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The document provides two passages about early methods of telling time and introduces questions to assess reading comprehension. Passage A describes how early humans used hourglasses, sundials, and water clocks of varying accuracy before the invention of clocks. Passage B explains how the Romans divided the day into 24 hours and established A.M. and P.M. to reduce confusion caused by using the same numbers for morning and nighttime hours. The questions test both literal and inferential understanding of key details in the passages.

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English 7 Pre Assessment Material FINAL COPY With Question Categories

The document provides two passages about early methods of telling time and introduces questions to assess reading comprehension. Passage A describes how early humans used hourglasses, sundials, and water clocks of varying accuracy before the invention of clocks. Passage B explains how the Romans divided the day into 24 hours and established A.M. and P.M. to reduce confusion caused by using the same numbers for morning and nighttime hours. The questions test both literal and inferential understanding of key details in the passages.

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English 7 Reading Pre-Reading Assessment (SY 2021 -2022)

Directions: Read the texts and answer the questions that follow. Encircle the letters that
correspond to the correct answers.

TEXT A
TELLING TIME

Humans have used different objects to tell time. In the beginning, they used an
hourglass. This is a cylindrical glass with a narrow center which allows sand to flow from
its upper to its lower portion. Once all the sand has trickled to the lower portion, one
knows that an hour has passed. Using the same idea, water clocks were constructed to
measure time by having water flow through a narrow passage from one container to
another. On the other hand, sundials allowed people to estimate an hour by looking at
the position of the shadow cast by the sun on a plate. At night, people measured time by
checking the alignment of the stars in the sky. None of these were accurate, though. The
clock was the first accurate instrument for telling time.

Reference: Phil-IRI Full Package - Screening Test, Grade 7 A

QUESTIONS:
1. Which of the following ways of telling time made use of sand? (LITERAL EVEL)
a. clock b. hourglass c. sundials d. water clocks

2. When men of long ago told time at night, they looked at the __________ to tell the
time. (LITERAL)
a. cloud formation c. stars
b. moon d. sun

3. “None of the clocks used long ago were accurate.” Accurate means __________.
(INFERENTIAL)
a. comparable b. efficient c. free from error d. very useful

4. The sundials may not be useful in telling time __________.


(INFERNTIAL)
a. at noontime c. during a rainy day
b. in the morning d. when the sun shines brightly

5. How are the hourglass and the water clock similar? (INFERENTIAL)
a. Both tell time by the hour
b. Both use water to tell time
c. Both are used only in the daytime
d. Both have a narrow center through which something flows
6. Which of these sentences is a topic sentence? (CRITICAL)
a. The invention of the clock 600 years ago was the first accurate measurement of time.
b. Hourglass contained sand that fell through one container to another.
c. Long ago people used simple tools such as the hour glass.
d. Humans have used different objects to tell the time.
TEXT B
COUNTING THE HOURS

When men decided to divide the day into twenty-four hours, they used numbers one
through twelve two times. As a result, there was one o’clock during the day and another
one o’clock after midnight. This created confusion. If one was told to submit a project at
six o’clock, did this mean six o’clock in the morning or at night?
The Romans provided a solution to this problem. They thought that noon time, the
time when the sun is at its apex, is an important time. They called noon Meridies and
measured time by this. They called the morning ante meridiem, which means “before
noon” while “after noon” was called post meridiem. Ante meridiem was shortened to
A.M. while post meridiem was shortened to P.M.

Reference: Phil-IRI Full Package - Screening Test, Grade 7 B

QUESTIONS:
7. Meridies means __________. (LITERAL)
a. apex b. before c. daylight d. noon

8. When the day was divided into twenty-four hours, what numbers were used to express
time? (LITERAL LEVEL)
a. one to six c. one to thirty-six
b. one to twelve d. one to twenty-four

9. Having one number to express time twice caused confusion. In this selection confusion
may mean __________. (INFERENTIAL)
a. differences b. discussions c. mistakes d. problems

10. The Romans thought of a solution. This means that they provided __________.
(INFERNTIAL)
a. an answer to the problem c. a new set of numbers
b. a better interpretation d. another clock

11. “The early Romans used the position of the sun to tell the time. When the sun was at
its apex, it was noon.” What does apex mean? (INFERNTIAL)
a. farthest point
b. highest point
c. lowest point
d. nearest point

12. Another good title for this selection is __________. (CRITICAL)


a. Why There Are Twenty-Four Hours in a Day
b. Why Noontime is Important to Romans
c. The Meaning of A.M. and P.M.
d. How the Romans Told Time

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