Grade 7 English – WRITING:SELF ASSESSMENT IN CREATIVE WRITING Quiz
1. Choose the correct past tense to complete this travel sentence: "Last weekend I ____ to Kisumu for a school trip."
The past tense of 'go' is 'went'. 'Gone' is a past participle, 'goed' is incorrect, and 'going' is the present participle.
2. Choose the correct verb form for agreement: "My friends and I ____ at the bus station early."
With a plural subject ('My friends and I'), the correct past tense form is 'were'. 'Was' and 'is' are singular; 'has been' is also singular/composite.
3. Keep the tense consistent: "I packed my bag, I locked the door and then I ____ to the taxi."
The series is in the past tense, so 'ran' (past of 'run') keeps tense consistent. 'Run' is present, 'will run' is future, and 'running' is a participle.
4. Choose the correct article: "We stayed in ____ hotel near the beach."
Use 'a' before a consonant sound for an unspecified hotel. 'An' is for vowel sounds; 'the' would imply a specific hotel already known.
5. Choose the correct preposition: "She arrived ____ Nairobi on Monday."
We use 'in' with cities: 'in Nairobi'. 'To' and 'at' are incorrect for arrival in a city; 'on' is used for days, not places.
6. Choose the correct modal for giving advice in a self-assessment sentence: "I ____ practise writing travel notes more often."
'Should' is used to give advice or recommend an action in self-assessment. 'Must' is stronger obligation; 'can' and 'might' are about ability or possibility.
7. Choose the correct adverb to complete: "I wrote the diary ____ carefully."
'Very' correctly modifies the adverb 'carefully' for emphasis. 'Much' does not naturally modify an adverb in this structure; 'many' and 'few' modify nouns.
8. Choose the correct comparative form: "My last trip was ____ than this one."
For comparing two trips, use the comparative 'more exciting'. 'Most exciting' is for superlative (three or more), and the others are incorrect forms.
9. Choose the correct possessive word: "This is ____ travel bag; it belongs to me."
Before a noun ('travel bag') we use the possessive adjective 'my'. 'Mine' replaces the noun (e.g., 'This travel bag is mine').
10. Choose the correctly punctuated dialogue sentence for a travel diary: I said, "I enjoyed the safari"
When reporting direct speech, use a comma before the quotation and place the sentence-final period inside the quotation marks.
11. Choose the correct conjunction to show sequence: "We visited the museum ____ then went to the market."
'And' connects two actions in sequence. 'But' shows contrast, 'or' shows choice, and 'so' shows result.
12. Choose the correct pronoun reference: "When you write your travel log, ____ should be clear."
'It' refers back to the singular noun 'your travel log'. 'They' and 'them' are plural; 'this' would be demonstrative but not grammatically natural here.
13. Which sentence is in the passive voice?
Passive voice puts the object ('The photo') before the verb and includes a form of 'be' + past participle ('was taken'). The others are active forms.
14. Choose the correct word to join items in a list: "On the trip, I packed a torch, sunscreen ____ a water bottle."
'And' links items in a list. 'Or' offers choice, 'but' contrasts, and 'with' changes the structure.
15. Choose the correct verb for agreement with 'Each of the students': "Each of the students ____ a small notebook."
With 'Each of the students' the subject is singular, so use 'has'. 'Have' and 'are' are plural forms.
16. Choose the correct form after 'enjoy': "I enjoy ____ travel stories."
After 'enjoy' we use the gerund (-ing): 'enjoy reading'. 'To read' is an infinitive and not used after 'enjoy' here.
17. Choose the correct comparative adjective: "Nairobi is ____ than Kisumu."
Use the comparative 'larger' to compare two places. 'More large' and 'more larger' are incorrect; 'largest' is superlative.
18. Choose the correct future tense for a planned trip: "Tomorrow we ____ on a field trip to the coast."
'Will go' correctly expresses a future action. 'Go' is present, 'went' is past, and 'going' is not a finite verb here.
19. Choose the correct possessive form: "This is my sister ____ camera."
To show ownership use the apostrophe + s: 'sister's camera'. 's' alone is incorrect without the noun; 's'' is for plural possessive; 'of' changes structure.
20. Choose the correct relative word: "The place ____ we camped was beautiful."
'Where' is used for places. 'Which' is used for things/clauses, 'who' for people, and 'whose' shows possession.
21. Choose the correct conditional word for an unlikely plan: "If I had more time, I ____ visit more parks."
In the second conditional (unreal present), use 'would' + base verb: 'If I had..., I would visit...'. 'Will' is for real future.
22. Choose the correct form (adverb/adjective): "The view was truly ____."
After the linking verb 'was', use an adjective to describe 'the view': 'beautiful'. 'Beautifully' is an adverb, which would describe an action.
23. Choose the correct word for countable items: "We collected many ____ from the beach: shells, stones, and driftwood."
Shells, stones, and driftwood are countable things, so 'items' is correct. 'Sand' and 'information' are uncountable; 'furniture' is not appropriate.
24. Choose the correct passive auxiliary to complete: "In my diary I wrote that I ____ helped by my teacher."
The diary entry refers to a past event, so the past passive 'was helped' is correct. 'Am' is present, 'were' is plural, and 'be' is base form.
25. Choose the correct punctuation for this indirect question in a travel report: "She asked me where we would sleep"
Indirect questions (reported speech) use a full stop because the sentence is not a direct question. A question mark is only for direct questions.