7th Grade Grammar Post Review

Which of the following sentences is correctly written?

• This year Jamie, who begins track practice on April 8, 2021, will embrace the challenging season.

• This year Jamie, who begins track practice on April, 8, 2021 will embrace the challenging season.

• This year Jamie, who begins track practice on April 8, 2021 will embrace the challenging season.

Which of the following sentences is correctly written?

• The spring weather is beautiful but it gives me terrible allergies.

• The spring weather is beautiful but, it gives me terrible allergies.

• The spring weather is beautiful, but it gives me terrible allergies.

• The spring weather is beautiful, but they give me terrible allergies.

Which of the following sentences contains an incorrectly placed comma?

• There was bad weather in Maine, so the flight was delayed.

• Because her plane was an hour late, Rachel missed her connecting flight.

• Richmond is a small airport, and it doesn’t have a lot of flights.

• The plane was delayed for 45 minutes, because there were several other flights arriving.

Which pronoun belongs in the blank? 

All students must go to the homework board via Schoology or Classroom to stay on top of ______ English assignments.

• his or her

• their

• there

• your

Which of the following is an incorrect way of combining these two sentences?

Amanda searched for an hour. She found her car keys in the freezer!

• Amanda searched for an hour and found her car keys in the freezer!

• After Amanda searched for an hour, she found her car keys in the freezer!

• Amanda found her car keys in the freezer, because she searched for an hour!

• Amanda searched for an hour, and she found her car keys in the freezer!

What change should be made to the following sentence? 

The noise of middle school hallways have negative effects on student stress levels. 

• Change have to has

• Change effects to affects

• Change levels to level’s

• Change middle school to Middle School

What verb would correctly complete this sentence? 

After hours of researching pets online, either a hamster or a goldfish______ most exciting to Rachel. 

• seem

• seems

Which sentence uses inconsistent verb tense?

• As the winter holidays approached, we are all wondering when it will snow.

• As the winter holidays approached, we all wondered when it would snow.

• As the winter holidays are approaching, we are all wondering when it will snow.

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

• Angie never left the basement all day, so she didn't know when it started raining.

• After Marcus lost the bet, he had to dress up like a mouse.

• I never thought of myself as a champion, but the medal is nice.

• Sam runs through the halls all day long without ever getting tired.

Which of the following sentences is an example of a fragment?

• She lost.

• Her ball never landing in the field.

• Max is three.

• Her team lost but she didn't care.