Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTENT OF EDUCATION
Region III- Central Luzon
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF TARLAC PROVINCE
BENIGNO S. AQUINO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
S.Y 2018-2019
Fourth Quarter Semi- Final Exam
ENGLISH 7

Name: ____________________________________________________________ Score: ______________

Grade Level & Section: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________

I. Read the instructions carefully.

Strictly NO ERASURES and write in CAPITAL LETTERS Only.

A. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is the underlying message of a poem.
a. Theme b. rhyme c. stanza d. poetic license
2. It is a series of lines group together.
a. poetry b. stanza c. meter d. symbolism
3. He was the author of a poem God said, “I made a Man”
a. Jose Gardo Vitug b. Jose Joaquin Villa c. Jose Garcia Villa d. Josephine Gonzales
4. She was the author of a story, A Shawl for Anita
a. Lolita M. Andrada c. Loleng Luzviminda
b. Maria M. Lozada d. Ma. Concepcion Gomez
5. She was the author of a literary piece –The Universals
a. Cleofe M. Lansangan c. Cleofe M. Bacungan
b. Fe Mendoza d. Maria Fe Gutong

B. Vocabulary. Identify what is asked then choose your answer from the box below.
Ire Taboo Knuckle Righteousness
Ere Incest Denigrate Benevolence
Deft Diversity Outlandish Wisdom
Culture Haughty Patriotism Nationalism

_____________ 6. An act of kindness.

_____________ 7. It is the love for one’s country.
_____________ 8. It means very strange and unusual.
_____________ 9. Society’s ways of life and beliefs,
_____________ 10. It is the knowledge gained from experiences.
_____________ 11. Doing and following what true and correct
_____________ 12. It means to say unfair comments to someone
_____________ 13. It means blatantly and disdainfully proud.
_____________ 14. It means having a sexual relationship to someone who is closely related to you.
_____________ 15. It means to bother or to annoy
_____________ 16. It is something that is avoided or forbidden for religious or social reasons.
_____________ 17. The fact of many different types of things or people being included in something;
_____________ 18. This word means to get with great difficulty,
_____________ 19. It means demonstrating skill and cleverness.
_____________ 20. A part of a finger at a joint where the bone is near the surface, especially where the finger joins the
hand.

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C. WH- Questions. Match the items in A with a suitable item from B

A B
__________ 21. How far a. ________________ is it from here to the nearest bus station?
__________ 22. How tall b. ________________ clubs have you joined so far? About 5 or more?
__________ 23. Which type of c. ________________ books are you interested in?
__________ 24. How old d. ________________ were you when you first get on a plane?
__________ 25. How much e. ________________ is your sister? She seems 1.75cm
__________ 26. How f. ________________ is a pencil box?
__________ 27. When g. ________________ did you start riding a bike?
__________ 28. What h. ________________ weren’t you at home? Tell me your excuse now.
__________ 29. How many i. ________________ is your opinion about this topic?
__________ 30 How long j. ________________ have you been waiting for me?

D. VERBS. Choose from the pool of answers the correct verb that will complete the thought of the following
sentences.

A. need B. goes C. lent D. wash E. bark

31. I always ____________ the dishes after our meal.

32. When in danger, the dog could only ____________.
33. Ana never ____________ out without an umbrella.
34. Where is the book I ____________ you last week?
35. We ____________ to buy more snacks for our picnic.

E. Homonyms, Homograph, Homophones. Choose the letter of the correct meaning of the italiced word.

_______ 36. The kids are going to watch the movie tonight. a. here
_______ 37. My watch is not working anymore. b. look at
_______ 38. All the students are present today. c. a group of musician
_______ 39. My classmate will present her work today. d. a small clock worn on wrist
_______ 40. Ana’s band won the battle. e. give or show

F. Reading and Literature. Read the passage carefully, then answer the following questions. Choose the letter of
the correct answer.

A Heritage of Smallness
Nick Joaquin

(1) Society for the Filipino is a small rowboat: barangay. Geography for the Filipino is a small vague saying:
matanda pa kay mahome; noong peacetime. Enterprise for the Filipino is a small stall: the sarisari. Industry and
production for the Filipino are the small immediate scratchings of each day: isang kahig isang tuka. And commerce
for the Filipino is the very smallest degree of retail: the tingi.

(2) What most astonishes foreigners in the Philippines is that this is a country, perhaps the only one in the world,
where people buy and sell one stick of cigarette, half a head of garlic, a dab of hair pomade, part of the contents of a
can or bottle, one single egg, one single banana. To foreigners used to buying things by the carton or the dozen, or
the pound, and in large economy sizes, the exquisite transaction of Philippine tingi cannot but seem Lilliputian. So
much effort by so many for so little! Like all those children risking neck and limb in the traffic to sell one stick of
cigarette at a time or those grown-up men haunting the sidewalks all day to sell a puppy or lantern or a pair of
socks. The amount of effort they spent seems out of all proportion to the returns. Such folks are, obviously, not
enough. Laboriousness just can never be the equal of labor as skill, labor as audacity, labor as enterprise.

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(3) the Filipino who travels abroad gets to thinking that his is the hardest-working country in the world. By six or
seven in the morning we are already up and on our way to work, shops, and markets are open: the wheels of
industry are always grinding.

(4) Abroad, especially in the West, if you go out on seven in the morning you’re in a dead town. Everybody’s still in
bed, everything’s still closed up. Activity doesn’t begin till nine or ten—and ceases promptly at five PM. By six the
business sections are dead town again. And entire cities go to sleep on weekends. They have a shorter working day,
a shorter working week. Yet they pile up more than we who work all day and all week.

41. What kind of text is “A Heritage of Smallness”?

a. essay b. novel c. poem d. short story
42. Which paragraph expresses the main point of the article? Paragraph no?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
43. What astonishes foreigners in the Philippines is that this is the country where people buy single products.
What part of speech is the underlined word?
a. adjective b. adverb c. noun d. verb
44. Filipinos are obviously not indolent. The underlined word functions as a/an _______.
a. adjective b. adverb c. noun d. verb
45. According to the selection, what is society for the Filipinos? It is a small ____________.
a. industry b. rowboat c. stall d. town
46. Foreigners are astonished with Filipinos when the latter buy _____________.
a. a dozen of eggs and dairy products c. cartons of milk products
b. a piece of cigarette d. economy sizes of assorted products
47. When do Filipinos think that their country is a hard-working one? It is when they _________________.
a. go abroad and earn money c. sleep on weekends and holidays
b. risk many things just to make a living d. wake up early in the morning only to work
48. What is commerce for Filipinos? It is a/an _____________
a. barter b. isang kahig isang c. sarisari
tuka d. tingi
49. What idea about the Filipinos can be drawn/ extracted after reading the text? Filipinos are _____________
a. belittled by foreigners by working so hard yet getting too little from their hard work
b. hardworking and are compensated accordingly
c. hardworking but not compensated with their efforts
d. not indolent but not being one isn’t enough: so there is a need to balance hard work and productivity
50. The text tells the readers that life in the Philippines is ______________
a. challenging b. easy c. informal d. stress-free