Grade 7 Exam
Grade 7 Exam
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO DEL NORTE
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Name:________________________________________Section:__________________
Read the stanza below, then answer the questions that follow.
1
Not yet, Rizal not yet.
2
The glory hour will come.
3
Out of the silent dreaming,
4
From the seven thousand-fold silence,
5
We shall emerge, saying: WE ARE FILIPINOS
1. Identify which among the following words is NOT an adjective.
a. emerge b. glory c. silent d. seven thousand-fold
2. What word is described in the fourth line?
a. hour b. silent c. seven d. silence
3. Pick out the synonym of ‘silent’.
a. active b. deep c. lively d. still
4. Which arrangement has a proper order of adjectives?
a. She is a little nasty spoiled girl. c. She is a spoiled little nasty girl
b. She is a nasty spoiled little girl d. She is a spoiled nasty little girl
5. Which statement is grammatically correct?
a. Angelique is the most beautiful Kapampangan.
b. Bryan sits in a comfortable loveliest armchair in the corner.
c. She wears a green, beautiful emerald.
d. This is the most tallest mountain.
III. Reading/Literature: Read the following excerpts/stanzas, then answer the questions that
follow. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
I am a Filipino – inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As such, I
must prove equal to a twofold task – the task of meeting my responsibility to the past, and the
task of performing my obligation to the future…
I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The East, with its languor
and mysticism, its passivity and endurance, was my mother, and my sire was the West that
came thundering across the seas with the Cross and Sword and the Machine…
26. What characteristic of a Filipino is exemplified by the speaker in the text?
a. proud b. respectful c. responsible d. sentimental
27. Which of the following ideas best explains the meaning of the phrase ‘glorious past’?
a. adventurous b. joyful c. rich d. sorrowful
28. Whom does the speaker refer to in the ‘West’?
a. Americans b. Chinese c. Japanese d. Spaniards
29. To what does ‘Cross’ in the last sentence of paragraph 2 refer?
a. Christianity b. Industrialization c. Revolution d. Western Values
For items 30-40 2pts. each
1
Beloved Land, let me explain to thee
2
Why thought of nearing death provokes a pain;
3
‘Tis not that I again shall never see
4
These orient isles of kindly sun and rain;
5
Not that the visionary spirit must
6
Forego the wonders she fondly schemed;
7
Not that the flesh must soon succumb to dust,
8
With Love’s avowals only half redeemed.
9
O my beloved Land, whose air I breathe,
10
Whose bounty is my daily sustenance,
11
How sad to leave with nothing to bequeath,
12
Thy weal to serve, thy glory to enhance;
13
How shameful, finally, to dare to rest
14
My thankless dust upon thy noble breast.
30. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem in its first four lines?
a. aabb b. abab c. abcd d. abba
31. The phrase ‘beloved land’ in line 1 symbolizes…
a. country b. home c. province d. world
32. The language used in line 2 appeals to the reader’s sense of…
a. sight b. smell c. taste d. touch
33. Which of these pairs of words does NOT have rhyme?
a. breathe – bequeath c. schemed - redeemed
b. enhance – breast schemed – redeemed d. thee - see
34. The word ‘provokes’ means…
a. to antagonize b. to humiliate c. to stale d. to stir up purposely
35. The persona in the poem implies that he is…
a. angry b. happy c. lonely d. sad
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO DEL NORTE
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Key to Correction
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. D
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. D
16. B
17. A
18. D
19. D
20. D
21. B
22. A
23. C
24. D
25. C
26. A
27. C
28. A
29. A
30. B
31. A
32. D
33. A
34. D
35. D