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Grade 7 English Language Arts · Phrases and Clauses

Grade 7 Phrases and Clauses Practice Test

Build Grade 7 English Language Arts skills with five 10-question practice tests on phrases, clauses, sentence structures, clause functions, and punctuation.

Phrases and Clauses Practice Tests

These Grade 7 English Language Arts practice tests use original sentences and editing tasks to build understanding of phrases and clauses. Students identify noun, prepositional, participial, gerund, infinitive, and appositive phrases; distinguish independent and dependent clauses; analyze sentence structures; and apply punctuation rules.

Skills covered

  • Identifying phrases and distinguishing them from complete clauses
  • Recognizing independent, dependent, adjective, adverb, and noun clauses
  • Analyzing compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
  • Understanding how phrases and clauses function as subjects, objects, modifiers, and complements
  • Using relative clauses, appositives, subordinating conjunctions, and coordinating conjunctions
  • Applying commas, semicolons, colons, and punctuation for clear clause relationships

How to use these practice tests

First find the subject and verb. Then decide whether the word group expresses a complete thought, depends on another clause, or functions as a phrase within the sentence. Finally, check punctuation and read the complete sentence for clarity.

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Grade 7 Phrases and Clauses Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 7 English Language Arts practice test on phrases, clauses, sentence structures, clause functions, and punctuation.

Identify the phrase or clause, determine its grammatical function, and choose the sentence structure or punctuation that communicates the relationship clearly.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence "The hikers crossed the bridge," which words form a noun phrase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The hikers.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: The hikers is a group of words built around the noun hikers and functions as the subject.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The hikers is a group of words built around the noun hikers and functions as the subject.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is an independent clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The bridge was wet..

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: The bridge was wet has a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The bridge was wet has a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is a prepositional phrase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is under the old oak.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: Under the old oak begins with the preposition under and ends with its object oak.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Under the old oak begins with the preposition under and ends with its object oak.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is a participial phrase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Glowing in the dark.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: Glowing in the dark begins with the present participle glowing and describes the signs in the complete sentence.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Glowing in the dark begins with the present participle glowing and describes the signs in the complete sentence.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is an infinitive phrase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is To finish on time.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: To finish on time begins with the infinitive marker to and the base verb finish.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

To finish on time begins with the infinitive marker to and the base verb finish.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is a gerund phrase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Reading historical maps.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: Reading historical maps begins with the -ing form reading used as a noun, so it is a gerund phrase.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Reading historical maps begins with the -ing form reading used as a noun, so it is a gerund phrase.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence "Dr. Chen, our science teacher, led the workshop," what is "our science teacher"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is An appositive phrase.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: Our science teacher renames Dr. Chen, so it is an appositive phrase set off by commas.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Our science teacher renames Dr. Chen, so it is an appositive phrase set off by commas.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is an adjective clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is that we visited last summer.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: That we visited last summer contains a subject and verb and modifies a noun such as the museum.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

That we visited last summer contains a subject and verb and modifies a noun such as the museum.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence contains an adverb clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Although the trail was steep, we reached the summit..

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: Although the trail was steep is a dependent clause that tells under what condition the action happened.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Although the trail was steep is a dependent clause that tells under what condition the action happened.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is a dependent clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is when the bell rang.

  1. Identify the sentence part: Look for a subject, a verb, and the words that belong together as a phrase or clause.
  2. Apply the phrase or clause rule: When the bell rang has a subject and verb but begins with when, so it does not express a complete thought by itself.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

When the bell rang has a subject and verb but begins with when, so it does not express a complete thought by itself.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 7 Phrases and Clauses

What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?

A phrase is a group of related words without a complete subject-and-verb relationship, while a clause contains a subject and a verb. An independent clause also expresses a complete thought.

What is a dependent clause?

A dependent clause contains a subject and verb but begins with a word such as because, although, when, or while that makes it depend on another clause for a complete meaning.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 7 Phrases and Clauses questions in total.