Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X-Northern Mindanao
Division of Lanao del Norte
CALUBE INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Calube, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte

ENGLISH VII
Third Grading Exam

Name: _______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

I. LOGICAL CONNECTORS
Directions: Organize the class into small groups and distribute to each group the Transition
Words/Phrases Table. Place the connection word/phrase to the function it performs.

In conclusion Before To top it all

First Next

After Finally

TIME SEQUENCE SUMMATION

Before First In conclusion
After Next To top it all
Finally

II. COLLOCATIONS
Directions: Match the words on the left with their collocations on the right. Write your answer on
the space provided.
8.__Set menu______ Set additives
9. Food additives____ Food food
10._Junk food_____ Junk produce
11. Ready produce Ready menu
12. Fresh meals____ fresh meals

III. FACT OR OPINION

Directions: Read each sentence. Decide whether each example is a fact or
opinion. Write the word fact or opinion beside the appropriate sentence.

13. ____opinion________ Benigno Aquino was the greatest president.

14. _______fact________ Manila is the capital of Philippines.
15. ____opinion________ Leftover spaghetti is delicious.
16.______fact_________ Honeybees are insects.
17. ___opinion________ Baseball is much more interesting than football.
18. _____opinion______ Blue is an attractive color.

IV. DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Directions: Change the following Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

19. The Times says, “The production is brilliant.”

The Time says that the production was brilliant.
20. The Guardian said, “People will love it”.
The Guardian said that people would love it.
21. “The teacher announced, “The students last week have gone swimming to Boracay.”
The teacher announced that the students last week had gone swimming to Boracay.
22. Father said, “The teachers are very intelligent.”
 Father said that the teachers were very intelligent.
23. Aleyah said, “The child is not happy to be with clowns.”
Aleyah said that the child was not happy to be with clowns.
IV. SIMPLE PAST
Directions: Give the past form of the verb in the parenthesis. Write your answer on the space
provided.

24. Last year, I (go) went to Davao on a holiday.

25. In the morning, we (walk) walked in the streets of Vigan.

26. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.

27. They (choose) chose to stay at the hotel last summer.

VI. PAST PERFECT TENSE

Directions: Revise the sentences by using the appropriate tense of the verb.

28. The mother saw the children cried before they slept.
The mother had seen the children cried before they slept.
29. She worked at the company for three years when it went out of business.
She had been working at the company for three years when it went out of business.
30. The teacher taught at the school for more than a year before he went abroad.
The teacher had been teaching at the the school for more than a year before he went abroad.
31. The child ate the food by the time his mother saw him.
The child had eaten the food by the time his mother saw him.
32. I prepared for the occasion for a week when they told me about it.
I had been preparing for the occasion for a week when they told me about it.
VII. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate conjunction to complete the sentence. Write the
letter of your choice.

1. Hugo and Felix argued with Lope _________ of a topic in catechism class.
a. As b. because c. whereas d. if
2. The boys looked at the man closely, at first they thought he was joking ________ his unsmiling face
told them he was serious.
a. But b. so that c. until d. because
3. ________of Lope’s loyalty to the man in Dapitan, his problem of his mother’s eyesight was answered.
a. Although b. whenever c. while d. because
4. Lope was so assertive about the answer to the question in their catechism class that ended in
argument ______ the “man” taught them how to settle argument.
a. Though B. unless c. so d. because

VIII. FIVE PARTS OF A PLOT

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answer from the box to complete the sentence.
Resolution Rising Action Falling Action

Climax Exposition
______Resolution_1. It presents the ending of the story.
_Rising Action____2. It presents the conflict.
___Exposition____3. It shows the beginning of the story.
___Climax_______4. It is the highest part of the story where characters try to solve the problem.
___Falling Action_ 5. It shows the results of the story where characters try to solve the problem.