Connect the Dots: Clauses and Sentence Building for Class 7

Understanding how clauses work is essential for building strong, meaningful sentences. This worksheet helps Class 7 learners identify, classify, and apply various types of clauses—main, subordinate, noun, adjective, and adverbial—while also strengthening their grasp on sentence construction.

Why Clauses and Sentence Structure Matter in Grammar?

Clauses form the building blocks of effective communication. For Class 7 students, this topic is crucial because:
1. It improves comprehension of complex sentence patterns.
2. It enhances clarity and coherence in writing.
3. It builds the foundation for creative, narrative, and academic writing tasks.
4. It trains learners to differentiate between different grammatical units and their roles.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet features six well-scaffolded exercises designed to support mastery of clause usage and sentence structure:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Identify the Clauses
Students underline the main clause and circle the subordinate clause in ten compound-complex sentences.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Clause Sorting Practice
Learners classify a mixed set of clauses into correct categories: Main Clause, Subordinate Clause, Noun Clause, Adjective Clause, and Adverbial Clause.

📋 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks with Clauses
Students complete sentence prompts using appropriate clause types (e.g., “because it started to rain”).

📝 Exercise 4 – Correct the Sentence Structure
Ten flawed sentences are provided, and students must identify errors in clause usage and rewrite them correctly.

🧩 Exercise 5 – Rewrite or Expand Sentences with Clauses
Learners rewrite or expand given sentences using specified clause types such as noun clauses, time clauses, or reason clauses.

📚 Exercise 6 – Paragraph Construction
The final activity challenges learners to construct a paragraph using at least two main clauses and two subordinate clauses, including one each of noun, adjective, and adverbial clause.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Clause Identification
1. Main: Ramesh went to bed early | Subordinate: Because he was tired
2. Main: I don't know | Subordinate: what she wants
3. Main: The movie was fantastic | Subordinate: that we watched last night
4. Main: He smiled | Subordinate: when he saw the puppy
5. Main: That she lied | Subordinate: surprised everyone
6. Main: We left | Subordinate: after the show ended
7. Main: Whoever said that | Subordinate: —
8. Main: I cleaned the room and my brother did the dishes | Subordinate: —
9. Main: The teacher praised the student | Subordinate: who won the award
10. Main: You may sit | Subordinate: wherever you like

Exercise 2 – Clause Sorting

Main Clauses:
- The match continued.
- The teacher entered the room.
- The player who scored the goal was very happy.
- The birds flew away.
- They rested after the hike ended.
- If you study hard, you will succeed.

Subordinate Clauses:
- Although the rain poured
- Whenever I see her, I smile

Noun Clauses:
- What he just saw
- Why she left early is still unknown

Adjective Clauses:
- That you gave me
- Who scored the goal

Adverbial Clauses:
- Although the rain poured
- After the hike ended
- Whenever I see her

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. He acts as if he knows everything.
2. The story that you told me was very emotional.
3. She doesn’t know why he left suddenly.
4. They danced until the music stopped.
5. Although he apologized, she remained upset.
6. Whoever wins the contest will receive a prize.
7. This is the book that I borrowed from the library.
8. We will leave when the bell rings.
9. What she said was not true.
10. We cancelled the trip because it started to rain.

Exercise 4 – Sentence Correction
1. He went to the market because he wanted some fruits.
2. The boy who lost his bag is crying.
3. I don’t know whether she is coming.
4. Though it was raining, we played outside.
5. She eats quickly because she is always in a hurry.
6. That he was angry was obvious to all.
7. He was happy because he won the prize.
8. Where she lives is a secret that nobody knows.
9. The car which is red is mine.
10. They slept because the show was boring.

Exercise 5 – Sentence Expansion
1. She opened the window because it was hot inside.
2. The dog barked when it saw the stranger.
3. I wonder what he is thinking.
4. The house that we visited was quiet.
5. He ran fast because he was late.
6. She cried because she lost her doll.
7. We left after the movie ended.
8. I stayed home because I was unwell.
9. They will help if you ask them.
10. I met the boy who won the race.

Exercise 6 – Sample Paragraph
I stayed home because I wasn’t feeling well. My mother said that I should rest. The boy who lives next door brought me some fruits. Although I missed school, I was happy to get better.

Includes:
- Main Clauses: I stayed home, My mother said, The boy brought fruits, I was happy
- Subordinate Clauses: because I wasn’t feeling well, that I should rest, who lives next door, Although I missed school

Help your child master sentence construction with this all-in-one clause worksheet for Class 7 learners—ideal for test prep and writing fluency!
🔖Book a free trial!