Summative Test in English 7 (Second Quarter)

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The cottage is a stone's throw from the beach, what is the meaning of the underlined
idiom?
A. very far
B. very near C. very expensive
D. very deep
2. Which of the following prepositional phrases CANNOT be used in the following sentence?
Cathy is sick; ____________, she came to school today.
A. nevertheless
B. still
C. as a result
E. yet
3. If you say that one person is the spitting image of another, what do you mean?
a. someone who looks very much like someone else
b. someone who wants to be a
photographer
c. someone who loves taking pictures
d. none of the above
4. What type of punctuation always follows a transitional word or phrase?
A. period
B. colon
C. semicolon
D. comma
5. What do you call a sentence written in a declarative, affirmative, and active construction
with only one verb?
A. complex sentence B. compound sentence
C. kernel sentence D. embedded
sentence.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT DETERMINER
6. He has spilt ______ ink on his clothes. (many, a few, a little)
7. It rained heavily. Only ______ children came to school. (many, a few, a little)
8. My mother doesn't drink _____ coffee. (much, many, little)
9. The doctor advised me to eat _____ apple every morning. (a, an, the)
10. She gave a candy to _____ child. (each, any, all)
Combine the two sentences to make one, using an adjective clause.
11. The man was sick. He looked very pale.
12. She gave the man an injection. It made him go to sleep.
13. Daniel wrote the poem. It won first place.
14. He is Mr. Fernandez. His film was very well known.
15. This is the place. I first met him.
Write AV if the sentence is written in the active voice and PV if it is written in the passive
voice. Change the voice of the following sentences from active to passive form or vice versa.
___16. Arthur does the laundry.
___17. The dog is fed by Thomas.
___18. Julie answered the question.
___19. The gardener trims the bushes.
___20. The fish is eaten by the cat
___21. Your performance pleases me.
___22. The kitchen will be cleaned by David.
___23. A kite was made by the boy.
___24. Dr. Rivera will give you some advice.
___25. I am disgusted by your behavior.
Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate transitional word/phrase from the
list below.
for example

nevertheless

otherwise

consequently

meanwhile

however

26. Stephanie cooked the carrots and washed the lettuce. __________, her brother prepared
the broccoli.
27. Jane wanted to drive Tanya and Michael to the mall; __________, she only had two seats in
her car.
28. Rodger was a chocolate fanatic, and he ate two servings of dessert every night.
__________, he began to grow incredibly overweight.

29. My sister is a very kind and generous person. _____________, she helps me with my
homework and drives me to basketball practice.
30. Mother said I needed to finish all of my chores. __________, I would not be able to go to
the movies with my friends.