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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 uses a noun clause as the subject?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is What the survey revealed surprised the researchers..

  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: What the survey revealed is a clause functioning as the subject of surprised.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

What the survey revealed is a clause functioning as the subject of surprised.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence "The bird with bright feathers landed nearby," what does "with bright feathers" modify?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The bird.

  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 prepositional phrase with bright feathers describes which bird landed.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The prepositional phrase with bright feathers describes which bird landed.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence "We met after the rehearsal," what does "after the rehearsal" modify?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Met.

  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 phrase tells when we met, so it functions adverbially and modifies the verb met.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The phrase tells when we met, so it functions adverbially and modifies the verb met.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which words form the verb phrase in "The class has been studying weather patterns"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is has been studying.

  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: Has been studying is the complete verb phrase showing the ongoing action.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Has been studying is the complete verb phrase showing the ongoing action.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence "The book on the top shelf belongs to Maya," which noun does "on the top shelf" modify?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The book.

  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 phrase identifies which book belongs to Maya by describing the book.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The phrase identifies which book belongs to Maya by describing the book.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which words form the direct object noun phrase in "The students displayed the newly painted mural"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is the newly painted mural.

  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 newly painted mural receives the action of displayed and functions as the direct object.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The newly painted mural receives the action of displayed and functions as the direct object.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence correctly treats the relative clause as essential?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The students who completed the project received certificates..

  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: Who completed the project identifies which students received certificates, so an essential clause does not take commas.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

Who completed the project identifies which students received certificates, so an essential clause does not take commas.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence correctly sets off a nonessential relative clause?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Our science teacher, who grew up in Arizona, shared a desert photograph..

  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 clause adds extra information about an already identified teacher, so commas are needed on both sides.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

The clause adds extra information about an already identified teacher, so commas are needed on both sides.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the sentence with a correctly punctuated appositive phrase.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The river, a major source of drinking water, flows through the valley..

  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 major source of drinking water renames the river and is nonessential, so it is enclosed by commas.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

A major source of drinking water renames the river and is nonessential, so it is enclosed by commas.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the function of "to lead the discussion" in "She hopes to lead the discussion"?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is An infinitive phrase acting as the object of hopes.

  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 lead the discussion is an infinitive phrase that completes the meaning of hopes.
  3. Check the complete meaning: Read the whole sentence again to confirm that the selected structure fits its grammatical role.

To lead the discussion is an infinitive phrase that completes the meaning of hopes.

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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.