GRADE 7 ENGLISH END OF TERM 1 REVISION

GRADE 7 ENGLISH END OF TERM 1 REVISION

Leaving Main Street

Multiple Choice

What does the word certainly mean in the sentence below?
I certainly will clean up the house.

• never
• often
• somewhat
• surely

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He tried to justify cheating on the test by saying everyone else was doing it. What does the word mean?

• suspend

• support

• subject

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Thousands of people research ___________ energy because a breakthrough will change the world and make fortunes.

• origins

• alternative

• destruction

• attend

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In Math, students need to ____________________ their answers to get a grade for it. 

• react
• rely
• justify
• proportion

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Your anger does not justify your actions. What is the meaning of the word?

• show or prove to be right or reasonable

• locate your answer

• show to be true

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We have to find an ______________________ to animal testing. 

• proportion
• react
• alternative 
• justify

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My mom told me to justify my room. Is the word used correctly?

• used correctly

• used incorrectly

Multiple Choice

What does the root CRED mean? 

• to believe 
• writing 
• to send 
• to carry 

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To refuse to believe; to reject as untrue

• incredible
• discredit
• creed
• credit

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to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue

• incredible 
• incredulous 
• accreditation 
• discredit 

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Lauryl's puppy was so excited when she came home that she ________ herself all over place.

• tumbling

• swift

• peacefully

• flung

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a guess

• antagonist
• affect
• effect
• assumption

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The pitcher ____ the baseball right into the catcher's mitt. 

• swift
• flung
• blazed
• tangled

Multiple Select

Select all the antonyms for evidence.

• proof

• guess

• testimony

• assumption

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to make a sudden movement; jolted

• lurched

• arcing

• patter

• familiar

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Launched forward with machine-like force

• Catapulted

• Lurched

• Set

• Questions

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threw

• bothering

• hollows

• sowing

• flung

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a decoration on a surface made by pressing small pieces of colored glass or stone into a soft material that then hardens to make pictures or patterns

• Mosaic
• Policy
• Bazaar
• Oasis

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What is the meaning of the word immense?

• big
• small
• happy
• bright

Multiple Choice

What does atmosphere mean in the following sentence?

The atmosphere of the Earth consists of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases.

• space

• chemistry

• cloud cover

• surrounding air

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What situation shows the meaning of forlorn?

• a soccer team that just won a game

• an abandoned dog sitting alone in the rain

• a teenage babysitter watching two young children play

• a busy man on a city street who missed the bus

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________ is when something is complete covered by water.

• Immerse
• Submerge
• Emerge
• Merge

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If a road is submerged in water, it most likely:

• is impossible to navigate

• has experienced a long drought

• is high in the mountains

• needs extensive work by the highway department

Multiple Choice

In order to bring water to crops, Mayans would dig channels to carry water.  These channels are called:

• Slash-and-burn
• Terraces
• Irrigation canals
• Chinampas

Multiple Choice

A human made waterway

• Irrigation

• Channels

• Canals

• Empire

Multiple Choice

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative:

Listeners like to stay ahead of the curve on topics that can help them in their relationships at home and at work.

• Literal

• Figurative

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The sentence "Time never waits for anyone" means that _______________.

• it is easy to get off of a tight schedule

• alarm clocks can be set to go off at anytime

• time keeps going and does not stop

• men are more patient than women

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I felt as safe as a turtle hiding in its shell. This means...

• seeing no light at all

• looking like a turtle

• wearing a hard shell

• feeling protected

Multiple Choice

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative:

Creative people are often ahead of the pack.

• Literal

• Figurative

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Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative:

My best friend is cut from a different cloth than I am. She's outgoing, and I'm shy.

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative:

The pilot brought the plane up to speed as soon as she reached the correct altitude.

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative:

The pilot brought the plane up to speed as soon as she reached the correct altitude.

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Dusk prepares for the great
celebration of night.
This is an example of: 

• personification 
• metaphor 
• simile

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On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. 
This is an example of: 

• personification
• metaphor 
• simile

Multiple Choice

Children and dogs and houses bloom
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of: 

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

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Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.

• simile
• metaphor

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"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

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This is an example of a simile

My father is a bear in the morning.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

This is an example of a simile

My father is a bear in the morning.

• True

• False