7th grade · Grammar
What a 7th grade student learns in Grammar
Grade 7 grammar centers on mastering phrases and clauses to build and vary sentence structures (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex), correctly placing modifiers, and applying precise conventions so writing signals clear relationships among ideas.
The skills for the year
- 1Explain functions of phrases (prepositional, appositive, adjectival, adverbial) in sentences
- 2Explain functions of independent and dependent clauses
- 3Distinguish phrases from clauses and identify their roles
- 4Identify and correctly form simple sentences
- 5Construct compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions and correct punctuation
- 6Construct complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns
- 7Construct compound-complex sentences to show multiple idea relationships
- 8Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences for clarity and effect
- 9Place phrases and clauses correctly within sentences
- 10Identify and correct misplaced modifiers
- 11Identify and correct dangling modifiers
- 12Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives
- 13Apply conventional capitalization and end punctuation in multi-clause sentences
- 14Choose precise wording and eliminate wordiness or redundancy
- 15Maintain subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement in complex constructions
- 16Spell grade-level words correctly, including homophones and commonly confused terms
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