Free Year 4 English Practice Test (10 Questions)

1. Which sentence punctuates the fronted adverbial correctly?

Later that day, we went home. Later that day we, went home. Later, that day we went home. Later that day we went home,

Answer: The comma goes after the whole fronted adverbial: Later that day, we went home.

2. Several girls own some bags. Which is correct?

the girls' bags the girl's bags the girls bag's the girls's bags

Answer: For a plural ending in s, the apostrophe goes after the s: the girls' bags.

3. Which sentence is in Standard English?

We were late. We was late. We is late. We be late.

Answer: With we, use were.

4. Which word is a pronoun?

she table quickly blue

Answer: she replaces a noun.

5. Choose the right word: I can ___ the sea.

see sea se si

Answer: see (with your eyes) sounds like sea but means something different.

6. Which word is the determiner in Those cakes are tasty.?

Those cakes are tasty

Answer: Those comes before the noun and tells us which cakes.

7. Which is an expanded noun phrase?

the big, hairy dog dog ran fast quickly

Answer: Adjectives expand the noun: the big, hairy dog.

8. inform + ation =

informtion information informasion informaton

Answer: information.

9. When should you start a new paragraph?

with a new time, place, topic or speaker after every sentence never after exactly three lines

Answer: Start a new paragraph with a new time, place, topic or speaker.

10. Which word is spelt correctly?

believe beleive belive beleve

Answer: i before e: believe (never believe a lie).

About this test

Year 4 grammar focuses on fronted adverbials, possessive apostrophes with plurals, Standard English and paragraphs. Getting the apostrophe rules secure now saves endless corrections later.

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