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Summer brush-up · English

Grammar check: finished Grade 7?

For students who finished grade 7 grammar (Level 3, Year A Review), or who are starting grade 8.

15 items drawn from the English Grammar, Grade 7 (Units 17–20) year-end review (Level 3, Year A Review). About 30–40 minutes. Paper and pencil, with the book closed. Work every item first, then check each answer and mark it.

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1. Is the word group “after the snow had melted” a prepositional phrase or a dependent clause?The geese returned to the pond after the snow had melted.

Answer: dependent clause (it has a subject and verb of its own, snow had melted)
Lesson 17.1 Phrases and Clauses

2. Diagram the sentence.The farmer, tired from the harvest, rested beneath the old elm.

Answer: Subject: farmer (The); participle: tired, on a bent line under farmer, with the phrase from the harvest; verb: rested; adverb phrase: beneath the old elm

Diagram: The farmer, tired from the harvest, rested beneath the old elm.

The farmer, tired from the harvest, rested beneath the old elm.

Lesson 17.2 Participles and Participial Phrases

3. Write the participial phrase.The spider's web, sparkling with dew, hung between the fence posts.

Answer: sparkling with dew (it modifies web)
Lesson 17.2 Participles and Participial Phrases

4. Diagram the sentence.Mary enjoys baking bread for her neighbors.

Answer: Subject: Mary; verb: enjoys; direct object: the gerund phrase on a stilt, baking with its direct object bread and the phrase for her neighbors

Diagram: Mary enjoys baking bread for her neighbors.

Mary enjoys baking bread for her neighbors.

Lesson 17.3 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases

5. Write the dependent clause.Although the wind was cold, the children skated on the frozen pond until supper.

Answer: Although the wind was cold (until supper is a prepositional phrase, not a clause)
Lesson 18.1 Independent and Dependent Clauses

6. What job does the relative pronoun that do inside its own clause?The lamb that Caleb found in the ditch was safe by evening.

Answer: direct object (Caleb found that)
Lesson 18.2 Adjective Clauses

7. Write the one word that the adverb clause “than Peter did” modifies.Henry finished his chores sooner than Peter did.

Answer: sooner (the clause tells how much sooner; an adverb clause may modify an adverb)
Lesson 18.3 Adverb Clauses

8. Diagram the sentence.We will plant the beans after the last frost has passed.

Answer: Subject: We; verb: will plant; direct object: beans (the); adverb clause below: subject frost (the, last), verb has passed, joined to will plant by after on a dashed slanted line

Diagram: We will plant the beans after the last frost has passed.

We will plant the beans after the last frost has passed.

Lesson 18.3 Adverb Clauses

9. Is the sentence simple or compound?Ruth swept the porch and shook out the rugs.

Answer: simple (one subject, Ruth, with a compound verb; there is only one clause)
Lesson 19.1 Simple and Compound Sentences Reviewed

10. Correct the comma splice by replacing the comma with a semicolon.The rain stopped at noon, the boys went out to the orchard.

Answer: The rain stopped at noon; the boys went out to the orchard.
Lesson 19.1 Simple and Compound Sentences Reviewed

11. Write the two dependent clauses.When the snow melts, the brook that runs past our house rises quickly.

Answer: When the snow melts (adverb clause); that runs past our house (adjective clause)
Lesson 19.2 Complex Sentences

12. Diagram the sentence.The cows that had wandered into the woods came home at dusk, and Peter counted them in the barn.

Answer: First clause: subject cows (The) with the adjective clause that had wandered into the woods below it; verb came with home and at dusk. Second clause: subject Peter; verb counted; direct object them; phrase in the barn. The clauses are joined by and.

Diagram: The cows that had wandered into the woods came home at dusk, and Peter counted them in the barn.

The cows that had wandered into the woods came home at dusk, and Peter counted them in the barn.

Lesson 19.4 Diagramming Long Sentences

13. Write the objective complement.The children called the new puppy Biscuit.

Answer: Biscuit (it follows the direct object, puppy, and renames it)
Lesson 20.1 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Objective Complements

14. Diagram the sentence.Mother considered the quilt a fine gift for Aunt Martha.

Answer: Subject: Mother; verb: considered; direct object: quilt (the); objective complement: gift (a, fine, with the phrase for Aunt Martha), after a backslash slanting toward quilt

Diagram: Mother considered the quilt a fine gift for Aunt Martha.

Mother considered the quilt a fine gift for Aunt Martha.

Lesson 20.1 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Objective Complements

15. In this short prayer, what is the mood of the verb bless?God bless our home.

Answer: subjunctive (it expresses a wish or prayer; the indicative would be blesses)
Lesson 20.3 Mood

4-week summer review path

Four short days a week, 30–45 minutes: the 16 English Grammar, Grade 7 (Units 17–20) lessons that appear most often on its exams and reviews, in course order. Do the lessons you missed on the test first.

Week 1

  1. Day 1: Lesson 17.1 Phrases and Clauses · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 17.2 Participles and Participial Phrases · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 17.3 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 17.4 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 2

  1. Day 1: Lesson 18.1 Independent and Dependent Clauses · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 18.2 Adjective Clauses · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 18.3 Adverb Clauses · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 18.4 Noun Clauses · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 3

  1. Day 1: Lesson 19.1 Simple and Compound Sentences Reviewed · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 19.2 Complex Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 19.3 Compound-Complex Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 19.4 Diagramming Long Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 4

  1. Day 1: Lesson 20.1 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Objective Complements · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 20.2 Active and Passive Voice · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 20.3 Mood · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 20.4 Shifts in Tense, Voice and Mood · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.