Language Skills for Grade 4

What is the main idea of a story?

• The central theme or message of the story.

• The plot twist of the story.

• The author's biography and background.

• The setting and time period of the story.

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The cat sleeps.'

• The cat runs.

• The dog barks.

• The bird sings.

• The cat

What is a synonym for 'happy'?

• bored

• angry

• joyful

• sad

Write a sentence using the word 'beautiful'.

• His painting was criticized for being too dark.

• The weather today is rather gloomy.

• The flowers in the garden are quite dull.

• The sunset over the ocean was truly beautiful.

What is an antonym for 'big'?

• enormous

• small

• massive

• huge

How do you form the plural of 'child'?

• kids

• youths

• children

• teenagers

What is the past tense of 'run'?

• runed

• runned

• raned

• ran

Identify the verb in the sentence: 'She dances gracefully.'

• dances

• she

• gracefully

• dances with joy

What is a noun? Give an example.

• dog

• car

• cat

• house

What punctuation mark ends a question?

• Exclamation mark

• Question mark

• Comma

• Period