4th Grade Language Skills T

4th Grade Language Skills T

Complete sentences/fragments/run-ons, verb tense, context clues, frequently confused words, synonyms​

By Laura Miller

Writing Complete Sentences

A complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate, and must express a complete thought. A complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with final punctuation.

Writing Complete Sentences

When writing sentences, avoid fragments and run-on sentences.

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Sentence Error Examples

• Fragment: Played baseball (missing subject)

• Run-On Sentence: Zoe walked to the park Zak ran there.

Multiple Choice

Which is a complete sentence?

• My cat
• Has black fur
• He likes to play.
• In grass.

Multiple Choice

Which is not a complete sentence?

• A bird the size of a house
• A big bird picked him up.
• It took him to its nest.
• The bird was hungry.

Multiple Choice

The teens in the bowling alley.

• sentence
• fragment

Multiple Choice

What does a complete sentence have?

• No subject.

• Lots of words.

• Subject and predicate

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? Always does his homework in the library.

• complete sentence

• run-on sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? Everyone helped the fundraiser was a success.

• complete sentence

• run-on sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence? A flock of seagulls flew over the ship.

• complete sentence

• run-on sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

Sniff is to smell as lick is to _____.

• eat

• taste

• stamp

• take

Multiple Choice

Tired is to sleep as hungry is to _____.

• drink

• exhausted

• starving

• eat

Multiple Choice

Heat is to dry as water is to _____.

• mold

• wet

• flood

• flow

​Quotation Marks

​Quotation marks are used to show when someone is talking in text.

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​Quotation marks will start when someone is talking, and end when they are finished.

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Use commas to separate the talking part and the dialogue tag.​

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​Example: Mrs Youngfleish said, "Please do your homework."

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• The umpire yelled, Safe!

• The umpire yelled “Safe!”

• The umpire yelled, “Safe!”

• The umpire yelled Safe

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• My brother asked, "Will you help me with this?"

• My brother asked Will you help me with this

• My brother asked, Will you help me with this?

• My brother asked "Will you help me with this?"

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• “You may sharpen your pencil” said the teacher

• You may sharpen your pencil, said the teacher.

• “You may sharpen your pencil,” said the teacher.

• “You may sharpen your pencil” said the teacher

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• "Who wants the last piece of apple pie?" asked grandma.

• "Who wants the last piece of apple pie?" Asked grandma.

• "Who wants the last piece of apple pie"? asked grandma.

Antonyms

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.

Multiple Choice

Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

Carlos was happy when he got his new bike.

• glad

• excited

• sad

• joyful

Multiple Choice

Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

The cake tasted so good.

• bad

• yummy

• delicious

• sour

Multiple Choice

Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

The road we took to the beach was long.

• endless

• steep

• beautiful

• short

Multiple Choice

Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

That was the best movie I ever saw.

• worst

• greatest

• scariest

• greatest