7th Grade Grammar

Vocabulary and Notes

Grammar Lesson 17

• Vocab • Megalo – Greek prefix meaning large or great

• Megalomania – mental state of grand delusions• Megalopolis – a very large city• Megalocardia – refers to an enlarged heart

Complex Prepositions

• Complex prepositions contain more than one word.• See handout from lesson 16.

Grammar Lesson 18

• Vocab• Calvary – a proper noun, the site of Jesus’ crucifixion• Cavalry – a military troop on horseback

The Perfect Tenses• Three perfect tenses

• Present Perfect – an action that occurred in the past and continues to the present• Uses have or has and the past participle

• Past Perfect – past action that was completed before another past action• Uses had and the past participle

• Future Perfect – future action to be completed before another future action• Uses will have or shall have and the past participle

Grammar Lesson 19

• Vocab• Homophones

• Their – the possessive form of they• There – means at or in that place• They’re – contraction for they are

Verbals: Gerunds as Subjects

• Verbal – a verb form that acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb• Three types – gerund, infinitive, and participle

• Gerund – a verb ending in ing and functioning as a noun.• To determine if a verb is a gerund:

• Find the simple predicate• Find the simple subject

• Stair-step diagramming on stilts – see board