Grade 7 English Language Arts Unit 2 | Practice Workbook
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Day 1: Clauses and complete sentences
- Identify the subject in “The careful reader checked the source.”
- Identify the predicate in that sentence.
- Is “because the road flooded” dependent or independent?
- Is “the volunteers repaired the bridge” dependent or independent?
- Is “after the storm” a phrase or a clause?
- Identify the fragment: “When the sun appeared.” or “The sun appeared.”
- Repair “Although the soil was dry.” with a complete thought.
- Explain why a dependent clause cannot stand alone as a standard sentence.
Day 2: Combining ideas and punctuation
- How many independent clauses are in “I read, and she wrote”?
- Correct: “The rain stopped, the children walked outside.”
- Combine with but: “The route was short. It was steep.”
- Combine with a semicolon: “The library opened. Students entered.”
- Does “Ari read and drew” need a comma before and?
- Name the error: “The clock rang we left.”
- Correct: “The garden grew, it needed water.”
- Explain one difference between a compound sentence and a sentence with a compound predicate.
Day 3: Complex sentences and meaning
- In “When the lesson ended, we reviewed,” identify the dependent clause.
- Identify its independent clause.
- Choose a reason word: because, although, or if.
- Choose a contrast word: because, although, or if.
- Choose a condition word: because, although, or if.
- Add punctuation: “Although it rained we continued.”
- Combine with because: “We wore boots. The trail was muddy.”
- Explain why a sentence beginning with because is not automatically incorrect.
Day 4: Precision, agreement and revision
- Identify the subject: “The basket of apples is heavy.”
- Choose is or are: “The list of questions ___ long.”
- Choose has or have: “The students ___ notebooks.”
- Why is “When Ana called Bea, she laughed” potentially unclear?
- Revise it to make Ana the person who laughed.
- Shorten: “At this point in time, we are ready.”
- Correct: “The box of pencils are on the desk.”
- Explain why removing words must not change the writer’s meaning.
Day 5: Independent editing and writing assessment
- Identify the dependent clause: “Because it was late, we left.”
- Correct the comma splice: “The book fell, I picked it up.”
- Add punctuation: “If the answer is unclear ask a question.”
- Choose the correct verb: “The group of readers is/are ready.”
- Is “after the long meeting” a phrase or a clause?
- Combine using although: “The path was steep. We kept walking.”
- Revise for clarity so that Malik smiled: “Malik greeted Ezra, and he smiled.”
- Write a complex sentence about careful reading and underline or label its dependent clause.