GRADE 4 LANGUAGE ARTS TEST

Section One

A. (i) Circle the correct letter for each question below:

1. She has many books.

a. a pronoun b. a noun c. a verb

2. I will share this cake between you and me.

a. a verb b. a noun c. preposition

3. She sells at the market every Sunday.

a. a noun b. a verb c. preposition

4. The doctor looks after his patients.

a. a verb b. a noun c. a pronoun

5. She looked everywhere for shells.

a. a noun b. a verb c. a pronoun

5 marks
 Reading Comprehension

A. (ii) Read the recipe and answer the questions that follow.

(Language Tree Student’s Book 4)

1. What is the first thing you must do?

_____________________________________________________________

2. What is meant by ‘ Grate the potatoes finely’?

a) grate them into big pieces
b) grate them into small pieces
c) grate them into strips
3. Which heading means the same as ‘What to do’?
_____________________________________________________________

4. Do you eat this pudding hot or cold? What words tell you home.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

5. How long should the pudding take to bake?

_____________________________________________________________
5 marks

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 Section Two
Vocabulary and Dictionary Skills

B. (i) Read the sentences carefully, then circle the best definition for the
underlined words.

1. There is no excuse for what you did!

a) tolerance
b) justification
c) accountability 1 mark

2. Ken’s phone has no messages because he deleted them last night.

a) erased
b) hid
c) saved 1 mark

3. The classroom is usually noisy.

a) old
b) big
c) loud
1 mark

B. (ii) Circle the word that is correctly spelt in each list below.

1. Desparate Desperate Despperate

2. Restaurant Restarant Resturant

3. Strawberrys Strawberries Strawbberries

4. Ductor Docter Doctor

5. Separate Seperate Sepperate

5 marks
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B. (iii) Write the root word, prefix and suffix of each word in the table below.

Words Root Word Prefix Suffix

Unlawful

Discouragement

Misunderstanding

Encouraged

Retelling

Preheating

Inevitably

7 marks

Section Three
Grammar
C. (i) Write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

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 a. I _________ (email) my grandma once a week. She _________ (live) in
Toronto so I only _________ (see) her once a year. Grandma ________
(come) to visit every Christmas.
4 marks

b. Sometimes, she ________ (ride) her bike but today it ____________(rain)

so she __________(walk).
3 marks

c. The door _________ (open) and a dog ________(run) into the classroom.
My teacher ___________(scream). She ________(throw) her books onto the
table and ___________(chase) the dog out. Then she __________(come)
back and _____________(slam) the door.
7 marks
C. (ii) Use the correct form of adjective in brackets to complete the
following sentences.

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C. (iii) Choose the correct collective noun from the box to complete the
following.

bunch crowd

army pair

orchard swarm team

1. There is a _______________ of bees in the tree.

2. An ___________of soldiers surrounded the building.

3. I have a _____________of keys on my desk.

4. There is an ______________ of apple trees on the other side of the road.

5. A ___________of people is lined up waiting for the bank to open.

6. I met a _________of shoes in the doorway.

6 marks

C. (iii) Complete the sentences below using the adverbs from the box.

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 Happily sadly kindly clumsily
calmly luckily badly safely

1. The girl spoke _________________ to the villagers.

2. The children played _______________ amongst the trees.
3. _______________ nobody was hurt.
4. They arrived home ______________.
5. They looked at the fallen tree _______________.
6. They behaved _______________ and learnt a lesson.
7. His sister ________________ offered to help.
8. His __________________ dropped all the fruit on the ground.
8 marks

D. (iii) Complete the following by writing what it would be if you had two of
these in your kitchen.
1. A tomato
2. A sharp knife
3. A glass of water
4. A box of juice
5. A loaf of bread
5 marks

Section 4

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 Writing
D. (i) Categorise the following under the correct headings in the boxes.

It’s not real provides information

index written in chapters labels
read for enjoyment diagrams characters
glossary real based on facts
read in order tells a story

Fiction Non-fiction

15 marks

D. (ii) Choose a topic and write a paragraph about the topic chosen.
Topics:

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 1. My family
2. My favourite game
3. My best friend 8 marks

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End of Test
Total: 90 marks

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