Interactive Guide Grade 7

16 Seventh Grade Core Subjects : : Grammar & Composition (Language of God, Level F)

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

I. Parts of Speech, 1–86

Verbs

35 36

Linking a Subject and Another Noun Linking Verb or Not Exercise Another Linking Verb Exercise

Subjects

2 3 4

Predicates

Subjects and Predicates in Questions Predicates in Questions Exercise The Independent Clause Independent Clauses or Not Exercise Understood Subjects Exercise Review of Subjects and Predicates Simple and Compound Sentences Mixing Simple and Compound Sentences Exercise

Action Verbs Helping Verbs

39 40 42

6

Contracted Helping Verbs Review of Verbs

Verb Tenses

44

Writing Verb Tenses Exercise

11

Progressive Verbs Finding Past Progressive Verbs Exercise Writing Future Progressive Verbs Exercise Past, Present, or Future Progressive Exercise Irregular Verbs Completing the Verb Forms Exercise Irregular and Regular Verbs Exercise Review of Verb Tenses Transitive or Intransitive Exercise Review of Verbs Adverbs Another Adverb Relationship Exercise Review of Adjectives and Adverbs Pronouns Personal Pronouns Choosing Objective Singular and Plural Pronouns Exercise Choosing Possessive Singular and Plural Pronouns Exercise Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Distinguishing between Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Exercise Finding Preposition Exercise Coordinating Conjunctions Finding Conjunctions Exercise Interj ctions Choosing I terjections Exercise Review of Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections Indefinite Pronouns Prepo itions More Prep itions Adjectives Transitive Verbs Writing Transitive Verbs Exercise Intransitive Verbs Finding Adjectives Exercise

46

Compound Subjects Exercise Compound Predicates Exercise

Nouns

16 16

Compound Nouns

50

Forming More Compound Nouns Exercise

Compound Words Hyphenated Compound Noun Exercise

19

55

More Compound Nouns Exercise Review of Compound Sentences

III. Mechanics, 113–168

72

57

Possessive Nouns

23 24 25

114 Capitalization

74

Plural Names

Capitalizing Exercise

Plural Possessive Nouns Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns Exercise Writing Possessive Nouns Exercise Matching Collective Nouns and Members Exercise Creating Collective Nouns Exercise Collective Nouns

117 Commas

60 61

78 79

Using Commas Correctly Exercise

119 More Uses for Commas 121 Parenthetic Expressions and Restrictive Clauses 123 Commas and Conjunctions Review of Commas 126 Semicolons and Colons 128 More Colons Review of Semicolons and Colons 132 Quotation Marks 134 Quotation Marks or Italics? 136 Apostrophes Adding Apostrophes Exercise 138 Apostrophes and Ownership Possession Without Apostrophe Exercise Possessives Exercise 142 Apostrophes and Contractions Review of Quotation Marks, Italics, and Apostrophes 145 Hyphens 147 More Uses for Hyphens To Hyphenate or Not Exercise 150 Dashes 152 Parentheses 154 Citations of Works 156 Abbreviations Understanding Abbreviations Exercise

28

81

83

65 66

Appositives

31

Appositive or Not Exercise Writing Appositives Exercise Review of Nouns

Interrogative Pronouns Review of Pronouns

69

II. Usage, 87–112

Complex Sentences

88 89

Subject-Verb Agreement Singular and Plural Verbs Exercise Singular and Plural Subjects Exercise

Collective Nouns Indefinite Pronouns

93 94

Review of Indefinite Pronouns Review of Subject-Verb Agreement

Troublesome Words

98

Lie Chanting Exercise Choosing Lay or Lie Exercise More Chanting Exercises 102 More Troublesome Words and How to Use Them Properly Choosing Grammatically Correct Words Exercise 107 Diagramming Sentences 109 Predicate Nouns and Adjectives 110 Compound Subjects and Predicates

159 Latin Abbreviations 161 The Ampersand: & 162 Writing Numbers 164 It’s About Time

Review of Dashes and Parentheses Review of Abbreviations and Numbers