7th Grade Grammar Nine-weeks Exam Study Guide

You need to know:

The four kinds of sentences

Capitalization rules (and how to apply them)
Punctuation rules (and how to apply them)
About composition:
o The introduction of a written book report should include the
title and author.
o The body of the book report contains a summary of the book.
o The conflict is stated first in the summary of a written book
report.
o In a topical outline, the points are stated as words or phrases.
o The following information about a book can be found in the
library catalog: author, publication date, and number of
pages.
o An encyclopedia contains summary articles on a wide range
of subjects.
o An atlas is made up of primarily maps.
o A summary is a brief composition that states the main ideas
of a longer piece of writing.

About Manuscript Form:

o The titles Reverend and Honorable may be abbreviated only
when used with a full (first and last) name.
o It is appropriate to abbreviate social titles (such as Mr., Mrs.,
and Dr.) when used before a name.
o The abbreviation B.C. always comes AFTER the year.
o Names of numbered streets under one hundred are written
out.

You need to be able to:

Find the subject and verb of a sentence

Find the complement of a sentence
Identify a sentence and a fragment
Diagram the subjects and verbs of sentences.