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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

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The rain stopped, and the hikers continued..

  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 sentence joins two independent clauses with a comma and the coordinating conjunction and.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The sentence joins two independent clauses with a comma and the coordinating conjunction and.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Because the bridge was closed, the team took a different route..

  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 sentence contains one dependent clause beginning with because and one independent clause.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The sentence contains one dependent clause beginning with because and one independent clause.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is compound-complex?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Although the forecast changed, we packed our gear, and the guide checked the route..

  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: This structure has the dependent clause Although the forecast changed and two independent clauses joined by and.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

This structure has the dependent clause Although the forecast changed and two independent clauses joined by and.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the best revision of the fragment "Because the bus was late."

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Because the bus was late, we missed the opening activity..

  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: Adding the independent clause we missed the opening activity completes the thought introduced by because.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Adding the independent clause we missed the opening activity completes the thought introduced by because.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the correct way to join the two independent clauses: "The lab closed early. We returned the next day."

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The lab closed early; we returned the next day..

  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: A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses without creating a comma splice.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses without creating a comma splice.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation after an introductory dependent clause.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is When the signal turned green, the cyclists started..

  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: A comma separates the introductory dependent clause from the independent clause.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

A comma separates the introductory dependent clause from the independent clause.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence uses a relative clause to identify the specific book?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The book that won the award is on the top shelf..

  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 won the award is an essential relative clause because it identifies which book is meant, so it is not set off by commas.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

That won the award is an essential relative clause because it identifies which book is meant, so it is not set off by commas.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which subordinating conjunction correctly completes the sentence: "We will start the experiment ___ everyone is ready"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is when.

  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 introduces the time-dependent clause everyone is ready and gives the intended meaning.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

When introduces the time-dependent clause everyone is ready and gives the intended meaning.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is an independent clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The team will practice after school..

  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 team will practice after school has a subject and verb and communicates a complete thought.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The team will practice after school has a subject and verb and communicates a complete thought.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of words is a dependent clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is while the rain continued.

  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: While the rain continued has a subject and verb but while makes it dependent on another clause.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

While the rain continued has a subject and verb but while makes it dependent on another clause.

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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.