• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Relative clauses). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which part of the sentence is the relative clause? The teacher whose class won the prize was delighted. (won the prize was / was delighted / The teacher / whose class won the prize) → whose class won the prizePrompt: Look for who, which, that, where, when or whose.
2. Which sentence correctly joins these two sentences with a relative clause? Ms Chen gave us a test. Her lessons are fun. (Ms Chen whose, lessons are fun gave us a test. / Ms Chen, who lessons are fun, gave us a test. / Ms Chen, which lessons are fun, gave us a test. / Ms Chen, whose lessons are fun, gave us a test.) → Ms Chen, whose lessons are fun, gave us a test.Prompt: Which relative pronoun matches the noun (person, thing, place, belonging)?
3. Which sentence correctly joins these two sentences with a relative clause? The museum was closed. We wanted to visit it. (The museum, who we wanted to visit, was closed. / The museum, where we wanted to visit, was closed. / The museum which, we wanted to visit was closed. / The museum, which we wanted to visit, was closed.) → The museum, which we wanted to visit, was closed.Prompt: Which relative pronoun matches the noun (person, thing, place, belonging)?

• Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
• Share the objective: Independent clause, dependent clause or phrase?. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Is the group of words in brackets an independent clause, a dependent clause, or a phrase? [until the rain stops]
• Step 1: A clause has a subject and a verb. An independent clause makes sense alone; a dependent clause needs a main clause. A phrase has no subject–verb pair.
• Step 2: 'Until' introduces a dependent clause.
• Step 3: So the answer is: dependent clause
• Answer: dependent clause
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Is the group of words in brackets an independent clause, a dependent clause, or a phrase? [under the old bridge] (independent clause / dependent clause / phrase (not a clause)) → phrase (not a clause)Prompt: Does it have a subject AND a verb? If not, it's a phrase.
2. Read the question and choose. Which part of this sentence is the dependent clause? "We stayed indoors because it was pouring." (because it was pouring / stayed / indoors / We stayed indoors) → because it was pouringPrompt: Look for a subordinating word (when, because, although, if, until, who).

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Read the question and choose. Which part of this sentence is the dependent clause? "I'll wait here until you get back." (until you get back / wait / get back here / I'll wait here) → until you get backPrompt: Look for a subordinating word (when, because, although, if, until, who).
2. Is the group of words in brackets an independent clause, a dependent clause, or a phrase? [who lives next door] (independent clause / dependent clause / phrase (not a clause)) → dependent clausePrompt: Does it have a subject AND a verb? If not, it's a phrase.

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-7.