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1 Grammar and CompositionGrammar PracticeWorkbookTeacher s Annotated EditionGrade 7 Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce material contained herein on the condition that such materials bereproduced only for classroom use; and be provided to students, teachers, and familieswithout charge; and be used solely in conjunction with Writer s other reproduction, for use or sale, is prohibited without written permission of the in the United States of all inquiries to:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill8787 Orion PlaceColumbus, Ohio 43240 ISBN 0-07-823360-71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 902404 03 02 01 00iiGlencoe/McGraw-HillSubjects, Predicates, and 2 Sentences and Sentence Fragments.

2 , 5 Subjects and Predicates .. the Subject .. and Compound Sentences .. 2, 5 Proper, Compound and Collective Nouns .. 4 Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions .. 7Ve r b and Intransitive Verbs.. with Indirect Objects.. Verbs and Predicate Words .. , Past, and Future Tenses .. Verbs and Helping Verbs .. 8 Progressive Forms and Perfect Tenses.. 10 Irregular Verbs .. Pronouns .. and Antecedents .. Pronouns .. Pronouns .. 7 Reflexive, Intensive, and Interrogative Pronouns .. 19 Adjectives and 2 Adjectives, Articles, and Proper Adjectives .. 4 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives.

3 7 Adverbs and Intensifiers .. and Superlative Adverbs .. Adverbs and Adjectives .. Double Negatives .. 26 Prepositions, Conjunctions, and and Prepositional Phrases .. as Objects of Prepositions .. Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs .. 5 Conjunctions and Interjections .. 30 Unit 13 Unit 12 Unit 11 Unit 10 Unit 9 Unit 8iiiContentsClauses and Complex and Clauses .. Sentences .. Clauses .. Clauses .. Clauses .. and Participial Phrases .. and Gerund Phrases .. and Infinitive Phrases .. 38 Subject-Verb , 5 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree .. with Locating the Subject .. 4 Special Subjects.

4 41 Glossary of Special Usage 2 Using Troublesome Words .. 2 Capitalization I .. 4 Capitalization II .. the Period and Other End Marks .. Commas I .. Commas II .. Commas III .. Semicolons and Colons .. Quotation Marks and Italics.. 8 Using Apostrophes, Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses.. 10 Using Abbreviations and Writing Numbers .. 52 Unit 20 Unit 19 Unit 17 Unit 16 Unit 15 Unit 14 ContentsivWriter s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 7, Unit .. A. Recognizing Sentences and Kinds of SentencesDecide whether each of these groups of words is a sentence or a sentence fragment. Ifit is a sentence, write whether it is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory,or it is not a complete sentence, write a long day I had!

5 , full moon is shining between the clouds you turn off the lights? to bring an umbrella. the third shelf. _____ B. Correcting Sentence FragmentsAdd words to each sentence fragment to form the kind of sentence indicated in parentheses. Add the correct end will natives of North America (declarative) school today (imperative) your homework (interrogative) concert (exclamatory) _____Grammar 2 Sentences and Sentence FragmentsCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, a group of words thatexpresses a complete thought. A sentenceconsists of a subjectand a of words that does not have bothparts does not express a complete thoughtand is called a sentence sentence begins with a capital letterand ends with a period, question mark, orexclamation declarative sentencemakes a has many interrogative sentenceasks a old is this pyramid?

6 An exclamatory sentenceexpressesstrong steep the sides are!An imperative sentencegives a commandor makes a a photo of this Informationexclamatoryfragmentdeclarativ einterrogativeimperativefragment2Wr ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 7, Unit 8 A. Recognizing Sentence PartsUnderline each complete subject once and each complete predicate twice. Write eachsimple subject and simple predicate, or every day. at the partyscrambled for the balloons. brothermet his best friend and went to the movie. cactus, the century plant, and sagebrushgrow in the desert. _____ B. Combining Sentence PartsCombine each pair of sentences by forming a compound subject or compound predicate.

7 Remember to use the correct form of each , on a picnic, ants sting me. Or a bee stings cloth has a high price. But the cloth is just right for your costume.. , 5 Subjects and PredicatesCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, of the words in the subject make up thecomplete subject. The main word or groupof words in the subject is called the of the words in the predicatemake up the complete word or group of words in the predi-cate is called the simple simple subject is usually a noun or apronoun; the simple predicate is always a red car isin the compound subject has two or moresimple subjects joined byand, or, red car and its driver are in the the simple subjects are joined byand, the compound subject is plural andtakes the plural form of the verb.

8 When thesimple subjects are joined by oror nor, theverb agrees with the nearer the red caror the two blue onesuse compound predicatehas two or moreverbs with the same skidsbut verbs are joined by and, or, nor, but, InformationShama; exercisesChildren; scrambledbrother; met, wentcactus, century plant,sagebrush; growUsually, on a picnic, ants or a bee stings cloth has a high price but is just right for your ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 7, Unit .. A. Locating the SubjectUnderline the complete subject in each of these sentences. If the sentence is a command, write (Yo u) on the line before the spidershave six legs or eight legs?

9 To the man in the tall hatis a this applea Red Delicious? the museum there were many Roman statues. B. Rewriting Sentences for VarietyRearrange the words of each of the following sentences as indicated. Write your revisedsentence in the space provided . Write a sentence of your own at the should imagine my delight at holding a koala. (Use the understood You.) shoes are here under the chair (Begin with Here are.) have drawn with charcoal. (Use a question.)_____4.(Write an exclamatory sentence.)_____Grammar the SubjectCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, sentences begin with the fall at questions begin with a word that ispart of the clouds affect temperature?

10 Rearranging the words to form a statementhelps to locate the do affect sentences beginning with Here is, Hereare, There is, or There are, the predicateprecedes the are today s commands, the word youis the under-stood subject.(You) Keep a daily InformationYo uImagine my delight at holding a are your shoes under the you drawn with charcoal?Sentences will ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 7, Unit 8 A. Recognizing Subjects and Predicates in Compound SentencesUnderline each complete subject once and each complete predicate twice. Circle the coordinating conjunctions and, but,or or when they are used to connect two simple cousinmoved to Mexico City, and Imay visit her the Pyramid of the Sun on the last trip, but my eldest brothermissed thetour of the and Kendrasometimes ride the ferris wheel,or theychoose the baskets and tosses rings in the fairway, but Kendraenjoys the exhibits.