Little Grammarians (Grade 4)

Little Grammarians (Grade 4)

GUIDELINES

HOUSE RULES

​1. All participants are NOT allowed to use any form of notes or reviewer.

​2. Any forms of coaching are NOT allowed.

​3. Participants are NOT allowed to go outside of their private rooms once the contest has started, unless official breaks are called by the Quiz Master.

​4. The rules and mechanics must be strictly observed and followed. Non-compliance to the rules would result to automatic disqualification from the contest.

​MECHANICS

​1. The contest has three rounds: EASY, AVERAGE, and DIFFICULT. Below are the corresponding number of items, points, and time allotment for answering each item.

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​MECHANICS

​Questions of this contest will come from the following topics:

• Story Elements

• Pronoun

• ​Plural form of nouns

• ​Kinds of sentences

• ​Alphabetization

• ​Synonyms/Antonyms

• ​Linking verb

• ​Gender of Nouns

• ​Article

• ​Subject-Verb Agreement

• ​Tenses of Verb

ARE YOU READY?​

Let's start!

​EASY ROUND

​5 questions

​1 point per correct answer

​20 seconds per item

Multiple Choice

1.       This is _____ interesting book. I think you should read it.

• A. a

• B. an

• C. no article

Multiple Choice

2. Which verb will complete the sentence “Jenny ______ delicious salmon once a month.”

• A.    bakes

• B.    bake

• C.    baking

• D.    baker

Multiple Choice

3. Stop it! You’re __________ me.

• A.      embarrissing

• B.      embarrassing

• C.      embarrisisng

Multiple Choice

4. Which is the odd one out?

• A. violent

• B. brutal

• C. controlled

Multiple Choice

5. Would you like to go _______ with me this afternoon?

• A. swim

• B. to swim

• C. a swim

• D. swimming

​AVERAGE ROUND

​5 questions

​2 points per correct answer

​20 seconds per item

Multiple Choice

1. Which helping verb will make the sentence “Our neighbor’s dog _____ so loud last night.”

• A. is

• B. was

• C. are

• D. were

Multiple Choice

2. What is the gender of the underlined word in the sentence “The dancer amazed the audience."

• A. feminine

• B. masculine

• C. common

• D. neuter

Multiple Choice

3. Which of the following words is not synonymous with the word intelligent?

• A. weak

• B. clever

• C. smart

• D. bright

Multiple Choice

4. What element of the story will tell you about the problem that the characters faced in the story?

• A. conflict

• B. character

• C. setting

• D. theme

Multiple Choice

5. What does the word jungle connote in the sentence “This room is like a jungle.”

• A. orderly

• B. clean

• C. huge

• D. messy

​DIFFICULT ROUND

​5 questions

​5 points per correct answer

​20 seconds per item

Multiple Choice

1. Which set of words are arranged alphabetically?

• A. boots, coat, jacket, pants, umbrella

• B. boots, jacket, coat, pants, umbrella

• C. coat, boots, pants, jacket, umbrella

• D. coat, boots, pants, umbrella, jacket

Multiple Choice

2. Which sentence is an exclamatory sentence?

• A. Eat now.

• B. Hooray, my laptop is working!

• C. Were you able to store it?

• D. I opened the fridge.

Multiple Choice

3. What homophone will complete the sentence “He ate _____ slices of bread”?

• A. wait

• B. eight

• C. bag

• D. money

Multiple Choice

4. What interrogative pronoun will complete the sentence “ __________ magazines would you like to read?”

• A. Whose

• B. Whom

• C. What

• D. Which

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