Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR
MABILBILA INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Santa, Ilocos Sur

SECOND PERIODIC EXAMINATION

(English 7)

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ___________________Score: _____________

Grade & Section: _____________________________Teacher: ___________________________________

I. Direction: On identifying concepts, read the questions carefully and identify what is needed in each
item. Shade the letter of your answer.
A B C D
1. What happened to Delia after she saw Eddie broke her doll?
A. Delia scolded Eddie.
B. Delia fell down with her mouth foaming.
C. Delia bit Biryuk with stick to avenge her doll.
D. Delia talked to Eddie telling him not to do it again.
2. Why did Eddie throw a dead centipede in Delia’s lap?
A. because Eddie hated Delia
B. because Eddie did not like Delia’s dolls
C. because Delia was mean towards Eddie and his pets
D. because Delia wanted to take the pets of Eddie away from him
3. Where did Eddie find Biryuk?
A. by the river
B. in the forest
C. near the shore
D. beside their house
4. What does the speaker talk about in the poem “Gifts for the City”?
A. the beautiful sceneries
B. the ways on how to help the city
C. the hospitable people living in the city
D. the material things the city can provide us
5. How can a citizen become an aid in improving the city?
A. Plan green and shrubs.
B. Maximize burning plastics.
C. Throw wastes everywhere.
D. Dispose chemicals in the bodies of water.
6. In the story The Stranger, what was the profession of David’s father?
A. Doctor
B. Engineer
C. Reporter
D. Teacher
7. Where did David learn how to swim?
A. Cavite
B. Laguna
C. Manila
D. Pampanga
8. How did David and his classmates become friends?
A. David was friendly.
B. David saved the life of one of his classmates.
C. David begged his classmates to treat him as their friend.
D. David brought puto seco in school and shared it with his classmates.
9. Who is the speaker of the story The Stranger?
A. the author
B. the sister of the author
C. the friend of the author
D. the mother of the author

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 10. Why did David’s classmate consider him as a hero?
A. David adopted a street dog.
B. David won the interschool quiz bee.
C. David gave his classmates puto seco.
D. David saved the life of Pendong from drowning.
11. What part of the book will someone use if he/she wants to know the author’s reason or
purpose of writing the book?
A. Appendix
B. Bibliography
C. Index
D. Preface
12. You need to know the reference used by the author in writing the book, what part will
look at?
A. Index
B. Bibliography
C. Copyright
D. Preface
13. If you need to find a specific topic from a book without spending too much time
locating it, what part will you open?
A. Acknowledgment
B. Appendix
C. Dedication page
D. Table of Contents
14. In The Bread of Salt, what does the speaker usually buy every morning?
A. Bibingka
B. Pan de sal
C. Puto
D. Puto Seco
15. What is the talent of the speaker in the story Bread of Salt?
A. playing the flute
B. playing the violin
C. playing the piano
D. playing the drums
16. What does the speaker want to give to Aida?
A. cap and jacket
B. hairpin and bag
C. journal and bracelet
D. brooch and stationery
17. Why did the speaker get embarrassed during the Buenavista sisters’ gathering?
A. because he had a bad performance during the gathering
B. because Aida did not want him to join Pete Saez’ band
C. because Aida caught him sneaking sweets into his pocket
D. because Aida caught him eating some pandesal on the sidewalk
18. Who was the niece of an old Spaniard whom the speaker thought he was destined to
love?
A. Aida
B. Berto
C. Delia
D. Pete
19. In The Centipede, what did Eddie unwillingly let go because his sister complained
about it?
A. butterflies
B. dog
C. monkey
D. pigeons
20. Who gave the dead centipede to Eddie?
A. Aida
B. Berto
C. Delia
D. Pete

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 21. Which among the following is not an example of an Imperative sentence?
A. She is my favorite mentor.
B. Please help me find my ring.
C. Kindly take my laptop with you.
D. Kindly maintain the cleanliness of the room.
22. What kind of sentence aims to make a statement about a fact, make a point, or state
an idea?
A. Declarative sentence
B. Exclamatory sentence
C. Imperative sentence
D. Interrogative sentence
23. What makes Who are you with? an example of an Interrogative sentence?
A. It commands.
B. It asks a question.
C. It makes a statement.
D. It portrays extreme emotion.
24. When do we say that a sentence is an example of an Exclamatory sentence?
A. It commands.
B. It asks a question.
C. It makes a statement.
D. It conveys extreme emotion.
25. What punctuation mark should be used in an Exclamatory sentence?
A. Colon
B. Exclamation point
C. Question mark
D. Period
26. What do you call the word/s that connect two Independent clauses?
A. Action words
B. Auxiliary words
C. Linking words
D. Subordinate words
27. How does an Independent clause differ from Dependent clause?
A. Both Dependent and Independent clause can stand on their own
B. Independent and Dependent clause do not need subordinate word.
C. Dependent clause can stand by itself while Independent clause cannot because it
always starts with a subordinate word.
D. Independent clause can stand by itself while Dependent clause cannot because it
always starts with a subordinate word.
28. The girl left her purse ___ the laboratory. What word is suitable to use to fill the blank
in the sentence?
A. beneath
B. beyond
C. in
D. under
29. By the river, along the shore, under the table are examples of what phrase?
A. Adjective phrase
B. Noun phrase
C. Prepositional phrase
D. Verb phrase
30. What is the importance of subordinate words in communication?
A. It brings balance or equality.
B. It connects two or more clauses in a sentence.
C. It distracts the decoder in understanding the text.
D. It allows the decoder be responsible in comprehending the text.
31. What do you call the language that has a hidden or underlying meaning?
A. Expressive language
B. Figurative language
C. Literal language
D. Pragmatic language

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 32. In Simile, what words are used in comparing two unrelated objects?
A. as and is
B. as and we
C. like and as
D. like and is
33. What is the human quality that is given to a nonhuman thing in the sentence The
leaves whisper to the night?
A. leaves
B. night
C. the
D. whisper
34. What do you call the figure of speech where two contradictory words are put together?
A. Metaphor
B. Oxymoron
C. Paradox
D. Personification
35. Which among the following is an example of oxymoron?
A. Better best
B. Original copy
C. Silent charm
D. Vision mission

II. Direction: On conflict, identify the kinds of conflict in the following literary pieces. Write your answer
before each number.
_________________36. Bread of Salt. The boy dreams and desires of being with Aida cannot be
materialized because of the social class that he is in.
_________________37. The Centipede. Eddie is fighting the urge to confront Delia because of what
she does to his pets.
_________________38. Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo, a well-respected clansman of Umuofia clan,
struggles between the traditional strong masculine culture in a Nigerian Village
and the new customs brought by white missionaries.
_________________39. Ramayana. Rama’s wife was Sita but Ravana, the evil King of Lanka,
abducted her. Rama needed to get Sita away from the evil king.
_________________40. The Stranger. At the beginning of the story, David knew that he was not
welcome in his school because they consider him a stranger.
III. Direction: On Tone and Mood, determine the tone and mood conveyed in the following texts.
Shade the letter of your answer.
A B C D
41. Lola sat on the old, lumpy couch crying. She could let it all out here, alone in her
mother’s small, quiet apartment in Galesburg, Illinois.
A. delicious
B. pointless
C. very easy
D. very hard
42. I kicked three flowerpots down and locked myself in the bedroom.
A. angry
B. excited
C. insulting
D. sarcastic
43. "My eggs!" cried Chicken. "One of my eggs is missing! Yesterday I had twelve
eggs and today there are only eleven."
A. humble
B. regretful
C. sincere
D. sorrowful
44. You can ask her yourself. Why should I know anything about it? I replied, rudely.
A. formal
B. nice
C. rude

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 D. sarcastic
45. Why do these things always happen to me? First I forget an important meeting,
and nobody reminds me until it’s over. Then my boss dumps a big project on my
desk and wants it done by yesterday. And to top everything off, I leave my wallet
on the bus.
A. arrogant
B. optimistic
C. self-pitying
D. serious
IV. Direction: On the Figures of Speech, identify what figure of speech is used in the following
sentences. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
_______________46. It was lovely to wake up to the tweet of the birds outside my bedroom window.
_______________47. The water is as clear as a crystal.
_______________48. This popular literary piece is from unknown author.
_______________49. There is a real love hate relationship developing between the two of them.
_______________50. My classmate is a giraffe.

V. Direction: On Clauses, encircle the independent clause and fill in the blank with the appropriate
subordinate word used in each sentence.

Unless so before because but

51. I am going out tonight __________ I must get ready soon.

52. Global warming is a major problem, __________ it can be solved if we take action now.
53. I don’t know when I will be able to stop studying __________ I have many more exams.
54. You will never learn __________ you study.
55. __________ you do anything, you have to think of the possible consequences.

VI. Direction: On Plot Summary, summarize the story The Centipede by Rony V. Diaz. Write your
paragraph at the back of your paper.

VII. Direction: On Reading Comprehension, read the selection and answer the questions that follow.
Shade the letter of the correct answer.
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping
drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the
more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look
after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the
community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is
much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any
of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favor
of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least
satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less
we appear superior when we destroy them
A B C D
61. What is true from this passage?
A. Dolphins have a reputation for being friendly to humans.
B. Dolphins are proven to be less intelligent than once thought.
C. Dolphins don't want to be with us as much as we want to be with them.
D. Dolphins are capable of learning a language and communicating with humans.
62. What does the writer try to imply from the line “we can kill them more easily than they
can kill us”?
A. Humans are not superior to dolphins.
B. Dolphins are not the most intelligent species at sea.
C. Dolphins have a very sophisticated form of communication.
D. Dolphins are better adapted to their environment than we are.
63. What can be inferred from the reading?
A. Dolphins are quite abundant in some areas of the world.
B. It is not usual for dolphins to communicate with each other.
C. Communication is the most fascinating aspect of the dolphins.

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 D. Dolphins have some social traits that are similar to those of humans
64. What did scientists suggest about dolphins’ form of communication?
A. They have a distinct language they are using.
B. They can utter words just like what humans do.
C. They can hardly communicate with one another because they could not speak.
D. They have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with
each other without needing word.
65. Who do they regard dolphins?
A. They are the scariest creature.
B. They are the dumbest creature.
C. They are the friendliest creature.
D. They are the most amazing creature.

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