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Grade 4 English Language Arts practice sheet

Nunavut Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    Which prefix turns “heat” into a word that means “to heat before”?

    • pre-
    • mis-
    • re-
    • dis-

  2. Question 2

    What happens when beavers build a dam?

    Nature's Engineers

    Beavers are sometimes called nature's engineers. An engineer is someone who designs and builds things, and beavers are amazing builders.

    Using their strong front teeth, beavers cut down small trees and branches. They pile the wood across a stream and pack the gaps with mud and stones. This dam slows the water and makes a deep pond.

    In the pond, beavers build a home called a lodge. Its entrance is underwater, which helps keep the family safe from predators such as wolves.

    Beaver ponds help other living things, too. Ducks, frogs, fish and moose often visit or live in the wetlands that beavers create.

    • The trees grow faster
    • The water slows down and forms a deep pond
    • The fish swim away to the ocean
    • The stream dries up forever

  3. Question 3

    What is the job of a heading?

    • It lists every page in the book
    • It tells what a section of the text is about
    • It tells who wrote the book
    • It explains what a word means

  4. Question 4

    What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

    • A metaphor uses “like” or “as”; a simile does not
    • A simile is always funny; a metaphor is always sad
    • A simile uses “like” or “as”; a metaphor does not
    • A simile is about sounds; a metaphor is about colours

  5. Question 5

    Which sentence is written in first person?

    • You fed your cat before you left for the park.
    • Leo fed his cat before he left for the park.
    • I fed my cat before I left for the park.

  6. Question 6

    Which word in this sentence is a noun?

    Grandma bakes delicious bread.

    • delicious
    • bakes
    • bread

  7. Question 7

    Which verb correctly completes the sentence?

    Tomorrow, Ravi ___ his grandparents.

    • visited
    • has visited
    • will visit

  8. Question 8

    What does “light” mean in this sentence?

    This box is light enough for me to carry.

    • brightness from the sun or a lamp
    • to start a fire
    • pale in colour
    • not heavy

  9. Question 9

    Which transition best fills the blank?

    Many animals sleep through most of the winter.

    ___, groundhogs hibernate in underground burrows.

    • However
    • As a result
    • For example
    • Finally

  10. Question 10

    Which sentence is more complex?

    • Although it was raining, we played outside.
    • It rained.
    • We played.

Answer key

  1. 1. pre- (Word Builders)
  2. 2. The water slows down and forms a deep pond (Reading Detectives)
  3. 3. It tells what a section of the text is about (Text Features)
  4. 4. A simile uses “like” or “as”; a metaphor does not (Figurative Language)
  5. 5. I fed my cat before I left for the park. (Point of View)
  6. 6. bread (Parts of Speech)
  7. 7. will visit (Super Sentences)
  8. 8. not heavy (Sound-Alikes)
  9. 9. For example (Paragraph Power)
  10. 10. Although it was raining, we played outside. (Listening & Talking Together)

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