Year 7 English

1. 1.Add a suffix to "kind" to make a noun meaning "the quality of being kind".

2. 2.Add a suffix to "teach" to name the person who teaches.

3. 3.Add a suffix to "care" to make a word meaning "without care".

4. 4.Add a prefix to "understand" to make a word meaning "understand wrongly".

5. 5.Sort each word part by where it attaches.

   Groups: Prefix — goes before the word · Suffix — goes after the word

   • re-
   • -less
   • dis-
   • -ful
   • un-
   • -ness

6. 6.Add a prefix to "happy" to make a word meaning "not happy".

7. 7.Match each suffix to what it adds to the word.

   • -ful
   • -less
   • -ness
   • -ly
   • -able
   • -er

   • a person who does it
   • full of
   • able to be
   • without
   • a quality or a state
   • in that manner

8. 8.Add a suffix to "hope" to make a word meaning "full of hope".

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1. 1.In a dictionary, the label "n." after a word tells you that the word is a ____.

   • a) noun
   • b) negative
   • c) name
   • d) number

2. 2.A dictionary page has the guide words "harmony" and "harvest". Which of these words is on that page?

   • a) hard
   • b) hammer
   • c) hasty
   • d) harp

3. 3.Sort each word by whether it comes before or after "middle" in a dictionary.

   Groups: Before "middle" · After "middle"

   • metal
   • mud
   • mist
   • marble
   • mild
   • melt
   • machine
   • monkey

4. 4.Match each part of a dictionary entry to what it tells you.

   • headword
   • part of speech
   • definition
   • example sentence
   • pronunciation guide

   • whether the word is a noun, a verb or an adjective
   • what the word means
   • the word being explained
   • how the word is said aloud
   • how the word is used

5. 5.A thesaurus is most useful when you want to ____.

   • a) find out how to spell a word
   • b) find another word with a similar meaning
   • c) find out how to say a word aloud
   • d) find out where a word came from

6. 6.Match each word to a stronger word that means almost the same.

   • big
   • sad
   • hot
   • happy
   • cold
   • tired

   • delighted
   • enormous
   • exhausted
   • heartbroken
   • freezing
   • scorching

7. 7.Put these words in the order you would find them in a dictionary.

   • breeze
   • branch
   • brave
   • break
   • bread

8. 8.In "She could not bear the noise", which meaning of "bear" fits?

   • a) to put up with
   • b) a large wild animal
   • c) to give birth to
   • d) to carry a heavy load

Using a dictionary and a thesaurus · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Make a noun from "succeed" — the one that means the opposite of failure.

2. 2."She explained the rule ____." Write the adverb form of "clear".

3. 3.Which word is the noun form of "able"?

   • a) enable
   • b) unable
   • c) ability
   • d) ably

4. 4.Sort each word by its part of speech.

   Groups: Noun · Adjective · Verb

   • widen
   • beautiful
   • freedom
   • simplify
   • careful
   • kindness

5. 5.Make a noun from "know".

6. 6.Make a noun from "decide".

7. 7."The ____ of the bridge took two years." Which form of "construct" fits?

   • a) construct
   • b) constructed
   • c) construction
   • d) constructive

8. 8.Make a noun from "strong".

Changing a word's part of speech · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Look at the sky — it ____ heavily right now.

   • a) rains
   • b) rained
   • c) is raining
   • d) has rained

2. 2.Sort each sentence by its tense.

   Groups: Present continuous · Past continuous · Present perfect

   • She has read the book.
   • They were playing when it rained.
   • They are playing outside.
   • She is reading a book.
   • They have played three matches.
   • She was reading when I called.

3. 3.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

   • the letter.
   • have
   • posted
   • already
   • I

4. 4.Complete with the present perfect of "see": I ____ that film twice.

5. 5.We ____ each other for ten years, and we are still friends.

   • a) know
   • b) have known
   • c) knew
   • d) are knowing

6. 6.Meera ____ in this town since 2018.

   • a) is living
   • b) lived
   • c) lives
   • d) has lived

7. 7.Match each verb form to the name of its tense.

   • is writing
   • was writing
   • has written
   • writes
   • wrote
   • will write

   • simple present
   • simple past
   • past continuous
   • simple future
   • present perfect
   • present continuous

8. 8.Complete with the past continuous of "cook": Mother ____ dinner when the guests arrived.

Continuous and perfect tenses · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.I bought a shirt yesterday. ____ shirt turned out to be too tight.

   • a) Some
   • b) An
   • c) The
   • d) A

2. 2.Which sentence uses articles correctly?

   • a) Honesty is a best policy.
   • b) The honesty is the best policy.
   • c) Honesty is the best policy.
   • d) A honesty is best policy.

3. 3.Almost nobody came: ____ people were interested in the talk.

   • a) few
   • b) little
   • c) a little
   • d) a few

4. 4.Sort each word by the job it does in front of a noun.

   Groups: Article · Quantifier — how much or how many · Demonstrative — which one

   • this
   • the
   • those
   • that
   • few
   • a
   • much
   • an
   • several

5. 5.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.

   • asked.
   • third
   • time
   • she
   • is
   • the
   • This
   • has

6. 6.Write "a", "an" or "the": She is ____ only girl in the team who can swim.

7. 7.Sort each sentence by whether the gap needs "the" or no article at all.

   Groups: the · no article

   • This is ____ third time I have rung the bell.
   • Everyone knows that ____ sun rises in the east.
   • They came to the station by ____ bus.
   • Please shut ____ door behind you.
   • My uncle speaks ____ Japanese fluently.
   • I would like ____ same drink as yesterday.
   • He is ____ cleverest boy in the class.
   • We went back to work after ____ lunch.

8. 8.Write "few" or "a few": I am not lonely at all — I have ____ good friends.

Articles and determiners in use · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Sort each adjective by how it makes its comparative.

   Groups: Add -er · Use "more"

   • young
   • careful
   • bright
   • happy
   • cold
   • difficult
   • interesting
   • expensive

2. 2.Write the superlative of "good": That was the ____ meal I have ever eaten.

3. 3.Sort each form by its degree of comparison.

   Groups: Positive · Comparative · Superlative

   • tall
   • most beautiful
   • good
   • beautiful
   • best
   • better
   • taller
   • tallest
   • more beautiful

4. 4.Which sentence is correct?

   • a) She sings more good than her brother.
   • b) She sings gooder than her brother.
   • c) She sings better than her brother.
   • d) She sings more better than her brother.

5. 5.Match each adjective to its comparative form. Not one of these follows the usual rules.

   • good
   • bad
   • many
   • little

   • worse
   • less
   • better
   • more

6. 6.Which is the correct superlative of "bad"?

   • a) worst
   • b) most bad
   • c) baddest
   • d) worse

7. 7.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.

   • the
   • on
   • earth.
   • mountain
   • highest
   • is
   • Mount Everest

8. 8.Ravi is not as tall ____ his sister.

   • a) from
   • b) then
   • c) than
   • d) as

Comparison of adjectives · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Which sentence states a general fact rather than a single event that happened once?

   • a) The ice was melting when we arrived.
   • b) Ice melts in the sun.
   • c) The ice had melted before we arrived.
   • d) The ice in the bucket melted by noon.

2. 2.Put the steps of turning a page of notes into a finished story in the right order.

   • First, decide which tense the whole piece needs — a story takes the past.
   • Last, read the piece back and check that no verb has slipped into the present.
   • Then use the past perfect for anything that had happened earlier still.
   • Next, put every main event into the simple past.

3. 3.A radio commentator is describing a match as it happens. Which sentence fits?

   • a) Sharma passed the ball to Khan.
   • b) Sharma will pass the ball to Khan.
   • c) Sharma had passed the ball to Khan.
   • d) Sharma passes the ball to Khan.

4. 4.Write one word: A story about events that are over and done with is normally written in the ____ tense.

5. 5.Sort each verb by its tense.

   Groups: Simple past · Past perfect

   • walked
   • had written
   • had seen
   • saw
   • wrote
   • had walked

6. 6.Which sentence describes how something works, rather than something that happened once?

   • a) The pump filled the tank in ten minutes.
   • b) The pump pushes air down the tube and into the tyre.
   • c) The pump was repaired on Tuesday.
   • d) The pump had stopped working by then.

7. 7.Sort each piece of writing by the tense it is normally written in.

   Groups: Past tense · Present tense

   • A description of how a bicycle pump works
   • A fact about how bees make honey
   • A recipe for lemon rice
   • A diary entry about what happened at school today
   • A newspaper report of yesterday's match
   • A story about a journey you made last year

8. 8.Match each kind of writing to the tense it usually uses.

   • A folk tale
   • A recipe
   • Describing what is happening around you at this moment
   • A statement of a scientific fact
   • An account of what happened before the story began

   • Simple past
   • Past perfect
   • Present simple
   • Present imperative
   • Present continuous

Tense in stories and in reports · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Which sentence mixes its tenses wrongly?

   • a) I was reading when the phone rang.
   • b) I will read it and tell you about it.
   • c) I read the book and enjoyed it.
   • d) I am reading when the phone rang.

2. 2.Match each verb to its simple past form.

   • walk
   • begin
   • choose
   • teach
   • keep
   • freeze

   • began
   • kept
   • taught
   • chose
   • froze
   • walked

3. 3.Which version keeps one tense throughout?

   • a) The bell ring and the children ran out.
   • b) The bell rang and the children ran out.
   • c) The bell rang and the children run out.
   • d) The bell rings and the children ran out.

4. 4.Correct the odd verb: "He picks up the bat, walks to the crease and hit the first ball for four." Write the corrected verb.

5. 5.Which verb breaks the tense? "The magician waved his wand, said a strange word and a rabbit appears in the hat."

   • a) waved
   • b) appears
   • c) none — the tense is consistent
   • d) said

6. 6.Put the sentences of this past-tense passage in order. The time words will tell you where each one belongs.

   • At first the sky was clear and the sun was warm.
   • Then a grey cloud crept over the hill.
   • Within minutes the rain was falling in sheets.
   • By evening the storm had passed and the streets were quiet.

7. 7.Rewrite in the past tense: "She writes a letter." Write the whole sentence.

8. 8.Sort each verb by its tense.

   Groups: Past tense · Present tense

   • sees
   • brought
   • goes
   • saw
   • went
   • brings

Keeping the tense consistent · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Complete with the simple past of "begin", in one word: The rain ____ at four o'clock and stopped at six.

2. 2.Sort each sentence by whether its two verbs belong to the same time.

   Groups: Tenses agree · Tenses clash

   • The bell rang and everyone stands up.
   • The bell rang and everyone stood up.
   • We were walking home when it started to rain.
   • She switches on the lamp and reads for an hour.
   • We were walking home when it starts to rain.
   • She switched on the lamp and reads for an hour.

3. 3.Complete with the past continuous of "wait", in two words: The passengers ____ on the platform when the announcement came.

4. 4.Complete with the past perfect of "leave", in two words: The train ____ before we reached the platform.

5. 5.A passage opens: "For six months the tap had run dry." What does that tense tell a reader about the story to come?

   • a) The dry tap is the background, and the story itself happens later.
   • b) The tap has never once been dry.
   • c) The tap is dry at this very moment.
   • d) The tap will run dry in the future.

6. 6.Ravi ____ the letter when the postman knocked, so he put down his pen and opened the door.

   • a) has written
   • b) writes
   • c) was writing
   • d) wrote

7. 7.Complete with the present perfect of "live", in two words: My grandmother ____ in this house since 1971.

8. 8.The shop ____ at eight every morning, but today it ____ late.

   • a) is opening / opens
   • b) opens / opened
   • c) opened / opens
   • d) opens / is opening

Tenses across a passage · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.It is the law: every rider ____ wear a helmet.

   • a) can
   • b) might
   • c) must
   • d) may

2. 2.Which sentence gives advice?

   • a) You can park here.
   • b) You might park here.
   • c) You must park here.
   • d) You should park closer to the gate.

3. 3.You look tired. I think you ____ take a short rest, but it is entirely up to you.

   • a) will
   • b) should
   • c) must
   • d) can

4. 4.Ravi is only six, but he ____ already read long stories.

   • a) can
   • b) must
   • c) would
   • d) should

5. 5.Which sentence asks for permission?

   • a) You must sit here.
   • b) I might sit here.
   • c) Can you lift this box?
   • d) May I sit here?

6. 6.Sort each sentence by what its modal verb is doing.

   Groups: Ability · Obligation · Advice

   • You should drink more water.
   • Passengers must show a ticket.
   • I can swim across the pool.
   • You must wear a helmet — it is the law.
   • She can play the flute.
   • You should apologise if you are late.

7. 7.____ I borrow your pencil, please?

   • a) Should
   • b) May
   • c) Must
   • d) Would

8. 8.Write the modal that shows there is no choice at all: Visitors ____ sign the register before entering.

Modal verbs · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.There ____ three mangoes left in the basket.

   • a) was
   • b) is
   • c) are
   • d) has

2. 2.Sort each subject by the verb form it needs.

   Groups: Takes "is" · Takes "are"

   • The books on the table
   • The bag of apples
   • Both of the answers
   • The teacher and the students
   • Neither the pen nor the pencil
   • Everybody in the class
   • Ravi and Meera
   • My brother, along with his friends,

3. 3.Write "is" or "are": Everybody in the two classes ____ ready to leave.

4. 4.Write "is" or "are": In the corner of the room ____ two old wooden chairs.

5. 5.Sort each word by whether it counts as one or as more than one when it is the subject.

   Groups: Counts as one · Counts as more than one

   • each
   • many
   • few
   • several
   • everyone
   • both
   • somebody
   • nothing

6. 6.Neither the coach nor the players ____ happy with the result.

   • a) has
   • b) was
   • c) is
   • d) were

7. 7.There ____ no milk left in the jug.

   • a) are
   • b) were
   • c) is
   • d) have

8. 8.The teacher, along with her students, ____ visiting the museum today.

   • a) have
   • b) are
   • c) is
   • d) were

Agreement in longer sentences · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1."When the bell rang, the children ran out and the teacher smiled." How many clauses does this sentence have?

   • a) Four
   • b) Two
   • c) Three
   • d) One

2. 2.Which sentence is complex?

   • a) She sang and he played the drums.
   • b) She sang because she was happy.
   • c) She sang, and then she danced.
   • d) She sang a happy song.

3. 3.Is this sentence simple, compound or complex? Write one word. "Although he was tired, he finished the race."

4. 4.A compound sentence is made of ____.

   • a) two or more independent clauses
   • b) only dependent clauses
   • c) one independent clause
   • d) one independent clause and one dependent clause

5. 5.How many clauses does a simple sentence have?

   • a) One
   • b) None
   • c) Two or more
   • d) Two

6. 6.Sort each joining word by whether it joins two equal clauses or makes one clause depend on the other.

   Groups: Joins two equals — coordinating · Makes one depend — subordinating

   • when
   • and
   • because
   • so
   • but
   • or
   • until
   • although
   • if

7. 7.Sort each sentence by its kind.

   Groups: Simple · Compound · Complex

   • The dog barked loudly.
   • Ravi likes mangoes but he hates papaya.
   • The dog barked and the baby woke up.
   • Ravi likes mangoes.
   • Ravi eats mangoes when they are in season.
   • The baby woke up because the dog barked.

8. 8.Match each joining word to the job it does.

   • and
   • but
   • because
   • although
   • when
   • if

   • introduces a clause giving a contrast
   • introduces a clause giving a condition
   • joins two equal clauses that disagree
   • introduces a clause giving a reason
   • introduces a clause giving a time
   • joins two equal clauses

Simple, compound and complex sentences · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.____ it was raining, the match went on.

   • a) Because
   • b) And
   • c) Although
   • d) So

2. 2.Sort each joining word by the kind of join it makes.

   Groups: Joins two equal parts · Starts a part that depends on the other

   • and
   • although
   • because
   • if
   • or
   • but

3. 3.The library was closed. ____, we studied at home.

   • a) Moreover
   • b) Therefore
   • c) Although
   • d) However

4. 4.Match each joining word to the job it does.

   • because
   • although
   • so
   • or
   • however
   • moreover

   • admits a contrast
   • signals the opposite of what came before
   • gives the result
   • adds a further point
   • offers a choice
   • gives the reason

5. 5.Put the sentences in order. The time words will tell you where each one belongs.

   • Finally, we placed the pots on the sunny window ledge.
   • First, we collected the seeds from the garden.
   • Next, we soaked them in water overnight.
   • Then we pressed each seed into a small pot of soil.

6. 6.Study hard ____ you will do well in the test.

   • a) and
   • b) or
   • c) although
   • d) but

7. 7.It rained for three days; ____, the river rose above the road.

   • a) therefore
   • b) although
   • c) however
   • d) moreover

8. 8.We reached late; ____, the show had not started.

   • a) therefore
   • b) moreover
   • c) because
   • d) however

Conjunctions and connectors · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Sort each sentence by whether it is a main idea or a supporting detail.

   Groups: Main idea · Supporting detail

   • Bicycles are a good way to get about a town.
   • They cost nothing at all to run.
   • They take up very little space to park.
   • A book can take you to a country you have never seen.
   • Reading widens what you know.
   • Even a short story teaches you new words.

2. 2.Which of these is a supporting detail from the passage about the well, rather than its main point?

   • a) The village got its water back.
   • b) Students cleared the well and the water came back.
   • c) Clearing the well changed the village.
   • d) Its steps were cracked and its walls were furred with weeds.

3. 3.Answer in one word. According to the bee passage, what sticks to a bee's body as it moves between flowers?

4. 4.Read this second passage. "The old well at the edge of the village had not held water for thirty years. Its steps were cracked and its walls were furred with weeds. Then a group of students began clearing it, bucket by bucket, after school. Two monsoons later the well was full again, and the hand pumps in the lanes nearby, which had run dry every summer, kept working all year." What is the main idea?

   • a) Hand pumps stop working in summer.
   • b) Students cleared an old well, and it brought the village its water back.
   • c) The monsoon comes twice a year.
   • d) Weeds grow quickly on old walls.

5. 5.The bee passage says: "Nearly a third of the food we eat depends on insects doing this work." What work?

   • a) Living together in hives
   • b) Making honey
   • c) Carrying pollen between flowers
   • d) Stinging animals that come too close

6. 6.Which would be the best title for the bee passage?

   • a) Fruit trees in blossom
   • b) How to keep bees
   • c) The life of a farmer
   • d) More than honey

7. 7.Answer in one word. In the passage about the well, in which season did the hand pumps run dry every year?

8. 8.Which sentence in a paragraph gives the main idea?

   • a) The last sentence
   • b) The sentence that all the others explain or support
   • c) The sentence with the most facts in it
   • d) The longest sentence

Main idea and supporting detail · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Write one word: The short title written at the top of a set of notes is called the ____.

2. 2.Write one word: Notes are set out under a main heading and several ____-headings.

3. 3.Match each short form to the words it stands for.

   • govt.
   • &
   • e.g.
   • etc.
   • yrs
   • info

   • and
   • years
   • information
   • government
   • for example
   • and so on

4. 4.What is the main purpose of a summary?

   • a) To repeat the passage word for word
   • b) To give the main ideas in far fewer words
   • c) To add your own opinion about the passage
   • d) To list every example in the passage

5. 5.Which of these should NOT go into a summary?

   • a) Your own opinion of the passage
   • b) The conclusion the writer reaches
   • c) The most important reasons the writer gives
   • d) The main idea of the passage

6. 6.Which would make the best heading for a passage about how bees make honey?

   • a) Honey is sweet
   • b) How bees make honey
   • c) Bees
   • d) Bees are insects that live in colonies and are found on every continent except Antarctica

7. 7.Which is the best note for this sentence? "The Sun is the star at the centre of our solar system, and it provides the energy that keeps life on Earth going."

   • a) Sun, star, centre, solar, system, energy, life, Earth
   • b) Sun — star at centre of solar system; gives energy for life on Earth
   • c) The Sun is the star at the centre of our solar system.
   • d) The Sun is very important to all of us.

8. 8.Which is the best one-sentence summary of this passage? "Trees give us oxygen. They hold the soil together with their roots. They give shade, and homes to birds. Cutting them down harms all of this."

   • a) Trees do many useful things, so cutting them down is harmful.
   • b) Roots hold soil together and birds need homes and shade is pleasant.
   • c) Trees give us oxygen.
   • d) Birds live in trees.

Note-making and summarising · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Write one word: The sentence that tells the reader what the whole paragraph is about is called the ____ sentence.

2. 2.Which sentence does NOT belong in a paragraph about how honey is made?

   • a) Inside the hive the nectar slowly turns into honey.
   • b) Bees collect nectar from flowers.
   • c) They carry the nectar back to the hive.
   • d) The first bicycle was built in Europe.

3. 3.Write one word: A paragraph that sticks to one idea and lets nothing else in is said to have ____.

4. 4.Which would make the best closing sentence for a paragraph about the uses of bamboo?

   • a) So bamboo is one of the most useful plants we have.
   • b) Bamboo is a kind of grass.
   • c) Bamboo grows very fast.
   • d) My grandfather has a bamboo walking stick.

5. 5.Match each linking word to what it tells the reader is coming.

   • however
   • for example
   • therefore
   • in addition
   • finally
   • because

   • an example of the point just made
   • a result of what came before
   • a contrast with what came before
   • one more point of the same kind
   • a reason
   • the last point in a list

6. 6.How many main ideas should one paragraph have?

   • a) Two
   • b) Three
   • c) As many as you like
   • d) One

7. 7.Put these sentences in order to make one good paragraph.

   • Second, it has shelves of books I could never afford to buy.
   • For all these reasons I go there whenever I can.
   • The library is my favourite place in the school.
   • First, it is quiet enough to think in.
   • Best of all, nobody there ever hurries you.

8. 8.Sort each sentence by the job it does in its paragraph.

   Groups: Topic sentence · Supporting sentence · Closing sentence

   • They cost nothing to run and never need fuel.
   • The monsoon changes life in many ways.
   • So it is no wonder that so many people ride them.
   • In all these ways the monsoon shapes the whole year.
   • Farmers begin sowing as soon as the first rain falls.
   • Bicycles are a cheap way to travel.
   • Rivers that were almost dry fill up again.

Writing a paragraph · Year 7 English · www.arenapublications.com/learn

1. 1.Put the parts of a friendly letter in the order they appear down the page.

   • Your name
   • Dear Uncle,
   • With love,
   • Your own address
   • The news you want to tell
   • The date

2. 2.Which of these comes last in a friendly letter?

   • a) Your own address
   • b) The date
   • c) Your signature
   • d) The greeting

3. 3.Write the one word that begins the greeting of almost every letter: ____ Meera,

4. 4.Which ending suits a letter to a close friend?

   • a) Yours obediently,
   • b) With love,
   • c) Respectfully yours,
   • d) Yours faithfully,

5. 5.Write one word: A letter to a friend is called an ____ letter, because it does not use official language.

6. 6.Which greeting suits a letter to your cousin?

   • a) Respected Sir,
   • b) Dear Madam,
   • c) Dear Sir,
   • d) Dear Ravi,

7. 7.This is the layout of a friendly letter. Tap the part where the greeting goes.

   Write the number of the part.

8. 8.You are writing to a friend about your holiday. Which opening line fits best?

   • a) It is submitted for your kind consideration.
   • b) I wish to inform you regarding my recent vacation.
   • c) With reference to your letter of last month.
   • d) I hope this letter finds you well. I have so much to tell you about my holiday!

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