Phrases and Clauses Mastery
A Grade 7 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding phrases and clauses, their types, and their functions within sentences.
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Phrases and Clauses Mastery
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will test your understanding of phrases and clauses.
A phrase is a group of words that acts as a single part of speech but does not contain both a subject and a verb. A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.
Clauses can be independent (can stand alone as a complete sentence) or dependent (cannot stand alone and relies on an independent clause for complete meaning).
1. Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause: My dog, with the fluffy tail, loves to chase squirrels.
Phrase
Clause
Neither
Both
2. Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause: Because the rain started, we had to cancel the picnic.
Phrase
Clause
Neither
Both
3. A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb is called a .
4. A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete .
5. A phrase functions as a single of speech within a sentence.
6. Write a sentence that includes an independent clause and a dependent clause. Underline the independent clause once and the dependent clause twice.
7. Explain the difference between a phrase and a clause in your own words.
8. All clauses can stand alone as complete sentences.
True
False
9. A prepositional phrase is an example of a clause.
True
False
10. Combine the following phrase and clause to create one grammatically correct sentence:
Phrase: running quickly Clause: The athlete finished the race
11. Identify the independent clause and the dependent clause in the following sentence: Although it was raining, the children played outside.
Independent Clause:
Dependent Clause: