Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
7.10.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
conjunctive adverbs;
prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
pronoun-antecedent agreement;
subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
correct capitalization;
punctuation, including commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses, and semicolons; and
correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too;
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.7.F
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*
E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*
E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly.
E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.7.L
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*
E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*
E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly.
E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.7.R
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*
E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*
E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly.
E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.7.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
7th Grade Writing - Sentence Structure Lesson
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
Subjects and verbs should agree with each other in a sentence.
Rule 2: With compound subjects that are connected by "or" / "nor," the verb agrees with the subject closest to it.
Example:
Neither the campers nor the park rangerfinds any evidence that anything was taken from the ransacked campsite.
Rule 3.1: Some indefinite pronouns are always singular and should take singular verbs.
Singular Indefinite Pronouns
another anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything
little much neither nobody no one one other somebody someone something
Example:
Somethingsmells delicious, and it is making my stomach growl!
Rule 3.2: Some indefinite pronouns are always plural and should take plural verbs.
Plural Indefinite Pronouns
both several many few others
Example:
Both of restaurant options sound good to Kristy, so she can't decide where to eat.
Rule 3.3: Some indefinite pronouns can be singular OR plural depending on what they refer to. Be sure to check before choosing a singular or plural verb.
Singular OR Plural Indefinite Pronouns
all any more most none some
Example:
All of the piewas gone by the time I went to grab a slice.
Rule 4: Collective nouns are usually singular and should take singular verbs.
Example:
The wolf packworks in unison when hunting for food.
Be sure to avoid structural errors when writing sentences.
SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
Sentence fragments are incomplete sentences or clauses.
7th Grade Writing - Sentence Structure Lesson