Grade 7 English – READING:CHARACTERS IN CLASS READERS Quiz
1. When the forest ranger Mr. Otieno and the children ____ the trees, they found a nest.
The sentence is in the past tense ('they found'), so the verb should be past tense: 'climbed'.
2. Amina told the class that the forest ____ many rare plants.
In reported speech about a general fact, we use the simple present: 'the forest contains many rare plants.'
3. Which pronoun correctly replaces 'the children and I' in 'The teacher praised the children and I for helping the forest'?
'The teacher praised the children and I' should use the object form 'us' as it is the object of 'praised': 'praised us.'
4. Choose the correct article: '____ forest near our school is home to many birds.'
We use 'the' when referring to a specific known forest (near our school).
5. Which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement about Kamau and his friend?
With a plural subject 'Kamau and his friend', we use the plural verb 'enjoy'.
6. Choose the correct preposition: 'The children sat ____ the shade of a big tree.'
We sit 'in the shade' meaning within the shaded area; 'in' is the correct preposition.
7. Select the correct past continuous form: 'While the ranger ____ the path, the students gathered leaves.'
Past continuous 'was clearing' shows an action in progress when another past action happened.
8. Which word correctly completes this sentence about rules: 'You ____ collect fruits from the forest without permission.'
'Must not' expresses prohibition strongly: you are not allowed to collect fruits without permission.'
9. Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The ranger, ____ stories we read in class, taught us how to plant trees.'
'Whose' shows possession (stories belonging to the ranger).
10. Which option correctly changes to passive voice: 'The students planted several saplings.'
Passive voice: object 'several saplings' becomes subject with appropriate past verb 'were planted', followed by agent 'by the students.'
11. Choose the correct comparative form: 'The old forest is ____ than the small grove near the road.'
For one-syllable adjectives like 'large', use the comparative 'larger'.
12. Which sentence correctly uses reported speech: Direct: Teacher said, 'Please clean the forest area.'
In reported speech, 'please' becomes 'asked (us) to' plus the infinitive 'to clean.'
13. Select the correct form: 'Saving water ____ important for protecting forest animals.'
'Saving water' is a singular gerund phrase, so it takes the singular verb 'is.'
14. Choose the correct conjunction: 'We wanted to visit the forest, ____ it was raining heavily.'
Use 'but' to connect contrasting ideas: wanted to visit (but) it was raining.
15. Which sentence uses the correct word order for emphasis: 'Only after the lesson ____ did the students understand the importance of forests.'
Inverted order 'Only after...' requires auxiliary before subject: 'Only after the lesson did they understand...'.
16. Choose the correct possessive: 'That is ____ guide; he knows all the forest trails.'
'Our' is the possessive adjective used before a noun: 'our guide.'
17. Select the correct use of the infinitive or gerund: 'The students agreed ____ a tree-planting day.'
After 'agreed' we use the infinitive 'to organise' to show intention or plan.
18. Which sentence correctly uses a conditional about what will happen if they protect the forest?
First conditional: real future result uses present simple in the 'if' clause and 'will' in the main clause.
19. Choose the correct plural form: 'The reader described many ____ in the forest story.'
The correct plural of 'character' is 'characters' by adding -s.
20. Select the correct adverb: 'Kamau walked ____ through the forest to avoid scaring the birds.'
An adverb modifies the verb 'walked'; 'quietly' is the correct adverb form.
21. Which sentence correctly uses a question tag: 'The students planted trees yesterday, ____?'
For a positive past tense statement, the question tag is negative past: 'didn't they.'
22. Choose the correct word: 'There are ____ trees in the school forest than last year.'
'Fewer' is used with countable nouns like 'trees' to compare numbers.
23. Select the correct verb form: 'By the time the lesson finished, the students ____ their notes.'
Past perfect 'had completed' shows an action finished before another past action ('lesson finished').
24. Which sentence uses correct punctuation for direct speech in the class reader extract?
Correct punctuation: comma before the opening quotation mark and closing period inside the quotes.
25. Choose the correct word order: 'Never ____ to cut protected trees in the forest.'
After 'Never' in an imperative sentence we use the base verb: 'Never attempt to cut...'.