All Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #41 : Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
The red round ball is Adley's favorite toy to play, with.
The red round ball is Adley's favorite, toy to play with.
The red round, ball is Adley's favorite toy to play with.
The red, round ball is Adley's favorite toy to play with.
The red, round ball is Adley's favorite toy to play with.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, both red and round are describing the ball. The correct answer is, "The red, round ball is Adley's favorite toy to play with."
Example Question #42 : Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
Wrigley, Melissa's beloved labradoodle, has dark brown curly hair.
Wrigley, Melissa's beloved labradoodle has dark brown curly hair.
Wrigley, Melissa's beloved labradoodle, has dark brown, curly hair.
Wrigley, Melissa's beloved labradoodle, has dark, brown curly hair.
Wrigley, Melissa's beloved labradoodle, has dark brown, curly hair.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, both brown and curly describe the hair.
Example Question #3 : Separate Coordinate Adjectives With A Comma: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.2.A
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
The soccer field was surrounded by a thick, green forest.
The soccer field was surrounded by a thick green forest.
The soccer field was surrounded by a thick, green, forest.
The soccer field was surrounded by a thick green forest.
The soccer field was surrounded by a thick, green forest.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, both thick and green are describing the forest. The correct answer is, “The soccer field was surrounded by a thick, green forest.”
Example Question #4 : Separate Coordinate Adjectives With A Comma: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.2.A
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
The classroom, where Trent spends most of his mornings, has big comfortable desks.
The classroom, where Trent spends most of his mornings has big comfortable desks.
The classroom, where Trent spends most of his mornings, has big, comfortable desks.
The classroom, where Trent spends most of his mornings, has big, comfortable, desks.
The classroom, where Trent spends most of his mornings, has big, comfortable desks.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, both “big” and “comfortable” are describing the desks. The correct answer is, “The classroom, where Trent spends most of his mornings, has big, comfortable desks.
Example Question #5 : Separate Coordinate Adjectives With A Comma: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.2.A
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
If you look, through the green glass door, you might see a deer or a moose.
If you look through the green, glass door, you might see a deer or a moose.
If you look through the green glass door you might see a deer, or a moose.
If you look through the green glass door, you might see a deer, or a moose.
If you look through the green, glass door, you might see a deer or a moose.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun, equally. Here there are two adjectives that describe the door: “green” and “glass.” You need a comma between them to separate them as coordinate adjectives, and only one answer choice does that.
Example Question #6 : Separate Coordinate Adjectives With A Comma: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.2.A
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
If you hike along the slick icy trail you might slip, and fall.
If you hike, along the slick icy trail, you might slip and fall.
If you hike along the slick, icy trail, you might slip and fall.
If you hike along the slick icy trail, you might slip, and fall.
If you hike along the slick, icy trail, you might slip and fall.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. In this sentence, there are two adjectives that describe the trail: “slick” and “icy”. There needs to be a comma between them to separate them as coordinate adjectives, and only one answer choice has that.
Example Question #43 : Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
For decades, the house stood, strong, but the large, violent tornado destroyed it in just seconds.
For decades, the house stood strong, but the large violent tornado destroyed it in just seconds.
For decades, the house stood, strong but the large, violent tornado destroyed it, in just seconds.
For decades, the house stood strong, but the large, violent tornado destroyed it in just seconds.
For decades, the house stood strong, but the large, violent tornado destroyed it in just seconds.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, both “large” and “violent” are describing the tornado. The correct answer is, “For decades, the house stood strong, but the large, violent tornado destroyed it in just seconds.
Example Question #51 : Language
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
The deep, frigid lake is one of the largest in the world.
The deep frigid lake is one of the largest, in the world.
The deep frigid lake is one of, the largest, in the world.
The deep frigid lake, is one of the largest in the world.
The deep, frigid lake is one of the largest in the world.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, both “deep” and “frigid” are describing the lake. The correct answer is, “The deep, frigid lake is one of the largest in the world.”
Example Question #52 : Language
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
The independent nation’s flag, is red white and blue.
The independent nation’s flag is red, white and blue.
The independent nation’s flag is red white and blue.
The independent, nation’s flag is red white and blue.
The independent nation’s flag is red, white and blue.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, red, white and blue are all describing the flag. There needs to be a comma between “red” and “white”. A comma after “white” is debatable, and is known as the “oxford comma”. For our purposes, the correct answer is, “The independent nation’s flag is red, white and blue.”
Example Question #1 : Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.2
Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate the coordinate adjectives.
The computer, Joshua’s personal laptop, had big ugly stickers, on it.
The computer, Joshua’s personal laptop had big ugly stickers on it.
The computer, Joshua’s personal laptop, had big, ugly stickers on it.
The computer, Joshua’s personal laptop, had big ugly stickers on it.
The computer, Joshua’s personal laptop, had big, ugly stickers on it.
Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that describe the same noun equally. They should be separated with commas. In this sentence, big and ugly are both describing the stickers. The correct answer is, “The computer, Joshua’s personal laptop, had big, ugly stickers on it.”
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