Amplify CKLA 4th Grade Beginning-of-Year Grammar Assessment

Which of the following is the topic sentence of the paragraph?

• Our family always goes to the beach, and we play in the sand and surf for days.

• Tulips bloom in the spring.

• I can’t wait for summer to arrive so we can head toward the ocean again!

• Summer is the very best time of year!

Which of the following is the concluding sentence of the paragraph?

• Our family always goes to the beach, and we play in the sand and surf for days.

• Tulips bloom in the spring.

• I can’t wait for summer to arrive so we can head toward the ocean again!

• Summer is the very best time of year!

Which of the following is an irrelevant sentence in the paragraph?

• Our family always goes to the beach, and we play in the sand and surf for days.

• Tulips bloom in the spring.

• I can’t wait for summer to arrive so we can head toward the ocean again!

• Summer is the very best time of year!

Which of the following would be the best title for the paragraph?

• Tulips are Beautiful

• Summer Fun

• Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring

• Dolphins Swim in the Surf

Number the following sentences in order as they should appear in a paragraph about

making scrambled eggs:

• Get the eggs out of the refrigerator.

• Mix the eggs with a splash of milk and a dash of salt and pepper.

• Cook the eggs over a low heat so they don’t burn.

• Enjoy your warm scrambled eggs with toast and jam!

Choose the answer with words that are nouns.

• played, gym, early

• game, seats, seconds

• game, excited, gets

• thrilled, gym, final

Choose the answer with words that are verbs.

• thrilled, arrived, stayed

• excited, early, best

• thrilled, greatly, final

• excited, gym, get

Choose the answer with words that are adjectives.

• thrilled, large, best

• game, early, final

• large, best, climactic

• all, large, until

Choose the answer with words that are adverbs.

• excited, early, climactic

• Elementary, early, stayed

• greatly, enthusiastically, early

• Scottsville, best, final

Draw a vertical line to separate subject and predicate in the following sentence.