Grade 7 English – READING:READING FLUENCY Quiz
1. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: Every year tourists _____ to Maasai Mara to watch the wildebeest migration.
The subject 'tourists' is plural, so the present simple plural form 'travel' is correct for habitual actions.
2. Which sentence uses the correct past tense about a trip to Mount Kenya?
'Climbed' is the correct simple past tense form to describe a completed action that happened last summer.
3. Choose the correct preposition: The flamingos at Lake Nakuru are famous _____ their bright pink colour.
The adjective 'famous' is followed by the preposition 'for' to indicate the reason or feature for which something is known.
4. Select the correct article: I visited ____ Amboseli National Park and saw elephants near Mount Kilimanjaro.
National parks and specific places like 'Amboseli National Park' usually take the definite article 'the' when referring to a known place.
5. Choose the correct relative pronoun: The guide _____ showed us the Nairobi National Park knows many bird species.
'Who' is the relative pronoun used for people (the guide) to introduce a defining relative clause.
6. Select the correct subject-verb agreement: A herd of zebras _____ crossing the road in Tsavo this morning.
A collective noun 'a herd' is treated as singular here, so 'was' (singular past) is correct.
7. Choose the correct form of the adjective: Diani Beach is even _____ than the brochures promised.
For a two-syllable adjective like 'beautiful', the comparative is formed with 'more' (more beautiful).
8. Pick the correct modal verb: Visitors _____ respect local wildlife rules when visiting Hell's Gate National Park.
'Should' expresses a recommendation or obligation, which fits the instruction to respect rules.
9. Choose the correct pronoun: The guide gave the map to Amina and ____ so they could find the trail to Mount Longonot.
After a preposition or as an object of a verb ('gave the map to'), the objective pronoun 'me' is correct.
10. Pick the correct word order: Yesterday our class _____ a boat trip on Lake Victoria.
The past simple verb 'took' correctly completes the sentence; 'took a' would be incomplete if not followed by a noun.
11. Choose the correct comparative adverb: The bus to Nakuru arrived _____ than the bus to Naivasha.
'Earlier' is the correct comparative adverb form of 'early' to compare two arrivals.
12. Select the correct passive form: The ancient ruins on Lamu Island _____ by many historians.
The present perfect passive 'have been studied' is appropriate to show that historians studied the ruins over time.
13. Choose the correct conjunction: We visited several parks, _____ we saw many different animals.
'And' links two related positive clauses: visiting parks and seeing animals.
14. Pick the correct possessive form: The ranger's talk about conservation helped the students understand _____ importance.
'Its' is the possessive pronoun referring to 'conservation' (a singular, non-person), while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'.
15. Choose the correct infinitive: Tourists hope _____ the Great Migration while visiting Kenya.
After the verb 'hope', the correct structure is the infinitive 'to see' to express expectation.
16. Select the correct negative form: We _____ take photos where signs prohibit photography inside the museum.
'Must not' or 'mustn't' is the correct negative modal form to express prohibition.
17. Choose the correct tag question: Amboseli is a popular park, _____?
For a positive statement 'Amboseli is...', the correct question tag is 'isn't it' (negative tag).
18. Pick the correct conditional form: If we _____ enough time, we will visit the Gedi Ruins tomorrow.
This is a first conditional (real possibility); use present simple 'have' in the if-clause and 'will' in the main clause.
19. Choose the correct adverb: The tour guide spoke _____ so that everyone could hear at the Nairobi Safari Walk.
'Clearly' is the adverb form of the adjective 'clear' and modifies the verb 'spoke'.
20. Select the correct pronoun reference: The tourists took their photos because _____ wanted to remember the trip.
'They' correctly refers back to 'the tourists' (plural) as the subject who wanted to remember the trip.
21. Choose the correct form for reported speech: The guide said, 'The lake freezes in the winter.' → The guide said that the lake _____ in the winter.
In reported speech, present simple often shifts to past simple, so 'freezes' becomes 'froze'.
22. Pick the correct relative clause: The museum, _____ contains ancient Swahili artifacts, is on the coast.
Non-defining relative clauses use 'which' to give extra information about the museum; commas indicate non-defining clause.
23. Choose the correct plural form: During the safari we saw many _____ grazing on the plain.
The correct plural of 'gazelle' is 'gazelles' formed by adding -s.
24. Select the correct punctuation for possessive plural: The rangers at the parks checked the visitors' permits and the _____ vehicles.
For a plural noun ending in -s (drivers), the possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe after the s: 'drivers''.
25. Choose the correct comparative structure: Mount Kenya is _____ Mount Kilimanjaro in height.
The comparative adjective 'lower than' correctly compares the heights of two mountains.