Grade 7 English – READING:PRAISE SONGS Quiz
1. In the line from a praise song, 'The crowd sings loudly for the journey.' which word is the main verb?
The main verb shows the action of the sentence. 'Sings' is the action the crowd performs; the others are nouns or an adverb.
2. Choose the tense of this sentence: 'They have travelled across the savannah.'
The structure 'have' + past participle (have travelled) is the present perfect tense, used for actions with relevance to now.
3. Choose the correct verb form to agree with the subject: 'The long roads ____ the travellers.'
The subject 'roads' is plural, so the verb must be the base plural form 'help' for present simple: 'The long roads help...'.
4. Which article correctly completes: 'I saw ____ matatu on the hill.'
'Matatu' begins with a consonant sound, so use 'a' for one unspecified matatu: 'a matatu'.
5. Choose the correct preposition: 'We praise the guide ___ leading us.'
'Praise' is often followed by 'for' + -ing to explain the reason: 'praise the guide for leading us.'
6. In 'When the driver stopped, he waved to us.' who does the pronoun 'he' refer to?
A pronoun refers to the nearest suitable noun: 'he' refers back to 'the driver', the male person mentioned.
7. Choose the correct past participle to complete the passive: 'The caravan was ____ by villagers.'
Passive uses 'was' + past participle. The past participle of 'sing' is 'sung': 'was sung by villagers.'
8. Make this sentence negative (same tense): 'They praise the road.' Which is correct?
Present simple negative for 'they' uses 'do not' + base verb: 'They do not praise...'. 'Didn't' is past.
9. Choose the correct modal: 'Passengers ______ arrive on time if the road is good.'
'Can' expresses ability/possibility: if the road is good, passengers can arrive on time.
10. In 'The bus rolled slowly over the hill.' which word is an adverb?
An adverb describes how something is done. 'Slowly' tells how the bus rolled, so it is an adverb.
11. Which word is the comparative form in this sentence: 'This road is safer than that one.'?
'Safer' compares two things (this road and that one); it is the comparative form of 'safe'.
12. Choose the correct form after 'enjoy': 'They enjoy ____ praise songs about journeys.'
After 'enjoy' we use the gerund (-ing) form: 'enjoy singing'.
13. In 'The driver, who loves the land, led us.' which part is the relative clause?
A relative clause gives extra information and usually starts with a relative pronoun like 'who'. Here 'who loves the land' describes 'the driver.'
14. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: 'Thank you driver for the safe trip.'
When directly addressing someone, put commas around the name: 'Thank you, driver, for the safe trip.'
15. Change to passive: 'They sang a praise song.' Which is correct?
Active 'They sang a praise song' becomes passive: 'A praise song was sung by them.' Use 'was' + past participle 'sung'.
16. Which word is the conjunction in 'We praise the land and the water.'?
A conjunction joins words or phrases. 'And' links 'the land' and 'the water.'
17. Which form shows plural possession correctly for 'the travellers' stories were heard'?
For plural nouns ending in -s, add only an apostrophe after the s to show possession: 'Travellers''.
18. Is the noun 'luggage' countable or uncountable in 'How much luggage did they carry?'
'Luggage' is an uncountable noun in English; we say 'much luggage' not 'many luggages.'
19. Choose the correct question tag: 'The bus will stop here, ____?'
With a positive future statement 'will' the negative tag is 'won't', and the subject 'bus' is singular so 'it': 'won't it?'
20. Report the speech: He said, 'I love land travel praise songs.' Which reported sentence is correct?
In reported speech, present 'love' typically shifts to past 'loved' after 'said': 'He said that he loved...'.
21. Which phrase is an infinitive in: 'To travel across the plains is his dream.'?
An infinitive is 'to' + base verb. The whole phrase 'To travel across the plains' is an infinitive phrase functioning as a noun.
22. Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The road ____ we walked was dusty.'
'Which' refers to things (the road). 'Who' and 'whom' refer to people; 'whose' shows possession.
23. Select the correct plural form: 'The praise song mentions many child____ who helped.'
The irregular plural of 'child' is 'children', not 'childs' or 'childrens'.
24. In 'She was singing a praise song when the bus stopped.' which verb phrase is past continuous?
Past continuous is formed with 'was/were' + -ing. 'Was singing' shows an action in progress in the past.
25. Choose the correct pronoun for object position: 'The praise song is for ___ and me.'
After a preposition like 'for', use the object pronoun 'me' (not the subject 'I'): 'for me.'