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4th Grade Language Basic Practice Test 2



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The snow ______________.
Choose the words needed to make a complete sentence.
a.
the wind howled
c.
fell like feathers
b.
and snowmen
d.
up the sky
 

 2. 

Which is not a complete sentence?
a.
People drank the water.
c.
I waded in the water.
b.
Whenever the waves broke.
d.
The waves crashed on the beach.
 

 3. 

Which sentence tells about more than one idea?
a.
I will go roller-blading today.
c.
We will skate to the park and buy snow cones.
b.
Two friends will skate with me.
d.
It will be a fun day.
 

 4. 

Which shows the subject and predicate divided correctly?
a.
The / whole family waved good-bye to me.
c.
The whole / family waved good-by to me.
b.
The whole family waved / good-bye to me.
d.
The whole family / waved good-bye to me.
 

 5. 

The basketball star Michael Jordan.
This sentence is:
a.
an incomplete sentence
c.
a run-on sentence
b.
a complete sentence
d.
a question
 

 6. 

Which group of words is a complete sentence?
a.
Today a sandwich for lunch I brought.
c.
I brought a sandwich for lunch today.
b.
A sandwich I brought for lunch today.
d.
For lunch a sandwich today I brought.
 

 7. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Irregular Verb Forms—RIT 181-190
The wind _______ the leaves off the tree.
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
a.
blown
c.
have blew
b.
blow
d.
blew
 

 8. 

Everyone in the class ________ for their report card.
Choose the correct verb phrase.
a.
has been waiting
c.
have been waiting
b.
will be waiting
d.
had been waited
 

 9. 

We should have _______ for Tammy and John to meet us.
Choose the correct verb.
a.
wait
c.
waited
b.
waiting
d.
waiter
 

 10. 

Choose the past tense of the verb drive.
a.
drive
c.
drove
b.
driving
d.
driven
 

 11. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Negative Forms Correctly—RIT 181-190
Which is correct?
a.
John don’t got no money.
c.
John hasn’t no money.
b.
John doesn’t have no money.
d.
John doesn’t have any money.
 

 12. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Noun Forms—RIT 181-190
Our teacher brought three cookies for each student.
Which word is a plural noun?
a.
teacher
c.
cookies
b.
brought
d.
each
 

 13. 

The children are at first recess.
Which word is a plural noun?
a.
children
c.
first
b.
are
d.
recess
 

 14. 

Which is the correct plural form?
a.
goose
c.
geeses
b.
gooses
d.
geese
 

 15. 

What is the correct plural spelling of monkey?
a.
monkeys
c.
monkies
b.
monkys
d.
monkees
 

 16. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Pronoun Forms—RIT 181-190
Jeff rode the bus with Justin and me.
Which word could be used to replace Justin and me?
a.
us
c.
they
b.
we
d.
you
 

 17. 

Which sentence is written correctly?
a.
Their ideas are theirs own.
c.
Theirs ideas are their own.
b.
Their ideas are their own.
d.
Them’s ideas are them’s own.
 

 18. 

Juan wrote _______ a note as a reminder.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
they
c.
himself
b.
ourselves
d.
themselves
 

 19. 

The cook put carrots and celery in the soup. I do not like _______.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
they
c.
our
b.
its
d.
them
 

 20. 

I danced with Taisha and _______.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
her
c.
he
b.
she
d.
they
 



 
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