7th Grade Grammar

An example of a phrase would be...

• by the lake.
• The ball is by the lake.
• The snake slithered away.
• I love to read long, romantic novels.

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the correct definition of phrase.

• A group of words with a subject and a verb. 
• Please bring me ice cream. 
• A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• A group of words without a subject and a verb. 

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the correct definition of clause.

• A group of words without a subject and a verb.
• A group of words with a subject and a verb. 
• because she smiled at him.
• A state that will cause something else to happen.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Please tell us if this is a misplaced or dangling modifier.
Caution, pedestrians slippery when wet.

• Dangling
• Misplaced
• Nothing is wrong with this sentence.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence is punctuated correctly, using a comma to separate coordinating adjectives?

• His mild casual approach, sets customers at ease. 
• Driving on the rocky hilly driveway gives, me a headache.
• My sister's favorite animal at the zoo was the little gray elephant.
• Evan has an organized, tidy room.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Please tell us if this sentence has a misplaced or dangling modifier.
Wearing a diaper and sunscreen on their bald heads, they went to the beach.

• Dangling
• Misplaced
• This sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Decide if the following is a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause....
"While she went to the beach."

• Phrase
• Independent Clause
• Dependent Clause

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Decide if the following is a dependent clause, independent clause, or a phrase....My teacher is cool.

• Independent Clause
• Dependent Clause
• Phrase

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B