Construction of Achievement Test in English Grammar 7

Reference: Writer’s Choice Grammar and Composition: Grammar Practice Workbook Grade 7
Table of Specification (TOS)
Level Objective Item Numbers No. / %

1. Knowledge
Define a sentence and identify its essential components. 1, 2,

Identify sentence fragments as incomplete expressions. 3, 9 22.5

Recognize the standard punctuation for sentences. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

2. Comprehension 10, 11, 12, 13,

Differentiate between complete and simple subjects/predi-
14, 15, 16, 17, 10 25
cates.
18, 19
3. Application
Apply the rules of sentence formation to create well-structured 20, 21, 22, 23,
8 20
sentences. 24, 25, 26, 27

4. Analysis
Analyze sentences to identify and distinguish subjects and 28, 29, 30, 31,
8 20
predicates. 32, 33, 34, 35

5. Evaluation
36, 37, 38, 39,
Justify the appropriateness of punctuation and capitalization. 5 12.5
40

TOTAL 40 100

Prepared by:
Masallo, Yasmien Ianne
Submitted to:
Prof. Julieta Siclon
 Achievement Test in English for Grade 7

Instruction: Select the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.

a. I love pizza it's my favorite food.

1. What is a sentence?

a. A group of words b. I love pizza; it's my favorite food.

b. A complete thought with a subject and a c. I love pizza its my favorite food.
predicate
d. I love pizza, its my favorite food.
c. A collection of letters
7. What punctuation is used to indicate a strong
d. A paragraph emotion or emphasis in a sentence?

2. Which of the following is an essential component a. ,

of a sentence?
b. .
a. Capitalization
c. !
b. Verb
d. ;
c. Commas
8. Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated:
d. Exclamation mark
a. "Where are you going?," she asked.
3. What is a sentence fragment?
b. "Where are you going?" she asked.
a. A complete sentence
c. "Where are you going?" she asked,
b. A group of words that lacks a subject or a
d. "Where are you going?", she asked.
predicate

9. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation:

c. A complex sentence

a. She said "the meeting is at 3 o'clock".

d. A rhetorical question

b. She said the meeting is at 3 o'clock.

4. What is the correct standard punctuation for the
end of a declarative sentence?
c. She said, the meeting is at 3 o'clock.

a. !
d. She said "the meeting is at 3 o'clock".

b. ?
10. What is the complete subject in the sentence
"The colorful flowers in the garden bloomed beauti-
c. .
fully."?
d. ,
a. colorful flowers
5. Which punctuation mark is used to separate
b. bloomed beautifully
items in a list within a sentence?

c. in the garden
a. ;

d. The
b. :

11. Identify the simple predicate in the sentence

c. ,
"She danced gracefully at the party."
d. -
a. at the party
6. Select the sentence with correct punctuation:
b. danced
 c. She a. Running a marathon

d. gracefully b. requires

12. Which part of the sentence is the complete c. dedication and endurance
predicate in "The adventurous cat explored the mys-
d. and
terious cave."?

18. In the sentence "The ancient ruins, hidden in the

a. The adventurous cat
dense jungle, fascinated archaeologists," what is
b. explored the complete subject?

c. mysterious cave a. The ancient ruins

d. the b. hidden in the dense jungle

13. Choose the simple subject in the sentence "The
thunderstorm disrupted our outdoor picnic plans."
a. The thunderstorm
b. disrupted
c. fascinated archaeologists
d. dense jungle
19. Identify the simple subject in "The chef prepared
a delicious three-course meal for the guests."

c. outdoor picnic a. prepared

d. our b. The chef

14. In the sentence "My favorite book, filled with c. three-course meal
suspense, captivated my attention," what is the
d. for the guests
complete subject?

20. Which of the following sentences demonstrates

a. My favorite book
proper subject-verb agreement?
b. captivated my attention
a. The group of students is waiting for their
c. with suspense turn.

d. attention b. The group of students are waiting for

their turn.
15. Identify the simple subject in "Hiking in the
mountains provides a sense of accomplishment." c. The group of students am waiting for their
turn.
a. a sense of accomplishment
d. The group of students were waiting for
b. in the mountains
their turn.

c. Hiking
21. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a coor-
dinating conjunction:
d. provides

a. I finished my homework, but I did not go

16. What is the complete predicate in "The diligent
to the party.
student completed all assignments on time."?

b. I finished my homework, so I did not go to

a. The diligent student
the party.
b. all assignments
c. I finished my homework, nor I did not go
c. completed all assignments on time to the party.

d. on time d. I finished my homework, and I did not go

to the party.
17. Choose the simple predicate in "Running a
marathon requires dedication and endurance."
22. Which sentence is grammatically correct in 27. Select the sentence with proper use of apostro-
terms of parallel structure? phes:

a. He enjoys swimming, hiking, and to play a. The dogs barked loudly to announce its
tennis. arrival.

b. He enjoys swimming, hiking, and playing b. The dog's barked loudly to announce it's
tennis. arrival.

c. He enjoys to swim, hike, and playing ten- c. The dogs barked loudly to announce their
nis. arrival.

d. He enjoys to swim, hiking, and playing d. The dogs' barked loudly to announce
tennis. they're arrival.

23. Select the sentence that correctly uses a subor- 28. What is the subject in the following sentence?
dinating conjunction:
a. cat
a. Before the rain started, we had a picnic.
b. jumped
b. Before the rain started, we had a picnic
c. over
and.

d. the fence
c. We had a picnic before the rain started.

29. Identify the predicate in the sentence:

d. We had a picnic before the rain started,
but.
a. The

24. Which sentence demonstrates proper use of the

b. brown
passive voice?
c. fox
a. The cat chased the mouse.
d. quickly jumped over the lazy dog.
b. The mouse was chased by the cat.
30. In the sentence "She sings beautifully," what is
c. The cat was chasing the mouse.
the predicate?

d. The mouse and the cat chased each

a. She
other.
b. sings
25. Identify the sentence with correct subject pro-
noun usage: c. beautifully

a. Him and I went to the store. d. She sings beautifully

b. He and me went to the store. 31. Select the subject in the sentence: "The stu-
dents eagerly completed their assignments."
c. He and I went to the store.
a. eagerly
d. Me and him went to the store.
b. students
26. Which sentence is grammatically incorrect in
terms of verb tense consistency? c. completed

a. She will study for the exam yesterday. d. assignments

b. She studies for the exam every day.
c. She is studying for the exam tomorrow.
d. She will be studying for the exam tomor-
row.
32. Find the predicate in the sentence: "The myste-
rious stranger vanished into the night."
a. mysterious
b. vanished
 c. into 37. Which sentence demonstrates correct capital-
ization?
d. night
a. i enjoy reading books.
33. Which word functions as the subject in the sen-
tence: "Running swiftly, the athlete won the race." b. My favorite author is j.k. rowling.

a. Running c. The capital of france is paris.

b. swiftly d. Have you visited the grand canyon?

c. athlete 38. Identify the sentence with correct capitalization.

d. won a. my sister enjoys playing the piano.

34. Select the subject in the sentence: "Playing the b. we visited the eiffel tower in paris.
piano brings her joy."
c. The president of the united states is joe
a. Playing biden.

b. piano d. Have you seen the movie the lord of the

rings?
c. brings
39. Choose the sentence that uses correct capital-
d. joy
ization:

35. Find the predicate in the sentence: "The children

a. The president of the united states is visit-
eagerly opened their presents on Christmas morn-
ing.
ing."
b. The President of the United States is vis-
a. children
iting.

b. eagerly
c. The president of the United States is visit-
ing.
c. opened

d. The President of the united states is visit-

d. presents on Christmas morning
ing.
36. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation.
40. Identify the sentence with correct capitalization.
a. The dog barked loudly.
a. the nile river is the longest river in africa.
b. The cat meowed loudly
b. i have a friend who lives in new york city.
c. The bird sang, loudly.
c. The Great Wall of China can be seen
d. The horse galloped. Fast. from space.

d. she enjoys reading books written by

agatha christie.
Answer Key:
21. a
1. b
22. b
2. b
23. c
3. b
24. b
4. c
25. c
5. c
26. a
6. b
27. c
7. c
28. a
8. b
29. d
9. b
30. b
10. a
31. b
11. b
32. b
12. b
33. c
13. a
34. a
14. a
35. c
15. c
36. a
16. c
37. d
17. b
38. c
18. a
39. b
19. b
40. c
20. a