Year 7 English Skills () « All Years

Australian & NZ curriculum aligned. Master each skill by earning 10 stars across 3 difficulty levels.

Warm up

  1. Sentence structure

    1. Select the direct object or an indirect object
    2. Phrase versus clause
    3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
    4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex or compound-complex?
    5. Combine sentences using relative clauses
    6. Identify sentence types BETA
    7. Identify the complete subject and predicate BETA
    8. Identify simple and compound subjects BETA
    9. Identify simple and compound predicates BETA
    10. Identify dependent and independent clauses BETA

  2. Nouns

    1. Form and use plurals of compound nouns
    2. Form and use irregular plural nouns BETA

  3. Pronouns

    1. Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me'
    2. Identify pronoun antecedents BETA
    3. Use subject and object pronouns BETA
    4. Identify compound subjects and objects with pronouns BETA
    5. Use reflexive and intensive pronouns BETA
    6. Correct vague pronoun references BETA

  4. Verbs

    1. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
    2. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
    3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
    4. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs BETA
    5. Identify verb moods BETA
    6. Identify active and passive voice BETA

  5. Conjunctions

    1. Use correlative conjunctions BETA

  6. Context clues

    1. Use context clues to determine word meaning BETA

Speed up

  1. Adverbs and adjectives

    1. Form and Use Comparative and Superlative Adjectives BETA
    2. Good, Better, Best, Bad, Worse, and Worst BETA
    3. Form and Use Comparative and Superlative Adverbs BETA
    4. Well, Better, Best, Badly, Worse, and Worst BETA

  2. Punctuation and capitalisation

    1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
    2. Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
    3. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
    4. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
    5. Commas with coordinate adjectives BETA
    6. Using dashes BETA
    7. Using colons BETA
    8. Using brackets BETA
    9. Commas with introductory elements BETA
    10. Commas in compound sentences BETA
    11. Capitalisation rules BETA
    12. Apostrophes for possession and contraction BETA

  3. Prefixes and suffixes

    1. Words with prefix pre- BETA
    2. Words with prefix re- BETA
    3. Words with prefix sub- BETA
    4. Words with prefix mis- BETA
    5. Words with prefix un-, dis-, in-, im- and non- BETA
    6. Words with suffix -ful BETA
    7. Words with suffix -less BETA
    8. Words with suffix -able and -ible BETA

Sprint

  1. Greek and Latin roots

    1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots BETA
    2. Greek and Latin root meanings BETA
    3. Determine word meanings from Greek and Latin roots BETA
    4. Apply Greek and Latin roots in context BETA

  2. Reference skills

    1. Advanced Alphabetical Order BETA
    2. Identify Author's Purpose BETA
    3. Distinguish Facts from Opinions BETA

  3. Word relationship

    1. Analogies Challenge BETA
    2. Positive and Negative Connotation BETA
    3. Form Compound Words BETA
    4. Use Compound Words in Sentences BETA

  4. Context clues

    1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
    2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

  5. Vocabulary and spelling

    1. Understanding domain-specific vocabulary BETA
    2. Commonly confused words BETA
    3. Spelling patterns and word origins BETA
    4. Words from other languages BETA

  6. Writing clearly, concisely and precisely

    1. Using parallel structure
    2. Remove redundant words or phrases
    3. Misplaced modifiers
    4. Identify the misplaced or dangling modifier
    5. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Finish it off

  1. Formal and informal sentences

    1. Which sentence is more formal? BETA

  2. Writing and tone

    1. Comparing tone across passages BETA
    2. Suggesting text revisions BETA
    3. Identifying bias in texts BETA

  3. Literary devices

    1. Use personification BETA
    2. Use the source to determine the meaning of an allusion
    3. Allusions and their sources
    4. Interpret figures of speech BETA
    5. Classify figures of speech BETA

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