Grade 4 English Language Arts · Editing and Revising
Build Grade 4 English Language Arts writing skills with five 10-question practice tests on sentence clarity, paragraph organization, precise language, grammar, punctuation, and revision.
These Grade 4 English Language Arts practice tests help students improve drafts for meaning and correctness. Students identify complete sentences, repair fragments and run-ons, organize paragraphs, choose precise words, and edit grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
Read the entire sentence or paragraph before editing. First check the meaning and organization, then check sentence structure, word choice, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. A strong revision makes the writing clearer without adding unrelated information.
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3. Test
A 10-question Grade 4 English Language Arts practice test on complete sentences, paragraph organization, precise language, grammar, punctuation, and revision.
Read each draft sentence or paragraph and choose the revision that makes the writing clearer, more organized, and more correct.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is The scientist measured the plant each morning..
Measured tells exactly what the scientist did.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is The museum displayed fascinating fossils..
Fascinating gives a more specific description than the vague word nice.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is We are studying now..
The revision removes unnecessary repeated words while keeping the meaning.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is However,.
However signals that the next idea differs from the previous idea.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is The conclusion summarizes the report..
The revision keeps the meaning without repeating final or conclusion.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is purchase.
Purchase is a precise formal word that can replace the informal word buy.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is The stream flooded because heavy rain fell overnight..
Because clearly connects the cause, heavy rain, to the effect, flooding.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is The enormous oak tree shaded the playground..
Enormous gives a strong and specific description of the tree’s size.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is The students planted the seeds..
The subject students clearly performs the action planted.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is The class recorded the temperature every hour..
The revision names the action and the object clearly and directly.
Revising means improving the ideas, organization, clarity, details, and word choice in a draft.
Editing means checking a draft for grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and sentence correctness.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 4 Editing and Revising questions in total.
