Grade 4 Language Test
Multiple Choice: identify the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1. Mrs. Porter, my fourth grade teacher, is helpful. spends extra time
with me to make sure I understand.
Identify the correct missing word.
a. Her
b. I
c. He
d. She
2. May 10, 2003
Wellmark Lightbulb Company
660 Main Street
Moscow, ID 83343
Dear Sir or Madam:
I recently bought a box of your light bulbs and none of them worked. Please
refund my money. I have enclosed a receipt for $4.99.
Yours Truly.
Jan Monk
Which line of the letter is written incorrectly?
a. date line
b. greeting
c. body
d. closure line
3. Choose the correct missing word.
I know the right choice.
a. your
b. you’re
c. your’e
d. youre
4. What is the past tense of the verb eat?
a. eaten
b. eated
c. ated
d. ate
5. Choose the correctly written sentence.
a. Joe doesn’t have any manners.
b. Joe doesn’t have no manners.
c. Joe doesn’t got no manners.
d. Joe doesn’t got manners neither.
6. Which sentence is correct?
a. One horses, two woman, and three wolf appeared on the hilltop.
b. One horse, two women, and three wolves appeared on the hilltop.
c. One horse, two womens, and three wolfs appeared on the hilltop.
d. One horse, two womans, and three wolves appeared on the hilltop.
7. Jane chose a hat that matched her own.
Which word can be used in place of the underlined word?
a. I
b. My
c. Her
d. She
8. Which sentence has the correctly written verb form?
a. Mr. Smith, Mrs. Jones, and Mr. Hanson done assigned three huge projects!
b. Tom, Dick, Jane and Sally have fed Puff and Spot three times today.
c. Homer and Julie is arriving on the last plane tonight from Chicago.
d. Leslie, Erin, Kristi and Todd has left already for the concert.
9. Which adverb phrase in the sentences below answers the question
“how”?
a. The school bell rings at eight o’clock every morning.
b. The students carefully looked for the lost glasses.
c. The foreign students traveled to the exotic islands by boat.
d. We spent the cold and snowy winter day near the fireplace.
10. Dad passed the bowl of mashed potatoes to his aunt.
When does the action take place?
a. past
b. present
c. present perfect
d. future
11. If the poem “Lady of the Lake” is capitalized correctly, which of the
following is also capitalized
correctly?
a. “Hound of the Valley”
b. “boy of the Wildnerness”
c. “Teacher of the animals”
d. “memory of the trees”
12. Which sentence is correct?
a. Trudy went to the store for her mother to buy eggs and milk.
b.tricia raced down the street to greet the ice cream man at his stand on the
corner.
c. nate always wanted to fly helicopters when he grew up.
d. ahad sat quietly in the movie while other around him roared with laughter.
13. Which sentence uses figurative language to describe a visit at a
beach?
a. The beach was hot and sandy.
b. The rain splashed on my umbrella.
c. Quiet clouds moved in.
d. Smooth purple shells washed in with the waves.
14. Which titles are capitalized correctly?
a. Senator Stamper
b. Dr. martin Luther King jr.
c. mayor Jones
d. professor Walton
15. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a.Tim- worrying about his lost dog- missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment.
b.Tim: worrying about his lost dog, missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment.
c.Tim (worrying about his lost dog) missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment.
d. Tim, worrying about his lost dog, missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment.
16. Select the sentence with all words spelled correctly.
a. Ann likes to read storys about partys.
b. The wifes made delicious loafs of bread.
c. The funny monkeys played with the toys.
d. The branchs sank from the weight of the snow.
17. The flower is fragrant.
Which is the basic English pattern of the sentence?
a. noun-linking verb-adjective
b. noun-linking verb-noun
c. noun-verb-noun
d. oun-verb-adverb
18. Which sentence is written correctly?
a. This gift is large than that gift.
b. These are a better bargain than those.
c. There are less choices on the menu now.
d. Her dog is biggest than his.
19. That is Sharon’s book.
Sharon’s is what part of speech?
a. noun
b. verb
c. adjective
d. adverb
20. Three weeks ago my dog away.
Choose the best missing word.
a. runs
b. ran
c. has run
d. has ran
21. In which sentence is a pronoun NOT used correctly?
a. “Hand her them books,” she said.
b. They copied their notes for other students.
c. The usher escorted him to his chair.
d. Two of the girls put on skirts.
22. Marge, yesterday you promised to lend your bike to Judy.
should have given it to .
Choose the pronouns that will correctly replace the underlined word(s)
.
a. her, us
b. you, him
c. she, you
d. you, her
23. Which sentence indicates an event that is in the future?
a. We had pizza for lunch last Friday.
b. Today we are practicing division.
c. We will be going on a field trip next week.
d. We stayed up until midnight last night.
24. She to see the doctor for hours.
Choose the correct verb phrase.
a. have been waiting
b. has been waited
c. has been waiting
d. have been waited
25. A) Whenever I have time, I go and ride my bike. B) I’ll ask my mom,
“ willyou come with
me?” C) she usually stops what she’s doing to take a Bike ride. D) it’
s a lot offun.
Which sentence above uses capitalization correctly?
a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d
26. Unless I study hard,
.
Select the best way to complete the above sentence.
a. I won’t understand the principles of the math theory.
b. understanding the principles of the math theory.
c. because the principles of the math theory are hard to understand.
d. the principles of the math theory are understanding.
27. Which of the following is an interrogative sentence?
a. When Jerry calls please come get me
b. When you finish your math, you can watch TV
c. When will your family be going on vacation
d. When the cookies are one, bring one to Mary
28. Which words mean that the uniforms belong to both girls?
a. he girl’s uniforms
b. the girls’ uniforms’
c. the girls’ uniforms
d. the girls uniforms
29. Which sentence is not written correctly?
a. She can’t drive a car until she is 16.
b. Thinking about his team, the coach didn’t extend practice.
c. The boys shouldn’t wear such bright colors.
d. The cheerleader isnt going to the game.
30. Which indicates the speaker is excited?
a. Sure, I can do that.
b. Sure, I can do that!
c. Sure, I can do that?
d. I can do that.
