Grade 7 English Worksheets

400 practice questions, 160 drills, 64 printable sheets across 8 chapters. Free, no account, and every answer explained.

What is here

400 practice questions, 160 drills, 64 printable sheets, drawn from English 7: Reading, Evidence & Expression. You do not need the course to use them — each sheet stands on its own — but the lesson behind every one is free to read if a topic needs explaining first.

Every topic

Close Reading & Literary Analysis

Read Closely, Infer & SummarizePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Theme & Central MessagePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Character Development: Motives, Choices & ChangePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Plot & Conflict: How Events Change the StakesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Point of View: What a Narrator Can KnowPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Figurative Language & ImageryPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Poetry: Speaker, Tone & ShiftsPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Poetry: Sound, Lines & FormPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Drama: Dialogue, Stage Directions & PerformancePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Compare Literary Texts: Shared Questions, Different ChoicesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Information, Media & Evidence

Central Idea & Supporting DetailsPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Text Structures: Relationships That Organize InformationPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Author’s Purpose, Audience & PerspectivePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Media Literacy: Captions, Charts & Missing InformationPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Citing Text Evidence & Explaining InferencesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Argument, Counterclaims & Revision

Evaluate Arguments: Claims, Reasons & EvidencePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Argument Writing: A Defensible ClaimPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Counterclaims & Fair ResponsesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Paragraphs: Evidence, Commentary & CoherencePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Revise an Argument: Logic, Scope & LanguagePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Research & Explanatory Writing

Research Questions: Scope & a Search PlanPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Source Credibility, Relevance & CorroborationPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Research Notes, Quotation & ParaphrasePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Informative & Explanatory WritingPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Integrate & Cite Evidence in Your WritingPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Narrative Writing: A Meaningful ChangePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Scene, Dialogue & Descriptive DetailPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Revising & Editing: Improve the Reader’s ExperiencePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Reading a Complete Novel: An Evidence NotebookPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Novel Analysis: Decisions, Narration & an EndingPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Language, Vocabulary & Sentence Craft

Phrases & ClausesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Sentence Types: Relationships & VarietyPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Commonly Confused Words & Precise MeaningPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Context Clues, Nuance & Dictionary ChecksPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Greek & Latin Roots, Affixes & Word FamiliesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

Evidence-Based Discussion: Prepare, Contribute & RevisePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Listen, Question & Summarize Another ViewPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Present a Claim: Structure, Visuals & DeliveryPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Compare a Story, Script & Performance ChoicesPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Portfolio Capstone: Compare, Present & ReflectPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

How to use these

Every sheet here is free, needs no account, and prints from your browser. There are three kinds, and they do different jobs.

  • Practice — the main set for a topic, worked at a desk or printed. Answers and explanations are on the page, folded away until you ask for them.
  • Drills — short retrieval questions meant to be repeated days apart rather than finished once. Spacing them out is the point.
  • Print — the whole lesson, teaching text and all, laid out for paper. Use it when the screen is the problem.

Quizzes and problem sets sit at the end of each chapter and pull from every topic in it, which makes them a fair check of whether something has stuck rather than whether it was just read.