GRADE 7 ENGLISH 1. These are written works such as poems, novels, and plays that are considered to be very good and to have a lasting importance. a. literature b. epic c. folktale d. proverbs 2. My sister is a pig when she eats ice cream. a. simile b. personification c. metaphor d. hyperbole 3. If the child puts so much food in his mouth, he will ________. a. joke b. choke c. cough d. shriek 4. Films of our team in action ____ after every game. a. is shown b. are shown c. shows d. show 5. Even as an infant, Aliguyon was _____________. He quickly learned the song with which his mother lulled him to sleep. a. gaiety b. sturdy c. precocious d. lore 6. The wind whispered softly in my ear. a. simile b. personification c. metaphor d. hyperbole 7. He lost his book again. I don’t know where he has ___________ it this time. a. replace b. deplace c. misplace d. unplace 8. If a client is obstinate, lawyers have to settle claims in court. a. stubborn b. rebellious c. indignant d. vengeful 9. It is the struggle between two opposing forces in the story. a. setting b. conflict c. plot d. theme 10. We had a wonderful ocasion last year. a. ocasion b. occasion d. occassion c. occasion 11. My father ____________________ with my friend Jane. a. disagree b. unagree c. misagree d. reagree 12. It is an indirect presentation of an object, by stating its characteristic features without naming it. a. riddle b. provebs c. literature d. myth 13. The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. a. simile b. personification c. metaphor d. hyperbole 14. Few creatures inspire such an uneasy mixture of fear, disgust and disdain. a. hatred b. pretension c. regard d. admiration 15. A respectful retort wipes away weariness. a. riddle b. proverbs c. idiom 16. The melliflous music never fails to put my newborn baby to sleep. d. figures of speech a. meliflous b. mellifluous c. mellifllous d. mellifluos 17. A schedule of arrivals and departures ____ posted on the wall. a. is b. are c. has d. have 18. The class comittee on social will plan the games and contest. a. committee b. comitee c. commitee d. comittee 19. Sherry was being _____________________ when she didn’t tell the truth. a. dishonest b. disagree c. disorder d. dismay 20. Love is gentle. – Salvador B. Espinas a. simile b. personification c. metaphor d. hyperbole