English 7/8 Exam Review

Subject & Predicate

100

Identify the simple subject in the sentence below. 

• The last train leaves the station at 12:30 am.

train

200

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence below. 

• The woman filled the vase with colourful flowers.

filled

300

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence below. 

• The tourists came to see the changing colours.

came to see the changing colours. 

400

Identify the complete subject in the sentence below. 

• The leaves on the trees in the park turned orange and yellow.

The leaves on the tress in the park 

500

Identify the compound subject in the sentence below. 

• Pizza and hamburgers are sold at the variety store.

pizza and hamburgers

Clauses

100

Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence below.

• I was at the station when the train arrived.

when the train arrived

200

Identify the independent clause in the sentence below. 

• Although the night was cool, the walk was enjoyable.

the walk was enjoyable.

300

Adjective or adverb clause? 

Before I left for Detroit, I paid all my bills.  

adverb clause

400

Adjective or adverb clause?

Always do the work that is assigned to you.

adjective clause

500

Create compound or complex sentences by adding an independent or a subordinate clause to each group of words.

Before we left Toronto,

answers may vary

Direct & Indirect Objects

100

What is the direct object in the sentence below?

• Have you written Andrew the time of our departure?

time 

200

What is the indirect object in the sentence below?

• Mark, show us a magic trick.

us

300

Identify the indirect object in the sentence below. 

• A toddler handed his mother a bright orange leaf.

his mother 

400

Compound or complex sentence?

• The villagers living in the drought-stricken desert watched hopefully as the storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

complex sentence

500

Complex or compound sentence? 

• Manny and Mary are fraternal twins, but they have little in common besides their parents, birthdays, and the first two letters of their names.

compound sentence

Sentences

100

Correct the run-on sentence. 

• What was in the salad it contained fresh fruits and walnuts.

What was in the salad? It contained fresh fruits and walnuts. 

200

Combine each pair of sentences below. 

• Linda refuses to watch violent movies. Judy refuses to watch violent movies.

Linda and Judy refuse to watch violent movies. 

300

Correct the run-on sentence. 

• Teresa went to the party she took fruit salad and it was good.

Teresa went to the party; she took fruit salad and it was good. 

400

Expand the sentence by adding details to make the sentence more interesting. 

• The acrobats climbed the ladder.

answers may vary 

The flexible acrobats climbed the tall ladder to the top of the stage. 

500

Combine each pair of sentences together. 

• James and Kaitlyn ride to work together. Kaitlyn and Kristen ride to work together.

James, Kaitlyn, and Kristen ride to work together. 

Nouns

100

Put the noun in parentheses in plural form. 

Amira has three ____________________________. (brother-in-law)

Amira has three brothers-in-law. 

200

What type of noun is the following? (common, abstract, collective)

Bravery

abstract 

300

Put the noun in parentheses in plural form. 

We stopped at the side of the road to watch the ________________ grazing. (calf)

We stopped at the side of the road to watch the calves grazing. 

400

What type of noun is the following? (common, abstract, collective)

Jury

collective

500

What type of noun is the following? (common, abstract, collective)

Swarm

collective