Grade 7 - LEARNING PACKAGE

1. Lesson 3
Explaining Our Beginning

2. Study the consistency of tense in the paragraphs on
the following slides.
Write C if the sentence correctly observes rules on
tense consistency.
If it does not, rewrite the sentence and box the verb,
the form of which must show its correct tense.
Task 6- Practice Makes Perfect!

3. 1 The wide island of Panay was originally
inhabited by Negritos or locally called Ati tribe. 2
Their disappearance is due to an innocent
agreement they made with the sultan of Borneo
back in 1250 to give up their land in exchange of a
hat and gold necklace. 3 Early in the 13th century,
Marikudo, a native chieftain, sold the coastal shores
and lowlands to 10 Bornean Datus who escapes
from the repression of Sri Vishayan Empire.

4. 4 One of them named Paiburong received
the area Irong-Irong, which is now called
Iloilo City, meaning nose-like, as its wide river
mouth in the narrow Guimaras Strait appears
like a snout. 5 The island lived peacefully
until the arrival of Juan Miguel de Legazpi in
1566 that discovered and developed more
towns

5. Paragraph 1
1. C
2. Their disappearance was due to an innocent agreement
they made with the sultan of Borneo back in 1250 to give up
their land in exchange of a hat and gold necklace.
3. Early in the 13th century, Marikudo, a native chieftain,
sold the coastal shores and lowlands to 10 Bornean Datus
who escaped from the repression of Sri Vishayan Empire.
4. C
5. C

6. 1 The Filipinos in central Philippines are generally
and collectively called Visayans or Bisayans. 2 Hence,
the people in Panay, Guimaras and Negros Occidental
are referred to as “Visayans” or “Bisayans”. 3 Aside
from the general names given to the people of the
Visayan region, there are mountain people who lived
in the interior mountains of Panay and Negros. 4 In
Panay, they were generally referred to as Bukidnon
(literally, “from the mountains”) or Sulod (literally,
“inside” or “interior”).

7. 5 Farming and fishing are the main sources of
livelihood in the region until the 1960s. 6 Farmers
within the interior mountains of Central Panay
employed the kaingin system (slash-and-burn). 7
A bolo and a wooden dibble were all they use for
cutting trees and for boring holes to drop rice or
corn seeds and legumes into it. 8 Most houses
have bangkaw (spear) as hunting tool.

8. 9 Hunting greatly decreased in the 1970s
with the gradual disappearance of forests,
but kaingin still remained to be the primary
form of farming since the interior
mountain are rugged and they have not
found the appropriate technology to
harness water.

9. 1. C
2. C
3. Aside from the general names given to the people of
the Visayan region, there are mountain people who live in
the interior mountains of Panay and Negros.
4. In Panay, they are generally referred to as Bukidnon
(literally, "from the mountains") or Sulod (literally, "inside"
or "interior").
5. C

10. 6. Farmers within the interior mountains of Central Panay
employ the kaingin system (slash-and-burn).
7. A bolo and a wooden dibble are all they use for cutting trees
and for boring holes to drop rice or corn seeds and legumes into.
8. C
9. Hunting greatly decreased in the 1970s with the gradual
disappearance of forests, but kaingin still remained to be the
primary form of farming since the interior mountain were
rugged and they had not found the appropriate technology to
harness water.

11. Simple Tenses of Verbs
Different forms of verbs are used to
show the time an action took place or
its state of being. These forms are called
the tenses of the verb, of which there
are three: present, past and future.

12. Present Tense
The present tense places the action
or condition in the present time. It
indicates that the action is taking
place at the time the statement
was made.

13. Examples:
1.The sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem.
2.Sonnets are forms of poetry.
3.I am a Shakespearean sonnet fanatic.
4.She loves to read poetry.
5.Most people love Shakespearean sonnets.

14. Past Tense
The past tense places the
action or condition in the past.
Here, the action already took
place at the time the statement
was made.

15. Examples:
1. Shakespeare was a great writer.
2. Sonnets were mostly odes to love and
beauty.
3. Francesco Petrarch popularized the Italian
sonnet in 14th century Rome.
4. Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Spencer
popularized the sonnet in early Europe.

16. Future Tense
The future tense places the action or condition in the
future. It shows events that have not taken place.
Shall and will are auxiliaries used with the main verb
to indicate a future time frame. Shall is used in the
first person point of view to show simple futurity, while
will is used in the second and third person point of
view.

17. Examples
I shall study for the test next week.
Susan and Jun will sing a song
tomorrow during the program.

18. Exercise 1
Identify whether each sentence is
in the present, past or future tense.
Write your answers in your
notebook.

19. 1. The Shakespearean sonnet is organized according to
the following rhyming scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
2. To some, the sonnet is to England as the haiku is to
Japan – they serve as literary symbols of different
nations.
3. The sonnets originated from Italy.
4. The Spencerian sonnet was developed by Edmund
Spencer.
5. As you will see, readers will find Elizabethan England
and love sonnets to be overly dramatic.

20. These are the answers

21. 1. Present
2. Present
3. Past
4. Past
5. Future

22. Exercise 2
Encircle the verb in each
sentence and identify its tense.

23. ____1. The English explored the eastern coast of
the island.
____2. The Jordan River flows through Palestine.
____3. Children brush their teeth after each meal.
____4. Maria tiptoed into the auditorium.
____5. We shall call you at around 7 o'clock.
____6. Have you studied the different tenses of the
verb?

24. ____7. Mayette prays every morning
and every night.
____8. Our class will have an
educational trip.
____9. The Gothic cathedrals were built
during the Middle Ages.
____10. The teacher sings with the
class.

25. These are the answers

26. Past 1. The English explored the eastern coast of
the island.
Present 2. The Jordan River flows through Palestine.
Present 3. Children brush their teeth after each
meal.
Past 4. Maria tiptoed into the auditorium.
Future 5. We shall call you at around 7 o'clock.
Past 6. Have you studied the different tenses of the
verb?

27. Present 7. Mayette prays every morning
and every night.
Future 8. Our class will have an
educational trip.
Past 9. The Gothic cathedrals were built
during the Middle Ages.
Present 10. The teacher sings with the
class.

28. Exercise 3
Write the correct tense of the
verbs in parentheses to complete
the sentences.

29. 1. What ______ (save) us is our ability to laugh at ourselves.
2. In the past it _____ (be) perhaps the only way our people
could get back at the foreign ruler.
3. For the future it ________ (insure) us against submission to
a messianic despot.
4. All in all, it would not be too far from the truth to say that
we ______ (owe) our faults to others, but our virtues ______
(be) our own.
5. Colonialism ________ (make) us irresponsible and imitative,
improvident, and even indolent.

30. 6. It ________ (give) us false ideas of the indignity of
manual labor.
7. It ________ (make) us indifferent to our
responsibilities.
8. The wonder is that we ________ (retain) our good
humor.
9. The President always _________ (ensure) that the
basic goods are delivered.
10. We should not ________ (go) to places where we
might be in danger.

31. These are the answers

32. 1. What saves us is our ability to laugh at ourselves.
2. In the past it was perhaps the only way our people could get
back at the foreign ruler.
3. For the future it will insure us against submission to a
messianic despot.
4. All in all, it would not be too far from the truth to say that
we owe our faults to others, but our virtues are our own.
5. Colonialism makes us irresponsible and imitative,
improvident, and even indolent.

33. 6. It gives us false ideas of the indignity of manual
labor.
7. It makes us indifferent to our responsibilities.
8. The wonder is that we retain our good humor.
9. the President always ensures that the basic
goods are delivered.
10. We should not go to places where we might be
in danger.

34. The Simple Present Tense is used to express:
A. General truths
e.g.
Food, shelter, and clothing are the basic needs
of human beings.
The earth revolves around the sun.
Everything has a beginning and an end.

35. B. Habitual/Regular Action
e.g. I eat three regular meals a day.
She always reads her lessons before going to class.
They conduct flag-raising ceremony every morning.
C. Permanent location
e.g. Tuguegarao is in Cagayan Valley.
University of La Salette College Department is found in
Santiago City.

36. Exercise 4
Present Tense
Give the correct form of the verb in
parentheses.
Write your answers in your notebook.
Answers only.

37. 1. Time (heal) all wounds.
2. What you do not know (do) not hurt you.
3. The President (mean) what he says.
4. The Dean (check) the attendance of
teachers regularly.
5. Students (go) to school everyday.

38. 6. The bell (ring) every after a class period.
7. Ethics (teach) us how to conduct ourselves
and our lives properly.
8. St. Paul University Philippines (be) on
Mabini St., Tuguegarao City.
9. Kindness (melt) everyone’s heart.
10. There are reasons for everything that
(happen) in life.

39. These are the answers.

40. 1. Time heals all wounds.
2. What you do not know does not hurt you.
3. The President means what he says.
4. The Dean checks the attendance of
teachers regularly.
5. Students go to school everyday.

41. 6. The bell rings every after a class period.
7. Ethics teaches us how to conduct ourselves
and our lives properly.
8. St. Paul University Philippines is on Mabini
St., Tuguegarao City.
9. Kindness melts everyone’s heart.
10. There are reasons for everything that
happen in life.

42. The Simple Past Tense is usually formed
by adding d or ed to regular verbs.
◦ e.g.
work – worked
laugh – laughed
pray – prayed
love – loved
live –lived
encode – encoded

43. Irregular verbs form their past tense in
different ways.
e.g.
go – went
shake – shook
kneel – knelt
make – made
tell – told
say – said

44. Exercise 5
Past Tense
Give the simple past form of the verbs in
parentheses.
Write your answers in your notebook.
Answers only.

45. 1. The candidate (wear) outrageous attire during the
show.
2. The President (declare) last Monday as a special
non-working holiday.
3. I (hear) all the news about how natural disasters
ravaged different countries last year.
4. The victims (run) for their lives but to no avail.
5. The result of the board exam (be) (release) last
month.

46. 6. Some students who (do) not (pass) took a
refresher course.
7. A month ago, some students from other schools
(visit) the university.
8. The student officers (bring) them around the
campus.
9. They (see) how beautiful the campus is.
10. They (signify) their intention to come and enroll
at the university for their college education.

47. These are the answers.

48. 1. The candidate wore outrageous attire during the
show.
2. The President declared last Monday as a special
non-working holiday.
3. I heard all the news about how natural disasters
ravaged different countries last year.
4. The victims ran for their lives but to no avail.
5. The result of the board exam was released last
month.

49. 6. Some students who did not pass took a refresher
course.
7. A month ago, some students from other schools
visited the university.
8. The student officers brought them around the
campus.
9. They saw how beautiful the campus is.
10. They signified their intention to come and
enroll at the university for their college education.

50. The Simple Future Tense takes the
following forms:
1. will/shall + base form of the verb
e.g. I shall/will write.
2. is/are + going to + base form of the verb
e.g. She is going to eat. / They are going to eat.
3. plan to + base form of the verb -
e.g. We plan to travel.

51. Exercise 6
Future Tense
Give the correct simple future form of the
verb in parentheses.
Write your answers in your notebook.
Answers only.

52. 1. Our city (celebrate) our patronal fiesta next week.
2. Guests from different towns (come) to celebrate
with us.
3. The city government (hold) different activities to
attract people to come.
4. They (surely enjoy) the rides, games, and exhibits.
5. Students in the city (participate) in the different
activities like street dancing and field
demonstrations.

53. 6. The city government (invite) famous personalities
to grace the occasion.
7. The city government (build) a big mall within the
city proper.
8. For this purpose, the city officials (conduct) raffle
draws and fun run.
9. the city government (open) the city to a lot of
investors in the next few months.
10. The grand celebration (take) place next week.

54. These are the answers.

55. 1. Our city will celebrate our patronal fiesta next week.
2. Guests from different towns will come to celebrate
with us.
3. The city government will hold different activities to
attract people to come.
4. They will surely enjoy the rides, games, and exhibits.
5. Students in the city will participate in the different
activities like street dancing and field demonstrations.

56. 6. The city government will invite famous
personalities to grace the occasion.
7. The city government will build a big mall within
the city proper.
8. For this purpose, the city officials will conduct
raffle draws and fun run.
9. the city government will open the city to a lot of
investors in the next few months.
10. The grand celebration will take place next week.