About This Worksheet
This Grade 7 Language Arts worksheet helps students replace informal expressions with clearer academic vocabulary. Each sentence contains everyday wording such as kind of confusing, talks about, shows, did a good job, or found out. Students rewrite the sentences so they sound more appropriate for school essays, reports, and written responses. For example, “The graph shows that temperatures went up” can become “The graph demonstrates that temperatures increased over time.”
Learning Goals
The main goal is to help students recognize the difference between casual language and formal academic language. Students should already be able to explain ideas in complete sentences. This activity moves them toward choosing precise verbs and phrases that make analytical writing sound clearer and more professional. It supports CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.3 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2, which focus on language style and informative writing.
Student Tasks
On this worksheet, students will rewrite seven informal sentences using appropriate academic vocabulary. They will revise phrases connected to experiments, literary analysis, graphs, explanations, informational articles, research findings, and evaluating different viewpoints. Students must keep the original meaning while improving tone and precision. Their revisions should sound natural rather than overloaded with unnecessarily difficult words.
Common Challenges
Some students may change only one small word and leave the rest of the sentence sounding conversational. Others may choose academic vocabulary that is too complicated or does not fit the meaning. Formal writing should be clear and exact, not simply longer. Encourage students to ask which verb best explains the real task, such as analyzes, demonstrates, indicates, concludes, or considers.
Teaching Suggestions
A teacher can create a quick chart showing common informal phrases beside academic alternatives. Students can compare choices such as talks about and analyzes to see how the stronger verb gives more information. At home, a parent can ask the child to imagine that the sentence will appear in a school report rather than a conversation with a friend. That shift in audience often makes the needed tone easier to understand.
Worksheet Features
The worksheet includes seven full-sentence revisions that reflect real academic writing situations. Bold informal phrases make the language that needs improvement easy to spot. Long response lines provide enough room for complete, polished rewrites. This page works well for essay preparation, vocabulary application, editing practice, or classroom review.