4th Grade Writing/Grammar PSSA Review

On the day Emily was to return home, she wrote a kind note to her cousins. The message in the note said You’re the best cousins ever. Thanks for letting me stay with you this summer.

Which revision correctly punctuates the quotation in the sentences?

• The message in the note said, “You’re the best cousins ever!” “Thanks for letting me stay with you this summer.”

• The message in the note said, “You’re the best cousins ever! Thanks for letting me stay with you this summer.”

• “The message in the note said You’re the best cousins ever! Thanks for letting me stay with you this summer.”

• “The message in the note said You’re the best cousins ever!” “Thanks for letting me stay with you this summer.”

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CCSS.L.4.2B

Read the sentences from a magazine article about hail.

According to meteorologist Wendy Cas, hailstones are quite remarkable in terms of their structure. She explained Each hailstone has rings similar to the rings inside the trunk of an oak tree, and these rings show the different layers that formed the hailstone.

Choose the correct way to punctuate the direct speech in the underlined sentence.

• “She explained, Each hailstone has rings similar to the rings inside the trunk of an oak tree, and these rings show the different layers that formed the hailstone.”

• She explained “Each hailstone has rings similar to the rings inside the trunk of an oak tree, and these rings show the different layers that formed the hailstone.”

• “She explained Each hailstone has rings similar to the rings inside the trunk of an oak tree, and these rings show the different layers that formed the hailstone.”

• She explained, “Each hailstone has rings similar to the rings inside the trunk of an oak tree, and these rings show the different layers that formed the hailstone.”

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CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

Read the paragraph from a story.

(1) In the school’s art fair, Wyatt entered a chalk drawing of a horse, but did not expect to win. (2) He waited patiently with the other students for the winner to be announced and was surprised to hear that he was the winner. (3) He had never cared about winning prizes for his art, but now he was so proud of himself that he raced home to tell his family. (4) His sister listened to him talk excitedly about his winning and then gave him a big hug.

Which revision should be made to the paragraph to correct the error in punctuation?

• Remove the comma after horse in sentence 1.

• Add a comma after announced in sentence 2.

• Remove the comma after art in sentence 3.

• Add a comma after winning in sentence 4.

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CCSS.L.4.3B

Which sentence contains an error in subject-verb agreement?

• There are still many people who enjoy listening to radio shows.

• Each of the nine players on a baseball team has a job to do.

• All the locations shown on the map is within walking distance.

• The task of the engineers is to design a working product.

Read the paragraph from an article on prairie plants.

(1) Prairie plants are different from other plants in many ways. (2) One important difference is that prairie plants can have much deeper roots. (3) Sometimes the roots of a prairie plant goes as deep into the ground as the plant is tall. (4) As a result, the roots reach water that many other plants cannot.

Which verb should be changed to correct an error in subject-verb agreement?

• are

• is

• goes

• reach

Read the paragraph.

(1) Every august you can watch falling stars at night. (2) Some people refer to them as shooting stars. (3) However, these objects from space are not stars at all. (4) In fact, they are small pieces of rock or metal that are burning up as they pass through our atmosphere.

Which sentence has a mistake in capitalization?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.L.4.2A

Read the sentences about mushrooms.

(1) Some people do not like to eat mushrooms. (2) Even if mushrooms are on pizza. (3) Mushrooms are called fungi and are important to us all. (4) These fungi help break down dead plants and make the soil better for new plants.

Which sentence should be revised because it contains a sentence fragment?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Read the sentence.

Bill Gates, _____ helped found Microsoft, is a famous computer scientist.

Which word correctly completes the sentence?

• whose

• who

• which

• that

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CCSS.L.4.1B

Which sentence has a spelling mistake?

• Jamie read the newspaper article twice.

• The newly planted flowers began to sprout.

• The student prepared a speach about robots.

• There was nowhere else to look for the missing keys.

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CCSS.L.4.2D

Read the sentence.

I remember the day _____ I discovered I was moving to a new town.

Which word correctly completes the sentence?

• where

• when

• who

• why

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.4.3A