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Connecticut Grade 4 Smarter Balanced ELA Practice Test

Build Grade 4 reading, vocabulary, writing, language, research, evidence, and paired-text skills with five focused 10-question practice sets.

Connecticut Grade 4 Smarter Balanced ELA practice sets

This Grade 4 Connecticut Smarter Balanced ELA Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets cover literary text, informational text, evidence, vocabulary, writing, language, research, and paired-text analysis.

Skills covered

  • Theme, character traits, point of view, plot solutions, personification, inferences, character change, flashbacks, setting, and symbolism
  • Central ideas, supporting evidence, sequence, compare and contrast, author purpose, vocabulary, headings, summaries, maps, text structure, and facts
  • Claims, paired sources, context clues, inferences, quotations, text features, transitions, repeated trials, and website reliability
  • Subject-verb agreement, transitions, sentence combining, commas, pronoun reference, parallel structure, verb tense, apostrophes, precise words, and conclusions
  • Research sources, search phrases, paired-text claims, notes, source integration, evidence selection, focused questions, organization, paraphrasing, and credit

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Return to the text, underline evidence, explain word meaning from context, and revise writing for clarity.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current Connecticut State Department of Education guidance, official Smarter Balanced materials, accommodations, or testing policies.

For the Connecticut assessment hub, visit Connecticut State Assessments.

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Connecticut Grade 4 ELA Practice Questions

A 10-question Connecticut Grade 4 Smarter Balanced ELA practice set on literary text and theme, with answers and explanations.

Read each passage or task carefully, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

In a story, a student keeps trying to repair a broken kite instead of throwing it away. At the end, the kite flies again. What is the theme?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Persistence can help solve a difficult problem..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: The student keeps trying until the kite works, supporting a message about persistence.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

The student keeps trying until the kite works, supporting a message about persistence.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A narrator describes a character as “quiet at first, but quick to notice when someone needed help.” What trait does this description show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Observant and caring.

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: Noticing when others need help shows awareness and care.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

Noticing when others need help shows awareness and care.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A story is told by a narrator who says, “I tucked the letter into my pocket.” What point of view is used?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is First person.

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: The narrator uses I and participates in the story, which signals first person.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

The narrator uses I and participates in the story, which signals first person.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A character wants to enter a garden, but the gate is locked. She finds the gardener, asks politely, and receives a key. What is the solution?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The gardener gives her a key..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: The key allows the character to enter, resolving the locked-gate problem.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

The key allows the character to enter, resolving the locked-gate problem.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A poem says, “The old house sighed in the wind.” What does this personification suggest?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The house seems to make a soft sound..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: Giving the house a human action helps readers imagine a soft creaking sound.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

Giving the house a human action helps readers imagine a soft creaking sound.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which detail best supports the inference that Maya is determined?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is She rewrites her design after the first model falls apart..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: Trying again after failure is evidence of determination.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

Trying again after failure is evidence of determination.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

At the beginning, Luis hides his poem because he is embarrassed. At the end, he reads it aloud at the assembly. What change occurs?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Luis becomes more confident..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: Reading aloud after hiding the poem shows increased confidence.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

Reading aloud after hiding the poem shows increased confidence.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Why does an author include a flashback showing a grandmother teaching a child to bake?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is It explains why baking is meaningful to the child..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: The flashback gives background that explains the child’s connection to baking.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

The flashback gives background that explains the child’s connection to baking.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A story takes place in a crowded train station during a storm. How does the setting affect the plot?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The crowded station makes it difficult for the characters to find one another..

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: The crowd and storm create an obstacle that affects the characters’ actions.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

The crowd and storm create an obstacle that affects the characters’ actions.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A character sees a compass whenever she must choose a direction. What might the compass symbolize?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Guidance when making choices.

  1. Read the task: Identify the theme, central idea, evidence, word meaning, or writing goal the question is asking about.
  2. Use the text: The compass points the way and can symbolize guidance during decisions.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the passage or the language of the sentence.

The compass points the way and can symbolize guidance during decisions.

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Frequently asked questions about Connecticut Grade 4 ELA Practice

Which Grade 4 ELA skills are covered?

The page covers literary and informational reading, evidence, vocabulary, writing, language, research, and paired-text analysis.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official Smarter Balanced questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Connecticut State Department of Education and Smarter Balanced information for official materials, accommodations, and policies.