Grade 7 Reading & writing practice

What is on the worksheet

1. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word that often modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.

   1. Complex sentence
   2. Homophone
   3. Predicate
   4. Adverb

2. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word that connects words, phrases or clauses.

   1. Dependent clause
   2. Conjunction
   3. Adjective
   4. Phrase

3. Text: Leo took an umbrella after seeing dark clouds. Which is directly stated?

   1. Leo hates sunshine.
   2. It certainly rained.
   3. Leo took an umbrella.
   4. The street flooded.

4. A quiet corner that stayed busy The school opened a quiet study corner, but its entrance was beside a busy printer. A notice asked everyone to be silent. The room remained noisy because users had to pass through it to collect printed work. At a review meeting, pupils explained that the problem was not simply unwillingness to follow the rule. The route and equipment placement created repeated interruptions. Staff moved the printer collection point and added a separate walking route. The notice stayed, but the redesign reduced the need to depend on reminders alone. What does the passage suggest about interpreting rule-breaking or disruption?

5. What additional evidence would help compare print and digital textbook access fairly?

6. Which word means able to be washed?

   1. washing
   2. washer
   3. washable
   4. unwashed

7. Explain how a line break can create a pause or surprise without changing the words.

8. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

   1. Adjective
   2. Phrase
   3. Prefix
   4. Pronoun

9. Which detail best supports a paragraph about reducing classroom noise?

   1. Felt pads on chair legs reduced scraping sounds.
   2. The classroom has four windows.
   3. The wall is pale blue.
   4. The chairs were delivered in April.

10. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? A narrator whose account the reader has reason to question.

    1. Summary
    2. Simile
    3. Plot
    4. Unreliable narrator

11. The repair table At a community repair table, volunteers placed objects in three trays: ready to repair, needs more information, and cannot be repaired here. A visitor disliked the third label, saying it sounded like failure. The coordinator explained that some items needed specialist tools or expertise the volunteers did not have. Pretending otherwise could damage the object or create risk. The group kept the tray but added a note explaining possible next steps. Visitors now received a clear reason instead of an unexplained refusal. How does the coordinator distinguish a limit from failure?

12. Interpret this original line: Evening folded the road into shadow.

13. The prototype and the practiced team A team designed a puzzle app and tested it on its own members. Everyone completed the first screen quickly, so the team reported that the instructions were obvious. A new volunteer then hesitated over an unlabeled icon. The designers knew the icon's meaning because they had discussed it for days; the volunteer did not. In the next test, participants received no verbal hints, and the team recorded where they paused. The revised interface included a short label. The team no longer treated familiarity among its members as evidence that every new user would understand. Explain why supplying hints during a usability test can hide a problem.

14. Which transition introduces a contrast?

    1. for example
    2. similarly
    3. however
    4. first

15. An original sentence says an approach “may help.” Which rewrite changes its certainty?

    1. The approach could help.
    2. The approach always works.
    3. It might be useful.

16. The shortest route Two routes connect a school and a sports centre. The riverside path is 1.2 km but includes steps. The street route is 1.6 km and has controlled crossings and a continuous step-free surface. A class trip includes a student using a wheelchair. The group chooses the street route and allows extra travel time rather than treating distance as the only measure of a suitable route. Explain the decision criterion besides distance.

17. Which sentence best distinguishes evidence from interpretation?

    1. Her pause proves she was guilty.
    2. Pausing always means fear.
    3. The text says she paused; this may suggest hesitation.

18. Which practice is a weak paraphrase?

    1. Rebuilding the sentence and checking its meaning.
    2. Identifying the source of the idea.
    3. Replacing a few words while retaining nearly all original structure.

19. The missing week The weather club compared two months of rainfall. April's sheet totalled 48 mm, while May's totalled 39 mm. At first, the pupils titled their chart May was drier. Then one member noticed seven blank days in May's record. A blank did not mean zero rainfall; the gauge had not been read during a school closure. The club could report the recorded totals but could not make a fair full-month comparison without addressing the missing observations. They shaded the missing period on the chart and revised the title to Recorded rainfall. Why was May was drier too strong a title?

20. Which question asks for evidence?

    1. What is your favourite colour?
    2. Which words support your interpretation?
    3. Do you like the character?
    4. How long is your pencil?