Gray rain dripped from the gutters all afternoon. The empty swings creaked back and forth, and nobody came outside to play.
7th grade English Language Arts practice sheet
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
A writer gives hints about events that will happen later in a story. What is this called?
- Flashback
- Imagery
- Symbolism
- Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing
Hint: Fore- means before. The writer shows a shadow of what's coming.
Question 2
Which word best describes the mood of this passage?
- Gloomy
- Excited
- Joyful
- Silly
Gloomy
Hint: Gray rain, empty swings, nobody outside... What feeling do these details create?
Question 3
Which logical fallacy does this argument use?
You can't trust Ravi's idea for the science fair. He's always late for class.
- Either-or (false dilemma)
- False cause
- Slippery slope
- Bandwagon
- Attacking the person (ad hominem)
Attacking the person (ad hominem)
Hint: The argument attacks the person instead of the idea. That's ad hominem.
Question 4
What type of sentence is this?
Priya wanted to join the choir, but she worried that she couldn't sing the high notes.
- Simple
- Compound-complex
- Compound
- Complex
Compound-complex
Hint: Two or more independent clauses plus at least one dependent clause make a compound-complex sentence.
Question 5
Which revision makes the sentence parallel?
Zoe would rather read a book than watching TV.
- Zoe would rather read a book than to watching TV.
- Zoe would rather reading a book than watch TV.
- Zoe would rather read a book than watch TV.
Zoe would rather read a book than watch TV.
Hint: Both sides of “than” should match: read… watch.
Question 6
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Ravi is the one _____ organizing the bake sale.
- who's
- whose
who's
Hint: Who's = who is (or who has). Whose asks or tells who owns something.
Question 7
Which senses does the poem mainly appeal to?
Saturday Market
The baker stacks her golden bread,
The farmer weighs a pear,
A fiddle's music twirls and spins
Like ribbons through the air.
- Taste and smell
- Touch and taste
- Smell and touch
- Sight and hearing
Sight and hearing
Hint: “Golden bread” is something you see. Fiddle music is something you hear.
Question 8
Which sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce a quotation?
- The poster said, it best: “Be kind.”
- The poster said it best: “Be kind.”
- The poster said it best; “Be kind.”
The poster said it best: “Be kind.”
Hint: The words before the colon must be a complete sentence.
Question 9
Which sentence is written in third person?
- You stared at the door.
- Ravi stared at the door.
- I stared at the door.
Ravi stared at the door.
Hint: Look for a name or he/she/they.
Question 10
Therm means “heat”. A thermometer measures…
- temperature
- mass
- distance
- time
temperature
Hint: Therm (heat) + meter (measure).
Answer key
- 1. Foreshadowing (Literary Devices)
- 2. Gloomy (Tone & Mood)
- 3. Attacking the person (ad hominem) (Persuasive Power)
- 4. Compound-complex (Clauses & Sentences)
- 5. Zoe would rather read a book than watch TV. (Modifiers & Parallelism)
- 6. who's (Word Mix-Ups)
- 7. Sight and hearing (Poetry Lab)
- 8. The poster said it best: “Be kind.” (Punctuation Power)
- 9. Ravi stared at the door. (Whose Story?)
- 10. temperature (Roots & Word Parts)
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