Pilar High School

Kisolon,Sumilao Bukidnon
8701 , Philippines
1st Mastery Test
ENGLISH 7
Name:_______________________________________________Score:________________
Section:_________________________

Directions: Choose the correct answer to the following questions. Write your answer on the
space provided before the number.
For number 1-10, identify the correct answer to the following descriptions. Choose your
answer from the box below.

Casual Conversations Speed Rate Tone

Skimming Volume Voice Projection

Colloquialisms Pitch Close Reading

Slang Scanning
________1. These are informal expressions that are used in everyday life
_______2. This refers to words or expressions that have only been invented from formal words
_______3. The highness or lowness of a tone.
_______4. The loudness or softness of a voice.
________5.The change of volume of the voice in relation to listener or audience.
________6. The speed with which you speak.
________7. A technique that enables you to search for specific information.
________8. It is to get the main idea by moving your eyes quickly.
________9. It enables you to extract detailed information.
________10. A conversation take place between family members or friends.
For numbers 10-15, Write the complete expressions of these colloquial terms on the lines.(2
points each)

1. whatcha doin’?
2.y’all
3.dunno
4.wanna
5.gonna
For numbers 16-25, Decide whether the figure of speech used in the sentence is Metaphor,
Simile or Personification. Write M if it is a Metaphor, S for Simile and P for Personification.
________16. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the
grocery store shelves. 
________17. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

________18. Those girls are like two peas in a pod. 

________19. The fluorescent light was the sun during the test.

. _______20. The flowers are dancing gracefully in the sunshine.

________21. The sunshine smiled back at me.

________22. She is as sweet as candy.

________23. My dad is a bear.

________24. The raindrops dance along the window pain.

________25. The light was the sun during our test.

For numbers 26-40, identify the genre being described by the situations below. Write your
answers before the number.

________26.She was frightened and scared due to the loud noise from the other house since no
one lives there for a long time.
________27. The reporter on the TV states that there are four victims during the earthquake in
Leyte.
________28.Superman rescued a young girl trap in a burning building.
________29. John is watching a TV show about how to do addition and subtraction of even
numbers.
_________30. Anna and her cousin were invited to sing and dance in a Sunday show.
_________31. My mother was crying after seeing a show about the life of a street children turn
into a successful teacher.
_________32. Jake and I were laughing while watching our favorite TV show every weekend.
_________33. Sofia and her cousins are enjoying watching their favorite character “ Dora the
Explorer”
___________34. Captain America is always there to help the poor people.
___________35. During we love to watch and be terrified by the movie “Chackie”.
For numbers 35-45, read the words silently and determine the correct stress fall of the following
words. Write your answers before the number.
___________36. Driver
a. DRIver c. DRiver
b. driVER d. DRIVER

___________37. Sunset

a. sunSET c. SUNset
b. SUNSet d. SunsET

__________38. Understand

a. unDERstand c. underSTAND
b. UNDERstand d. UnderSTAnd

_________39. Political

a. PolitICAL c. poLITIcal
b. political d. pOLItical

________40. Present(Noun)

a. preSENT c. PREsent
b. preSEnt d. PRESent

_________41. Fifteen

a. FIFTeen c. fifTEEN
b. FIFteen d. FIFTEen

________42. Record(Verb)

a. REcord c. reCORD
b. RECOrd d. recoRD
_________43. Myself

a. MYself c. mySELF
b. MYSELF d. MySelf

_________44. Love

a. LOVE c. loVE
b. LoVE d. Love

_________45. Thirty

a. THIRty c. thiRTY
b. Thirty d. THIRTY