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Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 10

Super Sentences

Compound sentences, fragments, run-ons

What your child practises

Joining sentences with and, but, or and so; spotting and fixing fragments and run-ons; and choosing verbs that agree with the subject and match the tense.

BC Curriculum learning standard: Sentence structure and grammar: simple and compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, fragments and run-ons, subject–verb agreement and verb tenses

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which verb correctly completes the sentence?

    Tomorrow, Ravi ___ his grandparents.

    • visited
    • has visited
    • will visit
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    will visit

    Hint: “Tomorrow” hasn't happened yet, so use the future tense with “will”.

  2. Question 2

    Which conjunction best completes this compound sentence?

    Ana likes carrots, ___ she does not like peas.

    • or
    • but
    • so
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    but

    Hint: Think about how the two ideas connect: “and” adds, “but” and “yet” show a surprise or contrast, “or” gives a choice, “so” shows a result.

  3. Question 3

    Which is a run-on sentence?

    • Sam likes art. He paints every day.
    • Sam likes art he paints every day.
    • Sam likes art, and he paints every day.
    • Sam paints every day.
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    Sam likes art he paints every day.

    Hint: A run-on squishes two complete sentences together without a joining word or a period between them.

  4. Question 4

    Which is a compound sentence?

    • I wanted to play, but it was too dark.
    • Because it was too dark.
    • I wanted to play outside after dinner.
    • Maya and Leo played tag.
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    I wanted to play, but it was too dark.

    Hint: A compound sentence joins two complete sentences with a comma and a joining word like and, but, or or so.

  5. Question 5

    Which conjunction best completes this compound sentence?

    Ravi forgot his umbrella, ___ he got wet in the rain.

    • but
    • so
    • or
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    so

    Hint: Think about how the two ideas connect: “and” adds, “but” and “yet” show a surprise or contrast, “or” gives a choice, “so” shows a result.

  6. Question 6

    Which is a complete sentence?

    • The students cheered loudly.
    • When the students cheered.
    • The students in the gym.
    • Cheering loudly in the gym.
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    The students cheered loudly.

    Hint: A complete sentence has a subject (who or what) and a verb (what they do or are), and it shares a complete thought.

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