DR.

PANFILO CASTRO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL – MASALUKOT I ANNEX

Barangay Masalukot I, Candelaria, Quezon

NAME: __________________________________
SECTION: ________________________________

Part 1 (Listening): Listen carefully to the selection to be read by the teacher. Then, answer the questions below by encircling the letter of the
best answer.
1. Who caught the three star maidens?
A. Farmer B. God C. Star D. Son
2. What happened when the star maiden found her missing wings?
A. She hang them into the sky. C. She took them and threw them away.
B. She got them and tore them. D. She wore them and took her son to her sky world.
3. What did the gods do to help the farmer visit his wife and his son in the sky world?
A. The gods built bridges. C. The gods built stairways.
B. The gods built a skyway. D. The gods built the rainbow.
4. Which is true according to the selection?
A. The gods pitied the farmer. C. The star maiden did not leave the farmer.
B. All the star maidens escaped away. D. The farmer and the one-star maiden had two sons.
5. The selection explained the ___________________ of the rainbow.
A. story B. legend C. epic D. novel
Part 2 (Reading and Literature): Read the story below. Then, answer the questions below by encircling the letter of the best answer.

How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be

Bukidnon (Mindanao)

One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground, a spinster went out to pound rice. Before she
began her work, she took off the beads from around her neck and the comb from her hair, and hung them on the
sky, which at the time looked like a coral rock.

Then she began working, and each time that she raised her pestle into the air it struck the sky. For some
time she pounded the rice, and then she raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.

Immediately the sky began to rise, and it went up so far that she lost her ornaments. Never did they come
down, for the comb became the moon and the beads are the stars that are scattered about.

6. Who is the main character in the story?

A. A spinster B. A villager C. A farmer D. A pitcher
7. One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground . . . is the ____________ of the story.
A. setting B. plot C. character D. conflict
8. What is the turning point of the story?
A. When she pounded on the rice
B. When she did not see her comb anymore
C. When she raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard
D. When she took off the beads from around her neck and hang them in the sky
9. Which literary genre the excerpt is taken from?
A. Epic B. Legend C. Myth D. Proverb
10. What kind of a narrative text is a story that explains a natural phenomenon or an early history of people?
A. Proverb B. Legend C. Fable D. Myth
Part 3 (Speaking)
A. Stress: Put the stress mark above the accented syllable. Use the symbol (‘).
11. Promise 12. Beautiful 13. Immortal
B. Intonation Pattern: Tell whether the following sentences follow the (A) rising-falling intonation or (B) rising intonation pattern. Write the
letter of your answer.
14. Do you like to be a hero? 15. I;m a scholar. How about you? 16. I love to go to the garden.
Part 4 (Grammar)
A. Subject-Verb Agreement: Encircle the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
17. Stones in the sky, he who (get, gets) hit should not get angry.
18. A tree that bears fruit (is, are) often hurled at.
19. Either the myth or legend (has, have) unique features.
20. Literature and history always (goes, go) together.
21. Five yards of cloth (is, are) not enough for all the participants.
22. Some of the food of the gods and goddesses (is, are) still a secret to the people.
23. The number of young generation (like, likes) to read stories about love and affection.
24. A myth and a legend of every country (depict, depicts) its culture and traditions.
B. Vocabulary Development
Affixes: Read each item carefully and encircle the best answer.
25. Maria ______ -plored the gods to give her the soul of her beloved. Which of the following prefixes best completes the highlighted word?
Read the sentence for other clues.
A. de- B. ex- C. im- D. in-
26. Mabaning, husband of Lawanen, entered a particular section in heaven for the __________ of Bantugan’s soul. (Retrieve)
A. -ance B. -ity C. -ment D. -val
Proverbs and Idioms: Read each item carefully and encircle the best answer.
27. When he needs to act, he never delays and says, “Let’s hit the road.” The highlighted sentence is an example of ___________.
A. proverb B. familiar C. idiom D. slang
28. “What are you up to later?” Which form of language is the highlighted word in the sentence? Be specific with your answer.
A. Colloquial B. Familiar C. Idiom D. Slang
29. My mother said, “Half a loaf is better than no bread.” This is an example of ________________.
A. Idiom B. Proverb C. Slang D. Colloquial
30. Which meaning best explains this line, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”
A. Don’t become very upset by trivialities.
B. There is always better opportunity to choose from.
C. If you don’t see someone for a long time you like them better.
D. When a bad thing happens there is always a positive aspect to it.
31. Her son usually misbehaves with the relatives, but she doesn’t find anything wrong in him. There are none so blind as those who will not
see. This means that ____________________.
A. It is best to explain to those who never listen.
B. It is better to talk to those who refuse explanation.
C. It is useless explaining to those who want to be corrected.
D. It is useless explaining to those who do not want to understand.
32. In the beginning, Diwata made the sea and the lanf and planted trees of many kinds. Then she took two lumps of earth and shaped them like
human figures; she spat in them, and they became man and woaman. (A Bagobo Story) What is the author’s purpose in writing this excerpt?
A. To amuse B. To argue C. To inform D. To persuade
Sensory Images: Encircle the letter of the sense to which the lines appear.
33. Too many cooks spoil the broth, best appeals to the sense of _____________.
A. sight B. smell C. sound D. taste
34. Maria was tall and graceful. Her color was a clear, pure brown. Her eyes were big and black. Her hair was long and thick.
A. Hearing B. Sight C. Smell D. Taste
Tone: Encircle the letter of the tone of the passages below.
35. One day, after one of their secret meetings, Luna went back to the heavens and told her secret to one of her cousins.
A. Cheerful B. Sorrowful C. Surprised D. Angry
36. Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers up around the child’s neck, and carefully, quietly, left the room making sure to leave a
comforting ray of light shining through the opened door should the child wake.
A. Light B. Formal C. Serious D. Gloomy
Moods: Encircle the letter of the mood or feeling of the speaker.
37. “Hurry!” pleaded the giant, who strained to keep his itchy legs still.
A. Afraid B. Anxious C. Joyful D. Sad
38. The datu responded, “my people and I are thankful to you and your brother Sulayman.”
A. Fanciful B. Suspenseful C. Thankful D. Sorrowful
39. When a person shrugs his shoulders, this means that he is in _______________.
A. anger B. doubt C. happiness D. surprise
40. She walks with chin up, as she goes up to the stage to receive her awards. Chin up signifies _____________.
A. fear and tension C. anger and frustration
B. confidence and pride D. happiness and contentment
Part 5: Identifying Parts of a Paragraph
A. Complete the graphic organizer below by writing the letter of the statements in their corresponding areas.
A. We should always restrain our impulsive desires and then act according to what our mind says is right.
B. Look before you leap is a proverb with a deep meaning.
C. As we should always think before we speak, in the same way we should think before we act.
D. It conveys the idea that we should always think and then act accordingly.
E. Impulsive actions may lead us to embarrassing and odd situations.
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B. Write a short, simple paragraph about a proverb that was given to you as an advice by your elders. Please refer to the rubrics for grading
the simple paragraph.(46 -50)
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SIMPLE PARAGRAPH RUBRICS

CRITERIA 5 4 3 2 1
All sentences in Only 4 sentences Only 3 sentences Only 2 sentences
All sentences are
the paragraph are in the paragraph in the paragraph in the paragraph
Content not related to the
related to the are related to the are related to the are related to the
topic.
topic. topic. topic. topic.
The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph
The paragraph
shows 1 sentence shows 2-3 shows 4 has 5 sentences
Organization of shows a logical
which are not sentences which sentences which which are not
ideas arrangement of
properly are not properly are not properly properly
ideas.
organized. organized. organized. organized.
Prepared by:

MRS. APRIL M. DIZON

Teacher, English 7