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About This Worksheet
This Grade 7 Language Arts worksheet helps students choose relative pronouns and connect each one to the noun it describes. Relative pronouns begin adjective clauses that add information about a person, place, animal, or thing. Students work with who, whom, whose, which, and that. For example, “The scientist who discovered the new planet visited our school” uses who to refer back to scientist.
Learning Goals
The main goal is to help students use relative pronouns clearly and correctly. Students should already understand that a pronoun replaces or refers back to a noun. This activity moves them toward choosing the form that matches the antecedent and the job the pronoun performs inside the clause. It supports CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1, which focuses on correct pronoun use and sentence structure.
Student Tasks
On this worksheet, students will complete eight sentences by choosing the correct relative pronoun. They will decide whether the antecedent is a person or thing and whether the clause shows ownership, receives an action, or simply adds description. In the second section, students identify the antecedent of four bold relative pronouns. Their answers should show that they understand both the pronoun and the noun it points back to.
Common Challenges
Some students may use who for every person and that for every object without noticing possession or object case. Others may confuse whose with who’s or overlook that whom receives an action. The antecedent can also be harder to find when several nouns appear nearby. Encourage students to ask which noun the clause describes and what job the pronoun performs inside that clause.
Teaching Suggestions
A teacher can model one sentence by drawing an arrow from the relative pronoun to its antecedent. Then the class can check whether the pronoun acts as a subject, object, or possessive word inside the clause. At home, a parent can ask the child to replace the clause with a simple description and identify which noun is being explained. This makes the connection easier to see.
Worksheet Features
The worksheet includes eight fill-in-the-blank sentences followed by four antecedent-identification items. The examples use people, objects, animals, places, and ownership relationships. The two-part format gives students practice choosing pronouns and tracing references. This page works well for grammar instruction, homework, independent review, or a quick assessment.