SAUYO HIGH SCHOOL

NIA Village, Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City

SECOND PERIODIC TEST IN ENGLISH 7
S.Y. 2018-2019
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Choose and write the letter of the best answer on your answer sheet. Follow
directions as indicated.
I. STUDY SKILLS. In what part of the newspaper would you find the answer to each of the following
situations?
1. All of the following are found in the Editorial Page except _________________.
A. Editorial B. Opinion Columns C. Classified Ads D. Letters to the Editor
2. On what page can you find the current peso dollar rate?
A. Front Page B. Business Page C. Editorial Page D. Inside News Page
3. In what section of the newspaper can you find the comic strips?
A. News Page B. Sports Page C. Business Page D. Entertainment Page
4. If you want to know the name of the editor of the newspaper, turn to the _______________.
A. Editorial Page B. Entertainment Page C. Inside News Page D. Front Page
5. If you want to know the standing of the different universities in the UAAP, turn to _____________.
A. News Page B. Sports Page C. Business Page D. Entertainment Page
II. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following excerpts below then answer the questions that follow.

A. The old man walked straight to the tree. He bowed low, set down the bowl of milk, and
scattered the flowers around it. Then he pulled out a bamboo flute and, tripping around and around
the tree, softly pied a little ghost of a tune, very sad and monotonous, yet somehow frightening.
Frim the doorway, the boy and the goats watched him gravely. The tune finished, the old man
bowed low again, then walked out of the patio, closing the door behind him.

6. Which of the following phrases taken from the paragraph is metaphorical?

A. Pulled out of a bamboo flute B. Set down the bowl of milk
C. A walk out of the patio D. A little ghost of a tune
7. To what does the author compare the music played by the old man?
A. The wind B. The ghost C. The chirping of birds D. The whispering of the trees

B. That night our friar kept vigil in the sacristy. Pacing the stone floor, he said his beads,
clinging to them as to something familiar and benevolent, a part of the known world, a weapon
against the nameless, ageless, meaningless horror outside. He had witnessed gain the little
ceremony around the tree. Pausing at the window, he looked into the now silent patio. A slip of
moon was abroad’ the dense tree let fall its light in silvers. Upon the pavement, the bowl shown
luminous and mocking.

-Excerpt from the Legend of the Virgin’s Jewel by Nick Joaquin

8. Which of the following phrases describes the “beads” the friar holds?
A. The silent patio B. The light in slivers
C. The little ceremony D. The weapon against horror
9. To what do the “beads” in the paragraph refer?
A. Pearls B. Rosary C. Stones D. Necklace
10. How did Nick Joaquin describe the light falling from the dense tree?
A. Mocking B. Luminous C. In slivers D. Like a bowl

C. Many people have fear of animals that have been tamed and do not know what to do when
they encounter wildlings. Of course, people are compassionate toward any animal that is injured, because
they have a deep sympathy for their pain and suffering. But many people do not have the knowledge
about rehabilitation of animals, or how to store them in good health. It is a difficult experience when a
person must restrain a sick animal from moving and try to immobilize it long enough for a veterinarian or
other trained person to give it treatment.
11. What does the word restore mean as used in the third sentence?
A. rehabilitate B. conserve C. waste D. hard work
12. According to the writer, what should you do to a sick animal before a veterinarian arrives?
A. immobilized B. restored C. treated D. fed
13. What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?
A. to persuade B. to inform C. to entertain D. to narrate

D. Jay woke up early and prepared a cup of hot coffee for his mother. He was going to the
market to help clean the stall of the old butcher whose helper went away.
“Be careful, Jay, “the butcher said.
“I know you have no helper, “Jay answered. So I cleaned your stall before your meat
arrives.”
“You are very kind boy,” the butcher said. “How would you like to go back to school?”
“I like it very much,” answered Jay sadly, “But mother is sick and we have no money.”
The butcher nodded thoughtfully and then smiled at Jay. “You can go back to school if you like, “he
said.

14. Why did Jay go to the market?

A. sell meat in the market B. buy meat in the market
C. clean the street D. clean the stall in the market
15. How did the butcher describe Jay?
A. a very industrious boy B. a very charming boy
C. a very smart boy D. a very kind boy
16. Why does Jay need to work at the market?
A. He needs to earn money to buy food for himself.
B. He needs to earn money to support his sick father.
C. He needs to earn money to support his sick mother.
D. He needs to earn money to buy food for his siblings.

E. “Your daughter is going to the Philippines with you , Mrs. Tan?” the clerk asked the woman
as he scrutinized the passport application.
“Of course, she is going with me,” the woman said.
“I was born here,” the girl spoke tensely. “I am an American citizen. I will not go with you.”
“Oh yes, you’re going Lucille. You’re a Filipino, we are going home.”
“I will not go,” the girl said desperately. “No, my mother can’t make me go.”
The mother stared at her child hurt and weary. She had spent hours telling her about
her homeland. She herself never stopped thinking of it. Rice fields, glistening in the sun, nice people
talking to each other. That was home she thought, unlike here, I feel like a stranger longing to
belong.

“This is not your country,” she told her again and again. But the stubborn girl would repeat,
“This is my home. I am an American citizen. I will go to my father, he will not send me away.”

17. What is the topic of the passage?

A. people B. animals C. doctors D. veterinarians
18. What does the word scrutinized as used in the paragraph mean?
A. held carefully B. examined carefully C. read carefully D. received carefully
19. How do you describe a stubborn girl?
A. polite B. obedient C. hard-headed D. narrow minded
20. How does the girl feel when she spoke tensely?
A. angry B. lonely C. happy D. nervous
21. What does the pronoun she in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. clerk B. mother C. stranger D. daughter
22. Where are the characters probably in?
A. an airport B. an embassy C. the school D. the store
23. What is the dominant sensory image in paragraph 6?
A. sight B. smell C. taste D. touch
24. What was Lucille’s main reason for not going to the Philippines?
A. She didn’t like the idea. B. She wasn’t a Filipino.
C. She is an American D. She will go to her father.
25. How do you most likely feel when you feel like a stranger?
A. happy B. rejected C. welcome D. you don’t belong

III. POETRY INTERPRETATION

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

Soothing as Night Winds Are

By: Salvador B. Espinas
Love is gentle, love is quiet
Like any distant star,
Love is beauty, love is music
Soothing as night winds are

Love is patient and unselfish

Divine, true, neutral, fair
Love is ageless and immortal
Lost love is just somewhere

And the heart that abandons

Nurses a tender scar
Softly stabbing and yet sweetly
Soothing as night winds are.

26. What figure of speech is used in the following line? “Love is quiet like a distant star.”
A. personification B. metaphor C. simile D. metonymy
27. What is the predominant sensory image in the poem?
A. sight B. taste C. touch D. sound
28. What does the word nurses as used in the third stanza mean?
A. tries to cure B. consumes slowly C. manages with care D. medical assistant
29. To what is love compared to in the first line of the second stanza?
A. gentle and quiet B. beauty and music
C. patient and unselfish D. ageless and immortal
30. What is the general mood of the poem?
A. lively B. serious C. melodious D. gloomy

IV. Logical Organization: Arrange the jumbled sentences in logical order to form a coherent paragraph.
Use the letters A to E.
__________31. It whispered to another vessel of clay why they have set it there.
__________32. One day, the clay was lifted from its place and carried into a great church.
__________33. Then found out that it was surrounded with flowers.
__________34. Finally, the clay was contented and thanked its maker, because though an earthen vessel,
it held so great a treasure.
__________35. The other vessel answered that they are carrying a royal sceptre of lilies, the most
wonderful flower in the world.
V. Write S if the statement is simile, M if metaphor, and P if personification on your answer sheets.
36. The football player is a giant.
37. He is quick as a cat.
38. My student is an angel.
39. The candle danced in the dark.
40. The sunflowers nodded in the wind.

VI. GRAMMAR: Identify the kind of the underlined prepositional phrases. Write A if the prepositional
phrase is ADJECTIVE PHRASE and B if it is an ADVERB PHRASE.
41. We walked up the stairs.
42. My mom took a walk around the block.
43. I looked under my bed.
44. The girl looked behind the door for her friend.
45. During lunch we had a basketball tournament.
46. The book inside the bag is not hers.
47. The car traveled at a high speed.
48. For a fraction of the cost you can buy a watermelon.
49. The boy tried to finish the race at any cost.
50. The students in the canteen were very hungry.
Prepared by: Checked By:

Emyluz D. Cantor Carolina T. Junio

Master Teacher, English Dept.

Jhonalyn E. Gutierrez

Mary-Ann R. Guzman Nerissa G. Domingo

Head Teacher, English Dept.

Mary Joy D. Novida

Mildred P. Pagunsan Marivic B. Francisco

OIC/ Principal

Raquel M.Sumauang

Grade 7 Teachers
 ANSWER KEY

I. STUDY SKILLS
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. B
II. READING COMPREHENSION
6. D
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. D
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. D
21. D
22. B
23. A
24. B
25. D
26. C
27. C
28. C
29. C
30. C
III. LOGICAL ORGANIZATION
31. B
32. C
33. A
34. E
35. D
IV. FIGURES OF SPEECH
36. M
37. S
38. M
39. P
40. P
V. GRAMMAR
41. B
42. B
43. B
44. B
45. A
46. A
47. B
48. A
49. A
50. A