Department of Education

Region III
Schools Division of Zambales
Barangay Lauis ,Candelaria, Zambales

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
SY: 2019-2020

GRADE: 7 SUBJECT: English

SECTION: Dalton, Sampaguita, and Waling-waling GRADING PERIOD: First

No. of Percent No.

Item
Learning Competencies Days age of
Placement
Taught (%) Items
Listen to discover literature as a means of 4 10 5 1-5
connecting to a past.
2 6 3 6-8
Identify the elements of the story.
Identify the genre of a material use the correct 2 4 2 9-10
stress in reading the word
2 6 3 11-13
Use the correct stress when reading the word.
Use the correct intonation pattern in reading 4 10 5 14-18
sentences.
8 20 10 19-28
Observe the correct subject verb agreement.
Use the structural analysis to determine the 4 10 5 29-33
meaning of unfamiliar word.
Distinguish the features of proverbs, idioms, slang 4 10 5 34-38
and colloquial.
1 2 1 39
Determine the purpose of the author.
Identify the images expressed in the lines from a 4 10 5 40-44
story.
2 4 2 45-46
Determine the tone of feeling of the speaker.
3 8 4 47-50
Identify the mood expressed by the speaker.
Total 40 100% 50 50

Prepared by:
Checked by:
NORA P. EBANA
JASON F. FARIÑAS, Ed. D.
Teacher III
Head Teacher I

Noted:

EVA D. CARANTES, Ed. D.

Principal II
 FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION: ENGLISH VII
SY:2019-2020

NAME: _________________ GRADE & SECTION: ________ SCORE:________________

Parent’s Signature_________________________
I.Listening text: Listen carefully to the selection to be read by the teacher. Then answer the questions below:

The Legend Of The First Rainbow

A farmer noticed that a wall he built keeps getting knocked down. He waited one evening and surprised
three star maidens. Two were able to escape while one was left behind because the farmer hid her magic
wings; they got married and had a son.
One day, the star maiden found her missing wings hidden near their house. She wore them and took her
son up to her sky world.
The gods take pity on the farmer and so they built a rainbow so that the mortal can sometimes climb up
to the sky to visit his wife and son.

ANSWER Direction: Choose and write the letter corresponding on your answer on the space provided for.
1.Who caught the tree star maiden? A. Farmer B. God C. Star D. Son
2. What happened when the star maiden found her missing wings?
A. She hangs them into the sky. B. She wore them and took her son to her sky world.
C. She got them and tore them D. She took them and throw it away.
3.What did the gods do to help the farmer visit his wife and his son in the sky world?
A. The gods built bridges B. The gods built the rainbow.
C. The gods built a stairway. D. The gods built a sky way.
4.Which is true according to the selection?
A .The gods pitied the farmer B. All the star maidens’ escaped away.
C. The star maiden did not escape the farmer. D. The farmer and one star maiden had two sons.
5. The selection explained the____ of the rainbow. A. Story B. Legend C. Epic D. Novel

II. Reading and Literature: Read the story below, and then answer the question 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 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 pounded the rice, then she raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.
Immediately the sky began to rise, and 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.
ANSWER Direction: Choose and write the letter corresponding on your answer on the space provided for.
6.Who is the main character in the story? A. Spinster B. A Villager C. A farmer D. A Pitcher
7. “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
8. 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 around her neck and hangs them in the sky.
9. Which literary genre the excerpt is taken from? A. Epic B. Legend C. Myth D. Proverb
10. What kind of narrative text is a story that explains a natural phenomenon or an early history of
people? A. Proverb B. Legend C . Fable D. Myth

III. SPEAKING: A.STRESS

Choose the correct Stress mark above the accented syllable. LETTER
ANSWER
ONLY.
11. A. Promise B. Promise C. Promise
12. A. Beautiful B. Beautiful C. Beautiful
13. A. Immortal B. Immortal C. Immortal

B.INTONATION PATTERN

Intonation Pattern: Tell whether the following sentences follow

ANSWER (A) Rising-Falling Intonation (B) Rising Intonation pattern. Write the letter
of your answer.
14. Do you like to be a hero?
15. I’m a scholar. How about you?
16. I love to go to the garden.
17. Are you honest?
18. Yes , I am.
IV.GRAMMAR: A.SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT.

ANSWER Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
19. Stones in the sky, he who (get, gets) hit should not get angry.
20. .A tree that bears fruit (is, are) often hurled at.
21. Either the myth or legend (has, have) unique features.
22. Literature and history always (goes, go) together.
23. Five yards of cloth (is, are) not enough for all the participants.
24. Some of the food of the gods and goddesses (is, are) still a secret to
the people.
25. The number of young generation (like, likes) to read stories about
love and affection.
26. A myth and a legend of every country (depict, depicts) its culture
and traditions.
27. Two –thirds of the farm ( is, are) planted
28. One –half of the coconuts ( is, are) to be sold.
IV.B. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: AFFIXES

ANSWER Choose the correct PREFIX or SUFFIX to be added to the root word.
29.Maria________-plored the gods to give her the soul of her beloved. Which of the following
prefixes best completes the highlighted word? Which of the following prefixes best completes
the highlighted word? a. de- b . ex-- c. im-- d. in--
30.Mabaning, husband of Lawanen, entered a particular section in heaven for the ____________
of Bantugan soul. (retrieve) Using the highlighted word inside the parenthesis, which suffix
appropriately forms a new word to fill in the blank? A.. --ance B. --ity C.---ment D. ---val
31. Give the prefix of extraterritoriality
32. Give the suffix extraterritoriality
33. Give the root word of extraterritoriality

C. PROVERBS AND IDIOMS

ANSWER Choose the correct answer on the space provided for. Letter only.
34. When we need to act, he never delays and says, “Let’s hit the road”. The highlighted
sentence is an example of_______. A. Proverb B. Idiom C. Familiar D. Slang
35. “What are you up to later?” Which form of language is the highlighted word in the sentence?
Be specific to your answer. A. Colloquial B. Proverb C. Slang D. Idiom
36. 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
37. Which meanings best explains this line.” The grass is always greener on the other side of the
fence.”
A. Don’t worry 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.
38. Her son usually misbehaves with a relative, but she doesn’t find anything wrong in him.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.. this means that_________.
A. It is best to explains to those who never listen.
B. It is better to talk to those who refuse explanation.
C .It is useless explaining to those who want to be corrected.
D. It is useless explaining to those who do not want to understand.

39. 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

D. SENSORY IMAGES

ANSWER , IDENTIFY the senses to which the following lines appeal. Letter only.
40. “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” Best appeals to the sense of_____________.
A. Sight B. Smell C. Sound D. Taste
41. 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. Sight B. Smell C. Sound D. Taste
42. The thunder makes them tremble. A. Sight B. Smell C. Sound D. Taste
43. The sweet and sour pork adobo last in my memory.
A. Sight B. Smell C. Sound D. Taste
 44. The rotten fishes were discovered by the fisherman.
A. Sight B. Smell C. Sound D. Taste

E. TONE

ANSWER The passage below suggests a/an ______________ tone as a whole. Letter only.
45. One day, after one of their secret meetings, Luna went back to the heavens and told her
secret to one of her cousins. A. Cheerful B. Sorrowful C. Surprised D. Angry
46. Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers up around the child neck, and
carefully quietly left the room making sure to leave a comforting ray to light shining through the
opened door should the child wake.
A. Light B. Formal C. Serious D. Gloomy

F. MOODS

ANSWER Identify the mood or feeling of the speaker. Letter only.

47. “Hurry!” pleaded the giant, who strained to keep his itchy legs still.
A. Afraid B. Anxious C. Joyful D. Sad
48. The Datu responded, “My people and I are grateful to you and your brother
Sulayman”’.
A. Fanciful B. Suspenseful C. Thankful D. Sorrowful.
49. When a person shrugs his shoulders, this means that he is
in________________________
A. Anger B. Doubt C. Happy D. Surprised
50. She walks with chin up, as she goes up to the stage to receive her awards. Chin
up signifies_________
A. Fear and tension B. Confidence and pride
C. Anger and frustration D. Happiness and contentment