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Parts of speech, tenses, sentence types

Parts of Speech Review

In Grade 7, you must master all eight parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. You also work with sentence types and tenses at a more advanced level.
Example

Parts of Speech in Action

'The clever girl quickly solved the difficult problem during the test.' • Noun: girl, problem, test • Adjective: clever, difficult • Verb: solved • Adverb: quickly • Article: The, the • Preposition: during

Sentence Types by Purpose

Statement (declarative): 'She completed the homework.' — ends with a full stop. Question (interrogative): 'Did she complete the homework?' — ends with a question mark. Command (imperative): 'Complete the homework now.' — ends with a full stop or exclamation mark. Exclamation (exclamatory): 'What a brilliant answer!' — ends with an exclamation mark.
Note

Common Errors to Avoid

Subject-verb agreement: 'The boys was playing' ✗ → 'The boys were playing' ✓ Double negatives: 'I don't know nothing' ✗ → 'I don't know anything' ✓ Tense consistency: Don't switch between past and present in the same paragraph.

Key Vocabulary

AdverbA word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb (e.g. quickly)
PrepositionA word showing the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g. in, on, at)
ConjunctionA word that joins words, phrases, or clauses (e.g. and, but, because)
Subject-verb agreementThe verb must match the subject in number (singular or plural)

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