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Summer brush-up · English

Grammar check: finished Grade 4?

For students who finished grade 4 grammar (Level 1, Year B Review), or who are starting grade 5.

15 items drawn from the English Grammar, Grade 4 (Units 5–8) year-end review (Level 1, Year B Review). About 30–40 minutes. Paper and pencil, with the book closed. Work every item first, then check each answer and mark it.

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1. What kind of sentence is this?How bright the stars are tonight!

Answer: exclamatory (it shows strong feeling)
Lesson 1.2 Four Kinds of Sentences

2. Which plural correctly completes the sentence?Five ____ rested in the shade of the barn.Choose: sheep · sheeps

Answer: sheep (sheep is the same in the singular and the plural)
Lesson 2.3 Irregular Plurals

3. Is the word “feels” an action verb or a linking verb in this sentence?The blanket feels soft.

Answer: linking verb (it links blanket to the predicate adjective soft)
Lesson 3.3 Linking Verbs

4. Which word correctly completes the sentence?Of the three cows, Daisy gives the ____ milk.Choose: more · most

Answer: most (three cows are compared)
Lesson 4.4 Comparing with Adjectives

5. Write the two adverbs.Samuel always feeds the hens early.

Answer: always, early (always tells how often; early tells when)
Lesson 5.1 Adverbs

6. Diagram the sentence.Grace gently brushed the pony.

Answer: Subject: Grace; verb: brushed; adverb: gently; direct object: pony; adjective: the

Diagram: Grace gently brushed the pony.

Grace gently brushed the pony.

Lesson 5.2 Direct Objects

7. Which verb correctly completes the sentence?Mother has ____ to the market.Choose: went · gone

Answer: gone (use gone after has)
Lesson 5.4 Irregular Verbs

8. Write the two prepositions.The ducks waddled down the lane toward the pond.

Answer: down, toward
Lesson 6.1 Prepositions

9. Write the two prepositional phrases.The old hound dozed under the stove during the storm.

Answer: under the stove, during the storm
Lesson 6.2 Prepositional Phrases

10. Diagram the sentence.The heavens declare the glory of God. (Psalms 19:1, KJV)

Answer: Subject: heavens; verb: declare; direct object: glory; adjectives: The, the; adjective phrase: of God (under glory)

Diagram: The heavens declare the glory of God.

The heavens declare the glory of God.

Lesson 6.4 Diagramming Prepositional Phrases

11. Write the conjunction.Is the new calf brown or black?

Answer: or (it joins brown and black)
Lesson 7.1 Conjunctions

12. Diagram the sentence.Before breakfast Henry milked the cow and the goat.

Answer: Subject: Henry; verb: milked; adverb phrase: Before breakfast (under milked); compound direct object: cow and goat, each with the article the

Diagram: Before breakfast Henry milked the cow and the goat.

Before breakfast Henry milked the cow and the goat.

Lesson 7.2 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates

13. Add the two missing commas.Aunt Ruth sold eggs butter and cheese.

Answer: Aunt Ruth sold eggs, butter, and cheese. (commas separate three things in a series, with one before and)
Lesson 7.2 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates

14. Fix the capital letters.last december uncle henry visited us in boston.

Answer: Last December Uncle Henry visited us in Boston. (the first word, a month, a title with a name, a name, and a city)
Lesson 8.1 Capital Letters

15. Add the missing apostrophe.We cant find the lantern.

Answer: We can't find the lantern. (the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters)
Lesson 8.3 Contractions and Apostrophes

4-week summer review path

Four short days a week, 30–45 minutes: the 16 English Grammar, Grade 4 (Units 5–8) lessons that appear most often on its exams and reviews, in course order. Do the lessons you missed on the test first.

Week 1

  1. Day 1: Lesson 1.2 Four Kinds of Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 2.3 Irregular Plurals · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 5.1 Adverbs · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 5.2 Direct Objects · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 2

  1. Day 1: Lesson 5.3 Subject and Object Pronouns · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 5.4 Irregular Verbs · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 6.1 Prepositions · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 6.2 Prepositional Phrases · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 3

  1. Day 1: Lesson 6.4 Diagramming Prepositional Phrases · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 7.1 Conjunctions · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 7.2 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 7.3 Interjections and Commands · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 4

  1. Day 1: Lesson 7.4 Compound Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 8.1 Capital Letters · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 8.2 Commas · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 8.4 Words Often Confused · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.