what emotion did the narrator express thru this statement?
a. Desperation b. Distress c. Loneliness d. Misery
______43. Which of the following elements of a narrative text is shown by this phrase: “before noon of December 12, 1991.”?
a. Character b. Mood c. Theme d. Setting

______44. If you were to construct an active voice of the verb how would it be?
a. Mike accepted his decision scornfully. c. Mike has accepted his decision scornfully.
 b. Mike accepts his decision scornfully. d. Mike had accepted his decision scornfully.
______45. When you want to read a mind-creation narrative story, what would you consider?
a. Fictional b. Non-fiction c. Fairy tale d. Horror
______46. Change the voice of the verb.
Thea plays the role of a mother well.
a. The role of a mother is played by Thea well. c. Thea played the role of a mother well.
b. The role of a mother has been played by Thea well. d. Thea has played the role of a mother well.
______47. What kind of speech is the statement below?
“There are many wounded patients in the hospital,” the doctor stated.
a. Direct b. Reported c. Sentence d. Clause
For items 48-50, choose the correct logical connectors that will complete the sentence.
______48. The Philippines gained its independence from the Japanese ___________ thousands of lives were sacrifice.
a. Although b. Primarily c. Unless d. Until
______49. The Americans ___________the Filipinos worked hand-in-hand to protect the country.
a. As well us b. First of all c. In addition to d. To top it all
______50. We would have been conquered by other countries ___________they had given up.
a. However b. If c. Later d. Next