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Makati City
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
SECOND QUARTER
SCHOOL YEAR 2020-2021
ENGLISH GRADE 7
PREPARED BY:
MERCY L. PRIOL
CRISTINE SALUDO
ALVIN SOLIVEN
NOTED BY:
APPROVED BY:
ROSALITO N. PALATAN
PRINCIPAL
SECOND QUARTER MODULES 1 AND 2, SUMMATIVE TEST 1
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT JUNIOR HIGH GRADE 7
Read each item carefully and write the letter of the most correct answer on the blank provided before each number.
No erasures. PLEASE RETURN AND SUBMIT THIS TEST PAPER TO THE GUIDANCE AS INSTRUCTED,
THANKS.
Choose the best answer. Write the letter of your answer on each blank provided before the number.
___ 21. Brainstorming some research topics is the first step in writing a research.
___22. When you do your research you should try to rephrase and paraphrase the details that you will get from the
website.
___23. Traditional library or book can no longer be used in your research.
___24. A website is only organized and maintained by a government.
___25. A website can be accessed using different devices.
I. Direction: Read each article and then choose the letter of the best answer.
1. The shortage of water caused by the El Niño phenomenon has worsened due to
irresponsible human activities. This mismanagement of renewable resources also had an
adverse effect on the environment. Because of the overuse of the ground water, the agricultural
produce that depends on it has diminished. Water pollution due to improper waste disposal is
threatening marine life and the existence of other plants and animals. In some places, water
has become an expensive commodity. A study made by the Asian Development Bank shows
that Manila’s poor spend as much as twenty percent of their income on water sold by private
companies at rates higher than those government-owned utilities.
A. Development Bank says that that the people are responsible for the water shortage.
B. Water becomes expensive due to El Niño phenomenon, overuse of ground water and
water pollution.
Coconut
2. The coconut tree is called the tree of life. Almost every part of it has important use to
man’s living. It provides food and water, materials that have practical uses. The fleshy part of
the fruit is edible for food consumption while the water is known to be beneficial for the body.
Even the coconut shell are used as vessels or containers for food or liquid or it can be made
into charcoal while the husk can be made into household materials like floor polisher, brush
or mats. Others, who make them a source of living, process the shells into charcoals. The
midribs of the leaves are used to make a broomstick. The leaves are used as house roof, wall,
rice cake wrappers and baskets. It is indeed one of nature’s blessing to every land that has
bounty of this.
A. The coconut tree is called the tree of life.
B. Every part of the coconut tree has different uses that include food, water,
household, materials and charcoals.
3. Disposing garbage and other wastes is a problem in the city and some other places. Some
people heedlessly throw their garbage or other waste materials into the creeks and other
waterways nearby. Unfortunately, these won’t just vanish into thin air. They clog the creeks,
choke the drainage and harm marine animals, plants and their habitat. People will reap the
bad effects in the end.
A. Garbage disposal clogs waterways and harm animals and it is a major problem in the
city and some places.
B. Some people in the city and some places, throw garbage that clogs the water and
pollute marine animals and plants which is harmful to humans in the end.
4. Information campaign and clean up drive should have taught us to be more responsible in
protecting our environment. But these may not be enough since people who are used to it,
which is a habit, tend to forget or they are not easily adaptive to the change unless the law
against improper disposal is strictly enforced. Reversing this habit takes practice and needs
someone to assist or guide. Like the simple practice in the classroom, a teacher asks the
student to pick up his litters on the floor and put them where they are supposed to be. It may
take time for the student before he develops this habit of throwing his garbage in the waste
basket.
A. It takes a lot of practice and guidance to fully observe the proper disposal of wastes.
B. Students develop the habit when they follow every time a teacher asks them
to pick up their litters on the floor and put them where they are supposed to be.
5. Bullying happens. The most vulnerable victims are young people specially, students who
meet in school and outside and in an online setting such as the social media. They receive
verbal or physical attacks ranging from simple teasing, taunting to a more serious or
threatening acts from the bully. Each in turn would feel threatened and would respond in
different ways. But it is a traumatic experience that results to anxiety and depression. The
person then has the tendency to commit suicide. Loss of confidence is another negative effect.
The victim may begin to demonstrate lack of interest in his or her studies or show low
performance in school. Finally, when the bully gets physical, the victim may obtain injuries
A. The victims of bullying are students who receive verbal or physical attacks from simple
teasing to a more serious act.
B. Bullying becomes traumatic experience that can result to lack of confidence and
interest in studying, physical injury and suicidal acts.
6. What is the text type that traditionally needs to be read from beginning to the end?
A. linear text B. short text C. common text D. non-linear text
7. Which text is combined with visual elements and its reading path is non-sequential?
A. linear text B. short text C. common text D. non-linear text
8. What is the representation of a data that includes symbols or legends?
A. images and captions C. drawings and paintings
B. charts and graphs D. advertisements and
9. Which of the following is an example of a linear text?
A. article B. histograms C. maps D. pie graph
10. Which of the following is an example of a non-linear text?
A. essay B. flowcharts C. letters D. poems
For items 11 and 12. Study the chart then answer the questions that follow.
II. Direction: Read each statement. Determine if it is a fact or opinion and write it on the
blank.
_________ 16. The Great Wall of China is an ancient Wall in China.
_________ 17. I think hamburgers are very healthy for you.
__________18. Cigarettes cause lung cancer.
__________19. Country living is the only way to live.
__________20. England is a nation of pet-lovers.
__________21. French fries taste better with ketchup.
__________22. Solid, liquid, and gas are the three states of matter known to Science.
__________23. Apples are healthy.
__________24. There are 12 months in a year.
__________25. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician and the president-elect of
The United States of America.
III. Direction: Write at least two (2) to three (3) paragraphs about “How I Spent My Christmas
Holiday”. (5 points)