Grade 7 English Quiz: Test Your Language Skills!

The sentence "There was a dark stain on my shirt" contains a prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase in this sentence is "on my shirt." The preposition "on" shows the relationship between the noun "stain" and the noun phrase "my shirt."

A simple sentence contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses. The sentence "The baby duckling slowly swam behind its mother" has one independent clause with a subject ("baby duckling") and a verb ("swam"). It does not contain any dependent clauses.

The correctly spelled word is expectant, which means having or showing an eager anticipation or waiting for something to happen. The other words in the list are misspelled: milege should be mileage, oversite should be oversight, and aknowledge should be acknowledge.

The sentence that uses abstract nouns is:

Intelligence, wit, and patience make a good combination.



Abstract nouns refer to ideas, qualities, or states that cannot be perceived by the five senses. In this sentence, intelligence, wit, and patience are all abstract nouns because they describe qualities or concepts rather than physical objects that can be touched, seen, or heard.

Commas are used to separate items in a list, but there should not be a comma before the coordinating conjunction 'and' in a list. The first sentence correctly uses commas to separate the items in the list: books, games, and food. The other sentences incorrectly use commas. There should not be a comma after 'whatever' or before and after 'to visit'.

The sentence that does NOT use a collective noun is:

C. The new school was built after the voters passed the bond issue.

Here's why:

A. The flock of chickens uses "flock" to refer to a group of chickens.

B. The baseball team uses "team" to refer to a group of players.

D. The herd of cows uses "herd" to refer to a group of cows.

"Voters" in sentence C, while referring to a group of people, does not use a specific collective noun to do so. It simply uses the plural form of the word "voter."

Therefore, the correct answer is C.

The sentence "Who starred in the movie Jerry McGuire?" is written as a question because it begins with an interrogative word, "Who," which is used to inquire about a person or group. It ends with a question mark (?), signaling that the sentence is asking for information.

The correct answer is "Erica had to invest many hours of practice because she wanted to achieve a high level of skill." This sentence is a complex sentence because it contains both an independent clause ("Erica had to invest many hours of practice") and a dependent clause ("because she wanted to achieve a high level of skill"). The dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence, so it relies on the independent clause for meaning.

The correct sentence is the only one that is written correctly. The other sentences contain errors in capitalization, possessives, or number usage. The first sentence should be "New Year's Day" and "Grandmother's house". The second sentence should be "New Year's Day" and "Grandmother's house". The fourth sentence should be "New Year's Day" and "Grandmother's house".

The first sentence is the only one that is written correctly. The second sentence should not capitalize "Concorde" because it is not a proper noun. The third sentence should capitalize "The History of English" because it is the title of a television series. The fourth sentence should capitalize "Sleep Late" because it is the title of a book.

This phrase uses strong verbs and imagery to convey the intensity of the pain, making it more vivid and engaging for the reader. It also adds a sense of personification to the back, as if it is actively protesting against the continued digging.

The sentence that presents information in a compound sentence is:



The boy was curious about the commotion, and he, too, came to gaze into the mirror.



A compound sentence is formed when two independent clauses (complete thoughts) are connected by a coordinating conjunction like 'and', 'but', or 'or'. In this case, the two independent clauses are: "The boy was curious about the commotion" and "he, too, came to gaze into the mirror," joined by the conjunction and.



The other options are either simple or complex sentences but do not meet the criteria for a compound sentence.

The given sentence "Enrico and Javon stayed behind to clean up after the party; consequently, they were paid generously by the teacher." is not a compound-complex sentence because it consists of only one independent clause ("Enrico and Javon stayed behind to clean up after the party") and one dependent clause ("consequently, they were paid generously by the teacher"). A compound-complex sentence must have at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.

The emphatic form of a verb uses the auxiliary verb "do" (or "does" or "did") to add emphasis to the main verb. The sentence "My parents do the yard work early each Saturday morning" is a simple sentence that does not use the emphatic form. The other sentences use the emphatic form to emphasize the actions of returning, requiring, and needing.

The sentence "Lorena and Louisa completed their assignments but left them at home" does not use a correlative conjunction correctly. The conjunction "but" is not a correlative conjunction. A correlative conjunction is a pair of conjunctions that work together, such as "either...or" or "not only...but also." In this sentence, "but" is used as a coordinating conjunction, not a correlative conjunction.