ICSE & CBSE Class 7: Mastering English Grammar and Writing Skills

1) Grammar Foundations and Review

• Quick revision of Class 6 basics: Parts of Speech, Sentence Types, and Punctuation.
• Sentence structure and word order.
• Common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them.

2.) Nouns and Pronouns – Advanced Usage

• Abstract and Collective Nouns in context.
• Compound Nouns and Usage.
• Pronouns—reflexive, emphatic, relative, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns.
• Avoiding pronoun-antecedent errors in complex sentences.

3.) Verbs and Tenses – Consolidation

• Review of Simple, Continuous, and Perfect Tenses (Present, Past, and Future).
• Introduction to Perfect Continuous Tenses.
• Tense sequence in connected sentences.
• Practice drills with error correction and sentence transformation.

4.) Subject-Verb Agreement and Modals

• Complex Subject-Verb Agreement rules with tricky cases (e.g., collective nouns, fractions, distances).
• Modals—expressing ability, obligation, permission, and probability (can, could, may, might, must, should, would, ought to, shall, will).
• Situational exercises for modals in writing and speaking.

5.) Adjectives, Adverbs, and Degrees

• Types of adjectives (descriptive, quantitative, demonstrative, distributive, interrogative, and possessive).
• Comparative structures and degree shifts.
• Adverbs – comparison, intensity, and frequency.
• Placement of adverbs in longer sentences.

6.) Prepositions and Conjunctions

• Complex prepositions and phrasal prepositions.
• Prepositional phrases for time, manner, cause, and purpose.
• Correlative and subordinating conjunctions.
• Exercises on joining sentences and avoiding run-on sentences.

7.): Active and Passive Voice – Advanced

• Review of voice basics.
• Passive Voice in Present, Past, and Future Perfect Tenses.
• Passive for questions and commands.
• Real-life practice: rewriting emails or notices in passive.

8.) Direct and Indirect Speech

• Conversion rules for statements, commands, questions, and exclamations.
• Advanced rules for tense shifts and time expressions.
• Dialogue practice for spoken and written applications.

9.) Clauses and Sentence Transformation

• Types of clauses: noun, adjective, and adverb clauses.
• Combining sentences using clauses for complexity.
• Transformation of sentences: simple to compound, compound to complex, and vice versa.
• Editing and omitting passages based on clauses.

10.) Integration and Exam Preparation

• Mixed grammar drills across all topics.
• Editing, omission, and error-spotting practice.
• Reordering of jumbled sentences.

Mock tests with review sessions.

Tips for time management and precision in board-style exams.